Seeing that the few grand arcanists and legendary sorcerers had gathered here, Douglas asked concernedly, "Did Benedict III do anything in the past few days? I don't think he exposed his secret and locked me in the demiplane for no reason. Did he tamper with our conversation to confuse or deceive a certain member of the Highest Council? "
Hearing the president's question, Lucien couldn't help but compliment him. Even though he was locked in a demiplane, he could still infer most things.
Fernando was the most experienced legendary sorcerer on the spot. He said loudly, "Douglas, however confused you are about the nature and source of gravity and the impetus of the original rotation, you can't lose your confidence and find a supreme being to explain everything to, can you? It is not terrible to have a hundred thousand whys, but it is terrible that you can't even ask the whys. You will be satisfied if you believe that a god can solve everything. You will completely lose your pride as an intelligent creature. This time, the Church almost made all the arcanists in the Congress lose confidence with part of your conversation. "
Douglas slightly frowned. "Benedict III concealed the latter part of the conversation to confuse people?"
"I admit that I've been confused and lost, and sometimes I can't see the way forward, but every time I return to reality, I find that there are so many unresolved whys, and I'm full of motivation again. Also, the supreme being is not equal to the God of Truth. It can also be a synonym for the truth of the world. The cosmos is so vast and boundless. Against it, the whole world is so insignificant. How can I believe in a god who is fighting for believers and resources in such an insignificant place? "
Fernando smiled. "That's the Douglas I know. I knew that you wouldn't stoop so low as to believe in the God of Truth."
Hellen patted her cheeks and heaved a sigh of relief. Brook, Hathaway and Oliver, on the other hand, were more or less relieved and delighted.
When an organization was on the rise, many contradictions would be covered by the thriving trend.
Douglas did not talk about anything else but simply said, "The entire Congress has been affected? Through the Sky Radio? I'll clarify everything and announce Benedict III's sordid approach to everybody. "
He didn't know if the delay of a day and a half would cause the lies to fester to the point of no return.
"There's no need to rush. The effects have been removed. Why don't you tell me what happened first?" Fernando was eager to know what was going on.
Douglas looked at everyone in confusion. "Removed? Fernando, didn't you say that you almost made all the arcanists in the Congress lose confidence? "
This description was quite serious.
Because of his relationship with his teacher, Brook had been listening quietly without saying anything. Hathaway would try her best not to speak, and Hellen was too embarrassed to speak because of her guilt. Oliver was the only one who took over the conversation with a smile. "Mr. President, they lost confidence because the arcanists saw that you, the proposer of the gravity theory, were confused about the nature and source of gravity and sought philosophical and theological sustenance. That was why they had doubts about their own path. After someone explained the nature of gravity and refreshed them, they were no longer shaken and helpless."
"That's good." Douglas didn't react at first. He suddenly tilted his head and said, "Wait a minute, Oliver, what did you say? Someone explained the nature of gravity? "
He looked back at the Land of Truth and asked, "I was locked in the demiplane for a day and a half? Did the flow of time inside and outside the demiplane change under the pope's weird spell? In fact, it's been decades? "
There was no sign that could explain the nature of gravity before, so he was quite shocked by the news. He suspected that it was the influence of the flow of time caused by the lockdown. Otherwise, how could such a thing have popped up in a day and a half?
"It was indeed a day and a half, but it took years of hard work by Lucien Evans. He came up with a theoretically supported explanation of the nature of gravity. The theoretical deduced value perfectly matches the observation value of the redundant precession of the Morning Star at perihelion and the adjustment value of the artificial planet in the sky faster than on the ground." Oliver smiled.
After a brief daze, Douglas asked in a hurry, "Where's the paper? Let me take a look! "
At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten everything that he wanted to do before.
Hellen gave the copy of the paper that she asked for and the book list that Lucien gave to Douglas. "Here you are, Mr. President."
Taking over the paper, Douglas browsed through it directly. His calmness was gradually gone, and his eyes were filled with focus. Tremendous shadows popped up around him, and ancillary computation circles were established.
Now and then, he scratched his head, making his neat white hair very messy.
Knowing that he was eager to solve the problem, Fernando did not disturb him even though he was in a hurry.
After a long time, Douglas pulled his bow-tie, half in confusion and half in zeal. "I've got the gist of it now. The nature of gravity is the curved space-time caused by mass. I've read the geometric language on 'Nature' before, but is the deduction reasonable?"
As one of the best mathematicians in the field of mathematics, Douglas had grasped many new methods such as tensor analysis rather deeply after reading 'Nature'. However, it was impossible for him to understand the general theory of relativity for the time being.
Fernando replied, "At the very least, neither Bergner nor I have found any loopholes in the mathematical deduction. It's just that Lucien's mathematical methods in certain places are clumsy and not concise enough."
"Curved space-time … Mass … Energy-momentum tensor … The disturbance of the curvature of space-time is transmitted as waves …" Douglas mumbled the content of the paper to himself, caught in the state of a hundred thousand whys again.
Lucien, Hellen and the rest of them kept completely quiet and did not disturb Mr. President. It was not until a long time later that Douglas was finally back to himself. Taking a deep breath, he walked to Lucien and patted his shoulder. "I dare not say that your theory is correct right now, but you have undoubtedly proposed a genius idea that is ahead of our time. It fits all the observational phenomena and allows us to consider the nature of gravity on a deeper level. The greatest achievement of the Congress of Magic in the past ten years is your joining. I regret that I did not insist on my own idea and let Fernando become your teacher. "
"Everything is based on the foundation that you and Mr. President have laid for us." Lucien replied with a smile.
Douglas shook his head. "If it were the special theory of relativity, it probably wouldn't have taken long for Oliver, me or anyone else to complete it. However, the general theory of relativity is definitely a treasure that is beyond the current arcana foundations and relies on the soul of a genius. Without you, it would've taken decades or even centuries for the arcanists to complete it."
"Personally speaking, I'm very grateful to you. I seem to have found my path to become a demigod. After I figure it out and confirm the rigor of its derivation, I may be able to touch the gate of demigod with one hand. As for how many years it will take me to make the step, that's another matter. "
"So, Douglas, after you confirm the paper, you can help Lucien hold the ritual of the Origin of Magic," Fernando interjected. Fernando interjected. He had already invited Brook, Hathaway, Oliver, and Hellen, the four grand arcanists who were present.
Douglas had never been more surprised than today in the past thousand years. He looked at Fernando and Lucien in shock. "Are you saying that Lucien is already in the ninth circle?"
"What do you think? Such an epoch-changing achievement and the discovery of neutrons will certainly receive abundant feedback from the real world. " Although Fernando was stingy with compliments, he was still very happy to see other people surprised by his student's achievement.
Douglas shook his head with a smile. "Lucien, if you succeed in your advancement, you will be the youngest legendary sorcerer in the history of magic. Let's start the ritual in a moment. Even if the paper is proven to be wrong later, the extra cost of the ritual of the Origin of Magic will be paid by me as a personal thank you to Lucien for calming down the influence of the incident. "
"What's the situation with Francois and Benedict III?" Fernando asked again.
Douglas gave a brief introduction. In the end, he asked in confusion, "Francois was a sorcerer who survived the ancient Magic Empire. He hated the Saint Truth and did blasphemous things in the Church's daily life. Therefore, I never suspected that he would surrender to the Church. Also, there was no holy light when he died."
"That's not right. Francois was the most senior member of the Affair Committee. He had high privileges and abundant subsidies. He was not short of money, either. It was only because his cognitive world could not be half-solidified and he did not dare to take risks that he failed to advance. Such an archmage could not be bought with money." Oliver, as one of the members of the Highest Council who was in charge of the Affair Committee, frowned.
"I find it strange, too. If such an archmage like Francois was unwilling, Benedict III couldn't have projected into his soul from a long distance away. Also, the spell that Benedict III used to seal the demiplane in the end was in the style of the ancient Magic Empire …" Douglas mentioned something else that was weird.
Including Lucien, the few grand arcanists discussed for a while. Seeing that there was still no clear idea, they paused the discussion and waited for the meeting of the Highest Council to gather everybody's wisdom.
Since it wasn't night yet, and it wasn't time for everybody to listen to the broadcast, Douglas proposed to start the Origin of Magic ritual and the Legendary advancement ritual right away. Fernando and Hellen agreed with him. Brook, Oliver, and Hathaway were a bit worried that it might be too hasty, but they didn't object to it too strongly.
… …
After half a day of preparation, on the thirty-fifth floor of the Allyn magic tower, in the hall opposite the meeting room of the Highest Council …
The moment he stepped into the room, Lucien felt as if he had arrived at a vast starry sky. The darkness was so boundless that it seemed as if there was no end to it. The stars shone brightly, inspiring awe from the bottom of one's heart.
Upon closer inspection, Lucien felt that the trajectories of the stars were complicated and unpredictable again. It was actually a direct projection of the Starry Sky of Destiny!
"Lucien, find your Host Star of Destiny first and stand below it." Douglas' voice came from the depths of the cosmos.
Lucien closed his eyes, and the projection of his Host Star of Destiny appeared in his soul. Through the subtle connection between the two, it took him quite a few minutes to walk to the bottom of the star.
The star was dazzling, but there was deep darkness around it. Other people might not be able to sense it, but Lucien could clearly sense the terrifying, all-consuming air of destruction.
After he stood in place, the six grand arcanists moved the magic circle of the Origin of Magic over and stood at a corner of the largest hexagram.
"Are you ready?" Douglas asked kindly.
Looking at the four top legends and the two level-three legendary grand arcanists, as well as the astoundingly extravagant team, Lucien nodded his head. Holding back his feelings, he closed his eyes and said peacefully,
"I'm ready."
After today, his fate would enter a new track.
After today, he would no longer be a target for other people's schemes.
After today, his life would truly become a legend.
Did you hear the knocking of fate? Then go grab it by the throat!
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