"What went wrong exactly? The consecutive explosions of the fission reactor …" Fernando was not bothered by Lucien's reminder at all. As long as no other top legends or level-three legends did anything, even if he had no time to react, the magic effects on his body would've been enough to ensure that he survived the explosion of the fission reactor without being affected by the curse.
His hair was unusually messy as if it had just been blown by a strong wind. His red magic robe was full of wrinkles, too, as if he had just experienced a catastrophe. However, he did not notice it at all and focused all his attention on the possible problems of the fission reactor. He sounded both agitated and confused. According to his studies in the field of fission and his reverse cracking of the legendary spell 'Atomic Fission', there shouldn't have been any problems. For example, it was indeed a fission reaction that took place when the explosion went out of control!
"How many times?" Lucien gasped as if he had a toothache. As it turned out, it was not the second time that the fission reactor went out of control but the third, the fourth, the fifth, or even the sixth time. No wonder he ran into it by coincidence, because it was not a 'small probability' at all.
It was not until this moment that Lucien truly understood why his teacher barely took his students to do magic experiments before. The best he did was the simple ones such as black-body radiation. It turned out that doing magic experiments with him was such a dangerous thing! Not being a legend meant that they would be annihilated at any moment.
Fernando frowned. "How many times is not important. What matters is why. It does not contradict the magic model and the fission mechanism of 'Atomic Fission'."
Lucien thought for a moment and said, "'Atomic Fission' is an uncontrollable area-of-effect spell, and the reactor requires smooth control. Perhaps that's where the problem lies."
"Am I stupid enough to set up the reactor by copying the magic model of 'Atomic Fission'?" Fernando said in a bad mood. "You've seen the model and detailed layout of our reactor yourself. You should know that we've added a lot of magic circles that are convenient for the utilization and control of energy."
"But it doesn't mean that the reactor is really controllable and smooth. I believe that in order to resolve the problem, we have to study the process of the fission reaction more deeply and figure out the roles of the particles such as neutrons and their possible reactions under different conditions." Lucien had considered the problem of the loss of control of the fission reactor too. He suspected that it was because the current research was too simple and crude. The design of the reactor so far mainly relied on 'reverse cracking'. The different roles of slow neutrons and fast neutrons had not been discovered yet, nor did they understand their different effects in different fission reactions.
Fernando would never turn up his nose at real suggestions, but he would never admit defeat verbally. "Have I never thought about this? But it will take a long time to redo the experiment of bombarding different elements with neutrons under different conditions. Yes, Hathaway and I have already started. "
Neutrons could not be accelerated by electromagnetic fields, so bombardment experiments were much more complicated.
"I'll also try to do an experiment in this area." Lucien said with a smile, "Only by completing the research on the small nuclear fission device as soon as possible can our artificial planet play a greater role. Also, the Church and other enemies will not be able to catch up with us even if they imitate us."
The orbit of the artificial planet and the reception and transmission of electromagnetic waves were not complicated and could be imitated. However, for the fission reactor, without in-depth studies on the fission process, the enemies such as the Church would only cause the explosions that his teacher had been encountering recently. Also, it would be impossible to eliminate the possibility. If they did not understand the function of the magic patterns, they would not be able to combine or abandon them when they were transformed into the corresponding divine symbols. Also, any of the many procedures that went wrong could lead to serious accidents.
That was the difference between 'the frontier of arcana' and 'the frontier of arcana'. After all, the process of 'launch' in this world was too simple and crude.
Fernando nodded his head. "As long as the stable fission reactor can be completed, the miniaturization is only a matter of time."
In this world of magic, many technical problems that couldn't be solved on Earth were no longer a problem. For example, the fission reactor that Fernando and Hathaway built could directly transform the released energy into electricity through magic circles without taking up any extra space. Of course, the cost of the miniaturization would be very high. Unless the Congress paid for the installation on the artificial planet, probably only the archmages and the legendary sorcerers were capable of using it.
Also, the members of the Highest Council had different opinions on promoting the miniaturization of the fission device, because it could lead to great safety hazards. It might cause tremendous casualties and pollution that could not be eradicated for a long time.
Seeing that his teacher was confident, Lucien smiled. "The fission reactor and the miniaturization are just the first steps for us to accumulate experience. Controllable nuclear fusion is our real target. By then, we can even call ourselves' Sun Kings'."
"Controllable nuclear fusion …" Fernando repeated, somewhat yearningly but frowning. The problem was much more difficult than the fission reactor. He, Douglas, Hathaway and the rest of them had no clue at all, and Lucien couldn't offer any useful suggestions either. "Let's explore the fission reactor first …"
Then, he mocked out of habit, "For the arcanists who have a deep understanding of the microscopic domain, their most important experiment right now is to bombard other particles with different particles and find the group that may contain the mysteries from the infinite experimental data. They are more like alchemists than arcanists who do repetitive work."
"It's not just the arcanists who study the microscopic domain deeply. Most of the sorcerers know that the particle bombardment experiments in the microscopic domain are the most likely to lead to new discoveries." Lucien chuckled. "They are full of fear for the weird features of electrons, as if they contain things that can destroy the world. Also, they don't know much about quantum mechanics and cannot make any contributions to theories or experiments. So, they can only walk on the path that can't be wrong."
It was the same as on Earth. Particle bombardment and collision experiments were the most fundamental and most likely places to discover mysteries in the microscopic domain. The only difference was that the senior-rank sorcerers of the Congress could set up the corresponding experiment facilities, unlike the researchers on Earth who had to wait in line to use them so that they could verify their hypotheses or deductions from the collision data.
Of course, when the Large Hadron Collider was developed, the scenes would be more and more similar. For example, the middle-rank sorcerers right now could only hope for a few paths if they wanted to run similar magic experiments.
Firstly, they could be the student or friend of a certain senior-rank sorcerer. Secondly, they could work in the Atom Institution. Thirdly, they could be wealthy enough to hire senior-rank sorcerers to help them set up the experiment.
Fourthly, they could apply to the Magic Research Board and join the queue, waiting to use the open large-scale laboratory in the Allyn magic tower for free. It was specifically proposed by Lucien in the meeting of the Highest Council so that the middle-rank and low-rank sorcerers could do the expected research without spending any money.
Fernando glared at him with his red eyes. "It's all because of the 'observer effect' that they are scared and panicked by you."
Lucien chuckled and changed the topic. "Master, you didn't study the field theory today? Mr. Brook is not here yet? "
"Study? What's the point of studying that? My head is filled with infinity, infinity, infinity. I don't see the point of studying it at all! " Lucien's question was perfect. Fernando burst out like an alchemical bomb that had been ignited.
Lucien was of a mind to comfort his teacher. Every researcher of the field theory had millions of infinities in their room. It was unavoidable for the in-depth studies in the microscopic domain.
For example, Mr. Dirac, who proposed the Dirac equation (or the Lucien equation, a relativistic quantum mechanical equation), was one of the founders of the quantum field theory and one of the top ten, if not top five, great physicists in Lucien's mind. It was exactly because of his different views on infinity that he believed that infinity had its own reasons and deeper meanings, and that the previous classical theories might be wrong. Therefore, he objected to the reconstruction through mathematical methods. As a result, he gradually left the cutting-edge field.
After roaring for a while, Fernando calmed down too. "Brook will come later. However, even if infinity appears in the calculation of higher approximation, the field theory that we have established does describe the interaction of charged particles, which is the nature of the electromagnetic force …"
He was quite satisfied with the joint research of himself, Brook, and Lucien, except for the goddamn infinity.
Based on the field theory that they studied, Fernando and Brook believed that the electromagnetic force was realized by the exchange of charged particles with photons. There were many different processes. However, such photons were different from the photons that were studied every day. They could not be observed and were mathematical conclusions. The two of them called them virtual photons.
After discussing the quantum field theory for a while, Fernando suddenly said, "Stanis told me that the Dark Mountain Range is not peaceful. Those dark guys seemed to have reacquainted themselves with us after the battle in Renstadt and began to consider whether they should cooperate with us or resist us."
"Aren't they too slow?" Lucien was amused.
Fernando chuckled. "Those guys are all species with long lives. Our ten years might be only ten days in their eyes. Also, they are not as interested in arcana as the Church is. It's inevitable that such a situation will happen. Tell Natasha to pay attention to Renstadt. A lot of dark creatures might show up."
"Alright." Lucien nodded solemnly.
… …
Inside the Dark Mountain Range, a young man with short silver hair and golden eyes said solemnly, "Nasdell, sneak into Renstadt and Allyn as soon as possible and take a good look at the changes brought by the Congress of Magic. It will be the basis for our future decisions."
"Yes, sir." The werewolf before him concealed his fur and turned into a rough man with the same silver hair.
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