Viken laughed so hard that the two red robes outside of the library looked at each other in bewilderment, not understanding why the Congress of Magic's stream made the pope laugh so hard. Did Douglas lose his mind after he became a demigod, and he announced his surrender to the Church in the stream?
Apart from that, they couldn't think of anything else that could make His Holiness happy instead of infuriated.
Of course, they knew very well that it was absolutely impossible.
After laughing for a while, Viken calmed down and hid his expression. After all, it was an experiment that Douglas completed, and the result could not be completely trusted. What if he was lying to him on purpose? He decided to repeat it a few times and make sure that it was true before he considered his next plan.
The design of the experiment this time was not complicated. The difficulty lay in the subtle control and production. It was not too complicated for Pope Viken, who was also a demigod and had a profound foundation in alchemy. The biggest difference between him and the grand arcanists was not the ability to do things but the way of thinking cultivated by the arcana system. Therefore, he could not design such an experiment and could only rely on the research progress of Douglas, Lucien, and the rest of them.
… …
In the square, as Douglas repeated the experiment, exclamations of "it's impossible" echoed nonstop. The ordinary people who had been listening to "Arcana Voice" and watching "Sky TV" for a long time had more or less been taught the most basic arcana knowledge and logic. How could they not be appalled when the result determined the process? Also, it was completely in violation of their daily experience and their instincts as intelligent creatures!
However, as the results of the experiments were confirmed again and again, they gradually calmed down. After all, magic was also something that was beyond their imagination. In their hearts, it was equally unbelievable. Therefore, now that the "law of causality" was broken, it did not completely subvert their worldview. After all, their worldview had long been destroyed by magic.
"Magic is truly amazing!" An old gentleman said in excitement, "It can prolong life, slow down aging, and reverse the past!"
A sorcerer who happened to pass by and watched the stream in the square looked at him "sadly". Could the three things be compared?
The sorcerer's head was swollen, and his eyes were bloodshot. He felt that his understanding of the world, life, and values had all been overturned. The world became illusionary, his life became illusionary, and his values became illusionary. After all, the decision right now would change the past!
Before, sorcerers all believed that the past remained unchanged and the future was uncertain. But now, even the past could be changed?
His ears hummed, as if thunder were rumbling. He turned his head in confusion to make sure that he was not in a dream.
Another old man who was wearing a bonnet also said excitedly, "Yes. Magic is too amazing. I'm told that senior-rank sorcerers can prolong their lives by hundreds of years and keep their vigor!"
They seemed to have paid more attention to that than the result of the almost dream-like experiment that "the present can change the past".
Many bards and playwrights around were so excited that their faces were twisted after they recovered from their shock. Such a "magical" experiment gave them the inspiration for their works. They couldn't wait to weave marvelous and shocking stories. For example, for those who were killed by the "strong observer", all the traces of their past would be erased and replaced by other people or things. Then, nobody would remember them, and nobody would know that such a person once existed in the world …
The more they thought about it, the more excited they became. Some of them simply squatted and took out their "simple pens" or "pens" that they carried with them, recording their inspirations.
It was not hard to see that the weirdness of the microscopic domain would support batches of playwrights and bards in the future.
Compared to their "simple happiness", the students in the generic schools and the noble schools were much more miserable. The experiments that Mr. President and Mr. Evans completed in person overturned their most basic common sense and violated their most fundamental logic. Holding their heads, they felt that their head was about to explode. On one side, it was the normal world and the knowledge that they learned, and on the other side, it was the unbelievable world that the experiment revealed just now. The two were fighting fiercely in their heads like angels and devils.
At this moment, they experienced what pain and what it meant to have their worldview overturned. For the first time in their lives, they regretted learning so much arcana knowledge!
Why? Why did I come to watch the experiment that Mr. Evans was involved in?
Was I asking to be killed?
Ali thought in a daze. "Am I real or not right now? Is it because every thought is changing my past self? "
"No, no, there must be other explanations. There's no mathematical basis to describe it …" Longman tried to calm himself down, but he could not stop himself from mumbling to himself.
Compared to their "pain and confusion", the magic apprentices and the arcanists were as quiet as death. Even their breathing had stopped. The bystanders were worried that their heads would explode together.
In the stream room, Douglas repeated the experiment and got the same result. However, he did not stop but continued mechanically without any expression on his face.
It was not until Lucien coughed that he heaved a long sigh and stopped the experiment. He said to all the audience solemnly, "I believe that the most fundamental view of the arcanists should be to respect experiments and phenomena. Everything should be based on them and mathematics."
His words were essentially an announcement. Samantha, Louise, and the other arcanists who participated in the stream suddenly couldn't support their bodies anymore. They sat on the ground, as if their knowledge, common sense, and instincts in the past could no longer support their worldview and values.
In Allyn, Renstadt, and wherever the stream could be seen, the arcanists more or less behaved the same way. The sorcerers who were good at astrology were even crying silently, as if they were mourning the passing of determinism and the possible destruction of the "law of causality".
Over the past few years, determinism had been on the verge of bankruptcy, but they still refused to admit it in their hearts. It was not until the powerful and subversive shock that they officially became vulnerable to the reality.
Indescribable sorrow, hesitation, confusion, and desperation covered the City in the Sky and the branches of the Congress of Magic.
Douglas looked around the stream room. Seeing that Brook, Fernando, and a few other legendary sorcerers were considering the problem solemnly, the other arcanists were vulnerable and confused. So, he thought for a moment and said, "The most important thing for us right now is to figure out why the result is like this. It must be noted that microscopic particles are substances that can spread everywhere. Maybe we can find an explanation from other perspectives instead of forcing ourselves to believe that the present can change the past."
His words instilled vigor into the shocked arcanists, allowing them to recover gradually.
The stream was over. Watching Samantha and the other arcanists leave in sorrow, Douglas sighed and said, "In any case, it's time for them to face the problem of determinism. In the age of great development of arcana, other than the words such as glory, brilliance, joy, excitement, and excitement, there will certainly be negative words such as sadness, pain, and desperation. This is an age of smiles and tears."
"However, after today, if there are no breakthroughs in the theory, most of the arcanists in the Congress of Magic will be stagnant for at least ten years. The subversion of their fundamental beliefs will directly lead to the instability of their cognitive world." Brook, who had the experience of breaking and solidifying, walked over with mixed feelings.
Staring at the experiment device, Fernando still said viciously, "Stagnation now is more important than stagnation in the future. By then, even life will be stagnant. Right now, we have one demigod and four top legends who can shelter them in the reconstruction of their worldview."
Footsteps echoed. Annick, Sprint, Heidi, and the other students of Lucien arrived outside of the stream room. After watching the experiment, they couldn't wait to ask their teacher about it.
Seeing that, Douglas said with a bitter smile, "It was you who proposed the two thought experiments, Evans. So, after the stream, I believe that most arcanists, magic apprentices, and ordinary people who have basic arcana knowledge will be scared when they mention you."
"My notoriety has spread far and wide …" Lucien scratched his chin and smiled helplessly.
"Master, is it really against the law of causality? I don't think so … "Annick, who was shy and introverted, had an unusually stubborn attitude when it came to arcana. Therefore, after greeting everyone, he did not waste any more time and asked his teacher about it, expressing his opinion.
Hearing his question, Douglas, Hathaway, Oliver and the rest of them moved their eyes to Lucien's face too. They also wanted to know Lucien's opinion on the experiment.
Lucien seemed to have foreseen Annick's question. He replied without thinking, "What Mr. President said just now is possible. Electrons spread in space and come from all paths. Only when we choose the result that we want to see will they collapse to one or two paths. It is not that the present is changing the past, but that before that, the electrons haven't collapsed, and the path is not determined."
Before we choose … Annick widened his eyes. "The observer effect?"
Although such an explanation would eliminate the contradiction in the law of causality, it would also highlight the observer effect!
Lucien smiled at Annick, but he did not say anything.
Fernando and the rest of them shook their heads, still unable to accept the observer effect. So, they left and thought hard at home, trying to find an explanation that did not emphasize the observer effect but did not violate the law of causality.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
