Chapter 233 Why (the first watch of four thousand words)
——Thank you all, I have been in the top ten of the monthly pass list for a long time today, and the gap is not big at present, so I will continue to ask for the support of the monthly pass.
In addition, considering the recovery of my own update time and the coherence of the plot, the second chapter tonight will be postponed to half past eleven, which will be a large chapter of 5,000 words, that is, the update will be moved forward tomorrow morning to tonight, with a total of 9,000 words, equivalent to three chapters.
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Under the gaze of many arcanists, Lavindi, who was standing behind the experimental device, began directly without any nonsense: "In the legends of intelligent races such as elves, dragons, and humans, the world began very similarly: lightning and thunder, volcanic eruptions, floods. Even our most hated churches have similar descriptions in their Holy Scriptures. When the debate arose about whether living matter could be artificially synthesized, the 'partial' advanced arcanists of the elemental will were inspired to propose an idea, why don't we simulate this environment? See what happens in a similar natural environment?"
Although the voice was suppressed as low as possible, everyone could hear his hidden excitement. Felipe nodded thoughtfully: "High temperature and lightning, will methane, urea and other living substances be naturally generated, and artificial synthesis in the experimental environment will be promoted to the natural environment? Is this something that can further overturn the theory of human vitality and deal a heavier blow to the church, was it conceived by the professor or the high-ranking officials of the elemental will? Listening to His Excellency Lavendi's tone, it seems that the experiment was successful?"
As he thought, Felipe turned his head to look at Lucian and found that he was looking at him with a solemn expression and concentration, as if he didn't know the content of the experiment: "It shouldn't be him, if there was such a decisive result, he would have thrown it out long ago, how could it be my turn?"
The other arcanists had similar ideas, after all, this was the focus of the discussion during this time, and Lavindi directly pointed out that he was inspired by this, so they whispered to each other.
"What kind of life material will appear?"
"Methane, right? This living material is found in many volcanic eruptions, but it is thought to be produced by the decay of plants buried underground, and erupted with the eruption."
"Is this directly eliminating the interference of plants and other living organisms, and using the most primitive natural environment?"
The arcanists below were talking, and among the waiters waiting for orders outside the main house, Nikolai and Valent tried their best to suppress their anger and keep their emotions stable from being sensed by the high-level arcanists.
"This group of damn blasphemous evil magicians are going to break into the realm of gods further! Everything is caused by Felipe, a blasphemer! It's all him, and he must be purified!"
The two people who relied on special magic items to suppress their magical aura and power were like real ordinary people, and under the arrangement of the old mage Fern, they mixed into Sariva Manor half a day in advance, waiting by the gate with other attendants in the cold wind of early spring.
Only when the few magic apprentices in charge of them give orders can they enter with hot water and towels.
Who knew that before the two of them found the opportunity, they saw Lavindi walking onto the platform, and when they heard him introduce the experiment, they almost couldn't control their anger and dedicate themselves to the Lord.
"Be quiet, please be quiet!" Ravendi's loud voice stopped the buzzing whispers in the hall.
Looking around the hall, Lavendi continued: "Based on the analysis of the gas near the volcanic eruption, based on the analysis of the constituent elements of living matter, we will introduce completely pure water, hydrogen, methane and ammonia into this experimental device."
"Among them, methane is synthesized artificially with the help of catalysts through hydrogen gas...... The proportion of gas injected at the end was selected from many controlled experiments we conducted at the same time."
Watching Lavindi open the alchemy array to artificially prepare ammonia and methane, Tina Dimos, Felipe and other arcanists began to wonder what substance he wanted to refine.
Obviously, experiments on artificial methane synthesis can be valued as one of a series of evidence that overturns the theory of human vitality, but Ravendi's performance is like he casually prepared something small in the magic laboratory, which is not worth mentioning.
In a quiet but doubtful atmosphere, Lavendi synthesized the gas calmly and step by step.
"Methane is really made of non-living substances, and it is no longer just decaying corpses and some bacterial life that can produce ......" After a while, after witnessing Lavendi calmly mix the newly prepared gas with hydrogen in proportion and introduce it into the glass bottle in the upper left corner of the experimental device, many necromancers couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, in just over a week, many of their past ideas were ruthlessly overturned.
Before the introduction, Lavindi not only used the magic circle to identify that there were no other gases in it, but also asked Pesol, Felipe, and others to complete the identification with their own identification techniques to ensure the authenticity and credibility of the experimental results.
Such a rigorous attitude made the arcanists more and more curious about the result, and then Ravendi directly injected the pure water generated by the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen into the glass bottle in the lower left corner.
"Now that the experimental environment and experimental materials are ready, they are common things in the natural environment. Next, let's start the formal experiment." Lavendi opened the magic circle and let a continuous electric spark appear in the glass bottle in the upper left corner, "This is simulated lightning."
"This is a simulation of high temperatures and flooding of volcanic eruptions." LaVine introduced it first, while stimulating the alchemy array around the glass bottle in the lower right corner.
Then he opened the catheter valve to connect the entire experimental device. The pure water in the glass bottle in the lower right corner evaporates at high temperature, enters the glass bottle in the upper left corner through the catheter, meets the mixed gas, and is shrouded in the constantly appearing "lightning".
Seeing that the loop was fully appearing, Lavindi exited the platform and activated the protective magic circle around him: "This will take about a week. I will open the magic circle and ask all arcanists to arrange their own unique magic marks around it to prevent artificial interference with experiments during this time."
"It will take about a week? What the hell is going to do this?" The arcanists didn't understand the meaning of this experiment at all, and Timothy, who was polite with gold-rimmed glasses, said humorously: "Will a baby be born inside? So it takes a long time to get pregnant?"
The necromancers didn't take this obviously joking remark to heart, the human body was extremely complex, even if the problem of the soul was not mentioned, a more complex living matter would not be so easy to produce! This experiment was too simple, it was hard to imagine what advanced products could appear!
Lavindi nodded solemnly: "Yes, it will take about a week. During this time, we are discussing the issue of alchemical substances helping plants grow. The rooms on the upper four floors of this main house and the buildings behind it are enough for everyone to use, and please be able to supervise the independent and objective operation of this magic."
The puzzled Pesol, Rogerio, and others used communication techniques to ask the nearby Revenant Master for instructions, and agreed to Ravendi's request, and they themselves were very curious about what this experiment simulating the primitive environment could prove.
Exilion and Arestine, who were sitting next to Lucian, were very interested in nature and primitive things, but they knew nothing about magical experiments and couldn't guess what this experiment simulating the primitive natural environment was trying to do, so they were curious and disgusted, and asked Lucian sideways: "Mr. Evans, what did your high-ranking arcanists of elemental will design this experiment to prove?"
"According to Mr. Ravendi, perhaps it is to further overturn the theory of human life mechanics and confirm that simple living matter can also occur in the natural environment." Lucian said the same speculation as the other arcanists, but it was enough to bluff the two elven royals.
When Estine thinks, she is used to rubbing her pink lips with the index finger of her right hand, she is more likely to agree that there is a huge gap between living and non-living beings, but the discussion of magicians in the past few days has made her a little shaken: "It appears in a natural environment...... It seems to be quite good."
"Primitive natural will? Without the intervention of gods?" Exirion thought doubtfully with a druid's mind.
Outside the main house gate, Nikolai and Valente were anxious, their plan was divided into two plans, one was to enter the hall after receiving the order and pass around Felipe, then with a mortal mentality to make a thunderous blow, and the other was if the old mage Fern could not create an opportunity for them to pass around Felipe, then wait for the magicians to finish the discussion and suddenly attack Felipe when he came out.
As a result, this meeting lasted for a week! And the longer the time, the easier it is for the two of them to be discovered!
I only hope that Felipe will not be arranged to live in other buildings a few floors above the main house, and that he will also leave the hall when evening comes.
The old mage Fern, who was sitting in the front seat in the center of the hall, touched the gray beard on his lips with a solemn expression, if the opportunity did not arise naturally, then create one himself, but it seemed too late today.
Ravendi waited until the arcanists' discussions gradually stopped, and said: "This time the research with the druids is progressing smoothly, among which the three alchemical substances proposed by Lucian Evans have been confirmed and can effectively help increase food production. This is of immeasurable significance to all human nations."
"Now that the experiment has entered the observation stage without the action of the druids' natural magic, it will take about four to five months, so we are here to discuss in advance what other alchemical substances are useful and how to simplify their alchemical reactions to facilitate large-scale preparation and popularization. Next, Evans will share with you the process of his discovery."
Warm applause rang out, at least in the hearts of most arcanists, if it weren't for Lucian's accidental synthesis of urea, Felipe would never have thought of overturning the theory of human vitality. While his results are inconclusive, they are undoubtedly respectable.
The few necromancers who recognized the chaos of the world and found it difficult to meditate effectively glanced at Lucian who walked up to the front of the platform with a slight resentment, but did not have the urge to kill him, after all, it was Felipe who overturned the theory of human life mechanics, and it was the turn of the others to teach him a lesson.
Lucian cleared his throat and gently talked about the experiment, which was confirmed by elves such as Estine and magicians such as Theodore, and there was no problem - although they tampered with some of the data, it was changed back by Lucian according to reasoning.
After talking about the arcane research process, just when everyone applauded and thought that Lucian would come down, Lucian made a downward gesture to signal the arcanists to be quiet.
In the puzzled eyes of everyone, Lucian said with a serious expression: "Through my arcane papers and the situation of your experiments, I think everyone has noticed that these elements that can help plants grow must be contained in alchemical substances that can be soluble in water before they can be absorbed by plants."
"Isn't it obvious? The plant mainly depends on moisture and sunlight, so it can only be absorbed by it when dissolved in water. I think most arcanists will think of this after the previous few failed experiments, but you were ahead of you by Mr. Evans." An arcanist who was affected by the theory of human life force and was good at both elemental magic and said with a slight dissatisfaction.
Lucian's delicate face showed an incomprehensible smile: "Since it is obvious, then I want to ask everyone, why can it only be absorbed when dissolved in water? Why can't those particulate matter suspended in water? Plants do rely on moisture and sunlight, but there are no direct experiments to prove that moisture is only used as a transport tool here! Why is there such a big difference between an alchemical substance before and after it dissolves in water? On this last point, all arcanists should have noticed similar phenomena in some other magical experiments, but why?"
A series of whys made the arcanists a little dizzy, but when they carefully recalled the magic experiments they had done, they found that there were indeed similar phenomena, such as the huge difference in conductivity between salt crystals and salt solutions, but because these phenomena were so common and common, they were regarded as common sense, and no one thought why.
After asking these questions, Lucian stepped down from the platform and gave time to the arcanists to discuss.
"Evans, you're starting to do this again. I remember you also asked a series of whys after the periodic table was confirmed, just like Speaker Douglas's habit." Larry's chubby round face showed an emotional smile, "Your keen eye for problems is amazing, this is where I need to learn from you."
Before Lucian could be polite, Timothy pushed his gold-rimmed glasses and jokingly said: "Evans, I think there are a few nicknames that suit you very well, such as 'Evans who loves to ask why', such as 'questioner', what do you think?"
"It's not good, and the first nickname also contains a name." Lucian shook his head and walked through them to the center position.
Timothy smiled and said, "Then Evans, how do you think it sounds better?"
"A hundred thousand why......" Lucian sat down expressionlessly.
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In the half-plane space, the storm lord laughed softly: "There are so many problems." At the same time, he turned his head to glance at Douglas, the chairman of the Magic Council.
Feeling the gaze of the storm master, Douglas withdrew his gaze from the experimental device, and just now he simulated the possible results of this experiment in his meditation environment, not paying attention to what happened afterwards, so he returned a questioning look.
"One hundred thousand whys." The storm lord whispered.
Douglas said strangely: "What?"
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Thanks to Lucian's question, the arcanists had a direction for discussion, and from time to time people took the stage to speak and used other alchemy platforms to complete experiments.
After that, Lucian and Felipe were placed in a room on the upper floor of the main house, and all the attendants were served by a small number of magic apprentices, so that Nikolai and Valente had no chance to sneak in. This made the old mage Fern almost want to do it himself, but unfortunately he was in another house.
During the day, Nikolai and Valente occasionally had the opportunity to enter the hall, but Felipe and Lucian were both carefully sitting among the many arcanists, and the water they drank was prepared by themselves before, and they did not give people the opportunity to poison and attack at all, which disappointed them very much. However, not being "discovered" by advanced arcanists makes them emboldened and feel that special magic items work very well.
Seeing that the seven days were about to pass and there was no chance, the old mage Fern began to be impatient, and when Felipe returned to Heidler City, he, the elemental mage, would not be able to help!
(End of this chapter)