344 The Arrangements (1/2)
Chapter 344: The Arrangements
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
A few days later. On the 18th floor of the headquarter of the Congress.
The No. 7 lab was spacious and bright. Divided into different sections, the lab was provided with all kinds of alchemical operation desks and mysterious magic circles, and their light turned the lab into a dream-like place.
However, in the lab, there were only four sorcerers, Lucien, Lazar, Rock, Jerome, and the several apprentices. There were no guests here for a celebration. After all, for the sorcerers in the Congress, they did not see a newly-started research project without any solid findings as something worthy of celebration, and Lucien's unique-named institution was also not an exception. Meanwhile, Lucien was also happy with it because right now he did not want too much attention at all.
As the leading arcanist, Lucien cleared his throat a bit and said to the project members seriously, ”Our research hasn't started yet; we have very few companies so far, and our findings haven't revealed themselves. In front of us are things that have been discovered, a new world that has never been touched. It's waiting for us. I believe that we'll see more and find more on our way marching forward. Today, we see the Congress as our honor; Tomorrow, the Congress will see us as its honor!”
In the end, Lucien spoke to his friends and students in a half-joking way.
His listeners were pretty surprised. They did not expect that Lucien was such a dreamer.
Lucien nodded to them and continued, ”I need to attend the regular monthly meeting later. So Lazar will be responsible for managing the institution. Jerome, you take half of the apprentices with you and set about studying the changing properties of materials under low temperature. Let's start with the common materials such as coal, iron, Mythril and Adamantine… I need you to take down all the records every time when you change the temperature by one degree. It's an experiment requiring a lot of patience. Jerome, you're the ideal person for it. Do be careful when working in the extreme low-temperature environment though.”
So far, the Congress's research on ultralow temperature still remained on studying liquid hydrogen, which meant that the Congress was still about ten degrees away from the temperature required for achieving superconductivity. In the world that Lucien came from, the problem had not been solved until helium was discovered. So Lucien was not planning on making them find the phenomenon of superconductivity.
What Lucien was trying to push them toward was to find the fact that charcoal would be able to absorb air very easily at lower than minus 180 Celsius degree, which could be used as a very handy tool for creating a vacuum environment. In the future, it would be very useful for Lucien's upcoming experiments.
Jerome nodded and accepted the task.
Lucien turned to Rock and said, ”Rock, you take the other half of the apprentices to study gas discharge under different pressure conditions. Larry and K have basically fully developed the theory of ionization, and they have proved that it is the ions carrying positron and electron that enables electricity to conduct in a solution. So we're now switching to the other question — how and why gas discharges?”
Ions… That was the name from Larry and K.
Rock also nodded and took the job.
In the end, Lucien said to Lazar, ”You're the coordinator. Whoever needs help, you go there. In your free time, you can do your own thing.”
”I'll keep a close watch on them.” Lazar grinned, ”I wonder how many things are there in your mind. You can always connect seemingly-unrelated things together.”
Only Lucien himself knew why he could do so, but, of course, he would not speak to anyone.
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After making all the arrangements, Lucien left the lab.
”Evans?”
”Mr. Evans?”
In the corner of the corridor, Lucien ran into Isabella and Rachel again.
After greeting each other, Isabella seized the chance and hurriedly asked, ”Evans, I've read your formula and the papers from the five grand arcanists. Neither of them can explain the meaning of the formula. There's only one possibility, right? You know what I'm talking about.”
This was the question that had been bothering every arcanist who understood the papers published in this month's Arcana.
”In fact, I've got some clues. And I'm working on it, although it's tough.” Following Fernando and Douglas' words, Lucien gradually revealed the truth.
”Really?!” Both Isabella and Rachel asked very surprisedly, as they never expected that Lucien could really offer them the answer.
But as soon as they asked, the two ladies hurriedly apologized, saying that they did not mean to pry into Lucien's research.
Lucien did not mind it at all, ”My tough job is almost done, and Mr. Fernando also knows what it is about. So it's totally fine to share.”
”Then please, Mr. Evans.” Rachel smiled. She knew that her teacher, Isabella, would feel shy and restrained from asking, so she, as the student, should be the one to take the initiative.
”Follow the perspective of molecular movement put forward by my fellow, Cole, and introduce probability into the analysis of the formula.” Lucien basically opened the gate for them.