345 The Impac (1/2)
Chapter 345: The Impact
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
In the administration office of the Sorcerer Administrative Department.
Looking at Lucien across the desk, there was a funny smile on Eric's face, that usually looked serious, ”Evans, are you here to submit your new paper again?”
It was unbelievable how fast Lucien could develop a new paper. It had been just about a month since the last time he submitted the paper which had stirred the debate between the five grand arcanists. And now, here was Lucien again.
Most arcanists could never imagine producing high-quality papers in such a speed, and many arcana and magic researches often took years to be completed, while Lucien's papers still managed to keep the standards high.
”Yes, Mr. Eric. It's connected to my previous paper. I've finished explaining the formula from the perspective of arcana.” Lucien handed the paper to Eric and smiled.
Eric looked very surprised, ”You've found the explanation? You mean explaining the formula that all of the five grand arcanists have failed to analyze from every single perspective?”
”That's right,” answered Lucien straightforward.
Eric slightly opened his mouth but failed to speak any words. After several attempts, Eric said to Lucien, ”You know… Your formula has been under heated discussion everywhere in the Congress. Even my friends who are outside of Allyn are also deeply concerned about it. However, no one has got any clues… It's been bothering lots of people, including myself, so much that the formula which fits the data of black-body radiation so perfectly fails to match any existing theories or explanations. Maybe just like how the grand arcanists put it, we have to make some subversive assumptions to find the right path. And all of these only took you a month. You're really the most outstanding genius among the younger arcanist generation.”
Eric also tried to explore the meaning behind the formula after reading Arcana, however, he failed just like most of the arcanists. And the formula became just a popular topic for most of them.
”I'm not the only one who's found the direction. Another student of Mr. Fernando, Cole, has found the right path as well. I just finished the work earlier than him.”
Eric knew that Lucien and he were in the two totally different circles of arcanists. Eric's serious-looking face now had a curious look on it and he asked, ”So, Evans, have you really made a subversive assumption?”
”Of course. It's very shocking, but it's still an assumption, and currently, it cannot be proved.” Lucien purposefully emphasized.
Eric did not dig into Lucien's answer as it was not polite to ask the author too much about the paper before the review result was available, although he knew that Lucien, as the student of the Lord of Storm, would not really mind it.
”Subversive… cannot be proved…” Eric murmured to himself. He put Lucien's paper in the small cage and pulled the bell rope.
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In the study of the magic tower.
The magic candles in front of Cole had burned to their ends. The morning light sneaked into the study and gradually drove away the darkness.
Without being affected, Cole stared at the piece of paper on the desk, frowning. He pondered why he was still unable to explain the formula even if he had adopted Lucien's method. There must be something important missing.
Cole decided to start the work over again after recalling his conversation with Lucien.
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On the fifteenth floor of the major magic tower of Allyn, in the hall of Arcana Review Board, the bells were ringing, and the complex magic circle started to glow with a white light. When the light disappeared, piles of documents appeared at the center of the magic circle. Long metal arms picked up the documents and a cold, mechanized voice read:
”Necromancy… To Ms. Tina-Timos, Mr. Haggard.”
”Element… To Mr. Overee, Ms. LockLynn.”
”Thermodynamics…” at this time, the mechanized voice paused and read the title out, ”The Energy Distribution of Black Body Radiation…”
After a few seconds, the voice said, ”To Mr. Cole, Ms. Sonya.”
Lucien's paper was duplicated into three copies. One for the record and the other two were sent to two different magic circles…
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In the study.
Using Lucien's method, Cole's calculation was fast. After a few hours, the formula gradually came into being.
To make the formula work, Cole knew that he had to make a hypothesis. Uncontrollably, Cole's thin face was written with fear, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He could not help murmuring, ”This… this goes against the classical equipartition of energy theorem!”
Equipartition theorem was another outstanding achievement from Cole, developed based on Mr. Brook's theory. However, when Cole used his own newly-developed molecular movement theory and introduced the concept of probability and entropy into the formula, the conclusion went against the important premise of the equipartition theorem—the continuity of energy! Cole's head buzzed as if he just got a slap on the face. He felt that his body and soul were divided into two parts, with an angel on one side and a devil on the other!
Cole all of a sudden could not see well. He shook his head fiercely and denied his conclusion.
”Impossible! It's impossible! There must be other explanations!”