658 Fleeting Time (1/2)
In April of 827, it was warm in Rentato with a gentle breeze.
Wearing a neat female knight suit like how her idol, Queen Natasha, was dressed, Heidi sat in a tea shop on Rose Avenue, appreciating the piano song while reading 'Herald of Arcana and Magic' on the table.
Ever since the South Church was banished, the terms such as arcana, magic and alchemy were known by more and more people, who were full of curiosity about the charming, mysterious fields even though they could not understand the sophisticated theories and did not have excellent talents.
Also, as more and more generic schools and Landings were established, more and more ordinary people had learnt how to read. 'Arcana Voice' was no longer enough to satisfy the citizens who wanted to know more. As fans of 'News of the World', they were very familiar with the anecdotes in the world of arcana and magic, and they adored the famous arcanists and sorcerers as much as they adored musicians and playwrights.
In their community, it was considered cool and fashionable if anybody could discuss the cutting-edge concepts in arcana, even though they did not understand the meaning of the dizzying words at all.
Therefore, 'Herald of Arcana and Magic', a popular version of 'Allyn Impression', was created, and the circulation was surprisingly good. According to Heidi's noble friends, quite a few nobles were thinking of setting up similar newspapers.
Sipping the Count Red Tea, Heidi read the newspaper casually:
”After Prince Lucien 'Atom Controller' Evans proposed to solve the radiation problem by quantizing the electromagnetic field, Mr. Annick and Sprint respected it as 'second quantization' and applied it to the electronic system, achieving excellent results. The two arcanists who won the Holm Crown Ring and the Silver Moon Medal for the model of electron spin at such a young age have shown their talents again.”
Reading the news that did not involve any specific theories, Heidi couldn't help but click her lips. Although she could keep up with Annick and Sprint in microscopic studies, and she could understand the sophisticated theories, she was not as distinguished as them and merely had a few products that were far from astonishing. However, in the field of 'artificial intelligence', she had made remarkable progress.
After her conversations with her teacher, and after too many thoughts and experiments, Chelly, Lowi, Alfalia and she had a general plan for the design of 'artificial intelligence', which had been named by their teacher as 'Heidi-Chelly A. I. System'.
As for the alchemical products needed, thanks to Katrina and Layria's material knowledge and Hathaway and Hellen's magic crystals, and thanks to the joint research of hundreds of arcanists who worked in a similar field, they already had the fundamental parts they needed after more than a year of work. They had transformed the electronic tubes they designed before into the smaller and more convenient transistors.
”However, the current arcana theory cannot completely explain the mechanism of the transistors. They can only be roughly manufactured and applied with magic, which means that their demand is high and cannot be popularized. Are we obliged to use the electronic tubes for a long time in the future?” Heidi raised her hand and combed her hair, deeply upset by the problem.
Recalling that she had come to Rentato exactly to get away from the problem, Heidi decided not to dwell on it anymore. Therefore, she focused her mind on the newspaper again.
”Mr. Douglas, the Emperor of Arcana, has published two solutions of Evans' equation of gravitational field. He believes that one of the solutions describes the special celestial body when tremendous matters are focused on one point in space. They will establish a 'horizon' around the celestial body. Even the light wouldn't be able to escape it. It's the most terrifying body that can swallow everything. It has been named 'black hole'.”
”The other solution is a complement to the first solution. It describes the electric black hole formed by charged matter, whereas the first 'black hole' neither carries electricity nor spins…”
”A black hole…” Heidi thought to herself. As a sorcerer close to the senior rank, and as a student of a grand arcanist, she knew more than what was reported. ”Mr. President also believes that the Host Star of Destiny that the black hole corresponds to is the reason why the people whose fate does not have a track appear. It's not true to say that their face doesn't have a track, but the track can only be observed and determined by intermittent phenomena… My teacher's conditions seem to be similar. Does he have a dual-body system made of a general Host Star of Destiny and a black hole?”
Shaking her head, Heidi thought to herself. ”After Mr. President observes the black hole in space and confirms the arcana significance of the two solutions, his gravity magic will be even more terrifying. Well, so will my teacher's.”
Although it was impossible to create a real black hole, Douglas could certainly simulate one in his cognitive world and project it out. The effect would be extraordinary. As the constructor of the field equation, Lucien would certainly earn similar benefits.
At this moment, a few young men, who appeared to be from the No. 5 generic school nearby, read the newspaper in a low voice. ”Mr. Fernando, the Lord of Storm, has published his discoveries. The rays of electric curse in element decay show a sign of energy non-conservation. Also, the spectrum is continuous and non-quantized…”
”Based on that, he speculates that a tiny particle that does not carry electricity is released together with the rays of electric curse. It's a new particle that is different from the other fundamental particles. He has named it 'neutrino'. He has also proposed the possible situation when the atomic nucleus decays and pointed out that the undiscovered Force of Water in the four fundamental forces may be contained in the process…”
”How awesome. They can boldly predict a new matter just based on certain experiment phenomena! Arcanists are so cool…” The students discussed it in a low voice. Arcanists in their eyes seemed to be gods that mastered the law of the world and predicted everything according to it.