715 Ocean of Negative Energy (2/2)

As to where the truth of the world was and how the energy was transmitted, it would be a different problem.

However, it could not explain why knights and magic creatures could also recover on their own, unless they were also connected to the 'truth of the world' but somehow could not receive the feedback of the 'truth of the world'.

Because little progress had been made on what the soul and the 'truth of the world' were, the two mainstream explanations were mere hypotheses that were not supported by any theory or formula.

Telaviv's model of negative energy, on the other hand, described a ubiquitous ocean of energy and explained the recovery of spiritual particles in the most straightforward way based on the Lucien equation as well as the verifiable negative energy and antiparticles.

'Meditation' was the communication between the soul and the ocean of negative energy. Because it was ubiquitous and boasted almost infinite energy, the soul could absorb energy from it to recover the spiritual power. The feedback of the 'truth of the world' would cause certain changes in the cognitive world that intensified the communication with the ocean of negative energy.

By the same logic, the model of negative ocean explained why certain polymorph spells required enormous energy to sustain but little energy to be triggered at the beginning. After Lucien proposed the mass-energy formula, the studies on those spells resulted in suspicion of the conservation of energy. However, Hellen devised a spectacular experiment that the non-conservation of energy in the general sense did not exist.

The model was so significant that Telaviv appreciated the Congress of Magic, Mr. Atom Controller, Lucien equation and the hypothesis of antiparticles emotionally after finishing the main part of the paper. He also nicknamed his model of negative energy as 'spring of magic' and 'supernatural ocean'.

”This is a paper of great significance. It marks that we have a whole new direction to study the nature of magic…” Lucien browsed through the paper and remarked unbiasedly.

Under the magic lamp, Heidi asked, her eyes glittering like crystals. ”Master, do you acknowledge the model?”

”Acknowledge? How can I acknowledge a paper that does not have experiments and phenomena? His ideas are very innovative and have given us a new path that may explain the nature of magic, but it remains to be seen whether or not it is a wrong path. Everything has to be based on math and experiments.” Said Lucien with a smile.

Although he knew that the model had been abandoned on Earth, he was not in a hurry to disapprove it.

On one hand, Lucien was exploring in the mist himself. The more he studied the microscopic domain, the more he realized that it must be the fundamental reason for the differences between the two worlds. As for which specific part caused the differences, it still required future explorations. Therefore, he could not disapprove it just because the theory was proven wrong on Earth but had to do so with his own experiments and deductions.

On the other hand, Lucien also hoped that the model could inspire the arcanists to consider more about the essence of magic. For a long time, the studies on the essence of magic had been mired in difficulties. Most arcanists had lost their interest in that. Instead of considering why there was magic, they simply devoted themselves to the creation of new spells and the modification of existing spells, hoping that the reason would reveal itself as they went deeper on their respective path. After Lucien proposed the observer effect in the microscopic domain, their methodology seemed correct.

”Our teacher is right. It's only a possible model, but with the model, the quantum state, the quantum superposition and the observer effect do not seem necessary to explain the essence of magic.” Deep in thought, Layria said in a daze, which made Heidi chuckle. Was she implying that their teacher's 'observer effect' was wrong right in his face? Well, Annick and Sprint must be happy about it. Their appreciation of the paper was all over their faces.

Lucien smiled. ”This can only explain the recovery of spiritual power. It cannot explain why the ocean of negative energy is communicable or why there are a myriad of different spells. That's probably the category of the observer effect, the quantum state and the quantum superposition.

Annick and Sprint did not have any theory to explain those questions. Therefore, even though Lucien could tell that they did not agree with him, they did not propose any argument.

”Are there any other papers?” Asked Lucien casually while he kept browsing the journal.

[1] The Dirac sea is a theoretical model of the vacuum as an infinite sea of particles with negative energy. It was first postulated by the British physicist Paul Dirac in 1930 to explain the anomalous negative-energy quantum states predicted by the Dirac equation for relativistic electrons.