Chapter 574

Carmel left, while Gawain sat quietly behind his desk and fell into a long period of contemplation.

He thought about the nature of magic power, guessed the source of magic power, and thought about how to shield the interference of natural magic power from observation experiments, and in the midst of contemplation, Amber standing beside him said: "You seem to have been researching some magic power. The essence of the problem... is this problem really important?"

"Aren't you curious?" Gawain glanced back at Amber, he saw the half-elf's face full of confusion, "You have never thought about what the magic in nature is, or where it comes from. Is it?"

"...Magic is magic, something as natural as air, it is a part of the world," Amber scratched his hair, "It is needed for casting spells, for configuring potions, and even for the survival of some animals and plants. It's... I think it's like a stone, it's been there since the world was born."

"But the stone won't suddenly turn into a chaotic magic tide, the magic can, and it won't necessarily exist forever, unless we can prove that it is really endless," Gawain shook his head gently, "If magic is just a What about short-lived miracles? Of course, this 'short-lived' is relative to the years of the whole world, but maybe the magic is just a small phenomenon in the long cycle of this world, like a moment of calm in the thunderous waves, we mortals are here A little insect with a shorter lifespan born in a moment of peace, we are born in peace, and we think that the essence of this world is a calm water surface, but we don’t know that there will be a storm in the next second, or that the magic power is something. A thing with limited reserves, it is consumed every moment, but until it is exhausted, mortals have no way of detecting and measuring..."

Amber became more and more surprised, and finally widened his eyes: "How did you come up with these sensational ideas!"

Then she looked up and down at Gawain with a weird expression: "No wonder you always seem mysterious... So you are full of weird things like this every day... In other words, you shouldn't be out of the body. What did you see in those seven hundred years?"

"...It has nothing to do with that," Gawain shook his head in tears, "Forget it, one day you will..."

He wanted to say "one day you will understand this problem", but then he thought about Amber's lazy and unthinking characteristics in the field of knowledge, and finally changed his tone: "Don't think about it so much."

Amber thought for a moment, then narrowed his eyes: "I think you are despising my intelligence..."

Gawain didn't care about this half-elf's small protest, he just stood up, left the study, and came to the magic laboratory near the study.

This laboratory belongs to Heidi, but since Gawain also has some knowledge in the field of magic,

There's something for him here too. He came to a corner of the laboratory, took out a set of devices that had been on hold for a while from the cabinet, and took it to a nearby experimental bench to assemble it together.

Its construction is simple, a light shield with small holes, a baffle with a narrow double slit, and a flat light screen - the precision of this unit is unrivaled in this era thanks to the finishing capabilities of Nicholas Eggs .

The baffle of this device is not an oppressive crystal, but an ordinary opaque metal plate, so it is not used to observe the magic double-slit interference, but an ordinary double-slit used to observe light. The device for interfering phenomena has been placed here for several months, and the relevant observations have long been recorded, but today, Gawain wanted to see it again.

He set up the monochromatic light source in front of the installation, turned off the lights in the laboratory, and then began to carefully adjust the relative positions of the baffle and the light screen.

No matter how you adjust it, what appears on the light screen is always a chaotic, spreading halo.

The halo fluctuated with Gawain's adjustment, like the devil's malicious smile, mocking the powerless experimenter.

There are no interference fringes.

Gawain seemed to have returned to a few months ago again, feeling the shock and confusion that he had when he first observed that halo through this device.

The light in this world does not seem to be light, but simple optical devices such as telescopes he designed are still in normal use.

There are no interference fringes on the light screen. It may be that the precision or adjustment range of the device is still not enough. It may also be that the "light" of this world really has no volatility. After verifying the same problem with the volatility of magic, he had a new guess: perhaps, the device was also interfered with by magic in nature.

Is the "light" of this world also a kind of magic? Is it some kind of magic visible to the naked eye that can be blocked by ordinary opaque substances? Or, the magic of this world can affect the volatility of light in the microscopic realm, so that all double-slit interference experiments will fail as long as they are exposed to the magic environment?

Looking at the hazy and chaotic halo on the light screen, Gawain fell into a long thought.

...

It's autumn.

As the most eye-catching constellation in the summer night sky, the constellation Rhizoma gradually moved away from the highest point of the sky and became a regular visitor in the western sky, while the "Frost Sky", which represents the reduction of heat, gradually rose and began to move towards the center of the sky.

Every year, January is the cold month, February is the recovery month, March is the fire month, and April is the harvest month - the rise of the frosty sky means that the hottest time of the year is coming to an end, which represents the harvest month. Autumn has come to the earth, and it will continue to rise in the next frost and foggy moons, getting closer to the highest point of the sky every day. In order to distinguish the changes in solar terms, the Ansu people gave the frost sky just started to rise this season. Name, called "April Ying Frost".

This name made Gawain briefly confused. Although he knew in his memory that the word "Yingshuang" in this phrase did not mean to meet the frost and snow, but to meet the "Frost Sky", the thinking inertia of the people on earth still made him It took him a long time to associate the "cool" name with the days when there was still a little bit of heat left.

He finally got used to this world.

In the Government Affairs Hall, the weekly regular report meeting was going on. Gawain sat at the head of the long table and listened calmly to the report of Minister of Agriculture Norris.

The minister, who was gradually showing his old age and who was a poor farmer, held the documents in his hand. Although he tried to stand up straight, his upper body was still a little hunched: "...Horsman, Kant, Carroll, Glenn, Tan The newly reclaimed land in the Sang area is growing well and the harvest is expected to be expected. The new land in Peibo, Constantine, Western Wilderness and the northwest area has not been completed due to the late reclamation, and the land consolidation and replacement has not been completed. Food production plan...

"The promotion of new agricultural machinery in the Horsman and Kant regions has been very effective, and some early crops have been harvested ahead of schedule...

"The test of the 'Harvest-II' Druid agent in the North Shore test field has achieved phased success. According to the plan, the next step will be to evaluate the follow-up impact of the new agent on the land... Keke, Keke..."

Gawain looked at the Minister of Agriculture: "Norris, are you healthy?"

"Cough cough, it's an old problem, I always cough in autumn," Norris waved his hand, "My report is here, and I have handed over the detailed information to Ms. Hetty."

Pittman, who was sitting next to him, winked at Norris: "Hey, do you want to try my medicine? Let me tell you, your problem is not a problem for me..."

"Pay attention to order during work," Gawain glared at Pittman, then glanced at everyone on the scene, and exhaled slightly, "Then let's stop here for today's meeting, let it go."

Soon, the people in the conference hall dispersed, leaving only Gawain and Hetty in the huge room—and a hidden cat beside Gawain who had been nibbling on the amber of sunflower seeds for an hour. .

"Ancestor, the messenger from the royal capital has arrived at the rock fortress," Hetty said, "Leading the team is the deputy commander of the Royal Knights, Korn Rollen. In addition, according to the messenger, the first batch of people used to build the barrier The supplies have been loaded at the upper port of the Dorgon River, and if there is no accident, they will arrive in the south within 20 days."

The elves sent a letter as an advance messenger, and the official special envoy to the capital arrived immediately. At the same time, supplies from the northern region were also loaded onto the cargo ships in the upper reaches of the Dorgon River. One thing: the opinions of the nobles of the royal capital have finally been unified.

Victoria Wilder... that Northern Grand Duchess is still very reliable.

"Their efficiency has finally increased," Gawain nodded, "How's the progress of the 'Pathfinder' engineering team recently?"

"The 'Pathfinder' has set up a forward base on the northern border of the Black Forest, and has begun to advance towards the depths of the forest. The guards and the monsters in the forest engaged in several brief encounters. Only one soldier was slightly injured, and no other casualties were reported. ."

"Crossing the Dark Mountains means crossing the safety zone of the border of civilization. Be extra careful to guard against the enemies in the Black Forest," Gawain said slowly, "Come with me to the Nanmen Fortress and take a look at the construction over there. Happening."

Hetty lowered her head: "Yes."

Gao Wen snorted and took the melon seeds from the table next to him: "Don't eat it, come with me."

"Hey!!"

...

The southern foothills of the Dark Mountains, the South Gate Fortress.

Strictly speaking, it is not a "South Gate Fortress", but a huge semi-finished fortification and a busy construction site.

Construction machinery, construction materials and engineers from Cecil City settled in the former "Shadow Experiment Field", and built a large-scale and strong reinforced concrete fortress based on this huge cave.

Under the command of construction supervisor Gordon, the engineering team has reinforced the southern mountain wall of the cave with permanent cement fortifications, built steel mechanical gates and several firepower and observation points on the mountain wall, and inside the cave, the power is powerful The large magic spar lamps made the whole cave bright as day. The original Gondor relics in the cave have been sorted and recovered or cleaned up. Several puddles and potholes have been filled up, and new magic net base layers have been laid. On the ground, the originally exposed stone walls were also reinforced by supporting structures, and the works of building walls and laying pipes began.

The engineering team is currently setting up support columns in the south and west of the cave, preparing to build the second floor of the fortress, while Gordon himself is in the center of the cave, supervising the workers' protective isolation and repair of the "Gate of Shadows".

The portal that can enter the shadow world has been damaged, but Miss Amber can still use her unique power to enter the depths of the shadow world through the gate. The lord believes that this portal has special scientific research significance, since the portal itself is a facility fixed on the surface Unable to move, Gordon planned to protect it and turn it into a special facility inside the fort.

A machinist wearing a yellow tooling equipped with a magic terminal in his hand came to Gordon and saluted the construction department Zhang: "Mr. Gordon, the supplies from Cecil City have arrived - they are sent to Do you want to personally accept those who advance to the base?"

Gordon looked up and saw several trucks parked under the lights with signs of the Cecil Construction Department hanging on them.

He nodded and walked towards the truck: "I'll go take a look."

The materials sent to the advance base are important items, and there is no room for sloppyness.

Thanks to the new magic car technology, this powerful machine can transport goods equivalent to a small carriage convoy at one time, and thanks to the superb construction technology of the Gondor Empire, the main corridor of the fortress of disobedience can allow such large vehicles in Pass freely inside. Gordon went to the back of the truck, climbed up on the ladder, and began to inspect the load.

Food, clothing, new water purifiers…

Gordon nodded and ticked the "living provisions" column of the record sheet in his hand.

Then he came to another truck, and the supplies of this vehicle entered his line of sight-

Boxes of Rebecca crystals, individually packaged detonating runes, druid blight potions, type II high-explosive rounds, and matching fuzes...

Gordon nodded again and started ticking off the "Consumables" section of the log.

While ticking the tick, the construction minister couldn't help muttering: "How on earth are these things counted in construction supplies..."

(My wife has been in labor for the past few days. I want to accompany me in the hospital throughout the process. I will try to keep it updated recently, but in case the manuscript can’t be kept and there is a break... I hope everyone can understand =. =

Everyone, the little eyeballs are really coming soon! ! ! )