Chapter 1,049 Space Distortion
Lin was too lazy to argue with a magician about divination. Basically, the dispute between the two schools is an old case.
Because there is no ability to be promoted to a formal magician, there are many people who have superficial magic talents but study hard and eventually become astrologers. And because of their ability to predict weather, astrologers are more deeply involved among the people than magicians.
Since it goes deeper into the people, the grievances of astrologers can easily infect the majority of uninformed and ignorant people and become the mainstream voice in a region. Such behavior intensified the dissatisfaction of the magicians.
Many magicians, even if they do not nail astrologers to the pillar of shame, still have their own subjective attitudes in their speeches. That's why Juan blurted out those words.
It was Juan's question that reminded him of when and why he became obsessed with the starry sky? Is it because of the constellation story? Or the exciting memories of Saint Seiya when you were young? None of them...
"In the darkness, they bloomed with light that was not dazzling at all, trying to show their existence. Don't you think it's cute like this?"
"No, not at all. If you want to be the sun, shine on the world. Stars are too boring."
Well, this person is so proud and has the right to be proud. Lin was speechless.
During this awkward moment when he didn't know how to answer the call, something strange in the sky attracted Lin's attention.
This is the fourth time we have seen a similar situation in the past year or so. Viewed with the naked eye, absolutely no abnormalities can be seen. However, with specific observation methods, the abnormality of spatial distortion can be clearly detected.
Except for the first time, out of curiosity, everyone used the flash technique to go to the location of the space distortion and observe it closely. In the future, whenever Lin discovers a similar situation, he will still stay at home and use various available observation methods to record his data. Maybe it’s because the amount of data is too small, so I can’t find any commonality or correlation yet.
But Juan Javier, who did not directly project the received information into his field of vision like someone else, would of course find it strange that he suddenly became serious, looking up somewhere from time to time, and waving his hands inexplicably. Juan looked curiously in the same direction and asked, "Did you find anything special?"
"The phenomenon of space distortion is very interesting." Lin said casually.
"Space, um... what is space distortion?" Juan continued to ask.
Space and time are very abstract concepts. Before the modern times of the earth, these two concepts were not popular. Although the magicians in Lost Land are involved in magic such as teleportation and time suspension, they may not necessarily understand these two concepts. Most people are like Juan Javier, who are better at elemental magic. Because in comparison, it is more intuitive.
Regarding this old friend's question, Lin was thinking about how to explain to him what "space distortion" was. This is also because the identity and relationship are different, so someone seriously considers the issue of explanation.
If it were other children or ordinary magic apprentices asking this question. Lin must have sent the other party: "First learn the basic magic well, and then ask these questions." But for someone who is already an official magician, this is considered a normal magic exchange.
But we have to explain the 'space distortion'. After thinking for a while, Lin brought a piece of paper and a charcoal pen over, spread them flat on the small table, and said, "Can you draw a straight line on this piece of paper? I will use this piece of paper to explain to you." .”
Juan didn't show any pretense. He picked up someone's invention at Eton College and skillfully drew a straight line on the white paper. I didn't use a ruler, I just pulled it casually, and straight lines were formed in one go.
He twisted the paper with his index thumbs and placed it in front of Juan. Lin said: "This is a straight line on the paper." After saying that, he kneaded the paper hard, crumpled the paper into a ball, placed it on his flat palm, and said: "This is still a straight line on the paper. Straight line. Do you understand this?"
"But you crumpled it into a ball. Wait, let me think about it." Juan Javier realized something, lowered his head and thought. At the same time, Lin flattened the paper again, pulled it left and right, and said, "Look, this is still a straight line."
"This is what you would say in mathematics, different perspectives, different results."
"Yes, that's right." The classic example Lin once used was 'two intersecting parallel lines'.
Parallel lines are logically defined as two lines that will never intersect, but that is the situation on a plane. On an arc, it is possible for parallel lines to intersect. A practical example is the longitude and latitude lines on the globe. The straight lines marking longitude are parallel to each other but intersect at the North and South Poles.
And crumpling the paper into a ball can be regarded as a complex arc. But when this arc is projected into a plane, what is observed is a different result. In the same example, using different projection methods between a globe map and a flat map will result in different map graphics. There is no right way, it just depends on which map the user needs.
In fact, after Lin discovered the secrets of dimensions through studying the World Tree, in addition to the flash technique, he also wanted to develop a kind of magic. It uses the phenomenon of space distortion to cause injuries such as fractures and body distortion to enemies or targets.
However, the idea was abandoned only halfway through. It's not that the space cannot be distorted, but that the space that cannot be distorted will have a different dimensional coordinate system from the individuals existing in this space, which will cause harm.
To illustrate with a real-life example, it is like a magic mirror. The self reflected in the plane mirror is the same as the self in reality. However, when you look at yourself in a curved mirror, you will become fatter, thinner, taller, shorter, or your body proportions will become quite strange.
No matter how bizarre these changes are, the self in the mirror is still a complete self. There will be no injuries such as fractures, compression of the body, or abnormal expansion due to those deformations.
In the same way, after using magic to distort the space from a higher-dimensional perspective, the objects in the distorted space still exist reasonably according to the physical laws of that space. It is not because the space is distorted, but the people inside miraculously maintain the original coordinate system, and are thus harmed by the distorted space.
Of course, this research can be advanced to the second level, how to decouple the space distortion phenomenon from the dimensional coordinates of objects existing in space. But... don't embarrass yourself if things can be solved with a single shot of the extra-dimensional exile spell.
Lin also explained these explanations to Juan Javier in as simple a way as possible. Magicians of their level don't need to take out spell models and explain them slowly and detail by detail. Rather, it gives a conceptual theory and then integrates it into its own magic system. So this simple explanation is just right for Juan.