Arcane Linguist

Chapter 259 Wenxindiaolong and Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom

After a while, Gallo came to the room and there was already a group of people waiting.

Five of them are on the verge of elimination because of poor academic performance and lost points. In order to ensure that they can stay in the Mage Tower next month, they can only gain them by participating in some arcane experiments and taking risks.

They all looked nervous, with unconcealable fear.

Because they are about to become guinea pigs.

The other five are apprentices with better academic performance and more points.

They also chose to participate in the experiment, but they paid to observe and learn, and they will play the role of assistants.

So he looked excited, with a little desire for knowledge.

"let's start."

Gallo directly ordered without even looking at the crowd.

Under his assignment, members of the school had already designed a series of experimental procedures and implemented them immediately.

“Volunteers come here and enter the confinement warehouse according to the number plate.

Assistants, arrange and combine the rune elements according to the grouping..."

The set designed by the Ottodocus school was similar to movable type printing, but in order to avoid the risk of intellectual property infringement, the relatively early roulette method was used to type manually.

This invention of "using words to identify people and choosing words according to rhyme" was of course also pioneered by Roland, but because of its high versatility, they can also use it.

After a long time, the tedious preliminary preparations were completed, and several mid-level mages cast spells at the same time.

"what!"

Accompanied by a shrill scream, Volunteer No. [-] struggled violently.

His whole body trembled, and soon he twitched, curled up, and died on the spot.

Volunteer No. [-] felt like he was in a nightmare, shivering from time to time and feeling stiff and cold all over.

Gradually, the vitality of life also weakened.

Number [-] and Number [-] look relatively peaceful, but it can be seen from their pale faces that the feeling in the spiritual world is not that wonderful.

After a while, it gradually weakened.

"Volunteer No. [-]'s blood sugar level has dropped sharply, please replenish your magic energy quickly..."

"Yes!" The assistant in charge quickly followed the operation.

"Volunteer No. [-]'s magic level increased abnormally..."

"Inject inhibitor..."

"Yes!"

"Volunteer No. [-] still has brain waves!"

"Cast "Call of the Dead" and try to communicate! "

"Yes!"

One after another sounded.

Everyone paid close attention to various monitoring data and conducted experiments in an orderly manner according to the plan.

Gallo did not operate it himself, but read the information behind the large table next to him and conceived the next exploration plan.

Another half an hour passed and the experiment was over.

The four volunteers were officially pronounced dead and their bodies were removed for autopsy.

The luckiest one is No. [-]. Because he withstood the impact of the yet-to-be-formed "Huang Liang Yimeng", he was sent to a luxurious custody warehouse for close protection.

His soul and consciousness seemed to have undergone some strange changes during this process. In order to find out what was going on, the Autodocus School did not mind providing him with the best healing environment.

"Teacher, this is a copy of the original data from this experiment. I have distributed the other copies."

A half-elf with brown skin and long pointed ears came over and respectfully presented a thick piece of information.

He hesitated for a while and whispered: "Teacher, the mortality rate of such an experiment is as high as 80%. Isn't it too dangerous?
If it is transformed into a killing spell, the efficiency will be too low. The preliminary preparation and casting time alone do not meet the standards of combat spells..."

"Pierro, are you sympathizing with them?" Gallo looked up, with a hint of displeasure on his face.

"What are these wastes any different from the idiots in the slums who participate in various dangerous activities for money? If you don't study hard and end up like this, you are entirely to blame!"
You are my favorite apprentice. You have a superior IQ and a sharp mind. Being able to reach this point from a commoner has also proved the fairness of this tower. Don't always worry about these things that have nothing to do with arcana. Focus more on yourself. The growth above! "

Because he was lagging behind Roland, Gallo secretly placed his hope in these talented apprentices, so he set strict requirements.

In fact, there are some things that even he himself cannot do.

As for the other apprentices, they are just consumables.

Under the elitist education of survival of the fittest, the results of the selection have already come out.

The defeated eat the dust and become the dregs of the world.

He has long since ceased to be treated as a human being.

Half-elf Piero was slightly startled, then nodded thoughtfully.

After Gallo taught Piero a lesson, he returned his attention to the data.

In addition, it is the technology used in it.

It is worth mentioning that the Arcane Empire also has a design patent similar to the "rounded rectangle", and what Roland has is an invention patent for the corresponding format.

Rounded rectangle is a universal concept.

But specific proportions, radius sizes, materials, processes...

Obviously there is a design patent in it.

Now "photolithography", "spell model typesetting" and other technologies have been registered by "Bi Sheng" laboratory. After reviewing it, Gallo and others decided to adopt some relatively primitive means to circumvent it, so as to realize their own version of "movable type printing". ”, and then derived the new “automated printing”.

Because what they do is in the field of spell scrolls, there is a lot of manual work involved, which is quite suitable.

He has now roughly figured out the principles of magic text printing, and has a deep grasp of Roland's set of runes.

I have to admit that the characteristics of the Seris language itself are very conducive to typesetting and printing, and the combination of meanings is even more colorful.

No wonder it became the key to the first breakthrough in scroll printing.

But it is precisely because of this that he must find ways to bypass these patents and strive for more profit margins for his financial backers.

Even just 1% of autonomy is a huge wealth that ordinary people cannot imagine, so we must strive for it.

This is also a competition with Roland.

Gallo felt that what Roland could do, he might not be able to do.

He thought for a long time and wrote down another plan to improve the design. Ugly script was combined with the European alphabet phonetic symbols, and the European magic script integrated sound, shape and meaning!

This can be considered a by-product of previous research.

Sometimes, research results may not be produced as planned, and may even be lost and harvested in vain. …

"Teacher, this is my new poem, please correct it!"

East Lena Master Tower, in the department office.

With a little uneasiness, Bona respectfully handed a piece of manuscript paper to Roland.

“Throughout the ages, human beings have changed, but the goddess remains forever.

Looking up at the stars, I feel grateful for my kindness..."

Roland looked at it and said with a smile: "Yes, you have made obvious progress. From the language expression itself, you can be considered proficient in it. It's a pity that you don't have any literary talent."

Bona scratched his head in embarrassment.

Literary talent is relatively empty, but it is much more complicated than concepts such as prepositions, verbs, and nouns.

At least that's how it seemed to him.

Diego on the side said with some doubts: "Teacher, how to cultivate literary talent in writing?"

Because of the "meaning" principle of magical words, literary creation also plays an important role in the language magic of the Rune School.

Roland thought for a while and said: "Linguistics and literature are two interrelated fields. They both involve the study of language and are inseparable, but they have different emphases.

Linguistics focuses on the laws of language itself and is the study of the essence of language. In linguistics research, literary works are often used as corpus and materials.

In literary creation, language is a tool of expression. The purpose of literature is to convey emotions, thoughts and creativity, and to show artistic value. Literature is an advanced form of language use.

The two are mutually exclusive, like guns and ammunition, fish and water.

The resulting aesthetic effect and artistic value, the unique rhythm, rhythm and beauty, the meaning that can resonate with readers...

It's all magic in the true sense of the word. "

When he said this, he was reminded of some Confucian and Taoist novels he had read in his previous life as Blue Star.

This theory should be able to explain why such things as Confucianism and Taoism, Literary Sage, Literary Palace, and Literary Heart exist.

There is no such thing as a magical system in this world, but it can be explored and created artificially. Now, Roland is trying to build this system.

Seris language is an ideographic language. Non-native speakers only study and analyze Seris language from a linguistic perspective, without devoting themselves to its historical and cultural heritage. It is difficult to truly understand the advanced meaning of Seris language.

The mages in this other world are highly intelligent, and there are many people with superior IQs. It is not difficult to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the Seris language from a rational and objective perspective, but they often lack this kind of knowledge that can touch the human spirit and civilization. Advanced resonance.

This is also the biggest difference between native language learning and non-native language learning.

"The development of linguistics and literature can promote each other, and it seems that it is time to launch that work..."

Roland continued to think.

In the past, he has launched "Shuowen Jiezi".

Now, he plans to carry something else.

This is the responsibility of his legendary destiny and the natural path of arcane development.

"Don't just look at the problem from the perspective of literary talent, think more about the essential thing, 'literature' itself.

Comprehensive and systematic research and analysis of literature is a method of interpreting literary talent with scientific and engineering thinking.

As long as the research is deep enough, even using the means of making golems and artificial intelligence, literary talent can be produced.

Regarding the theoretical part, I have a manuscript here. Please take a look.

Perhaps after reading it, you will be able to have a deeper understanding of the relationship between literary talent, literature and the meaning of magic, and you will also be able to better master the Seris language. "

He took down a thick manuscript from the side of the table.

The cover has four vertical characters written in large regular script.

"Wen Xin Diao Long"!
……

"Wen Xin Diao Long?"

"What is this?"

Magic Network, the official website of the Seris Language Research Association.

Some people saw Roland's new book that Diego and Bona jointly compiled and entered, and entered it with curiosity to read.

The results were shocking.

"The Literary Mind and the Carving of the Dragon" is a literary theory work written by Liu Xie, a writer from the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. It is one of the most important classics in the history of Chinese literary theory criticism and one of the earliest monographs in the world that systematically elaborates on literary theory.

"Wen Xin Diao Long" consists of ten volumes and fifty chapters, divided into two parts, with 25 chapters each, including four parts: general introduction, stylistic theory, creation theory, and criticism. (Note: Quoted from Baidu Encyclopedia)
It systematically and comprehensively discusses the nature and function, origin and evolution, structure and elements, process and techniques, standards and methods of literature. Through it, we can get a glimpse of the true meaning of part of the Seris language.

One thing that is very clear is that even if Roland has the unique advantage of "soul memory", it is impossible to bring all the historical and cultural heritage to this world.

But he knew that part of it was a concentrated essence that could generally represent the Seris language and the Seris civilization.

This is true of "Shuowen Jiezi", and so is "Wen Xin Diao Long".

Some people in the Mage Tower, who were not originally outstanding, showed their literary talents in addition to linguistics.

They suddenly discovered that they had some unique advantages in perceptual cognition (such as language sense).

For this reason, he spontaneously established an organization called "Serris Literary Society", where he recited poems and wrote some sentimental things all day long.

Some people have begun to look seriously at the works of various schools of thought given by Roland and try to analyze them from another angle.

Regardless of the rationale behind them, these classics are also classics of Chinese studies based on their literary talent alone.

The establishment of this literary club accommodated some partial talents in various senses that were not recognized by the arcane mainstream. They studied "Xiaoyaoyou", "Guo Qin Lun", "Born in Worries", etc., and provided a basis for studying Roland's "Serys Thought" sowed the seeds.

At the same time, there are also people who extract ideological achievements from it and try to bring philosophical ideas such as "a white horse is not a horse", "li Jianbai" and "a child is not a fish" into Lena, trying to change the backwardness of Lena's world. civilization.

This is almost like walking into another time and space in China where Confucianism was not the only one that deposed all the schools of thought.

Nowadays, the academic atmosphere in the East Lena Master Tower presents a relaxed and free state.

Although Roland also set up a plan for elite apprentices and ordinary apprentices to be treated differently and develop separately according to the method of survival of the fittest, at the same time, he also fully realized the difference between "specialists" and "generalists".

Therefore, the ideological advocacy of "letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought resonate" is put forward, advocating strict constraints on the general direction and policies based on the principle of the unity of contradictions, and the fundamental principles must not be violated in any way.

For example, arcane ethics, school ethics, funding discipline, etc.

But on the other hand, every apprentice is given full respect and freedom, and there is corresponding training.

Even the worst students are qualified to sit down and talk with top students and even teachers, and communicate equally and freely.

The premise is that he can come up with novel ideas.

At this time, suddenly a poor student who was usually not taken seriously by others raised a conflict between name and reality.

"According to the actual name", "According to the name and responsible for the actual", "Correcting the true by the name", "Giving the true the name"... ultimately point to a strange and interesting topic.

The devil's true name!
(End of this chapter)