Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 573 Understanding
Void, the demon race.

"Good fellow, I didn't expect that you, Kagus, actually sneaked into the academic sect? Tsk tsk, no wonder you are reluctant to come back."

"What do you mean by sneaking in? I was hired openly! Hired!!"

"Yes, I am employed. So how is the salary? Don't tell us that you are working for nothing in the academic sect?"

"Hehe, this is my contract. Open your dog eyes and take a good look at what's written on it! Do you really think everyone is as shameless as you? Are you trying to sneak in by being so shameless?"

"Fuck, are you serious? Come on, tell me what the academic sect looks like? How much more advanced are the instruments used inside compared to those outside? I heard that the modeling instruments there can even simulate world-destroying spell models at will?"

In a quaint room decorated with demon-style stone statues, a gray-haired demon with a pair of ram horns on his head looked at the contract in front of him, his eyes widened suddenly, and then he asked Kagus in front of him impatiently, his eyes full of excitement.

"Haha, now you know how to beg me? Didn't you just say that I was working for nothing in the academic sect?"

Kagus looked at the gray-haired demon in front of him, stroked his goatee, and a hint of pride appeared in his eyes.

After finishing the task entrusted by 83203, the first thing he did was to meet with this bad friend who had become a elder of the demon clan. After all, as someone who grew up in the same academy with the other party, he knew the other party's character very well.

"Ahem, I finally got to meet an old friend, so I was excited and spoke in a hurry. So, Kagus, can you tell me what the academic sect looks like? After all, I have never been to the core area in my life."

"Don't think about it. Asking me this kind of question will not yield any results. I don't want to be criticized for my bad mouth after I go back... huh?"

Suddenly, Kagus paused in the middle of his words and looked to the edge of his vision.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just the disciple I accepted over there asked me some questions about magic."

Kagus said with a strange expression as he looked at the content of the message in front of him.

"Disciple? Oh, now I remember, you did mention this in your letter, so what did he ask you?"

"Nothing, that kid was trying to create a spell to use magic to interfere with gravity, but he hit a wall, so he came to me for help."

"Gravitational interference? Sure, you're such a good choice. When are you going to bring your disciple to the void to play? He's already studying this kind of problem. He should be only one or half a level away from being able to freely enter and exit the void, right?"

"He's just level three."

"Is that so? Then there is no... Puff! Cough cough! Cough cough! What did you just say?!"

When the gray-haired demon heard what Kagus said, he spat out the half-drunk drink he had just finished, then coughed violently twice, and looked at Kagus with an expression that said, "Are you kidding me?"

Gravity spells.

In the gray-haired demon's impression, that thing should be studied by at least a fifth-level magician. Otherwise, let alone the results, it would be a question whether the TM could understand what he was doing.

"So, what did he ask you specifically?"

"The one who was most likely to run into a wall was the one who used the framework of gravity magic and only considered the correctness of the initial state and the result. As a result, he was ruined by the chaotic system in the process of creating the gravity source."

Kagus said calmly, and easily pointed out the key to the problem that had troubled Xin Lailai in the paradise for several days. The gray-haired demon sitting opposite him twitched his face slightly when he heard the other party's answer, confirming that the disciple the other party mentioned was not messing around, but really made some progress in the research of gravity magic.

After all, the gray-haired demon, who was also a wizard, knew very well that what Kagus had just said was a classic problem that only those who truly studied gravity spells would encounter. Basically, everyone who studied gravity spells would be stuck here for a while when trying to create a gravity source without the help of elements.

——The problem is that when most people get stuck at this level, they have to be at least level 50 or even 60 as a spell master. Otherwise, they don’t even qualify to get stuck here.

"Wait, that's not right! I remember you told me that the two disciples you accepted had average magic talents. If that's true, with your level, how could you possibly teach them to be like this?!"

Suddenly, the gray-haired demon seemed to realize something, shuddered, and looked at Kagus in front of him with suspicion.

"When did I tell you that I was the one who taught them magic?"

"?"

"They were spotted by the man who hired me, and they were hanging around with him. I taught them everything about magic from beginning to end."

"Oh, strictly speaking, I was able to join the academic sect thanks to the two of them, what do you think?"

"I suddenly feel like hitting someone now..."

"Hahahaha!"

Kagus looked at the gray-haired demon in front of him, stroked his goatee, and laughed with a little smugness. He looked so excited, as if he had discovered something happy and was extremely happy.

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Sanctuary paradise, exclusive room.

[Ding~! You have a new message to view, sender: Kagus]

"Hmm? Mr. Kagus replied so quickly?"

In the magic laboratory, Xin Lailai, who had just sent a message a few minutes ago, looked at the notification that popped up in front of him with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Then he opened the communication channel impatiently and checked:
...Kagus: "You two have fallen into the misunderstanding of consequence. This thing can't be turned just because the formula is correct. It involves a chaotic system. Your magic power can't withstand the torment of this process."

Kagus: "You should take a closer look at these articles. They explain the problems you two are facing very clearly. If you want to solve structural spells in the direction of gravity, don't always try to take shortcuts by using the framework of gravity magic. The theoretical depth of the things you are tinkering with is at least at the level of 'time-space curvature', which is completely different from the 'law of gravity' used by gravity magic (Appendix. 'Gravity Spell Data Collection')."

Kagus: "Also, if you two really want to come up with something in the next few days, I personally suggest that you two change your thinking. Don't think about using mana to directly create a gravity source or something like that. That's not something you can handle at your current level. Lower the theoretical depth and change from creation to calling. It will be much easier to handle than the direction you two are thinking now."

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The misunderstanding of the theory of results, chaotic system...

Xin Lailai looked at Kagus's reply, and his mind seemed to suddenly buzz. The problem that he had been unable to figure out suddenly had a new solution.

"Ling Yuzi, take a look at this first!"

'Um! ’

Then, he quickly selected the file sent by Kagus, downloaded it, opened it directly, clicked on one of the documents, and read it carefully with Ling Yuzi.

Time passed silently, and as lines of text passed before Xin Lailai's eyes, a feeling as if he had suddenly been enlightened gradually arose in his mind, and the look in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"I see. Is this why I can't simulate successfully?"

Finally, Xin Lailai let out a long sigh, closed the document in front of him contentedly, looked up at the records of failures on the instrument, and a look of realization appeared in his eyes.

After reading the documents sent by Kagus, he finally understood why no matter how hard they tried before, they could never truly realize the magic they envisioned, because, just like Kagus said, that was simply not something they could do at this stage.

To be more precise, their idea of ​​using the crystal magic spell model to directly convert mana into a gravity source is actually not wrong, and there is actually nothing wrong with using the framework of various gravity magic to complete the creation of the gravity source. At the same time, all the formulas in the process are correct. Overall, there is actually no logical error.

What really caused them to fail was that their magic power itself could not support this process.

According to information in the literature, creating a gravitational source from scratch involves an extremely complex chaotic system, and the solution they calculated at the beginning was just one of the results of evolution in this chaotic system. This is why they failed.

To use the analogy of hurrying on a journey, it is like they have successfully confirmed the locations of the starting point and the end point, and have also successfully found a road that leads from the starting point to the end point, but have ignored the fact that there are still a large number of forks in the road in the process.

This means that although they have found a path to the end in theory, when their "mana" actually starts from the starting point, it often deviates from the planned path due to various unpredictable factors and goes to other forks, ultimately preventing them from reaching the end.

As for why they made such a mistake, it was the same as what was mentioned by Kagus and in the literature. This is a problem that most mages who study structural gravity spells will make.

You should know that spells like gravity spells, which involve more complex and profound theories, often have an elemental version first, and then gradually develop a structural version in subsequent research. After all, elemental spells naturally have huge advantages in triggering various phenomena. Take fireball spell as an example. If you try to use mana to make a fireball directly, you must take into account a series of factors such as the composition of the air, the current overall environment, the utilization rate of mana after conversion to heat energy... and so on. If you choose to use mana to attract the fire element and let the fire element complete this task, you only need to give an instruction to the fire element.

This is the important reason why elemental spells became mainstream in the past. The same result can be achieved with elemental spells and with structural spells, which are completely different levels of difficulty. For this reason, many spells are actually developed by first making an elemental version, and then using this version as a basis, and on the premise of achieving the results, the process of structural spells is reversed bit by bit to develop new spells.

Including Xin Lailai himself. During his previous research, he subconsciously looked for various easy-to-understand gravity and gravitational magic, and based on his own knowledge and understanding, he launched a set of versions suitable for magic based on the framework of these magics, trying to create a new spell that does not rely on elements to interfere with gravity.

——And this is precisely the biggest reason why they and those mages who studied structural gravity spells in the past failed.

When ordinary spells are cast, there is no chaotic system at all. It is basically a single path. Therefore, as long as the formula is calculated correctly, the actual demonstrated result will be directly consistent with the calculated result. However, for gravity spells, due to the particularity of "gravity" itself, there is an unknown process in the release process that is unpredictable and can only be guided, which greatly increases the difficulty of spell creation.

In this case, it would be fine if we continue to use "elements" to create the "gravity source". After all, the elements themselves have a certain will, can "understand" the words of the releaser, and find the right path among the thousands of roads by themselves. But once it is replaced with "mana" which is a simple extraordinary energy without any self-will, there will be an embarrassing situation of "the theory is valid, but it cannot be realized". After all, mana does not have the same high "wisdom" as elements, and cannot find the right path among thousands of forks in the road like elements.

This is the truth behind their repeated failures. According to the information, there are only three effective ways to overcome the chaotic system during spell casting:

The first is to increase the consumption of mana or the extraordinary energy of eternal casting regardless of cost. Since the reason for failure is that there are too many "forks in the road" in the process, then increase the amount of mana starting from the starting point to the level that can fill every "fork in the road". However, this approach is like spending ten thousand dollars to buy an item worth one dollar. It can only be used in the experimental process. As for putting it into actual combat, it is just thought about it.

Secondly, it is to introduce a correction model that can correct the chaotic system, that is, to install a 'navigation' for the mana that can't find the way, so that it can take the mana step by step on the right path. It is one of the most commonly used methods in various spells involving chaotic systems and unpredictable processes, but it requires extremely high mental strength and mana manipulation accuracy. Basically, only people with mana masters above LV.50 can do this.

The last method is to rely on absolute technical superiority to construct a spell model that can perfectly predict even chaotic systems, forcibly turning the 'chaotic system' into an 'observable system', and directly relying on the advantages of knowledge and wisdom to attack it by dimensionality reduction. It is equivalent to using a lathe for processing nano-scale parts to make objects with precision requirements of less than millimeters. It is full of style but has no practicality.

This is why Kagus advised them to give up their current idea. With their current level, it is basically impossible to create a spell that can directly convert magic power into a source of gravity at the third level.

Good thing...

"Change creation to invocation?"

In the laboratory, Xin Lailai, who had read all the documents, looked at the suggestions given to them by Kagus, took a deep breath, and a hint of heat appeared in his dark pupils.

After being enlightened by Kagus, they not only completely understood the reason for their previous failure, but also realized another thing:

——Just like Kagus said in the chat history, if they just wanted to interfere with gravity, they didn't need to insist on using magic power to "create" a new source of gravity. Instead, they only needed to use magic power to interfere with the existing gravity and "gather" it into an approximate source of gravity!
——Yes, that's right! There's no need for them to go to such lengths. There are many ways to change gravity. Why do they have to create a new gravity source like those gravity magics?

"Ling Yuzi, change the plan. Don't rest today!"

'Um! ’

Finally, Xin Lailai looked at the girl next to him, said something quickly to her, and then walked quickly to the experimental table with an extremely excited look. He picked up the data terminal and electronic pen, and while completing a large number of calculations in his mind at a rapid speed, he wrote down symbols and numbers one after another on the screen at a speed with a series of sonic booms.

He had a feeling that this time, the spell they had expected...

——will truly become a reality!

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(End of this chapter)