Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 977 Are all mathematicians good?

December 1856, 12, was nine days away from the New Year in the celestial calendar. As this grand festival approached, the tourism industry was particularly prosperous, and the entire country in the northern Ashok Mountain belt was gradually shrouded in a cheerful atmosphere, as if everyone firmly believed that when the new year came, the heavy and sad past would be abandoned, and they would usher in a better future.

However, all this has nothing to do with the Snow Chasing People in the Eastern Alps. It doesn't seem to be an important matter for these outsiders who have lived in the snow-capped mountains for a long time and have long lost contact with the outside world.

At this moment, the only thing they were concerned about was -

"Success!" Amidst a pile of messy books, manuscripts and calculation tools, Xino held a fountain pen, his eyes fixed, and quickly put the last stroke on the paper in front of him that was already filled with formulas, numbers and lines, and then he exhaled softly: "In this way, all the calculations are completed. Sure enough, as long as the key factor of the three moons is taken into account, the entire calculation process will be clear at a glance, and there is no difficulty at all. Although, it still wasted more than two weeks of our time..."

At this point, a helpless look emerged in her eyes. Two weeks was the limit that the three of them could achieve if they worked almost non-stop, because the data that needed to be calculated was so huge. Saint Toumi's formula took into account almost every named constellation in the observable star field. No one knew how he did it alone. In ancient times, there was no such developed mathematical system and calculation tools as there are today.

"If my university tutor knew that I had solved the biggest astronomical problem in human history, he would be so excited that he would go crazy, right? Maybe he would recommend me to the Northengland Prize Committee?"

Xinuo teased himself, then sorted out the manuscript on the table, held it in his arms, walked out of the stone house, and prepared to find Lingge and Saint Xia Liya to report the situation. This difficult surveying work was done by three people, but Xinuo, as a top student in the Department of Mathematics, undertook the most tedious and important part of it. Her progress was naturally the slowest. The other two had completed their calculation tasks a day ago and were waiting for her results.

After walking out of the stone house, on the left was the house where Saint Shalia lived, and on the right was the house where Lingge lived. Without thinking, Xino turned right and came to Lingge's stone house. Sure enough, he heard the conversation between the two, who seemed to be talking about Metien's education. The pink-haired girl's learning of medical theory has reached a bottleneck. Whether it is the modern medical system, the herbal medicine of the Moruya people, or even the folk remedies passed down from generation to generation by the mountain tribes, they can't give her new inspiration.

So in the past few days, the pink-haired girl hardly studied, but was dragged by two other friends who didn't like studying to hang out around the Cloud Whale Island. Today she dared to sneak into Olvera's room to peek at her unpublished novel manuscript, and tomorrow she would dare to read the original text aloud to the magic herbs in the herb garden and said that this was to help them cultivate their sentiments... It is lamentable how fast she has fallen into depravity.

Medien's talent in medicine won praise from the knowledgeable proprietress. It would be a pity to let it go to waste. Therefore, Saint Charity suggested to Lingge that Medien should accumulate practical experience from now on and strive to become a qualified medical worker as soon as possible so that she can realize her dream.

However, there was no one on the island for the little girl to practice on. The only possible person was Alice, because that girl was talkative and irritable, and she only cared about food and not punishment. It was not impossible that she would arouse public anger and be beaten up by everyone one day. By then, Medien would need to treat her.

However, if she was beaten into a mental retardation, the pink-haired girl would be helpless, after all, her medical skills were not good enough to restore her intelligence.

Xino stood outside the house and listened for a while. He could feel the two people's concern and expectations for Medien. He couldn't help but feel emotional. He always felt like a pair of parents who were worried about their daughter's future. However, it was just a thought in his mind. If he said it to others, he would be in big trouble.

She coughed twice to remind the people in the room that she was coming in, then she walked into the room with the manuscript paper and said to the two of them, "Ling Ge, Xiao Xia, my calculations are already done. Are you free? Do you want to come and check it?"

"Really?" The two people in the room stopped talking, and Ling Ge stood up and said, "Thank you for your hard work, let's get started."

Saint Xia Liya also said: "I hope there will be a satisfactory result."

"Most definitely!"

Shino seemed confident. Although she was only responsible for a part of the data, it was the most critical data, so it could generally reflect the accuracy of the calculation results. If nothing unexpected happened, they would get the answer soon.

Sure enough, after substituting Xinuo's calculation results, an extremely clear answer appeared in front of the three people.

"I see." Ling Ge looked at the star field range drawn on the manuscript paper and said thoughtfully: "In January of each year, when the line connecting Red Moon Drakeshil and Blue Moon Utula moves from the descending stage to the parallel stage and forms a 90-degree angle at a specific time, the trajectories of the seven major constellations in the night sky - Queen of Winds, Bow of the Sky, Caduceus, Frost, Floating Leaves, White Grass and Phrygium will change, and together with March, they will form a brilliant six-pointed star map. At this time, the projection of the ancient star road can be observed at the top of Mount Osor. If you sail in the direction indicated by the projection, it seems that you can reach the star field where the Holy Temple of Heaven is located."

"It should be noted," Xino added, "that the large hexagram shown in the formula must not only be observed from a specific angle, but it cannot be observed with the naked eye alone. Even for an astronomical telescope, the distance is too far, almost at the edge of the observable star field. Perhaps we need a more precise tool."

What this means is that Rorona's alchemy is needed to help.

Linger nodded. To him, these were all trivial matters. The biggest problem had been solved. The next step was to make full preparations to welcome the upcoming journey into the universe. Saint Xia Liya looked at Linger on the left and Saint Xia Liya on the right. Suddenly, she felt that mathematics was a very magical subject. She could actually see so much complex information from these monotonous numbers, formulas, coordinate systems and geometric patterns. People who understand mathematics are really amazing.

For the sake of children's future, should we add a math class in Tianxin Church?
She thought about it seriously.

……

Unfortunately, this idea was ultimately not realized. It is said that after Leticia and Shemi heard the news, they were terrified and found Countess Nevill and the proprietress Shesta respectively, using the excuses that "children may suffer from developmental problems if they use their brains too much" and "If the homework becomes more, I won't be able to come to the hotel to help" to soften their hearts and they actually passed the so-called "Cloud Whale Sky Island Basic Education Classroom Burden Reduction Measures". In this way, Saint Shalia's conspiracy was naturally broken.

Alas, although she was clearly thinking about the children, the parents could not understand. This made Saint Xia Liya very depressed. She spent the whole day sighing and groaning outside the Tianxin Church while leading the lamb, feeling that her talent was not appreciated.

If it were any other time, she would probably go to Lingge to discuss a solution, but that’s not possible now because Lingge is very busy at the moment.

What are you busy doing? Of course, you are busy supervising Alice!

Previously, for the needs of the main mission, Linger commissioned Alice and Rorona to manufacture new cartridges that could confront the Constructor Mecha head-on and cartridge strengthening tools to help the Zero Arus adapt to the space environment. However, in the past three weeks, Rorona not only submitted the finished product, but also took the time to complete some other scattered commissions. Every job was completed impeccably, which was a model of time planning and project management. However, when Linger asked about the progress of the cartridge, Alice looked embarrassed and hesitated, saying something like "the project progress is gratifying and it is expected to be released within the year" to perfunctorily answer him. How can such a casual attitude make people feel at ease?

Linger would not give this guy a good look. He scolded her on the spot, and then confiscated all the snacks and messy novels in her room, forcing her to complete the cassette before the Cloud Whale Sky Island set sail. At the same time, he also seriously warned other idle people on the island not to pay attention to Alice during this period, let alone play games with her. Of course, judging from this guy's disliked personality, everyone might have wanted to do this a long time ago, but they didn't dare to say it because of the pressure from the golden-haired maid. At this time, with Linger holding high the banner, they naturally responded and were very excited.

Poor Alice was locked up in a small dark room, racking her brains to come up with game settings every day. At least until the new cartridge was completed, she had no chance to come out and make trouble. It is said that an unprecedented grand banquet was held at the Goblin Inn that night. No one on the island was absent, and even small animals like squirrels and rabbits in the forest were fed by caring people. As for what they were celebrating, I don't know.

In addition to supervising the progress of the new cartridge, Lingge also consulted with the Wusu tribe and asked Yieta to control the Cloud Whale Sky Island, fly away from the valley where it had originally docked, and float in the air above the Osor Snow Mountain, hiding itself with the help of the cover of high clouds and mist, waiting for the opportunity to come.

Through the interpretation of Saint Toumi's manuscript, they have grasped the clues to the Temple of Heaven, but the specific time cannot be determined. The special astronomical phenomenon shown in the calculation results - the Great Hexagram, will appear on which day in January, and its probability distribution seems to have exceeded the scope of calculation. Ling and Xino have tried many theories and variations, but they have never been able to narrow this time to a more precise range, and finally they can only accept this result helplessly.

They also found it difficult to determine the duration of this astronomical phenomenon, so they could only resort to the dumbest method, which was to stay on Mount Osor for the entire January, using the ultra-high precision astronomical telescope refined by Lorena, which could never be manufactured with the current human industrial level, to monitor the changes in the stars day and night. They would set off when the large hexagram was formed.

Due to time constraints and limited manpower, anyone who had some free time on Yunjingkong Island, regardless of whether they knew astronomy or not, was assigned tasks in this area. For example, an astronomical telescope was installed on the tower of Yieta's windmill, asking her to pay more attention and look up at the sky when she has nothing to do. If she sees any constellations starting to move, she should report it. What if she guessed it right?

In this way, you will have made a great contribution, and Captain Gloria will be so happy that she might even promote you from the position of navigator to...chief navigator?
Although it was a pancake that didn't look very delicious, Miss Angel still enjoyed it very much. She stopped holding her telescope and spying on other people's private lives these past two days. She would fiddle with the cooler-looking astronomical telescope on the roof whenever she had nothing to do, hoping to find a shortcut to promotion and salary increase...

Originally, Linger had no expectations for her. He just wanted to find something for her to do and cultivate her other hobbies. She shouldn't peep into other people's private lives all day long. What if she becomes a voyeur? Peeping Tom is not a big deal. What's worse is that Miss Angel seems to have a hobby of writing a diary. What if she writes down the little secrets she has peeped into her diary, and then it is exposed by a dirty-mouthed golden maid, it will probably cause public outrage. By then, even Linger can't protect her.

For the sake of Miss Angel's personal safety, Linger considerately nipped the potential danger in the bud, just like he deliberately staggered the time for the two to observe the stars, one at noon and the other at midnight, in order to prevent the secret of Olvera's staying up late from being discovered by Saint Xia Liya.

But he could only do this much. Human power is limited. What if one day Olvera had a brain seizure and walked past Saint Xia Liya with big dark circles under her eyes, or if Yieta couldn't hold back the sense of accomplishment of knowing other people's little secrets and had to tell them out and share them with everyone, then he would have no way to do anything, right?

While supervising Alice, he also worried about the lives of the girls and occasionally cared about Medien's studies, and finally got to the business... Time passed slowly in Ling's exhaustion, and it was basically calm. Except that Songtaya was no longer responsible for delivering meals, she would occasionally come to Yunjingkong Island as a guest and have a few words with Leticia, but basically nothing major happened.

Then, on the 23rd of January, with only eight days left until the end of the month, the Great Hexagram still did not seem to have formed a trend, and the seven constellations mentioned in the calculation formula did not show any movement. Was the calculation result really accurate? Could it be that the method used by Saint Tumi that year was invalid because the crucial March was missing?
Just when the young man was feeling anxious, Saint Charia suddenly came to the Fairy Sleep Inn that night and told him a piece of news with a strange look on her face: "Yieta, she——"

"It seems that we have discovered signs that the large hexagram is taking shape."

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