I am the only one who practices magic: I practice magic in the city

Chapter 6 Spell Modeling
The five solids, namely the regular tetrahedron, regular hexahedron, regular octahedron, regular dodecahedron and regular icosahedron, are called regular polyhedrons, also known as Platonic solids. They are solids whose faces are composed of only one type of regular polygon.

In the world of mathematics, there are many ways to prove that there are only five Platonic solids in the world, and the icosahedron is the regular polyhedron with the largest number of faces.

The tetrahedron has four vertices, the hexahedron has eight vertices, the octahedron has six vertices, the dodecahedron has twenty vertices, and the icosahedron has only twelve vertices.

When he was in the giant tower world, Fang Yu had already concluded that the reason he traveled to the giant tower world was definitely because of this magic cube.

After Fang Yu returned from the Giant Tower World early yesterday morning, he did not find the disappeared Rubik's Cube in Wang Xiaoya's house.

And now, this Rubik's Cube actually appeared in the sea of ​​​​consciousness!

Could it be that this thing is in my brain? Will I get a brain tumor if I keep doing this for a long time?
Fang Yu closed his eyes and licked his lips.

Although his mind was still immersed in the sea of ​​consciousness, his body still obeyed the reaction of his mind, and Fang Yu could feel the thumping of his heart.

Observing the Rubik's Cube floating in the sea of ​​consciousness, Fang Yu muttered to himself: "What on earth are you? Was it you who made the voice that appeared in my mind yesterday?"

The Rubik's Cube didn't respond at all.

Fang Yu tried to use his consciousness to touch the Rubik's Cube again, but the Rubik's Cube did not change at all.

Oh, right, communicating with the magic network, I still have one step to do.

But we just outlined one node, and now all the nodes have become vertices of the Rubik's Cube. Is the node synchronization completed?

Following the basic meditation method, Fang Yu began to use his consciousness to touch each vertex of the Rubik's Cube one by one in a certain order.

After touching it three times, the symbols on every face of the Rubik's Cube lit up, illuminating the entire sea of ​​consciousness.

Is this the magic net?

Fang Yu closed his eyes, but he could feel countless nodes around him flickering like breathing.

These nodes cannot be described in words, let alone observed. Whenever Fang Yu tried to observe a node with his consciousness, the node disappeared, as if it had never existed in the first place.

Similarly, in a space where there seemed to be no nodes originally, when Fang Yu confirmed this concept, nodes appeared there.

Does the observation of consciousness affect the existence of magic network nodes?

interesting.

Just as Fang Yu was wondering whether the magic net was also a part of quantum mechanics, the Rubik's Cube quietly floating in the sea of ​​consciousness began to rotate rapidly.

Oh my god, what’s going on! ?

As the Rubik's Cube rotated, a vortex soon appeared in Fang Yu's sea of ​​consciousness.

The Rubik's Cube spun faster and faster, and the vortex spun more and more violently. Fang Yu, who was immersed in the sea of ​​consciousness, even felt that his body was bound by countless invisible threads.

These threads were connected to the magic web nodes around him. Streams of golden energy gushed out from the magic web nodes and flowed into Fang Yu's sea of ​​consciousness along the invisible threads.

With the injection of golden energy, the twitching pain in Fang Yu's brain disappeared without a trace, just like a long-dry forest encountering sweet rain, every brain cell cheered with joy.

Fang Yu's sea of ​​consciousness was surging violently.

Soon, the entire sea of ​​consciousness was stained with a layer of golden light by the golden energy. When the sea of ​​consciousness was filled with golden energy, Fang Yu's body shook and he involuntarily came out of the meditation state.

has it ended?

Fang Yu opened his eyes and felt the jumping and surging magic network energy around him and the nodes that appeared and disappeared.

Fang Yu stretched out his index finger, and with a thought, a bean-sized spot of light appeared at his fingertips.

Succeeded?
Looking at the faint light on his fingertips, Fang Yu was stunned.

It has been repeatedly mentioned in the Introduction to the Magic Network and the Basic Meditation Method that communicating with the Magic Network is a long process.

Even if one successfully enters a meditative state, one will not be able to communicate with the magic network stably and draw magic power from it immediately.

From communicating with the magic network to drawing magic power from the magic network, it takes three to six years of meditation practice and continuous learning of various node models during this period.

Most beginners still need the help of external props such as meditation guides to initially master the operation of magic power and enter the real arcane apprenticeship stage.

As for those who have been meditating for six years but still cannot establish initial communication with the magic network, it means they are not cut out for it and can only do menial tasks.

And now, it is obvious that he has completed the step of communicating with the magic network and has initially mastered the operation of magic power.

The most direct proof is that one can feel the nodes of the magic network and have a preliminary grasp of magic power even in a non-meditation state.

I completed a journey in one night that would take others at least three years to complete. Was it the effect of the Rubik's Cube, or am I really a genius?

I guess it’s both, otherwise why didn’t the Rubik’s Cube find someone else?
Well, I have to ask Sister Xiaoya where she got this Rubik's Cube.

Now that I have completed the initial control of the magic network, can I also practice the book "0-Ring Tricks: From Beginner to Mastery"?

After reading "Introduction to Magic Network" and "Basic Meditation Method", Fang Yu has already gained some basic knowledge about magic.

After completing the arcane apprenticeship stage of communicating with the magic network to absorb magic power, you can begin to practice the most basic spells.

As introduced in the Introduction to the Magic Network, spells have 0 levels from 9th to 10th level, with 0th level being the lowest and 9th level being the highest.

There seemed to be spells above the 9th level, but those were not something that this kind of popular science textbook would cover.

Many arcane mages believe that 0-level spells do not require the mobilization of magic network nodes and can be cast based solely on the caster's own accumulated magic power and mental strength. These are just some tricks used to familiarize oneself with spellcasting and cannot be called arcane.

For this reason, most arcane mages refer to 0th-level spells as cantrips.

Fang Yu climbed out of bed quietly, wanting to take out the book "0-Ring Magic Tricks" from the cabinet under the desk, but he saw a few rays of morning sunlight shining through the thin blue synthetic curtains, shining on the light yellow tile floor in front of the window, reflecting soft and hazy light spots.

It turns out that I didn’t sleep all night again.

According to the book, basic meditation cannot completely replace sleep. Apprentices who have mastered meditation should get at least two hours of sleep every day, but Fang Yu, who did not sleep all night, did not feel mentally exhausted.

Luo Ziming, who was sleeping by the window, turned over and mumbled a few words in his sleep. Fang Yu pondered for a moment, took out the book from under the desk, and climbed back into bed.

The dormitory is still too inconvenient. Lying on the bed, Fang Yu sighed.

It seems that I still have to go out and rent a house. After all, I am a person with secrets now. Fang Yu secretly calculated in his mind and opened the thickest book "0 Ring Magic: From Beginner to Mastery" in his hand.

From these books, we can see that in addition to the 0-9 level classification of spells in the Tower World, there are also different classifications of spell properties.

Evocation, life, prophecy, transmutation, spells, enchantment.

According to the nature of spells, the Tower World divides spells into these six different schools, and each school is further divided into several or dozens of sub-schools.

Which one should I learn first?
Acid splash? No, no, this thing is equivalent to splashing sulfuric acid. If you are caught, it will be a death sentence.

Elemental control spells like Wind Dance, Earth Shaping, Water Shaping, Frost Bite, and Fire Control? They don't seem to be very useful...

Light magic? This thing doesn't seem as convenient as a flashlight.

Magical energy explosion?
A beam of intense energy shoots toward a creature within 40 meters of the casting distance, launching a long-range spell attack on the target, causing fatal damage to ordinary creatures including humans.

This looks really cool. I wish I could have learned this spell when I was in high school.

Fang Yu imagined himself in high school, crossing his arms and shouting, "Zai Pelion Rays!"

Then a beam of light knocked down all the bullies in the class, the grade, and the school.

It feels so good just thinking about it.

Eh? Isn't it said that every class and school has a class bully or something like that? Why doesn't my junior high school or high school have one?

Maybe the school is too good.

Fang Yu smacked his lips regretfully.

The book teaches a total of 36 0-level tricks from six schools. Fang Yu finally decided to follow the advice in the book and first practice the basic spell of the school of transformation - arcane tricks.

The School of Change is to change the nature or state of things through arcane magic. This school believes that change is the fundamental law of the universe, and all existence is seeking balance in constant flow and transformation.

As the basic spell of the School of Transmutation, the Arcane Trick only involves the most basic "change", so in terms of effect, it is indeed more like a magic trick.

The effect of this spell is not unique, but rather some "changes" made to things within certain arcane effect limitations. The specific effect of the spell depends only on what kind of changes the caster wants.

For example, you can use arcane tricks to make a piece of music appear inexplicably in some people's ears, or make a cold inanimate object warm or a warm living object cold, or even create a breeze. . . . .

In short, magic tricks are just tricks. They cannot cause serious harm to the person being cast. They are just a slight "change" to the state of an object.

Fang Yu took the stylus and began to write and draw on the pad, trying to analyze the spell model of arcane tricks.

There are three main steps to learning spells:

1. Analyze the spell model;
2. Construct a spell model;
3. Solidify the spell model.

Every spell has its own spell model, and arcane tricks are no exception.

Spell models cannot be directly displayed in words or diagrams, so what is taught in spell books is how to obtain spell models by analyzing spells.

Then construct the spell model in the sea of ​​consciousness, and finally, solidify the constructed spell model on the mapping node of the sea of ​​consciousness.

The difference between a 0-level cantrip and a formal spell is that the cantrip does not require the mobilization of magic network nodes.

Therefore, the trick does not need to be fixed on the mapping node. After constructing the spell model, the accumulated mana in the body is injected into the model, and it can be cast at any time.

However, isn't this spell analysis too difficult?

Fang Yu felt as if he had returned to the time when he was in high school, working on the last question of a science math test paper, and this test paper was written by Wuzhou Ge Jun.

Even though Fang Yu had an IQ of 140 in science mathematics in the college entrance examination, he was still a little confused when he first started to analyze spell models.

"No wonder the book can't give a model directly. This is too abnormal. How can there be individual parameters and environmental parameters? Doesn't that mean that for the same spell, everyone's spell model is different?"

"This won't work. There is interference in the running lines. There is a three-fold energy pressure difference between Line A and Line B... We can do this... Um, this also needs to be combined with environmental parameters..."

Looking at the messy lines drawn on the pad, Fang Yu frowned. It has been almost an hour.

If today wasn't Sunday and the guys in the dormitory weren't night owls, it would have been time to go to class, but Fang Yu still had no clue.

After a long while, Fang Yu slapped his forehead and said, "Am I stupid? Using Rhino and Python."

Fang Yu got out of bed and turned on the computer.

A spell model is also a model. Since it is a model, computer modeling is always much more efficient than human brain modeling, right?

Life is short, use Python.

Fang Yu wanted to make animation when he was in high school. He taught himself Rhino for a while. His level was not very high, but he had no problem with general use.

As for Python, there was a 3-credit elective course in the first semester of freshman year, and Fang Yu did quite well in it.

Python has a ready-made Rhino library. By inputting the parameters converted by Fang Yu, it can automatically render the spell model that Fang Yu needs.

Fang Yu quickly set the parameters and clicked render. A few minutes later, a polyhedron model that kept expanding and contracting and changing its shape was rendered.

"Yes!" Fang Yu waved his fist vigorously. "I see. I was wondering why I couldn't figure it out. The model is not static, but dynamic!"

Now, all you have to do is construct the spell model of the arcane trick in the Sea of ​​Consciousness!

(End of this chapter)