Chapter 440: The Three Laws
Logan extended his hand, and three types of earth with different characteristics floated in his palm. This was the blank of his Natal Artifact. He said to Bayen in a somewhat hoarse voice:
“This is the artifact blank constructed from the spell models representing combustible earth, mercurial earth, and vitreous earth. It is also the foundation of my path. Standing on the Phlogiston Theory, which has an empirical basis, is far more powerful than illusory precognition.”
Bayen, however, did not quite agree. He took out the Anazir Die and said loudly, “Since it tangibly exists, and since a series of precognition spells can be researched from it, I believe there must be laws governing it, only we haven’t discovered them yet. Someone always has to walk into the unknown; someone always has to step out of their comfort zone. Since I can avoid having my head explode with the help of the Artifact, I am willing to give it a try.”
Betty and Logan fell silent. Ace also looked at Bayen quietly. Blowing into his beard and staring wide-eyed, the old man actually looked somewhat cute. Such an old man possessed a child-like innocence regarding magic.
“I respect your choice, Bayen. But I hope you can construct your Natal Artifact a bit later. I have some new research findings regarding Astrological Magic. After I summarize them, perhaps they will be inspiring to you.”
Ace’s words made Bayen’s eyes light up. Theoretical innovation regarding astrology?
In the following month, Ace did not publish any new theories. Instead, he was busy cruising in the Sea of Reality and Illusion, manufacturing a large amount of Level 0 Dream-Void Fluid. Almost all advanced wizard apprentices obtained this artifact blank and began trying to manufacture artifacts. Just then, a paper caused a slight ripple in the High Tower Territory.
Bayen flipped through the latest issue of Astrology, his eyes thoughtful. He was one of the earliest wizards in the High Tower Territory to study Astrological Magic, yet he ultimately advanced to Level 2 Life due to achievements in Elements. Many in the Astrology School felt quite disappointed about this.
This paper was titled *”Some Corrections to the ‘Geocentric Theory’,” and the author was the Official Wizard Warren.
“The Astrology School has already theoretically demonstrated that the earth beneath our feet is round. Not only that, but we can also see that the sun and moon have a certain curvature when observing solar and lunar eclipses…
“Here, we are mainly discussing the Inner World. As for how the Outer World is, it is not within the scope of discussion.
“Traditional theory holds that the earth beneath our feet is at the exact center of the world, and all celestial bodies move in circular motion around the earth we live on. Uniform speed and epicycles are two important concepts in astrological research because the movement of many stars is not regular, hence the theory of deferents.
“Traditional theory believes that celestial bodies rotate uniformly themselves, their distance from the earth center fluctuating near and far. They also rotate uniformly along epicycles. With the large circle as the deferent and the small circle as the epicycle, the celestial body moves along the small circle while simultaneously moving along the large circle. The speeds of the two differ. If one small circle is not enough, more small circles are added.
“According to the geometry knowledge in Elementary Mathematics, we know: given two fixed points in a plane, to determine a third point, we only need to calculate the angle of the third point relative to the two fixed points.
“If we assume the earth center is motionless, then the earth center is a fixed point. We also know that the moon aligns with the sun and the earth center every 231 days. I have accumulated nearly ten years of data…
“From the data, we can draw the following conclusions:
“First, celestial bodies move in elliptical orbits around the earth center, and the earth center is located at one of the two foci of the ellipse.
“Second, in equal intervals of time, the line connecting the earth center and the celestial body sweeps out equal areas.
“Third, the square of the time it takes for all celestial bodies to orbit the earth center is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of their orbits.
“Additionally, the earth center is also rotating around its core. When the sun is on the side of the elliptical orbit closer to the earth center, it is summer; when it is on the side farther from the earth center, it is winter…
“I call these three conclusions the Law of Ellipses, the Law of Areas, and the Harmonic Law…”
As Bayen read this article, the celestial body model composed of Level 1 runes in his mental imagery world diffused and collapsed. More than half of it crumbled, but the core was preserved.
Bayen, having spat out a mouthful of blood, murmured, “Fortunately, I advanced to Level 2 Life. A Level 1 spell model isn’t enough to blow up my head. And fortunately, this is still the Geocentric Theory, not a Heliocentric Theory, Moon-centric Theory, or No-center Theory. Otherwise, not even dregs would remain of my spell model.
“The Law of Ellipses, the Law of Areas, and the Harmonic Law? Perhaps they can be called Warren’s Three Laws. I didn’t expect that he, who has always been silently looking up at the sky, would have such an amazing discovery!”
Bayen calmed his mind and entered a meditative state. He slowly adjusted his spell model according to Warren’s Three Laws, reshaping his path bit by bit.
Warren’s correction of the Geocentric Theory did not cause widespread head-exploding incidents. Except for one or two unlucky ones, the vast majority of advanced wizard apprentices of the Astrology School only had their celestial body spell models slightly shattered.
But the impact of these three laws was immense. The High Tower wizards almost all constructed meditation spell models and meditation environments based on the “Mimicry Celestial Body Hypothesis.” Many wizard apprentices using the Natal Star Meditation Method spat out a mouthful of old blood as their spell models collapsed by more than half.
At Warren’s villa, the door opened with a bang. Sulu ran in excitedly, shouting loudly: “Warren, you really did it! I knew you could do it. It’s a pity too few people’s heads exploded. If Lord Ace hadn’t proposed the Theory of Artifacts and put so many defensive measures in place, I’m afraid the number of head explosions wouldn’t be fewer than the victims of the Skull-Crusher Duo.”
The room was quiet. Sulu climbed up the stairs to the roof with heavy steps. Sure enough, Warren was holding a complex enchanted telescope, observing the starry sky seriously and entranced, murmuring:
“The sun is too scorching. The moon is cool but still misty; I can’t see the specific situation clearly. Even many stars are shrouded in mist. This is probably because these stars represent Deities and are shrouded by incredible supernatural power.
“But there are also some celestial bodies whose general surfaces can be seen clearly. They are pitted but roughly spherical. Can we assume that being spherical is the general form of celestial bodies in the Inner World? And what is the reason for this form?
“The starry sky is too vast. The more I understand, the more I feel my own insignificance and ignorance.”
Sulu held his breath and shielded his mana, tiptoeing closer. He gently patted Warren with a Hand of Mana. Boom!
The automatic defense mechanism of the barrier reacted instantly. Scorching white flames sprayed toward Sulu. He hastily took flight, dodging this terrifying flame attack.
Warren also stopped his observation. Turning around to find it was Sulu, he hurriedly stopped the automatic defense mechanism.
“Why didn’t you make a sound when you came? You almost got burned. This is a new defense mechanism modified based on the Phlogiston Theory; the damage is extremely high.”
Sulu grinned and said, “I just wanted to scare you. I didn’t expect you to come up with such a powerful thing. As expected of the man who proposed Warren’s Three Laws.”
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