For most people in this world, "What is magic" is not a question at all. They think the answer is obvious and not worth exploring: magic is magic, one of the ubiquitous energy in this world, the most precious wealth given to mankind by the gods, and it is also the standard for dividing people into different levels.

Some priests will tell you that magic is the authority scattered in the world after the fall of the gods, and it is the aftermath left by the war of the gods recorded in the "Eternal Slate". The defeated gods broke into pieces and fell to the earth in the war, their bodies burned in the air, flames and smoke were the initial magic, and the remaining residues were the initial monsters; some scholars among the mages would say that magic is the bridge between the elemental world and the real world, it is a kind of "supermatter", which can be perceived and used but is invisible. It comes from the turmoil of the Ethereal Sea, and will show irregular fluctuations as the relative distance between the real world and the elemental world changes, that is, the phenomenon of magic rising...

However, Gao Wen could not accept any of these two statements. He came from a modern world that advocated science and reason and advocated clearly interpreting all mysteries. He believed that magic should have something more understandable and easier to understand, and could even be quantified with data and explained by model specifications.

This may not be done in the realm of gods, but since magicians can use specific methods to use magic power, or even use formulas to simplify the casting process, magic power can definitely be analyzed in this way.

According to the information currently mastered, magic is indeed "ubiquitous". Every corner of the world is full of this invisible power. There are two main ways for people in this world to use magic power. One is to cast spells directly. The mages use spiritual power to build spell models, and then let the spell models mobilize the magic power that already exists in the atmosphere to form spell effects; the other is to use facilities similar to charging magic arrays or magic wells to first extract magic power, and then use magic power in spell rituals.

No matter which method, magic is "drawn" from nature, and cannot be created out of thin air by humans.

So Gao Wen once thought that magic might really be a special "matter", or something with matter as the carrier, but the instantaneous magic generated by Rebecca's "rune trigger" at the moment he turned on gave him a different idea.

This is very similar to a phenomenon that will occur in some kind of energy field, he boldly assumed.

If magic is a "energy field", and the various operating effects of magic can be regarded as a special fluctuation? The rune trigger is like an incomplete loop in the energy field. When it is turned on, the loop becomes complete, and part of the energy field will enter the loop. In this process, the flow of energy produces "magic fluctuations" that can be observed. However, since the loop of the rune trigger is closed, this process cannot be continued, so magic is instantaneous...

In this way, although the original source of magic is still nature, the instantaneous magic in the rune trigger is "created" by human factors and there is no "absorption" process. This is why the rune trigger clearly does not have a collection and charging structure, but produces trace amounts of magic.

Gao Wen frowned and took a black stone acting as a paperweight from the side. He rubbed his fingers hard on it. The power of the profession easily drew a curved line on it like a vortex. Then he pressed a dot in the middle of the line to form the elemental symbol of the wind: breeze.

A slight airflow appeared around the black stone, and this cheap magic material that was only a little more expensive than quartz sand began to work. Gao Wen felt that his wrist was gently blowing by the cool wind.

He touched it casually, and the runes were destroyed and the breeze stopped immediately.

This is the most incredible part of this world. Just such a simple symbol is portrayed on a specific material and can produce such obvious effects... Why?

If you really use the "energy field theory" you just proposed, it seems that it can be explained: magic is already full and interacts continuously with these natural magic materials. Originally, this process was calm and without special effects, but as specific patterns were carved on the surface of these materials, the balance between the "energy field" and the "acting matter" changes, and the frequency of magic fluctuations changes accordingly, and the phenomenon also occurs.

But if the energy field theory is true, it cannot explain the principles of various energy storage crystals: how do they store magic? If the essence of magic is just a "field" that wraps around a planet, and magic is just a "wave" of a specific frequency, then what form is the magic stored in the energy storage crystal?

Gao Wen's thinking spread and suddenly remembered the history of the origin of magic. In addition to the "Divine Grant of All Laws" or "The Origin of Dragon Word Magic" promoted by those charlatans, there is actually another saying in the academic community that human beings actually originated from the imitation of certain monsters: those monsters have special cuticle or exoskeleton structures, and these structures have natural magic patterns (runes). It is precisely because of the incredible coincidence in the evolution of biological organisms that animals with such structures have certain magical abilities and become monsters. Humans in the primitive era imitated the runes on various stone tools by imitating the runes on these monsters, thus the earliest magic appeared.

Mastering mental power and transforming the physical runes into spell models in the spiritual world is what happens next.

This legend is a kind that Gao Wen likes very much. Although there are many parts that are taken for granted, it abandons the unreasonable explanation method of gods and dragons, and instead tries to explore the origin of magic in logical form. Unfortunately, many magicians seem to dislike this theory, and theologians even more dislike it to describe the human beings of all things as a kind of thief who needs to follow behind barbaric monsters. This is very dissatisfied with those who claim to be extraordinary.

A breath of fresh soil and grass suddenly came from the side, awakening Gao Wen from his divergent thinking state. Gao Wen didn't have to look back to know who was coming, and slapped at the side: "Don't touch my stamp, this thing on the whole table is worth a little money."

A hand that was emerging from the air was slapped hard by Gao Wen, and it was taken back in a flash. Then Amber popped out of the shadow state: "Hey, it hurts so much... You are still not a human being! How can you have such a good sense of sensing?!"

Gao Wen rolled his eyes angrily: "After I was a legend back then. Even if I am discontinued now, it is more reliable than you, a guy with limited combat power than goose. And you have been thinking of me as a silver seal for several days. I thought I didn't know? You have been thinking about it from the day the craftsmen carved it out."

Amber smiled embarrassedly: "I just had some bold ideas, but I didn't put them into practice..."

"You have practiced it twelve times, but I've been beaten back every time, okay?" Gao Wen glared at the unconventional half-elf, "Tell me, what's the matter with me now? It's still more than an hour before meal time. There must be something wrong with you when you come back before meal time."

Amber suddenly bulged her cheeks: "Do I just know how to eat in your mind?!"

"Nonsense, I'm using you as a clock for three meals now. Seeing you is almost seeing the meal," Gao Wen said with a heartache, "What's wrong with you?"

"Go, the old man is really boring... Well, I just want to tell you something. I wanted to tell you two days ago, but I forgot that I found that it is much easier to enter the Shadow World recently than before."

Gao Wen originally thought that this half-elf was just fishing outside for too long and was bored to come to tease him, but he didn't expect that this guy was really a serious matter when he opened his mouth and was stunned.

Amber was a little dissatisfied: "Hey, I'm a little bit responsive. I'm very serious about reporting the situation to you. What do you mean by being stunned?"

Gao Wen coughed twice, quickly suppressing his eyes, "I just didn't expect you to do serious business," and turned to look at the other party with a serious face: "I remember when you first took me into the Shadow World, you said that it was also the first time you entered this deep."

"Actually, I told a little lie at that time... I was afraid that it was too shocking, so I was humble," Amber stuck out his tongue. "In fact, I have completely entered the Shadow World more than once, but to be honest, it was not that easy to enter the Shadow World before. It took a long time of meditation. Either you have to use rituals and incense, and at least you have to stuff half a bottle of Shadow Potion to enter..."

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: Half a bottle of stuffy?! Have you died of drinking?

And while amazement, he also realized one thing: what Amber said should be true, so that the barrier between the shadow world and the present world is becoming fragile?

To be honest, it is really unreliable to make such a world rule-level guess just by relying on a one-sided word of a half-elf who has no moral integrity. Under normal circumstances, such things have to be organized at least for a year or two to study by experts and scholars of half a teacher before they can come to a conclusion. But then again... Gao Wen suspected that even if he organized half a teacher, they would not have the unreasonable talent of Amber.

It's like you're looking for ten thousand psychologists to study why your wife gets angry, and it's better to take a look at her shopping cart: Here's the profession...

So he nodded seriously: "You mean that the Shadow World is gradually 'closing' into the world? In addition to your sense of this, do you think those scholars who study the Shadow World will find out?"

"To be honest, I think this kind of 'close' should be in a pretty early stage. Perhaps only I can accurately perceive it, and those scholars... well, they are not all bullshit, so those real masters should also be able to sense some clues, but they probably are not as intuitive as me."

Gao Wen frowned. He didn't know whether the Amber reported was good or bad, because no one has ever measured the "distance" or "barrier" between the Shadow Realm and the present world in history, nor has anyone known how this natural barrier changed specifically. It is even possible that the Shadow Realm has been approaching the real world more than once in history, but no one can perceive it, and this process will not have any consequences.

He rubbed his eyebrows and looked at Amber: "What do you think will happen if the Shadow World comes into contact with the Present World?"

"I don't know...but it's probably not a good thing," Amber rolled her eyes. "Anyway, most of the shadow-type spells are destructive. Shadow itself is a very negative force, and normal people are definitely not suitable for contact with it."

Gao Wen sighed: "Well, saying it means not saying it. Why did you come to me to talk about this? I am not a scholar, nor a wizard or mage who specializes in shadow spells. And I guess even if I write a letter to the scholars of the Secret Dharma Assembly in the name of Gao Wen Cecil, they would not read it too seriously..."

"Then I won't care," Amber curled her lips, "I just wanted to find someone to say that I'll be much more happy after I talk to you. As for what you want to do later, it's your business."

Gao Wen's forehead suddenly jumped straight.

But just as he was hesitating whether to beat the guy in front of him, a sudden explosion scared both people in the tent.

"boom!"

Amber went downstairs to the table on the spot: "Wow! What's going on!?"

Gao Wen ignored this cowardly guy, but rushed out of the tent with big strides and looked in the direction where the sound came.

He saw many alarmed soldiers running towards the southeast corner of the camp, which was exactly the direction of Hedy's magic lab!

Mom, art exploded Rebecca's action power was really strong.

Gao Wen immediately ran towards the other side.

Although there is a protective array of the magic laboratory itself and Hedy's protective magic, and Gao Wen had previously explained to Hedy about paying attention to the safety of the experiment, people should not have any trouble, but listening to the explosion, the precision instruments in the laboratory may not be able to save as much.

I have to go to save the scene before Rebecca was hung and beaten by Heti...
Chapter completed!