Lin was too lazy to argue with a magician on the issue of divination. Basically, the dispute between the two schools was an old case.
Because there is no ability to be promoted to a formal magician, many people with superficial magic talents, but who study hard, will eventually become astrologers. And because of their ability to predict weather, astrologers are more popular among the people than magicians.
Since it goes deeper into the people, the resentment of the astrologers can easily infect the majority of the ignorant and ignorant people and become the mainstream voice in a region. Such behavior has intensified the dissatisfaction of the magicians.
Many magicians, even if they don't nail astrologers to the pillar of shame, will inevitably have their own subjective attitude in their speech. That's why Juan blurted out those words.
It was Juan's question that reminded him of when and why he became obsessed with the starry sky? Is it because of the stories about the constellations? Or when he was young, it was about the exciting stories about the Saint Seiya.
Memories? Not at all...
"In the darkness, they shine with that light that is not dazzling at all, trying to show their existence. Don't you think it's cute to do this?"
"No, not at all. If you want to be the sun, shine on the world. Stars or something like that is too boring."
Well, this person is so proud and has the right to be proud. Lin is speechless.
During this awkward moment when he didn't know how to answer the call, something strange in the sky attracted Lin's attention.
This is the fourth time in the past year or so that a similar situation has been seen. Viewed with the naked eye, absolutely no abnormalities can be seen. However, with specific observation methods, the abnormality of spatial distortion can be clearly detected.
Except for the first time, out of curiosity, he used the flash technique to go to the location of the space distortion and observe it closely. After that, whenever Lin found a similar situation, he would still stay at home and use various available observation methods to record its data. It might be
The amount of data is too small, so no commonality or correlation can be found for the time being.
However, Juan Javier, who did not directly project the received information into his field of vision like someone else, would of course find it strange that he suddenly became serious, looking up somewhere from time to time, and waving his hands inexplicably.
Juan looked curiously in the same direction and asked, "Did you find anything special?"
"The phenomenon of space distortion is very interesting," Lin said casually.
"Space, um... what is space distortion?" Juan continued to ask.
Space and time are very abstract concepts. Before modern times on earth, these two concepts were not popular. Although the magicians in the Lost Lands involved magic such as teleportation and time suspension, they did not necessarily understand these two concepts.
Understand. Most people, like Juan Javier, are better at elemental magic. Because it is more intuitive in comparison.
Regarding this old friend's question, Lin was thinking about how to explain to him what "space distortion" was. This was also because of the difference in identity and relationship, so someone seriously considered the issue of explanation.
If it were other children or ordinary magic apprentices asking such questions, Lin would definitely tell the other person: "First learn the basic magic well, and then ask these questions." But for people who are already official magicians, this is considered a normal magic exchange.
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But we have to explain 'space distortion'. After thinking about it, Lin took a piece of paper and a charcoal pen, spread them flat on the small table, and said, "Can you draw a straight line on this piece of paper?"
I’ll use this piece of paper to explain it to you.”
Juan didn't show any pretense. He picked up someone's invention from the Eton College era and skillfully drew a straight line on the white paper. He didn't use a ruler, just pulled it casually, and the straight line was completed in one go.
He twisted the paper with his index thumbs and placed it in front of Juan. Lin said: "This is a straight line on the paper." After saying that, he kneaded the paper hard, crumpled the paper into a ball, and laid it out flat.
On the palm of his hand, he said: "This is still a straight line on the paper. Do you understand what it looks like?"
"But you crumpled it up. Wait, let me think about it." Juan Javier realized something, lowered his head and thought. At the same time, Lin flattened the paper again and tore it apart.
He said, "Look, this is still a straight line."
"This is what you call in mathematics, different perspectives of observation lead to different results."
"Yes, that's right." The classic example Lin once used was 'two intersecting parallel lines'.
Parallel lines are logically defined as two lines that will never intersect, but that is the situation on a plane. On an arc surface, the extension of parallel lines may intersect. To give a practical example,
They are the latitude and longitude lines on the globe. The straight lines marking longitude are parallel to each other but intersect at the North and South Poles.
When the paper is crumpled into a ball, it can be regarded as a complex arc surface. But when this arc surface is projected into a plane, what is observed is a different result. In the same example, between a globe map and a flat map,
Different projection methods will produce different map graphics. There is no correct one, it just depends on which map the user needs.
In fact, after Lin discovered the secrets of dimensions by studying the World Tree, in addition to flashing, he also wanted to develop a kind of magic. It was to use the phenomenon of space distortion to cause injuries such as fractures and body distortion to enemies or targets.
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However, this idea was abandoned only halfway through. It’s not that the space cannot be distorted, but that the space that cannot be distorted will have a different dimensional coordinate system from the individuals existing in this space, and then the space will not be distorted.
cause some damages.
To use a real-life example, it is like a funny mirror. The self reflected in the flat mirror is the same as the self in reality. However, the self reflected in the curved mirror will become fatter, thinner, and taller.
Become shorter, or have a rather strange change in body proportions.
No matter how bizarre these changes are, the self in the mirror is still a complete self. There will be no injuries such as fractures, body compression or abnormal expansion due to those deformations.
In the same way, after using magic to distort the space from a higher-dimensional perspective, the objects in the distorted space still exist reasonably according to the physical laws of that space. It will not be because the space is distorted, but the objects inside
People miraculously maintain the existence of the original coordinate system, and are thus harmed by the distorted space.
Of course, this research can be advanced to the second level, how to decouple the space distortion phenomenon from the dimensional coordinates of objects existing in space. But... don't embarrass yourself if things can be solved with a single shot of the interdimensional exile spell.
Lin also explained these explanations to Juan Javier in as simple a way as possible. Magicians at their level do not need to take out spell models and explain them slowly and detail by detail. Instead, they give a
Concept theory, and then integrate it into his own magic system. So such a simple explanation is just right for Juan.