Harof's words instantly aroused the enthusiasm of the wizards.
This is the Corona Medal, the highest honor in the wizarding world. Whoever gets it will be recorded in history and become the next magic star that everyone is looking forward to. Now this opportunity is in front of them! Raphael and other great wizards began to think about how to divide and destroy the elements.
However, those official wizards did not have the extravagant hope of obtaining the Corona Medal, and they quickly set their sights on the elemental ranking list.
You should know that there are as many as forty-nine basic elements. As long as you can research the data of two or three elements, you will be nominated for a Morning Star Medal!
After about ten minutes of discussion, the first person to speak was Adela, who developed the theory of the "fire element"! Although the Eternal Flame that Lin En brought out last time severely slapped him in the face and made the "Three Laws of Flame" full of loopholes, Adela did not lose heart because of it. Instead, he absorbed part of the theory about combustion proposed by Lin En and launched a more rigorous "Three Elements of Flame"! His idea this time was also very simple, which was to use extremely high temperatures to destroy atoms!
When Adela was studying fire magic, she discovered that high temperatures could break substances apart into basic atoms. Even steel would be destroyed at thousands of degrees. If the temperature continued to rise, it might also break apart atoms! "We can use magic to bind a large number of elements in a fixed space and keep raising the temperature. If 10,000 degrees doesn't work, we can use 50,000 degrees. If 50,000 degrees doesn't work, we can use 100,000 degrees, or even 200,000 degrees or 300,000 degrees!"
Adela was so excited that she clenched her fist and hammered hard on the table. "No matter how strong the elements are, they always have a limit. What we have to do is to find this limit and break it!"
"A very good idea!" Raphael and others suddenly felt their eyes brighten. So far, there is no upper limit to the temperature, so Adela's proposal is very feasible.
The advantage of this method is that it can gather the power of everyone. The combined efforts of several great wizards are enough to raise the temperature to an incredible level.
"I think maybe we can try the Thunder!" Anthony on the side suggested.
The thunder element is much smaller than the basic element. Using thunder to destroy the basic element should be a good choice!
With everyone working together, a lot of weird ideas were quickly proposed, such as applying pressure to an extremely solid substance to crush the atoms, using magic to accelerate two elements to collide with each other, and even cutting through space, etc.
"Master Lin En, what do you think?" Just as the discussion became more intense, Sanchez looked at Lin En, who had not spoken a word, and asked.
This famous magic star was famous for his ideas. Whether it was the previous beam measurement or the gravitational constant experiment, they all applauded! Now he was so silent, which surprised Sanchez.
Hearing this, everyone present looked over.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lin En said thoughtfully, "I think your proposals are all feasible to a certain extent. The specific method of decomposing atoms still needs further experiments to verify."
"But there is one thing that is just as important as analyzing the structure of elements, and that is finding new elements!"
Lin En didn't believe that there were only so many types of atoms in this world. Before, wizards believed that there were only forty-nine basic elements because the wizarding land was too small. Now that they had arrived in the kingdom, perhaps they could find more new elements! ...
The first thing was to measure the atomic mass. Harof personally led a group of wizards proficient in force field magic to create a vacuum field, and then used formulas to perform calculations through spatial perception.
Vittorio was invited by Adela to set up a powerful alchemical array to generate huge amounts of high temperature to dissociate the atoms.
Anthony also summoned the wizards of the school and prepared to start with thunder magic. In addition, he was very interested in why atoms have repulsive forces and the minimum separation distance between them.
This reminded him of the repulsion caused by magnetism.
Amid this wave of research enthusiasm, new academic papers were published in the Magic Daily almost every day, and even the people of the royal capital were delighted.
It's not that they can understand these new magic theories, but a new decree has been issued in the capital. Wizards want to find some new elements. Anyone who finds something strange can submit it! If they can pass the screening and be accepted by the wizards, they will be rewarded with up to 50 imperial gold coins!
Such a high reward was enough to drive people crazy, so much so that the people of the royal capital rummaged through their homes, and some even picked up a stone on the way, hoping to make up the number. If they could get away with it, they would get wealth that they could never earn in their lifetime.
Within two days, Yolande, who was in charge of finding new elements, received a large amount of miscellaneous items, which gave him a headache. He had to have someone put up a sign outside, saying people should not bring things like pots, pans, wooden benches, etc. Those poor people who tried to take advantage of the situation were severely punished!
Just when Yolande thought that today would be another fruitless day, a strange "stone" was placed in front of his desk.
This is an irregular spherical object, and judging from its glossy appearance, it looks like some kind of metal.
Yolande uttered a sigh, picked it up and weighed it, and immediately found that it was much heavier than the same volume of iron! Realizing this, Yolande's expression immediately became solemn, and he began to try to sense and decompose it with magic, but failed.
It cannot be destroyed or controlled. Is it really some kind of metal element?
"What is this? Where did you find it?" Yulande quickly turned his head to look at the citizen who presented the "stone" and asked anxiously.
This is probably a new element beyond their knowledge! The miner next to him, who was in his 50s, lowered his head humbly and answered tremblingly. "Reporting to the wizard, this is a piece of... Devil's Stone... I heard those priests call it that!"
(End of this chapter)