Hundreds of years of wizard research laid a foundation for him. They summarized many characteristics of magic, such as the ability to be controlled by mental power, affected by specially arranged runes, and most importantly, it can mimic elements! When Lin En was making the periodic table, he found through a lot of experiments that when wizards cast spells and mimic various elements, the amount of magic consumed is positively correlated with the atomic number, period, and family of an element! The one with the greatest impact is the atomic number, that is, the sequence number of the element in the periodic table.

This number is arranged according to the number of protons (nuclear charge) inside the nucleus.

For example, the serial number of hydrogen is one, which means that the number of protons in its nucleus is also one. The atomic number of uranium is 92, so the number of protons in the nucleus is ninety-two!

The same goes for the remaining elements.

If an element with a higher number loses too much mass, its position in the periodic table will change and it will become another element.

Yes, it is just like the legendary Midas Touch, turning stone into gold, fundamentally changing the properties of an element.

Nuclear fission and the decay of radioactive elements are the best examples!

Conversely, two light nuclei can also combine to form a heavier nucleus, which is called nuclear fusion! Since there are rules, there is the possibility of calculation.

For example, the helium element with atomic number two is composed of two protons and two neutrons. Assume that the amount of magic power required for mimicry is six.

The lithium element with atomic number three has an internal structure of three protons and four neutrons. It is assumed that the magic power consumed during mimicry is eleven.

Then we only need to list a simple equation to conclude that the magic power consumed by the pseudo-proton is one, and the magic power consumed by the neutron is two!

Of course, this is the most perfect and simplest model. The reality is not that easy. The magic consumption of simulated lithium element is only about 60% more than that of helium element.

Obviously, it's not just quality that affects mana consumption.

It is possible that a portion of magic power will be consumed when constructing the mimic element, and the calculation should be subtracted from this value. Perhaps the impact of the light-weight electrons orbiting the nucleus should also be considered...

Lin En wrote down all the variables that might affect the consumption of magic power. As long as the influence of other factors could be eliminated, he would be able to roughly calculate the value of each basic particle of magic mimicry.

Before I knew it, an entire sheet of manuscript paper was filled with complicated formulas.

But figuring out this value is just the beginning.

He also needs to solve the second problem, how to turn the mimic elements into real substances! This is the biggest difficulty...

Lin En frowned and pondered for a while, and soon thought of the answer, which was energy!

Only energy can do this! Lin En suddenly realized something and immediately wrote down a variation of the mass-energy equation on paper.

m=E/c^2 , which means that mass is equal to energy divided by the speed of light squared!

According to Lin En's estimation, as long as enough energy is provided and then based on the elements of magical mimicry, the transformation of energy and mass can be achieved, and an energy body that is large enough to carry the soul can be created!

Legend... This is the way to become a legend! Seeing the road ahead, Lin En's face was filled with excitement. However, after calculating carefully with a pen, he immediately found a very big problem.

According to the mass-energy equation, one gram of mass is equivalent to 90 trillion joules of energy, which is equivalent to the explosion of 20,000 tons of TNT, or a critical mass nuclear explosion!

I weigh over 100 pounds. If I completely transform my body into energy, it will definitely be an astronomical figure! I must have overlooked something...

Lin En frowned and thought, then he stretched out his hand, and a basic hydrogen element suddenly condensed into shape, followed by helium, lithium, beryllium...

Soon, forty-nine elements were suspended in the palm of his hand, constantly rotating around each other.

Lynn picked up the pen again and started writing on the paper.

Magic itself is a special kind of energy, and the elements it uses to mimic should account for the bulk of the consumption, so the energy required will be much smaller than the calculated value.

As to why magic has this property, further research is needed.

But even if the energy consumed in the end is only one-tenth of what was expected, it is still a considerable number.

Lynn rubbed his chin.

He could think of many devices that could provide such huge energy, and the most efficient one was the matter-antimatter annihilation device!

However, he didn't have any equipment to extract antimatter, so he could only settle for the next best thing, a nuclear fusion reactor! Lin En calculated how powerful a nuclear reactor would be needed to provide energy, and then thought that his body itself had a lot of mass, and perhaps he could use some magic to further reduce energy consumption...

"Strange, where can that false god find so much energy?" Lin En was very confused. In order to create a body with magic as the frame and filled with energy, he racked his brains and even used a nuclear fusion reactor, but he was still worried that it would not be enough to maintain the consumption.

Then how did [Ella] achieve the promotion to Legend? "Could it be that she used soul power?" Lin En suddenly thought of this possibility, and immediately felt a chill running up from the soles of his feet to his heart.

When we were in Harbor Town, the intelligent computer had suggested using soul power as energy reserve to replenish consumption.

"071, according to my formula, how many people's souls are needed to create an energy body?" Lin En asked curiously.

[Without taking into account energy loss, it would require the soul power of 200,000 people, or 50,000 apprentices and 10,000 formal wizards.]

Hearing this number, Lin En took a breath.

This does not include the loss of energy... Otherwise, it could be doubled or even multiplied several times! You have to know that there are less than 10,000 official wizards in the entire wizard land, and the other party cannot attack priests and bishops, so it can only be the poor! I have to say, [Ella] you are really cruel! Then killing one of the other party's incarnations is equivalent to consuming hundreds of thousands of soul power reserves of that false god.

I just don’t know how many souls [Ella] has harvested over the years.

Millions? Tens of millions? Or hundreds of millions? Lin En thought about it for a while and felt that it shouldn't be that exaggerated. The church couldn't harvest the souls of every dead person. At least they had to be believers. Otherwise, the power they possessed would be too terrifying.

(PS: Two points in Chapter 2.) (End of this chapter)