Philip shook his head helplessly. In fact, the parliament was in chaos. Such a sudden loss of the ability to sense a certain element had never happened in the history of magic.
It is said that Speaker Vittorio has summoned a lot of people and conducted physical and mental examinations on them, but no new discoveries have been made so far.
The only thing that is certain is that all these people questioned the nature of photoelectricity. Many of them even directly participated in the discussion of the wave-particle debate and published several papers in newspapers.
Philip paused for a moment, then continued, "Now many wizards who support particle theory suggest banning wave theory to prevent the spread of 'spellcasting disorder'..."
The congressmen are also considering this suggestion. After all, the impact of this dispute is too great. This strange "casting obstacle" makes many wizards feel frightened. Even several speakers have expressed their concerns about this.
Although the main force of the church has collapsed long ago, Ella, who fled abroad, is still a huge threat.
Thunder magic is now a very critical force in the entire magic system. It has great advantages in the transmission of intelligence, and the derived electromagnetic field is also an important factor in restraining nuclear power!
"So several speakers asked me to ask for your advice." Philip said cautiously.
"No, we can't do that! Tell them that I am clearly against banning the wave theory!" Lin En rejected it directly. "We are not a church, and we cannot stop normal research and discussion on magic..."
"Besides...it's too late to ban it now!"
After nearly two months of dispute, coupled with the two schools' manipulation of recruiting people to endorse each other, nearly 70% of the great wizards and the schools they led were involved. In addition, the lightning wizards who were originally watching the fun but ended up suffering inexplicably, as well as the terrifying spellcasting obstacles, made this dispute known to everyone.
Even if they banned the wave theory openly, they could not stop wizards from conducting research in private, so it would be better to let them debate openly. The collision of ideas would also help break the rules.
However, Lynn also asked Philip to reply to the parliament and ask them to manipulate public opinion to control the intensity of the dispute to avoid large-scale bloody conflicts.
This is not impossible. There have always been conflicts caused by academic disputes in the history of magic.
For example, more than 20 years ago, the debate about the origin of the fire element almost led to a conflict between two opposing schools of thought. In the end, the great wizard Arad defeated his opponent in a duel with his newly developed sixth-ring magic [Fire Element Storm], forcing the other party to "be convinced".
Even in the previous life, the dispute over the wave-particle properties of light caused a group of bigwigs listed in textbooks to criticize each other for three hundred years!
The reason is that the contradiction between the two theories is almost impossible to reconcile based on common sense.
What is a wave? It is a physical quantity or a disturbance of a physical quantity that propagates in a specific form in space.
To put it more simply, in the eyes of wizards, this thing is a continuous and indivisible existence.
A particle refers to the smallest component of matter that can exist in a free state, one by one!
Because of this, because you can't say something is continuous and discrete at the same time, the brain simply can't imagine that existence, just like you can't say a cat is both alive and dead...
But the microscopic world is so tiring that one needs to completely abandon the so-called common sense of the macroscopic world in order to get a glimpse of the mysteries contained therein.
Lin En shook his head and looked at the manuscript on the table.
During this period of time, he also conducted preliminary research and experiments in the microscopic field. He wanted to find an opportunity to publish some papers first, but now the inexplicable "casting disorder" made him hesitate.
If these research results on quantum superposition and entanglement were released, the impact would not just be on lightning wizards. A large number of elemental wizards might even lose the ability to cast spells.
That is the real magical crisis!
Just as Lin En was thinking, a sturdy Garde falcon suddenly flew in from the wide open window and landed on the desk with a white letter hanging on its feet.
Lynn recognized it as a communication eagle at a glance.
Although temporary communication base stations consisting of patrol airships have now spread across the continent, enabling nationwide emergency communications within fifteen minutes, some secret messages are not convenient to transmit using this method, and many schools of thought still retain the tradition of using captive communication eagles for communication.
Philip, who was standing by, noticed that there was a lightning mark engraved on the beautiful feathers on the right side of the Garde falcon.
"This logo should belong to Master Anthony, right?" Philip said with interest. In recent days, the founder of the 'electrotherapy induction method' and the originator of the photoelectric effect has become very famous.
As a leading figure in the theory of light particles, he actually turned around and believed in the wave theory, which dumbfounded many wizards who were watching the fun.
Philip was more inclined to the light particle theory and could not understand why the other party suddenly made such a crazy move. Perhaps the truth was in this letter.
Lynn then took the tightly sealed letter, and after passing the identification magic on the envelope, he opened it and began to read.
In this letter, Anthony elaborated in detail on their research on electric and magnetic fields during this period, and stated that he had cracked the fourth equation of Maxwell's equations, and deduced an astonishing fact from it - light is an electromagnetic wave with a unique frequency.
And successfully created light using this method!
"No wonder..." Lynn smiled. He could imagine Anthony's mixed feelings of frustration and surprise. Now that he understood that light was an electromagnetic wave, it was not difficult to understand why he suddenly chose to embrace wave mechanics.
In addition, in the letter, Anthony flattered him, saying that these research results were derived based on his Maxwell equations and calculus formulas. He then euphemistically stated that he had discovered a new model to explain the internal structure of elements, which might be subtly different from the star orbital formula he had proposed before...
Of course, Lynn knew that this subtle difference was probably a world of difference, and the purpose of Anthony's letter was obviously to test his attitude.
I guess they are worried that I might oppose it or even use their influence to ban it, so they want to ask for my opinion first.
Lynn shook his head in amusement, and after thinking for a moment, he picked up his pen and wrote a reply letter, affirming Anthony's research results in the field of electromagnetism, and expressed his support for the other party's proposal of a more novel atomic model to explain microscopic phenomena.
Philip, who was extremely curious, secretly glanced at the contents of the letter, and then his pupils constricted. He happened to see the last sentence written by Lynn, and was immediately shocked.
Could it be that the dean also supports the wave theory?
On the other side, Lynn had already put the envelope away and tied it to the foot of the communication eagle.
Seeing this, Philip hurriedly said goodbye and left, but he was still a little uneasy after walking out of the room. He immediately wanted to use electromagnetic communication magic to find some of his friends to discuss it.
However, this time the spell failed...
Philip suddenly opened his eyes, his face turned pale, and he suddenly found that he could no longer sense the electric charge and magnetic field.
"It's over..." Philip muttered to himself. He was actually infected with the 'wave plague'! ...
A few hours later, in the city of kerosene, in a luxurious manor.
The two great wizards, Anthony and Jeffrey, who were at the center of the vortex of public opinion, gathered here.
"Do you think Speaker Lynn will approve of our wave theory?" Jeffrey asked with a little uneasiness.
In his opinion, the biggest obstacle to the wave theory is undoubtedly this magic star!
Thanks to the photoelectric effect proposed by Anthony, the two things were tied together. In addition, someone suddenly had the idea of using the wave theory to re-improve the model of the internal structure of elements, which caused serious conflicts with some of the magic theories proposed by Speaker Lynn.
Jeffrey was helpless about this, and even doubted whether allowing Anthony to join the Light Wave School was the right decision.
You should know that Parliament has been considering awarding Speaker Lynn a second Corona Medal to commend his outstanding contributions in the fields of elements and optics.
At such a critical moment, they intervened and said that some of the research ideas of this magic star were wrong. Who wouldn't be angry? Jeffrey had no doubt that Speaker Lynn only needed one sentence to ban the wave theory he had painstakingly studied. The other party's influence in the field of magic was too great!
The law of free fall, universal gravitation, speed of light measurement, Coriolis force... It can be said that the rapid development of magic in recent years is entirely based on the various magic theories proposed by this magic star, and these theories have almost never been wrong before! "It should be." Anthony replied hesitantly. His photoelectric theory was derived from Maxwell's equations.
He could figure out that light is an electromagnetic wave, and Lin En, who told him the formula, should have been able to figure it out as well.
Although he said so, Anthony was still a little unsure in his heart. After all, it was not an easy thing to let an authority in magic studies voluntarily admit that his research theory was wrong and give up the glory that was within his grasp.
Just as he was worrying, a sharp cry rang out over the manor. Anthony looked up and saw his messenger flying back.
"Hurry and take a look!" Jeffrey was also very anxious. The Gardel eagle had just landed, so he hurriedly asked Anthony to check the letter.
Anthony's movements were equally quick. After breaking the warning magic set on it, he opened the letter and read it for a while. The expression on his face gradually changed from solemn to relaxed.
"How's it going?" Jeffrey asked.
"It's settled!" Anthony's words calmed Jeffrey's restless heart, and then he handed the letter over without any care.
Jeffrey took it and glanced at it carefully. After seeing the last sentence "Light and electricity do have certain wave properties", a slight smile appeared on his face.
As for the second half of the sentence, Jeffrey didn't care much. He couldn't expect the magic star to admit that his element model was wrong in the letter, right? He had to find a way out, right? In fact, it was completely beyond Jeffrey's expectation that Speaker Linn could so directly agree with the wave theory! "I've said before that Speaker Linn is very open-minded. He is not the kind of person who is stubborn and secretly makes trouble to suppress those who oppose the theory." Anthony said with a smile.
He remembered that the magic star had publicly stated many times that he welcomed anyone to refute his magic theory with rigorous experimental results.
Jeffrey smiled bitterly. Everyone could say polite words, but his wave theory had run into a lot of obstacles in the parliament. Most of the parliamentarians were staunch supporters of the particle school. If Anthony had not suddenly turned against him, his current situation would have been even more difficult!
"Master Jeffrey!" An apprentice knocked on the door and walked in, interrupting the conversation between the two, and then respectfully reported, "We just received a notice from the parliament that this year's academic seminar will be held half a month earlier."
"It looks like the parliament can't wait any longer!" Anthony raised his eyebrows. But that's true. More than half of the thunder wizards have lost the ability to sense electric charge, so the speakers can't help but be anxious.
Jeffrey nodded slightly, it was time to end this dispute that had lasted for so long.
What wave plague? He thought it should be called particle imbalance disease!
…
Two weeks passed in a flash. Ever since the shocking news that Anthony, a key figure in particle theory, suddenly switched to wave theory, public opinion in the entire magic kingdom has strangely calmed down.
This is naturally because the parliament has strengthened the newspaper's speech censorship system. At least, the verbal battles like before can no longer be published openly in major newspapers. If you want to publish arguments about optics and electricity, you must have rigorous logical deductions or experimental demonstrations.
As a result, even the sales of newspapers dropped a lot, causing editors of major newspapers to sigh.
However, this calm is obviously only on the surface, and the dispute in secret is still continuing. It's just that the two major schools of thought are accumulating strength and preparing to completely refute their opponents at this year's academic seminar...
Amidst such undercurrents, September arrived quietly, and tens of thousands of wizards from across the continent rushed to the royal capital to participate in the most grand academic event in history!
(End of this chapter)