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If gold and silver are the general equivalent among ordinary people, association contribution points are equivalent to the general equivalent among star warlocks. Not only can it buy almost all supplies from the Star Warlocks, it can also hire Star Warlocks. No matter which point it is, the value of association contribution points to officials is huge, even far beyond its own value.

Other star warlocks may cherish the association's contribution points because of their rarity, but Cheng Jinzhou's perspective is completely different. For him, if he wants to contribute something, it can be said to be a piece of cake. Even if it is something he has mastered, there is no problem in producing dozens of papers, not to mention the constant supply of Jiezi, so for more than a dozen The twenty association contribution points were completely ignored.

Classmate Xiao Cheng's expression made Xiang Xin helpless, but she also had to admit that the 13-year-old boy in front of her had a lot of wasted capital. For most Star Warlocks-those who have been selected from a thousand miles to survive as Star Warlock apprentices For people, they may not be able to get 30 initial association contribution points after a lifetime of hard work. And if you don't have theoretical talent, you often need to put in more effort to get contribution points.

With such a comparison, Xiang Xin couldn't help but wonder if she was also a star warlock without talent...

The badge on Xu Gu's chest beeped. This is a short-distance star array used within the association. After picking it up, he listened for a moment and then said with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, Warlock Jiang Huangxing invites you upstairs."

Xiang Xin snorted disdainfully, but did not make a sound.

Xu Gu was also a well-rounded person. He smiled and said, "Warlock An Fengxing is also here. Warlock Xiang Xinxing, please come with us."

Shen Cong knew that he would not be invited to such an occasion, so he patted Cheng Jinzhou on the shoulder and said, "I'll go back and check first. You can practice with me after you finish your work."

Hearing the presence of Warlock An Fengxing, Xiang Xin put away the contempt on his face and whispered to Cheng Jinzhou: "The two most famous Star Warlocks in the outer peninsula are my master and Warlock An Fengxing. The relationship between them is also very close." good."

"Where are the other fourth-level star warlocks?"

"Only three fourth-level star warlocks have permanent residences." Xiang Xin sounded slightly proud, but he hid it well. Not every astromancer is good at communicating with people, and not every astromancer is good at theory.

Xu Gu stepped forward and urged gently: "Please, you two..."

Cheng Jinzhou followed him with a smile and asked, "What is it?"

"I'm not sure either." Xu Gu said, but his steps were not slow at all.

upstairs.

It's not impossible that nearly 50 star warlocks will gather together, but it's rare, especially if two fourth-level star warlocks are present. If it were mentioned among the people, the literati would probably come up with nonsense terms like "a grand event in the star altar".

In fact, there are still many small-scale gatherings among Star Warlocks, but everyone has a lot of affairs, so it is really not easy to get together. Under normal circumstances, there is only time to argue.

When Cheng Jinzhou walked into the room, he felt an extremely depressing atmosphere.

Under the guidance of Warlock Xu Guxing, Xiang Xin sat on the right side of Warlock An Fengxing, who turned around and nodded slightly to her. Senior Star Warlocks are very busy, and the number of apprentices is also limited. This is also one of the reasons that restricts the development of Star Warlocks.

A group of people looked at Cheng Jinzhou standing among them with curious eyes.

50 people cannot make classmate Xiao Cheng afraid. I remember that when he was a child, he used sulfuric acid to corrode the floor in an attempt to see what was going on downstairs. After he was caught by his father's graduate student, it was probably the same scene - a large group of people standing in a room that smelled of 20 gallons of sulfuric acid. Watching it here is indeed a very fascinating past event.

Cheng Jinzhou raised his head slightly, as if he was nostalgic for the past.

Dr. Cheng Da's silence was seen as arrogance by many people. Even the young star warlock next to Xiang Xin couldn't help but mutter: It's just luck.

Indeed, most of the people who discussed, studied or quoted Cheng Jinzhou's papers were doing it to make Warlock Jiang Huangxing look embarrassed. The more than 20 association points were really the envy of these young Star Warlocks.

Cheng Jinzhou relied on his status as a child and simply waited for others to ask questions while he looked around the room. Many people don't know that the Star Warlock Association has a third floor, but even if they find it, the ordinary and simple rooms will disappoint them.

Different from the width and height of the first and second floors, the rooms on the third floor are like classrooms that have been enlarged four or five times. Except for the crystal lamps on the ceiling that are a little different, the most expensive thing is probably the seats where the gentlemen are sitting. The Grand Master's chair and even the crystal chandelier seemed too ordinary compared to the decoration on the lower floor of the association.

Warlock Jiang Huangxing is also observing Cheng Jinzhou.

As a Royal Astromancer, he has many privileges, one of which includes reading official documents and reports from various places. Jiang Huang has read Cheng Jinzhou's articles and various theoretical theorems he has used one by one. Although he does not agree with them all, he has to admit that this is a very smart, or in other words, very wise young man. .

In a daze, Jiang Huang thought of his youth. He could hardly remember how high-spirited he was 100 years ago.

The anxiety in the air did not last long. A star warlock sitting on the east side took the lead in asking: "Cheng Jinzhou, "Preliminary Exploration of Optics", "Optics and Geometry", "Quantitative Relationship between Optics and Geometry", these three results The reports were all submitted by you."

"Yes." Cheng Jinzhou immediately cheered up. The only thing that puzzled him was that the expression of the person who was obviously close to Xiang Xin was even more unfriendly.

"The name is very big." The other star warlock sneered.

Cheng Jinzhou chuckled and said, "You make too many comments about things you don't understand."

These words were extremely rude, especially coming from the mouth of a 13-year-old boy.

The star warlock's face immediately turned from white to black. If he refuted this, it would not only deviate from the topic, but also appear to be very unpretentious. He could only pretend that he didn't hear it and continued: "Please explain what you call optical geometry."

After hearing what he said and looking at the expressions of the surrounding Xing Warlocks, Cheng Jinzhou finally understood that this was actually a discussion about his own academic nature. No wonder the gentlemen who were leaning towards Liu Kuangxing Warlock would ask themselves aggressively.

Seeing this, Cheng Jinzhou immediately started thinking hard.

Political truth is in the hands of the most powerful people, while scientific truth is in the hands of God. This is the biggest difference between the two. Because of this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who halved the population of the Central Plains, was still a great and wise statesman, and Newton, who established classical mechanics, was still a erroneous physicist. When facing a political issue and an academic issue, the way to deal with it should be different.

Unless it is a problem that has never been solved for thousands of years, taking sides in an academic field will often make the losers outweigh the gains. Of course, for those little people, it is reasonable to follow the trend and publish two or three papers, but for those who want to gain academic For gentlemen with good reputations, a careless follow-up to the trend is likely to ruin your future.

The first step in scientific research is to guess and judge, and then to look for evidence - in the absence of sufficient evidence, no one will believe a disreputable scientist, including various institutions and individuals that provide funding. In the world of astromancers, an astromancer who lacks credibility should not even dream of getting attention. Even if he writes a commendable paper, other astromancers may not write it at all out of considerations of saving time. Go read it…

Thinking of this, Cheng Jinzhou looked away from Warlock An Fengxing's face. He decided to stay true to the truth rather than settle for favors.

After making this decision, Xiao Cheng suddenly felt unusually relaxed and replied calmly: "This... two-star warlock, if you don't understand anything, tell me and I will explain it to you."

The opponent's badge is two stars on a green background.

After waiting for a long time, he unexpectedly received such an answer. Amidst the gentle laughter, the Star Warlock who asked the question almost became angry with embarrassment.

Fortunately, Cheng Jinzhou quickly added: "My geometric optics actually only explains two problems. First, light propagates in straight lines. Second, light will be reflected on different media. Different media refer to different Materials, such as iron and wood, are different media than water."

"I still remember, you said there would be reflections under any circumstances, right?"

"That's right." Cheng Jinzhou deliberately didn't make this aspect clear just to cause controversy, so he wasn't nervous.

The star warlock pretended to laugh twice, waved his right hand, and actually created an ice cube on the table. He pointed with his left hand, and saw a ray of light passing through the ice cube very quickly, leaving only his finger. The hole was so thick, he said proudly: "If this is the case, will there still be reflection?"

Cheng Jinzhou's eyes widened and he was secretly happy: Could this guy be Duan Yu's reincarnation?

He can be regarded as someone who has participated in academic conferences. Such public performances are really rare - I'm afraid I haven't seen them before.

"Mr. Cheng, please answer Warlock Tang Wenxing's question." Warlock Xing, who was half-hosting on the stage, said.

"Of course there will be reflections," Cheng Jinzhou said decisively.

Seemingly seeing hope of winning, Tang Wen glanced at Jiang Huang consciously, but was disappointed to find that the other party had no expression on his face. At this moment, Cheng Jinzhou also stood in front of the whiteboard and replied: "This article actually only elaborates on one of several questions about geometric optics. What Warlock Tang Wenxing did not understand is that before you break through the ice, Since ice must melt slower than the speed of light, reflection has actually already occurred."

"This is a secondary star array. How can it be slower than light?" Tang Wen said, his voice getting lower and lower. At the level of the 17th century, people had already begun to try to measure the speed of light, although they had not yet realized that there are 300,000 light waves. Kilometers per second are so fast, but they all understand that light is very fast.

Since it is difficult to judge the speed of light, it is actually difficult to refute this question. On the side of Warlock An Fengxing, someone else immediately stood up and said: "Then how do you explain that after light passes through the interface, for example, underwater Reflection? That’s completely inconsistent with your reflection theorem.”

Cheng Jinzhou showed a successful smile and said, "That's another problem, called refraction."

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