Meet the principal

Almost all the members of the Mercury Scale were present among the people present, including Fleming and Gallon.

Garen's whole body trembled when he heard Reiner's words. Since he had already experienced backlash when he first reviewed the paper, there was no magic change caused by his words. However, he was still a little unwilling to do so. Is a century-old theory just abandoned and irreparable?

He wanted to ask a question, but before Garen could raise his hand, another mage stood up.

That was the fifth-ring mage Vilas. He stood up first while everyone was meditating and asked in a low but clear voice.

"I have a question. In the latest issue of "Alchemy", Lord Fleming proposed the idea that the fire element has negative mass, which explains many problems in combustion reactions. Could it be that combustion reactions are actually divided into many Which type, or in other words, is the 'real' combustion reaction that has the element of fire?"

It is obvious that he is trying to maintain the original combustion theory. His past achievements are too brilliant. If he were to overturn it directly, not only would the textbook be rewritten, but many achievements and some buried papers would need to be re-evaluated. Even if It is the high-level mages who may also have to pay the price for the mistakes they have made.

"My lord, I would like to answer your question with another thing."

Hearing Vilas' words, Reiner smiled, and then said in a confident tone.

"At this moment, there is a giant dragon in this hall."

As soon as he said this, many people had surprised expressions on their faces.

Dragon! ? ?

This powerful creature has not appeared in this world for thousands of years. The closest thing people can come into contact with is the dragon, a beast that has only a trace of dragon blood after countless generations of reproduction.

Lanchester remained calm. Although he didn't know what Reiner meant by these words, he had a vague understanding of it.

"The dragon? Mr. Iain Gray, where is it?"

Vilas was confused, his question went unanswered, but Reiner brought up another weird topic, which made him feel as if he had been fooled.

"It's here."

Reiner pointed to the void under the dome of the conference hall, making everyone look up, but they could only see the exquisite paintings on the ceiling.

"It's just invisible, we can't detect it with the naked eye."

He added, making Vilas think more and more that Reiner was mocking him, and asked.

"Can I touch it?"

"No, of course not. You cannot touch this dragon by any means."

Reiner said lightly, making everyone present even more noisy.

"Will it spit fire? The temperature of the flame can always be measured."

Vilas seemed to have noticed something at this time. He was no longer angry, but came up with various strategies.

"Its flame has no temperature. It is the same temperature as the air and cannot be measured."

Reiner shrugged.

"Use the magic power detection device. The dragon must also have magic power, right?"

The two were at odds with each other. Whenever Vilas proposed an observation method, Reiner would always use a reason to avoid it.

"So, this giant dragon..."

Vilas shook his head and seemed to give up the argument.

"Its existence cannot be observed using any known observation method, or it can use corresponding characteristics to avoid observation. It is there, but we cannot observe it. Is this what you mean? , Mr. Rainer Ingle?"

After hearing Vilas's final conclusion, many mages, including Garen, had questions.

If there really is such a giant dragon that is invisible, intangible, and cannot be observed by any means,

So what's the difference between it and no dragon existing at all?

They looked at Reiner, wondering what his intention was in bringing this up.

But Lanchester, who had read Reiner's paper, quickly understood that what Reiner said was the basis for his refutation of the fire element theory.

After a pause and looking around the audience, Reiner spoke.

"Its existence cannot be proven in any way, but it is filled with various theories. Such things are not only this giant dragon, but also the fire element."

Vilas was silent.

In the three hundred years since the fire element combustion theory was proposed, people have been trying to find a pure fire element, but have found nothing. It can be said that so far, there is no evidence to prove that the fire element actually exists.

Therefore, all assumptions, including negative mass, are made to assume the existence of the fire element. They are bricks and tiles added to the illusory building.

"I think that if we can add an unnecessary explanation to the theory, then we can add a second, third, and infinite number, just like the giant dragon, so that no matter how absurd the theory is, , can be established based on infinite assumptions.”

Reiner's words triggered everyone's thinking. Indeed, sometimes the more explanations are given and the more conditions are added, the more people cannot believe that they are true.

"Therefore, in our thinking process, if there is no need, we should not add assumptions. If the theory is not established without adding other necessary conditions and assumptions, then it is very likely that the theory itself is wrong!"

These deafening words echoed in everyone's heart. Everyone here was very smart, and it immediately triggered a lot of thinking.

"Of course, this is just a summary of my experience, not the truth of the world, but I believe in one thing."

Reiner paused deliberately for a moment before continuing.

"The closer the theories and formulas are to the truth, the more concise and elegant they should be. This is also the goal that the mages have been making progress over the years, which is to describe the world we live in in a precise and concise way."

The conference hall fell into silence, except for the heavy rain outside the window.

Lanchester was slightly shocked. He didn't expect that a young mage apprentice could have such a concept. While everyone was still worrying about tomorrow's dinner, his eyes were already set on the future, on something more important. Sublime things go up.

"You really look like him."

Lanchester muttered a subtle soliloquy, then stood up and was the first to applaud.

Taking this as an opportunity, all the mages in the room stood up and gave the warmest applause to this mage apprentice. He was the well-deserved protagonist of today's meeting.

Fleming wiped his sweat. He saw that the student beside him, Galen, was a little absent-minded. He then patted him on the shoulder, then stood up and applauded, while whispering to Galen.

"At least we can get back to the right path from the wrong path, right?"

Garen was stunned, unable to answer.

Outside the window, the thunder faded, and a storm was about to end.

But more storms are brewing.