"May the crows bless you."
After Zheng Li finished speaking, he raised the staff in his hand and waved it gently into the sky. The crows took off one after another and left along the route they came from.
Everyone here, from this year’s Nobel Prize winners to the judges and the audience, has not yet realized what happened.
Only the remaining coldness in their hands told them that this was not a dream, but reality.
When Zheng Li left the podium, the audience below reacted and applauded much louder than when Zheng Li finished his acceptance speech.
It was like knocking the roof off the Stockholm Concert Hall.
You must know that the sound pickup and sound insulation effects of the concert hall are very good.
Even so, the security personnel outside could clearly hear the applause inside.
"Have you arranged this session?" King Gustaf of Sweden turned sideways and asked.
Standing next to him is Thomas Perlman, general secretary of the Nobel Committee.
Each sub-award has a secretary-general for that area, and Perlman is the general secretary-general.
Today is dedicated to awarding awards.
Perlman replied in a similar voice: "I have responded to the Europa Academy of Sciences.
Asked if we could get some magic elements out.
Because Dr. White is the only award-winning mage since the Archmage Merlin.
What I was thinking at the time was whether I could replicate the feats of Archmage Merlin to a certain extent. "
"I just didn't expect Master White's magic to be so, so unique."
In recent years, the substantial status of the Nobel Prize in the international community has declined. Both its sanctity and authority are not as good as before.
Therefore, Pellman and the Nobel Committee behind him hope to use some special methods to divert the attention of the masses from the award itself.
Sometimes the way to cover up a hot event is to uncover a bigger hot event.
Public opinion is an art, and some people can achieve their goals in a subtle way at the level of public opinion.
And some people's methods of manipulating public opinion are too obvious, which may backfire.
Because Sweden is also an important constituent country of the Europa Union, and has abandoned its title of permanently neutral country in recent years.
After losing face as a neutral country, Sweden's importance to the Europa Union further increased.
Therefore, the Europa Academy of Sciences does not mind meeting the Swedish requirements.
It's just that they didn't expect Zheng Li to create such a big battle.
It's like you said it was just a drill, but you ended up fighting for real.
"Dr. White is truly extraordinary."
“But there is still a gap between Dr. White and Merlin.
The Crow's blessing was not as effective as Merlin's.
My body felt only slightly soothed.
After Merlin's blessing magic ended last time..."
Before Gustave finished speaking, Perlman made a silencing gesture with his finger, and then pointed at Zheng Li.
The underlying meaning is that the other person is right in front. Even if you think Dr. White's magic is not as good as Zheng Li, don't say it in front of others.
For a so-called "noble" whose status comes from blood inheritance, the superficial etiquette cannot hide the inner self-centeredness.
However, after Perlman's reminder, Gustav quickly realized what was wrong with him and immediately calmed down.
Zheng Li, who was not far in front of them, suddenly turned around and looked at the two of them and smiled.
"Damn, we're in trouble again." Perlman felt bad.
Gustav also felt a pang of regret.
Gustav served as King of Sweden for more than fifty years.
For example, in the early days of his reign as King of Sweden, Gustaf often held sex parties at a Stockholm nightclub owned by former gangster Mille Markovich.
Gustav would also ask his secret police to ensure that he left no evidence of his involvement.
In the past fifty years, there have been many related rumors about Gustav.
Gustav also realized something was wrong.
Only then did he remember the information he had read about the mage:
"Magics have perceptive abilities that are unimaginable to ordinary people..."
When Gustav subconsciously wanted to smile back to express friendship, Zheng Li had already turned around.
Gustave, who was worried about gains and losses, was left behind.
However, Zheng Li would not do anything to Gustave. This was not considered a verbal offense.
As a lawful mage, he will not punish the opponent for inappropriate speech.
Just like the last time Merlin appeared, when Zheng Li performed magic, the number of live broadcast views of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony began to soar.
After Zheng Li summoned a large number of crows, the number of viewers reached a peak.
In particular, the crows followed his instructions and stood quietly to peck each guest's hand.
"too crazy!"
"Ohhhhhhh!"
"XD The winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics is actually a magician!"
"I'm jealous of my real name. Why didn't I attend this section at the last Nobel Prize ceremony? This is a different treatment!"
"So Alan White is a mage? The reason why he understands souls so well is because he is a magician?"
"It seems that there is indeed a special relationship between soul and magic."
Netizens from all over the world on Youtube are talking about it.
About two thousand kilometers away from Sweden, the news quickly reached the Vatican.
“Does Alan White have faith?”
“I’ve never heard of him having any clear beliefs.
Based on our internal knowledge of the mages of the Europa League, Alan White is the descendant of Higgs.
After Higgs' death, the Demon Brain was passed on to Alan White.
At the same time, Alan White showed that he was completely obsessed with scientific research.
Regarding faith, there is no overt inclination. "
“Then there is a high probability that he is a non-believer, can you make him believe in religion?
If he is willing, the Holy See is willing to provide maximum support.
Be it materially or financially.
There are also some magic-related resources that we can also provide him. "
“You can try to get in touch.
But when it comes to material pursuits at this level, the Europa League will completely satisfy him.
The chips we can offer are a bit small, and I think it is doubtful whether we can impress the other party. "
“First arrange for someone to contact you. He does not need to have true faith, but he must show his loyalty to his faith in public.
As long as this is done, we can accept it. "
After the advent of magic, the pace of change in the world accelerated.
The speed of change in various fields is far faster than before.
The same is true in the realm of faith.
Because of the emergence of magic, the Vatican was directly affected.
Europa League big shots are becoming less and less religious.
Merlin came out.
Many Catholic believers have converted to Protestantism.
Zheng Li's move in Stockholm made the Vatican keenly aware that this was a rare opportunity.
If you can control crows, you can control doves. It is easy to create a sacred effect through the light and shadow effects and the obedient white doves in the sky during the ceremony.
It is no exaggeration to describe the Vatican as a gathering of masters in architecture and fine arts.
These all belong to the category of aesthetics.
It can definitely create top-notch brainwashing.
“The magic that Allen used in Stockholm is not on our mastery list.
This should be his own original magic.
Also, is it possible that he has other identities?
Could Alan be Merlin? Or is it a substitute for other mages walking in the world? "
“There is a possibility that we could ask Alan to come to Brussels and explain.
Is it necessary to hold a meeting of all mages?
On the surface, it is just an exchange and discussion about new magic.
Originally, we have always had an internal tradition of bringing out newly researched magic and bringing it out to everyone to study, research, and discuss it together. "
"I think it can, and whatever the identity of Allen is, we can't interfere.
At most, test it directly or indirectly. "
"Ask Kate, who is next to Allen, to pay more attention to Allen, and remember to be concealed when sending the news back."
Kate has multiple identities. She is also an observer arranged by the Europa Union.
To say that it is a spy is a bit much, as it is also an organization under the jurisdiction of the Europa League.
And in order to avoid being discovered, when Kate delivers observation reports to Brussels, she always uses paper documents through special delivery channels.
...
"Ellen, it's wonderful magic. What we mainly want to know is how you do it?"
"Yes, because after all, it involves multi-point animal control.
It's easy to get them to do the same action, but it's not so easy to get them to stand at designated points in an orderly manner. "
"The most difficult part is the distance. You have to know that the crows gather from a radius of ten kilometers around.
There were about fifty people in the audience who received blessings from the crowd of crows. "
Zheng Li signaled everyone to be quiet:
“The most difficult part of this magic is to determine the three-dimensional coordinates of each person’s palm.
First, you need to build a coordinate system for the space at that time, and then determine the origin and X, Y, and Z axes.
Then determine the three-dimensional coordinates of each person's palm.
This is the hardest point.
The next step is to use fluctuations of a specific frequency to attract crows, which is easy to do.
After gathering the crows, guide them to fly to a fixed position and perform specified actions.
I will write a detailed documentation later, you can take a look.
However, the construction of three-dimensional coordinates depends on everyone's computing power and observation ability.
However, it does not affect attracting crows to confuse the vision. "
"If so, I think this magic can be extended to other birds and even animals and plants.
Can we use magic to communicate with some intelligent beings with souls? "
“This is feasible, but you need to find the other party’s communication channel, but we can only understand the meaning of the other party’s emotions.
And unable to understand the other party's true meaning. "
In fact, everyone has mentioned this research direction before.
However, because of direct communication with animals, it is not beneficial to the forces behind the mages.
What are the direct benefits of communicating with monkeys? It cannot help solve any substantive problems at present.
Therefore this research direction was shelved.
Mages are extremely precious resources and cannot be wasted in places like this.
"White, how did you locate it so accurately?"
"Because I am more sensitive to these things. Whether it is calculation ability or memory, after being strengthened by the magic brain, I can easily do this."
After everyone discussed Zheng Li's ideas, they planned to read the spellcasting instructions written by Zheng Li before having the next round of discussion.
The next round of discussions will be held in two days.
During this period, Zheng Li was dragged to drink by Wiles and Pierre.
The two of them play a magic competition game, and there must be a witness.
"Haha, you lose, drink it!"
The wine in the special vessel was not the French's favorite wine, but an eclectic selection of elderflower liqueur.
"Treading on the Stars"
This is a product produced in France and brewed from 100% pure wild elderflower.
In fact, Pierre wanted to drink brandy or wine, but he couldn't resist Wiles and wanted to drink elderflower liqueur.
This wine has an alcohol content of 20% and is sweeter than ordinary sweet wine.
(Wiles liked to drink this, I presume, because at Oxford University's Andrew Wiles Building, the only alcohol included in the drink packages they offer is elderflower liqueur.)
Zheng Li sat quietly aside, watching them drink as they came and went.
Sweet wine is more likely to make you drunk than red wine.
In fact, this kind of game is very detrimental to the side that loses first. If you lose, your spellcasting ability will not improve because you are drunk.
On the contrary, concentration will be reduced due to drunkenness, resulting in the inability to accurately tilt the vessel in the direction of the other party.
"Sigh, I've been under too much pressure recently, and the higher-ups are still arguing over whether to cooperate with Amerikan or China.
Always want to grab all the benefits.
When we cooperate with Amerikan, we are afraid that the other party will conceal and deceive us and selectively reveal the truth to us.
Cooperating with China and questioning the other party's strength.
The chaos in London remains uncontrollable.
Downing Street's warnings had no effect whatsoever.
The people below do not believe that being caught committing a crime will have serious consequences.
The underground magic fighting is becoming more and more rampant.
I really want to be able to go back to Brussels and do some research quietly.
During this time, I felt like I was almost becoming Sherlock Holmes.
Or it would be nice to go back to Cambridge. "
As he drank more and more, Wiles gradually let go.
He was unhappy with No. 10 Downing Street.
Even if someone is replaced, in his opinion, it is just a change of soup without changing the medicine.
Pierre is much more sober than Wiles, and he hasn't had much to drink today:
“London’s mistake was that it spoke too early and spoke too fully.
While still on stage, Boris warned those who want to use magic for illegal purposes that they will pay the price.
As a result, even the murderer who organized the London Smart Killings did not receive the punishment he deserved.
This resulted in Boris’s deterrence failing.
Failure in deterrence comes with a price.
London will therefore have to pay higher costs to quell this. "
Failure of deterrence results in higher costs for both parties.
Deterrence is an effective means to safeguard one's own interests and avoid escalation of conflicts. It requires strength and determination.
In a sense, the latter is more important than the former.
If you don’t have determination, don’t intimidate easily. Empty words will only cause the other party to test more aggressively, and eventually you will have to give in or stop the other party from transgressing at a higher cost.
Although Pierre is a mathematician, he knows this truth because he has experienced too much because of his age.
He continued: "To solve the problem now, we have to rely on some unexpected means."
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I was a little disappointed and unhappy yesterday.
If you are in the group, you will know that Pelosi said as early as last Friday that he would definitely go.
It's just that responses and counterattacks are something I expected but didn't want to see.
Finally, I hope that the big chess players can slap me in the face and prove that my pessimistic expectations are wrong.
This time, I sincerely hope that my pessimistic expectations about the future are wrong.
I just wrote it, I don’t know anything about geopolitics, I just said it casually.
