After countless experimental demonstrations, in this world where magic really exists, the physical rules and constants are very different from those on the earth, or in other words, they are extremely unstable due to strong interference from some factors;
For example, Auster once conducted many Leaning Tower of Pisa experiments on the roof of his hometown barn. The result is that when all external interference is eliminated, two solid balls of different weights sometimes land at the same time, and sometimes they hit the ground at different times.
Oster was puzzled by the explanation. After long-term observation, he found that when the big ball landed first, it was often when the earth element was active, such as in the evening; and when the small ball landed first, it was when the air element was full, such as early morning. Moreover, this time is not fixed, and is greatly affected by the fluctuations of the magic network in the earth's veins. Its parameter trajectory shows an irregular curve like Brownian motion.
——No wonder most of the dwarfs and goblins doing scientific research here are crazy. Even the basic theory is so stupid. How can it be applied? Just variables will kill people!
In addition, since the ignition point and expansion rate are also different and not fixed, common materials are not enough to configure a stable deflagration substance above black powder. As for mechanical devices and machinery, although they can generally operate, they all involve a key issue, which is cost;
In this world, magic and its products are so convenient and cheap that there is no room for other technologies to survive.
For example, to make a simple transmission lever, if a purely mechanical structure is used, it requires a main shaft and several deformed gears to be assembled, and the overall cost is about 10 gold. But when it comes to using magic runes, just add a few drops of ink mixed with magic powder to a piece of paper and draw a ghost rune for 10 silver. Not only does the production time only take one percent of the former, but it is also smaller and more durable, and can be used at any time. All can be removed and replaced.
Not to mention there are things that are impossible to do using known scientific laws, such as space folding, anti-gravity, time acceleration and deceleration, etc. Even if you ask Newton to travel through time, he can't create these things. Not to mention that the magic effect is outrageous, the scroll is still worth the price of cabbage.
The last thing to bulldoze the Oster Experimental Workshop was Dad’s second-hand agricultural magic puppet. It is in the shape of a Gundam as a whole, and its power and structure are just a large piece of magic crystal plus a shell and hands and feet. There is not even a screw or a bearing to be found in the whole body, and the hands and feet are even suspended on the outside of the torso out of thin air. Such a structure, given the technological level of the earth, is generally described as magic - well, it is called magic, right?
In short, the only conclusion that Auster came to from his hard experiments in his hometown is: in the magical world, the primary productive force is undoubtedly magic, and everything else has to stand aside.
But what he never thought about, or what he thought about but was unable to put into practice, was that the two did not have to be either/or, and could be combined to form a new discipline, magic engineering.
As mentioned before, in this world, the rules of physics are suppressed by certain factors, and magic is far cheaper, more reliable and more durable than machinery. But this does not mean that physics and chemical engineering have no place; it is obvious that not only do they exist, but they have also been deeply developed by the skilled craftsmen here.
Auster picked up the rune gun he had seen before and carefully observed its structure.
The material of the barrel is a specially formulated silver-iron alloy with an inner and outer double-layer structure, which has excellent magic conductivity and can withstand expansion pressure;
The fire element array used to fire bullets is actually weak in energy, but combined with two wind element arrays and a series of ignition acceleration runes, as well as the special material structure of the barrel and bullets, it can achieve twice the result with half the effort, allowing level 3 The following low-level materials can also reach up to level six shooting power.
There is no rifling inside the barrel, but it does not mean that it is a smoothbore gun. The second wind elemental circle takes over the role of rotating the bullet in the barrel. Compared with the rifling design, it can ensure the strength and accuracy of shooting, and finally reaches level five accuracy and level seven shooting range. At the same time, the portability and service life are greatly improved, making it unmatched by rifles on the earth.
The structure of the bolt and loader is very similar to that of Earth firearms, enabling repeated and rapid loading. The designers even considered the wear and tear of materials after long-term use, and modularized the corresponding parts and magic runes for easy replacement.
As for the gun stock, it is the core of the entire rune gun design. It is no longer a simple leaning and counterweight component, but is actually a sawn-off, specially shaped staff. As a key magic memory, it is carved from a whole piece of cypress wood with a seven-millimeter-diameter mithril core embedded inside. It can store and conduct a large amount of magic power. It is also the most expensive and important part of the entire gun.
By the way, in this world, the caliber of a rune gun refers to the diameter of the mithril core in the gun handle, which represents the range and power of this model and has nothing to do with the thickness of the barrel and projectiles.
Therefore, what is said to be a gun is actually a magic wand, but it relies on engineering structure to give the magic bullets the range, power and accuracy of a firearm. And more importantly, a mage is no longer required to use it. A Muggle could still shoot the Archmage in the head with it.
In addition to rune guns, Oster also visited various types of grenades and mortars, as well as engineering equipment and bombs for demolition. These are also contraband items strictly controlled by the government. After careful observation, each design is equally sophisticated and mature. Some of them cannot be called machines, they are simply pieces of art that perfectly combine the elemental magic, mechanical principles and material science applications of this world;
These exquisite designs require not only the effective integration of the two major systems of magic and science, but also the flexible application of various structures and material processes. The designers and improvers obviously have extraordinary rich experience and extraordinary creativity, and their skills and skills are no less than those of the top scientists and engineers on the earth.
After visiting for a whole morning, Oster was eye-opening. He finally understood why he had always encountered obstacles and suffered so much since arriving in this world. Not to mention becoming famous and prosperous, life is not as comfortable as in the previous life;
It is because the people here are not only not idiots, but also very smart, diligent, self-disciplined, humble, brave, tenacious, optimistic, and noble. In addition, with a huge population base and long life span, he seems to be such a loser.
Compared with other time-traveling predecessors, what he lacks is obviously not luck or a powerful golden finger, but the key artifact that is equally shocking to ghosts and gods - the halo of intelligence.
In a real different world, how could the wisdom and experience accumulated by residents with normal IQs over thousands of years be inferior to the superficial ideas that a diaosi who traveled from another world could come up with in a minute?
So the question is, where can I find this artifact?
