As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 245 Clues and Confirmation of Identity

The vast majority of mages in the entire European continent are in Brussels.

The reason why it is Brussels, not Paris or Berlin.

Firstly, it is because Brussels is the headquarters of the European Union, and secondly, no country here can interfere too much in mage-related matters, thus maintaining a relatively balanced state.

While Daniel led his team in searching for clues in the hope of finding the other party, the Europa League was negotiating with England, expressing their willingness to participate in the investigation of the incident.

"We are a whole. Magic is a matter for the entire Blue Star civilization. England should abandon the limited way of thinking of competing for interests."

With the complete integration at the economic level, the overall management of the Europa Union has essentially taken a big step forward.

As for Turkey's desire to join the Europa League, it even used refugees as a threat to force the Europa League to agree.

Previously, the Europa League’s attitude had always been ambiguous. In 2005, it made Turkey an observer member, which meant observing whether it could join.

The observation period lasted nearly twenty years, and Bulgaria and Romania, which later became observer members, have now become full members of the Europa Union.

The European Union has always needed the young labor force and market of Turkey, and at the same time needed it to serve as a barrier for the European continent in the Middle East.

However, there are huge differences between the values ​​of Turkey and old Europe. In fact, most major member states of the Europa League do not want Turkey to come in.

In the past, the Europa League would have always been hanging on to the local chicken.

However, since England returned to the European Union and the currency of the European continent was unified into the euro, the attitude of the European Union has suddenly become much tougher.

It directly rejected Turkey and even kicked it out of the observer member states.

As a balance, the Europa League provides tariff compensation on the trade of local chickens.

This also shows that the power of the Europa League is on the rise.

Therefore, this time the Europa League also strongly demanded that England allow their investigation team to enter.

This video and the complete set of materials have been distributed to the mages in Brussels.

The mages of the European Union are located in Brussels and Geneva, Switzerland.

CERN (Europa Organization for Nuclear Research) is located in Geneva, and magic plays an irreplaceable role in research in the microscopic field.

Therefore, all mages specializing in physics were sent to CERN.

Previously, in addition to the Europa Union member states, CERN also had Israel. Since the emergence of magic, Israel was kicked out.

Back to the topic, when the mages in Brussels saw this video, they all looked confused.

“Professors, we have verified this video with experts in related fields, and there is absolutely no editing or props involved.

Yes, there is new magic in this world.

The video was uploaded from London, and the location and photographer of the video are still being determined.

We hope you can give us some advice from a professional perspective.

Everyone has plenty of time to think and communicate.”

Jurgen was not surprised to hear this.

Because in his opinion, it would be strange if magic was isolated, and it would be normal for different magic to appear.

The threshold of the magic system constructed by Merlin is a bit too high.

Even though the magic civilization that Merlin belongs to is many years ahead of Blue Star in science, the difficulty of obtaining this magic system is not something that ordinary people can obtain.

The more we study, the more we reach a consensus:

Magic is definitely not metaphysics, but science, and can be explained by science.

After reading it carefully, everyone took turns to express their opinions:
"This spell is quite difficult. We can gather water molecules in the air, but we can't gather them into a water ball so quickly."

“No, there was definitely a disintegration and reorganization of atoms.

Normally, the water molecule content in one cubic meter of air is between 0-30 grams.

We assume that the video was shot in London, which has been cloudy and humid recently.

Even so, to form such a water ball, he needs to gather ten cubic meters of water molecules around it.

Water vapor appears out of thin air, and only appears in one cubic meter around it.

It is impossible to gather so many water molecules in such a small space."

“Is it possible that the water molecules moved first, and then the density of water molecules around his hand reached a certain level before water vapor was formed?

What if the front camera of a mobile phone cannot capture the flow of molecules?
You have to know that the splitting and reorganization of atoms is much more difficult than simply moving water molecules.

Judging from the FB post, the other party only spent about a week learning magic. "

"It's possible he said a week just to show off, or maybe it took longer."

“No, no, no, these are not the point.

The point is, can humans cast spells without a magic brain?
This is the crux of the problem.

Even without the magic brain, humans can still influence the real world through their own power.

I feel like my worldview is about to be reorganized once again.

I am going to convert to God.”

"Why not cyberpunk? We are all in a virtual world now."

"It does not matter.

The important point is, if magic really can be achieved without the magic brain, then what is the purpose of the magic brain that Merlin injected into us?
But new proteins and cellular structures do appear in our bodies.

At the same time, the expansion of the sensory level by the magic brain is real.”

“Or there may be no connection between the Demon Brain and magic.

The magic brain is just a potion that can improve the overall quality of human beings.

Magic can be done without a magic brain?"

Everyone was discussing this heatedly, because if the magic brain had nothing to do with magic, then it meant that their research direction was wrong.

A wrong research direction can result in a waste of effort and no results at best, or produce serious negative effects at worst.

The reason why it is so difficult to move forward in cutting-edge research fields is that there are many directions for you to choose from in the most cutting-edge research fields.

There is only one correct direction among a dozen directions, or even no correct one, and your resources and manpower are limited.

Taking the photovoltaic field as an example, if scientific researchers have a certain understanding of the materials field, they will find that perovskite is one of the most frequently appearing topics in major magazines in recent years.

Some people even joked that perovskite is mainly used to produce SCI and doctoral dissertations. Not only in China, but also abroad, countless people have invested in this field.

However, there is still a question mark as to whether the photovoltaic materials of the perovskite system can be put into practice.

If perovskite ultimately proves to be unusable for commercial use, or if another new material is more valuable than perovskite, then all the resources invested in this route will be wasted.

Therefore, this is also China’s latecomer advantage. We can cross the river by feeling the stones, and there are ready-made technical routes for us to follow.

Western developed countries were troubled before. Huge investments were made in every sub-field of cutting-edge technology, but technological development was becoming increasingly slow.

The economic growth brought by technology has become less and less. In the past, we relied on the benefits of the technological explosion between World War II and the Cold War, as well as globalization, to enjoy a good life for decades. Now there is no growth. Just when everyone was about to start a stock game and the American side had already made a lip service to the American priority, Merlin appeared.

If magic is a superpower, it is an inexplicable existence. If it exists, it is, and if it doesn’t exist, it is not.

The countries on Blue Star will also attach importance to it, but not so much.

The more important meaning of magic is that it can also be within the framework of science.

The magical civilization behind Merlin possesses technology that is more advanced than that of Blue Star.

Even if they cannot cooperate, Blue Star also wants to be able to cross the river by relying on the achievements of magic civilization.

The neuroactive substances known to humans before were mainly norepinephrine, dopamine, acetylcholine, serotonin, etc.

Humans have discovered new neuroactive substances in the bodies of mages, and Germany's Bayer Pharmaceuticals has already developed a laboratory method for producing the substance.

They found that this substance can work on many mental illnesses, and clinical trials have begun on the substance.

The technological advancement that magic has brought to Blue Star is not just the biological storage that Merlin provided to everyone, but also the traces left by Merlin's various actions on Blue Star.

These traces also have value.

Including the crows that circled in the sky of the Stockholm Concert Hall that year, the European Alliance has researched a lot of good things from these crows.

Crossing the river by feeling the stones is not unique to China. As early as before and after World War I, America knew how to cross the river by feeling the stones.

It is a very common thing in human civilization for latecomer countries to learn from developed countries.

Even earlier, it can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty when Neon envoys were sent to Tang Dynasty.

But if Merlin's magic brain has nothing to do with magic, and the magic brain is just a sleight of hand, then it means that the countries in the European Alliance have invested too many resources in the magic brain technology path.

After Jurgen saw that everyone had almost finished their discussion, he finally stood up and said:

“I don’t think we need to worry too much. First of all, we have all achieved spellcasting through the magic brain, and have taught the casting process to others.

Has anyone ever changed the state of even a single atom in reality without a magic brain?

I also believe that the phenomenon in the video shows that there are other people who have mastered magic, and it seems to be more complicated than the magic we know.

But this doesn't mean that he really doesn't have a magic brain or other devices.

It is not even certain whether the people in the video are from Blue Star.

I have always thought that if Merlin can come to Blue Planet, it means that there must be other alien life forms that can come to Blue Planet.

If Merlin is from Blue Star and has inherited alien heritage, or if there really is a magical civilization on Blue Star, then magic would definitely not be an isolated case.

Now is the time to prove my point.”

Jurgen is a philosopher, and his most important task is to deduce the social form of magical civilization.

But there is too little information, he needs more information to make a judgment.

In his opinion, the magician who suddenly appeared this time was a good observation sample.

A day has passed, and Daniel and his team have achieved little.

In other words, without the cooperation of FB and Vodafone, it would be difficult to quickly open a breakthrough.

The extent of cooperation between FB and Vodafone is very limited.

Other investigation teams sent people to Brixton to conduct a detailed investigation and screening.

According to what his boss told Daniel, it was pretty much what he expected. The traffic there was too complicated and not many valuable results emerged.

“The other party’s ID on FB is 50010987654321. I think I roughly understand what this ID means.

My thoughts have been disrupted by the other party's experience, background and skills.

But he didn't notice the magic on his ID.

This is a very magical ID, and one that few people know the potential meaning of.”

After the clues Daniel and his team found were proven to be wrong, his colleague Bertie Hansen suddenly said.

Bertie had always felt that this string of numbers was very familiar, but she had been following the team around and had no time to calm down and sort out her thoughts.

It was not until she went back and looked at the relevant information on FB that Bertie realized the information contained in the string of numbers.

Daniel turned to her and asked, “What’s so magical?
Isn't this a random number?

At most, the order behind is 10 to 1.”

Bertie Hanson’s face is filled with memories: “This represents the first edition of the first Harry Potter book.

That is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

When Bloomsbury Publishing published Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, only 500 copies of the first edition were printed.

The book also has reverse numbers from 10 to 1 printed on the copyright page.

This was a mistake by the publisher, they should have printed numbers 1 to 10.

If it was just 10987654321, then maybe it would be a coincidence.

But with 500 added in front, it's definitely not a coincidence in my opinion.

The other party is definitely an ultimate Harry Potter fan, and even many ultimate fans don’t know that the copyright page of the first printing of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was printed incorrectly. "

The more Daniel listened, the more his eyes flickered.

He knew where to start.

He gave Bertie a hug and said, "I also believe that this is definitely not a coincidence. The information you provided is quite useful.

This can help us narrow down the selection significantly.

There are definitely not many people who know this information.

Even one of the owners of the five hundred first printings."

Bertie nodded and said, “This batch of first edition Harry Potter books with printing errors have only been auctioned seventeen times on the market.

The most recent of these was at the Harry Potter Hogwarts Auction, held at Bishton Hall in Staffordshire at 2021pm on May 5, 5.

That was the last time the collection was ever offered at auction publicly.”

Daniel was stunned: "How do you know so clearly?"

Bertie said calmly, "I'll tell you after we catch him."

There were only 500 copies of the first edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Excluding those that ended up in England, there were actually only a few left in London.

Since this thing is a rare treasure among rare things, the owner will either show it off to friends or post it on social media to show off.

With a breakthrough, when the state machinery was put into action, the information of these owners was checked very quickly.

After investigation, the suspect became very clear.

(End of this chapter)