As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 254 Risk
Right now, the commotion in London is still limited to public opinion, and there are not many individuals who master magic.

What people don't realize is that this time the magic only works in London.

Once outside London, the magic stops.

This phenomenon is currently known only to England and the European Union government.

But this matter will be discovered sooner or later. Once it is discovered, coupled with the large-scale spread of various magic tutorials, London will inevitably face the consequence of countless people pouring in.

Not to mention that Zheng Li also placed a dozen magic wands throughout England.

In Zheng Li's vision, the player who can obtain the staff by relying on his own wisdom or luck will become the protagonist of the London magic world.

Yes, Zheng Li regarded this as a trial game, which could be used to conduct a unique social experiment.

The self-evolution of social forms and intelligent life is also science, a science that requires resources to explore.

The social form of the Mage Alliance is a relatively stable state that has been formed through a lot of practice and compromise.

“We need to obtain sufficient clues and information about the incident in London.

Mobilize all the hidden agents in London, as long as they can successfully capture the caster of the London water element incident and bring him back to Washington.

Even if all the hidden assassins are sacrificed, it will not matter. "

"Okay, sir, I'll arrange it right away."

"There must be countless 'old friends' gathering in London recently, and the relevant technical departments should cooperate well.

If necessary, when certain tactics are discovered, FB can be thrown out as a scapegoat.”

America is taking action.

When they received news that the European Union's joint investigation team and five mages entered London through official channels, the American side gave up their illusions.

They had hoped that communication through diplomatic channels would make England willing to cooperate with them on this magical event.

In order to achieve cooperation, America expressed its willingness to make some concessions.

For example, if England can join America's Mars landing plan, some English astronauts can follow America's spacecraft to land on Mars.

America is willing to exchange its research results on magic with England.

There are also some tariff and trade preferences.

But from England's perspective, these conditions can be simply summed up in one sentence: lip service.

Taking the joint landing on Mars as an example, England needs to bear part of the research and development costs, and then can gain the reputation of landing on Mars and some soil samples on Mars.

But the subsequent Mars base and the corresponding magic coin have nothing to do with them.

As for spending high R&D costs in exchange for some useless reputation and soil samples, this little gain or loss is not worth it for England, a veteran diplomatic country.

We can go to China to buy soil samples. There is no need to land on Mars. China's Mars rover can bring back the soil samples.

As for landing on Mars, if it is led by England, the reputation will still be useful, and it can better build the national image and attract top talents from all over the world.

But the problem is that if we go to Mars to be a mascot, the outside world knows that more than 90% of the technology was provided by American, and this kind of reputation is of almost no use.

Instead, it will make them have no foothold in the Europa League.

England itself is currently competing with Germany and France for power within the European Union.

The Americans brought out these things, and from the English perspective, did they think they had never seen the world?

After all, it was once known as the empire on which the sun never sets.

As for some foreign trade agreements and economic package agreements, they are still relatively favorable.

But in this era of unprecedented change, economic benefits are not worth mentioning.

America saw that the soft approach didn't work, so it had to resort to the wild way.

In fact, it is not only America that is preparing to take some unorthodox measures. Russia, Israel, Turkey and some unknown small countries are also taking action.

Forgot, this is no longer Turkey, but Türkiye.

After being strongly rejected by the Europa League, the relationship between Türkiye and the Europa League became much more strained, so that they had no psychological burden when they planned to do similar things.

As for China, their course of action can be summarized in eight words: stay tuned and keep communicating.

“I haven’t been to London for a long time. The last time I came was when Wiles proved Fermat’s Last Theorem, and we came to London to listen to his report.

At least twenty years.”

The first International Congress of Mathematicians was held in Zurich in 1897 and has been held every four years since then.

What truly gave the International Congress of Mathematicians its supreme status in the field of mathematics was the second International Congress of Mathematicians held in 1900.

At that congress of mathematicians, Hilbert raised the famous question of the century, which covered 23 problems in the main fields of mathematical research at that time.

Since the International Congress of Mathematicians hopes to promote mathematics as much as possible and expand its influence, it is rarely held repeatedly in the same place.

At the same time, we should try to avoid holding the event multiple times in the same country.

England had not hosted an international mathematician's congress in the past thirty years, so Pierre had no opportunity to go to London.

For him, only a problem of the level of Fermat's Last Theorem could make him leave Paris.

"It took me longer, mainly because I don't like rainy days and the weather in London is too humid.

If it wasn’t so humid I’d probably go to London more often,” Jurgen said.

"Haha, magic has appeared in London. We may stay there for a long time."

During this period, some lucky small countries obtained their first magic coin.

However, the benefit period of getting magic coins by answering questions about the soul has ended.

Because the previous countries have almost answered all the points that can be covered.

It is almost impossible for latecomers to come up with original answers.

In many cases, the upper limit of the first-mover advantage is higher than that of the latecomer advantage, and the latecomer advantage is more stable.

Magic is actually spreading around the world.

The big countries don't play with the small countries. After obtaining the magic coin, the small countries understand why the big countries have been frantically expanding their military in the space field in recent years.

At the same time, they also know the origin of biological storage technology, and some small countries have even guessed the real reason why China has made rapid progress in the seed industry in recent years.

Therefore, people's awareness and urgency for magic are on the rise, and they are becoming more and more enthusiastic about it.

This event in London attracted a lot of attention.

"This matter is very troublesome. There will be many forces who want to take advantage of the situation." White said worriedly.

"As the Chinese say, if an enemy comes, we will stop him with our troops; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth.

Just remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing situations.

We have the home advantage, plus five mages.

This is our unique advantage.

The other rats lurking in the gutter can't compare to us in this regard."

When they got off the plane, they saw Wiles, who looked much more haggard than when he was in Brussels.

"I seem to be a bit busy recently, with a lot of work."

Wiles smiled helplessly: "The influence of the water element this time is a bit too great. We can't relax until we find the mastermind behind it.

This time it was a water element, and no casualties were caused.

What if there are fire and earth elements behind them and there are casualties? "

Jurgen's eyes were bright and sharp, and he didn't look like a 90-year-old man at all. He asked:

"Can magic be released without a magic brain?"

Wiles hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, “Yes.

I'll tell you in detail after we get to the hotel.

In short, London wizards don’t need magic brains, they only need spells to cast spells.”

Jurgen asked, “If that’s the case, then it means that everyone can have the ability to cast spells.

The traditional management methods are no longer applicable to the current situation.

We not only need to evolve management methods and means, but also update our detection equipment.”

As problems escalate, solutions must also escalate.

“But our understanding of magic is still too limited.

It is difficult to innovate technology to adapt to current management purposes.

And the entire social structure does not allow it.

In fact, I thought that London should cooperate with Ke Chuang Biotechnology in this situation.

By connecting the brain-computer interface to the mobile phone, changes in everyone's brain nerve signals can be monitored.

These neural signals are compared with the neural signals related to spell casting.

This is what we traditionally call big data monitoring.”

Wiles said helplessly: "If we really do this, we will be attacked by everyone."

Jurgen smiled and said, "Yes, this is because the social form cannot adapt to this kind of technical means."

Jean-Pierre interrupted, "Wiles, this is our newest mage, Werner."

"You all know each other, so I won't introduce you any further."

Werner is a Frenchman of German descent, which is an amazing identity.

So much so that there was almost no opposition within the Europa League regarding his becoming a mage.

Of course, Werner himself is also very capable. He is the winner of the Fields Medal in the same year as Terence Tao.

On the way back, the discussion was relatively relaxed. Back at the hotel, in the closed conference room of the hotel, Wiles introduced magic to everyone.

The whole atmosphere was quite heavy.

“Everyone, a new magical event has occurred, and it happened in London.

This is both fortunate and unfortunate.

Through these few days of research, we found that the whole of London is shrouded in an inexplicable space.

The space here is for distinction from other places and does not represent the separation of London from the blue planet.

First, you can watch a video. "

After the video, Wiles went on to explain:
“Using the FB video incident as a starting point, we found the relevant spellcaster, Charles. Through our investigation of Charles, we determined that ordinary people can cast spells through the combination of spells and hand gestures.

At the same time, this spell is only effective within London. The farther away from the center of London, the worse the effect.

This kind of magic is more convenient and more powerful than casting spells through the magic brain."

Casting spells with the magic brain is like cutting-edge mathematical research, while casting spells through the magic network is like high school mathematics, only calculations.

“Casting spells is something that ordinary people can learn.

We have experimented and found that ordinary people only need about half a day to learn magic.

Although it is only the simplest spell with little power, the possibilities it represents are astonishing.

It means that all ordinary people in London can master magic.

The same spell, the same magic, after the same amount of time of study, will have different powers. "

After Wiles finished speaking, everyone in the room was thinking.

Werner was the first to ask, "What about the sky?"

"Can you cast spells in the sky over London? I don't think you can cast spells in the sky over London. There's probably a height limit."

“But it’s a thriller.”

"We all know that spells don't require contact, and if everyone could master magic, then casting a spell high in the sky over London would ignite aviation gasoline.

Certain forces never go away.

If all ordinary people could cast spells, burning planes would appear over London sooner or later."

Wiles broke out in a cold sweat because what Werner was talking about was the inevitable future.

It's just like Americans who own guns cannot avoid shootings.

Risk control is a bottom-line thinking. It is not only necessary to prevent risk events before they occur, but also to do it as a must.

Wiles said directly: "I will report this matter as soon as possible.

There is a high probability that airports will be built around London, and the entire London will be banned from flying.”

Werner nodded and said, "If only magic coins can be used to cast spells, such a high threshold for casting spells would have eliminated most of the dangers.

Magic coins are much more expensive than ordinary passenger planes. In addition, the energy and resources required to cultivate a magic brain system mage are enormous.

If you can learn magic in one day, the threshold is so low that the risk is inevitable."

"Especially if magic can be learned in other countries and then released when they enter London, then the danger is even greater."

Wiles smiled wryly and said: “This is what I call the coexistence of risks and opportunities.

Only London can cast a spell, what a perfect thing.

It would be tragic that London would have no airport and no planes could fly through it.”

For a city of London's size, the airport is an indispensable part.

Can you imagine Shenhai without an airport?
Of course, if Zheng Li had chosen Gusu as the location for setting up the magic network, there would not be this problem.

It’s just that Zheng Li didn’t want to see the place where he was become too chaotic.

Werner added: “And we need to determine the casting height as soon as possible.

The highest point in London where wet pickling is possible.

If the peak is too high, all flights will have to avoid London.”

Jurgen asked: “How can we prevent the outside world from finding out about this?

London is the only place where ordinary people can cast spells?

If this matter were discovered by the outside world, London would definitely attract a massive influx of population.

At the same time, magic-related content will spread on the Internet.

Things will get out of control.”

If a city like London suddenly announced that all aircraft takeoffs and landings would be stopped overnight, it would spark discussion across the country and even the world.

It is possible that some people will guess the truth and then it will be widely publicized by the media.

Sorry I had some family stuff to deal with yesterday, so yesterday’s update will be made up next week.

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