As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 308 Follow-up
"May the crows bless you."

After Zheng Li finished speaking, he raised the staff in his hand again and waved it gently towards the sky. The crows took off one after another and left along the same route they came.

Everyone here, from this year's Nobel Prize winners to the judges and the audience, has not yet reacted to what has happened.

Only the trace of coldness left in their hands told them that this was not a dream, but reality.

When Zheng Li left the podium, the audience below finally reacted and burst into applause that was much warmer than when Zheng Li gave his acceptance speech.

It looked like it was going to blow the roof off the Stockholm Concert Hall.

You should know that the concert hall has very good sound reception and sound insulation effects.

Even so, the security personnel outside could still clearly hear the applause inside.

"Have you arranged this session?" King Gustav of Sweden asked, turning sideways.

Standing next to him is Thomas Perlmann, general secretary of the Nobel Committee.

Each sub-award has a secretary general for that area, with Perlman serving as the general secretary.

Today is the day to award the prizes.

Perlman replied in a similar voice: "I have reported this to the European Academy of Sciences.

Ask if it is possible to create some magical elements.

Because Dr. White is the only award-winning wizard since the great wizard Merlin.

What I was thinking at the time was whether I could replicate the feat of the great wizard Merlin to some extent."

"I just didn't expect that Master White's magic would be so unique."

In recent years, the substantive status of the Nobel Prize in the international arena has declined, and its sacredness and authority are no longer as high as before.

Therefore, Perlman and the Nobel Committee behind him hope to use some special methods to divert the attention of the general public from the award itself.

Sometimes the way to cover up a hot topic is to reveal a bigger hot topic.

Public opinion is an art. Some people can achieve their goals silently through public opinion.

However, some people's means of manipulating public opinion are too obvious, which may backfire.

Because Sweden is also an important member of the European Union, and in recent years it has abandoned the title of a permanently neutral country.

After losing face as a neutral country, Sweden's importance to the European Union has further increased.

Therefore, the European Academy of Sciences does not mind meeting the requirements put forward by the Swedish side.

But they didn't expect Zheng Li to make such a big fuss.

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 blessing of the crow was not as effective as Merlin's.

My body just felt slightly relieved.

Just like last time when Merlin’s blessing magic ended.”

Before Gustav could finish his words, Perlman made a silence gesture with his finger and pointed at Zheng Li.

The underlying meaning is that the other party is right in front of you. Even if you think Dr. White's magic is not as good as Zheng Li's, don't say it in front of others.

For the so-called "aristocrats" whose status comes from blood inheritance, superficial etiquette cannot cover up their inner self-centeredness.

However, after Perlman's reminder, Gustav quickly realized his mistake and calmed down.

Zheng Li, who was not far in front of them, suddenly turned around, looked at the two of them and smiled.

"Damn, I'm in trouble again." Perlman felt something was wrong.

Gustav also felt a pang of regret.

Gustav was King of Sweden for more than fifty years.

For example, in the early days of his reign as King of Sweden, Gustav often held parties in 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.

During these fifty years, many rumors have been circulating about Gustav.

Gustav also realized that something was wrong.

Only then did he remember the information he had read about the mage:
"Magicians have perception abilities that are unimaginable to ordinary people."

When Gustav subconsciously wanted to smile back to show his friendliness, Zheng Li had already turned around.

Gustav was left behind, feeling anxious and worried.

However, Zheng Li would not do anything to Gustav, and this would not be considered a verbal offense.

As a lawful wizard, he would not punish the other party for inappropriate words.

Just like the last time Merlin appeared, when Zheng Li was performing magic, the number of live broadcast viewership of the Nobel Prize ceremony began to soar.

The number of viewers reached a peak after Zheng Li summoned a large number of crows.

In particular, the crows followed his instructions, standing quietly and pecking each guest's hand gently.

"too crazy!"

"Ohhhhhhh!"

"XD The winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics is actually a magician!"

"I'm really envious. Why didn't this segment appear at the last Nobel Prize ceremony I attended? This is discrimination!"

"So Alan White is a wizard? The reason why he knows so much about the soul is because he is a magician?"

"It seems that there is indeed a special relationship between the soul and magic"

Netizens from all over the world on Youtube are discussing this.

About 2,000 kilometers away from Sweden, the news quickly reached the Vatican.

“Does Ellen White have any faith?”

“I haven’t heard that he has any definite beliefs.

According to our internal understanding of the mages of the Europa League, Alan White is the successor of Higgs.

After Higgs' death, the magic brain was passed on to Alan White.

At the same time, Allen White showed that he was completely obsessed with scientific research.

There is no overt inclination as to faith.”

"Then he is most likely a non-believer. Can we make him believe in religion?

If he is willing, the Holy See is willing to give the greatest support.

Whether it's material or monetary.

In addition, we can also provide him with some magic-related resources."

“You can try to contact them.

However, when it comes to material pursuits at this level, the Europa League will fully satisfy him.

The chips we can offer are a bit small, and I think it is doubtful whether we can impress the other side. "

“First arrange for someone to contact him. He doesn’t have to be a true believer, but he must demonstrate his loyalty to the faith in public.

As long as we do this, we can accept it.”

After the advent of magic, the world has been changing at a faster pace.

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 impacted.

Fewer and fewer bigwigs in the European Union believe in religion.

Merlin is out.

Many of the original Catholic believers 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 pigeons. It is easy to create a sacred effect during a ceremony through light and shadow effects and a sky full of obedient white doves.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Vatican is home to many great masters in architecture and art. These all fall into the realm of aesthetics.

It can definitely create first-class brainwashing.

“The magic that Alan used in Stockholm is not on our mastery list.

This should be his own original magic.

Is it possible that he has another identity?

Could Alan be Merlin? Or a substitute for other wizards walking in the world?"

“There is this possibility, we can ask Alan to come to Brussels to explain.

Is it necessary to hold a meeting of all mages?

The ostensible reason is to exchange and discuss new magic.

We have always had a tradition of bringing out newly discovered magic for everyone to study, research, and discuss together."

“I think so, and no matter who Alan is, we cannot interfere.

At most, we can test it directly or indirectly."

"Tell Kate, who is by Alan's side, to pay more attention to Alan and remember to keep the news secret when passing it back."

Kate has multiple identities. She is also an observer arranged by the Europa Alliance at CERN.

It’s a bit of an exaggeration to call it spy, CERN is also an organization under the jurisdiction of the Europa Union.

In order to avoid being discovered, Kate always used paper documents to pass on observation reports to Brussels through special channels.

"Alan, it's wonderful magic. We mainly want to know how you did it?"

“Yes, after all, it involves the control of animals at multiple locations.

It is easy to make them do the same action, but it is not so easy to make them stand in the designated position 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.

There were about fifty people at the scene who received the blessing of the crows. "

Zheng Li signaled for everyone to be quiet:

“The most difficult part of this magic is determining 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 the X, Y, and Z axes.

Then determine the three-dimensional coordinates of each person's palm.

This is the hardest part.

The next step is to use fluctuations of a specific frequency to attract crows, which is very easy to do.

After gathering the crows, they are guided to fly to fixed positions and perform designated actions.

I will write a detailed document description later, you can take a look.

However, the construction of three-dimensional coordinates depends on everyone's computing and observation capabilities.

But it does not affect attracting crows to confuse the sight."

"If that's the case, I think the magic can extend to other birds and even animals and plants.

Can we use magic to communicate with some intelligent beings with souls?"

“It’s doable, but you need to find the other person’s communication channel, but we can only understand what the other person’s emotions are saying.

And they cannot understand the other person’s true meaning.”

In fact, this research direction has been mentioned before.

However, communicating directly with animals is of no benefit to the forces behind the mages.

What direct benefits can we get from communicating with monkeys? It cannot help solve any substantive problems at present.

Therefore, this research direction was shelved.

Mages are an extremely precious resource and cannot be wasted in places like this.

"White, how did you locate it so accurately?"

"Because I am more sensitive to these things, no matter my calculation ability or memory, after being strengthened by the magic brain, I can do this easily."

After everyone finished discussing Zheng Li's ideas, they planned to read the spell instructions written by Zheng Li before moving on to the next round of discussion.

The next round of discussions will be held in two days.

During this period, Zheng Li was dragged by Wiles and Pierre to drink together.

The two of them were playing a magic competition game and they had to have a witness.

"Haha, you lose, drink it!"

The wine in the special vessel is not the French's favorite wine, but a compromise choice of elderflower liqueur.

This is a French wine made from 100% wild elderflower.

Pierre actually wanted to drink brandy or wine, but Wiles wanted to drink elderflower liqueur.

This wine has an alcohol content of 20% and tastes sweeter than ordinary dessert wine.

(Which I assume is Wiles's preference for this, since the only alcoholic beverage on offer at Oxford's Andrew Wiles Building is elderflower cordial.)
Zheng Li sat quietly aside, watching them drinking from one to another.

Sweet wine is more intoxicating than red wine.

In fact, this kind of game is very disadvantageous to the side that loses first, because your casting ability will not improve just 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.

"I've been under too much pressure lately, and the higher-ups are still arguing over whether to cooperate with America or China.

Always want to grab all the benefits.

When cooperating with America, we are afraid that the other party will conceal and deceive us, and they selectively reveal the truth to us.

Cooperating with China also means questioning the other party's strength.

The chaos in London is still out of control.

Downing Street's warnings had no effect.

The people below don’t believe that being caught for a crime will have serious consequences.

The underground magic fighting is becoming more and more rampant.

I really want to go back to Brussels and do some research quietly.

During this period of time, I felt like I was about to become Sherlock Holmes.

Or it would be nice to go back to Cambridge.”

As he drank more and more, Wiles gradually relaxed.

He was very unhappy with Number 10 Downing Street.

Even if the person was replaced, in his opinion, it would be just a change of name but not the substance.

Pierre was much more sober than Wiles. He hadn't drunk much today:

“London’s mistake was to speak too soon and too confidently.

When Boris was still in power, he warned those who wanted to use magic to achieve illegal intentions that they would pay the price.

As a result, even the murderer who organized the London Flexible Killings did not receive the punishment he deserved.

This resulted in Boris's deterrence failing.

Failure to deter has a cost.

It will cost London more to calm this down.”

Failed deterrence results in higher costs for both sides.

Deterrence is an effective means to safeguard one's own interests and avoid the escalation of conflicts. It requires both strength and determination.

In a sense, the latter is more important than the former.

If you are not determined, don't threaten easily. Empty words and big talk will only cause the other party to make more arrogant attempts, and eventually you will have to give in or stop the other party's crossing of the line at a higher cost.

Although Pierre is a mathematician, he knows this truth very well because of his age and experience.

He went on to say: “To solve the problem now, we have to rely on some unexpected means.”

(End of this chapter)