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Chapter 265 Both those who understood and those who didn't remained silent.
"Why do we need to make a new one? This one seems more complicated." Professor Wang frowned as he looked at the circuit that the research fanatic had taken out after burning two circuit boards.

"Because the version you had before had a lot of redundancy. Normally, only four modules are needed for spell casting in the game. The reason there are thirty-three is mainly to correspond to different permutations and combinations."

The research fanatic's fingertips moved along the circuit bit by bit, as if navigating a maze, to make sure he hadn't missed any crucial details.

Professor Wang shook his head upon hearing this:

“I can see that. What I mean is, your board isn’t a simplified four-module board. Although you can still tell that it’s based on a single module and you can find the other three modules, what are these extra ones for?”

"This is about fine-grained control. When we activate a skill in the game, we use our consciousness to guide the change in mana. The more complex the ritual, the less guidance our consciousness needs to provide. We can't develop a software system that can replace consciousness right now, so we can only test it with a finished ritual first."

The research fanatic's words were vague and unclear, which confused Professor Wang even more. However, he was a pragmatic person. Since this matter had indeed encountered a situation beyond his understanding, he decided to follow Xiao Yang's idea first. If it failed, he would consider other options.

But what Professor Wang didn't know was that the research fanatic was even more bewildered than him at that moment, not because he didn't understand, but because they were different.

In the game, he had successfully compiled the spell for the basic ritual of "Filtering" using the principles of programming, but the software he had edited using the same method before caused the circuit to burn out after being written.

He also wondered if it was because of the difference between electricity and magic, but even a simple power supply caused the entire system's meters to reverse.

As a professional, Professor Wang's hands-on skills are truly impressive. In just a few minutes, he pulled a new substrate out of the acid solution, brushed off the toner used to protect the effective positions, compared it with the design drawings, confirmed that the circuit was complete, and then took the small board back to the lab bench.

Seeing this, the research fanatic immediately tried to help, but Professor Wang glared at him and said:

"Have you forgotten the safety procedures?"

"Ah!" The research fanatic suddenly realized that he wasn't casting spells in a game. His face turned pale, and he immediately followed the procedure to deal with the safety hazard. He also grabbed the fire extinguisher and moved it aside before starting to power on the circuit board.

A 3.3V current surged into the circuit board, but nothing changed...

"No, something's changed!" Professor Wang held the measuring device, moving it back and forth near the output port. While the readings were normal when close to the port, they began to fluctuate erratically after being removed. "It actually works?" Although he hadn't seen any effect visible to the naked eye, the research fanatic's expression still lit up with excitement at the erratic readings. The professor, however, shook his head.
"Don't get excited. It could just be an unstable electric field or something. I'm going to start increasing the voltage. Please stand a little further away."

"Oh." The research fanatic obediently took two steps back and grabbed the fire extinguisher. Professor Wang was satisfied with his reaction. He pressed the power switch, and 5V voltage surged in. After confirming there was no danger, he increased it to 9V. At that moment, a ghostly blue light suddenly appeared at the output end. The static-like current expanded into a fist-sized ball of light in a very unscientific way. You could vaguely see arcs spinning rapidly inside the ball, and you could even hear the crackling sound of static friction.

"What the hell? It can't be ball lightning, can it?" Professor Wang suddenly took two steps back. After all, although there have been eyewitness reports of ball lightning and the scientific community believes that it is possible, there is not enough solid and reliable evidence. The mechanism of its existence is also subject to various theories. But no matter what, it is definitely a dangerous thing.

"Well, actually it's a skill that players created based on the comics." Although the research fanatic was also shocked that this thing actually produced a Rasengan, he was still suppressed by the professor's bloodline over his students when he heard Professor Wang's question, and obediently answered.

"A comic book? Don't tell me this thing is a Rasengan!" Professor Wang tilted his head slightly, then saw the research fanatic staring at him in shock, and was speechless for a moment:

"What are you looking at? I was young once too, okay? You guys are looking at Rujin now, but back then we were looking at his great-grandfather Naruto!"

"No, I'm just really shocked that this thing can actually be made." The research fanatic wanted to criticize Professor Wang for his self-conscious guilt, but Professor Wang clearly didn't give him the chance, and simply frowned and said:

"This thing is too dangerous, and it's not convenient to test its power in the research institute. Is there something simpler, less powerful, and less dangerous?"

"Some professors! Some!" The first thing that came to the mind of the research fanatic was the "shrimp-eating" of the jar, but considering that the thing would undergo a change in nature, it seemed a bit too outrageous. After thinking for a while, he decided to return to the ordinary and took out the ritual of "Armament Haki".

"Wow, you young folks really know how to get things going. By the way, what's the name of that game? I'll try it out sometime." Professor Wang asked casually while working on the circuit board. The research fanatic immediately rattled off the name "Hero vs. Demon King," before explaining:
"The new version is a cultivation version. A cultivator NPC has appeared. In order to fight against the new version's boss, the NPC called us to a hidden map to learn skills. The main skills we learned were the four basic skills of the movement and stillness techniques. Then, based on the combination of these four basic skills and the driving force of our subjective consciousness, we could edit mana into all kinds of spells... Hmm, it's a bit like an ancient game called Notia."

"Oh, if you had said it was this thing earlier, I would have understood! A magic wand! Interesting, this is really interesting, but why did this thing succeed?" Professor Wang had obviously heard of Notia's reputation and immediately realized what it meant. The research fanatic could only shake his head upon hearing this; the old professor hadn't expected him to explain, and simply said:

"Leaving aside the technical aspects, the fact that the electricity meter is running backwards is absurd. Where does the extra electricity come from? Can you explain it using your basic theory?"

Upon hearing Professor Wang's question, the research fanatic frowned deeply, and after a moment, hesitated before replying:
"Perhaps it's because the first step is the ritual selection?"

(End of this chapter)