Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 221 Preliminary Results
Sometimes, whether a problem can be solved depends on a bit of luck.

Metaphysical research is still research.

Therefore, Ram is an indispensable member of Jash's squad, and he is indeed useful in crucial moments.

Jia Xiu re-examined the several sets of signals obtained from the experimental feedback.

The signals from humans and the signals from humanoid demons are indeed identical in content.

However, as Ram has suggested, is it possible that the signal arrives in a different way, or through a different process?

This part is not reflected in the intermediate code of Holy Light magic, and may be implemented in an unseen part.

After all, the unseen parts of that thing are more numerous than the visible parts.

The Holy Light, this mysterious and powerful deity, has absolutely maxed-out stats, regardless of other aspects.

With no divine magic to refer to, Jia Xiu had to do it himself.

Having determined to start with the signal feedback process, he began to work on reconstructing the spells used to detect the signal.

It's quite simple in theory: "the process of signal feedback."

In reality, it's quite troublesome to do.

Because it's unclear which part of the feedback process or which parameter is causing the problem.

Instead of simply capturing the signal content as before, we can only capture as much information as possible.

Jia Xiu didn't complain and immediately began the reconstruction.

Instead of complaining, it's better to get started. Since the trouble is unavoidable, it's better to finish the work as soon as possible.

This has always been his idea.

It's hard to say whether it's optimistic or pragmatic; it mainly refers to the "passive skills" developed during a programmer's career.

When a producer suddenly has a brilliant idea, like "We need a new feature that will be amazing," then these production team members have to figure out how to implement that suddenly appearing feature.

I can't quit, so if I want to leave work as soon as possible, I have to hurry.

In comparison, the current situation is somewhat better.

At least the current functional requirements were proposed by him.

Being a slave to oneself doesn't mean being a complete slave...

The work of modifying the spell lasted for several hours, from afternoon until evening.

I managed to cobble together a version that's passable.

The code is not very "elegant", the algorithm is somewhat ugly, and there is huge room for optimization and improvement.

However, considering the few hours that had passed, Jia Xiu was already quite satisfied with the result.

At least this spell can still function, albeit somewhat.

A spell that works is a good spell.

After modifying the detection method, Jia Xiu immediately began a new round of experiments.

He invited those who had previously participated in the experiment and whose feedback signals had been documented to return.

Whether the new spell can capture the correct feedback signal still needs to be verified and compared with the results of the old version of the spell.

Even if you can capture the details of the process, but you get the signal itself wrong, it's all for nothing.

In the second round of experiments, everyone was more proficient, and the efficiency was much higher than in the first round.

In just over twenty minutes, all the signals and process information from the previous tests, especially those from the human-form demon race, were obtained.

The first thing to be certain of is that the final signal results are consistent.

Jia Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, they didn't create a major blunder by making the new version worse than the old one.

This kind of "update" that sounds ridiculous actually happens quite often in reality.

There was nothing that needed improvement, but they insisted on "improving" it to show off their "talent," and the result was that what was originally fine became messed up.

There are generally two solutions in this situation.

The first type is the version that you sheepishly revert to. This is rather embarrassing, but it works well.

The second type is those who insist that their decisions are correct, that users don't understand them, and refuse to change their ways.

This method is generally not very effective; it's basically the starting point for the downward slide.

And it's also quite embarrassing.

Jia Xiu compiled all the densely packed signal feedback process parameters together.

It contains several times more information than the signal itself.

Sometimes, processing data is more difficult than the experiment itself.

This is why a significant portion of academic fraud involves "embellishing" data, because they simply can't produce usable data anymore.

Jia Xiu took a sip of strong tea and began his nighttime work.

If only I could get the original spells used by demons for transformation.

The shapeshifting abilities used by the demon race are strange; some of them are acquired suddenly after evolving to a certain stage.

Some of them don't possess this ability themselves; it's directly bestowed upon their subordinates by higher-ranking demons.

Regardless of the type, they are all vastly different from the shapeshifting magic of each race.

Moreover, to this day, no complete spell runes or circuits have been obtained.

Most of the demons who use this thing don't understand it themselves, and you can't extract any information from their minds.

The principles behind the demon race's transformations are unclear, but their forms are very similar to those of the dragon race.

Metal dragons in the dragon race can unlock their transformation ability once they reach adulthood.

No need to learn or practice, you can master it directly.

The dragon language magic inherited in his bloodline exerted its power fiercely, and without understanding the principles of the spells, the spells were used in a way that defied logic.

It feels like these races have their own dedicated "magichub," with a bunch of open-source projects specific to each race. When you need a spell, you can just pull it down.

The alien races, lacking the necessary permissions and forbidden from accessing the site, were forced to painstakingly search and compare data here.

Jia Xiu studied each piece of information intently.

"Signal strength... seems to be no different, peak value, also seems to be the same, signal generation method..."

Jia Xiu felt as if he were trapped in a Möbius strip of data, seemingly moving forward but actually making no progress.

What exactly is the problem?
Since the Holy Light spell can produce a bell sound through feedback signals, there must be some basis for it.

He studied all the regular data, but couldn't find any features that could be extracted.

Is the information collected incomplete?
wrong.

If we can't find the problem in the parts that have a pattern, what about the parts that don't have a pattern?
The feedback signal of this scheme, although called a signal (a name Jia Xiu arbitrarily chose), is not actually that "signal" in the true sense; for example, it lacks a frequency.

It does not change periodically; the speed at which it arrives at the receiving spell changes constantly and irregularly. The entire signal content can be divided into several segments of varying lengths, each segment appearing at a different speed, and the speed changes abruptly.

Jia Xiu initially focused on speed itself, trying to find fixed characteristic differences in speed.

However, no, the speed of each segment looks very random.

But what about the relationship between speed and content volume? If we divide the encoding of each feedback signal by the speed, we get the time value.

Human time values ​​are... 0.2, 0.4, 0.7...

Jia Xiu suddenly realized that no matter how the number of codes in each segment changed or how the speed jumped, the final time was always the same.

The time values ​​of the human disguised as the snake demon are... 0.1, 0.5, 0.08...

Different!
The snake demon's own time value was 0.1, 0.5...

So that's the key.

No matter how different races disguise themselves, the time values ​​segmented from the feedback signals are always fixed. Therefore, as long as the fixed time segments for each race are confirmed, those that do not match the fixed values ​​can be identified as demons, regardless of which specific demon race it is.

That's how it should be.

Jia Xiu continued to compare the demons in multiple human disguises with their corresponding original forms.

The results are all the same.

It can be basically confirmed that this conclusion is correct.

However, out of a rigorous approach, more testing should be conducted to fully confirm the feasibility of the plan.

The slaves that Jupiter provided to Ram were mainly demons.

Moreover, there are not many combinations that can pair and verify the human disguised form with the original demon form.

We need to increase the amount of data to reduce special cases.

To test even more devils, things like planting spies on the mainland are things the devils do even more often.

In terms of mental state, the devil is ultimately far ahead of the demon.

Given the extent of the demon's madness, he is 99% unsuitable for the undercover profession.

Who knows, he might suddenly have a fit of madness and expose himself without even needing to be investigated.

Furthermore, the demons currently participating in the experiment are all relatively weak demons; otherwise, they wouldn't have reached this level.

Therefore, we need to try to find some high-level demons who are not in a demonic state. We cannot be sure that high-level demons do not possess special skills that lower-level cannon fodder do not have.

These are all optimizations and improvements; the most crucial parts are already in place, and the anti-demon spy plan now has a bright future.

Jia Xiu immediately summarized and recorded these discoveries in his magic book.

The sect leader's spellbook is now in his hands and has become more than just a magic compiler.

Its ability to be summoned back even after being destroyed, and the fact that it can save necessary information to the sect leader, makes it perfect for recording important information.

After doing all this, Jia Xiu breathed a long sigh of relief.

Getting better.

This trip to the northern wilderness can already be considered worthwhile. If we can accomplish a little more, it will exceed our expectations.

If you lower your expectations enough, life will be full of surprises.

Jia Xiu got up, ready to wash up and go to bed. He had done enough for the day and should rest.

Just then, the door to the makeshift laboratory was suddenly pushed open.

She is Margaret, who now looks seven-tenths like the princess.

"Jia... uh, Matthew!"

Margaret looked very excited.

"Super explosive news! I know who Becky is in the manor!"

After she finished shouting, she stared at Jia Xiu, trying to see the excitement on his face from "hearing big news".

However, it does not.

Aren't you even a little curious?

"I'm still quite curious."

"That tone doesn't sound curious at all! And I went through all that trouble to investigate."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Jia Xiu tried to compose himself and gave his mentor a passable emotional response.

You can't blame him; he really wanted to know Becky's background.

I was already excited about the anti-demon spy plan earlier.

It's a cooling-off period now, so it's hard to get excited.

"How much effort did you put into investigating?"

Jia Xiu asked.

It was only when Margaret mentioned it that she remembered that she hadn't seen him for most of the afternoon and evening.

Under normal circumstances, Margaret would not be absent from such a lively experiment.

Could it be that she spent the entire afternoon running around trying to help Becky?
But who can you ask in Goward?

Margaret put her hands on her hips and said, "Didn't I say I felt like I'd seen Becky somewhere before?"

Jia Xiu nodded. "Mm."

She did say that, and then she fell into a predicament of trying to remember who Becky was, but couldn't remember no matter what, as if Alzheimer's had come forty years early.

“I vaguely remember seeing Becky at some noble banquet,” Margaret continued. “Then I realized that my mother must have attended all the noble banquets I’ve ever been to, and I was too young at the time to remember those nobles I would only meet a few times in my life.”

"Um...so what?"

Jia Xiu didn't understand how this whole thing, which had gone so far, was connected to Becky's identity.

Moreover, during the process of rambling, he insisted on praising himself by saying that he was "single-mindedly devoted to magic."

I boasted that it went very smoothly.

"So I believe that my mom definitely remembers the people I didn't remember back then."

"then?"

"So I sent my mom a text message describing Becky's features."

"and then?"

Jia Xiu suddenly realized that Margaret directly called her mother "my mother," which was quite uncommon among nobles, who usually used honorifics to refer to their elders.

There are a lot of these referential words, and most of them are not in the common language, but in the ancient languages ​​of various ethnic groups.

The key point is to highlight their status as a legitimate, long-standing aristocratic family.

Compared to others, Margaret was definitely a "breath of fresh air" among the nobility, lacking many of their aristocratic habits.

"Then my mom just replied to my message, saying she's 100% sure who Becky is."

Margaret crossed her arms, tilted her head slightly, and gave me a look that said, "You should ask me who Becky is."

However, Jassi asked another question.

"Is this what you meant by 'going through a lot of trouble'? Just sending a message to your own mother and getting an answer directly?"

Margaret blushed slightly after being told that by Jassiu.

"Well, I, no, I am, just tell me if I've been a big help or not."

"Yes, yes, yes, this has been a great help. Now tell me who Becky is, dear mentor."

Margaret blushed even more.

But she still replied, "Let me tell you, Becky is actually a wanted criminal! Hey, aren't you surprised?"

Do you know how many wanted criminals live in Goward?

Jia Xiu said.

"There are far more people in this place with criminal records than those with clean ones. Who would come here if they couldn't make it in their original place? Or are they here because of the abundance of species?"

"She's different from other wanted criminals!"

Margaret immediately said, "She is not a wanted criminal publicly, but rather a wanted criminal within the nobility, because what she did cannot be made public, lest it bring shame upon the nobility."

"Oh? So what did she do?"

Margaret lowered her voice and said, "She married a devil!"

(End of this chapter)