After reaching the maximum level, my "soft rice system" finally arrived.

It was the paths paved by those who came before him that gave him clear, concise, and traceable references.

What Xia Er did in the past was merely to verify and replicate existing scientific theories under the new world laws of the Western Continent, much like copying texts. It was a dimensional reduction attack achieved by standing on the shoulders of giants.

However, even in Char's previous life, quantum mechanics and unified field theory were the most cutting-edge fields in physics.

After Sharl developed arcane theory to a level comparable to the forefront of physics in his previous life, the clear and concise guidance from his predecessors had already dissipated.

In other words, the "golden finger" that belonged to Xia Er, the transmigrator, has disappeared.

He has reached the same level as those wizarding sages who pioneered arcane arts, and the great physicists of his previous life who ushered in a new era.

All that Charles could do was to follow in the footsteps of countless predecessors, seeking the way forward for arcane magic in the vast darkness, amidst chaos and confusion.

But in fact.

In these days since the dawn of the quantum age.

Charles's progress was not hindered by the loss of guidance from his predecessors.

Even... compared to the fastest ascension to legendary status, which was hailed as mythical by the wizards of the Western Continent.

Even after achieving legendary status, Shire's rate of improvement and progress continued to accelerate.

His thoughts stirred slightly.

next moment.

Above the ocean of the mind, the bright quantum Turing computing array burst forth with dazzling brilliance.

Thousands of data streams, constructed from 0s and 1s, surged forth from that illusory quantum computer.

The sheer volume of information contained in this torrent of data was enough to overwhelm the mental seas of dozens of legendary mages, shattering their souls and causing them to fall completely from their legendary rank.

However, at this moment.

With the help of quantum computers, these raging torrents of data were quietly organized and analyzed, without the slightest sign of rioting.

"So you see... technology changes lives."

Charles couldn't help but smile.

The new discoveries and theories that ushered in a new era and propelled the development of the history of arcane arts and physics can be summarized in two steps.

Make a bold assumption.

And, verify carefully.

It is easy to simply put forward hypotheses. Every moment, countless hypotheses are put forward in the mind of every intelligent life, and many of them may be close to the truth.

However, the process of experimentally proving, verifying, and perfecting the proposed hypotheses is what truly consumes a great deal of the arcane sorcerer's time and energy.

Just like many exceptionally talented scientists in Charles's previous life, being half a step ahead of the times is genius, while being a full step ahead is madness—their groundbreaking ideas were ignored at the time.

Theories that remained buried in archives were not proven until decades or even centuries after their deaths, and the scientists only truly gained the recognition they deserved posthumously.

However, with the help of the infinite parallel computing power of quantum computers and the completed artificial intelligence models,

The arduous process of experimentally proving the hypothesis was accelerated by Charles.

At this very moment, the torrent of data gushing forth from the quantum computer is precisely the experimental and observational data that would normally take hundreds or even thousands of years to accumulate.

However, Charles condensed this experimental data into a mere few years, or even a few months.

What he needs to do is to extract a model from these complete experimental results that can fully encompass them.

Charles's spirit stirred slightly.

next moment.

The massive torrent of data began to coalesce little by little.

Like a paintbrush dipped in color, it sketched a phantom cloud in the sky above the ocean of the spirit.

That is a probability cloud composed of the superposition of numerous possible states.

Or rather, this is how Charles interprets it using probability distributions—

The so-called "electron".

"Based on all the experimental results I compiled from simulations conducted using the infinite parallel computing power of quantum computers in countless secondary dimensions, subspaces, and the cognitive world—"

"At this point, I can draw a clear and definitive conclusion..."

"The derivation of negative energy is unavoidable."

"so--"

"I predict that there must exist an antielectron with a positive charge."

"Or rather, the so-called 'positron'."

"The moment a positron and an electron come into contact, they annihilate each other instantly, generating enormous energy..."

"But if we take positrons as the basis—we can conduct further thinking and analysis."

"An atom is composed of negatively charged electrons and a positively charged nucleus. If an atom is composed of positively charged 'positrons' and a negatively charged nucleus, then it is called an 'anti-atom.'"

"And matter constructed from 'anti-atoms' is what is known as—"

Charles paused slightly in his soliloquy.

"Antimatter."

That last sentence, seemingly a deduction or conjecture, is actually a vague and unfounded assumption—

However, it also seems to be a tangible and believable declaration of the truth of the world.

And almost the instant that whispered message was uttered.

boom--

In an instant, Charles's entire world of perception was turned upside down.

That monotonous world of perception, simply constructed from the sky and the sea, began to crumble little by little, turning into countless shimmering fragments.

Instead, above the sky and the sea, the stars shimmered faintly.

......

Beside Charles, Renata, who had been leaning gently against him with her eyes slightly closed, suddenly opened her pale golden eyes with alarm.

Her soul and Charles's soul had merged with each other's perceptions of the world multiple times, reaching an extreme level of compatibility. As a result, she could detect any movement in Charles's perception of the world immediately.

That feeling gave Renata, who could truly sense the fluctuations in Ciel's perception of the world, a kind of illusion—

It was as if a vast and powerful force was about to fall from an infinite height, completely bridging the gap between spirit and matter, and gushing out into the real world.

Do not--

That's not an illusion.

Pure and clear starlight emanated from all around the Charles.

Renata's face froze slightly.

She saw that the magnetic field around Charles was distorted, and a dreamlike spectrum appeared as if painted.

The surrounding area is half black and half pure white.

The moment the colors black and white intersected, they vanished in an unimaginable way, only to be reborn from the void once more.

Such illusions and wonders shone brightly in the arcane hall.

In an instant, not only Renata, but also the other high-ranking wizards in the Arcane Hall couldn't help but turn their attention to her.

When they noticed the invisible and intangible yet seemingly omnipresent spiritual fluctuations emanating from Charles's body.

The once noisy venue fell silent in an instant.

"The spiritual ocean and cognitive world deep within the soul... are interfering with reality?"

"How is this going?"

A near-legendary wizard from the Illusion School spoke dryly.

The illusion before my eyes wasn't particularly glamorous.

With his status as a near-legendary figure in the school of illusion, he could easily achieve similar, or even surpass, light and shadow effects by simply using magic to draw a simple illusion array in the void.

but--

That genuine feeling, originating from the depths of the soul, cannot be faked.

There was not a trace of magic emanating from Ciel's body.

That illusory scene—merely a ripple in the spirit and soul of Charles manifested in the real world.

This is something that overturns all wizards' understanding.

The spirit and soul cannot interfere with the reality of the material plane.

Therefore, magic, or "magic," as a medium between the spiritual and the material, came into being.

This is an axiom that every Black Tower wizard must memorize when receiving their arcane initiation.

Furthermore, it laid the foundation for the entire glorious and splendid magical civilization.

From the simplest first-circle spell "Fireball" to the third-circle spells "Wind Blade" and "Resist Fire Ring".