What is ti?
In scientific terms, it's a parater humans use to describe the process of material movent or events!
To understand the exact ti represented by today, various tirs have been developed based on the principle of calculating the average ti consud by a certain object in motion.
For example, dividing seconds, minutes, and hours based on the ti it takes for a drop of water to fall, a handful of sand to run out, or a candle to burn. However, such divisions are obviously not precise, as the ti it takes for each drop of water to fall cannot be exactly the sa, inevitably leading to significant errors.
Sean's invention of the pendulum clock is undoubtedly more advanced because, according to the law of pendulum, by using gravitational potential energy, the ti each pendulum swing consus is exactly the sa, and it uses very little energy, only requiring a spring to operate continuously.
Therefore, what is needed is sothing with the sa isochronism but more precise, which can create a more efficient tir than the pendulum clock.
Listening to Lynn's explanation, Sean frowned slightly. It sounds simple, but finding a suitable isochronous rule is not an easy task.
"I can tell you about two things with isochronous rules, and what you need to do is consider how to turn them into tirs," Lynn said with a smile.
Sean paused, looking at Lynn in amazent. He didn't expect that this esteed councilor had already found other isochronous rules, and there were two of them.
"First, it's a quartz crystal, made of silicon dioxide, which has an interesting property—when subjected to external force, it generates an electric current on the surface.
If you reverse it and input positive and negative currents on both sides of a quartz crystal, the crystal will deform and oscillate at a specific frequency..."
Lynn briefly explained the working principle of the quartz clock, simply put, by using the characteristic that quartz crystals oscillate continuously when subjected to alternating currents.
Since the oscillation frequency of quartz crystals is very stable, engineers usually process the quartz crystal and control the electricity to turn this device into a tuning fork, oscillating at a frequency of 32,768 hertz per second.
If each oscillation is taken as a standard, then a quartz clock based on this principle can divide ti down to one thirty-two thousand seven hundred sixty-eight of a second.
Of course, the upper limit of the amplitude frequency of quartz crystals is far more than this, with technology potentially reaching up to hundreds of thousands or even millions of hertz per second.
After Lynn explained the principle of crystal oscillation, Sean imdiately beca excited, recognizing the significant role this device could play in timing.
Especially in terms of precision, it completely outperforms the pendulum clock.
One could anticipate that his own invention might be obsolete before it even spreads.
Indeed, the insights and knowledge reserve of a legendary councilor is incomparable to his own, an official wizard.
Sean's eager and excited expression soon turned to one of resignation as he smiled bitterly. "Since you already have the ideas and plans, why not simply make this quartz clock?"
Lynn had already discovered the most important isochronous rule of the crystal oscillator, leaving only one problem—how to record each vibration of the crystal.
He did not think this issue would be challenging for Lynn, known as the Star of Magic.
Because the answer is evident: since quartz can conduct electricity, focus on electromagnetic signals!
"I always believe that professional tasks should be handled by professionals," Lynn said with a grin.
If it were a few minutes ago, Sean would have gladly accepted this praise from the Star of Magic, but now he was sowhat at a loss because Lynn had just clearly explained the principle of the quartz clock, professionally enough to make him feel inadequate.
So the answer was simple: the councilor didn't have much ti to tinker with these gadgets, so he let Sean do it.
Thinking this, Sean didn't know what expression to wear. If he could complete the quartz clock, there was no doubt he would receive another Morning Star dal.
This represented another revolutionary advance in timing compared to the pendulum clock, allowing wizards to precisely identify very minute ti scales.
However, the glory of such an achievent seed insignificant to the other party, who simply handed it over to him.
Sean took a while to adjust before nodding in agreent to the Star of Magic's request, realizing that this was indeed a great opportunity.
Most importantly, if the quartz clock were to be made by soone else, the Morning Star dal he received for making the pendulum clock would likely co under scrutiny.
After all, compared to it, his pendulum clock was like a crude toy...
"By the way, you ntioned besides the quartz crystal, there is another rule with isochronism?" Sean asked, incredibly curious.
"Have you read my paper 'The World of Probability—Quantum chanics'
?" Lynn asked in return.
"I have read it, but I haven't fully understood your propositions on probability theory and duality," Sean admitted, his face showing a bit of embarrassnt.
"No worries, I doubt anyone dares say they understand quantum chanics now!" Lynn said with a laugh.
"Even you can't?" Sean asked, puzzled.
He might not have fully understood the Star of Magic's quantum theory, but after reading it several tis, its logic was very rigorous and well-ford, also aligning with the results of the double-slit interference experint, and it explained various bizarre phenona in the quantum realm quite well.
"Of course not!" Lynn shook his head. Even in his previous life, the federation had not perfected quantum theory.
According to a friend who studied microscopic phenona, the current cutting-edge quantum theory is only about a hair's breadth from the actual observations, from Earth to Uranus...
This is undoubtedly very minor and doesn't significantly affect the application of the results, but since there is a gap, it ans quantum theory still needs to be perfected, at least there are so unknown interference factors that haven't been identified.
"Since you've read my paper, you should know that when electrons inside an atom transition between two energy levels, they absorb or emit electromagnetic waves, which is also the operational principle of laser magic."
"However, the atomic clock uses another feature of it; the electromagnetic waves released by the sa type of elent during specific orbital transitions have a very stable oscillation frequency, which is a fixed value."
"For example, the electromagnetic oscillation produced by rubidium atoms can reach over a billion tis per second, aning that with sufficient technology, it can divide a second into a billion parts..."
Lynn continued speaking, and by then, Sean was already dizzy.
Using the electromagnetic wave oscillation frequency produced by atomic transitions for timing?
This councilor's idea truly made him feel inadequate.
Making a clock, was it really necessary to create such a big fuss, asuring so precisely?
Perhaps seeing Sean's thoughts, Lynn explained, "For the macroscopic realm, there's no need for billionth of a second precision, but if it involves atomic-level or even quantum-level experints and observations, it's very necessary."
Considering confidentiality, Lynn didn't ntion that the new tir would be used to asure the speed of ti flow but used quantum experints as an explanation.
"Here, I recomnd three elents—hydrogen, rubidium, and cesium, which you can experint with one by one," Lynn suggested.
"Councilor Lynn, I might still figure out the quartz vibration detector, but I'm afraid I can't make the atomic clock," Sean felt the councilor was overestimating him.
He was just a small official wizard, and the principles of the atomic clock involved laser emission, internal structure of elents, and even quantum theory, all of which sounded confusing to him, let alone making one.
"Why not try it before you know you can't do it? You can take my letter to the Magic Research Institute for help, and if there are any issues they can't figure out, you can always ask ,"
Lynn encouraged him, then suggested Sean first make the quartz clock, and research the atomic clock slowly, aiming to complete it within a year!
If successful, his na would undoubtedly make a significant mark in the history of magic, and ti would be redefined by these achievents!
Motivated by Lynn's promising outlook and repeated assurances, Sean couldn't help but be moved. The opportunity to receive guidance from the councilor anyti was indeed a very tempting condition. After hesitating for a while, Sean agreed to try but did not guarantee that the atomic clock could be made.
After watching Sean leave, a smile appeared on Lynn's face. This way, another necessary task was resolved.
The quartz clock was easy to ntion; he could complete it in a few days if he wished, but the craftsmanship of the atomic clock was very complex, not sothing that could be achieved with the current craftsmanship level of the magic kingdom.
But fortunately, they possessed the miracle known as magic, which could compensate for deficiencies in materials and craftsmanship. What was needed was to keep proposing ideas and conducting experintal trials.
This was undoubtedly a very ti-consuming job.
Now that Lynn had beco the councilor, he naturally wouldn't involve himself in everything; otherwise, he would be exhausted. Sean was the person he had chosen.
Discovering the law of the pendulum was not difficult, but according to Sean's description, he had intuitively sensed during a certain pendulum copy experint that the ti of each swing was very close, not decreasing linearly as logically expected, then verified it through experintation.
This keen insight was the best aid for invention and creation!
Having organized his thoughts, Lynn wasted no ti and sent a servant to notify Harof, Aurora, and Victorio that he needed to convene an internal ergency eting.
After the few councilors arrived, Lynn detailed the information obtained from Bard and the crow once again.
"The flow of ti
differs between two worlds, huh? This is indeed rare good news!" Aurora said joyfully.
Previously, they generally believed that war might break out within three months, and in extre cases, even within a month. Now it seems there should be more ti than anticipated.
Subsequently, they discussed how many people should be dispatched and which temporal gate to explore.
The number couldn't be too many or too few.
Too many would easily alert the Lord of the Necromancers, prematurely exposing the position of the temporal gate. If too few, they risked complete annihilation without anyone left to report back.
After deliberation, they quickly decided to form a nine-person small team composed of one great wizard and eight official wizards. They also ruled out the nodes in the Holy City and the City of Fire Oil, opting for a temporal gate located in the northern region.
The reasons were threefold. First, Bard's intelligence gave them so knowledge about that area.
Second, if the church's expedition army could enter in large numbers, then their personnel should have no issues either.
Third, the dangerous magical beasts in that area had already been cleared by the expedition army, which should be slightly safer.
All things considered, it was the best choice.
...
A week flew by in an instant, and Sean's developnt speed was faster than Lynn had expected; it only took him six days to complete it.
During this ti, as the council's six-month developnt plan was proposed, the entire magic kingdom also experienced a second wave of construction fever. Every city was busy building roads and workshops, and everyone was too busy to stop. The number of laborers had already exceeded a million, and many wizards were complaining.
Because technically skilled jobs that required magic were extrely scarce, many wizards had to handle multiple tasks.
Lynn had no choice but to let the council allocate so resources to laying the foundation for magic signal towers. Once the magic network officially started operating, tens of thousands of official wizards could be added instantly.
The council's grain collection plan was proceeding smoothly.
Having learned from the bankruptcy of their colleagues in the previous food war, even the wealth-focused rchants didn't dare engage in their usual sches. Moreover, the council was very generous, offering a price 30% above the market rate, which was profitable enough.
The real headache for Lynn and others was selecting personnel for entry into the temporal gate.
The group, euphemistically called the exploration team but more aptly described as a daredevil squad, needed to be prepared for accidents and the possibility of not returning. If discovered or captured by the Lord of the Necromancers, they had to activate a contingency plan to kill everyone present, both materially and spiritually, to prevent the enemy from obtaining too much information about their side.
Therefore, each candidate had to be trustworthy, as well as agile, decisive, and willing to sacrifice. It took seven days to select these nine people based on recomndations and volunteering.
On the day of departure, Lynn put aside his research projects and personally attended to send them off.
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