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Chapter 89 The Star Array I Want

The pillars outside the gate of the Astrology Association are the most attractive part of the whole building. The rough but hard texture perfectly sets off the serious atmosphere.Although the star array engraved on it is rough and lacks practical value, but in the eyes of outsiders, it has a faint sense of oppression from strength.

When Cheng Jinzhou looked up, he occasionally wondered whether this thing built like the Lincoln Memorial would suddenly stand up, shake his hips and shout: For the tribe...

A world without the Lich King, a world without Sid Meier, and a world without glory, it was as if Yang Liwei was in the sky, it was really deserted.

Cheng Jinzhou was thinking wildly, when an apprentice astrologer who was waiting at the door came over and said softly, "Astrologer Cheng Jinzhou? Astrologer Xiang Xin is waiting for you on the second floor."

"Oh! It's me." Cheng Jinzhou didn't get used to the rank of astromancer for a while, and his expression was a little dazed.

Shi Yan stayed outside as usual.Xiao Cheng followed the apprentice and walked up slowly.In the association, star warlock apprentices often need to do many things. Generally speaking, any star warlock can order the apprentices on duty in the association to work without payment.Because working in the association requires a minimum of common sense of astronomy, the association is able to persuade some astronomy to recruit apprentices and teach them the basics of astrology.As for further knowledge, it often requires the opportunity and hard work of the apprentices, but no matter what, it is a rare progress for the association to let the astromancers who are too lazy to teach apprentices train more apprentices.

The long apprenticeship of a star warlock, the astonishing elimination rate, huge financial expenses, and frustrating talent requirements will make a young man full of longing give up the path of a star warlock every day, so he sees people younger than himself. Cheng Jinzhou, the apprentice astrologist who is walking ahead, is actually infinitely envious. However, as a young man, he still fantasizes that he still has a chance.

The thin and narrow staircase is like a spiral staircase in an art museum. It is sparsely populated and expensive, and has expensive and boring decorations. After two rounds of circles, I just saw another door on the second floor.

Cheng Jinzhou stepped forward, and the apprentice astromancer next to him suddenly mustered up his courage and said, "Cheng Jinzhou astrologer, we will definitely become astrologers too."

"Huh?" Cheng Jinzhou looked up in surprise, not understanding what the other party was talking about.

"We will work hard, and one day we will become star warlocks." After saying this, the young star warlock ran down with his head down.

Xiao Cheng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and turned around.Naturally, he didn't know that the 13-year-old one-star warlock had long been the subject of inquiries from the association.In the entire world of astronomy, such a young astronomy has not appeared for many years.

However, this level of admiration can only be spread among the apprentices of astrologers who feel the same way. For gentlemen with talents, they themselves are synonymous with dreams - every astromancer is a model of success. They have already Standing on the pyramid of the times.As for the imperial court, they were, to some extent, disconnected from the world of the Astromancers.

The rooms of the Astrology Association are distorted. Through the closed double wooden doors, Cheng Jinzhou saw another series of small rooms, like a small hotel on the side of the street, only covered with high-end fur.

"Mr. Cheng, this way." Hearing the voice, Xiang Xin poked his head out from a certain room in the middle and waved to him.

"What's going on?" Cheng Jinzhou asked as he walked over.

Xiang Xin smiled mysteriously, and while leading him into the room, he said with a smile: "I'm afraid you don't know, the outer peninsula has been very lively these two days."

"Lively?" Cheng Jinzhou asked, nodding to another old man in the room. The latter didn't have a signature costume, but he also looked like an astro-warlock.

"That's not true. New theories come out every day. Since the day before yesterday, someone has measured the refractive index of many transparent objects, such as glass, crystal, and white ochre..." Xiang Xin counted with his fingers , smiled and said: "Now you regret it, if you hold back, these papers can only be completed by you in the end."

Cheng Jinzhou did not regret it. Instead, he smiled with surprise on his face and said, "The paper itself has no contribution points. By completing these tasks, they will increase my contribution points."

With the standard formula, the determination of the refractive index of a certain substance is a matter of minutes, as long as there are similar experimental conditions, it can be completed.It is as if people in the 19th century discovered that electrolysis could decompose certain substances to determine new substances, so in just a few months, elements such as potassium, sodium, and magnesium were discovered one after another... unless there is another A great discovery of elemental theory, otherwise such a flourishing age would never be possible again.From this point of view, it is still very useful to take an English test. If you can directly read the current periodicals in English, you can do related experiments earlier. Publishing papers in national-level core journals is a valuable academic contribution, which naturally has infinite advantages compared to the old scalper-style closed doors.

For Cheng Jinzhou, asking him to measure the refractive index of various objects is labor-intensive, and the accuracy of the experiment cannot be guaranteed. As a Ph.D. in theoretical physics, he has always advocated leaving the actual work to professionals—in other words In other words, I can't do it myself.

In addition, such as the refractive index analysis of the medium, it is difficult to bring direct contribution points. If people only use the final refractive index value instead of the specific test process of a certain medium, they will not be recognized by the association.However, the test theory is different when it is announced, because it is the first batch of users of the theory, and the test astromancers must explain the application of the theory in detail, even if there are other astromancers explaining at the same time, so in the early stage, it is inevitable that everyone Everyone has to quote his article. In this way, more than one contribution point is recorded.Of course, if his theory can be recognized by the public, it is okay for people to just use the formula of the conclusion, but by that time, he has already earned many contribution points.Thinking of this, the corners of Cheng Jinzhou's mouth couldn't help but twitch - it was definitely a twitch of happiness.One contribution point can earn at least 600 taels of silver, which can buy dozens of acres of land.

Xiang Xin was now familiar with Cheng Jinzhou. Looking at the corner of his mouth, she shook her head quietly. To say that all genius star warlocks love money as much as life, it would be a bit embarrassing for a star warlock.However, despite this thought, she still reached out and tapped on the wall, pulled out a piece of metal with grooves, and said: "Put the certification stone up, and you can see your latest contribution point data."

It was only then that Cheng Jinzhou noticed that the pattern of the whole house turned out to be a structure of stars, but the pattern was sparse and thick like a pig tied with hemp rope, so it must be easy to draw.

The certification stone will reflect a dull yellow color when it encounters light.When he first obtained the certification stone, he was not an astro-manager, so the certification stone could only flash a little white light. Since the last update, it has only had a little color.

"52 contribution points." Xiang Xin narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'm counting the past few days, with so many people arguing, you should have gained a lot, but I don't know when my research results will attract everyone's attention. Notice……"

As he said that, Xiang Xin wiped his bald head and fantasized.

Cheng Jinzhou laughed twice and said: "Arguing is a good thing, and only arguing can make the truth burst out."

He spoke like a township cadre eating pheasant.

"From 26 o'clock to 52 o'clock, that's four days." Xiang Xin touched his chin, waved to the old man in the same room and said, "Look, I will say that there is at least 50 points of contribution."

"Are you willing to use up all of it?" The old man had a kind eyebrow and a beautiful white beard.

"Used up?" Cheng Jinzhou raised his brows. He is really not afraid of running out of contribution points. Now it is just a foundation. In a few days, when the contribution points explode, the debate is sometimes scary. Just look at the Internet to know , at a certain point, people care about the debate itself, not the issues of the debate.Astrologists may be more sensible, after all, each article needs at least some time to write, but don't expect too much from them.

Cheng Jinzhou's goal of dismantling geometrical optics into pieces is to provoke controversy. In the world he understands, an interesting and relatively simple problem attracts more attention than the results of in-depth analysis.

Xiang Xin took out a thick stack of books from the table next to him and said, "Teacher Dai Feng is a third-level star warlock, a three-star warlock, and an excellent star array drawer. Didn't you always want star arrays?" ?”

"Oh, hello." Cheng Jinzhou hastily saluted again.The so-called star array painter is not a formal name. In fact, any astromancer can use star power to create a star array, but in terms of its usual complexity, he does not have the proper skills and cooperation with the star array. The array is hardly good or bad.As for the star warlocks who can draw, their attainments in the star array can often only be determined by word of mouth.

Dai Feng nodded slightly, looked Cheng Jinzhou up and down, and said bluntly: "Based on your current physical condition, if you want to puncture the star array, there are not many choices. Let me try the star points you can bear first."

"How do you calculate the star points?" Cheng Jinzhou let Qi pull up his arm a little excitedly, and then stabbed a needle-like object into his forearm.

"If you can withstand 10 star points, you are basically a level 1 star warlock, and if you have 100 star points, you are a level 2 star warlock." Xiang Xin said with a smile: "It depends on whether you can withstand 3 points. The simplest gravity technique is 3 star points. You can use it on any item to reduce its weight. Although it is a little troublesome, it is good if it is available. There is also the solidity technique, which can roughly block the penetration of wooden guns. It is a pure combat skill, but it is good for self-defense. If you want If you increase the computing power, the star array that only adds and subtracts only needs 2 star points, but it seems that you can’t use it without other star arrays..."

She held the book and introduced each one. The requirements were very low, and they generally fell into the category of independent supporting star arrays.

"How much can Lu Xu bear?" Cheng Jinzhou always remembered this perverted star warlock.

"About 5000 points." Xiang Xin grinned and said, "It's a pity that he can't control it, so only the second-level star array can be used."

While speaking, Dai Feng pulled out the small needle inserted into the crook of Cheng Jinzhou's arm, flicked it lightly, and put it into the matchbox-sized metal engraved with star formations.Then, while inputting star power, he pointed to the smooth circle the size of a fingernail in the middle and said: "If it shows yellow, it means that it can withstand 10 points of star power. If there is light yellow in the white, you can also judge a specific value according to the depth of the color. It still depends on your physical condition.”

As he spoke, the three of them stared at the circle in the middle of the metal box. For a long time, Cheng Jinzhou asked in awe: "What does pure white mean?"

"I don't have any star power." Dai Feng tidied up his things and said, "You're too young. It seems that you can save 50 contribution points for a while."

Cheng Jinzhou watched him leave from the door eagerly.

The dream of stars is over before it even begins.It seems that while sleeping, I passively dreamed of a beautiful woman undressing, but before I saw the result, I was beaten up in my sleep.

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(End of this chapter)