The Defeated Dragon

Archer had not recently studied the experiments related to the Magic Array of Messaging, so Lister left Archer's lab and was ready to go to the Magician Tower to ask if Magician of the Magic Guild had developed a plan.

But without waiting for him to ask, Chris had arrived at Thorn Castle.

“Chris, are you here so early today? ”

Normally, Chris comes to Thorn Castle in the afternoon to assist Archer in his magic experiments and asks for some information about magic. She now resides with the students of Acura, and has the potential to become a walking dog under the Acura Gate. Of course, the dog under the door who became a magician is a magician.

“Your Highness, there has been some progress in the Magic Guild pilot project, and I am preparing to report to His Excellency the Honourable Aguloides.” Chris is equally respectful to Lester.

She is willing to be the dog under the door of the Magic Monk, but why not be the dog under the door of the Dragon Knight - the Flame Collar, the Magic Monk and the Dragon Knight are all a family, without dividing under whose door the dog is.

“Oh, what's the progress of the experiment? ”

“With regard to the Magic Array of Messages proposed by His Highness, there has been initial progress so far, and we have succeeded in mapping the Magic Array that can trigger magic feedback over a long distance, but still far from the stage of transmission. ”

If you just want to find it, the plan will automatically come to your door.

Lister heard Yanxi: “Speak carefully… or go to Archer's lab first. Go! ”

Go back to the lab, Chris, and tell them exactly what they did. It is roughly a magic array that can trigger magic feedback, such as releasing fire attribute magic to the array, and the distant array triggers fire attribute magic activity, but activity has no pattern.

They can't make up serpents with magic, to communicate information between them.

The magic array on this side is composed of symbols, and the magic array on that side is still just a magic agitation and will not be arranged into the same text.

Magicians of the Magic Guild couldn't solve the problem and were prepared to present it to Archer.

But Lester's eyes shined: “Chris, does this magic array only correspond to the same kind of magic, such as fire attribute magic only for fire attribute magic, water attribute magic only for water attribute magic? ”

“Yes, Your Highness. ”

“If that's the case, it's easy to solve! ”

“Ah, Your Highness, is there any way to solve the problem of inability to communicate words?” Chris was extraordinarily surprised to learn that Lester had a lot of depth in magic theory, but that theory and practice were very different, especially when it came to magic matrix models.

Archer also looked at Lester curiously, not surprised.

Lester, in her mind, is the most learned scholar in the world, full of vast wisdom - most of her knowledge, taught by Lester, able to touch the Magic Net, promote the Magic Wizard, and teach thanks to Lester. If Lester turns to a magician, sooner or later he can become a magician.

Liszt smiled.

It takes a moment to slow down the opening: “Actually, it's very simple. Magic has eight attributes, water, earth, wind, lightning, ice and darkness. Since each magic can only be fed back with the same attribute of magic, we can establish an octal encoding program based on eight attributes. ”

“Octal encoding program? ”

“Magic for fire attributes is 0, magic for water attributes is 1, and so on, magic for dark attributes is 7, so that we can meet octal 1, and our language can be converted according to this octal code to 8-digit expression of 0-7. ”

“Can you say that?” Archer and Chris are both a little grumpy.

Humans are naturally decimal because one hand has ten fingers, and counting to ten is one. However, there are only eight magic attributes, so it cannot be decimal and can only be converted into octal.

Certainly.

Lester suggested, "Actually octal is still too cumbersome. After all, the magic of the four attributes of lightning ice is rare. Many ordinary magicians don't practice these attributes. I personally think it's more practical to encode them with binary. ”

The two continued: “Binary? ”

“Fire attribute magic means 0, water attribute magic means 1, binary means smooth... For example, 1 binary means a water attribute magic, 2 means a water attribute and a fire attribute magic, 3 means two water attribute magic, 4 means one water attribute, two fire attribute magic...”

Listening to the general narrative of Lister's circumvention, Chris continued to squeeze on this fog.

But Archer could hear God, and quickly understood: "So with 0 and 1 constantly combining, can any message be conveyed? ”

“Yes.”

“Brother, Archer seems to have understood that, as long as the magic array's script is used to manipulate, the magic feedback can be delivered quickly, so that the magic activity on both sides of the magic array does not need to be consistent, as long as the feedback attributes are in the correct sequence. ”

“Yes, that's it... I've already told you the exact way of encoding, you're going to take the lead next, make a binary encoded serpent... Let's start with a simple, commonly used text encoding that will work, and I'm going to put it on the expedition fleet. Then let the magicians of the Magic Society encode it slowly. ”

……

Lister herself was also contemplating when Archer digested octal and binary coding with Magic Guild Magicians.

He was suddenly inspired.

If magic arrays can express binary, more complicated, can they shift to calculators or even evolve to computers? Perhaps limited by materials, it is not possible to popularize home magic computers, but it is not possible to make them into supercomputers.

“Is there such a possibility? ”

Maybe not, maybe there is.

But even if you can make a computer, the difficulty is enormous. There are too many theories involved, especially the logic of some hardware, that can not be clarified in a short time. Even magicians are intelligent people who suddenly come into contact with a whole new system and still get stuck.

“If I have time, I can talk to Archer about this idea. The rest depends on whether the magicians are willing to drill or not. I don't have time for computers anyway. ”

Having tried the pleasure of riding a dragon, Lester has long been immersed in power. What kind of industrial revolution, technological revolution, he doesn't value that much anymore. Living in such a fantastic world, exploring the secrets of the whole world is far more interesting than developing technology.

The smoke mission for the New Year's Day was a good expression of his wishes.

“There are still many wonders of the world that have not yet been explored, whether by sea or continent. ”

……

New Year's Eve.

The Marquis Merlin family was sent away, and the Marquis Bulltail family was sent away.

Even Mrs. Penelope and Levera have left the Fort of Thorns, and they have not returned to their castles for a long time, and too many accumulations remain to be dealt with.

The hustle and bustle of Fort Thorn suddenly became cold and clean.

Lester, however, did not reveal any "undisturbed presence" because he had more important matters to deal with.

Mary Dawn has returned from the Kingdom of the Eagle with news of the burning of the Fire Mountain Aaron Phoenix.

There is indeed a volcano in a wilderness in the Kingdom of the Eagle, and indeed the inhabitants have heard of the Aaron Phoenix. I have also seen the Great Lords lead the Knights to the volcano to capture Aaron Phoenix, but eventually lost more than half of the Knights back without success. Instead of finding the phoenix, they were almost wiped out by the warcraft in the forest.

“Archer, make an encoded Magic Array of Transmission as soon as possible, and we'll experiment with the Magic Array of Transmission at the limit distance and the signal strength at the distance on the way. ”

“Mmm.”