Starry Sky of the Magic Tower

After sending away the guests of Chamber of Commerce, the Great Sage Tower returned to its usual calm. After throwing a bunch of trivial matters to the two little disciplines, Lin had extra time to think about astronomy.

Astrology is a long-developed science in the fascinating world. But this knowledge is here, and the most important thing is to solve the problem of the two satellites in the sky.

In Earth, when there is only one moon, Earth’s tides and weather will be affected by that only moon.

The Midi world has two satellites, which causes more complicated changes in the weather system. Weather is also related to agriculture and food. Naturally, a special profession is derived to predict the weather. This profession is an astrologer, one of the branches of magician.

The knowledge that magician needs to learn also includes astronomy, which is a combination of mysterious studies. Forecasting the weather can only be regarded as a leisure time entertainment. But for a conscientious ruler, the weather has a bearing on the amount of food harvested in the territory, so naturally it cannot be taken lightly.

Gradually some magic apprentices with poor innate talents and insufficient resources have given up the accumulation of mana and power, which is equivalent to giving up the diligence in magic, and they turned to the lords everywhere. service. Because astrology and weather forecasting focus on knowledge. The name astrologer was also independent from magician, and was despised by the masters…

There is no way, any astrologer is not on the path of magic and cannot move forward, so he retreats and turns to the next. The nobles beg for food. Therefore, the two professions take contempt and jealousy as their main emotions, and they are not friendly to each other.

But Lin’s point is that astrologers still have some cumulative achievements in astronomy. It was as if he was looking at the star map that he had spent a lot of money on. The astrologers of the lost world have not yet started out as big as the scholars in Earth’s ancient Greece. They picked out some stars from a whole starry sky, set them as constellations, and accompanied them with a lingering story. .

On the entire star map, only 417 stars are marked. It is mainly the orbits and changes of the two satellites that traverse the layout of the entire star map. This number is far inferior to Earth’s ancient times, regardless of the number of stars in the astronomy of the East and the West, which is more than a thousand.

Looking at this star map, Lin felt a little helpless. The circle of astrologers is more closed than magician. Perhaps it is the influence of low self-esteem. Astrologers have a more value one’s own old broom towards the knowledge they have researched and are rarely willing to share it with others.

The picture that Lin bought is still a magician amateur edited and typeset, and it has more stars than the standard version of the star map provided by the association. But it still disappointed Lin.

And the night before, the main task was to fill in the blanks of my own star map, the flat version. The most difficult point is that it is necessary to set a North Star first and use it as a benchmark to draw a sufficiently accurate star map.

Because of the lost world, most people who study astronomy focus on two satellites. In addition to the fact that Spiritual God really exists, there is a saying for exploring the starry sky that you are spying on Divine Kingdom, which will also offend Spiritual God. Therefore, most people are secretive about research in this area, so a lot of work has to be done by yourself.

Thinking of my workload, I have to go all the way from the era of Greek philosophers to the era when general relativity was established. This part of the science and technology tree that needs to be illuminated is just thinking about my scalp.

On the Tripwood version of the star chart, there are nearly two thousand stars. Now, Lin began to consider another matter, what method should be used to measure the distance.

The most primordial parallax method has to be measured in two places, so I basically gave up first. As for the radar method using the sonar principle, looking at the pure sky outside without industrial pollution, I directly gave up the idea of ​​going to the radar technology tree.

The more feasible ones are many methods derived from the annual parallax method and the red shift phenomenon. However, the accuracy of these methods depends very much on the accuracy of observation. Just trying to find a way to measure a one-second angle (1/3600 of a one-degree angle), with the available equipment and magical knowledge that can be used, you don’t know how many brain cells you kill.

Also, in order to use the annual parallax method, it is necessary to re-measure the one-day text unit of the world version of the maze. That is, the average distance between the maze and the sun. In addition, the radius of the maze, as well as the revolution, rotation period, and even the unit of time must be re-measured or defined accurately.

Thinking of this, Lin had to think about the star map on the wall of the restaurant. That is one of the few towers of Great Sage. It has been passed down since the beginning of its construction, and it clearly shows the star system in which the lost star is located. This also confirms that the people of the lost world have abandoned the geocentric theory and entered the heliocentric theory which is closer to reality.

In the stellar chart of the stellar system, although the distances between the planets are not correct, they generally use equidistant concentric circles as the orbits, but the revolution period of the six planets is very accurate.

Don’t say anything else, just the star map has been running for thousands of years. Now the star map position of the six planets is almost the same as the actual results of Lin’s observation. You know how much astronomy was achieved a thousand years ago. It makes people admire. Then there is a thousand years of non-growth…similar to the problems of a country that claims to be five thousand years of civilization.

Lin also wanted to study the operation principle of that star map. However, as a result of actual investigation, only the complexity of the magic principle behind the star map was confirmed, and it was unclear for a moment.

In addition, most of the end points of the energy channel are concentrated at the location of this star map, which makes Lin dare not change or stop the energy supply here. Except when the magic tower was rebuilt, when the situation was unclear, after a power outage of the entire tower, it was accidentally discovered that the star chart could continue to operate and obtain energy supply from an unknown place.

All the wonders made Lin decide to keep this star map and maintain its original appearance for future research and comparison purposes. Of course, the subsequent transformation of the magic tower will also bypass the energy supply of the star chart to maintain the continuity of its operation.

Incidentally, the phenomenon of six stars will happen within the next two years. That is, six planets are connected in a line. This kind of situation, in the ancient times of Earth, always became a kind of astronomical warning; so in modern times, it has also become the subject of great books and special books by novelists.

However, when he was in Earth, Lin only encountered the Seven Stars Lianzhu in 2000. I wonder if the political change in Dao Altar Bay is considered an influence. Apart from this, nothing happened. The most important reason is that the orbits of the planets are not on the same plane, but have a slight angular deviation. It is impossible to connect them in a straight line in a three-dimensional space.

Next comes the calculation part. It took a lot of effort to assemble the alien version of the computer in order to simplify the calculation process. Think about NASA in the United States before introducing IBM computers, but it raised a whole team of computing personnel. The mathematics talents of Midi World can be described in two simple words: no. What can you expect from a world that doesn’t even exist for multiplication.

It is not complicated to use a computer to do calculations, but the difficulty lies in the accuracy of floating-point numbers. The most primordial computer, the error in the decimal point is lost to the hand calculation. This is limited by the data structure and numerical normalization factors.

Program improvements in this area are processed in an array. Before the journey, various programming languages ​​have already had quite mature development and examples, but those are all based on binary…

In the magical world, eight kinds of magic powers are the basis. Carry-based computers must have corresponding conversions for related theories. This caused someone to die a bunch of brain cells.

In short, since I settled down in the Great Sage Tower and started to formally explore the starry sky and find the way home, someone has been reincarnated in collapse and cheer. And this is one of the reasons why we will buy that many materials from Chamber of Commerce.

Except for some ideas in my head, I want to try and see. It means that when a person collapses, he enters the forging room and beats, which seems to help restore his soul. And to produce a finished product, it can more or less make up for the frustration in astronomical exploration.

And on a crashing afternoon, mere beating is not enough to restore the paste-like head. Lin was in the weird eyes of the two girls seeing the walking corpse, and the whole person seemed to enter the warehouse on the first floor in a floating way.

The godless eyes are looking for materials that can touch the nerves, and the stones piled in the corners are high-grade stones used to build the walls of the magic tower. Originally, Lin had the idea of ​​repairing the Great Sage Tower completely, but he must maintain consistency in order to maintain the overall energy balance.

Unfortunately, the Great Sage Tower was built for thousands of years. Although the technology is backward, the materials are top-notch. This kind of stone, called snailstone, is not only scarce, and all the known mineral veins have been mined. In other words, there is nowhere to buy if you have money.

These stones are still the only inventory of the Xijia District Association, and they are used by some wealthy magicians to make important parts of the stone golem. With this amount of weight, even a wall does not raise.

The Chamber of Commerce manager came to visit a while ago, but Lin raised this question. As a result, the other party gave a bad idea-how about demolishing someone else’s tower?

……

After the two were speechless, the matter was never mentioned again.

Looking at this pile of stones that are too high and low, a single thought is born spontaneously.

He didn’t greet others, Lin Guang was shirtless, and only used the Great Strength technique to carry these stones on the open platform on the second floor alone. This kind of stone, which is the basic material of the magic tower, has a high density, and it is heavier than iron blocks under the same volume. So even though Lin was assisted by the Great Strength technique and moved all the stones to the second floor, he was still sweating.

Because this kind of stone is rare and precious, it did not make unnecessary cuts for the convenience of transportation. Instead, it maintains its original shape, a round and irregular appearance, with traces of water scouring. This reminded Lin of another thing that the mysterious world lacked in Earth ─ ─ outdoor hot spring pool.

No hot spring water?

It doesn’t matter, connect the different planes by magic. Lava can be adjusted, not to mention the hot water with a little sulfur content. This project was done once when planning the tap water and sewage system of the entire tower. Do it again this time, or start from the Water Element plane. Although searching from the abyss, it may be easier to find hot spring water that meets the standards.

But considering the characteristics of that place, it is not known whether immersion in it every day will have any adverse effects. After opening such a hole, there will be local residents who will feel it along the hole, I also don’t know. And don’t gamble on luck if you’re not sure, this is what I learned from watching countless Earth movies.

What do you say about the Law of May. ‘Anything that can go wrong will definitely go wrong’.

Lin Ke didn’t want to soak in the hot spring halfway, but the little devil burst the chrysanthemum.

As for the overall planning. Even if Lin himself has not soaked in a few hot springs, he has seen many pictures of outdoor hot springs, and even mystery films made in outdoor hot springs. So after laying the slabs and laying the stones to make the height difference, connect the elemental plane of suspected hot spring water, and get some plants out of the tower to arrange them. I have been busy all afternoon, although it is not as good as the famous soups in my impression, but it also looks different.