The Boundary of Applicability

Yes, Li Qi raised 50% more soldiers than others who used this tactic.

Everyone is doing the same thing, so why does he get 50% more grain?

Where did this come from? Did it appear out of thin air?

Is this test not prohibiting the use of one's Divine Ability? One can only rely on wisdom.

Is it all thanks to wisdom that something can be Creation from Nothing?

Is that possible?

Although everyone clearly saw through his secret to getting high scores, they couldn't find the key to it.

He does the same things more often than others.

Why?

I don't know, even the senior students can't find the root cause.

However, there are always people with keen insight.

After a few minutes, one of the older students suddenly looked up and said, "Wait, I understand!"

"Look at how much his grain is being wasted on the way!"

Loss or damage is a very common term.

Minting coins involves fire loss, forging items requires a certain amount of redundancy, and even walking wears down bones. As long as there is a mechanism for exchanging goods, there will inevitably be losses.

Even breathing emits heat, gradually depleting the body's energy. That's why people need to eat constantly to replenish what they've lost.

The same applies to grain.

When people transport grain, there will be losses.

Some food was spilled on the road, some was eaten by people, some became moldy, some got wet from the rain, some became infested with insects, and some was lost due to accidents. Even though corruption, the biggest source of loss, was basically eliminated in this cave, there were always some situations that would cause additional food losses.

This is considered normal consumption and is usually included in the calculations; it's impossible to completely eliminate it.

But this man named Li Qi greatly reduced this loss. While others would lose 10 jin of grain on the way, he only lost 3 jin!

How exactly did they manage to do that?

After discovering this, everyone began to study how Li Qi had managed to do it.

So, how did Li Qi manage to do it?

It's actually very simple.

Essentially, it is the optimal solution.

The term "optimal solution" sounds simple, but in reality, people who use conventional planning methods don't know what the optimal solution is, or rather, they find it difficult to achieve the optimal solution.

The wide road made it comfortable for people and grain carts to walk on, preventing the grain from falling to the ground. However, since the journey would take three days, the laborers would naturally need to eat for three days.

The shortcut is faster, taking only half a day to get there, but the road is steep and it's easy to overturn a vehicle on the way, resulting in some losses.

How to choose? What is the optimal solution?

Often, you simply cannot calculate what the optimal solution is; you can only try to get as close to it as possible.

But Li Qi was different.

He is capable of finding the optimal solution.

The method of constructing a microcosm of the human body in the Shaman Path, his multi-objective function inter-diagram, and the Divination Method he recently acquired, passed down to him by the priest.

The result of combining these three elements.

The method of 'harmony' in Shaman Path was taught to him by the great shaman Mi Xin. (See Chapter 299)

All wear and tear and consumption are due to a lack of harmony. Therefore, the pursuit of 'harmony' in Shaman Path is to make the internal circulation of the human body and its microcosm reach a point where there is no internal friction or wear and tear.

This approach... is not just an approach; the Shaman Path has a whole set of practical methods for reducing losses!

We select some of these methods that are usable and add them as variables to the multi-objective function graph to obtain a minimum loss template under an ideal environment, thus obtaining this re-inference.

Finally, taking into account the real-world environment, this inference and the actual losses in reality were used as variables, and the Divination Method taught by the priest were substituted into the deduction.

So, all of this is missing one last thing.

That is real, reliable data.

How can Li Qi confirm the data in reality within one Chen?

After all, no matter how useful a formula is, you still need to substitute the correct data to get the correct result.

For example, the formula for the area of a square is: length multiplied by width equals the area.

This is a flawless formula. By plugging it into the formula, you can calculate the area of every square in the entire universe. This is a manifestation of the Tao. This formula is absolutely correct. Without a certain level of expertise, one has no right to question the authenticity of this formula.

However, to actually use this formula to calculate the area of a square, the first thing you need to know is to measure the length and width.

Therefore, in practical applications, the reason why calculation errors prevent us from getting close to the optimal solution is often not due to the formula itself, but because the data was measured incorrectly from the beginning.

However, reality doesn't care about any of that. If you calculate it wrong, you calculate it wrong, and you won't get the optimal solution.

But Li Qi True Knowledge Dao Charm.

Those True Knowledge Dao Charm can even penetrate the influence of the world and directly measure its essence.

Now, the essence is not needed; he only needs to use the highly precise measuring tool of "True Knowledge Dao Charm" to measure these variables!

In this way, we have the data, the formula, and the method; the equation for victory has been written!

The correct theory, the correct measurement data, and the correct calculation formula will lead to the correct optimal solution!

The optimal solution that others couldn't figure out even after racking their brains was reproduced in Li Qi's hands.

The result was that even though he did nothing superfluous, just like everyone else, arranging routes, planning personnel, and breaking down tasks, he was still able to raise 50% more soldiers than others!

This is the power of coordination.

Reduce internal friction and improve efficiency!

Calculations? Li Qi is very good at that.

Therefore, due to various reasons and his own abilities, he was able to complete a coordination task that others considered impossible.

After Li Qi finished coordinating everything, he sat there, lost in thought.

He vaguely sensed something.

Just now, he completed a great deal of work and then went on to complete the overall coordination work.

To be honest, he himself did not expect that everything was so complicated, and yet he solved it so smoothly.

Transporting supplies for hundreds of thousands of people...

Well, how should I put it?

Managing someone is simple, and arranging a flawless schedule for someone is also simple.

However, when the number of people reaches hundreds of thousands, this simple task becomes almost impossible to accomplish.

Every impossibility is composed of one 'possibility' after another.

Just as every seemingly impossible grand goal is composed of a series of small events.

What exactly is the difference between these two?

Li Qi solved the problem of 'coordinating military supplies and equipment', but he encountered a new problem.

Instead of basking in the joy of easily solving the problem and getting a high score, he fell into a state of distressed contemplation.

He was so bewildered that he became less concerned about the strangeness that True Knowledge Dao Charm was experiencing.

In solving this supply problem, he followed the method of the great shaman Mi Xin, breaking down the supply problem into problems for each person transporting the grain. Then, through massive calculations and using Divination Method, he calculated the optimal solution for each person, thus arriving at the optimal solution for the entire group.

This confirms the correctness of the great shaman Mi Xin's statement.

A huge problem is made up of countless smaller problems.

The great shaman Mi Xin told him that to solve a huge problem, he had to solve the smaller problems one by one.

Destroying a cluster of worlds requires destroying each world one by one.

To destroy a world, one must gradually shatter its land, sea, and sky.

Magnificent things are always made up of small things.

So here's the question.

For example, a drop of water is made up of countless water molecules.

In other words, to completely destroy and annihilate a drop of water, you should destroy all the water molecules and break the water down into water molecules.

If we were to change this world, that is, the basis of the matter that makes up this world, we would break down water into water vapor, which can no longer be called water.

So, from when did water cease to be water?

A single water molecule or water vapor is definitely not water.

Two water molecules, or two wisps of water vapor, are definitely not water.

So gradually increase, ten water molecules, one hundred, one thousand, one million...

What quantity is needed for it to turn into water?

The essence of this problem is: when did countless small problems turn into one big problem?

Li Qi was confused.

He can no longer distinguish between the macro and micro levels, nor can he figure out the boundary between 'possible small problems' and 'impossible big problems'.

How many small problems need to become one big problem?

How many small problems need to be solved before the big problem disappears?

Li Qi fell into deep thought.

This question may seem unimportant, but Li Qi discovered that it was actually very important.

To use a well-known theory as an example, microscopic objects follow quantum mechanics, ordinary objects follow classical mechanics to some extent, and macroscopic objects follow relativity.

So, where are the boundaries between these things?

If you are given a single particle, how do you determine whether it obeys the Principle of quantum mechanics or classical physics? What about a bunch of particles?

Why do a bunch of particles have completely different properties when piled up? They also follow different principles.

They are clearly the same thing, both made up of water molecules, but they are different sizes and follow different principles.

When it is a water molecule, it follows the principles of the microscopic world.

When there are many people gathered together, they follow the macroscopic principles.

So, when did this change occur?

That's the essence of big problems and small problems; there's definitely some profound meaning hidden behind it!

Solving a grand, ambitious problem requires a certain approach.

Solving the smaller problems within a grand, overarching problem requires another approach.

So, how do we determine which one to use? When did this shift begin?

Li Qi seemed to sense that he had touched something.

There is a clear boundary between the macroscopic and microscopic worlds—the bizarre phenomena of the quantum world do not affect the macroscopic world, and this boundary protects the physical principles that people have become accustomed to.

We never need to worry that microscopic fluctuations will cause us to collapse, nor do we need to worry that macroscopic things will affect our own volatility in the quantum world.

This was the first time Li Qi had felt this boundary so clearly!

He needs to think; he has touched this boundary. Once he understands this, he will gain a deeper understanding of the essence of this world and fully comprehend the difference between 'big' and 'small'.

In this way, things will be even more harmonious and satisfactory.

I just can't figure it out.

When exactly do a bunch of water molecules become a 'drop of water'?

This requires more than just thinking; you can't get a conclusion from thinking alone. You have to experiment, try it yourself, explore the truth, and witness and reproduce the emergence of this rule!

Perhaps this is the key to his ability to turn the abstract into reality.

The previous examples all used particles, but there are no particles in this world; everything is composed of ethereal gas.

The ethereal and intangible energy, when gathered together, becomes matter.

There is naturally a boundary in the middle.

Only when the amount of Qi crosses this boundary can it become matter, transform into different things, and generate all things according to different proportions and structures.

Li Qi suddenly stood up. He couldn't stay in this classroom for even a second longer. Even if there was something here that was attracting True Knowledge Dao Charm, he was prepared to deal with it later.

Now, he needs to grasp this boundary to prevent the inspiration that has just emerged from disappearing!

Li Qi stood up and directly broke through this cave!

It's better not to attend this class!

Li Qi himself to escape from the cave.

Then, he saw that the Ranger General was standing right next to him.

Li Qi immediately bowed and said, "Teacher, I have suddenly been moved and wish to leave for a while."

The Ranger General nodded. "You passed the exam with top honors, not bad. Are you interested in Military School strategy?"

"Yes," Li Qi immediately affirmed. "I am very interested in Military School strategy, and I may come back to study it later."

He was genuinely interested.

He was also a little curious.

One person, just one person.

So, when did a group of people become an army?

What boundary was crossed that caused the individual to become a group?

Li Qi vaguely felt that the existence of Soldier's Qi and military soul was closely related to this boundary, and Military School must have some understanding of this aspect!

This made him even more eager and impatient.

"Okay, you can go ahead then." The teacher nodded in agreement.

Upon hearing this, Li Qi first performed the junior's greeting, and then took off running!

However, as soon as Li Qi came out, he saw some bystanders chasing after him. "Wait! Classmate! Could you tell us about it—"

"Excuse me, I'd like to ask you something...!"

However, before they could catch up, Li Qi had already sped up, ignoring the people calling him from behind, and rushed home.

I'll do tutoring for my classmates later when I have more free time.

The onlookers were left looking at each other, passing around their notes.

Li Qi's name was also circulated at the same time.

The auditors, who had no connection with the upper echelons, heard of Li Qi's talent.

The older students recounted the feud between Li Qi and Nanshan Academy.

The teachers knew that this was the young master of Wushen Mountain.

Unbeknownst to them, Li Qi's name had already spread among various groups at the Imperial Academy for various reasons.

But he didn't care about any of that. He ran home quickly, locked the door, and wrote "No entry for unauthorized personnel during emergency" on the door.

He's going into seclusion!

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