Epoch-Making Research Results

Far away in Backlund's city center, Bernadette suddenly understood something: Audis Gall was not merely the research-oriented talent she had imagined him to be.

His ability to apply his research results had also exceeded Bernadette's expectations.

Using the "Invisible Servant" following Audis, she said, "If I'm not mistaken, ordinary people can handle the maintenance of this Magic Formation!"

Sitting on a rock with one leg crossed over the other, Audis said, "That's right. I only took part in the initial setup of the Magic Formations on the nearby mountains. After that, these guards handled all the maintenance."

Bernadette asked again, "Why didn't you turn the entire Balchis Mountains into your planting and breeding grounds?"

"Because I'm too weak." Holding his pipe, Audis said, "And in the past few years, I haven't had an opportunity to advance."

Bernadette understood. Audis knew perfectly well what these research results meant. Not only were they a tremendous breakthrough in mysticism, they could also bring in immense wealth!

In this world where Beyonders set the tone, Spiritual Materials were in enormous demand. Yet because of the distribution of spirituality throughout the world, their production had always been severely limited.

But with Audis's research results, Spirituality plants could be cultivated in batches and Spirituality creatures could be bred in batches at very little cost.

It was easy to imagine this developing into an industry that monopolized the Spiritual Material market.

Audis knew very well that once the major figures of the Beyonder world noticed this research, he would be reduced to nothing more than a tool. So he had kept his cultivation and breeding operations small-scale, producing only enough to supply a single herbal shop. He had not even made an Impact on Backlund's Spiritual Material market.

Without any visible profits, the major figures of the Beyonder world would not pay attention to this plantation hidden in the mountains.

At that moment, Bernadette suddenly Recalled that imposing figure who had once helped Audis. She wondered whether Audis had secretly attached himself to some major figure in the Beyonder world because he needed protection.

But after considering it, she said, "This Magic Formation has a wide range of applications. It can be used for more than just planting and breeding."

However, Bernadette seemed unable to think of any specific applications.

Before this, she had never considered the uses of such a low-level Magic Formation, so she lacked the relevant associations.

"It can indeed be used in many places." Audis smiled. "Actually, the principle behind this Magic Formation isn't difficult. Before this, though, scholars of mysticism had never considered optimizing or altering the structure of Magic Formations."

Bernadette naturally understood that Audis was holding something back on this subject. She did not intend to press him, instead changing the topic. "I heard that you've considered the question of Spiritual Essence?"

Audis took a puff from his pipe. "That's right. It's an unavoidable issue in my research.

"Only by figuring out what spirituality truly is can one carry out the corresponding experiments and research."

"Have your thoughts produced any results?"

"I believe spirituality is a special form of energy that exists everywhere in this world, much like magnetic fields or heat." Audis briefly described his thoughts.

"It would be quite wasteful to leave this energy unused."

Bernadette said, "That's a very novel idea."

After a pause, she added, "I believe spirituality exists in the form of waves.

"High-Sequence Beyonders are like large Spirituality Projectors. They can use their own Beyonder Characteristics to influence spirituality within a certain range at a specific frequency.

"If someone prays to that High-Sequence Beyonder, it is equivalent to sending a signal on the same frequency within the range of that waveband. The High-Sequence Beyonder can receive it and establish a connection.

"Of course, this also involves the relationship between Beyonder Characteristics and spirituality."

She did not elaborate any further.

Audis was slightly taken aback. Bernadette's idea matched his own. He guessed that Bernadette had developed such thoughts under Roselle's influence.

After all, the physics of this era was still very rudimentary in its study of fundamental particles.

Moreover, Bernadette had been quite sincere in this conversation and had shared some of her more advanced thoughts.

The concepts of "High-Sequence Beyonders" and "Beyonder Characteristics" that she had just mentioned were already highly advanced knowledge to ordinary Beyonders.

Audis smiled. "The Magic Formation before you provides indirect proof of the theory you just proposed.

"Theoretically speaking, I used the Magic Formation to alter the direction in which spirituality travels.

"It's like throwing a stone into a pond. Under normal circumstances, it creates ripples that spread outward layer by layer. But I placed a wooden board in one direction of those ripples, causing them to stop there."

This was how Audis applied the physics knowledge in his mind to his contemplation of spirituality.

The atmosphere of their academic discussion was quite pleasant. Bernadette said, "But there is a problem. If spirituality exists in the form of waves, then it should be relatively uniform.

"Yet according to my observations, spirituality is not evenly distributed throughout this world. Most places have roughly the same amount of spirituality, but some places are exceptionally rich in it.

"People can even temporarily gain Spirit Vision by eating food from those places or drinking water from those areas."

Audis smiled. "I think this should be related to the source of spirituality.

"We can assume that the source of spirituality comes from the center of the earth and is constantly changing and moving. Surging spirituality spreads through the entire universe in a relatively even manner.

"But we are near the source of spirituality. Therefore, during the source's movements, noticeable disturbances occur, causing spirituality in some places to become denser.

"It's like throwing a stone into a pond. The angle at which the stone enters the water cannot be perfectly vertical every time.

"As long as there is even a slight deviation in angle, the ripples it creates will differ slightly."

Bernadette sighed. "That's a very vivid analogy."

"It's all right." As Audis smoked his pipe, he thought, I have to thank old Mr. Hawking for that.

A few seconds later, Bernadette said, "Your explanation makes a lot of sense."

Today's exchange had benefited her greatly. She knew very well that, given the extent of her friendly relationship with Audis, this was as far as they could discuss. Going any deeper would touch upon the core of their respective research.

At that moment, Audis heard old Anlier calling loudly, "Mr. Gall! Mr. Gall?"

"I'm here." Knowing that the old man had already hunted enough Mutated Flamingos, Audis asked the air around him, "Would you be interested in trying Mutated Flamingo meat?"

Bernadette was slightly stunned. "Its meat is edible?"

"Of course." Audis said, "It's an excellent tonic."

"What effect does it have?"

"It makes you prone to internal heat."