The explosive growth brought about by digitalization left Leo unable to contain his excitement, only able to suppress it with constant deep breaths. He hadn't made the wrong choice!
That's too strong!
His current full-force attack power is just over two thousand, only a quarter of ten thousand, which is the energy released by the complete fission of 0.0075 grams of nuclear material!
After comparing himself to nuclear materials, Leo suddenly wanted to laugh; he was actually less than 0.01 grams!
The experiment continued.
The magic was released, and two nuclear material spheres collided in a vacuum environment at a speed of 4500m/s. The energy burst from each collision was between 8 and 13 points.
After conversion, even in a vacuum, high-speed, stable, and perfect environment with absolutely no external influences, the fission efficiency is only 12% to 19.5%.
It's still a difference of 100% from the minimum 30% that Leo wanted.
During each experiment, Leo would record the particle cloud map in order to discover the patterns of particle change after comparing multiple experiments.
However, after recording 100,000 experimental cloud maps, Leo could only roughly calculate the changing patterns of the cloud maps, and could not accurately calculate how the particles moved.
Not knowing the specific path of particle change means that the fission reaction remains disordered and cannot be intervened.
It's so painful.
Just one step away from fully mastering nuclear fission, but that step felt like a fall from the sky. Even though Leo had calculated the trajectory of the particle cloud, and only one more step was needed, he just couldn't take that step.
The sheer volume of computational demands left Leo dizzy; with more sophisticated equipment, it would be possible to observe the trajectories of particles.
Knowing the laws governing particle motion, we can calculate the next path of a neutron. Thus, if we place a uranium-235 atom in the neutron's path, aligned with the nucleus, the fission efficiency will no longer be uncontrollable.
Hand-made nuclear bombs are just around the corner!!!
It's like a ripe fruit hanging high on a technology tree, within easy reach!
"But how can we clearly see the trajectory of the particles?"
Leo had already thoroughly explored all his existing knowledge, but still couldn't find a solution. He had calculated the particle cloud diagram dozens of times before finally getting the result he wanted.
The enormous amount of computation ultimately yielded only a probabilistic result...
Leo burst through the door and, to Benji's astonishment, Leo straight for the office tower.
Ignoring everyone else, I went straight to the Knowledge Trading Platform, wrote down my question, and anxiously waited for a reply.
But when Leo saw the feedback on the crystal ball, he immediately wilted like a frostbitten eggplant!
"Your strength is too low to provide the knowledge system within this scope. Please improve your strength before making any further inquiries."
This means that what Leo wants is not the kind of knowledge that First-Level Wizard can access.
The Knowledge Trading Platform doesn't provide it to Leo Leo, not because it's restrictive or because it's afraid Leo can't afford it, but because knowledge systems beyond his current level would severely damage his mental strength. At best, it would greatly diminish his mental strength, preventing him from improving his overall abilities.
In severe cases, it can lead to immediate death!
These are the most valuable lessons learned by countless predecessors of wizards, gleaned from their own lives!
"My path to Elemental Body Refinement Wizard is only one level away from elemental advancement. After that, my strength and mental power will increase dramatically, allowing me to continue trying that Crystal Heart and lay the foundation for completing my wizarding path."
"But to be promoted, you need to have complete control over nuclear fission, and to control nuclear fission you need to understand the trajectory of particles."
"But now you're telling me my strength is too low to handle it."
"But if I don't have the skills, how can I get promoted?"
"Without promotion, one's strength cannot be improved, nor can one control the trajectory of particle motion?"
Isn't this a contradiction, a vicious cycle?
Leo returned to the Wizard Tower in a daze, ignoring Benji's hesitant gaze as he seemed to want to speak. He closed the door and locked himself back in the laboratory.
Looking at the equipment in front of him, Leo continued his experiment. He refused to believe it wouldn't work. If it didn't work in ten experiments, a hundred experiments, a thousand experiments, or even ten thousand experiments, then he would try a hundred thousand.
He simply refused to believe it. After millions of experiments, he still couldn't accurately analyze the particle's trajectory.
After conducting the experiment 200,000 times, Leo reduced the frequency of the experiment because he needed to adjust the placement of the nuclear raw materials based on his calculations to see if the fission efficiency could be improved after the impact, and to verify the correctness of his calculations with the experimental results.
"The fission efficiency of 21% and the calculated electron cloud interference with neutron trajectories, causing neutron deviation, are correct."
Calculate, adjust, and continue experimenting. If there's no better way, then use the most basic method: calculate and adjust again and again.
Leo didn't know if he could find the point where fission efficiency was optimal, just like hoping that fate would favor him and grant him a chance out of those million experiments.
"Heh, if a wizard longs for the favor of fate, then should I offer my sincere prayers?"
Leo mocked himself, saying that wizards only believed in facts, and that fleeting myths were nothing more than higher beings that could be pulled down from their pedestals at any time.
"The fission efficiency reached 21.1%. Simply adjusting the position of the nuclear material spheres by 0.1% of their mass increased the fission efficiency by 0.1%. My calculations are correct."
Leo was unable to accurately calculate the particle trajectory; he could only calculate the probabilistic trajectory of the particle cloud using 200,000 particle cloud images.
The orientation of nuclear materials is adjusted by using probabilistic motion trajectories in order to increase the probability of neutrons colliding with atomic nuclei.
Leo is like a deity in the mouths of some natives, stirring up the changes of particles in the microscopic world with a pair of large hands that manipulate laws.
The fission efficiency is slowly improving, and each experiment requires a lot of calculations, sometimes taking about ten days to complete.
The experimental results were not ideal, and further calculations and adjustments are needed.
Leo looked at the 254,358th impact experiment recorded in his experimental notes. This was the most efficient fission experiment, but it only achieved a 24% fission efficiency.
But that time was just a flash in the pan, and Leo could never replicate it.
The disorder of particles in the microscopic world once again impressed Leo, like the most mischievous beauty constantly teasing Leo, leaving Leo only able to watch but unable to touch anything.
"How much time has passed?"
"Oh, it's been forty years."
Leo spoke calmly and without any reaction, as if what he was saying had nothing to do with him.
But only he knew how painful those forty years had been, repeating the same work Heavenly Capital, experiment after experiment, failure after failure, as if it were a dead end, with no way out no matter which way he went.
Over the past forty years, his strength has barely increased. The only increase is due to the various stimulating rune arrays that have been activated on his body, which passively stimulate cell evolution. Combined with the accelerated evolution of the nuclear raw material shadow, this has increased Leo's physical strength from 16 times the original attack power to 18 times the attack power.
Strength value: 97 points; Attack power multiplied by 18 is 1746 points.
Apart from that, Leo did not gain any increase in strength!
If Li Xi were to fight his past self from the Jeft era, the current Leo might not be able to defeat his past self from sixty years ago!
"No wonder Body Refinement Wizard call Elemental Wizard madmen. They really are a bunch of madmen. They might remain unknown little wizards their whole lives, but once they complete the experimental transformation, their strength can undergo a dramatic change."
"But how many Elemental Wizard will succeed?"
Frustration, failure, and the lack of hope for success left Leo numb.
Leo has decided not to conduct nuclear fission experiments anymore. The experiments have reached a bottleneck, and he won't make any major discoveries until he finds a better method.
To avoid shattering his wizarding heart, Leo decided to put aside his nuclear fission experiments and improve himself in other ways.
Leo simply walked out of the laboratory, lay down on a chair outside the wizard tower, and leisurely basked in the sun.
"Lord Leo, forty batches of Fire Essence Flower have been harvested. Because you were in seclusion for experiments, they were all sent to Wizard Alice for sale. After deducting the profits from the first ten years, there are a total of 61.5 energy crystals here."
Benji could tell that Leo was in a bad mood, and his whole body exuded a cold aura that said "Don't come looking for death" on his face.
But I still mustered up my courage and stepped forward to explain what I had been doing during this period.
Leo looked at the energy crystal that Benji handed him but didn't take it. He casually waved his hand and said, "You've worked hard all these years. From now on, all the profits from planting medicinal herbs will be yours. You don't need to give them to me."
Looking at the Level 3 Benji who had been running around doing everything for him, the arrogance of the Demigod he once possessed in his single eye was gone. The worldview of the Wizard World had made Benji fully realize his own status.
He was a dispensable fighting partner.
Calling someone a combat partner is merely an attempt to elevate one's own status. In wizarding civilizations, combat partners are practically synonymous with slaves, the only difference being how their masters treat them.
Fortunately, Leo is a good owner, which makes Benji very happy.
"You've been away from the Jeft World for almost fifty years. It's time to go back and see your descendants. If you find any suitable ones, bring them over. Although our place isn't very big, raising a few Gulu Beast shouldn't be a problem."
"It's not right for a level three powerhouse to spend all his time studying farming. Your descendants have arrived, so you should enjoy yourself. Following a wizard like me has been hard enough; don't be too hard on yourself in your daily life."
"Grown ups..."
Hearing Leo's words, Benji almost burst into tears. He never expected that Leo would remember these things and care about him.
"Before that, could you please make an appointment with Alice for me? Tell her I'll be visiting her the day after tomorrow to thank her for taking care of us all these years."
With only fifty years left before the century-long gap, Leo also needs to start preparing other ways to improve his strength. Although the fission reaction's attack power is attractive, the current predicament is still an insurmountable obstacle for Leo.
Leo wasn't the kind of person who was stubborn and inflexible; if all methods had been exhausted, he would try a different approach.
I haven't seen Alice for forty years, and she's been helping me sell the Fire Essence Flower all these years, so I should thank her out of both courtesy and reason.