Chapter 640: The asymmetry of time in the magic dimension
"…The second theorem of magic is that magic cannot spontaneously transfer from low-dimensional individuals to high-dimensional individuals - note that this is a 'one-way movement', which means that under normal circumstances, magic flows from high-dimensional to low-dimensional - similar, the passage of time from 'past' to 'future' also has the natural 'one-way movement' characteristic."
"... Pay attention to the word - 'one-way' - which means that in the dimension of time, there is a 'direction' on one side and 'no direction' on the other side, which is 'asymmetric'; it also means that even if you go from the past, to the present, and then back to the past, and then to the present, the whole process is 'one-way', and there is no 'break' or 'parallel' of the timeline. There is no parallel world you imagine."
"...The past is certain, and determination is a convergent state, orderly, controllable, observable; the future is uncertain, uncertainty is a divergent state, disorderly, chaotic, unobservable... This process of moving from order to disorder is one of the most essential concepts in this world."
"... Maybe some people want to say that since the future is unobservable, what is the future calculated by divination? Here I need to emphasize that the so-called future is unobservable, which means that the future has infinite possibilities, and we cannot observe all possibilities; the future observed by divination is the greatest of all possibilities, but it is not an absolute result. For the future, everything is possible."
At this point, Bao Yangzi stopped and gave the two young wizards some time to record notes. The three lines of large characters in the air have been closely drawn out many terms for explanation.
The old man looked at his "blackboard writing" again, pinched his beard with satisfaction, then lowered his head and hooked his fingers.
The teacup pieces on the ground slowly rose one by one, splicing and bonding together, and by the time the old wizard was in the hands of the old wizard, they had returned to their original state and turned into intact cups again.
Zheng Qing raised his head and happened to see this scene.
"This is not a time rewind." Lao Yao's reminder came from behind the desk: "It's just a small transformation of the recovery spell... Is there another cup?"
In the last sentence, he said to Master Baoyangzi.
The old wizard twisted his gray beard and nodded invisibly, continuing to look at the two young wizards: "...From the perspective of dimensionalism, the orderly and controllable state is an adjective to describe low-dimensional phenomena; the disordered and chaotic state is an adjective to describe high-dimensional phenomena... In other words, the past is a special low-dimensional state, and the future is a special high-dimensional state... This difference between high-dimensional and low-dimensional is the magic basis for us to return to the past from the future."
He stopped again, picked up the cup and took a sip of clear tea.
"Isn't this a contradiction?" Zheng Qing took advantage of this short gap and couldn't help but raise his quill, with a confused look on his face: "If the past reaches the future, from low to high dimension, it doesn't mean..."
He got stuck and couldn't think of a suitable adjective for a moment.
"It means that the magic power of the past must be greater than the magic power of the future in order to complete this kind of low-dimensional to high-dimensional reversal phenomenon." Jiang Yu obviously had a similar incomprehension: "But according to what you just analyzed... the past is low-dimensional, shouldn't the magic power of the low-dimensionality be less than the magic power of the high-dimensionality? This sounds as strange as water flows to a high place!"
"Yes, yes, that's what it means." Zheng Qing nodded repeatedly.
“Very sharp.”
Bao Yangzi showed a satisfied smile on his face: "The real magic theory is so counterintuitive. First of all, I can confirm that the magic power of the past is stronger than the magic power of the future, which is why the most powerful wizard is called the 'ancient man'; secondly, magic power should flow from high dimension to low dimension, which is the basic concept that follows the law of magic; finally, convergent magic power may be more powerful than divergent magic power. The above three points are collectively called the 'asymmetry' of time in the magic dimension. We know the past but not the future, which reflects the asymmetry of time. Similarly, high dimensions and low dimensions, convergence and divergence, order and disorder, controllable and chaotic, observable and unobservable, etc., all describe this 'asymmetry'."
Zheng Qing opened his mouth slightly.
The old man's sentence just now, "The converging magic may be more powerful than the diverging magic." It was like a spark that ignited a certain inspiration in his mind. Before he could think about whether to say that word, Jiang Yu next to him had already answered first.
"Forbidden spell!"
The witch had a hint of suddenness in her urgent tone, and a crisp voice seemed to fall into the jade plate: "The forbidden spell is a concept of convergence to the extreme... The timeline of the past is also a state of convergence to the extreme! The moment of the forbidden spell is the magic power far exceeds any known magic power in the world, but the sum of all the magic power in the world is definitely stronger than a certain forbidden spell!"
"It's really no contradiction." Zheng Qing lowered his head and took notes frantically, adding to himself: "The so-called 'the low-dimensional magic of the past is higher than the high-dimensional magic of the future' is a relative concept... The magic on the converging timeline is far greater than the magic of the future in divergent."
“Very good, very good.”
The old wizard rubbed the teacup in his hand, pulled it with the flow, pulled it into a brown coaching stick, waved it in the air, and pointed it to the second concept just listed: "So now, let's introduce the next concept, the relative flow rate of time!
As we mentioned earlier, for everyone, the ‘natural direction’ of time is from the past to the future.
But under this premise, the 'time flow rate' that everyone experiences is different - a very prominent example. For children, the speed of time they feel is very slow, and every year is very long; but for adults, time passes very quickly, and every year is as short as a month when they were young.
There is a concept of "time acceleration" in classical magic theory, which describes this phenomenon. Of course, some people call it "life acceleration".
This concept means that from birth, the time experienced by everyone will maintain a constant acceleration. As they get older, time will pass faster and faster under the action of this acceleration. Of course, in some cases, this concept will have paradoxes, but this does not affect its effectiveness in a broad sense.
The reason why it is mentioned is because it has a famous inference that is still widely used today - powerful magic will increase the acceleration of time around the wizard. The stronger the magic, the faster the acceleration of time.
This means that for a legendary wizard or a higher-level wizard, the time in his eyes is completely different from that in ordinary wizards. The ancients said, "The big dream is a thousand years", "one glance is ten thousand years", and "the sky is a day and a year on the earth" all describe this situation.
After wizards advance to the realm of great wizards, they need to "store" their true bodies in their small world all year round. It is because they are too big and too heavy, and time will be twisted and accelerated around them. Therefore, in order to maintain a "relatively harmonious" state with the real world, they need to make a certain degree of compromise.
In a sense, this relationship between strength and weakness is also a manifestation of 'asymmetry'."
Ps, am I writing a novel (self-doubt ing…) I thought it was too much to write a complete news report before..._(:3"∠)_
Ps, after I got to the conclusion of the next chapter, I just believed it (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻