During dinner, Xiao Xiao looked at the questions on the parchment paper on Zheng Qing's table, and held his glasses with interest, murmured: "It seems that he has seen these questions somewhere."
"Really!"
Zheng Qing's spoon was slightly beaten in the air, and the lump of mashed potatoes hanging on the spoon immediately began to slide downwards under the influence of gravity, but he didn't care at all, but couldn't wait to explain: "———These are five questions listed on the blackboard by the professor before the end of the introductory class of the Dimensional School in the afternoon, as our after-class assignments, and he will ask questions in the next class..."
After saying that, he looked at the short witch with anticipation, hoping that this great doctor could help him solve this problem.
"Are graduate students' after-class assignments so casually?"
The fat wizard who was stuffing a bacon sandwich in his mouth heard this and raised his head with envy, his voice a little vague: "I feel that only two words can answer all the questions you listed..."
"What two words?" Zheng Qing looked at Xin in surprise, and the spoon in his hand was still hanging in the air.
"magic."
The fat wizard poked a boiled broccoli with a fork and threw out these two words lightly: "Magic can stop time, magic can travel time, magic can escape time, magic can make you feel time, magic can also release time... right?"
Pick.
The mashed potatoes in Zheng Qing's spoon were finally overwhelmed and fell back to the plate.
"Um...it sounds a little reasonable."
He did not pay attention to his mashed potatoes, but looked at Xiao Xiao again, thinking about the fat wizard's answer: "Isn't there a saying in the classical magic theory - magic is not afraid of excessive waste, because magic can always find another dimension and continue to be used. Even if it has fallen into the two-dimensional world, as long as the magic can flow and take effect, they will eventually be used by life in this dimension - it is very appropriate to replace the subject in this sentence with 'time'."
Dr. Xiao raised his chin slightly and looked at the two roommates from under the frame.
“The fat man’s answer is like saying nonsense that ‘I’m not dead because I’m alive’.”
He did not hesitate to his contempt at all, and stopped before he spoke again: "But after you interrupted this, I remembered the answers to these questions... 'Kissing can stop time'' Reading can make time travel''' Music can make people escape time''' Writing can make people feel time'''' Breathing can free time''... This is what the famous wizard, Matt Hager, left in one of his works. I remember this wizard is best at continuing some wonderful moments through some exquisite magical techniques... But I think your teacher in Introduction to Dimensions should not want this answer. Because this answer is too philosophical and has nothing to do with Dimensions theory."
Zheng Qing nodded in agreement.
But at this moment, he no longer had the trouble he had a few minutes ago, because he could write at least two different answers on his parchment to hand in his homework.
He used a spoon to dig up a piece of mashed potatoes and stuffed them into his mouth.
"Is it possible that it has something to do with dimension development?"
He thought of the content of the next class and the painting in the classroom today, and briefly described it to his companions: "... In short, according to the book, 'symbols can be expanded in the spatial dimension, but sound can only be expanded in the time dimension'. For example, an alchemy battle puppet, its two-dimensional expansion diagram can be referenced in the 'magic projection'..."
"drawing!"
The fat wizard suddenly inserted and gave Zheng Qing a better reference: "The design drawings of an alchemy doll may require thousands of kilograms, or even a few tons of parchment. In a sense, those drawings are what the alchemy doll looks like after the dimension reduction."
Xiao Xiao nodded, then shook his head again.
"The answers to those questions of Zha Ge'er should indeed be related to the dimension development."
He first confirmed Zheng Qing's guess, and then analyzed with a slow speech speed: "——Compared with the three-dimensional space, the dimension of time is very high, just like the dead, and he will never leave day and night. It is very difficult for a great wizard who first involved in the field of time to understand the true meaning of time in one go, so our normal approach is to use the 'jade of other mountains'... Just like when a wizard with a low talent in divination learns trends, you can start by drawing a line chart."
"speed!"
A flash of lightning flashed through Zheng Qing's mind and suddenly said: "Display the time dimension from the direction of speed! I remember there is a saying - if there is no upper limit of speed, time is meaningless - so speed can escape time!"
"Bingo!"
Xiao Xiao snapped his fingers dullly and gave another direction of development: "The wizard with insufficient talent wants to understand the dimension of time, and he can start from the simplest part - memory. The dimension of consciousness intersects with the dimension of time, and a famous virtual dimension will be born. This virtual dimension is the time experienced by the memory master. In this way, time is manifested, so that the wizard can truly enter the truth, ferry in the long river of time, and put down the first wooden board."
“So 'memory' is the answer to which question?”
The fat wizard looked around with interest: "Can memory travel time? Can memory feel time? Can memory stop time?... Hiss... I suddenly felt that this answer is a little more appropriate than magic."
"That's because memory is a ferry that spys over the long river of time."
A slightly hoarse voice suddenly sounded, which scared the three young wizards. Zheng Qing tilted his head and looked to the side, but he saw nothing. Instead, Xiao Xiao and Xin stared at Zheng Qing's ears, looking like they were seeing ghosts.
"--snake!"
“——I’ve spoken.”
Two people were in front and behind, and they were speechless.
Zheng Qing suddenly realized who was speaking - it was not his fault. Compared with last night, the green dragon seemed to have become bigger today. Although it could still be hung on his ears through the transformation technique, the color was much darker than before. At the same time, he was also surprised that the boss was willing to participate in the chat of several young people.
Xiao Xiao also came to his senses at this time and looked at Zheng Qing inquiringly.
Zheng Qing nodded slightly.
"...Memory is the basic dimension of consciousness, or the soul. Its status in dimensional theory is no lower than time. If you use it to interpret the dimension of time, you will naturally fall into a dilemma similar to using magic to interpret it."
The blue little dragon didn't know what he thought of, and was quite interested at this time: "——But you can answer this question with several 'sub-dimensionalities' of 'memory'. For example, memory can stop time, reminiscence can travel time, amnesia can escape time, memory can feel time... and, hey, profit and loss can release time."
Zheng Qing understood the first few words, but he chewed the last sentence several times, but he couldn't understand the profound meaning.
"What is the memory of profit and loss?" Xiao Xiao was obviously more curious than him.
"Profit and loss are not memories, but cross-dimensional concepts." The blue dragon's voice became lazy again: "——Under the constraints, the total amount of time for each person is certain. As long as you know how to use other people's time, you can release your own time. This process is 'profit and loss'."
So, it is just complaining about its time in "profit and loss" everyone?