Chapter 140 The Unaware Genius
The light in the rune workshop is always the same, making people unable to feel the passage of time.
Gaode has written four times. After the first failure, the other three times were all successes.
Looking at the basic rune "Gathering Demons" with complicated lines drawn by himself on the magic paper, Gothe's eyes lit up slightly.
There is light flowing among these complicated lines, gathering the magic power wandering in the world at a steady but slow rate.
Gothe looked at this scene with admiration.
He felt an indescribable beauty: just some cold lines, under the deconstruction and combination of the knowledge system of rune literature, could turn into such an inexplicable magical power.
The last time I felt this kind of beauty was in mathematics: some cold numbers and symbols, after combination, can become a harmonious and graceful formula, expressing extremely complex concepts and rules.
It was this sense of beauty that made Gothe fall in love with mathematics.
Gaode originally thought that there would be no other subject as "beautiful" as mathematics in the world.
Now, in a different world, Gothe finally encountered the second "mathematics" that he thought would not exist.
After feeling the beauty and shock from the runes, Gothe was immersed in surprise again.
Happy to see the hunting heart.
In Gothe's eyes, the rigid zero-level basic rune "Gathering Demons" on the magic paper is so vivid, as if it will come alive at any time.
Gothe put the four pieces of magic paper aside and opened the "First Understanding of Runes" information again.
The second zero-level basic rune recorded above is called "restriction". Its function is that the system will operate if and only when the magic power passes through all the "restriction" runes in the system (which can be compound runes or magic circles).
If any of the "restriction" runes malfunctions or no magic power passes through, the system will not function.
The third zero-level basic rune is called "Allow". If there are multiple "Allow" runes in a system, as long as one "Allow" rune has magic power to pass through, the system can normal operation.
The fifth zero-level basic rune is called "Connection". Its function is to serve as a bridge to connect those basic runes that are incompatible with each other to form a composite rune.
The last zero-level basic rune is "diffusion", which is used to spread the effect of a certain basic rune to other systems.
After successfully drawing the last "diffusion" rune on the magic paper, Gothe rubbed his aching eyes with relief.
He found that not only his eyes were astringent, but also his wrists were shaking slightly.
At this moment, Gao Decai suddenly came back to his senses and realized that he was already hungry.
The mana in his body, which was not very abundant to begin with, was close to drying up during the process of drawing the runes.
He was startled and quickly took out his pocket watch. When he looked at the time, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
In other words, he stood here for nearly eight hours without any pause or rest.
Gaode opened his mouth, feeling helpless.
This is his long-standing "problem":
As soon as he enters the state of doing questions, he will completely forget himself and cannot feel the flow of things around him, or even the passage of time. , entering a state of "obsession".
If there is no external force to wake him up, he will not "recover" from this state until all the problems in his hand are solved.
In the eyes of others, this is called concentration.
But being too focused can sometimes cause trouble.
For example, when he was in elementary school, he was exposed to Mathematical Olympiad questions for the first time. He was stumped by the last question. He thought hard and even broke into a cold sweat.
It was just like being late at home waiting for her to come back from school, searching for two or three hours on the street, and finally finding Gaode's mother in the dark classroom who was still immersed in the final question.
Looking at his mother who was also in a cold sweat, Gothe realized for the first time that sometimes he had to learn to control and suppress his concentration.
But if a problem can really be overcome so easily, it cannot be called a problem.
Faults are stubborn.
For example, now, just by not paying attention, he fell into this kind of concentration state of "forgetting both things and myself".
“Fuck!”
Gaode’s character is destined to not be dissuaded by the boring memory copying process of rune literature, and he will basically not use swear words.
He just wiped the sweat that had appeared on his forehead at some point, but he couldn't help but murmured a rare curse word to himself.
Of course, it’s not to curse, but at this moment, only swear words can express one’s inner emotions in the most concise and powerful way.
No wonder it is said that rune literature has the highest threshold. It is just a "homework" and it took him so much time, physical strength and energy to barely complete it.
When he thought that all the rune masters came here like this, Gothe felt inexplicably amazed.
He had a feeling of admiration for the group of rune masters, and at the same time he also felt a sense of frustration that he had never experienced before.
However, Gaode didn't feel sorry for himself, he just silently accepted the fact that his qualifications in rune learning were not outstanding. Although in his life before coming to this world, Gothe was praised as a genius more than once by others.
At least in the study of all subjects during his student days, he had a sense of ease and ease.
Learning has always been a very simple thing for him.
Occasionally, he would feel that he was a genius.
For example, when I found that the mathematical formulas that I occasionally thought of during class breaks a few years ago were seen in the current class.
But Gaode is not arrogant enough to believe that this kind of learning talent in the world under the technological system can also be used in a world with an extraordinary system.
Everyone has their own strengths. Since you are good at "mathematics", you won't be as good at it in other fields.
However, this did not affect Gaode's decision to continue studying "Rune Literature".
Because, he really likes the beauty of runes.
Gao Deqiang, despite his hunger and exhaustion, carefully sorted out his "homework" and neatly stacked it next to the materials.
This is left for tutor He Xi’s possible inspection.
After doing this, he silently turned around and prepared to leave.
Before walking out of the rune workshop, he glanced at the small inner room where Jose O'Kenley was.
The door is still closed.
Or maybe I had opened it, but I was immersed in my homework at the time and didn't notice it?
It doesn't matter.
The important thing is that he is already very hungry and needs to eat quickly!
Gaode left, but the workroom was still quiet.
After some time, He Xi, who looked slightly pale and tired, opened the door of his "laboratory" and walked out.
For him who is already a third-ring mage, no matter how old he is, his energy and physical strength are much stronger than ordinary people.
It’s just that the work he did was too energy-consuming.
So, fatigue is inevitable.
However, among the fatigue, there is also a hint of satisfaction.
This kind of satisfaction is difficult to describe in ordinary language. It can only be accurately summarized with an ancient saying from Gao De's previous life: "Come and hear the Tao."
He walked to the workbench habitually and tidied the workbench habitually.
Then, he suddenly remembered that today he had brought some introductory materials that he had compiled to the student named "Gaode".
“I wonder what he saw.” The old man’s muttering to himself stopped abruptly.
He saw a small pile of magic paper with basic runes drawn neatly on the workbench.
Compared with yesterday, this time He Xi's pupils did not dilate, but shrank suddenly.
He picked up Gaode's "homework" and looked through it carefully one by one.
For a high-level rune master who has been immersed in rune literature for hundreds of years, there should be nothing interesting about this simple basic rune text.
But at this moment, He Xi's eyes were full of wonder, as if he was admiring some artwork.
“Fuck”
The old man swears less when he sees it.
So even when he said the words "fuck", his tone was serious, his tone was steady, and his pronunciation was correct.
It didn’t sound like he was swearing at all.
It is indeed not a dirty word.
The old man just needs these three words to express his inner emotions.
After reading the "homework" left by Gothe, he seemed to be a little more energetic.
He Xi put down the stack of magic paper in his hand and softly added after "fuck":
"This is really a genius."
(End of this chapter)