Chapter 266 El Haisen: Come on!
Alva Nicola's research report mentioned only one thing - the Nicola Coil, a theoretical weapon that could create artificial lightning.
This is the Teyvat version of the "Tesla Coil", Harold muttered to himself, then took the paper document and looked at it carefully.
After explaining his hypothesis, Alva Nicola mentioned inductors, transformers, lighters, capacitors and other devices that do not exist in Teyvat when explaining the power generation principle of the "Nikola Coil", and attached design drawings.
Harold was not good at mechanics and had only a vague understanding of the principles of the Tesla coil, so after reading through them, he put the documents away and said goodbye to Elhaisen.
After arriving home, Harold checked the time. It was still two hours before Kavi's average return home time, so he planned to go to Huachengguo first to look through the students' research records for today.
Before that, he made a cup of coffee. When the coffee machine made a "beep" prompt sound, he heard the sound of the key turning.
"El Haisen, why did you get off work so early today?!"
Kavi's voice spread from the living room to the kitchen, and his footsteps were getting closer and closer.
"It's me." Harold walked out of the kitchen and waved to Kavi.
"Harold? How... isn't today Sunday?!" Kavi was surprised.
"Well, Senior Elhaisen and I agreed to go to the archives to get the documents, so I came back specially this afternoon." Haroldt smiled and patted the documents on the table.
Kavi suddenly realized: "Oh - why do you have to go get it yourself? Can't you let El Haisen bring it back?"
I need to find Nafis, and there are two different charges for me to get it myself and to have Alhaisen bring it back. Harold muttered to himself.
Kawi suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and his tone was a little surprised: "He refuses to help?"
Yes, he is so cruel that he won't help me for free and won't let me do it for free, Harold said in his heart.
On the surface, he shrugged and replied, "No, I just wanted to go to the place where my senior works, and I just happened to have a research report that I wanted our clerk to back up."
"I see." Kavi nodded, believing what he said. Then he looked at the documents on the desk with a curious look on his face. "What documents did you bring back? Papers related to biology?"
"A weapon." Harold shook his head and replied with a smile.
"Weapons?!" Kavi cried out. After saying that, he immediately noticed his own gaffe, so he coughed lightly and asked in a serious tone, "What weapons? Are there such dangerous things in the archives of the Magisterium? Could this also be..."
Kavi's voice became smaller and smaller. He thought this was the guarantee prepared by the great sage for the smooth implementation of the plan.
Kavi speculated: Perhaps there are many such documents in the archives, and the House of the Decrees also made physical objects based on these documents.
"No, it has nothing to do with the great sage." Harold rubbed his forehead and thought to himself, Senior Kavi, your thinking is a little too divergent.
He paused and explained, "I heard about this senior's research and I was very interested in it, so I looked for relevant information.
That senior was unlucky. The original paper was eaten by a mushroom beast, and the Ministry of Education did not think his research was worth recording in the void, so I could only try my luck in the archives. I didn’t expect that I could actually find a copy.”
"The Faith Council is always like this. They like to use 'evaluation criteria' and 'expected value' to grade scholars' research, which often discourages scholars' enthusiasm. In fact, the value of many studies cannot be judged by a few simple standards.
This study has caught your attention, so there must be something special about it. Can I take a look at it?" Kavi asked curiously.
Harold thought to himself: Of course, it is specially prepared for you, senior, and I can’t understand it.
Looking at Kavi who had already taken the bait, Harold handed the document to him sincerely, saying:
"Senior, take a look. The person who proposed this research, Senior Alva Nicola, conceived a device to create artificial lightning, but for some reason he was unable to make it."
"Creating artificial lightning? No elemental power is needed, lightning can be created with only mechanical devices? What's the principle?" Kavi became interested instantly, he picked up the document and read it carefully.
Harold: "Well, so I think if we can make a real thing, it might be a good self-defense weapon."
"That's right! Lightning like the lightning circle of the Abyss Mage can be triggered without the Eye of God. The younger students who go on field surveys will definitely need this!" Kavi praised.
While the two were talking, the door opened and Elhaisen walked in pushing his bicycle.
"Senior Elhaisen." Harold greeted.
Elhaisen raised his head and looked at the two of them: "Have you found anything? Are there ancient runes or treasure maps hidden in it?"
"Isn't this the one you found for Harold? Haven't you seen it?" Kavi asked in surprise.
"It is precisely because I have read it that I think there is a reason why this research has not received much attention." Elhaisen said lightly as he parked the car in a fixed position.
"Don't you understand mechanics? Then how did you come to this conclusion?" Kavi said dissatisfiedly.
"The nature, purpose and amount of funding for the research have already explained this. Moreover, his research is only theoretical and he failed to provide reasonable explanations for some issues in the report.
As a weapon, the lightning he created was not controllable. If an ordinary person who could not manipulate the lightning element turned on the switch of the device, the result was predictable:
The user of the device and the person he wants to attack will be struck indiscriminately by lightning. This single loophole is enough to be fatal. "Elhaisen said as he walked towards the two men.
Kavi pinched the drawing of the discharge terminal and tried hard to find words to refute it.
Harold was the first to speak: "I think if he can make a real object and demonstrate it on the spot, he might be recognized by the instructors.
After all, regardless of the function, artificial lightning is very entertaining, and with the exciting research goal of "allowing ordinary people to control lightning", the Ministry of Education may make an exception and allocate some funds to him."
"That's right! And the lightning we created is uncontrollable, so why not make it controllable?" Kavi had finished thinking by then, and began to refute Elhaisen with high morale.
"As long as we find the right conductive material and isolation device, this problem can be easily solved. I have even thought of a material for the latter. It is mentioned in "Slime Continent" that rubber is not conductive, so wouldn't it be better to wrap a layer of rubber on the conductive material? The only thing that is difficult to control is actually the attack distance and attack range..."
Elhaisen crossed his arms and said, "There are more loopholes in this research report than just this one—"
"Stop, stop, stop, stop! Could you please stop finding fault with me for now? Wait until I make it before you say anything!" Kavi shouted.
"So many hidden problems still cannot stop the two great artists from pursuing their goals, so I won't comment on it," said Elhaisen.
El Haisen declared to shut up, but Kavi felt even more upset for some reason.
Harold said, "Senior Kawi, why don't you try to make these on the blueprint first? I'm quite curious about this 'Nikola Coil'. It doesn't use fuel or elemental power. How does it create lightning?"
Harold thought: From the discovery of the positive and negative poles of electricity (the full and empty stamens of the electric tree) to the Nicola coil, this is a big leap. In between, there are at least a series of theories or important equipment missing, such as batteries, Ampere's law, electromagnetic induction, step-up transformers, capacitor bottles, etc.
It has spanned a hundred years on the Blue Planet, not to mention that Alva Nicola's ultimate goal in making the Nicola Coil is to make weapons. It is no wonder that Elhaisen is pessimistic about the prospects of his research.