I Created Scientific Magic - Chapter 84

Chapter 84: Chapter 74: You and I Are One Step Closer to the Truth (Two in One)_2

Philip, Kevin, Theodore, and others exchanged glances, unable to conceal the shock in their hearts. Lynn’s claim that the two objects differed in mass by dozens of times was far too conservative. This was already close to a hundredfold difference!

“But it’s so strange, why is this happening?” Luo’er looked at Lynn with incomprehension, not caring about the three Gold Coins he had lost, but rather deeply curious about this phenomenon that defied common sense.

He had witnessed with his own eyes the terrifying destruction caused when the iron ball hit the ground, yet its falling speed was exactly the same as that of a hollow wooden ball.

This was not magic at all!

“Let’s make an assumption to understand,” Lynn said, looking at the puzzled faces around the square and raising his voice slightly. “According to Master Yade’s theory, the falling speed of an object is directly proportional to its weight. That’s correct, isn’t it?”

Luo’er and others nodded, then Lynn changed his tone and pointed at the two spheres.

“Now, if I tie this wooden ball and the iron ball together with a rope and drop them from a height, what do you think their falling speed will be, faster or slower?”

“Obviously faster, because the overall weight has increased…” Luo’er answered without hesitation.

But the next second, several wizards refuted, “No… It should be slower! The mass of the wooden ball is much lower than that of the iron ball, and its descending speed is much slower, so it will inevitably slow down the fall of the iron ball.”

“If a single iron ball takes four seconds to fall and a wooden ball takes nine seconds, then if both are tied together and fall at the same time, the final landing time should be between four and nine seconds.”

Even before Lynn could respond, the wizards had already begun arguing among themselves. Johnny, Ailoke, and others who were listening felt that both sides seemed to make sense, yet they contradicted each other…

“The answer is… there is no change!” Lynn interrupted the noisy debate.

“How is it possible there’s no change!” Philip retorted with a frown, but then he stopped short because the falling body experiment had just proven this point. The falling speed of the object was unrelated to its weight; it would fall at the same moment regardless.

“Mr. Luo’er, may I have a blank piece of paper?” Lynn, well aware that many present still had doubts, turned to Luo’er and asked.

“Of course, you can.” Luo’er pulled out a sheet from the papers he carried and handed it to Lynn, curious to see what he would do.

Lynn turned to the townspeople, holding up the sheet of paper. “Who can give me a book, just slightly wider than this paper?”

Amidst a buzz of noise, a child contributed a storybook he was carrying with him.

Lynn activated the Mage’s Hand, raising the sheet of paper and the storybook to a height of two meters, letting them fall together.

The sheet of paper floated gently in the air, taking a full nine seconds to hit the ground, while the storybook landed with a thud in just three seconds.

“What are you doing?” Philip asked, puzzled, as the phenomenon seemed to completely contradict his theory.

Lynn did not answer but placed the sheet of paper gently on top of the storybook’s cover, then with the cover facing upward, once again sent them aloft, saying playfully, “Come on, guess who will hit the ground first if we let them fall together now?”

“Do we even need to guess? Without a doubt, the paper will float in the air, and the book will hit the ground first!” Philip said decisively.

This time, both sides agreed with Philip’s opinion, because Lynn did not bind them together; they could not be considered as one object.

So it must be the paper that’s slower, and the book that’s faster!

“Then you’ll want to watch closely what comes next!” Lynn shook his head and immediately dispelled the magic.

The next moment, to the astonishment of everyone present, the page did not float as they had envisioned. Instead, it stayed adhered to the book’s cover and fell with it to the ground.

The entire process took a mere three seconds for both the thin sheet of paper and the heavy book to hit the ground simultaneously!

The entire square fell into a deathly silence; they racked their brains but couldn’t fathom why this was happening.

Reality had undeniably shattered everyone’s intuition once again!

Unless… what Lynn said was true, that the speed of free fall has nothing to do with weight!

“Was it by eliminating air resistance?” Helram mused, and of course he could see, because Lynn had attached the sheet of paper to the book, the thin paper didn’t have to face the resistance of the air and would naturally fall with the book.

Still unconvinced, Luo’er replicated Lynn’s method and tried again, but the result was still unchanged!

Even the wizards who had been the most vocal opponents had to consider the possibility that Master Yade’s theory might indeed be flawed!

“Your wisdom is commendable, Master Helram! It is precisely because the book took on the air resistance instead of the sheet of paper, they fell together!” Lynn first praised Helram quite naturally, then turned to the wizards who hadn’t yet recovered from the shock of the two free fall experiments, and spoke again.

“When I was at the Secret Magic Society, I once heard a master say that the world is filled with wonders, and sometimes certain phenomena even transcend our understanding; a wizard’s journey to discover truth is like several blind people trying to comprehend the shape of a dragon by touching it,” Lynn continued.

“The one who touches the leg thinks the dragon is like a column, the one who touches the wing believes the dragon is like a flat and long disk… but without a doubt, all these conclusions are one-sided!”

“Perhaps one day, another wizard will stand on this square with a rigorous, unquestionable experiment, to overturn this law of free fall, but I will not be angered. On the contrary, I welcome anyone to question and experimentally verify it repeatedly!”

“Because every error that is corrected signifies that we are one step closer to the truth!”

Lynn’s resonant voice echoed continuously over the square; after a very brief silence, roaring applause thundered forth.

Tic, Philip, and others were not only stunned by the two unimaginable free fall experiments but also admired Lynn’s magnanimity.

One should know that in Wizard Land, disputes over principles weren’t taken lightly; sometimes different factions would even come to blows trying to prove whose theory was correct.

Yet Lynn did the opposite, inviting everyone to repeatedly validate his theory through experimentation, a magnanimity that was truly admirable!

The local villagers joined in the applause; those with knowledge applauded sincerely, but others were confused. A short halfling, looking up at Darren who was clapping his hands red, whispered a question.

“Did you understand what they were saying, Darren?”

“Isn’t it simple? Master Yade’s theory is wrong, Mr. Lynn’s theory is correct!” Darren replied with a disdainful look on his face but feeling very unsure deep down.

He could barely keep up with talk of wind resistance and gravity but had no clue why a sheet of paper and a book could hit the ground together. Nevertheless, since all the wizards were applauding, following suit surely couldn’t be wrong!

Amid the fervent applause, the massive airship slowly landed on the sandy ground, and an exuberant halfling girl clambered down from the airship using the ladder. Seeing everyone clapping to welcome her, she squinted her eyes in delight.

“The ‘Lookout’ airship’s maiden flight was a success, all devices inside the airship are functioning normally, Captain Lydia requests further instructions!” Lydia ran up to Lynn, saluted mock-seriously and spoke with pride.

“There are no further instructions for now, let’s call it a day!” Lynn replied with a smile.

Lydia immediately shed her captain’s demeanor and began excitedly recounting her experiences in the sky, like how she piloted the airship through a pristine cloud, the distant rolling hills and the boundless ocean that stretched as far as the eye could see…

(PS: Today is a combination of 4000 words again. The two experiments mentioned in the text were attempted by an Angel before I dared to write them. Although not as high as three hundred meters or as heavy as a metal ball, the results were the same. Items with more than ten times the weight difference will hit the ground at the same time, as long as their mass is sufficient, to the point where air resistance can almost be neglected, especially when their shapes and sizes are identical (just don’t use ping pong balls and feathers for the experiment, they’re too light)—Lastly, find a safe place for the experiment, and never, ever throw objects from high places, and definitely don’t say I taught you!!)