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Chapter 264 Open Your Mind
"???" The research fanatic paused for a moment before finally remembering that his mentor was referring to the "spellcasting mother machine" he had worked on before, and then he complimented:
"Ah, you mean that? It's incredibly useful! As expected of you, I racked my brains trying to figure it out but couldn't. The old fox is still the wisest!"

"Stop with all this nonsense with me. By the way, I remember you went into software development after graduation, didn't you? How come you're suddenly dabbling in analog electronics again?" Professor Wang asked in a friendly tone, but the research fanatic suddenly felt something was off.

Although this tutor is kind and patient in answering questions, he is still a professor. It makes no sense for him to conduct an "after-sales survey" for a student who graduated a few years ago seeking help with a circuit design.

Thinking of this, he forced his still somewhat dizzy head to clear: "Professor Wang, please ask whatever you need..."

"Well, I'll ask then. If there are any confidentiality clauses, just pretend I didn't say anything." The moment Professor Wang uttered those words, the research fanatic sensed something was amiss and immediately became alert—

"Has Professor Wang betrayed us? But that doesn't make sense. I'm just a programmer, not someone from a classified organization... If we're going to talk about confidentiality, the old man himself has more information than I do, right? Could it be an AI scam? Did someone discover my communication with my supervisor and try to trick me into revealing information to the professor?"

The research fanatic's eyes immediately sharpened, but then he heard the professor speak:

"What exactly was the analog circuit you asked me to make for?"

"Huh?" The research fanatic was taken aback by the professor's question, but he still answered truthfully:
"That's actually not a circuit board, but something from a game..." The research fanatic paused, considering the professor's age, before continuing, "Well, you know Diablo, right? It's like those runewords, four in total, with different combinations having different effects. I tried to make one that could accommodate all arrangements..."

"Are you serious? You didn't secretly take on some confidential project? Or did you just suddenly have this idea and become a guinea pig for some amateur scientist?" Professor Wang's sudden loud question interrupted the research fanatic's words, leaving him completely bewildered—

"How come this is both pseudo-scientific and classified... Have you been reading too many novels?"

"Forget it, you're in the province now, right? You know where my research institute is, right? Hurry up and come over, you probably don't know what you've come up with!"

"Huh?" Professor Wang's tone carried a hint of excitement that was unfamiliar to the research fanatic, and for a moment he was speechless.

"Stop! Hurry up and come here. You're lucky you ran into me. If it were someone else without any morals, you'd be crying! By the way, where do you live now? If it's far, I'll have someone pick you up!"

"No, no, no need, I'm coming right now! It's just a few subway stops away!"

The research fanatic finally realized he was probably in real trouble. Clinging to his last shred of suspicion that it was a "telecom fraud," he didn't dare send anyone to pick him up at home. Instead, he changed his clothes and headed towards the subway station…

……

"Why are you here just now?"

Arriving at the school he hadn't visited in years, the research fanatic hadn't even had a chance to reminisce about his lost youth when he saw a little old man waving as he walked towards him:
"Why are you so slow? I should have told you to send someone to pick you up. Hurry up!"

Seeing Professor Wang drag him inside without a word, the research fanatic was incredibly nervous and quickly said:
"No, Professor, can you tell me what's going on? You're scaring me!" "I can't say for sure, but your circuit board meter is running backwards!"

Professor Wang struggled for a long time and seemed to finally find a suitable description, but the research fanatic was dumbfounded:
"Professor, when did you start using slang?"

"Who told you a trendy phrase? The meter really is running backwards! Your circuit design only has an input and an output, it looks like a charger or something. I didn't pay attention at the time, but the more I thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed. I was worried about safety risks, so I made a real one and did a power supply test, and then I found that the reading was not right..."

Professor Wang was a little embarrassed when he said this. In fact, he should have called and asked directly, but it would be a bit embarrassing for a professor not to understand what the student was doing. It would be even more embarrassing if there was no problem. So he simply decided to make it himself first to try it out.

But the research fanatic clearly had no idea what the old professor was thinking, and only said somewhat embarrassedly:
"That really is just a game..."

"So what happened before doesn't matter, what matters is now!" Professor Wang shook his head and pulled him to the innermost room of the research institute. At this moment, a circuit board more than half a meter long was placed on the experimental table.

Upon arriving at this point, Professor Wang didn't waste any time. He immediately took out a 3.3V interface and connected it to the input port, then connected the measuring device to the output port.

"Look, the input voltage is 3.3V, but the output voltage is high voltage. Moreover, the current attenuation is far less than the loss that should be expected when stepping up the voltage. In other words, even if you just connect a transformer, the output current is more than the input current. Isn't this the meter running in reverse?"

"???" Forget about professional knowledge, anyone who has heard of the law of conservation of energy would think this is absurd. So why is that?

"How did you do it?"

Upon hearing this question from the research enthusiast, Professor Wang shrugged:

"I'd like to know that too? You said this is something used in a game, how do you use it in the game?"

"Just use it as a staff! Input the blue bar, then cast a spell..." The research fanatic felt the whole world had become a bit surreal. Contrary to his expectations, Professor Wang didn't show any doubt; instead, he asked with feigned seriousness:

"Can it only cast a single spell? Or can it cast multiple spells? What kind of single spell is it? And how is multiple spells controlled?"

"It's that kind of thing that relies on imagination. It feels like different spells have different circuits. This is just a basic template. I control the magic power through a specific section, and then I imagine it becoming a specific shape in my mind, and then the magic is formed." The research fanatic wasn't used to being asked this by the old professor, but he still endured the embarrassment and described the feeling of casting spells in his game.

To everyone's surprise, the old professor nodded thoughtfully after listening.

"So, casting spells actually requires software, but in games, the software is driven by consciousness... In reality, then we need additional programming to guide energy through specific pathways? Describe a simple spell to me, and I'll try to write a program to simulate it. By the way, there are materials in the cabinet over there; feel free to use any generic parts. Just add a programming interface first..."

(End of this chapter)