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He then placed the book, ink pot, and feather into the Crafting Table to begin the synthesis. In the game, a pen cannot be crafted directly; it can only be created by combining it with a book. All that is needed is one book, one feather, and one bottle of ink to complete the process. It was very simple.
Before long, he retrieved the book from the Crafting Table once again. However, unlike before, this time the book was accompanied by a beautifully crafted Feather Pen. This Feather Pen was the ancestor of modern fountain pens, made entirely from bird feathers. Ink would be injected into the slender hollow part at the center of the feather, and then a sharp knife would cut a small slit.
In this way, the ink inside the feather would flow out through the cut and reach the tip of the pen, allowing for easy writing on paper. However, the Feather Pen synthesized in "My World" differed from its real-world counterpart. Firstly, its material was sturdier than that of the real world, providing a grip experience similar to that of future gel pens. Secondly, regarding ink supply, according to game mechanics, it seemed that its ink was provided in unlimited quantities. In other words, this Feather Pen in the game did not require any additional ink refills.
This brought great comfort to Yun Yi. He then took the newly crafted book and pen back to the Pavilion in the front yard. When Zhao Feng and Guan Yu saw Yun Yi return, they immediately stood up to greet him, saying, "Great Immortal, you have arrived!"
Yun Yi nodded and raised the book and pen in his hand as he replied to them, "Please take a seat for a moment; I will write down the truths of heaven and earth for you now." With that, he sat down himself and began his writing work.
The first task was to unify the measurement system. He decided to adopt various length units commonly used in later generations, such as meters, decimeters, centimeters, and millimeters. However, merely replacing the names would not bring about substantial help; what was most important was to provide a reference standard.
For instance, in later times, the definition of a meter is derived from the angular distance of a degree of Earth's longitude. It is worth noting that there are some discrepancies in the standard explanation of what a meter is. The actual standard for a meter is based on a segment of the meridian that runs through Paris, extending from one pole of the Earth to the other. This definition was established as early as the 18th century. Under the current standard definition, a meter is equal to the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. However, this simplified description is meant for easier understanding of the background context.
Yun Yi could not directly measure the prime meridian, but this did not pose a problem. In "Minecraft," each block's length, width, and height are fixed and correspond precisely to one meter in reality. Thus, Yun Yi could conveniently treat one block in the game as one meter. Following this, based on the decimal system principle, it was easy to derive decimeters, centimeters, millimeters, and other subunits.
As for standards of measurement regarding mass and area, they aligned with future measurement methods. Thanks to the highly standardized settings of items within the game, unifying measurements became exceptionally straightforward, requiring almost no complex adjustments to achieve consistent standards. After establishing a unified measurement system, Yun Yi proceeded to organize and introduce numerical symbols. He believed that these symbols were more refined than traditional characters and particularly beneficial for scientific activities such as calculations.
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