Chapter 858: A Forbidden Experiment Touching the Essence of Life?
Chapter 858: A Forbidden Experiment Touching the Essence of Life?
Mei Linde's office.
“This Little Han she truly doesn't let me have peace of mind.”
Mei Linde sighed slightly, then split off an avatar to let it start being busy with the academy's affairs.
Her true body, however, needed to be devoted to the Destiny Gazing plan.
This was an attempt she considered very hopeful; regarding the Umbilicus Mundi, the witches were naturally determined to win.
“Aiyaya you just go ahead and pamper her, even letting her wander around wantonly. If you were a bit tougher, our progress wouldn't be this slow. Little Han is still a Teaching Assistant! Can't you, as the Academy Head, order her around a bit? You're quite handy at ordering us around!”
At this moment, a witch on the side spoke up to tease.
“Enough, Start once the black tea is finished. Little Han can I even order her around? She is only a Teaching Assistant in name; the academy doesn't even pay her a salary.”
“Mei Linde, you're going too far!”
“Too far? If we truly settle the accounts, is that bit of wealth Little Han has enough to compensate for the commotions she's caused? Don't be so calculating. She has a girlfriend to pamper her, while you all have nothing.”
“You, you, you! Believe it or not, I'll just stop working!”
“Breaking guard already? Not necessary, sister. If you're envious, you can… hmm?”
Mei Linde's words weren't finished when her tone paused, because her avatar over there had suddenly discovered something that concerned her greatly.
“What's wrong?”
The several witches still enjoying the tea party remained indifferent, but they could also see that Mei Linde seemingly had something on her mind.
“Tsk... Little Han and the others' Self-generating Magic Power project has encountered a problem.”
……
After leaving the Academy Head's office.
Because the small-scale promotion experiment for Self-generating Magic Power was being conducted at an indoor training ground, Big Sis Bai and I headed straight for that place.
Previously, while returning with the Academy Head, we had also chatted about this matter.
Now, I naturally had to go back and properly check the situation.
Incidentally, I'd see how the progress of those few fellows from my dorm was going.
Especially Hong Chenyi; that Association Method she proposed was indeed somewhat interesting.
Although a brand-new line of thought also brought brand-new uncertainties, in my view, these were merely questions of which foot, the left or the right, should step first; they weren't major problems.
According to the Academy Head, their experiment was nearing its end, meaning that out of the 147 people participating, at least more than half must have succeeded, right?
After all, from my perspective, this was only a type of shaping technique.
But a technique was ultimately just a skill to be mastered and spread; its most important theoretical research and the truth and knowledge behind it had actually long since been pocketed by me.
When Big Sis Bai and I arrived at the destination, I looked at the situation at the training ground with a slight sense of surprise.
Because there seemed to be some turmoil on-site, I casually pulled a girl passing by me.
“Classmate, may I ask, what happened here?”
“Ah? I'm not sure. I'm also preparing to go take a look.”
“Not sure?”
I watched the person hurrying past, only to find that the girl was someone I seemingly didn't recognize.
When did the venue open up?
Other students can come here to join the fun now?
With doubt, Big Sis Bai and I stepped forward.
Among that group of people, I immediately discovered the figures of Yi Rui and the others.
They seemed to be the center of the crowd at the moment, yet they had faces full of anxiety and helplessness.
Furthermore… I saw Mentor Dainiel.
Not just her; I also saw several other witch mentors here.
“Excuse me, coming through, let me in.”
I pushed through the crowd and came to the front.
“Wait, what happened here?”
“Hmm?”
At this moment, Dainiel shifted from her serious expression just now.
After seeing me, a flash of shock and disbelief crossed her gaze, but she still spoke.
“Little Han? Why have you come? Weren't you still in a coma?”
“Oh, I just woke up… Mentor Dainiel, can you tell me exactly what happened?”
Following Mentor Dainiel's words, the surrounding crowd finally reacted to who the person before them was.
And to speak of the most excited ones, they naturally belonged to Yi Rui and her team!
“Little Han!”
“Big Sis Xiao Han! You've finally come over!”
“Don't, don't be excited. Can you tell me what the situation is?”
I instinctively scanned the area and found that there seemed to be no abnormal conditions here.
“Let me speak.”
At this moment, Dainiel, as a mentor, spoke up to explain for me.
“Some small problems occurred with the experiment for Self-generating Magic Power this time. It has been forced to terminate for now.”
“What 'small problem'! That was a living person!”
“That's right! This experiment left a person in a state worse than death. How can such an accident be a small problem!”
“All of you shut up!”
Dainiel looked at the fierce rebuttals from the surrounding students and released a spine-chilling aura with a cold tone, instantly silencing everyone.
Did they really think a bunch of fellows who weren't even Transcendents could question a Transcendent Witch?
Regardless, Dainiel wouldn't give them any face.
“The Self-generating Magic Power project has a problem? How is that possible?”
Listening to Mentor Dainiel's account, my first reaction was disbelief.
After all, I knew very well how could a problem occur in constructing Self-generating Magic Power!
Even the few hidden dangers had emergency measures; it was impossible to have such a massive reaction!
Furthermore, even if someone died… what about the Resurrection Spell?
“Although I know you might not quite believe it, the fact is indeed so. The student who had the problem has already been moved away.”
Dainiel spoke to me with a tone of comfort.
“Impossible… I am very clear on the experimental flow of Self-generating Magic Power. Within this…”
“Little Han, do you know? At the very beginning, I admired your calmness in dealing with anything. Could it be that all of that was actually a front, or is it because those matters were unrelated to you that you displayed indifference?”
“Apologies…”
I responded calmly.
I wasn't actually acting urgently just now; the seemingly hurried denial was merely my most objective doubt.
However… the incident truly had already occurred.
I couldn't deny this.
“Can you tell me the specific circumstances? Was there a loss of life or…”
I spoke using a tone as restrained as possible, to avoid causing further problems.
After all, the current situation was unfavorable for me; there was no need for me to force a front.
“It is something more serious than a loss of life. Little Han, your experiment for Self-generating Magic Power…… has become a forbidden experiment touching the essence of life, hasn't it? Regarding the condition that appeared in the student with the problem, even death and subsequent resurrection cannot remedy it. The problem lies with her soul-substance.”
“Soul-substance?!”
Upon hearing this problem, my frown deepened even further.
True, my experiment indeed went deep into the essence of life.
Without touching this field, by what right could one obtain such a physique?
Everyone starts as an ordinary human, the starting point is an infant, and the body is of a universal posture.
Differences among creatures below the Transcendent level are essentially not large; basically, it's all about post-natal cultivation.
As I fell into deep thought, the others cared more about the term “forbidden experiment” in Mentor Dainiel's mouth.
After all, the word “forbidden” was far too intimidating.
“This is a forbidden experiment? This actually is a forbidden experiment? How can the academy allow such a thing to exist!”
“That's right! Why wasn't there an announcement in advance!”
“Shouldn't this kind of thing have been said beforehand!”
All at once, the surrounding students suddenly became panicked, directing their spearheads straight at this experiment, the experimental personnel, and… me.
“Enough! Does the concept of a forbidden experiment even exist in the Witch Academy! Then is the Great Project of the Soul within the academy's witch projects also a forbidden experiment! Is the Self-generating Magic Power obtained after advancing to a Transcendent Witch also a forbidden experiment! Has every one of your questions not even passed through your brains!”
At this moment, Bai Yu stood out forcefully.
A terrifying aura instantly silenced everyone present for the second time.
Right now, everyone felt as if there was an anonymous rage around them, targeting everyone equally!
This was the absolute right to speak brought by absolute strength.
The students present could only shut their mouths aggrievedly, not daring to speak.
After all, how would they know these things?
Some of them hadn't even come into contact with witch projects yet, just coming over to watch the fun, and were scolded for no reason.
But Bai Yu wasn't to be blamed for being so agitated.
After all, possessing Heart Sense, she could feel that malice targeting Little Han better than anyone else present!
The thing Little Han did out of good intentions was being called wrong instead.
She had to stand up for Little Han's unfair treatment!
Furthermore…
Bai Yu looked at the witch Dainiel once more.
Cheryl's words from back then echoed in her ears; this witch…… had a problem.
“You've been lectured now, haven't you? Arguing over everything. The term 'forbidden experiment' was just my way of putting it. Afraid of everything—I'm starting to doubt if you even have the qualification to be students of the Witch Academy!”
Dainiel also chimed in appropriately from the side, her tone full of disparagement for these people.
Perhaps for most Transcendent Witches, these students should be treated exactly like this.
“What are you all still standing here watching the fun for! Unrelated people leave quickly!”
Dainiel issued a very tough command to drive these students away.
In an instant, these students all scattered like birds and beasts.
After all, having been suppressed by the aura of two mentors in a row, they no longer had the mood to watch for fun here.
At this moment, they wanted to share this matter even more.
After all… the Self-generating Magic Power experiment was a very large and hot topic!
With the students led by Tan Han who completed the Self-generating Magic Power experiment gaining the Self-generating Magic Power talent and shining brilliantly on the arena, it truly had caused too many people to pay attention to this experiment.
If a problem occurred with this experiment, it truly was a matter of heavenly proportions!
The people watching the drama would absolutely be many.
I watched those departing students with a very cold expression.
Facing such a situation, my first reaction was that someone was targeting me.
But right now I hadn't seen the student who had the accident yet, so even I found it hard to reach a final conclusion.
After all, I knew very well that according to my Self-generating Magic Power experimental flow, basically no accidents could occur.
But this could not avoid people who courted death!
The impact this matter would cause afterward was also a matter for later.
As for whether this matter would affect the promotion of the Self-generating Magic Power experiment… to tell the truth, I no longer cared.
When I handed the experiment over to Yi Rui, I didn't care if this experiment was successful, because Yi Rui and the others wanted success more than I did.
When I displayed this experiment before the Academy Head, I didn't care if this experiment could be promoted, because the Academy Head and the others wanted to promote it more than I did.
The current me only had calmness, calmly digesting the situation at hand.
Thinking for a long time, I was pondering whether certain forces among the students wanted to target me, or if it was those witches among the Transcendent witch group who opposed the promotion of non-Transcendent Self-generating Magic Power techniques targeting me.
But after thinking to the end, I found that there actually wasn't much difference.
“The people here have been temporarily dispersed. With this incident occurring, the experiment is temporarily suspended and terminated. I'll go report it first; you all wait for notification.”
Dainiel also broke the silence at this moment.
After finishing her words, she directly left.
I watched her departing back with an indescribable sense of strangeness.
“Little Han…”
“Big Sis Xiao Han, what should we do? Why… why did such a problem occur…”
“That's right, clearly all the previous testers were fine… why when it came to her it just…”
At this time, Yi Rui and the other girls, upon seeing me, seemed to suddenly have a backbone.
“It will be fine. I don't believe our experiment would have such a problem. Just wait quietly for the academy's notification.”
I spoke to comfort them.
Encountering such a thing was undoubtedly a massive blow to them.
And I could only constantly comfort them.
Even though they were high-year students who had experienced many batches in the Witch Academy, they were still girls.
And during the comfort, I also learned about the detailed situation bit by bit.
And this included… why so many other students unrelated to the experiment had come to this blocked area.
Because the experiment had reached the late stages, and most of the testers had already completed the construction of Self-generating Magic Power.
With Tan Han rising as a dark horse in the arena, utilizing massive Magic Power Sources and magic recovery efficiency, plus the peculiar means of Body-transformation Spells to crush high-year students and Teaching Assistants as a lower-grade student, the Self-generating Magic Power experimental area here also received attention from even more people.
Every day there were many people gathered here, causing the surrounding security pressure to be very massive.
Even the potential leakage of personal information caused by an information-enriched area could not stop their enthusiasm.
So to respond to the students' expectations, taking the chance to promote the Self-generating Magic Power experiment while reducing external pressure, the restrictions here were gradually relaxed.
After all, Yi Rui also felt it was the late stage; at most, there was the Refining Ritual stage and parts of the Structuring Ritual.
But no one expected that something would happen at this critical juncture.
“So it's something that happened after opening it up… did you not use the earth vein information to check who did it?”
“We looked… but after checking the earth vein information, no one had tampered with it…”
“No one tampered with it…”
I frowned in disbelief.
However, I didn't doubt the authenticity; after all, no fool would commit a crime on the spot.
Wouldn't that be getting caught red-handed?
“Let me take a look at the earth vein records too. If that really doesn't work after I finish looking… take me to the side of the person who had the accident to take a look. No matter what, we should be responsible for that person.”
I spoke.
“Little Han, you actually don't need to care about these things.”
At this moment, Big Sis Bai walked over and spoke tentatively.
After all… this was just a student.
In Bai Yu's view, it was still unknown whose sacrificial lamb this person was.
“It's fine. Treat it as seeing the world. If it's a frame-up… it can count as an experience in life.”
I said with a smile, my tone not caring much.
Only, with a wave of my right hand, the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell interfaced with the earth vein as well as the root network.
After positioning the event node, a phantom image gradually surfaced in reality.