Chapter 872: After the Incident
Chapter 872: After the Incident
Regarding the accident in the Self-generating Magic Power experiment, Ji An ultimately took the fall alone.
Even the students watching the drama did not believe the announcement once it was released, and the academy network was constantly buzzing with expectations for the follow-up handling results.
And the facts indeed did not disappoint everyone’s expectations; this matter was not over.
As a Transcendent Witch, it was not strange for Dainiel to be able to extricate herself from this matter, but the thoughts of those families would not go as they wished.
The follow-up matters that many students were concerned about were, naturally, the disposal of those students who participated in this accident, and the… Teaching Assistants.
It was almost identical to that previous final term hunting incident, a complete reproduction.
The difference was that this time, the one providing the list of these students was… Dainiel.
Those students and families were sold out by Dainiel.
“Practicing the project of an Anti-Witch, is it… next time you won’t have the chance to use such a lame excuse again.”
Bai Yu softly repeated such words, leaving the place with a somewhat unpleasant expression.
This matter was considered over; not a single person died because of it, but after this matter ended, even more people would be finished because of it.
Ji An could not block the disaster coming from the Academy Head for her family; no one could.
Only a burst of cheering erupted on the academy network, with countless fun-seekers shouting “blood flow like a river” there!
Not all students harbored good feelings toward the so-called families, and the Witch Academy was not dominated by families alone.
After all, everyone mastered Transcendent power, so why should you be superior to others?
It was just that those leaning toward the families stayed behind, their influence in the Main World gathering larger and larger, while those leaning toward freedom left this stage and rushed toward another, larger stage.
Returning to the level of Transcendent Witches…
This was the first time Bai Yu had developed hostility toward a witch; because it was a difference in positions, it couldn't exactly be called hatred.
Only, she knew that a witch even more excessive than Cheryl had appeared in her eyes.
If Cheryl made her feel wary, then toward Dainiel… she felt only disgust.
It was not just a matter of methods, but even more a matter of the attitude after the fact.
It was actually very difficult for “I hate you” emotions to arise between witches; they couldn't be called mortal enemies, but distance and prejudice still existed.
Dainiel had touched Bai Yu’s reverse scale.
Even though they had communicated frankly under Mei Linde’s facilitation, and Dainiel had clearly stated that she had never targeted Yang Yuehan from start to finish, Bai Yu did not buy it.
After all, in Dainiel’s view, the only sacrificial lamb of this accident from start to finish was that Reserve Witch named Shi Ruizhi, and that girl was ultimately rescued, so the matter should be very easy to resolve.
But Bai Yu did not think so.
After all, if everything was thought of from the perspective of the result, then if Bai Yu went to fight Dainiel with lethal intent and was ultimately persuaded to stop by Mei Linde, could that be viewed as if nothing had happened?
Lest one forgets, Bai Yu was a Transcendent Saint Stage, while Dainiel was not.
One could see how ugly Dainiel’s face was when Bai Yu gave this example.
Mei Linde also saw that these two witches were not on the same wavelength, and so stopped persuading them.
Anything more said would be in vain; no matter how one organized it, it was merely repeating one’s own prejudice.
Even witches would only think from their own standpoint in many moments.
After leaving, Bai Yu intended to head toward the experimental area.
She asked the Academy Head for a portion of the permissions to go to Little Han’s laboratory.
Since she was going to Little Han’s side, Bai Yu naturally didn't want to face Little Han with such emotions, so she soon returned to her usual posture as if nothing were wrong.
Laboratory.
“Big Sis Bai you’ve finally come over.”
I welcomed Big Sis Bai’s arrival, feeling very joyful in my heart.
After introducing her slightly to the several witch sisters here, Big Sis Bai also tried to begin integrating into the atmosphere of this laboratory.
After all… this laboratory currently looked a bit miscellaneous, as almost every witch had her own unique research project regarding the Primal Dream State.
Yet they needed to share that small patch of special Primal Dream State.
Actually, some witches did not stay in this laboratory of mine often, only coming over when verifying data.
After all, whose family does a project for the sake of doing experiments all day long?
Doing experiments and collecting experimental data were, in the end, only one loop within a project, so… quite a few witches in the laboratory where I was located often played a disappearing act.
Because they had their own laboratories in the experimental area, and would run away after piggybacking and collecting data.
Only witches like Aina remained here in my laboratory, and the reason was very simple: they did not have their own laboratories here in the experimental area.
After all, they were doing theoretical research on the Great Project of the Soul plus the Primal Dream State, so they naturally couldn't apply for a laboratory at the level of a key project.
Previously, they had been so excited upon hearing there was a Primal Dream State descent in the Expansion Realm, and had even rushed there at the first moment, entering it even at the risk of becoming lost.
Now that they had such a “safe and controlled” condition, they naturally wanted to stay.
After all, being able to collect those pieces of data so conveniently without taking risks—they truly craved it.
And they also sighed with sentiment over this; the stronger a person’s strength, the relatively greater their contribution to the academic aspect, because it was simply too easy for them to conduct some experiments.
At the very least, Aina stated she could not hand-craft a Primal Dream State.
As for Big Sis Bai staying at this laboratory, she naturally had her own thoughts as well.
That was to attempt to master and verify the construction of a “Dream Domain”!
Although the conditions for a Dream Domain were extremely harsh, the parts that could not be bypassed were essentially the power of Self-awakened Body Cultivation and the 6th sense “Heart Sense,” which served as the foundation for constructing a domain.
And Big Sis Bai coincidentally mastered such power.
The only pity was that Big Sis Bai did not have a Great Tree of Knowledge and could not complete the reconstruction of the domain rapidly through it.
Therefore, Big Sis Bai’s only way was one: to use the power of Body Cultivation to “adapt” to the difficulties.
Furthermore, Big Sis Bai’s Body Cultivation power was not Self-awakened Body Cultivation; her power regarding Body Cultivation was limited to a single Five Senses Body Cultivation.
Therefore, even if Big Sis Bai completed a Dream Domain, the Dream Information influenced by this kind of domain would also be biased.
But… no matter how many problems there were, they could not hide one fact, which was that within the Witch Academy, Big Sis Bai was currently the only Transcendent Witch with hope of replicating and mastering a Dream Domain.
Time passed day by day.
But these days were not peaceful either.
Accompanying the clarification of the Self-generating Magic Power experimental accident, a large number of students and Teaching Assistants were implicated.
Don't look at how it appeared on the surface—that Ji An alone caused the occurrence of this accident.
If there were no intervention from others, from where would she have the energy to plot this accident?
Or how to lead the public opinion after the accident and so on.
Therefore, during these days, topics and posts about who-and-who had been exposed were being spread everywhere on the academy network, providing a massive amount of fun for those fun-seekers who could be seen everywhere in the Witch Academy.
And within such a general environment, there was another piece of news released, though not many people noticed it.
That was that the research on the Self-generating Magic Power project had restarted once again, only this time the experiment was no longer purely groups of students and Teaching Assistants, but also had the guidance of mentors.
The guiding position of mentors was only to soothe the panic triggered by this accident.
Compared to the worst-case scenario, having mentors take full charge was already a very good result.
After all, a mentor was a layer of safeguard.
The credibility of a Transcendent Witch in terms of Transcendent techniques was far more convincing than a group of students and Teaching Assistants.
Moreover, the mentors listed were Yi Rui’s and the others' mentors, namely the witch Belica and several other witches.
Whether it should be said or not… Mentor Belica and the others had indeed provided a massive amount of help to Yi Rui’s group during the process of the Self-generating Magic Power experiment.
This listing of mentors was indeed something only they were worthy of receiving.
It could be described as a mutual achievement between mentors, students, and Teaching Assistants.
And accompanying the restart of this experiment, the recruitment of the second batch of small-scale experimental volunteers also opened for registration.
Many students closely following this discovered this announcement at the first moment and were eager to register.
After all, under the public opinion triggered by this experimental accident, some people still remained calm.
Because in their view, even if this was a formal experimental accident, with only one accident occurring among over a hundred people, they were willing to gamble!
After all, the first batch, the “Unlimited Firepower” school of arena playstyles led by Tan Han, was simply too shocking!
When Magic Power Sources broke through the 10,000 limit, when magic recovery was no longer inconsequential, the Newcomer Competition performance brought to the audience by the contestants would be non-stop firepower coverage from start to finish!
This was the scene they should be watching!
This was the power they expected to master!
However, with the warning of the first experiment, the screening for the Self-generating Magic Power experimental volunteers was bound to become even more harsh!
This also resulted in a large number of people turning around to curse those who caused trouble after the reversal of the Self-generating Magic Power experimental accident.
To the point that no one on the academy network dared to whitewash for those people of the families anymore.
After all, one thing had to be understood: on the academy network, everything was under real names.
One truly had to be careful of being dealt with in real life by high-year seniors for posts going against the group direction.
Therefore, it was hard to lead the public opinion on the academy network, but once it was led, it was simply a disaster!
And this was just what happened on the student level during these days; among the group of Transcendent Witches, they were similarly watching drama.
And this drama was naturally the contradiction between Dainiel and Bai Yu.
Quite a few witches also had their own views on this.
Some felt it was nothing, some felt Bai Yu was being too pedantic, and some felt this matter was started by Dainiel first.
But regardless, a conflict that could not be resolved had been established between Bai Yu and Dainiel.
Furthermore, regarding the act of protest by the witch Dainiel against the Academy Head’s resolution—many witches understood it clearly.
Those who didn't understand the general situation could understand what was going on after a bit of gossip.
The primary reason leading to this incident was the issue regarding whether the Self-generating Magic Power technique should be promoted.
Regarding this matter, Mei Linde, as the Academy Head, had actually held meetings to discuss it.
Seeing that the majority of witches had no objections, Mei Linde had executed it directly, thereby ignoring the opinions of that small minority of witches.
Originally, Mei Linde had not thought they would pull off such an accident, but now, Mei Linde had also begun to attach importance to this.
However… ultimately this matter ended with those opposing witches making concessions.
After all, with Dainiel doing such a thing beforehand, they couldn't easily say anything more.
More importantly, they had witnessed Mei Linde’s determination during this incident.
If they continued to hold opposing views, then they could try to leave the Main World’s Witch Academy.
Of course, it was not that no witches left because of this, but they left very quietly, because they realized that the Main World’s Witch Academy was not their destination.
And accompanying the grudge between the two witches Bai Yu and Dainiel, another matter was similarly spreading among the group of witches.
That was that after experiencing the Dream Calamity in the Expansion Realm this time, the witches had made breakthrough progress in the field of the Primal Dream State!
However, this claim appeared even more illusory compared to the gossip of that so-called grudge.
Because up until now, not many witches knew how this matter had started spreading.
It was just that as these days passed, the news coming out about this matter became increasingly specific.
Namely, the Witch Academy had gradually mastered the technique of controlling Dream Calamities!
This was undoubtedly a heavyweight bomb, striking the hearts of many witches.
Actually, most Transcendent Witches basically didn't contact this niche field of the Primal Dream State much.
Naturally, entering the Primal Dream State was even less to be mentioned.
The Great Project of the Soul belonged to a rising field, and the Primal Dream State was an exploration project derived from this soul project field.
Witches who could achieve something on it were basically cross-field academic heavyweights.
It wasn't something an average witch could meddle in.
The Witch Academy was an academy, so the witches gathered here were basically capable witches, or at the very least, very powerful witches like Academy Head Bev Ailana.
Therefore, the witches of the Witch Academy could not represent the genius distribution of the witch race.
While it seemed that the Primal Dream State was a hot topic for related projects, that was only in the academic field.
Although many witches didn't understand the Primal Dream State, they understood track records!
The Dream Calamity not long ago had directly finished off so many Transcendents; it truly was hard not to become famous.
In that calamity, the Transcendents of other Transcendent academies were almost all buried in the Primal Dream State, yet only the lost witches of the Witch Academy were all found back.
Regarding this point, even the witches themselves felt there was something fishy.
Now that the news of the Witch Academy mastering the technique to dominate Dream Calamities had broken out, this “rumor” naturally had a credible foundation.
Previously, those Transcendent academies had been shouting so loudly, accusing this Dream Calamity of being the witches’ doing and wanting to push all the responsibility onto the witches.
But now… from the news coming out of the Witch Academy that the witches might truly have mastered such a technique, they were instantly silenced.
Incidentally… even the “rescue” plan was paused by a tacit agreement.
If the Witch Academy truly mastered such a technique, they couldn't let those Transcendents sent for rescue be lost as well.