Chapter 861: The Impact of the Self-generating Magic Power Experimental Accident
Chapter 861: The Impact of the Self-generating Magic Power Experimental Accident
“Heavens... for real? Is that Self-generating Magic Power experiment actually a prohibited experiment?”
“So terrifying... fortunately I was inquiring about how to join earlier, that was really close.”
“That Little Han truly is a good person, not screwing over us weaklings.”
“What kind of brains do you fellows have? Has the academy released a notification saying this experiment is a prohibited experiment! Why are you believing every rumor?”
“I was on the scene, what we heard was 'forbidden experiment.'”
“I was also on the scene. According to what you're saying, we were gifted a forbidden experiment big gift pack upon enrollment! Witchification of the Magic Power Source, the Great Project of the Soul—all of these would be forbidden experiments then! Why don't you go bash those!”
“Oho Little Han's dogs are so loyal in protecting their master? People don't give a damn about you clowns at all, okay?”
“Then don't you lot think about having Self-generating Magic Power in the future. What are you all barking for? If you have the guts, go to the arena and have an unrestricted match with Tan Han!”
“Sisters, who understands this, why is it that as soon as I open the academy network I see such a group of off-putting fellows. What is there to whitewash about a forbidden experiment? Now that the experimental grounds are sealed, they have nowhere to stay, otherwise how would they have time to bark here...”
“……”
After everyone at the experimental grounds had been driven away, the "Self-generating Magic Power experiment" that had lasted for quite some time once again became a hot topic of discussion.
But this time, the topic was no longer a one-sided trend, but gradually evolved into a flame war.
Regarding the accident in this experiment, many people were actually happy to see it.
After all, they had seen too many successful cases.
Those lucky individuals had shone brilliantly within the academy, and the seeds of jealousy finally erupted at this moment.
In their view, these fellows were merely lucky; retribution would eventually arrive!
And now, retribution has finally come.
Furthermore, many people maliciously speculated that even those who had already succeeded surely had some unknown hidden dangers.
It could be said that human malice, enhanced by jealousy, became exceptionally aggressive.
And at this moment, the Support Group that had once defended Little Han appeared somewhat in decline on the academy network.
It wasn't that those people had lost their previous combat power to lead public opinion, but that the disagreements among the Support Group's high-level members were becoming increasingly fierce.
Not long after the Intelligence Group obtained the news that Little Han had woken up, it was immediately followed by the news of the accident in the "Self-generating Magic Power experiment."
This truly struck at the enthusiasm of the Support Group.
Millian saw this very clearly.
This Support Group had completely changed in flavor, to the point that they were now unwilling to use "Little Han" as a prefix to address this group in its entirety.
It had completely transformed into a group gathered around interests.
And she, Millian, was currently the only orthodox branch, the last portion of the group gathered under the name of the Little Han Support Group.
With the news of the Self-generating Magic Power experimental accident spreading, it also gave Millian a chance to clearly recognize a fact: the foundation of the Little Han Support Group... was truly too weak!
With the Support Group existing in name only and other forces carving it up and leaving, nothing was left for Millian.
For a force to exist, it had to have a pillar industry... just like the Witch's Secret Realm Club and the Wan Shi Wu Club.
These clubs would almost never disappear because the pillars maintaining their existence were enough to give them the confidence to deal with anything.
However, these pillars basically belonged to the official Witch Academy version, or were tacitly approved by the Witch Academy, so these clubs would be heavily restricted by the academy.
Whether it was the Witch's Secret Realm or Black Market Street and so on, those were what created these clubs.
As for Little Han's Support Group... it had nothing.
The initial basic plate was merely those resources harvested from the Expansion Realm... but those were "non-renewable" resources.
They were currently like a fat sheep holding a massive amount of money.
It was just that the one protecting this fat sheep was... a hunter holding a life-restart button.
The technique of Self-generating Magic Power still held a monopoly position within the Witch Academy.
If this technique was mastered by Little Han, then Little Han would master the absolute "strength" and "geniuses" of the Witch Academy!
Although it was impossible for such a technique to be monopolized and the academy would absolutely let it be promoted, even just the lead, such a concept was enough to become the absolute "foundation" of the Support Group in the Witch Academy.
But now... something went wrong with the Self-generating Magic Power experiment at the final moment...
The impact this caused was massive, and there were certainly other games being played behind this matter.
Millian strongly suspected this was the work of those students, but the fact that the people of the Support Group left so decisively also made Millian think of another possibility... that was... the one wanting to target Little Han wasn't necessarily a student, but the will of those Transcendent Witches behind them!
If it truly was so, Millian simply didn't dare to think about it!
But the thought that Little Han's "girlfriend" was also a Transcendent Witch brought Millian a slight sense of security.
At least... in the worst-case scenario, Little Han wouldn't end up with nothing.
Setting those aside, Millian had already contacted Little Han, but Little Han seemingly had no time to respond to her, only telling her to rest assured as the Academy Head had also stepped in.
Seeing that even the Academy Head had stepped in, Millian inexplicably felt at ease.
After all... that was the Academy Head.
Who would have thought the Academy Head would step into this matter?
So she temporarily set this matter aside.
Since she couldn't continue to obtain more information from Little Han's side, Millian turned directly to contact Yi Rui and the others.
In just this short while, Millian was already nearly overwhelmed with work.
Not only did she want to learn more about other intelligence, but many people also wanted to learn about other things from her.
However, Millian had no time to deal with those fellows right now.
But... in the midst of her busy schedule, she noticed that Xia Li had also contacted her, the manager of the Bakery Club.
Millian had quite a lot of contact with this Bakery Club.
After all, Little Han also had some "special relationship" with this small club.
Furthermore, she had previously talked with Xia Li about the idea of using their club's name to develop Little Han's influence.
Xia Li didn't seem very resistant to this, even willing to take the initiative to contribute.
Millian could tell that this manager seemed to feel a sense of debt toward Little Han.
Although... objectively speaking, Xia Li didn't owe Little Han anything.
But now that Little Han was successful, Xia Li still wanted to maintain this relationship... so the psychology of debt was barely understandable.
Millian didn't want to manage too much regarding this; as long as everything developed in the expected direction, it was a good thing.
"Meet with Yi Rui and the others first to sort things out, then the Bakery Club. As for the Support Group... hmph..."
In Millian's view, the relationship that most needed to be maintained was naturally Yi Rui's group, followed by the Bakery Club as a backup plan for influence development, and finally the Support Group.
The current Support Group was already a massive field of interests.
A fat sheep like her couldn't be too conspicuous over there.
After all, the weight with which Little Han valued them had already begun to show decline within the Support Group, and the principle of interests-first was gradually replacing the status-relationships within the Support Group.
Even though Millian knew very well that all of this was hard to reverse, she still felt pained by the transformation of the Support Group.
***
Infirmary.
Inside the special care room.
"It can basically be confirmed that the Seed of Great Knowledge cannot obtain more useful information. It is estimated that some fellow with a Seed of Great Knowledge deliberately and specifically performed an erasure act on the earth vein information, and the erasure was done quite beautifully."
Mei Linde spoke.
She couldn't just stand by and watch.
She couldn't help with those techniques Little Han mastered either; after all, professional matters naturally required a professional to handle them.
So she herself had begun working on investigating the course of events.
And to investigate, the most convenient way was undoubtedly to pull up the earth vein information.
There were currently many means of investigating earth vein information within the Witch Academy.
For example, the Witch Academy's original academy network system, the Root Network extended from the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree that now spanned the entire academy, and then there was Little Han's Seed of Great Knowledge.
The Witch Academy had already integrated these three.
However, currently the academy network had not been completely replaced by the Root Network, as this process also required time for a gradual transition.
I did not give a response to the Academy Head's analysis.
While the Academy Head was doing these things, I had simultaneously shared this information, it was just that I had no energy to care about them.
At this moment, I was doing something I hadn't even dared to think about before: using the Soul Depiction technique to sublimate a person into a Soul life!
However, the price of doing so was that everything about this girl named Shi Ruizhi before my eyes was seen by me.
From her physical shell to her life essence, from her racial concept to her life tier and undying nature... even her memories!
If any one of these means were used on a person and spread to the outside world, it would at least not be permitted by ethics and morality.
But Academy Head Mei was accustomed to this; she even felt this kind of ability was very good.
Perhaps this was the difference between Transcendent Witches and ordinary people.
Even if the Academy Head displayed care toward those Reserve Witches, it wasn't from an equal perspective.
"Little Han, did you find anything in her memories?"
"Hmm? Rummaging through memories? Is that good?"
I inquired somewhat hesitantly.
Although I had previously attempted to explore the memories of the dead, there was clearly a distinct difference between that time and the current situation.
That was a person who had already died, while this... was a person I was about to save.
More importantly, she couldn't yet be assumed to be my enemy.
If she were an enemy, I would naturally act without any mercy or humanity, but she wasn't... I still maintained the most basic respect for people.
The main point was to act on the premise of one's thoughts being at peace.
That was the so-called matter of perspective; breaking the lower limit of one's perspective without any bottom line or principles would ultimately only turn oneself into the form one hated most.
However... even so, perhaps in the eyes of others, my perspective and lower limit should both be quite terrible...
"What's not good about it?"
Mei Linde said instinctively, only realizing after speaking that something wasn't quite right.
If she were to do this herself, there would be no problem from her standpoint as a witch, but she was teaching Little Han... What if she taught Little Han bad habits?
"If you don't want to do it, that's fine. Or... shall I be the bad guy?"
In the end, the Academy Head added this sentence.
"Forget it... but... I didn't expect you to also work so hard to find evidence, Academy Head..."
"With evidence, things can at least be done legitimately. Little Han, do you have some kind of stereotype about witches?"
"No... I was just joking!"
I immediately changed my tune.
"Then let me ask this instead... Academy Head, do you think this matter was done by a student, or... a Transcendent Witch?"
"……"
Hearing such a direct inquiry from me, the Academy Head suddenly fell silent and did not respond to me immediately.
"I understand... thank you."
"Ha Little Han, you understand again? What do you understand? Did I not say you don't need to worry about this matter? Yet you're still asking this and that."
The Academy Head spoke to me in a teasing tone, but that initial laugh sounded a bit awkward no matter how I heard it.
Regarding this, I did not continue to press further.
After all, I had truly just asked that question casually.
Now, more of my energy was focused on Shi Ruizhi.
Actually, when the Academy Head asked if I would check the memories, I had no way of seeing them even if I wanted to.
Shi Ruizhi's memories were extremely chaotic.
Although I subjectively didn't want to look, as the one leading the Soul Depiction technique, it would be a problem if I couldn't see them.
So I quickly noticed that Shi Ruizhi's soul-substance was so chaotic that even her memories were extremely messy.
Therefore, even if I saved her using Soul Depiction, she would likely be in a state of "amnesia," retaining only bodily instincts and scattered memory fragments.
Furthermore, as I delved deeper into the Soul Depiction technique, I even needed to proactively help her piece together her memories, to ensure that even if she lost her memory, she wouldn't forget how to speak, eat, walk, run, or fight...
These were all behaviors belonging to instinct, and even more an anchoring for a person's memory.
Even if a person loses their memory, there are always some things they won't forget, and these instincts were the life essence's anchoring of memory.
One could say the relationship between soul-substance and memory was extremely complex.
It was also the difficulty I needed to overcome while using the Soul Depiction technique next.
Actually, from an objective perspective, I should also thank Shi Ruizhi.
She gave me such an opportunity to use Soul Depiction on a person.
Perhaps this was a bit cruel for Shi Ruizhi herself, but such was reality.
Whether she was innocently caught up in this, mixed in while hiding an unspeakable secret, or bewitched by someone—it was all meaningless now.
Once she woke up, a brand-new life would be waiting for her.
As some minor compensation, I was also using the Soul Depiction technique combined with the Self-generating Magic Power technique to help her complete the Structuring Ritual of Self-generating Magic Power through a method on another level.
It could be said that as soon as she woke up, she would possess a Soul essence and have the foundation of Self-generating Magic Power.
Even if she had amnesia, the subsequent development would be enough for her to take flight.
Furthermore, I similarly looked forward to her advancing to Transcendent.
If she didn't advance to a Transcendent Witch with such a foundation, then I could only say... this person deserved it.
But right now everything was unknown, and I didn't need to think the worst of everyone.