Chapter 885: Dream-state Soul-substance Verified by Practice
Chapter 885: Dream-state Soul-substance Verified by Practice
“You talk about such a dangerous matter so nonchalantly; aren't you afraid of becoming one of those buried in the blizzard yourself?”
“Then they'd have to have the skill to do it first.”
“Confidence is a good thing.”
I responded quite casually.
As the things I did became increasingly ridiculous, I had begun to restrain my advice to persuade people to stop.
Moreover, I didn't think Tan Han was the type of person who would die here so easily.
No matter what was said, Tan Han was the "Orthodox" one among the Children of Destiny.
After learning some deeper information from the Academy Head, I truly saw things more clearly.
As for the Children of Destiny other than Tan Han, those Transcendent academies didn't value them; they only valued the fact that these Children of Destiny could carve up Tan Han's Destiny, preventing Tan Han from completing the promotion ritual of a Child of Destiny.
Sabotaging the witches' means of locating the Umbilicus Mundi through Destiny.
Suddenly, I was somewhat curious about how those Transcendent academies actually "created" these Children of Destiny.
I still remembered that scene where the World Consciousness communicated with me back then.
For some reason, with the passage of time, that memory was gradually blurring.
A pity I didn't have the Great Tree of Knowledge then; otherwise... many details could have been analyzed for a lot of information—for example... how the World Consciousness communicated with me, what the medium was, what the conditions for communication were, and what the essence of the World Consciousness actually was...
But where would I have thought about those things then?
However, I didn't feel too much regret now.
I also learned some other things from Tan Han in passing, such as the issue of the Wand of Absolute Cold due to the peril of this exploration.
Although nominally the Shop Manager had already given this to Tan Han, Tan Han still felt this was something the Shop Manager cared about.
Many things are not such that contact is completely severed once they are given away.
But in the end, the Shop Manager actually still hoped Tan Han would enter with the Wand of Absolute Cold.
Although the Wand of Absolute Cold was no longer Tan Han's only trump card at this moment, the Wand of Absolute Cold absolutely held the home-field advantage within that secret realm.
The Shop Manager didn't want Tan Han to suffer a setback in the secret realm because she lost this power.
Furthermore, if something really happened to Tan Han within the dream state, having the Wand of Absolute Cold stay with her wouldn't actually hold much meaning.
It would be better to let its power be exerted in Tan Han's hands.
Even if she truly encountered force majeure in the end, what harm was there in letting it stay in that secret realm?
After all, it was once born there.
“What? Are you interested in this Ice Throne Secret Realm too?”
Seeing Shi Ruizhi looking toward Tan Han and me curiously, I asked jokingly.
Actually, Shi Ruizhi was now one of the members of the Bakery Club, along with that roommate of hers.
The two of them originally had no club, so they naturally didn't need to go through that relatively slow club-leaving process.
In the beginning, they did have a club, but they left it.
After all, the club they initially joined wasn't one of the popular clubs in the academy, and it kept annoying them later on.
They were, after all, 9th year seniors with quite high seniority in the academy; they didn't want to be dragged down by a club at this stage, so they simply left.
I heard the process was stuck for a long while, but they also had plenty of time to wait.
“We are indeed quite interested. After all, that secret realm has very high heat in the academy right now! But we're just listening...”
Fang Zhi explained bashfully from the side.
“Want to go? You can come with me. I still have a fragment here to use as a ticket.”
At this moment, Tan Han suddenly spoke.
Although rumors say the current secret realm doesn't require a ticket, not just anyone has the qualification to enter, and with a fragment as a ticket, the restrictions would be smaller.
Of course, it would also be more dangerous!
“Me? I'll pass... after all, I'm likely lacking in combat power.”
Shi Ruizhi waved her hands in front of her and refused.
After all, she currently had no combat experience and might even have lost her combat instincts; it would be too risky to go.
And she had just heard the inside story from these two—people could really die in this secret realm!
She didn't want to experience a second death so soon.
“Between life and death... is where a person is most tempered. If one wants to grow rapidly, it's not bad to venture into a dangerous exploration.”
I said very meaningfully.
However, when I said these things, what I thought of were the words the Anti-Witch said to me.
That Game World, that larger stage... it had to be said, I was also curious about what kind of existences the geniuses of other worlds were, and what kind of great talents those people who bore the will of an entire world actually were.
Curiosity toward the unknown truly made me want to go see for myself, but before that, I had to finish the tasks at hand, as I could still distinguish between what was urgent and what was important.
“But this is similarly very dangerous, right?”
“Alright then I won't force it.”
I said with a smile, saying no more.
And I couldn't force someone who had just "died" not long ago to go risk their life again, could I?
“A person being able to recognize their own strength and acting according to their ability is also a type of wisdom. If you change your mind midway, you can find me anytime... never mind, find Tan Han instead. After all, I'm not going there.”
“You should say that even if you went, they wouldn't dare let you in, right?”
Tan Han teased from the side.
“True.”
I laughed along with her.
However... speaking of which, that Heart of Cold Tide I still held needs to be sold off quickly.
But I was also somewhat hesitant because I always felt the time wasn't right yet.
After all, selling it now would only serve as a ticket.
If I waited until they reached the final result and were only missing this one, its value might increase even further.
Anyway, I didn't think they could forcibly snatch it from my hands.
If they truly tried... I could establish my prestige before them again.
Speaking of which, when was the last time I used my strength to establish prestige before them?
It was a bit blurry.
After all, for such trivial matters, I generally wouldn't memorize them purposefully.
Recalling it now actually felt inexplicably a bit embarrassing.
After all, that was crushing noobs.
“Um... I'll ask... if a student really dies in that secret realm, does the academy really not care at all?”
At this moment, Shi Ruizhi asked weakly.
“The academy not caring is, of course, our guess.”
I said half-jokingly, but even if it was a guess, it was basically the truth.
“If this matter blows up to the point of hitting the heavens, the academy might not necessarily ignore it. For example... if all the important figures died in the secret realm, that's a situation no one wants to see.”
“So they still will care, right?”
“Asking in such detail... could it be you actually want to go in your heart? If you can't make a decision, I can help you.”
“Actually, I still want to go a little bit...”
“Hey hey Ruizhi! Wake up! Don't be so impulsive just because your head got hot!”
Fang Zhi hurriedly spoke up from the side.
After all, she couldn't just watch her bestie go to her death.
How could ordinary students like them get involved in such a dangerous matter?
“It's fine In life, one must always do some things that aren't understood by others. Only such a life isn't called regretful.”
***
Laboratory.
After shifting my attention back, I continued to do my own work.
As for whether Shi Ruizhi could truly cross that hurdle of hers and give it a try, I no longer cared.
Everyone has their own path; perhaps smooth sailing, perhaps full of bumps.
Even slinking through to the end is similarly a choice; there's no need to force it.
But my intuition told me Shi Ruizhi would still choose to go.
That was a foresight and perception originating from Heart Sense.
After all, Heart Sense is also called... the Sixth Sense.
Among ordinary people, the sixth sense is used to refer to those intuitive abilities that cannot be explained clearly.
To a certain extent... Heart Sense truly is exactly like that.
Right now, I was rolling out Nightmare purification experiments on a large scale in the lab.
Because the purification method was the only method verified as successful currently, to ensure sufficient output of pure Dream-state Soul-substance, half of the current experimental capacity used this method.
The remaining other half consisted of those purification methods I had previously paused.
After all, Dream-state Soul-substance currently has not left the scope of laboratory production.
If large-scale industrial capacity could be achieved, I wouldn't even bother trying new methods now.
And in the intervals of experimenting with these methods, I had been letting Fool's Luck cooperate with me to understand the characteristics of the Dream-state Soul.
After all, defining racial concepts atop the life essence and inscribing bloodline information... all of these required me to scout them out myself.
No one could help me or provide experience regarding Dream-state Soul-substance.
However, the commotion caused by my experiments naturally attracted the attention of some witches.
“Little Han, preparing Nightmares on such a large scale—have you completed the purification of theoretical Dream-state Soul-substance?”
A witch suddenly spoke up to ask.
Although the term "Dream-state Soul-substance" had not yet spread through academic circles, most of the witches here knew the term, because I was working on exactly that.
As the absolute core of the Primal Dream State construction in this laboratory, they naturally paid close attention to my experiments.
After all, being able to witness the birth of a brand-new concept that had been verified theoretically—even if they weren't involved, it was enough for them to brag about!
“I suppose so. It's still in the laboratory purification stage,” I said, looking up at this witch.
The witch before me was named Doreen, full name Doreen Clemence, a semi-permanent witch in this dream laboratory.
Furthermore, she also had her own laboratory in the experimental area, but it wasn't for her alone but for a team.
She was responsible for interfacing with the data collection of the team's real experiments, effectively acting as an experimenter.
So occasionally when she had nothing to do, she liked to exchange information about her research field with other witches here to broaden her horizons.
“Really! Does Dream-state Soul-substance truly exist? Can I see it!”
After receiving my affirmative reply, Doreen spoke in shock.
“Um... it's been used up. It's on Fool's Luck right now.”
I pointed at Fool's Luck, who was helping nearby.
“Used... used up?! Ah? Not a single bit left? That was Dream-state Soul-substance!”
Doreen was currently experiencing a pupil earthquake, unable to believe it.
It was like something that was in a theoretical state just a second ago was nonchalantly said to have been made, and then said to be used up.
This feeling made her feel like she was on a roller coaster!
“Did you do comparative experiments with soul-substance? What are the characteristics of Dream-state Soul-substance? Impurities—are there still those impurities from Nightmare purification? How about I do these experiments for you? I can do anything you need me to do...”
“Ah, this... I still kept some as specimens. But as for experiments... there's probably no need, right?”
I looked at the agitated Doreen, feeling a bit of sweat on my brow.
Sure enough, my brain's wiring is just different from these professional academic witches.
I think about moving to the next step once a breakthrough is made; they think about doing experiments and collecting data.
Is writing a thesis the next step?
“What was successful?”
“I just heard some keywords. What did Little Han do again?”
At this moment, even more witches heard the sound of Doreen speaking here and leaned over to watch the fun.
“Little Han successfully prepared pure Nightmares, which is that so-called Dream-state Soul-substance!”
Doreen spoke directly to the curious witches without being vague, her tone revealing a faint "you didn't even tell us something so important" grievance.
“What? Little Han, you succeeded? Where is it?”
“For real? Has it been verified that it is soul-substance?”
“Curious to ask, can Dream-state Soul-substance gestate dream life?”
Instantly, the surrounding witches crowded forward and asked the questions they wanted to know all at once.
One couldn't blame them for being so excited; after all, this matter was simply too shocking!
“Alright, quiet! I cannot answer so many questions all at once!”
I forcibly transmitted my voice to every witch's ear through the order of the Dream Domain, making them quiet down.
If this continued, I wouldn't even be able to do my experiments.
“Let me clarify first. I have indeed completed the purification of the first portion of Nightmare. As for whether purified Nightmare is the theoretical Dream-state Soul-substance, I cannot give a theoretical verification. However, I've had Fool's Dream cooperate with me to do experiments. This special pure Nightmare conforms to the composition of life within the Primal Dream State, and...”
“And what?”
At this moment, some impatient witches had already begun asking.
“And it also possesses the same characteristic as soul-substance, which is being able to sublimate into a Dream-state Soul.”
After I finished speaking, the witches around me suddenly fell silent.
They felt as if they had heard something unbelievable.
Another separate concept: "Dream-state Soul"!
They hadn't even seen Dream-state Soul-substance yet, and Little Han has already completed the sublimation of a Dream-state Soul?!
“I understand you might not quite believe it, but Fool's Dream can prove it for me.”
I picked up Fool's Luck, who was currently still in the posture of a Dream-state Soul, and spoke to all the witches.
“Her name is Fool's Luck, and she's also the Fool's Dream who cooperated with me for the experiment. Her current state belongs to the preliminary posture of a Dream-state Soul. Additionally... over at the Constant Dream Laboratory, there is a portion of Dream-state Soul-substance I kept as a specimen. How about I take you all to see it.”
I glanced at the experiment I was currently doing; I likely still had some time, so I could satisfy their curiosity.
After all, over these past few days, these witch sisters had also brought me quite a few benefits.
Having enjoyed their favors, it was natural to pay them back slightly.
Furthermore, they synchronized many experimental data regarding the Primal Dream State with the Seed of Great Knowledge, allowing me to have more cognition on the theoretical level regarding the Primal Dream State.
So, they deserved my doing this.
You had to know that these theories and experimental data were not archived in the academy library.
Even if I wanted to understand them, I would have had to experiment personally.
This move of theirs saved me a lot of energy, so I naturally needed to express my gratitude.