Chapter 623: The Dilemma of the Main World Family
After some negotiations, and with the witness of the teaching assistant Wenni Beck being present, we reached an agreement on constructing the second shelter.
No one knows what the two parties communicated in such a short time, but onlookers only care about what both sides ultimately want to express.
Everyone is not foolish and did not delve into this matter; if they want to gossip, they will do so privately.
Now, with everyone’s help, this incident involving the space maze has temporarily come to an end.
Those who were lost in different places in terms of consciousness and body quickly received assistance, as the space has now dispersed and is no longer affected by the flow of the Earth Vein, making it easier to locate them.
Not to mention that I shared the information on the Earth Veins; even if the magic power silk thread network they built collapses, they can still find clues accurately.
After the incident concluded, many exploration teams packed up to return home, and this event showed everyone the dangers within this expanding realm; even if they possess tremendous power, they cannot do as they please.
The Seed Vault experience thoroughly taught them a lesson.
On the way back.
“Wenni, are we just going back like this?”
“What else? Should we go toe to toe with that guy? I can’t handle her.” Wenni snorted lightly.
“Wait, isn’t that my line?”
“What’s wrong with it? It’s just the truth; we lost this round.” Wenni said nonchalantly, completely unlike her emotional state from earlier.
“So we just admit defeat? Wenni, I’ve never seen you admit to being scared.”
“Never seen? That just shows you’ve seen too little. After all, we didn’t come back empty-handed this time.”
“Huh? We can still gain something like this?”
“At least we know that she’s pretending to be clueless, will play along, and we understand how strong her connections are among the mentors. She isn’t completely closed off either; we learned what interests her and tested her limits, plus we found out a part of her personality—she dislikes trouble and has a lot of inner drama.”
“Is this really a gain?”
“Isn’t it? She is an unstable factor. We can’t keep thinking about how great it would be without her, instead we must accept the fact that she is here and try to lower our psychological expectations. Then any gain would be satisfying.”
“Then… why did we agree to let her build the shelter here? After such a significant incident, establishing infrastructure here will be very troublesome, and transporting materials is also a hassle. Moreover, the dream overlap has erupted; those dream creatures come and go unpredictably. Who can stay here?”
Furthermore, she had not mentioned that she was the only one present representing the All-purpose Association for this matter; the other clubs completely ignored her.
“Didn’t she say she would solve it during the following conversations?”
“You believe that?”
“Rationally, I don’t believe it, but what if? Plus, she might not have to handle it herself; the mentors can.”
“So it’s a gamble? What if we lose?”
“If we win, our All-purpose Association gets a free ride. Can you imagine if we establish a shelter there, the convenience it would bring for our further exploration in the expanding realm? As for losing… we haven’t signed a witch contract; our lower limit is much lower than hers.” Wenni said nonchalantly, “Let’s not talk about this anymore; we should focus on the outside world.”
“Outside world? What do you mean?”
“Can’t you see? The mentors of the Witch Academy treat our world the same way they treat the expanding realm; they never care about the social development outside the academy.”
“Just like now, the mentors open the doors to the expanding realm and let us have free rein. Doesn’t it reflect the current power structure of our world? But don’t forget, our foundation is in the main world, not here.” Wenni began to speak; her full name is Wenni Beck, and her family is not an unknown entity.
The Beck family is a family aligned with the Witch Academy, and their family naturally relies on the academy. Although the Extraordinary Academy does not interfere with the outside world, nor does it grant this family power, much less acknowledge their existence.
However, not preventing is the same as tacit approval.
Even if they do not grant power, the power derived from extraordinary abilities is invisible and deeply embedded in every aspect of life.
Due to the peculiarities of the Witch Academy, becoming a witch means losing the ability to bear children, thus her family does not only have her as a successor.
It’s safe to say there are many children, forming a large family tree. Many excellent children nonetheless lack the qualifications to enter the Witch Academy, as there must be someone to carry on the family line, right?
As the most outstanding successor entering the Witch Academy, her daily study schedule has long been planned. Did they really think she became an assistant because she was exceptionally talented?
No, she is merely the best in her family but cannot be counted as a top genius; instead, it is much more due to effort, thorough preparations, and cultivating relationships with the mentors beforehand.
Those participants unaware of the assistant examination process probably missed many opportunities at the beginning.
Setting those aside, the division within the current main world was established similarly.
The Extraordinary Academy does not interfere with the development of the outside world; it merely requires the social operation of the outside to run smoothly, with a sufficient number of excellent students entering the Extraordinary Academy each year, along with another batch entering the workforce to maintain social development.
Thus, the initial social structure here is not much different from the pioneering of the expanding realm; only the expanding realm is more primitive, and the means available are more violent.
The premise for them to develop the expanding realm is… to maintain the stability of social operation in the main world.
Currently, many mainstream families secretly suspect that the Extraordinary Academy seems to be gearing up for something big, and the arrival of these “players” might also be a self-directed play led by the Extraordinary Academy to prevent them from completely solidifying the social hierarchy of the main world.
What is the purpose of the Extraordinary Academy in training students?
To elevate them to extraordinary beings.
But most choose to graduate, vying for greater benefits for their families rather than becoming part of that race by becoming extraordinary.
Therefore, they have ample reason to suspect that the Extraordinary Academy is specifically targeting their family’s existence.
However, they don’t dare articulate this viewpoint too clearly, nor question the mentors, lest they appear rebellious.
At present, there’s indeed an issue they must confront: the invasion of those players.
They must resolve this matter!
Not resolving it leaves them greatly unsettled.
Moreover… with so many people flooding into the expanding realm, the main world loses direct power deterrence, and those players have already infiltrated various social strata!
It’s as if the entire world is engaged in a game of Werewolf; no one knows who the werewolf is.
And now, with public opinion in the main world society having such headwinds, it also signifies one thing: players have blended into the upper echelons of families!
Not only in their family, but also in the higher-ups of various industries related to family branches, influential figures in society…
They dare not think further.
“So… do we need to reduce our investment in the expanding realm?”
“No, we need to increase it, but we can’t let our energy get entangled in these matters. Let’s find some agents to help.”
“But that will also diminish our control over the expanding realm.”
“Therefore, we need to shift our approach, make good ties with the teaching assistant Yang Yuelan. She is indeed an unstable factor, but it depends on how to use her,” Wenni explained. “I’ve already taken on the role of the bad guy. However, in the context of this second shelter, our All-purpose Association is the only one standing by her side; we can find another to play the good guy, testing her to see if she responds better to softness or toughness… never mind, let’s go soft; I’m afraid of unexpected events if we force it.”
“So… this is no longer a matter of interests, right?”
“What do you say? This is a matter of survival, isn’t it?”
……
At the Wanlian Main Network Tree.
After sending those people away, I finally had some space of my own.
No one has stayed here since the only agreement on constructing the shelter was made with that teaching assistant from the All-purpose Association.
Without a residential scale formed, this place is hazardous for most people.
Space can be seen everywhere; even if supported by the Wanlian Main Network Tree, many areas still pose risks, not to mention the dream overlap environment, where most people will avoid if they can.
However, I did not expect that the teaching assistant from the All-purpose Association agreed.
But seeing them leave so quickly, I can’t help but wonder if they just promised verbally and left to save themselves.
But it’s fine that they left.
After all, I have many things to do, and I don’t want to be surrounded by so many spectators, like a monkey in a zoo.
However, the most important thing now is… to complete the testing of the Wanlian Main Network Tree.
The main function of the Wanlian Main Network Tree is to produce fruits for ordinary people to acquire “game qualifications.”
This is a very violent way for ordinary people to acquire power quickly.
Moreover, the threshold is incredibly low; having just the most basic mental power is enough.
With the improvement of the job transfer system, the mental power threshold required for players to change jobs may disappear, relying solely on subconscious interface operations.
The fastest way to test this new Wanlian Main Network Tree’s effectiveness is to… grab some folks to try it out while also having them build shelters here.
However, these processes are still too cumbersome for me; it seems I need to optimize a set of systematic operations so they can quickly establish a shelter.
Otherwise, at this efficiency, when can I fully cultivate the Wanlian Main Network Tree throughout the entire expanding realm?
But now I do have some ideas.
That is… to establish a new profession!
Then open up a new skill tree, with skills for rapidly building houses, like Earth Shaping, Earth Hardening, Plant Reinforcement, and so on.
But… is there really anyone suited for such a profession?
Or is this profession even viable for development?
This indeed seems to be a solvable issue. After pondering for a while, I also thought of a solution: to establish a sub-profession system!
Implementing this idea is not actually difficult; it’s merely a merger of career systems since I am the developer of these functions.
However, I still have a problem to face now: there are no shadows of people around the current Wanlian Main Network Tree.
The reason is simple: this is a dream overlap area!
Ordinary people won’t use dream demon spells to trap their consciousness in dreams; without a doubt, no one dares come here.
In this chaotic world, everyone prioritizes their own life.
Thus… this area of dream overlap must be resolved.
But this doesn’t mean I should or shouldn’t step in to smooth things out; rather, it’s determined by the current state between reality and dreams in the expanding realm.
Currently, most areas of the expanding realm are still in a state where the primordial dream world has not yet arrived.
It belongs solely to the appearance of the expanding realm, and only after the overlap of dreams and reality will there be intersections; only after having intersections can I step in to smooth things out.
The primordial dream world will ultimately consume the entire expanding realm, and dreams will again return to a state of non-interference with reality. I merely accelerate this process.
Thinking of this, I swiftly unfolded my heart realm field.
Everything around me was encompassed and continuously expanding outward. The coverage of the heart realm field is extensive; I only slow my progress when I feel it is taxing.
Currently, my field’s coverage roughly encompasses the dream overlap area that spreads from the convergence location of Earth Veins.
Although I know this dream overlap area will continue to expand outward, for now, this is sufficient.
Once my field expanded, I suddenly found many dream creatures appearing around me, scared and flying around restlessly.
“I almost forgot about you, but sorry, your existence is a hindrance to me.” I softly lamented, but unfortunately, they couldn’t understand.
I wouldn’t develop any special feelings for these creatures; even that large dream creature cooperating with me to complete the original runes is just a successful trade.
As for them, they should just return to the dreams and stay there.
As the order within my field circulated, countless knowledge powers were simulating specific rune ceremonies, forming a resonance of a particular frequency.
Such a stir frightened those dream creatures into a frenzy.
This is my first time attempting such a large-scale dream resonance; many techniques are still in the experimental phase.
It’s just like now; I am trying—trying what?
Trying to smooth out the dream overlap?
No, I am experimenting with what kind of results this frequency resonance will bring—whether it will aggravate the overlap of dreams and reality or diminish the inefficiency of their intersection.
Everything naturally requires practice to produce the most accurate answer.
At this moment, those dream creatures, having experienced the initial anomaly and discovering nothing happened, became active again, until they playfully crashed into the stout trunk of the Wanlian Main Network Tree.
“Seems something is off; this seems to be intensifying the overlap of dreams and reality…” I awkwardly looked at the reappearing “Dream Wanlian Main Network Tree” in the dream, as this tree’s information has already entered the dream and formed a specific dream creation!
“Sure enough, this frequency is aggravating… let’s try a different resonance frequency… or conduct more experiments to see the peak values…” I muttered to myself.
However, maintaining such a large heart realm field while wanting to conduct multiple experiments for comparison is still too ambitious.
Perhaps I made a mistake by expanding the field so large all at once.
