Chapter 687: Failed Experiment and Successful Verification
Although everyone was quite curious about Yi Rui’s current state, out of respect for the experiment, they had to suppress their almost uncontrollable curiosity and stand aside.
Yi Rui was also very aware of the gravity of the situation, distinguishing between serious and playful occasions. Once she adapted to this state, she immediately realized her task.
However, even so, it still could not change the outcome that was destined to fail.
“This experiment is going to fail, Yi Rui, pay attention, you will be completely resurrected later,” I said to Yi Rui, but there was no hint of regret in my tone. After all, this experiment was destined to fail, yet it still met the expectations of the experiment.
I then turned my head to the others and spoke again, “Can someone go help find Yi Rui a more convenient outfit?”
“I’ll go prepare it right now!”
“I’ll set up a one-way visual barrier to prevent our situation from being discovered.”
“Okay, thank you,” I nodded and then looked at Yi Rui.
“Indeed, it failed after all…” Yi Rui conveyed a slightly frustrated response through the Mind Communication Magic. She was trying very hard to control her current body, but she couldn’t do it.
Clearly knowing how to do it, as simple as pressing a button in front of her, but without the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, she seemed like a disabled person who had lost both arms: she understood what to do but simply couldn’t accomplish it.
“Don’t be discouraged; at least I collected a lot of good data and even some valuable information I overlooked before the experiment,” I comforted Yi Rui.
For example, the essence of their Soul Material; while it could be temporarily addressed using the Mimetic Soul technique, what about other aspects?
I personally also faced a serious problem that needed to be addressed.
As Yi Rui’s body was reshaped back to its original form, the experimental platform was also opened. A group of sisters stepped forward to wrap her in temporary blankets or bath towels.
After a simple cleanup and getting dressed again, Yi Rui also came forward.
“Yes, and before the experiment, it would be best to take off any unnecessary clothes,” Yi Rui felt a bit dazed at this moment, the depletion of energy was significant.
This depletion was indeed large; it wasn’t just the experience of d*ath but rather her exhausting effort to accomplish something she couldn’t.
Even though the final result remained unsatisfactory.
“Well, it’s also my oversight,” I agreed.
But when mentioning this, I thought of something else: the sense of time. If I could master the sense of time like Sister Bai, could damaged clothes be restored just as the deceased are resurrected?
The sense of time is a process of reverting to and reshaping; this feeling made me sense something from the Resurrection Spell, as if there were some “commonalities” between Resurrection Spells and Body Cultivation.
After finishing these tasks and organizing the somewhat messy experimental platform caused by this experiment, the others began to pull up experimental records for analysis.
However, I didn’t participate in this analysis, as I was not on the same level as them. They did this to understand what I was doing more clearly and stride to reach a level where they could “help me.”
They were learning, while I naturally did not need to waste time understanding concepts I already knew.
At this point, Yi Rui came over.
“This experiment made me aware of the gap between you and me. According to that paper, the two experiments we underwent were theoretically quite similar, but I failed while you succeeded. I realize you have Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, but I possess a more terrifying mental power strength and a higher level of witch transformation, yet I didn’t even touch that threshold…”
“Why are you self-criticizing and even comparing yourself to me?” I asked with a smile, trying to lighten the mood, but the effect was not great.
“From age, I am your senior; it doesn’t feel good to be led by a junior.”
“Mm? You actually care about this? I thought you were the type who wouldn’t be bothered by such things after spending time together,” I said, somewhat surprised.
“Is that so? I shouldn’t have appeared so open-minded? But it is an undeniable fact; I am quite competitive.”
“Really? The last person who told me they were competitive…” I unconsciously thought of Tan Han from the Primordial Dream World.
Theoretically, she could be exempt from courses and should be able to go to the Expanding Realm, but I found she had not. There weren’t many records about Tan Han in the entire Expanding Realm, and these records only proved that she had been here during this period but had not stayed long.
“You should be able to see the shadow I left behind. After all… in terms of age, you have only been at the Witch Academy for a year… just a year…”
“Indeed, a year is too short; I still have many things left to do.”
“Is it bragging to say that?” Yi Rui chuckled at my words, perhaps out of frustration.
“Alright, let’s not talk about this. It feels like anything I say sounds like bragging to you.”
“True… But if I remember correctly, the semester’s final exam should be coming soon, right? After this, you would have officially spent a year at the Witch Academy.”
“Yeah, although I don’t have to take the exam, I cannot miss this final exam.”
“Why? Did you take on a teaching assistant’s commission for the final exam? Isn’t that just wasting your time?” Yi Rui asked, somewhat surprised.
“Because Teacher Lina helped me with something, and she agreed to trade this favor for my help during this final exam,” I explained.
“I see… So, you’ll be leaving in a few days, right? What about the experiment of self-generated magic that you organized for us?” Yi Rui asked worriedly.
“If it’s not possible, we can set it aside for now; a few days’ delay won’t matter. Moreover, I remember you all haven’t been in the place you’re currently staying for long, right? In a few days, we can return to the more professional environment of the Witch Academy to continue the experiment… Besides, experiencing d*ath isn’t something that can go on forever; you all need time to recuperate, right? No one can handle dying a few times every day under high intensity,” I explained.
“In fact, I plan to get some results within these days, even if it’s just ideas, and then use that to see if Principal Mei is interested,” Yi Rui said.
“But a few days simply isn’t enough!” Yi Rui protested.
“Perhaps not, but… when time is insufficient, there are ways to cope with that.”
“Do you have any ideas?” Hearing this, Yi Rui’s eyes lit up.
“To achieve anything requires dividing into stages. Right now, we’re just blindly trying, but it was that last attempt that made me realize what the next stage challenge I need to overcome is.”
“What is it?”
“Something like the derivative spells of metamorphosis and incubation that Principal Mei masters. However, as someone with firsthand experience in the self-generated magic experiment, I know that even Principal Mei’s metamorphosis and incubation resurrection spell isn’t the best method for shaping self-generated magic; we need a special resurrection spell dedicated to the research of self-generated magic techniques.” I spoke, contemplating, as if I had made a determination.
“You want to derive an entirely new resurrection spell?” Yi Rui’s eyes widened in disbelief!
In her view, even deriving a unique effect derivative spell from something as terrifying as the resurrection spell would be impressive; yet here I was wanting to derive a resurrection spell completely suitable for the study of self-generated magic?!
“Is that not possible?”
“Not a serial derivative, right…”
“The resurrection spell is a very special spell; there are not many serial derivatives applicable to it. You can’t expect it to resurrect two of you, right? Therefore, each resurrection spell derivative that can play a decisive role is a non-serial derivative.”
“Like your Reincarnation Rebirth?”
“More or less, but this needs to be done slowly. A derivative spell requires a target, and then gradually approaching that target, rather than roughly using serial thinking to get close. Such an approach limits oneself from the start, so how can one innovate?”
“Thank you for telling me all of this…” Yi Rui sighed, as if she understood something, but some things cannot be changed simply by understanding.
“It was just a spontaneous thought,” I turned around from the nearby railing, looking at those who were busy, “You just experienced that phase from d*ath to resurrection, right? During the whole experiment, what did you feel was the most powerless phase?”
“The most powerless… was when reforming the body; I completely had no authority to decide what kind of existence I wanted to become. That should be the difference between me and self-awakened body cultivation, right?”
“Maybe, but a more important point is that my exclusive rebirth spell is different from Principal Mei’s metamorphosis and incubation. My resurrection spell needs to stay in the intermediate stage for longer to provide us with ample operation time. Just like metamorphosis and incubation; that’s a process. However, my Reincarnation Rebirth doesn’t have that process, or maybe it does… but it’s skipped.”
Thus, from this perspective, the resurrection spell doesn’t really have much superiority or inferiority; it’s just about whether it’s suitable.
For instance, right now, I need the kind of slow resurrection method found in metamorphosis and incubation. My Reincarnation Rebirth is more suited for use in battle.
“Indeed, if this stage can be reasonably prolonged… oh, no wonder you used the Reincarnation Rebirth spell so early, while I still wasn’t resurrected. You intentionally extended the time.”
“Yes, I intentionally extended the time, but doing so isn’t ideal, inconvenient, and lacks a suitable intermediate carrier.”
“So the incubation mentioned in that paper, that incubation process is what you hope to use as the intermediate carrier, right?” Yi Rui asked.
“Exactly, so I need to derive a resurrection spell for a period of time, tentatively called… Incubation Rebirth.”
“Just like Principal Mei’s spell?”
“No, it cannot be the same. Principal Mei’s resurrection spell also doesn’t fit what we are doing; it just happens to be somewhat suitable. What I want is to align completely with our experiment. We need to set aside the advantage factor of self-awakened body cultivation, and then compensate in other areas to see a glimmer of hope for success,” I shook my head and corrected Yi Rui.
“That’s quite difficult,” Yi Rui tried to persuade me.
“I have a plan.”
“Okay, I believe in you.” Hearing my words, Yi Rui changed her earlier mindset again.
Unknowingly, she realized that she had developed such trust in the present Xiao Han! To the point that her previous professional experience had been overshadowed by this emotional understanding.
It’s worth noting that they had previously gathered in a club studying runes, spells, and spell derivatives!
How could they not know the difficulty of spell derivation?
“So we are going to jointly complete a spell called Incubation Rebirth… right?”
“Correction, let’s call it tentatively the Incubation Rebirth spell. Incubation Rebirth is not our endpoint; it’s once again our starting point.”
“Is that so…” lost in thought again, she seemed to think of something and suddenly raised her head, “Xiao Han, what would happen if you used the Reincarnation Rebirth to resurrect again? Have you tried it?”
“I have; I tried, but that was just a vessel.”
“Are the vital signs normal? Does it have autonomous consciousness?” Yi Rui continued to inquire.
“You divided the concepts of your own soul, soul material, and body, but essentially, it’s an indivisible whole. If my previous understanding of resurrection spells was merely to create a body for guiding the soul to be reborn within, now I’ve realized that previous thoughts were fundamentally incorrect. Essentially, the rebirth spell relies on the essence of the soul to reshape the body.”
“I cannot create a body out of thin air with a regular resurrection spell unless there is a consciousness, soul material, or soul serving as a medium. However, my Reincarnation Rebirth can rely on all the information from a life concept to resurrect a being, but this kind of existence requires me to reshape a soul, which is my Mimetic Soul technique, and the resurrected would no longer be that person but rather a brand new individual, and this cannot even be called life.”
“I’m sorry… I hadn’t considered how complex the content related to resurrection spells could be…” Yi Rui said apologetically.
Yi Rui understood clearly what I was saying, but she couldn’t comprehend it; it wasn’t a matter of understanding ability, but a lack of that recognition, preventing her from self-learning or understanding through the information I provided.
“No, your idea has indeed given me a fresh perspective. You must have heard the rumors from the Expanding Realm about me being seen in various places, right?”
“Yeah, what does that have to do with this? Could it be… you!” At this point, Yi Rui suddenly thought of a horrifying guess!
“Yes, that’s right; the me seen in those rumors is indeed me; they are simply my clones. I utilized the Reincarnation Rebirth spell along with many other techniques to create a clone technique. Those clones… they also have the body talent of self-generated magic, but they are still me, not separate individuals. Do you understand?”
“You… you mean!” Yi Rui’s eyes widened; the information implied in that statement was just too much!
Setting aside the clone issue, if clones can possess the ability of self-generated magic, then…
“I want to try resurrecting you into me, to see if you can inherit this body talent.”
“That… is that even possible?!”
“According to the theories I currently grasp, the probability is likely not feasible. I just casually drew this guess before, but I have not validated it. However… since we are in the experimental phase, I feel it’s necessary to attempt it. Trying different things will yield different results.”
Of course, my primary intention was to investigate whether it was feasible. Theoretically, body and soul swapping should be possible, but it would have “downsides” I do not understand.
Because I clearly knew that those clones possessed self-generated magic because the templates created by their Mimetic Soul techniques were my own soul.
If it were them… then their body information would produce “incompatibility” with this physique, or rather, it’s not merely an issue of incompatibility; it’s a fundamental problem of not being possible. At least a regular resurrection spell cannot do that.
However… the Reincarnation Rebirth spell… might be able to.
Thus, I increasingly recognized a terrifying resurrection spell derivative, which is why it drew so much attention.
Especially this well-known “Reincarnation Rebirth.”
The only regret is that my current spellbook is still a rudimentary version that can only be used in conjunction with special techniques.
The resurrection spell should essentially resemble a standard spell prototype, with more powerful and effective resurrection spells being enhancements built upon this foundation, continuously expanding the concept of “resurrection.” This is the foundational derivative concept of the resurrection spell.
Perhaps this attempt might uncover the relationship between body and the essence of life within the concept of resurrection.
And before confirming this, I boldly speculate…
The body is a form of “derivation” of the essence of life!
