**Chapter 691: The Formal Laboratory Belonging to Students and Teaching Assistants**
After leaving Principal Mei’s office, I contacted Yi Rui and the others right away.
However, this matter was a bit unclear to explain through contact, so I planned to talk to them in person.
As for the research, it wasn’t very urgent now; I could patiently wait for Principal Mei to finalize the laboratory application before discussing it.
With a formal laboratory, we would have an official venue, and I believe Yi Rui and the others would be very happy about it.
Upon returning to the villa, Sister Bai didn’t reprimand me; instead, she directly came to my side, showing that actions speak louder than words.
However, the efficiency from the principal’s side was quick. Just as I was about to head out to find Yi Rui and the others, Sister Mei informed me that the laboratory permissions had been sorted out for us, and even someone would be sent over specifically.
“Sister Bai, I’m leaving now, oh, sigh～ Now that I’m at the Witch Academy, you should stop worrying about my safety, right?”
“Isn’t this concern for you? With your knack for getting into trouble, I really can’t rest easy no matter where you are～” Sister Bai responded somewhat helplessly, considering we hadn’t seen each other for long before being forced to meet again…
“Okay, okay, I’m the troublemaker～ but I really have to go first; after all, it’s almost time for our appointment.”
I pointed to the time and said goodbye to Sister Bai.
When I arrived at the meeting place, everyone gathered there immediately rushed up to me.
“Xiao Han, are you okay?”
“Yeah, that situation back then… it was really scary.”
“Hmm? You’re all here! I’m fine, really～ how could anything happen to me?” I quickly reassured everyone, preparing to brush the matter aside.
After all, I took full responsibility for the incident, and they were somewhat caught up in it.
At that time, I was flustered by the sudden appearance of the totem and didn’t have the time to explain things clearly to them.
So here, I briefly recounted the events leading up to the incident. Regardless of whether they understood, I felt they had the right to know the truth since they experienced it with me, and I would accommodate them.
However, they still seemed a bit confused, unable to fully grasp the situation.
Of course, the main reason was that they found it hard to believe that so many extraordinary academies would target the Witch Academy so vehemently.
Previously, when other academies isolated us, we also isolated them. We ignored each other, and occasionally, the witch students would create some troubles for them.
Thus, the Witch Academy had been in a solo mode for a long time, mostly unaware of those academies’ true nature, simply knowing they were definitely hostile toward the Witch Academy, but that shouldn’t have escalated to a core issue of extraordinary principles…
However, now the Witch Academy was interacting more closely with other academies, and the occasional friction had gradually become apparent, but they hadn’t anticipated the hostility from other extraordinary academies toward the Witch Academy to such a degree!
“It’s simply because you possess a power called the totem, so they don’t intend to let you go. Moreover… most of them didn’t even recognize this power called the totem?”
“That’s about right. Other extraordinary academies… have ill intentions and just can’t stand us succeeding.” I shrugged and replied.
“I’m still worried about that void rift… speaking of which, those major incidents that occurred in the academy back then… were all caused by you, Xiao Han, right?”
“Uh… I wouldn’t say that’s entirely true?” I quickly corrected, feeling that this made me seem like the unstable factor in the academy.
If we’re talking about causing major incidents… the extraordinary witches have caused far more chaos than I have? It’s just that often no one knows about it; just take the alchemy zone in the academy, where witches are constantly blowing up their alchemy labs!
“Alright, let’s not discuss this matter for now. Since I’ve been forced back to the academy, what should we do about the experiments moving forward? Continue? However, we only have this one fixed location…”
At this moment, many expressed difficulty, as the academy is not as casual as the expanding realm. Messing around in the academy can come with consequences.
“Oh, are you still worried about this? No worries, after I returned, I was called by Principal Mei to discuss the situation. I took the opportunity to explain the research we were conducting, and while Principal Mei is currently busy, she still applied for an independent research laboratory for us.”
“What?”
Hearing my words at that moment, everyone was immediately stunned, as they hadn’t expected Xiao Han to be so efficient.
And what did they just hear?
The principal personally inquiring, even applying for a laboratory for them, the students!
Of course, this might also be related to the chaos Xiao Han caused, making it necessary for the principal to step in, but if it weren’t for that connection, who would open such a convenient door?
That was the independent laboratory of the Witch Academy!
Previously, they followed their instructors to gain experience and learn skills, accumulating knowledge little by little.
In the past, when they wanted a complete laboratory to research a topic, even extraordinary witch instructors sometimes failed to apply, ending up sulking in their personal laboratories, or sometimes in their own villa-turned-laboratories conducting experiments.
Many still remember those days of running around.
“Of course, let’s go! You might not know what our current experiment represents; all you need to know is that it has been affirmed by the principal.”
After I said this, everyone was incredibly excited; they had actually participated in an experiment that was recognized by the principal! They felt it would be impressive to go back and tell their instructor…
As everyone immersed in this atmosphere, they followed me out of their unremarkable club activity gathering place, heading toward their brand-new laboratory!
And I led them to the laboratory.
After all, it was my first time there, and I wasn’t very familiar with the route. Along the way, I stumbled, but having a group of excited chattering young girls by my side kept me from feeling bored.
“Wow… it looks like that’s the research base of the Witch Academy…”
“Normally, we don’t seem to have permission to come here, right?”
As everyone was talking, I indeed encountered an obstacle high up.
“It’s true; we require permission to enter this area.”
“I heard this research base is in a section of isolated space. Although it looks right in front of us, if we try to break in, we definitely can’t get in.”
“I’ve heard that before. A senior forced her way in, and it was said that if you break in… you could end up in a space maze, leaving her stuck for five days.”
“Is it really that outrageous?” I listened in curiosity to their conversation, but at that moment, a spell projection appeared in front of me, something like permission verification.
After the permission verification, I promptly obtained the authority of the laboratory supervisor and could add others to get member permissions.
This meant that here, whoever applied for the laboratory would be the supervisor of that laboratory and responsible for the arrangement of its members.
After exploring the system a bit, I added everyone as members.
“Eh? There’s also a proxy supervisor? Yi Rui, why don’t you take this authority? Not everyone who came with me is here yet, so you can help review the permission applications and allocations later.” After all, the group had just returned to the Witch Academy, and many had their own matters to attend to, so they couldn’t all wait for me. Thus, I planned to hand over the member review authority to Yi Rui, as I still had faith in her.
“Mm, okay.” Yi Rui did not refuse. Although the club members all knew Xiao Han, being close friends depends more on her.
After handling these trivial matters, I took everyone to the laboratory.
“Wow… it’s this spacious inside?”
“The entire laboratory’s lining materials, there’s even such a large area of…”
“Hey, hey～ all of you, act like you’ve seen the world before! Don’t look so naive!”
After a flurry of excitement from everyone, they began to accept this reality, yet the excitement hadn’t dulled.
“Everyone, get familiar with the operation of the equipment here first, and then put away any unnecessary equipment. After all, all of these tools are very expensive.” I finally spoke to everyone.
As they followed my advice and began to busy themselves, I was planning the laboratory work for the upcoming period.
Earlier at the Sixth Refuge, I encountered a problem that I hadn’t had time to address; now I had been forced back to the Witch Academy.
The problem was… this experiment involving so many people had a terribly low utilization rate!
But there was nothing to be done; I wasn’t just the proposer of this experiment but also the only one capable of practically executing it at the moment.
Currently, others didn’t even have the qualifications to participate in this experiment and could only act as “little white mice.”
So I couldn’t just leave them idle.
However… simply having them hold onto Principal Mei’s paper didn’t serve any purpose.
So I planned to teach them some spells, such as… the Resurrection Spell.
Learning the framework of the Resurrection Spell would help them have a basic understanding of it in the upcoming period, as well as offer them foundational knowledge concerning “d*ath” during the experiment.
Of course, one aspect is that once they learned the Resurrection Spell, it would provide a basis for learning other derived spells of the Resurrection Spell. If someone among them could master the “Hatching Rebirth” spell that I was intending to derive next, I certainly wouldn’t mind teaching it to them.
After all, they would be my “materials” for the subsequent experiments. The materials, using the Hatching Rebirth during experimenting accidents, would also possess more autonomy.
Of course, this was mainly to facilitate the progress of the experiment.
Once everyone was nearly familiar with the equipment in the laboratory, I gathered them to explain the brief arrangements for the upcoming period.
After all, in just a few days, I would have to participate in the semester’s final exams for the lower grades. Before that, I also needed to attend the teaching assistant meeting, so time was tight.
But it was fine; currently, the experiment regarding self-generated magic was still in the early stages of member adaptation and principle exploration.
If during my absence, the Hatching Rebirth Spell wasn’t derived, then they could continue diving deep into the study of the Resurrection Spell and start learning the theoretical stage of Magic Source Condensation Technique in advance. After all, the Magic Source Condensation Technique was built upon self-generated magic. So learning it wouldn’t condense magic right away, but would help them understand some properties of self-generated magic indirectly.
If during these days, they completed the derivation of the Hatching Rebirth Resurrection Spell, then they would focus entirely on researching this Resurrection Spell, striving for everyone to understand its principles. While not everyone needed to master it, they should grasp the underlying concepts.
Moreover, Yi Rui mentioned that if the Hatching Rebirth was successfully derived, she would ask her instructor, Instructor Belika, for help in creating it into a spellbook.
After all, this was in the Core Realm of the Main World, with a significant weakening spell’s cover. The raw spells would be significantly weakened. Only a structured spellbook could partially resist this weakening, ensuring more stability in casting.
Of course, it would be best to choose to conduct these experiments in the expanding realm, but that didn’t offer the convenience of the Witch Academy.
You could say there are pros and cons to both.
So for the upcoming period, we wholeheartedly committed to deriving the Hatching Rebirth.
As our research progressed, we found that the originally envisioned “Hatching Rebirth” seemed to deviate somewhat. Our current progress, rather than being a derivation, was more like a spell extension based on the Reincarnation Rebirth Spell.
The meaning of spell extension is that it cannot exist independently of its prototype spell, unlike a derived spell.
If we were to force it into an independent derived spell based on the Resurrection Spell’s framework “Hatching Rebirth,” then the spell effect obtained would be less favorable than the extension spell effect based on the Reincarnation Rebirth concept.
This problem had indeed troubled us for a long time. While the research had been quite smooth for several days, we ultimately got stuck here.
Some problems can’t simply be resolved over time; sometimes it’s a matter of flawed ideas. Perhaps if we figured something out in a moment, we could perfect this derived spell in just an afternoon.
Finally, after receiving a message from Teacher Lina, we found that our current progress had only yielded two “semi-finished products.”
One was a flawed derived spell based on the Resurrection Spell prototype, Hatching Rebirth.
Of course, it wasn’t that this spell was inherently flawed; its effect was just not satisfactory compared to the next semi-finished product, hence it was jokingly referred to as a semi-finished product.
The other could only be an extension of my Reincarnation Rebirth Spell for Hatching Rebirth, which hadn’t transformed into an independent derived spell but had effects better than the first “semi-finished product.”
“How about… I ask our instructor to come over? I think if we can’t solve this problem, it may not be that we’re foolish, but rather that we haven’t accumulated enough experience and insight.”
“Yeah, we’ve only just started learning the Resurrection Spell these past few days and can’t contribute much; everything depends on you leading, Xiao Han…”
“That truly is a solution.” I looked at them; this was the first time they had suggested seeking help from their instructor in these few days, clearly indicating they had exhausted their options.
Meanwhile, I was thinking about other matters, as just a moment ago, I realized I had almost been ensnared by the current predicament myself.
Hatching Rebirth was never a mandatory goal; rather, it was a handy tool to enhance our research efficiency. The Hatching Rebirth Spell was simply a phased achievement, a target that could be replaced at any time.
Our pursuit shouldn’t be perfection, but usability, and then perfection that approaches perfection.
So I prefer the Hatching Rebirth based on the Resurrection Spell prototype. Even though it appears somewhat “childish” compared to the Reincarnation Rebirth Spell, it represents the possibility of improvement.
I agree to have them call the instructor primarily to create a spellbook from this derived spell because I understood from the beginning that a spellbook serves as a platform for derived spells.
It is a tool for ongoing research into spells, facilitating people’s access to and understanding of spells!
Now, I also realize that once a spellbook is perfected to be “flawless,” witches will transform that spellbook into an inviolable ability.
The trade of spellbooks isn’t for the spell itself but for a structured platform for researching corresponding spell prototypes.
“Then… for the next short period, this laboratory will be entrusted to you. I’ll save all the research information based on the Reincarnation Rebirth Spell, extending it as geological insights, so you can learn and share it with your respective instructors.”
“So soon? The final exam is about to start?”
“No choice, Teacher Lina is getting me to attend a meeting; see you later～”
“Mm, see you.”
