Chapter 730: The Problem of the Game World
Leaving the laboratory, I headed straight for Principal Mei’s office.
After exiting the area sealed off by the experimental zone, I used a teleportation to reach the other side of the principal’s office, and after a few more steps, I arrived at the experimental office.
Upon reaching the office, the gigantic precision instrument for observing Qi, located inside, was still the most eye-catching creation.
There were quite a few witches gathered here, and when they saw me approaching, they enthusiastically called me over.
Among this group of witches, I also spotted some familiar faces, like… Sister Natalie, the alchemy master who helped me create the Box of Books. I hadn’t expected her to be here as well.
At this moment, they were all playing with some strange items, some materials that I wouldn’t even know what to do with if I didn’t use the Earth Vein Identification Technique.
Some were just casually scattered on the floor… As I walked over and looked at them, it truly felt like they were dividing spoils.
“Xiao Han is here~ Next time, you can teleport directly into our office. You’re on my turf; there’s no need to be polite!” Principal Mei said directly since she noticed I always entered from outside that path.
“Ah… okay, okay, Sister Mei. Huh? Sister Mei, you’re still a clone, are you that busy now?” I looked at Principal Mei; her clone was still here, but since things should have settled down, she shouldn’t be that busy, right?
After all, there’s still the matter of the spoils…
“When am I not busy?” Principal Mei paused for a moment and replied with a smile.
“I thought things were more or less settled at this stage; after all, Sister Mei intentionally called me over to divide the spoils~”
“Things have indeed settled down, but troublesome matters come one after another. Being principal is quite demanding.” Principal Mei’s clone smiled and said, “By the way, do you want to know what the matter is?”
“Of course I want to know!” I said immediately.
After all, many things would lead to hesitation if I weren’t informed. Without knowing the underlying logic of a situation, I wouldn’t be able to guess what the other party intended to do.
It’s like no one has directly or formally told me about my own worth, my meaning. Unaware of how other races treat geniuses, I would be stuck in my own thoughts, even naively not considering that the other party might really design a plan to k*ll me!
“Look at you, making Xiao Han anxious. Don’t be so impatient~ Get the benefits first, then slowly explain.” At this moment, a witch sister, playing with a fruit, smiled and said.
“Xiao Han just came from the laboratory; unlike you who are usually idle, she’s the first to come and divide the spoils.” At this time, another nearby witch bluntly belittled her.
“I went with the principal, so I should have my share of the extorted items! What’s wrong with that?”
“Step aside, you’re stepping on my materials.” Amidst the argument between the two witches, Sister Natalie also joined in. However, she was only interested in the materials among those items; as long as they were extraordinary materials applicable to alchemy, she wouldn’t reject any.
“That’s true, Xiao Han made a special trip from the laboratory to put down her work. She should get some benefits first.” Principal Mei said, then handed over a storage card, “This is yours, Xiao Han. I specifically picked out some items you can use. After all, the compensations from the academy are based on your d*ath, and we didn’t delve too deeply into that; many of them are likely useless to you.”
“It’s fine, it’s all free stuff anyway. As long as Sister Mei remembers me, that’s enough~”
I could tell that Principal Mei was subtly explaining why she didn’t give me all these compensations, but it would be impossible for me to take everything! My face isn’t that thick yet.
Although these items seem to be compensations from various academies for my d*ath, without the Witch Academy as a backing, others wouldn’t even glance at you.
So I was already very satisfied with just one share.
“You understand much better than you look.”
“Not bad~” I humbly replied, but deep down, I was quite clear about it. Mainly, I couldn’t evaluate the value of these resources and benefits. Not understanding their value naturally made me indifferent, just like in the Expanding Realm, as I couldn’t gauge their worth, I had to let Millien manage it for me.
The main reason was that I had too little experience.
“These are just appetizers; later, there’s a real good item for you. That’s what you’re truly getting this time,” Principal Mei said with a smile, adding a little suspense.
And upon mentioning this, I noticed that quite a few witches present showed envious expressions!
This is a benefit that even extraordinary witches can’t ignore?!
I was astonished, looking at Principal Mei, somewhat incredulous.
However, glancing at the storage card in my hand, I decided to tuck it away first…
“But before discussing that, let’s talk about what I mentioned earlier—what I’ve been busy with.” Principal Mei suddenly redirected the topic back to the original issue, “You should be quite curious, right?”
“Mhm.”
“Actually, we’re currently dealing with the issue concerning the game world.” Principal Mei sighed and directly got to the point, rare for her to be so straightforward.
“Eh? Is there an issue with that world?” I asked, somewhat surprised.
After all, wasn’t this world already in the witches’ possession? I hadn’t expected there would be any problems.
Needing Principal Mei’s personal attention somehow suggested that it might not be a small matter.
“Consider it a minor issue.”
“Minor issue…” I was somewhat skeptical; after all, this was a ‘minor issue’ according to the principal. In my view, it probably wasn’t minor at all.
However, I still remembered that I had a player clone; by now, I had mostly learned and grasped the language of that world, and I was cautiously trying to integrate into the player circle.
But currently, the progress was concerning.
Moreover… the players seemed somewhat off.
First, they had learned about the existence of extraordinary witches and were shocked, yet they didn’t leave, which was strange.
Who gave them the courage?
“It is indeed a minor issue; that game world is already in the witches’ possession. No one dares to seize this world from us.” Principal Mei set the tone for the matter.
“So… what is this minor issue?” I inquired curiously.
“It seems the void coordinates of that game world have leaked, and some extraordinary races learned of those coordinates before us.” Principal Mei sighed.
“Eh? Void coordinates? Leaked? Uh…”
“You might not fully understand what this implies, right?”
“Yes, so… does it mean that this world is being coveted by others?” I cautiously asked.
“No one dares to openly seize what belongs to the extraordinary witches, but there are indeed secretive moves going on continuously.” As Principal Mei spoke, her expression became somewhat serious, akin to finding a cockroach crawling at home, helpless.
The helplessness wasn’t due to the cockroach crawling, but because the dark corner had already reached its limit for tolerating that cockroach.
“Uh… if it’s just small moves, then we could just use lightning strikes to wipe them out…”
“So we’re currently facing two problems.” Principal Mei said, somewhat helpless, “The first is the contract issue. Do you remember when I mentioned for you to harvest that world?”
“Ah… I remember.” I nodded immediately, “So… they exploited loopholes in the contract to leak the void coordinates of that world, allowing other races to disturb it?”
“Pretty much, Xiao Han, you can understand it this way. This is not merely harassment; it is also provocative!” Principal Mei’s tone rose slightly, “Moreover, recently it seems we’ve lost the void coordinates of that world, which is not an accident. It appears that world has suddenly mastered the technology to obscure its own void coordinates, and has nearly half escaped our control.”
“Suddenly?” I quickly pinpointed the critical issue.
“It can be easily guessed that there’s something amiss here; certainly, some extraordinary races have acted. Most likely, it’s those extraordinary races from the main world.”
“Could it be the Abyss Demons? After all, that world belongs to them…” I speculated.
“It won’t be them,” Principal Mei denied this notion, “They haven’t yet secured a foothold in the main world, daring to create trouble for us. We could expel all traces of the Abyss Demons from the main world with just a little cost.”
“Uh… Then why do they still dare to involve themselves in the assassination plans against me?”
“Jokingly speaking… the Abyss Demons are also among the harmed parties here; they merely did a favor, but did not expect to ultimately become scapegoats. They originally only intended to make a brief appearance in the Expanding Realm because they had incurred enough costs to allow them a limited presence, which isn’t guaranteed against expulsion, and during this time, they couldn’t interfere at extraordinary levels.”
“Eh? The Abyss Demons can be harmed too?” I didn’t know why, but I suddenly found it amusing.
“However, they are not innocent; this time they are closer than ever to being completely expelled from the main world. If we don’t teach them a lesson, they wouldn’t know who intruded and who shamelessly entered the main world!” As she said this, Principal Mei’s tone was extremely imposing!
“Indeed, those disgusting fellows deserve a good lesson.” After all, I had my grudge against the Abyss Demon world. Setting aside the recent assassination by the Dream Demon, I still held a grudge over the matters involving the Inferior Demon Academy long ago!
So in the future, when I have the chance, I must make the Abyss Demons have a hard time!
But then I remember… when I severed the Earth Vein Shackles, I seemed to have used the heart of an Abyss Lord?
Sure enough, my connection to the Abyss Demons is quite deep, but it’s all iniquity that I’ll eventually sever.
After having a light chat with Principal Mei, we returned to the main topic.
“Since that game world is so far from our main world, can we still reach it?” I asked curiously.
“Though it’s somewhat distant, there are no other worlds near the void coordinates of the main world. Even if that world is further away, it is still the closest world to us.”
“Oh, I see…” I began to understand why the principal was so concerned about this game world. “Then… what should we do about that game world?”
“Teleport to the coordinates as originally planned, then start void exploration gradually until we locate that world. Given our efficiency in exploration, that world won’t be able to run far. Other extraordinary races are clearly aware of this, which is why they dare not seize it openly, but this disgusting method of harassing the witches is indeed enough to delay us for a while, giving that game world time to prepare for some resistance.”
“Isn’t that meaningless?” I was curious. Those races that wouldn’t dare to act against the witches just to create trouble and quickly gather some resources—was this action worth the cost of their actions?
“Of course it has meaning. Sending people to create panic in that world, causing chaos and upheaval, then performing final plunder. Don’t forget, that world holds extraordinary knowledge, and it’s not just a solitary piece of extraordinary knowledge; a civilization has developed a comprehensive extraordinary system capable of structuring a whole world’s progress. This extraordinary knowledge is like a finished Great Spellbook, which can be traded, plundered, and inherited.”
“Hiss!” Upon hearing Principal Mei say this, I couldn’t help but gasp, nearly forgetting about it!
No way! Though I wouldn’t consider it my possession, I certainly wouldn’t merely stand by and watch others take it.
Those guys who were fishing in troubled waters before me… truly deserve to d*e!
“Doesn’t Principal Mei have any solutions? Or… do you need my cooperation in any way? Although… I don’t seem to be able to provide much help…” After all, I wasn’t extraordinary and couldn’t interfere with void matters.
“Do you want to contribute, Xiao Han?” Upon hearing my words, Principal Mei smiled and asked.
“Is there really a place where I can be of use?”
“Not at the moment.” Principal Mei shook her head; she didn’t plan to let me get involved in this matter now. Besides, Xiao Han was already a thorn in the eyes of other races, and she wouldn’t let me take risks.
“But right now, this is a dilemma. However… what I want to say is, this time we’ll set up a trap that backfires, harming all extraordinary races. But they won’t let this go easily; maybe they’ll be quiet for a while, but surely there will be other methods targeting you afterward.”
“Uh… I understand. I’ll be careful later.” I nodded, although I wasn’t quite sure why the principal had shifted back to the topic of “targeting me,” but this was indeed something I needed to consider moving forward.
“The issue regarding the game world is not something you should worry about right now; these are matters we need to handle, after all, that world concerns the secondary reconstruction of the main world. You may not be aware of how vast the former main world was.” Principal Mei paused, seeming to fall into a memory, but she didn’t reveal more.
The main world had no other worlds around its void environment precisely because that was the height the main world had reached. The main world is the most unique world of the void, nearly peerless.
As for why the void around the main world disappeared so completely… that’s because even after the world was shattered, the existence form was still being plundered as “resources.”
“You just need to go about your own tasks step by step, so let’s leave this topic here for now.” Principal Mei smiled and said, “Now it’s time for the benefits I mentioned earlier, the real benefits!”
“Okay~” I no longer lingered on this issue and began to look forward to what the principal would say, “So what is it?”
“It’s… a World Fragment, or as we witches call it, a… Instance Realm.” Principal Mei smiled and introduced it to me.
