Chapter 77: So-called Spirit Vision and Innate Spirit Vision User
In the end, I could only watch Sister Bai hurriedly leave me behind.
Only the identity card in my hand proved that Sister Bai had been here just now.
This speed was too fast; what could be so urgent?
I looked down at the card in my hand and decided to give it a try. Although I didn’t know the procedures, trying is essential for everything.
…
At this moment, Bai Yu, who had left in haste, showed a hint of worry and anger.
Just yesterday, she had suddenly been contacted by a teacher who introduced herself as Xi Lan. Bai Yu had no prior connection with this teacher, but the other party wanted to discuss something with her.
The teachers in the academy are all extraordinary witches, so Bai Yu naturally took it seriously.
However, after a while of communication, she realized that Teacher Xi Lan seemed to care more about Xiao Han, whom Bai Yu had previously brought along, than about her.
The teacher candidly mentioned that she had called some students on the focus list of the academy a few days ago, and combined with what Xiao Han had said about being specially recruited by the Witch Academy, it was likely that this teacher was the one who admitted Xiao Han into the academy.
Bai Yu naturally wanted to know why Xiao Han was receiving such special attention from the Witch Academy, even ignoring her college entrance exam scores to recruit her.
She did not deny that this olive branch extended by the Witch Academy was indeed the best choice for Xiao Han’s future, but she didn’t know whether Xiao Han would be resistant to becoming a witch.
She thought that the teacher wouldn’t tell her about this, so she didn’t pursue it further.
However, this teacher directly explained the reason.
Because Xiao Han was on the list of students that the Inferior Demon Academy was particularly recruiting, further investigation revealed and confirmed that Xiao Han was indeed an “Innate Spirit Vision User.”
Bai Yu never thought about why a mere Inferior Demon Academy would be valued by the Witch Academy, even going through such trouble to investigate those on their focus list. It was just a newly established academy, hardly worthy of being mentioned alongside the Witch Academy.
But that wasn’t the main point; the real issue was that she never considered that Xiao Han was actually an Innate Spirit Vision User.
She had heard of the term Innate Spirit Vision but didn’t know much about it, only some well-known research outcomes.
For instance… studies and numerous actual cases have proven that Innate Spirit Vision is not a powerful talent but an incurable disease.
No one can explain what a normal world is or what the inner world seen through spirit vision is to a newborn life that has “no understanding of the world.”
From the moment they are born, they live in a different world from ordinary people.
They are born as mental patients, unable to adapt to the current world.
But Bai Yu knew that Xiao Han was different!
She indeed had similar symptoms to Innate Spirit Vision before and was even treated as a pediatric mental patient and admitted to a psychiatric hospital, but Xiao Han recovered.
Now, there was no difference between her and normal people, except that her personality seemed a bit introverted and she had no friends, which were just residual effects from her previous life.
Now she had changed a lot; becoming a witch seemed to provide Xiao Han with a new beginning, making her willing to try being cheerful.
Bai Yu shared all this with the teacher; although she had never seen Xiao Han during her mental episodes, she had heard Xiao Han speak about it herself and wanted to refute the teacher’s opinion.
After all… there has never been a case of an Innate Spirit Vision User recovering later; they have no chance of embarking on an extraordinary path, let alone using extraordinary power to correct their understanding.
Even the cognitive correction through becoming a witch requires some level of understanding to correct; a mad person is ultimately still a mad person.
But no matter how much Bai Yu said, she knew she was just trying to convince herself, because there was a piece of evidence that she could never get around: she had personally witnessed the spirit vision level of Xiao Han as recorded in data.
That was not the level of spirit vision that an ordinary person without any extraordinary power should have; everything could only be explained by Innate Spirit Vision.
The levels of spirit vision are currently divided into six tiers: Foresight, Imaging, Unknowable, Threshold of Madness, Floating World, and Real World.
Ordinary people awaken spirit vision at the initial “Foresight” level, where their vision occasionally crosses the boundary of the surface and inner worlds, seeing things that are not visible in the normal surface world. These visions are often incomplete shadows, and if not consciously remembered, will quickly be forgotten, much like dreams when sleeping.
Some say this phenomenon is a self-protective mechanism that gives people a slow process of adapting to spirit vision.
But Xiao Han’s spirit vision level was “Floating World”!
What does this mean?
The teacher who had sat across from her admitted that her spirit vision level had only reached “Unknowable.” Even as an extraordinary witch, she was terrified of the “Threshold of Madness” level.
The Threshold of Madness is not a process like the other five levels; it is a barrier. If you pass it, you directly reach the next level, “Floating World.” If you cannot, then you will “mad,” true madness.
And this madness is not the usual mental illness or psychological disorder; it has no means of recovery, just like the Innate Spirit Vision Users, for whom there has yet to be a case of recovery.
There are risks involved; many students who become extraordinary witches do not intentionally pursue high levels of spirit vision. No one wants to graduate after working hard, only to lose everything due to the pursuit of spirit vision levels.
Bai Yu was well aware of this; the data in Xiao Han’s earth vein records would not be wrong. The teacher even reported this matter to the higher-ups, and the final result concluded that the data was accurate.
Xiao Han is likely an Innate Spirit Vision User, and she could be said to be the only known case of recovery among Innate Spirit Vision Users.
Her potential was even more terrifying than the top student of this cohort, but that was only in terms of potential.
As for what the academy would do with Xiao Han, Bai Yu was still worried, but Teacher Xi Lan also provided assurance.
If anyone dared to take action regarding this matter with Xiao Han, they would likely be confronted by all the academy’s teachers. This was the first recorded case since the academy’s inception, and its significance was very special. A living Xiao Han was far more valuable for research than a cold experimental subject.
So, for now, Xiao Han’s situation was relatively acceptable, and it was not enough to make Bai Yu angry.
The fundamental issue was still the conflict arising from Inferior Demon Academy’s competition for such a special Innate Spirit Vision User.
The upper echelons of the academy were engaged in a game of interests; this teacher didn’t explain to Bai Yu in detail, only mentioning it briefly. The current outcome was that Bai Yu’s preemptive action led to a conflict between her and the Inferior Demon Academy, categorizing it as a conflict among students.
Even without Bai Yu’s preemptive action, the academy would have responded to this matter. After all, Xiao Han was a student who had officially received an admission notice from the Witch Academy.
Ultimately, this would lead to a “result,” which was the contradiction and conflict between the Witch Academy and the Inferior Demon Academy.
At first, Bai Yu hadn’t realized this, as the conflict seemed too absurd. It was like a small college trying to provoke a top-tier university, and after the upper echelons negotiated and made exchanges of interests, they stated it was a conflict among students, not to escalate it to the academy level.
But under the teacher’s gaze and tone, Bai Yu recalled a possibility that the teacher had hinted at, prompting her to remember the situation at that time.
That incident was in the past.
Back then, she learned an unclear truth that she didn’t even understand. She hadn’t taken it seriously then.
But afterward, she was contacted by the academy, and she was even forced to sign a confidentiality contract.
At that moment, she completely confirmed that this world had never been simple, and some information couldn’t be spread.
It was as though back then she had only seen some terms that she didn’t comprehend herself.
Looking back now, it was too chilling to think about—”World Script Theory,” “Child of Fortune”…
When Bai Yu thought of these, she instinctively swallowed hard. She still remembered the last words the teacher had said to her.
“Actually, I’m not without reason for finding you. It’s not just because you were involved in this incident, but also because of the truth you encountered back then. I don’t know how you will think about it, but I hope you can cooperate. If you are willing to cooperate, I will explain the content of that truth to you, on the condition that you sign another confidentiality contract.”
Consider it… for the Xiao Han you care about so much; I can see you’re very concerned about her. I guess I’m giving you a dose of reassurance. She is just a fringe figure in this incident; after igniting this fuse, she should step back. You merely need to perform your duties.”
This already implied that the teacher knew she knew, but she couldn’t say anything, even if the other party was a teacher.
It’s suddenly gotten interesting