Chapter 815: The Stir Caused by the Concept of Self-Generated Magic in the Academy
Danielle seemed very interested in my experiences since I entered the Witch Academy. She insisted on talking with me for a while.
Although I have come to understand the enthusiasm and familiarity of the witches, it still felt a bit uncomfortable to discuss such in-depth topics with someone like Danielle whom I had just met for the first time. It gave me a strange feeling of being unfamiliar with her while she seemed quite familiar with me.
I have confirmed once again that I, as a little witch, seem to be a frequently mentioned existence within the circle of extraordinary witches. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but being brought up by witches all the time can be a little uncomfortable for anyone.
Just when I thought this situation would continue, Sister Bai’s sudden appearance saved me from the awkwardness.
I was a bit curious why she would show up here, but I could probably guess. Not long ago, I had mentioned this matter in front of Sister Bai, and she might have wanted to come check on me.
Since Danielle and Sister Bai are both extraordinary witches, they began chatting as soon as they met. I was very grateful for Sister Bai’s arrival; otherwise, I would have been awkwardly at a loss for what to talk about next.
If I continued discussing my past experiences… it truly would become a boring account of events.
Moreover, I wasn’t without things to do; I needed to inform my roommates about the location and start time of the experimental site we had set up.
Additionally, I needed to communicate with Millien. After all, gathering magic sources in the tens of thousands isn’t a small task and requires exchanges from many clubs.
Moreover, I heard Millien mention that due to the public nature of our experimental site, quite a few clubs or groups had been reaching out to her, hoping to obtain more specific information regarding the self-generated magic experiment.
Since the concept of self-generated magic was proposed, more students and teaching assistants have passively understood what this “terrifying thing” actually is.
However, when they realized what it is…
I have to say, the ability to break the limit of ten thousand magic sources made them green with envy!
They couldn’t help but wonder why they weren’t among the trial participants in this small-scale experiment!
And when they learned how these “experiment volunteers” were selected, it made them even more uncomfortable.
Millien, who is in charge of this experiment, specifically selected volunteers from the support group while deliberately avoiding many well-known family offspring students.
This immediately caused dissatisfaction among many, and some complaints started popping up quickly on the academy’s online platform, but most were suppressed by the support group members.
Ordinary students who were left puzzled felt like certain sections of the academy’s forum were discussing things they couldn’t understand, something impressive yet inaccessible…
However, those from famous families also harbored some wariness about this experiment.
Though they were envious of the effects brought about by the self-generated magic physique, having this skill in the hands of “Teaching Assistant Yang Yuelan” gave them headaches.
It raised a trust issue originating from their families that they had to face.
What if, through optimizing this skill, it allowed them to advance to become extraordinary witches?
Moreover, the timing of this experiment coinciding with Aipuli’s incident led them to falsely believe that Aipuli elevated to extraordinary status under this skill, even if that wasn’t the case; the fear of the unknown left them hesitant.
Such a sugar-coated b*llet made them doubt whether those who consumed it would be able to spit it out afterward.
If this trend continued… then a student with the self-generated magic physique compared to ordinary students in the Witch Academy would be like comparing modern humans to primitive people!
And the very person they were wary of, Teaching Assistant Yang Yuelan, possesses such talent.
If this talent were widely promoted… it wouldn’t be surprising to find a second or third such existence in the academy.
Currently, having one such teaching assistant in the Witch Academy is already difficult enough; imagining more such individuals makes one’s scalp tingle just thinking about it!
Then the families would completely lose their influence over the academy!
However, these matters are for those families to consider.
As long as everything is smoothly promoted, and the trend builds up, no one can reverse the development of such events.
After wrapping up the communication regarding the experimental materials with Millien, I realized that many of these materials were supported by the Witch Academy.
Including the magic sources we initially needed in high quantities, most were provided by the academy.
When those club members learned that, after mastering the magic source condensation technique, one could autonomously condense self-generated magic, it was as if the sky was about to fall.
This meant that the value of magic sources within the Witch Academy would dramatically drop in the near future, and would only recover after some time.
The drop is due to the magic sources breaking the monopoly position that only extraordinary witches from the academy could condense, and exaggerated information spread would create panic.
As for the value recovery… it would require more people to accept this fact and realize that magic sources are not yet in a state of overflow, and would even become more scarce for a long time to come.
Because once a person possesses self-generated magic, the magic source limit they can carry will approach one hundred million!
So theoretically, those accumulated magic sources within the Witch Academy are far from “overflown.”
In fact, it only takes one or two people with this talent to drain all the idle magic sources hoarded by the academy.
Thus, the value of magic sources would be reassessed within the academy and might even appreciate again.
However, this forecast regarding the value of magic sources is not something everyone can understand; it requires in-depth comprehension to seize that fleeting opportunity.
After all, it involves understanding two concepts.
The first concept is “self-generated magic + magic source condensation technique,” allowing for the autonomous production of magic sources.
The second is “self-generated magic can hold a limit of one hundred million magic sources.”
Any piece of news could cause a massive stir in the value of magic sources; after all, the Witch Academy is not a larger world outside the void, but a market game within one world.
Moreover, this is only the value fluctuation of magic sources, and many other trends are also affected alongside it.
For the self-generated magic experiment, Millien had also reached out to numerous clubs indicating a need for a large amount of magic sources, but the responses were minimal; many even wished to exchange magic sources for information but were politely declined.
In the end, the academy provided substantial material support, after all, this is an officially approved laboratory project, and its importance goes without saying.
So now Millien felt quite relaxed, not having to get entangled with those clubs, which made her very happy.
Although this was her forte, it didn’t mean she enjoyed playing such games with those individuals; a single misstep could lead to a bottomless abyss, who knows if the next party would set a trap for her?
Returning to the present moment.
In addition to these magic sources and other materials, Millien had also specially reorganized a list of personnel participating in this experiment for me.
The final number was confirmed at this moment and recorded in the root network.
In total, there were 147 people.
Among them, there were quite a few I recognized, such as my four roommates and the teaching assistants Lin Yi and Li Feiya whom I met during the final exam proctoring.
I remembered there was a third one, seemingly an alchemist named Aidalin, but I wasn’t familiar with that pseudo-cat girl Li Feiya.
I had also asked Millien why Aidalin wasn’t included, and the reply was that she seemed to have no time and therefore declined.
Most of those included were senior students, so my four roommates stood out a bit among them.
But who says their connections aren’t on a wild path?
I can only say it’s luck.
Moreover, I noticed that many of these people also seemed to be teaching assistants!
I glanced over briefly and found many types I didn’t recognize.
However, ultimately being selected by Millien must have its reasons.
Furthermore, if someone is unwilling to cooperate or if I felt such individuals were not suitable for participating in this experiment, we retained the right to unconditionally strip them of their experimental personnel status.
“Sister Xiao Han, by the way, don’t you usually log into the academy network very often? Don’t you take care of your teaching assistant account much?” After finishing these matters, Millien suddenly asked me.
“Pretty much.” I nodded in acknowledgment, “The academy network has a heavy atmosphere; I don’t want to see those irresponsible comments made by emotionally driven individuals without thinking.”
“In fact, the academy network isn’t as prone to randomly defaming Sister Xiao Han as it used to be, and it’s not necessary to always focus on the negative aspects,” Millien quickly advised.
She knew well that Sister Xiao Han didn’t engage in the academy network; her account was clean, without any traces apart from a few posts or updates made casually back then.
No one knew what this Sister Xiao Han was usually doing.
But even so, Sister Xiao Han’s account still had a considerable following, which was quite scary.
“So you’re advising me to give this academy network a try?”
“Actually, everyone is very curious about what your daily life is like, and aren’t you planning to promote self-generated magic? Given your current account following, it’s an excellent platform for spreading information, especially since you also have the support group backing you; no one dares to leave malicious comments on your account.”
“I don’t really care about those smears against me; I’ve been able to ignore such outdated tactics since last year.” I opened the Great Knowledge Tree and flipped through my relatively empty account and space.
“But as for what to post… I really don’t have a clue…”
“In fact, there aren’t any strict rules on this; with your influence, even if you just post in your own style, others will praise you for being unique,” Millien explained beside me.
“Is that so? How about I post some popular science introduction about self-generated magic?”
“Uh… that…”
“Surely that wouldn’t work, right?”
“Well, it’s not that it can’t work; it’s just that your definition of popular science might reveal too much crucial information, even unintentionally affecting the value positioning of magic sources, considering your current influence is indeed quite significant…”
Millien recalled how spreading the news about Sister Xiao Han being in a relationship with an extraordinary witch led to a surge of love-struck individuals daring to confess to their mentors… just thinking about it seems unbelievable.
“That’s a fair point…” After pondering for a moment, I directly took a photo on the scene, “Then I can post about my daily life, right? Along with letting them know not to come here without reason; they only bring us trouble. How many people have already come here today to disrupt us?”
“That… should be okay…” Millien wiped her sweat, “But won’t this make more people come here to watch?”
“Seems so… watching for fun and excitement is the nature of witches…” After searching a bit, I thought of something else, “Then let’s do it this way; let them not come near here. We’ve applied for the root network in this area and linked it with high-privileged identification techniques for experimental data observation. If anyone maliciously intrudes, their identities will be marked; it might leak private information?”
“That works; after all, nobody dares to joke about privacy,” Millien nodded in agreement with my approach.
Since they all want to watch the excitement, then let them pay the price, and they will behave.
After I finished editing this, I directly posted it on my feed and then ignored it.
Whenever I have free time, I’ll open it to see; maybe it will even cure diseases like low bl**d pressure.
“Millien, by the way, you’ve notified these people promptly, right?” I shifted the topic back to the participants of this experiment.
There are 147 of them!
And this doesn’t even include the number of my lab sisters, who will be the first batch of testers and demonstrators.
“Yeah, they’ve all been informed, including your four roommates, Sister Xiao Han,” Millien nodded, as she was somewhat familiar with them.
She had interacted with them during the Expanding Realm, especially since they had received Sister Xiao Han’s summoning business cards!
At that time, this card guaranteed her qualification for once!
So Millien was somewhat friends with those four roommates.
I have to say, Millien envied them; being a former roommate to this esteemed Sister Xiao Han, who is willing to carry on that relationship is nothing short of a heavenly blessing!
This compared to that nominal younger brother is like a world of difference.
“Is that so? That’s good.” However, to ensure nothing goes wrong, I personally edited a message and sent it in the dormitory group.
“By the way, you have things to do, right? During this time, we won’t stay on the lab side until the experiment is finished, so there’s no need for you to personally handle things here; what matters most to me now is the Soul Crystal, just make sure to do this job well, and I won’t inquire about the rest.”
“Alright, then I’ll have the intelligence team help you out here, how does that sound, Sister Xiao Han?” Millien asked.
“The intelligence team… fine.” I nodded in agreement to this matter.
