Chapter 818: Teacher Ji’s Visit
At this moment, I arrived at the gate of the training ground.
This experiment would last a long time, as the number of people involved was still too many, and the integration and analysis of data from each individual would consume a significant amount of time.
During this period, if a witch mentor came over, I would completely understand. Even Principal Mei replied to me, saying that if she had time, she would come by to check on the progress, possibly in her main body or a clone.
However…
I glanced at the data on the root network, which contained the information verification for that mentor.
Naturally, the root network could not forcibly collect and share data from extraordinary witches; at most, it could capture scattered information that leaked out.
Seeing this mentor’s verification information represented that the other party agreed to share such information.
But the witch that was coming was someone I actually knew!
It was the long-unseen Teacher Ji!
“Teacher Ji, why did you suddenly come over?”
Upon seeing this familiar figure that I hadn’t seen in a long time, I realized I had a lot of questions I wanted to ask her, such as how her progress with [Extraordinary Knowledge] was going and what the developments in the laboratory were.
But ultimately, I ended up asking the most straightforward question.
“What’s wrong? Are you surprised to see me?” Teacher Ji asked with a smile.
“Of course, I’m surprised! Teacher Ji, you actually came out of the laboratory; is it to see my experiment?”
“Could there be any other reason?” Teacher Ji shrugged casually, “But do you misunderstand me? Do you think I’m the type of witch who stays in the laboratory for a long time? After all, I am the counselor of Class 14. If I did that, it would be irresponsible towards my students.”
“Well…” I looked at Teacher Ji, who was the most important benefactor in my life during her first time as a counselor, but I have to say… her earlier impression indeed suggested that she didn’t seem to care much about other students.
“What’s with that expression? Have you already started forming biases against me after not seeing me for a while?”
“Not at all! How could that be? You will always be the Teacher Ji I know!”
“Getting cheeky, huh? Whatever, let’s go inside first and take a look at what kind of commotion you’ve stirred up. I must say, what you’re doing now is getting more outrageous by the minute.”
Teacher Ji walked into the training ground, and I quickly followed.
“It’s just some small antics beneath the extraordinary level, nothing worth mentioning~”
“Look at you, boasting to your mentor? I feel a lot of pressure having students like you. Thankfully, you’ve become a teaching assistant; otherwise, with you around, I would be overwhelmed.”
“Alright, Teacher Ji, stop flattering me. It’s so meaningless! But did you really come just to take a look this time?”
“What? Don’t believe me? I really just came to have a look. The self-generated magic topic… I truly have the luck to witness the expansion of such a topic.”
“Um… let me digress a bit. I’m really curious, Teacher Ji, how is the progress with your [Extraordinary Knowledge] going? I’m really sorry… I haven’t been able to help you.”
“Help me? I don’t need your help anymore.” Teacher Ji replied with a smile. She now had her own group members, and she had entered a proper rhythm under her leadership. “But you’re still a member of the group I established. However, you’ve been much quicker than me in producing a Great Spellbook.”
“Ah, it’s just that I’m continuously improving from a zero foundation!” I exclaimed, “Teacher Ji is so nice, she wouldn’t hold this against her students, right?”
“Of course not. The more outstanding you are, the more it proves how good my judgment was back then. Do you understand?”
“Teacher Ji is so open-minded?”
“What else can I do?” Teacher Ji shot me a look.
“I guess that’s true?” Watching Teacher Ji make fun of herself almost made me laugh. It seemed her mindset was quite good, “But Teacher Ji, you’re still avoiding the question I asked earlier. I’m really curious about your progress.”
“How long has it been? A year? Do you expect me to produce results so quickly? I’m not like you, who has a cheat-like existence.” Teacher Ji said, “However, I have indeed made some interesting discoveries regarding the derivative development of the Reverse Summoning Spell. Would you like me to give you some materials to look at?”
“Really? Great!” My eyes lit up, and I quickly nodded.
“Here, I’ve had this ready for you.” Teacher Ji extended her hand, conjuring runes from the Great Knowledge Seed using the Great Knowledge Sharing Technique. “This is everything.”
“Thank you, Teacher Ji~” I took the rune that Teacher Ji had prepared, then shared it with the Great Knowledge Tree.
I didn’t immediately dive into what it contained.
“Still thanking me? By the way, me coming here shouldn’t interfere with your progress, right?”
“Of course not. Even though this skill has just entered a small-scale testing phase, in reality, this technology is quite mature. The remaining difficult problems can basically be solved without my intervention, and I plan to release the entire experimental authority to them after this phase.”
“Giving it all to them? Are you going to be an absentee leader? Doesn’t that seem a bit irresponsible?”
“Not at all! Don’t misinterpret me, Teacher Ji. I have indeed put a lot of effort into researching the self-generated magic topic, but the difficult problems have mostly been tackled already. It wouldn’t be right to claim these minor achievements for myself, would it? Continuing to refine it would just be a waste of time for me, but it’s a rare experience for them, so this is a win-win with the team!”
“If that’s the case, you’ve contributed a lot, huh?”
“Of course!” I nodded confidently when I said this.
“As long as you have your own plans, that’s good.” Teacher Ji no longer overly concerned herself with these matters. Perhaps she knew that her so-called concern was just unnecessary rambling.
For someone whose achievements had already surpassed her own, she didn’t have the confidence to guide them professionally.
It’s hard to admit that others are better than oneself, and it’s even harder to accept that one’s own students are better than themselves.
However… she had already accepted it.
Because of this mindset, she felt like she had the potential for further improvement.
“Rest assured, I definitely have my own plans. Also, I won’t have to waste time here for much longer; I have another matter to attend to.” I quickly explained to Teacher Ji.
But I didn’t say what I was busy with now; it seemed that the only things keeping me busy were Fool Dream and Soul Drawing.
“You have other things to attend to?”
“Yes, I’m very busy!”
“Alright, I see now. You’re still a busy person like you used to be. Then I won’t disturb you.”
“Hey? Wait! Actually, I still have some time now. Why don’t I show you around, Teacher Ji?” I unexpectedly hurriedly grabbed Teacher Ji’s arm to stop her.
“Do you really have nothing to do?” Teacher Ji scrutinized me seriously, then asked, “You just said you were very busy.”
“When I say busy, I mean I’m busy with tasks, not right now. If there’s something I deem important, I could set aside time at any moment to enjoy life.”
“I’m starting to envy your sense of relaxation. I remember you used to always feel rushed, eager to utilize every second.”
“People grow, after all~” I casually made an excuse.
Teacher Ji seemed to be persuaded by this excuse.
She did come over this time mainly to see this former student, and also to witness Xiao Han’s achievements.
After a bit of casual chatting, Teacher Ji and I arrived at the experimental site.
“Let me introduce you; this is Teacher Ji, also my counselor from last year.”
“Hello, Teacher Ji~ I’m Pei Huan. I didn’t expect you to be the legendary mentor who once taught Xiao Han!” Pei Huan instantly exclaimed excitedly.
“That’s exaggerated. Xiao Han has this ability because of her own talent, not because of my teaching.” Teacher Ji waved her hand and smiled.
At that moment, Yi Rui also walked over, and Teacher Ji briefly acquainted herself with her.
Their impression of Teacher Ji was entirely positive, at least much friendlier than that witch, Daniel.
Lastly… was Witch Daniel, who was nominally in charge here. This was a hurdle Teacher Ji could not avoid, and Daniel hadn’t expected that a witch would arrive here so early in the experiment.
Later, after learning about Teacher Ji’s connection to me, she became quite interested.
Especially after discovering that Teacher Ji was a leader of an [Extraordinary Knowledge] research group, a hint of surprise flashed in her gaze.
Creating a witch group in the Witch Academy to study [Extraordinary Knowledge] undoubtedly requires advantages in ability, relationships, patience, resources, and talent, or at least several of these.
It would be a lie to say she wasn’t envious.
“This Witch Mentor named Ji seems really impressive and has a nice personality.” Pei Huan sighed to me on the side.
“Teacher Ji is always amazing, but when it comes to the most impressive part, I still agree with her judgment!” I smiled and replied.
She was the one who saw my uniqueness in the vast sea of people among countless unexpected events and utilized it… This was a collision of coincidence, vision, and execution.
“Really? Why do you say that?”
“Because it was Teacher Ji who specially recruited me into the Witch Academy; she is the first benefactor to truly change my life…”
“Wow… saying it that way, Teacher Ji truly has great vision.” Pei Huan exclaimed as well.
Though she didn’t think much of it, since the event had happened, it became a fascinating tale worth envying.
As Teacher Ji and Daniel conversed, the experiment on this side of the training ground was being carried out vigorously. After completing the transformation of the Demon Transformation Transmutation Technique, they qualified to practice the Demon Transformation Body Cultivation Method.
So the first stage was for them to collectively undergo training in ceremonial battle dances.
During this training period, their bodily data also needed to be collected in real-time.
With the various techniques from the root network and the Great Knowledge Tree, this became an exceptionally easy task.
However, this didn’t mean that collecting other data was easy. For instance… each person’s understanding of the magical ceremonial battle dance was different, which would create variations in their learning efficiency of the Resonance Method.
If such differences were so evident at the very beginning, it would greatly affect the structure of the self-generated magic formation process.
But that’s okay!
What we needed was this kind of “varied” diversity!
This is the charm of experimentation; if every experiment were identical with no distinctions, there would be no comparison, and without comparison, there would be no progress, and without progress, there would be no improvement.
In short, the reason we needed so many people for testing was to collect all kinds of unexpected data!
These unexpected results could be troublesome, but they might also provide unexpected joy. Nobody could definitively state whether there was some shortcut hidden within some absurd possibilities.
Even if it seemed unlikely.
However, their mistakes were more representative, and these mistakes would be issues and risks that needed to be overcome on the path to promotion.
Just teaching the basic magical ceremonial battle dance had already encountered many problems. Firstly, there was the issue of learning efficiency; some people could grasp it in one go while others were completely clueless.
So at this moment, the experimental site seemed a bit chaotic, with hundreds of people engaged in the magical ceremonial battle dance.
And this was still under the macro adjustments of the root network’s god view, dividing areas and preventing interference.
As a result, each person’s teaching process even interconnected the knowledge seeds held by each individual, correcting errors in conjunction with the Knowledge Shadow. Otherwise, it would truly be challenging for more than a dozen of us in this laboratory to teach over a hundred people standardized actions simultaneously.
Otherwise, those hundreds of people would need to be taught in batches, which would consume much more time for everyone. Our principle is to simplify everything and prioritize efficiency.
“How about we divide these 147 people into batches based on their learning efficiency? Otherwise, managing them as a whole is quite troublesome, and a unified batch division could better target teaching for people at the same stage…”
As this was the first time conducting an experiment with over a hundred participants, everyone lacked much experience, and only now did we propose such a suggestion, but we were still continuously exploring new methods.
I believe that with this lesson, everyone will be more composed when carrying out large-scale testing in the future.
“Dividing into batches is indeed an urgent requirement; we hadn’t considered the differences in learning efficiency between individuals.” Yi Rui nodded. Not everyone could pick things up as quickly as they could.
After all, in some ways, they were a team of geniuses gathered together.
And those experimenters appeared to be quite varied in skill levels.
Even the forthcoming tenfold base Resonance Method was conceived by Yi Rui and her team, and the difference in talent was evident.
“Should we also plan for specific timelines for different experimental groups? Setting a clear time limit could serve as a subconscious motivation for learning.”
“I think that sounds good…”
“Would this also…”
In an instant, the discussions among the crowd began to echo.
“Quiet down, no need to get into those flashy matters. Let’s lay out the overall framework of the experimental process, and then we can refine and add some detailed requirements based on that.” I interjected.
The overall framework of the experimental process is what we need to establish at the outset. Since this is a formal large-scale experiment, it can’t be an ad-hoc situation like in the laboratory.
We optimistically estimate that within a month, the experiment can roughly enter the phase of yielding results; and under a pessimistic expectation, we have prepared to dedicate the entire semester to it.
