Chapter 858: The Forbidden Experiment Touching Upon the Essence of Life?
Mei Linde’s office.
“This little Han, really gives me no peace of mind.”
Mei Linde sighed slightly, then split off a clone to start busying herself with the academy’s affairs.
Her main body, however, needed to focus on the Earth Vein Identification Technique project.
She regarded this as a highly anticipated attempt; as for the navel of the world, witches naturally aimed to seize it.
“Ah, just indulge her! Letting her wander around freely, if you were a bit stricter, our progress wouldn’t be so slow. Xiao Han is still a teaching assistant! As the academy head, can’t you order her around? You handle us with ease!” At this moment, a witch beside her teased.
“Alright, let’s start after the black tea is finished. Xiao Han… can I actually order her around? She’s merely a nominal teaching assistant, and the academy doesn’t even pay her.”
“Mei Linde, this is too much!”
“Too much? To be honest, can her little assets compensate for all the ruckus she’s caused? Don’t be so calculating—she has a girlfriend pampering her, while you all have nothing.”
“You, you, you! Believe it or not, I might quit!”
“Is this really a break for you? Not really, right? Sis, if you’re envious, you could… hmm?”
Before Mei Linde could finish her words, her tone paused, as she suddenly discovered something concerning from her clone.
“What’s wrong?” The witches still enjoying the tea party remained indifferent, but they could tell that Mei Linde seemed to have an issue.
“Tsk… Xiao Han and their Self-Generated Magic project ran into problems.”
…
After leaving the academy head’s office.
Since the small-scale trial of Self-Generated Magic was happening in an indoor training area, Bai Yu and I headed directly to that place.
Earlier, when returning with the academy head, we had discussed this matter, so I naturally wanted to go back and see the situation properly.
Also, I wanted to check on how my dormitory mates were progressing.
Especially Hong Chanyi; her proposed Association Method was quite intriguing.
Although new ideas come with new uncertainties, I viewed them merely as a question of which foot to step forward with first. It wasn’t a significant problem.
According to the academy head, their experiment was nearing its end, meaning that out of the 147 participants, more than half had succeeded, right?
From my perspective, this was merely a crafted skill. Ultimately, skills are just methods that are mastered and disseminated; the most crucial theoretical research and the underlying truths and knowledge had long been absorbed by me.
When Bai Yu and I arrived at the destination, I looked around the training area and was slightly surprised.
There seemed to be some chaos at the scene. I casually grabbed a girl passing by, “Classmate, may I ask what’s happening here?”
“Ah? I’m not sure; I was just about to go check.”
“Not sure?” I glanced at the hurried people and realized I didn’t recognize the girl.
When did the venue open up?
Could other students come here to mingle?
I walked forward with confusion alongside Bai Yu.
Amidst the crowd, I quickly spotted Yi Rui and her friends; they seemed to be at the center of attention but had looks of anxiety and helplessness.
Moreover… I also saw Mentor Daniel; not only her, but I noticed several other witch mentors present.
“Make way, coming through, let me in.” I pushed through the crowd to the front.
“Wait, what happened here?”
“Hmm?” At that moment, Daniel shifted her previously serious expression, yet when she saw me, a flicker of shock and disbelief crossed her face, but she spoke up anyway.
“Xiao Han? Why are you here? Weren’t you still in a coma?”
“Oh, I just woke up… Mentor Daniel, can you tell me what exactly happened?”
With Daniel’s words, the crowd around finally recognized who I was.
The most agitated, of course, were Yi Rui and her friends!
“Xiao Han!”
“Sister Xiao Han! You finally came!”
“Wait, wait, calm down. Can you tell me what’s going on?” I instinctively scanned the area and noticed that there didn’t seem to be any abnormal situation.
“I’ll explain.” At that moment, Daniel, as a mentor, began to clarify, “There’s been a small problem with the Self-Generated Magic experiment, and it has been forcibly halted.”
“What small problem! That’s a living person!”
“Yeah! This experiment has made someone suffer worse than d*ath; how could this kind of accident be a small problem!”
“Shut up!” Daniel, witnessing the students’ intense rebuttals, released an icy and chilling aura, immediately silencing everyone.
Did they really think a bunch of non-extraordinary students could question an extraordinary witch?
Daniel wouldn’t give them any face.
“The Self-Generated Magic project had issues? How is that possible?” Listening to Daniel’s description, I outright disbelieved.
After all, I knew exactly how the Self-Generated Magic structure worked; the few potential risks had contingency measures, and such a significant reaction was improbable!
Moreover, even if someone did d*e… what about the Resurrection Spell?
“Although I know you might not believe it, the fact remains. The student who encountered the issue has already been moved away,” Daniel reassured me.
“Impossible… I’m well aware of the experiment process. There’s no way…”
“Xiao Han, do you know? In the beginning, I admired your calmness towards any situation. Is it all an act, or do you genuinely show indifference because those matters don’t concern you?”
“Sorry…” I calmly responded, feeling that my earlier denials didn’t reflect great urgency. They merely represented my objective questioning.
However… the situation had indeed occurred; that point I couldn’t deny.
“Can you tell me the specifics? Did someone d*e, or…?” I asked in a restrained tone to avoid causing further issues, knowing the current circumstance was not favorable for me, and I didn’t need to hold up the facade.
“It’s even worse than d*ath, Xiao Han, your Self-Generated Magic experiment… it’s a forbidden experiment touching upon the essence of life, right? The situation with the affected student is such that even if she dies and is resurrected, it cannot be remedied; what went wrong is her soul material.”
“Soul material?!” Hearing this, my brows furrowed even deeper.
Indeed, my experiment had genuinely delved into the essence of life; without touching this realm, how could I gain such a constitution?
Everyone starts as ordinary beings, from the same origin as infants, the bodies take on a universal posture; distinctions among non-extraordinary life forms are fundamentally not that different; they are mostly developed postnatally.
As I fell into contemplation, the others were more concerned with Daniel’s mention of “forbidden experiment,” as the term was indeed too frightening.
“This is a forbidden experiment? How could such a thing be allowed in the academy!”
“Exactly! Why wasn’t there any prior notice?”
“Shouldn’t such things be stated in advance?”
In an instant, the surrounding students became panicked, directing their anger towards this experiment, the experimenters, and… me.
“Enough! Is there a concept of forbidden experiments in the Witch Academy? Doesn’t the Soul Great Topic within the academy’s witch projects also count as a forbidden experiment? Isn’t the Self-Generated Magic acquired after becoming an extraordinary witch also a forbidden experiment? Are you all brainless to raise such questions?”
At this moment, Bai Yu stepped forward with a commanding presence, an overwhelming aura silencing everyone again.
At this moment, everyone felt an inexplicable wrath surrounding them, equally targeting each person!
This is the absolute authority brought by absolute power.
The students could only stifled and remain silent.
After all, how would they know these details?
Some of them had not even been involved in witch projects and were merely here to watch, yet they inexplicably faced a scolding.
But this couldn’t blame Bai Yu for being so agitated; after all, with her Heart Sense, she felt more acutely than anyone else the malice directed at Xiao Han!
The kind thing Xiao Han tried to do turned into a mistake; no matter what, she had to speak up for Xiao Han!
Furthermore… Bai Yu once again looked at Mentor Daniel, recalling Sheril’s words echoing in her mind; this witch… had a problem.
“You all get a scolding, and yet here you are, shouting about everything! The term forbidden experiment is just my way of speaking; everything is feared. I’m starting to doubt if you all are qualified to be students of the Witch Academy!”
Daniel also took the opportunity to condescend, her tone dripping with disdain for the crowd.
Perhaps for most extraordinary witches, these students should be treated as such.
“Why are you all still lingering here watching the fun? Those unrelated, hurry and leave!” Daniel issued a strong order to disperse the students.
In an instant, the students turned into a flurry of animals fleeing in all directions.
After all, after being suppressed by the aura of two mentors, they had no interest left in lingering for entertainment; right now, they wanted to circulate information about this incident.
After all… the experiment of Self-Generated Magic was indeed a significant and hot topic!
As the leading student Tan Han completed the Self-Generated Magic experiment and gained the talent, shining in the arena using vast Magic Sources and magic recovery efficiency combined with her unique body transformation magic, this attracted too many people’s attention towards the experiment.
If something were to go wrong with this experiment, that would indeed be a major issue!
There were surely many onlookers.
Seeing the departing students, I felt indifferent. In the face of such a situation, my first reaction was that someone was out to get me.
However, I hadn’t yet seen the affected student, so I couldn’t draw any conclusions.
After all, I knew well that according to my Self-Generated Magic experiment process, there should be no unexpected incidents; yet such incidents cannot avoid those who want to go down with a bang!
The impact of this incident would indeed be a topic for later.
As for whether this incident would affect the promotion of Self-Generated Magic… frankly, I already did not care.
When I handed over the experiment to Yi Rui, I stopped caring about whether the experiment would succeed, because Yi Rui and her friends wanted it to succeed even more than I did.
When I presented this experiment before the academy head, I no longer cared if it could be promoted because the academy head wanted to promote it more than I did.
Now, all I could do was remain calm, calmly digesting the current situation.
After much thought, I pondered whether it was a certain faction of students trying to target me or if among the group of extraordinary witches, there were those opposing the promotion of non-extraordinary Self-Generated Magic techniques who were out to get me.
But in the end, I found there was really no difference.
“The people here have been temporarily dispersed due to this incident. The experiment has been paused and terminated for now. I need to report this; you all wait for the notice.” Daniel broke the silence at this moment and, after saying this, she directly left.
I watched her departing figure with an indescribable strangeness.
“Xiao Han…”
“Sister Xiao Han, what should we do? Why… why would such a problem occur…”
“Yeah, clearly all previous experimenters were fine… why did it happen to her…”
At that moment, Yi Rui and the other girls seemed to find their backbone after seeing me.
“Everything will be fine. I do not believe our experiment would face such issues; let’s calmly wait for the academy’s notice.” I spoke to comfort them.
Encountering such matters was undoubtedly a major blow for them.
All I could do was continuously reassure them.
Even if they were senior students who had experienced many batches in the Witch Academy, they were still girls.
And in the midst of reassurance, I gradually started to understand the details.
This included… why so many other students, unrelated to the experiment, gathered in this restricted area.
Because the experiment had progressed to a later stage, most testers had completed the framework for Self-Generated Magic.
With Tan Han’s unexpected rise in the arena, leveraging vast Magic Sources and magic recovery efficiency, along with unique transformation magic to overpower both upperclassmen and teaching assistants, the Self-Generated Magic experiment area drew more attention.
Every day, the crowds surrounding this area were immense, leading to enormous pressure on security; even the potential for personal information leaks from the information-rich area could not dampen their enthusiasm.
Therefore, in response to student expectations and for the sake of promoting the Self-Generated Magic experiment while alleviating external pressures, restrictions were gradually loosened; after all, Yi Rui felt that it had reached the final stages, with at most some refining of the rituals still necessary.
But no one anticipated that such an incident would occur at this critical juncture.
“Was this what happened after it was opened… didn’t you use the Earth Vein information to check who did it?”
“I checked… but after looking into the Earth Vein information, it showed no one tampered with it…”
“No one tampered with it…” I frowned in disbelief. However, I didn’t doubt the authenticity, since no fool would commit a crime at the scene; wasn’t that just giving someone a chance to catch them red-handed?
“I’ll check the Earth Vein records as well; if it really doesn’t work out… take me to see that affected person; after all, we should be responsible for them.” I said.
“Xiao Han, you really don’t need to concern yourself with this.” At that moment, Bai Yu stepped forward and spoke tentatively.
After all, it was just a student; in Bai Yu’s view, who even knew who the scapegoat was.
“It’s alright, consider it a learning experience. If it’s a setup… it’s also a life experience.” I smiled and said, trying to sound detached.
I simply waved my right hand; once the Earth Vein Identification Technique was connected to the Earth Veins and the root network, pinpointing the event node, a phantom image gradually began to surface in reality.
