Chapter 861: The Impact of the Self-Generated Magic Experiment Accident
“Oh my… Is it true? That self-generated magic experiment was actually a prohibited experiment?”
“So scary… I was still trying to find out how to join before, really too risky.”
“That Xiao Han is really a good person, not deceiving us weaklings.”
“What are you guys thinking? Does the academy now publicly announce this experiment as a prohibited one? What do you mean by ‘hearing the wind and believing the rain’?”
“At the scene, what we heard was about the forbidden experiment.”
“If that’s the case, according to what you said, we received a big gift package for forbidden experiments upon enrolling! Witch transformation of the magic source, the soul great topic, these are all forbidden experiments! Why don’t you go complain about that!”
“Oh, is Xiao Han’s dog really loyal to protect its master? They don’t care about you clowns at all, okay?”
“Well, don’t think about having self-generated magic in the future, what are you calling out about? If you’re capable, go to the arena and have an unrestricted match with Tan Han!”
“Sisters, who understands? Why is there a group of such losers on the academy network? What’s there to clean up about forbidden experiments? The experimental site must have been sealed by now, with no place to stay, otherwise, when would there be time to bark here…”
“……”
Once all the people at the experimental site were driven away, the long-lasting topic of the “self-generated magic experiment” became a hot discussion again.
But this time, the topic was no longer one-sided; instead, it gradually escalated into a war of words.
For this accident, many people were actually pleased.
After all, they had seen too many successful cases, those lucky ones shining brightly in the academy, and the seed of jealousy finally erupted at that moment.
In their view, these guys were just lucky; retribution would eventually come!
And now, retribution had finally arrived.
Moreover, many malicious speculations arose that even those who had succeeded must have some unknown hidden dangers.
It could be said that the malice of human nature, fueled by jealousy, became exceptionally aggressive.
At this moment, those who had once supported Xiao Han began to show signs of decline on the academy network.
It wasn’t that they had lost their past ability to stir public opinion, but the divisions among the higher-ups in the support group were becoming more and more intense.
Not long after their intelligence team obtained the news that Xiao Han had awakened, the accident of the “self-generated magic experiment” followed closely.
This really dampened the enthusiasm of the support group.
Millien observed this clearly; this support group had completely changed its nature to the extent that they were now unwilling to fully call this group the “Xiao Han Support Group.”
It had completely turned into a group gathered around the core of interests.
And Millien was currently the only legitimate and last remnant gathering under the name of the Xiao Han Support Group.
With the incident of the self-generated magic experiment spreading, it also gave Millien the opportunity to clearly recognize a fact: the foundation of the Xiao Han Support Group… was simply too weak!
As the support group became nominally nonexistent, other forces gouged and left, leaving nothing for Millien.
For a force to exist, it must have a pillar industry… just like the Witch Secret Realm Association and the All-Purpose Association, these associations will almost never disappear, because the pillars sustaining these associations are enough to give them the confidence to face anything.
However, these pillars basically belong to the official version of the Witch Academy or are implicitly recognized by the Witch Academy, so these associations would be greatly constrained by the academy.
Whether it’s the Witch Secret Realm or the Black Market, it is these that created these associations.
But Xiao Han’s support group… had nothing.
The initial foundational support only came from the resources obtained from the Expanding Realm… but these are “non-renewable” resources. Now, they seemed like a fat sheep holding onto a huge sum of money.
But wrapped around this fat sheep was… a hunter wielding a life re-launch device.
Self-generated magic skills currently held a monopoly status in the Witch Academy. If this skill were mastered by Xiao Han, then she would possess the absolute “power” and “genius” of the Witch Academy!
Although such a skill cannot be monopolized, the academy will definitely promote it, yet even the concept of leadership could become the absolute “foundation” for the support group in the Witch Academy.
But now… the self-generated magic experiment had encountered problems at the final juncture…
The impact of this was immense, and behind this matter, there were definitely other power struggles at play.
Millien strongly suspected that this was the work of those students, but the fact that the supporters left so decisively made Millien think of another possibility… that the ones wanting to deal with Xiao Han were not necessarily students, but rather the will of those extraordinary witches behind them!
If that were true, Millien could hardly imagine!
Yet, considering that Xiao Han’s “girlfriend” was also an extraordinary witch, this provided Millien with some relief.
At least… in the worst-case scenario, Xiao Han wouldn’t end up with nothing.
Putting these aside, Millien had already contacted Xiao Han, but it seemed that Xiao Han had no time to respond, only reassuring her that the academy head was also involved in this matter.
Seeing the academy head getting involved, Millien inexplicably felt relieved; after all… it was the academy head.
Who would have thought the academy head would step in?
So she set this matter aside for the time being.
Since there was no way to obtain more information from Xiao Han, Millien turned to contact Yi Rui and the others.
In just that short while, Millien was already almost overwhelmed; not only did she want to learn more intelligence, but many others also wanted to learn some information from her.
However, she couldn’t deal with these people at the moment, but in the midst of her busyness, she noticed that Shali, the store manager of the bakery, had also contacted her.
Millien had quite a bit of interaction with this bakery, after all, Xiao Han had some “special relations” with this small association. Furthermore, she had discussed with Shali before about using their association’s name to develop Xiao Han’s influence.
Shali didn’t seem to resist this idea, even willing to contribute proactively. Millien could see that the store manager seemed to feel indebted to Xiao Han.
Although… objectively, Shali didn’t owe Xiao Han anything, but now that Xiao Han had become successful, Shali wanted to maintain this relationship… so the feeling of indebtedness could be somewhat understood.
Millien didn’t want to meddle too much; as long as everything developed in the desired direction, that would be a good thing.
“First, go meet Yi Rui and the others to clarify things, then the bakery side, as for the support group… hum…” In Millien’s view, the most crucial relationship to maintain was Yi Rui’s group, followed by the bakery, which was a preparatory plan for influence development, and finally the support group.
The current support group was already a huge profit sphere, and she as the fat sheep couldn’t attract too much attention there. After all, the importance placed on her by Xiao Han had already begun to show signs of decline within the support group, with profit-driven motives gradually replacing the status relationship of the support group.
Even though Millien was very aware that all of this was difficult to reverse, she still felt pained by the transformation of the support group.
……
In the medical room.
In the Special Care Room.
“We can basically confirm that the Great Knowledge Seed cannot obtain more useful information; it’s likely that those with the Great Knowledge Seed deliberately targeted and erased information regarding the Earth Veins, and they did a pretty thorough job,” Mei Linde said.
She simply stood by without intervention; those skills controlled by Xiao Han were beyond her reach. After all, professional matters should be left to professionals, and she began to investigate the course of events herself.
And to investigate, the most convenient method was undoubtedly to retrieve information from the Earth Veins.
The methods of investigating Earth Veins information were abundant within the Witch Academy.
For example, the academy’s existing network system, the extensive roots of the Wanlian Main Network Tree throughout the academy, and Xiao Han’s Great Knowledge Seed.
Currently, the Witch Academy had integrated these three, but the academy’s network had not been completely replaced by the root network, as this process also required a gradual transition.
I didn’t respond to the academy head’s analysis; while she was doing this, I had already shared this information, but I had no energy to manage it.
Right now, I was doing something I hadn’t even dared to imagine before… which was… using the Soul Drawing technique to elevate a person into soul life!
However, the cost of this was that everything about the girl named Shi Ruizhi before me was visible to me.
From her body to the essence of life, from the concept of race to her life level, undying nature… even her memories!
Each of these methods, applied to a person, and spread to the outside world, would be forbidden by ethics and morality.
However, Principal Mei wasn’t surprised; in fact, she thought this ability was quite good.
Perhaps this is the difference between extraordinary witches and ordinary people; even if the principal showed a caring attitude toward those aspiring witches, it was not viewed in an equal perspective.
“Xiao Han, have you found anything in her memories?”
“Hmm? Digging through memories? Is that okay?” I hesitantly inquired.
Although I had previously attempted to explore the memories of the deceased, it was clear that the situation now was quite different; that was with a person who had already died, but this… was someone I was about to save.
More importantly, she currently couldn’t be assumed as my enemy; if she were, I would naturally act ruthlessly and inhumanely, but she wasn’t… I still maintained the most basic respect for humanity.
The principle was to ensure that everything I did was based on clear intentions.
This is what is referred to as the problem of perspective; breaking through the lower limits of perspective without boundaries or principles would ultimately reduce oneself to the very thing they despise most.
However… even so, perhaps from others’ viewpoints, my perspective and its limits should also be seen as quite terrible…
“What’s wrong with this?” Mei Linde said instinctively, but after she finished speaking, she realized something was off.
If this was something she were to do, she wouldn’t see any problem from the standpoint of a witch. However, she was teaching Xiao Han… what if she spoils Xiao Han?
“If you don’t want to do it, then you don’t have to, or… should I be the bad guy?” Ultimately, Principal Mei added this remark.
“Let’s forget it… but… I didn’t expect you, Principal, to also work so hard to find evidence…”
“With evidence, at least I can act justifiably, right? Xiao Han, do you have any stereotypes about witches?”
“No… I’m just joking!” I quickly corrected myself, “So let me ask this… Principal, do you think this incident was caused by students, or… extraordinary witches?”
“……” Upon hearing my direct inquiry, Principal Mei fell silent momentarily, not responding immediately.
“I see… thank you.”
“Hah~ Xiao Han, you know again? What do you know? Didn’t I already say you shouldn’t worry about this? Still asking here and there,” Principal Mei said in a teasing tone, though that initial laughter sounded somewhat awkward.
To this, I didn’t pursue the matter further, as I did just casually ask.
Now, I was focusing more on Shi Ruizhi.
Actually, when Principal Mei asked me if I checked the memories, even if I wanted to look, I wouldn’t have had the ability to do so.
Shi Ruizhi’s memories were extremely chaotic; although I subjectively didn’t want to look, as the master of the Soul Drawing technique, my inability to view was indeed a problem.
So I quickly noticed that Shi Ruizhi’s soul material was so chaotic that even her memories were incredibly disordered.
Thus, even if I used the Soul Drawing technique to save her, she would very likely regain consciousness in an “amnesiac” state, retaining only her bodily instincts and scattered memory fragments.
Moreover, as I delved deeper into the Soul Drawing technique, I would even need to actively help her piece together her memories, ensuring that even if she forgotten, she wouldn’t forget how to talk, eat, walk, run, and fight…
These actions belong to instinct and are anchors of memory for a person; even if someone has amnesia, there are always some things they won’t forget, and these instincts are the essence of life anchoring memory.
It can be said that the relationship between soul material and memory is highly complex.
This would also be a difficulty I had to overcome during my next use of the Soul Drawing technique.
In fact, from an objective perspective, I should be thankful to Shi Ruizhi; she gave me such an opportunity to apply the Soul Drawing technique on a person.
Perhaps this might be somewhat cruel for Shi Ruizhi herself, but that is the reality.
Whether she was innocently caught up in this or hiding untold secrets or had been manipulated, it no longer mattered.
Once she awakens, a brand new life would await her.
As a small compensation, I was also using the Soul Drawing technique in conjunction with the self-generated magic technique to help her complete the construction ceremony of self-generated magic in another way.
One could say that once she wakes up, she would possess the essence of the soul and the foundation of self-generated magic, even if she loses her memory, her subsequent development would be enough for her to take off.
Moreover, I was also looking forward to her ascending to extraordinary; if she didn’t ascend to extraordinary witch with such a foundation, I could only say… that person deserved it.
But for now, everything was uncertain, and I didn’t need to think too harshly about anyone…
