Chapter 943: End of Semester
However, one point that needs to be noted is that the arrangement of population in the game world has its reasons.
Even though they are constantly disturbing various worlds outside, they are unable to settle the population in those worlds.
Apart from the restrictions of hell being locked, the main reason is that their technology is not up to that level.
After all… if they could immigrate across worlds, they would have done so long ago; the key is they cannot.
They can only rely on world terminals to complete the character’s world crossing, and the main body will never be able to cross over.
What they harvest is not the world itself, but one of the three elements within the world: soul material.
The harvested soul material inadvertently promotes the world to continue developing and expanding towards a larger world, while also rapidly increasing the world’s population.
Moreover, this world has already fallen into a semi-deserted state due to its lack of emphasis on environmental protection and biodiversity maintenance.
After all, the growth of the population has squeezed the habitats of other creatures, concepts like plant pots and pets have become extremely expensive.
Even the occurrence of food diversity has been extinguished, which is why food in this world consists of things like nutrient solutions.
I truly fear that the taste buds of people in this world may evolve backwards.
Whenever I think of the suffering in this world, I have an instinctive impulse to reach out and touch it, but when I extend my hand, I subconsciously ask: Why should I?
Just because there are still some fighting for a better life in this world?
I thought of Dawn and others, as well as those from the Real Protection Association, but I did not see such character among these people.
Even when I was rescuing those people in the Expanding Realm, constantly building shelters for them, I could see many.
Here, I only see this world as a piece of cake about to expire, with too many people wanting to come and take a piece.
“Um… even if it’s spoiled, I can’t let these guys take a bite.”
After thinking for a while, I arrived at such a conclusion.
What Kejian cannot reach is greed; recall why this “small” game world gathers so many talents from the Void realms?
Isn’t it still the schemes of those races in the Main World?
Restricted by the principle of non-interference, the extraordinary cannot intervene, so let others step in and stir up the layout.
This is ultimately because those extraordinary races in the Main World, faced with witches, are already somewhat exhausted in coping, so naturally they can only resort to such means of using others to achieve their goals.
In facing such a situation, without the main body coming and the Dream Realm being unusable, quickly harvesting a world is really difficult.
However, the layout strategy of the clones can cope with this situation.
Wasn’t it like that when expanding the realm?
But once the clones increase, subconscious management will also consume my energy. Just like how ignoring the beast clones in the Expanding Realm can lead to some strange operations.
Who can imagine what kind of consequences could arise from hundreds or thousands of me relying on a subconscious, direct approach without considering the consequences!
Just thinking about it feels somewhat frightening.
Who knows, there might be fire burning the chaotic zones, flooding and cracking the settlement areas, creating extreme temperature differential convection, and generating typhoons on a world level… all these could happen.
Such thoughts are interesting to imagine; if it weren’t for my reason calming me down, I might actually go and do it.
If I can have such thoughts, isn’t my subconscious even more against the heavens?
After pondering for a long time, the clone plan was still placed on my agenda; after all, I shouldn’t let it go to waste, right?
I can have excessive sympathy, but it only deserves to be given to those I consider worthy.
I can’t just appease others because they don’t like me, can I?
What kind of saintly mindset is this?
I… but I am the invader of this world, I should show some villainous spirit!
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With the core of the Ice Snow Throne secret realm removed from the Witch Academy, other extraordinary academies began to stir as well.
After all, in the past, the core was within the Witch Academy, which represented a home ground advantage for the witches.
Now… although it is still in the region of the Witch Academy, when it comes to home ground advantage, that is not necessarily the case.
Moreover, they also have sufficient reasons to intervene in this secret realm.
This secret realm had almost driven everyone out, leaving behind the corpses of those who did not escape.
They must go to understand the situation and ensure that students do not die in ignorance.
In reality, the witches could reject such a proposal, but they are also uncertain about what exactly is happening in the secret realm; they can only learn from intelligence that a massive ancient ice remains occupies the secret realm.
Although she and Ming Xueming do not see eye to eye, she acknowledges Xueming’s strength.
Ming Xueming could only overlook the monsters leaving the scene, and it is definitely not a prudent action for the witches to launch an attack under the premise of the opponent’s home ground advantage.
So the witches’ academy tacitly accepted the reasons for other extraordinary academies to enter the secret realm.
As all major extraordinary academies share a common enemy, an implicit understanding has emerged among them, united by the ancient ice remains!
After all, this guy alone has instilled fear in all extraordinary academies!
Gathering all the hatred, it is naturally destined to be jointly hunted.
However, as time passes, their joint offensive progress piled up with anxiety.
The most humiliating instance was when they didn’t even see the royal capital of the ancient ice tribe and were ambushed by the ancient ice remains, forcing them to tear apart the secret realm and exit the battlefield.
They even built a temporary encampment there and directly sealed off that area, not allowing ordinary people to cross over.
The reason is straightforward: due to the instability of the secret realm, they need a large enough area as a buffer zone after its collapse for the power to burst out.
Moreover, they need enough depth to prevent those monsters from breaking through the encirclement, ensuring that these ancient ice remains do not harm society.
And this place is called Qun Luosen Wasteland.
Belonging to an undeveloped area.
But regardless of whether it is developed or not, for the students of the Extraordinary Academy, it doesn’t matter.
It’s just that currently, they are unable to clear the enemies within the secret realm, which is truly making them uncomfortable.
And I, who have been in the secret realm, have been playing a not-so-serious “tower defense game.”
After all, the entrance and exit are fixed, and monsters are refreshed from time to time, while I can “summon” ancient ice water to counter the enemy. Isn’t that a tower defense game?
You could say that those hunting parties wanting to come back are finding it increasingly difficult to see me!
After all, now that I am familiar with the capabilities of this clone and have established a systematic plan, I don’t need to step in personally.
The time saved can allow me to slowly study more things.
What I agreed with Principal Mei is that once this clone of mine in the secret realm can no longer obtain anything useful for me, I will break open the secret realm.
After all, I understand life; I need to capture the king of the ancient ice remains to grasp the essence of souls, which can only be achieved through my own soul-drawing methods.
After all, having a body, soul, and spirit as the clone is my flaw; nobody expected it would end up like this.
But it is precisely because of this that I have the condition to feel so intuitively what life is based on and in what way it ultimately blooms.
And my understanding of power must reach a whole new level, which will inevitably tear apart the void rifts and destroy the secret realm.
Regardless of anything, after leaving the secret realm, I will have more things I can do.
The reason I haven’t broken the secret realm yet is that I am still “cultivating.”
After all, breaking the secret realm indeed brings many benefits, but it also faces other problems.
The most direct is… that after breaking the secret realm, the impact on reality will allow other extraordinary beings to use it as an excuse to intervene.
No matter whether this excuse is innocent, they only need a chance to act; even if it isn’t compliant, it will become a matter to argue about after they take action, but they will have accomplished what they set out to do.
This ancient ice water clone of mine can’t withstand the suppression of the extraordinary.
I felt the power within me; it should be those fragments carrying this power, but after losing the core strength, those fragments returned to their original state as materials, yet I still collected them.
After all, these materials have surprised even the extraordinary witch alchemy masters, indicating that the materials themselves are quite valuable.
These fragments will ultimately converge into the Great Spellbook under the ritual.
However, due to my manipulation, I broke the original trajectory.
And I, unable to use the Real Editing Technique, could not replicate the regular processes of creating the Great Spellbook.
So I calculated to replicate my Great Knowledge Tree.
Let this ordinary spellbook evolve into the Great Spellbook.
And this spellbook carrier is… crystallization technique.
Previously, I had always been curious whether the crystallization technique was part of the Great Ice and Snow Throne Technique.
But it is not.
Since this spellbook was also given to me by Principal Beif Alanna, it has no connection with the Great Spellbooks.
Finally, after seeing the list of fragments and confirming that this spellbook doesn’t have the Thread of Fortune, I had to admit that there truly is no relationship between the two.
But up to now, I still feel there is a certain “fate” between them.
Every piece of 【Extraordinary Knowledge】 is imbued with definitions to describe its characteristics.
The Great Knowledge Tree is “plant growth,” the sacred object is “becoming life,” so what about the Great Ice and Snow Throne?
It has also achieved the ancient ice remains, so can it also achieve life or achieve a race?
Personally, I think not; the ancient ice remains are not life shaped by this force, but life realized through the power of the ancient ice remains.
There is confusion between the concepts of “life becoming power” and “power becoming life,” but the two have essential differences.
The ancient ice remains tribe reveres power, so the significance of their existence is to coexist with powers through life.
However, Fool Dream, I do not wish for them to become power, so I chose to let power become Fool Dream, making this power a part of Fool Dream rather than the main force.
Thus, the definition of the Great Ice and Snow Throne Technique is “condensation of life.”
This is of course my speculation, but I will use my way to turn the speculation into a definition!
The ancient ice remains tribe becomes power, giving life a new definition, which is to serve life for power.
Therefore, at this moment when I exert power, I can grant the life of the ancient ice to the visible ice crystals, which is the unique way of existence of the ancient ice remains tribe, a tribe that is also a king!
With a wave of my hand, the tribe gathers before me! Unafraid of death, unafraid of shattering, as long as the king exists, their will will endure!
This is the ancient ice remains.
So… when the ancient ice is created with crystallization technique as the “foundation,” can it take on a whole new form?
After all, I have tested crystallization wood; it is not only water freezing but any crystalline substance can be.
So… would the ancient ice remains tribe also turn into ancient ice crystals?
After all, this tribe gave up their bodies to achieve power, so the properties of power itself should also determine the form of life.
However… ancient ice crystals… this name sounds strange, so in the end, I decided to respect the naming traditions after all.
Maybe initially this tribe was mainly based on ice?
The principle of naming being error-free applies as long as it is within an understandable range.
Life cannot define concepts beyond recognition, let alone extract names.
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As the last day of this semester comes to an end, the semester’s final exams conclude amidst the students’ wails or perhaps cheers.
This final exam did not conduct any school-wide exams; it was just a routine theoretical test, coupled with combat strength assessments.
After all, the relationship between the Witch Academy and other extraordinary academies is too tense right now, and to avoid uncontrollable accidents, other academies would rather not engage.
So, it can also be considered the simplest final exam that students have experienced.
However, with the arrival of the holiday, many changes are also underway.
For example, the second success and third tests of the self-generated magic power experiment’s small-scale testing promotion.
The self-generated magic power experiment plans to carry out three small-scale promotional tests, then it can officially confirm that this scalable talent technique has reached a safe popularization stage.
Just when everyone thought that this technique could be promoted throughout the school after the third test, similar to the expectations for a school-wide promotion, an announcement from the academy shattered the fantasies of those lucky apprentices completely!
The announcement stated that due to the uniqueness and importance of the self-generated magic power shaping technique, this skill will not be suitable for school-wide promotion processes.
Instead, it will be opened periodically through instructor recommendations and academy assessments…
There’s no doubt that this is aimed at those who only wish to master extraordinary power but do not aspire to elevate ordinary witches into extraordinary ones.
It is also a measure to screen the quality of students; it would be a waste to grant this talent to someone who isn’t serious about studying.
After all, the graduation rate of witches from the Witch Academy is simply dismal.
To understand, the witch race is very unique, starting as extraordinary witches, so being extraordinary is the graduation benchmark of the Witch Academy, and also the turning point to becoming a true witch.
However, the transformation of other races does not have the rigid requirement for being extraordinary, meaning that one can completely transform into that race before ascending to extraordinary; it’s just that without achieving extraordinariness, such a student would be of little help within extraordinary races.
