Chapter 958: The Main World is a Calm Powder Keg!
Within the Witch Academy, following Ming Xueming’s departure, a lot of drama quickly unfolded.
The complaints filed by the Witch Secret Realm Association against the academy still had not produced any results, leaving them confused and fearful.
Although the Ice Snow Throne secret realm still existed, the powerful Ancient Ice Remains guarding the secret realm had perished.
The Witch Mentors did not actively intervene, and other academies’ extraordinary members would be warned by the Witch Academy if they attempted to enter.
Ultimately, the Ice Snow Throne secret realm remained stuck in this state, causing them immense discomfort.
More importantly, the earlier joint actions with the All-purpose Workshop led by President Nicola regarding the accountability of Tan Jun surprisingly ended in a stalemate…
How could this not infuriate the Witch Secret Realm Association?
It was even more frustrating that the All-purpose Workshop quickly established a cooperative relationship with Yang Yuelan!
Who is Yang Yuelan?
She is their current enemy!
Initially, they thought they could easily suppress such pro-witch factions, but they never anticipated that the other side would bring Ming Xueming into the Expanding Realm in retaliation.
Those pro-witch factions used Ming Xueming, a discarded pawn, to establish a connection that the All-purpose Workshop had to consider carefully.
While they could understand this series of maneuvers, it was they who felt isolated!
These individuals simply could not accept this!
And among the pitiable people like the Witch Secret Realm Association was the newly appointed President Nicola.
Due to formalities, she was still in her “probation period,” but the decisions she made and the results she presented constantly disappointed everyone.
Moreover, the interests concerning the Expanding Realm had nothing to do with her. She felt like a useless bag, passively under the scrutinizing gazes of others.
Thus, the All-purpose Workshop ultimately did not wish to “work hard” for a secret realm that did not belong to them, like the Ice Snow Throne secret realm.
Withdrawing the statement about jointly pursuing the destroyers with the Witch Secret Realm Association was a signal.
The decisions regarding interests were that straightforward.
While these individuals were still fighting over these interests, the clones within the Ice Snow Throne secret realm were also frowning over the word “interests.”
The massive throne sculpted from ice stood deep within the snowy expanse, and a colossal figure was seated upon the throne.
This figure was my Ancient Ice Remains clone!
At this moment, I was carefully scrutinizing a uniquely shaped ice crystal, but not long after, I crushed it with my own hands.
The Ice Snow Throne secret realm, while being a secret realm, produced very few extraordinary materials.
After all, this was not a resource secret realm for producing materials.
Even so, the permanent spell effects caused by the great ice snow throne had given birth to some ice-element crystalline materials under extremely harsh conditions.
As for their value… that was hard to say.
From my current level, which had not yet passed any certification for alloy crafting, the value of these special ice crystal materials was rather ordinary, at best comparable to some basic substitutes; their only advantage was the enhancement of ice-element properties, which could be used for fine-tuning and neutralizing conflicts with violent elements in alchemy.
With the power I currently possessed, I could already replicate the creation of such materials.
However, that was not what I wanted.
I had this clone attempt this kind of thing partly because it had little to do and partly because the spoils were providing me with ideas.
After handing over the spoils harvested from the game world to Millien, I mentioned that I had already taken what was useful and that these resources were irreplaceable.
Among these spoils, I found a special material: hexagonal crystal amber.
To nitpick, its normal effect could be described as the lossless conduction of specific extraordinary energy, making it a superconductor material.
Regardless of any limitations, its value was definitely high.
Even though there were magic superconducting materials within the academy, that did not preclude the existence of more such materials that might help expand applicable boundaries.
Hexagonal crystal amber sounds like a crystal or a type of ore, but in reality, it is a non-melting ice material.
It is a crystalline substance that maintains a constant internal low temperature under ambient conditions.
This material was obtained from a very special race in the game world.
The discovery of hexagonal crystal amber made me realize that perhaps some things are valued as much as the heritage of the world.
According to the information gathered from those races, their world has always existed in an eternally low-temperature environment.
It does not experience continuous snowfall, as there are not many conditions for moisture to ascend into the sky and turn into falling snowflakes.
Hexagonal crystals are extremely rare even in such a world, let alone a small one.
There is no technique for artificially creating such materials.
Most extraordinary materials are essentially artificial composite materials; however, the ability of this natural energy to achieve lossless and unobstructed superconduction makes its value frightening.
Moreover, its greater value lies in the potential to create other composite materials from it, possibly resulting in newly effective materials.
Of course, that depends on luck.
I must say that materials science in the extraordinary realm holds a place of great prestige, rivaling even mysticism.
Now, with full control over the fragments of the great ice snow throne’s powers, I wanted to attempt to replicate this material.
However, I found that just such a power was somewhat lacking.
It was likely that reaching the power of the complete Great Spellbook would provide the possibility of touching the threshold of this technique.
Thus, in the end, everything comes down to breaking through the barriers.
But rather than breaking through the secret realm to the main world and leaving this secret realm for those factions, that is not my style; however, directly triggering Void Rifts to tear apart the secret realm wouldn’t conflict with my plans.
It all felt rather depressing.
If only the Witch Secret Realm Association and the All-purpose Workshop had been a bit firmer before, I could have exposed them!
Indeed, the All-purpose Workshop has been going backwards since changing their faction.
The Witch Secret Realm Association was likewise.
But it does not matter; as the number of dead within the secret realm continues to rise, someone will inevitably be unable to resist.
After all, the current Ice Snow Throne secret realm is nominally in the midst of a united offensive.
There are quite a few casualties among those outside the Witch Academy.
And I am specifically targeting them to stir up conflict between the academies.
Aren’t you other extraordinary academies isolating the Witch Academy?
Then you’ll have to attack us; we’ll just defend ourselves in retaliation.
Currently, familial ties also appear to be showing cracks in cooperation.
According to Principal Mei’s plan, the optimal solution for the transformation of the main world is to eliminate those family influences; if ordinary people can die less, that is naturally preferable.
After all, the population is the foundation of the world’s development.
The second point is to promote controllable extraordinary power into ordinary people, enabling them to touch extraordinary power.
Once extraordinary power is no longer seen as rare, the paths for teaching and advancing to the extraordinary within the academy will become much lower in threshold.
This will raise the minimum power level of humanity in the world, thereby promoting an increase in the upper limit.
Is it a conspiracy?
But in any case, promoting the Wanlian Main Network Tree in the Magic Capital is a trial.
If we speak of controllable extraordinary power, the network of power is undoubtedly a special form.
Moreover, this aligns perfectly with the advancement model for prospective witches: a witch only needs a magic source to reach the threshold for becoming extraordinary, and after advancing, they can seamlessly integrate numerous magic sources and spellbooks without being bound by the network of power.
It’s simply perfect!
Additionally, this will suppress the spread of extraordinary systems from other races, as the transformation and training methods for power from other races are fundamentally on the same template. The model of the power network will inevitably cause conflict.
Thus, other academies will certainly target the diffusion of the Wanlian Main Network Tree within the Core Realm and the coverage of the power network.
They have completely lost hope in the Expanding Realm; they can only struggle in the Core Realm.
The recent activity of the family factions within the Witch Academy likely has to do with the official contacts from the witches.
The witches promised to spread extraordinary techniques beyond the extra academies, with the power network as the main system.
There is no need to enter the academy and be restricted by it to wield extraordinary power!
Who can resist such temptation?
Even when students in the academy learn some inside details, claiming that the power network is completely under the controllable will of the witches, it still stirs the hearts of many ordinary people within the families.
Isn’t that just being a dog for the academy?
Haven’t the families under the other extraordinary academies been doing that all along?
Their families who leaned towards the witches want to do so but can’t achieve it!
Now the Witch Academy is astonishingly passing the collar to them; if you don’t wear it, many will!
Therefore, with the Wanlian Main Network Tree and the pressures from the deaths of students in the Ice Snow Throne secret realm, the Core Realm of the main world is, at this moment, a massive powder keg.
Thus, the current calmness is merely waiting for the moment it will be ignited completely!
Magic Capital.
As one of the most developed cities in the main world, it is also home to the core families of the pro-witch faction.
If one were to say that there are apartments in the Magic Capital, they are not something you can just buy with money.
This time, the Witch Academy actively extended “goodwill” towards the families, capturing the attention of a vast majority.
The presence of the Wanlian Main Network Tree, tentatively released by the Witch Academy, is meant for the families to cultivate.
The witches only provide technical guidance.
Of course, this does not mean the families own the Wanlian Main Network Tree; it simply means they have the qualification to access extraordinary power.
Regarding the sudden actions of the Witch Academy, the families in the Magic Capital held two differing attitudes.
One side was in strong support, openly longing for extraordinary power.
The other side was resolutely opposed.
They were concerned that if they possessed extraordinary power, how would the families from other academies view them?
The other academies are adamantly opposed to these ordinary people mastering extraordinary power; if this continues, conflicts will inevitably arise.
This is essentially being used as a pawn by the Witch Academy!
The Witch Academy is the one extraordinary force that must not be seen by families; it could very well be a scheme to drive the tiger away and swallow the wolf, leading to a complete eradication.
The witches wouldn’t even need to dirty their hands; they could let the influence of the families drown in the long river of history.
Even if eventually there are descendants left within the family, the power network belongs to the witches; if they find an excuse to take it back, the family would have nothing.
It is precisely because of this worry that the pro-witch forces have not gained absolute dominance.
However, regardless, the Wanlian Main Network Tree has now been cultivated.
Before long, accompanying knowledge sessions will also be released.
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Expanding Realm.
Watching over a hundred clones that look just like me operating various equipment in the factory, even my older sister found the scene absurd.
These clones belong to my special technique-created variants, but the only difference is… they are all temporary clones.
After all, my materials for creating entirely new clones are definitely insufficient in this place.
Currently, there are no biological materials that adequately meet my needs in the Expanding Realm.
So these clones are essentially constructed as mimic bodies through summoning spell effects, created by the Reincarnation Rebirth Spell, ultimately becoming “removable” temporary clones.
Otherwise, creating a bunch of clones and then needing to destroy them would be quite a hassle.
If they are not destroyed, there is a high probability they will be “taken” and used elsewhere.
The last time I brought back a clone from the Expanding Realm, it ended up as a goalie in the arena’s ladder tournament.
I also keep an eye on these clones, which are all but estranged from me; it can be said they have unknowingly eliminated countless contestants.
As a result, this ladder ranking tournament has become the most prestigious event within the Witch Academy.
The power network ensures a balance of strength, while the Xiao Han clone guarantees power thresholds and intervals; there is no room for those who aim to swim with the current—only absolute strength prevails!
“Xiao Han, didn’t you say your nurturing purification technique isn’t yet at a large-scale preparation level? Why is this factory being built so urgently?” Sister Bai came to my side and asked.
“Well… because I’m starting to get some ideas!” I replied confidently.
There are two approaches to large-scale preparation for the nurturing purification technique.
One is to keep the entire large-scale preparation process at a laboratory level.
The other is to optimize the nurturing purification technique until the preparation difficulty reaches a level suitable for large-scale production.
However, I cannot accomplish either fully, but… I can choose a compromise!
The nurturing purification technique can optimize the skills to lower preparation thresholds, but it cannot reach a level where any ordinary factory could execute it. The factory’s preparation conditions can be elevated but cannot achieve laboratory-level standards.
As long as both sides reach a balance, managing relatively sufficient preparations will be feasible— even if the defect rate is high, that can be gradually optimized.