Chapter 646 The Expanding Realm After My “Disappearance”
After bidding farewell to Yi Rui, I tidied up my belongings and left with these contracts.
My departure also had a profound impact on Yi Rui and the others.
At this moment, Yi Rui had already taken out the Fireball Spellbook and placed it on the Earth Vein Operating System’s earth vein support structure they had brought.
As they looked at the Fireball Spell, everyone felt their faces becoming hot; it was a field they had never touched before.
These days, they considered their relationship with the teaching assistant Xiao Han to be quite good, except that she was a bit too straightforward and had low emotional intelligence. However, these daily flaws were common among people gathered here.
Without having interacted with her, they were also pondering how this individual had gained the recognition of numerous instructors. Although they had heard of her achievements, the most famous among them was undoubtedly the Great Spellbook… but the Great Spellbook was something they could not even aspire to touch.
However, what truly made them acknowledge her was when this teaching assistant Xiao Han presented so many spellbooks and their derivatives!
To be able to conduct research on spells, and even derive from spellbooks, that was what they recognized as “someone like them.”
Not to mention, the individual they were facing had been enrolled in the Witch Academy for less than a year.
Thinking back to what they had been doing at this point last year… without a comparison, there would be no harm; thus, they yearned for geniuses.
These days, they had become somewhat familiar with each other and exchanged ideas.
Perhaps due to her being much younger than themselves, coupled with her lack of understanding of the spell sequences, yet still being very curious.
They even felt as though they were mentoring a junior.
Until the birth of this… Crystal Fireball Spellbook!
They suddenly felt the stark inequality in levels. The fact that she was merely unfamiliar with the sequence derivation didn’t mean she lacked abilities and ideas that rivaled or even far surpassed theirs!
“Xiao Han said… the derivation of this spell depends on inspiration, right?” Yi Rui spoke up.
“Yes, it’s a spellbook mastered by Sister Xiao Han, along with inspiration obtained from those energy crystal mines outside,” added a girl beside her.
“Then, should we also venture outside to experience it?” Yi Rui suggested.
“I think that’s a good idea. If my instructor knew I was sent by her to the expanding realm just to sit in some corner of Ninglan New City, I fear I might get killed when I returned…”
“Uh… isn’t that too serious?”
“I heard the outside isn’t particularly dangerous; it’s just some vagrants and mutated beasts. I want to see how much the magic conductivity differs between freshly collected mutated beast bl**d mixed with bone powder and the not-so-fresh stuff.”
“Then… let’s embark on a spontaneous trip! This time, we don’t need to trouble Xiao Han to arrange it; let’s go directly.”
“Alright, I agree!”
“My experiment isn’t finished yet, but I also agree.”
“Then let’s wait a moment; we still need to prepare some supplies.”
“Should we also learn a bit of the Dream Demon Spell? I heard we’re very likely to encounter dream overlaps outside.”
“Seems so. This Dream Demon Spell was also created by Sister Xiao Han, right? I want to see it in action.”
……
I found a relatively empty place and sat down.
In this leisurely time, I prepared to sign contracts.
Although these contracts were confirmed to use the same template and wouldn’t have any traps, I still cautiously confirmed each one again to ensure there were no issues before signing them one by one.
This wasn’t a matter of distrust; it was about avoiding potential loopholes that both parties might not be aware of, which could be exploited later.
I must say, just signing these contracts took a significant amount of time, and the subsequent days would likely be spent addressing the dream overlap issues.
This wasn’t because I felt a moral obligation to help them resolve their troubles quickly, but rather I wanted to eliminate these troubles and completely reclaim my own time.
In the next day or two.
Ninglan New City quickly received a string of good news, and many people in the Disaster Refuge were quite excited.
The mines outside began restarting their extraction work one after another. Those laborers who had to stop work due to the dream overlaps were the happiest.
Otherwise, they would have to compete with the old, weak, women, and children for relief supplies, and many couldn’t bring themselves to do so.
As the cooperation to dispel those dreams was completed, my figure completely vanished from the public’s view.
The feeling of losing the “watching” target made many organizations quite uneasy.
However, after several days without any news, many started to get used to it.
During this period, nothing significant occurred; many matters continued to develop methodically in accordance with predetermined directions.
For instance, the Disaster Refuge continued to improve and had already initiated expansion plans.
Another example was the gradually forming second large refuge, thanks to the high efficiency of the extraordinary architects.
Due to its geographical characteristics and the large Wanlian Main Network Tree as the most prominent landmark, many organizations began seeking cooperation.
Although this site was developed in collaboration by that teaching assistant Xiao Han and the All-purpose Association, in reality, the one doing the heavy lifting was the All-purpose Association, which also reaped the profits. The All-purpose Association certainly did not have the absolute strength to monopolize in the Witch Academy.
Thus, accepting collaborations with other groups was the All-purpose Association’s only option. However, as the proactive party, they still held a lot of the initiative.
Moreover, that teaching assistant Xiao Han had entrusted Millien to act as her representative and discuss the subsequent distribution of cooperation with the All-purpose Association.
While Millien represented that teaching assistant, she was nominally also a member of the All-purpose Association, which made it quite uncomfortable for other groups.
Yet cooperation was something they could not abandon.
I heard that the progress of other extraordinary academies was also quite remarkable. As for the two large refuges already established in the expanding realm, they were still wandering around aimlessly.
In fact, it wasn’t that they lacked organizational ability; they were also collaborating and planning the construction of the third large refuge in the expanding realm.
However, site selection had always been an issue, and with so many people from the Witch Academy, it was easy for them to employ covert means that could cause serious trouble for them. They hadn’t yet caught any definitive proof, so the third large refuge remained only a vague concept; at least they could claim the title of constructing the third large refuge.
As for which academy this refuge would ultimately connect to, that was also a problem.
However, they had been avoiding this issue; after all, they couldn’t disrupt their efforts before achieving success.
Yet, they still stubbornly claimed that they had built three refuges, which conveniently catered to the top three academies… even if the other two required communication to work things out.
Moreover, they had brought out Xiao Han’s words, allowing the refugees inside the refuges to choose for themselves.
This point they indeed could not refute, as that teaching assistant Xiao Han had indeed said this…
However, that teaching assistant had barely shown her face since then, and the only person who seemed to have contact with her was Millien.
After all, during the time she disappeared, she had been entrusted to facilitate discussions regarding the cooperation distribution for the second refuge, a contract that was impossible to fake.
What followed was a prolonged period of negotiations and distribution of interests. They suddenly realized that in the absence of that unstable factor, the expanding realm could flow so smoothly according to their ideas.
But not long after, a group again attracted the attention of many in Ninglan New City.
This group was a society.
A Spell Research Society.
A society so small it could hardly get any smaller, with only a little over ten people in total.
However, looking at their composition was enough to frighten many!
Among those ten or so people, four were teaching assistants! The rest were all upperclassmen; just needing a simple understanding of who their instructors were was enough to shock them again.
In fact, the profiles of these people had already been collected by various organizations upon their arrival in Ninglan New City, and they had already gasped in awe at that time.
Moreover, this group had been personally led by that teaching assistant Xiao Han, which truly gave them a headache because they knew that these individuals were not of the same caliber as them!
An unstable factor had brought a group of anomalies…
However, the actions of this group gradually put them at ease, as they settled in a deserted experimental area in the city with the assistance of the Extraordinary Research Association.
Afterward, they remained quite docile and hardly made any noise. If it hadn’t been for this incident, they might have forgotten about the existence of this group.
The reason they reappeared was for a long journey, or at least that’s what they said.
When they collectively set out again, it was to learn the Dream Demon Spell from Instructor Elena.
For other people, learning this Dream Demon Spell would require a long time to master, but this group only took a brief moment to learn how to cast it; the entire process took no one more than half an hour.
However… they stayed with Instructor Elena for an entire day, reportedly discussing and researching the Dream Demon Spell with her, which left many people puzzled as to what was so fascinating about it.
Yet at this moment, those individuals felt the pressure coming from this group of academic prodigies, stemming from a deep-seated academic inferiority linked to their self-awareness as students.
The one thing that reassured everyone in the major societies within Ninglan New City was that this group wouldn’t be around for long—they were preparing for a journey to conduct on-site research in the expanding realm.
To this end, all the major societies cleared a path for this group or offered them certain assistance and support, hoping to leave a good impression and build a good relationship while also wishing for them to leave quickly.
If that teaching assistant Xiao Han was an extremely unstable factor, this group combined was even more terrifying than her!
After all, this was a group consisting of four teaching assistants. Even if they hadn’t heard of the astonishing feats of these individuals, they were aware of their backgrounds.
Achievements are for intimidating those easy to sway, while as the top teaching assistants of the Witch Academy, they inherently understood the type of person within the academy that shouldn’t be provoked—that was those truly engaged in academic research…
If they were to act against them for no reason, their instructors would truly be merciless!
Moreover, they were extremely protective!
As for why they dared to push against the teaching assistant Xiao Han… it was because deep down they were unwilling to acknowledge one thing… she was just too young.
Furthermore, they felt very conflicted.
On one hand, they looked down on her for being too young, but on the other, they feared her strength and couldn’t accept her youth.
However, now they were gradually beginning to accept that… but it still required time to adapt.
In the following time, many noticed that the presence and influence of Xiao Han also began to fade.
The expanding realm was thriving, and under unspoken obstacles, the other extraordinary academies began constructing a preliminary framework for the third large refuge. The Witch Academy continued to explore resource points, rescuing vagrants and refugees, while guiding people from smaller gathering places back to the large refuge to contribute to rebuilding their civilization.
On the Ninglan New City side, the Plant Technology line was also initiated. Due to an accident, a researcher from a small world discovered that underneath Ninglan New City, the Plant Network was widely spread!
Moreover, they learned from the controller of the seven-member group in the Disaster Refuge that the Catastrophe Witch had reshaped the Wanlian Main Network Tree and extended its roots there.
Following this, Ninglan New City and the Disaster Refuge sequentially built the first and second Earth Energy Interface Platforms!
With this Plant Network and docking platform, they gained confidence in revitalizing the Plant Technology system!
As the call to revitalize Plant Technology rose, the laboratory of the Wanlian Main Network Tree in the Disaster Refuge welcomed several extraordinary witch instructors.
The arrival of this batch of instructors made many organizations’ scalps tingle; their sole purpose for coming here was for the Wanlian Main Network Tree, and the spark that initiated this research frenzy was, without a doubt, that teaching assistant Xiao Han.
While the name hadn’t been mentioned much within Ninglan New City lately, her achievements were still circulating.
In the Disaster Refuge, a large enclosed laboratory had been established around the Wanlian Main Network Tree, and there were numerous magical barriers, making it nearly impossible for the outside world to know what was happening inside. Moreover, entry was almost forbidden for anyone; only the clones of those instructors were allowed in.
And the only teaching assistant permitted inside was that teaching assistant Xiao Han.
However, many speculated that her disappearance didn’t mean she had entered here, as no one had seen her go there after the last resource point dispelled the dream. Furthermore, rumors suggested that she seemed to have ventured deeper into the expanding realm for further exploration.
But what they didn’t know was that within this enclosed laboratory, a white figure was busy collaborating with a multitude of instructors.
And this figure was my… clone.
In fact, when this clone first arrived here, it nearly got cleaved by Sister Agnes.
According to Agnes, she sensed something strange about this clone; despite everything seeming normal, with vital signs identical and feelings completely akin to mine.
However, the vital perception gave her a different feeling, causing this clone to nearly be chopped down as a “possession” monster…
In the end, I had to explain and confirm my identity through the Great Knowledge Seed before the situation was resolved.
However, they became intrigued by my clone because… they had never seen such a method of cloning!
But upon hearing that it was achieved using the Reincarnation Rebirth Spell along with the Great Spellbook’s derivative magic and various derivative techniques, they no longer inquired.
With so many spells and techniques involved, further questioning would be impolite.
If this were merely a simple spell, they would have eagerly requested to exchange knowledge for this clone spell for research, as their own clones could not achieve this level of “perfection.”
But due to the numerous secrets involved, they too would refrain from prying.
Finally, within the laboratory of the Wanlian Main Network Tree, everyone, including the witches, were all “clones.”
