Chapter 859: The Problematic Student
“The name of the student involved… Shi Ruizhi, ninth grade…”
I retrieved the basic information for this student and skimmed through it. This batch of students was basically all personally selected by Millien, including this Senior Shi Ruizhi as well.
She was not a family member, and there was nothing abnormal in these records that could be identified.
Then, my gaze returned to the moment the incident occurred, which was not long ago when Shi Ruizhi was conducting the architectural ceremony.
This stage was still in the process of the architectural ceremony; it had to be said that this was already a relatively late batch. It was during this ceremony that the accident happened.
I leaned in front of the earth vein’s imaging projection and saw no unnecessary movements. The girl named Shi Ruizhi also showed no unusual signs.
Next to her was Pei Huan, who appeared quite flustered at the time, after all, it was her first encounter with such a situation.
“Right… it was at this moment… she… she started having that…”
At this moment, Pei Huan also seemed to be in a difficult situation, after all, she was the one who had been personally guiding the student, and suddenly encountering such an issue was undoubtedly a heavy blow to her.
As the projection continued, I finally saw what had happened to the girl named Shi Ruizhi.
I observed her expression slightly shift as though she didn’t know how to describe it. She forcibly stopped the progress and turned to Pei Huan with a look of help.
Pei Huan moved forward to support her.
She initially thought it was just a failure of the architectural ceremony and was about to comfort her, but the next moment, Shi Ruizhi’s body began to tremble uncontrollably before collapsing to the ground.
This clearly indicated a loss of control over oneself.
Despite Pei Huan pulling at her, she couldn’t support her to stand.
Next came… a rather bloody scene.
It was as if her body had lost all control; her flesh and skin burst apart, and the bl**d vessels hidden beneath ripped through her skin and exploded under terrifying bl**d pressure.
Then, her undying nature completely lost control, and the ruptured flesh and skin began to “heal,” but in essence, it was continuously “growing back.” In just a short while, she completely lost her human form.
Such a scene immediately frightened everyone around her, including Pei Huan.
Even if this was just a reproduction of the earth vein projection, the presented image was unbearable for the other students, including Yi Rui, to watch.
Yet I insisted on continuing to observe, including the reactions of everyone in the earth vein image and the first aid measures.
I even meticulously reviewed the process mentioned by Daniel, even the cycle of killing and reviving.
The resurrection spell had no issues; as Daniel said, it ruled out problems with the body. Ultimately… the problem indeed appeared to lie in the essence of her life.
The result seemed evident; a problem with the essence of her life signified that the bodily information that represented her identity had completely collapsed.
The flesh of the real body is the external manifestation of life’s essence, so how a person appears basically doesn’t change significantly. Even with extraordinary means like disguise spells, those are merely temporary magical effects.
The reason this girl appeared so “tragic” was primarily because her life level was very high.
Just like the higher the building, the more violently it collapses.
She was already in ninth grade, and in another year, she would be graduating. At this moment, her undying nature had turned into a d*ath sentence.
As her essence of life underwent an aberration, everything else rapidly collapsed along with it.
From another perspective, body changes stem from two aspects.
One aspect is changes in the body itself, akin to genetic mutations, radiation changes, or cosmetic surgeries, etc.
The other aspect is changes in the essence of life that cause accompanying bodily changes.
For example… when a boy enters the Witch Academy, after receiving the first magic source, a complete transformation of life essence occurs, making them seem like two different people.
My experiment on self-generated magic initially borrowed from this kind of process.
So if such an accident occurred during the “Demon Transformation Transmutation Technique” phase, I might have doubted that our experiment went awry. But now this issue arose during the “architectural ceremony” phase, and I truly didn’t understand.
Architecture, in fact, refers to shaping the self-generated magic and then “placing it” into the essence of life within the concept of the witch race. Given how clearly defined this step is, which step exactly touched off the collapse of life essence?
So this simply could not be!
After confirming that the issue was not on my side, my gaze turned cold.
“Take me to see this student named Shi Ruizhi. Where has she been taken?”
“She’s been sent to the nearest medical room. I’ll lead the way,” Yi Rui spoke up from the side.
“Okay, thank you.”
I nodded and indicated to Yi Rui that we could go now. Once she took out her flying broomstick, I also took out my broom, which I hadn’t used in a while.
After all, I hadn’t flown on this “vehicle” for some time. Usually, I would use teleportation, but for an ordinary person, riding a broomstick and flying is the most common activity.
“Strange… is the medical room really that far from the training grounds? There are likely many injured in the training grounds, right? Why go so far?” I asked, somewhat puzzled.
“Hmm… the training grounds themselves have a medical room division, but after being allocated to us for experiments, only the most basic personnel were left here. The professionals here couldn’t handle such situations, so they had to transfer her there. It’s actually not that far; flying over, we can already see the place,” Yi Rui pointed ahead and said.
“Over there, huh…”
I looked at the medical room building in front and had a clear understanding.
After following Yi Rui and the others inside, we quickly arrived at the special care room.
Originally, this special care room was not open for student visits, as those sent here are usually very special cases.
They might be infected with rare and highly contagious biological viruses, or could be victims of easily spreading curses, or even be in a frenzy state where they are uncontrollable, requiring strict enforcement…
Although these “illnesses” sound outrageous, it’s not surprising considering the many “goodies” hidden in the private laboratories of witches—there are quite a few witches with collecting tendencies.
However, this time, along with us was Sister Bai, who is an extraordinary mentor, so naturally, they wouldn’t stop us.
After all, these special symptoms are basic matters for extraordinary mentors, and extraordinary witches are the most qualified personnel to manage these kinds of accident treatments.
As soon as we entered, we were greeted by a very complex smell; the scent of disinfectant was not very strong because, in such a medical room, the sterilization functionality basically relies on special sterilization spells solidified within the room.
However, amid this complex smell, there was a strong smell of bl**d.
The Shi Ruizhi we had been searching for was currently lying on a very special medical table.
Her entire body was roughly secured to prevent the “patient” from causing further self-harm.
Her body was still quite twisted, continuously undergoing transformations. She was connected to many nutrient solution conduits, and it was these special, high-concentration nutrient solutions that were keeping her last breath alive.
After all, no matter how high her life level or how strong her undying nature, she couldn’t be infinitely reborn. Thus, the continuous injection of nutrient solutions was particularly crucial.
Though this method had kept her alive, it was also the root of her suffering.
The extraordinary mentor in charge nearby was undoubtedly a professional, as I could tell she had already cut off the transmission of bodily pain feedback to the essence of life.
Thus reducing her pain from the root.
So at this moment, although Shi Ruizhi was fixed to the medical table, she was not as intense as she appeared in the earth vein projection.
Her struggles were primarily due to the instincts of her body.
“Who are you? Didn’t you see I’m busy?!” Upon seeing us enter, the extraordinary witches in charge turned to us and questioned.
“Sorry to interrupt, I brought them here mainly to visit this student who had the incident.” At this moment, Sister Bai stepped forward, utilizing her advantage as a mentor.
“I’m not saying you all are at a bad time, sister; it’s just that these people look somewhat familiar. You should be the main facilitators of this experimental accident, right?”
“Really sorry for causing trouble for the mentors,” the students led by Yi Rui quickly apologized.
“Alright, the attitude of admitting fault is acceptable, but you’ve caused quite the hassle.”
“Could you tell us what happened? Is there still a chance for rescue?” Sister Bai directly inquired about the key points.
“Most likely not; it involves her soul material essence, and the bodily information has lost and collapsed. We can only use spells to maintain her body temporarily from completely dying.”
“Has it already reached this level? Can we ask what caused this situation for analysis?” Sister Bai continued to press.
“The cause? Isn’t it caused by these guys’ experiments?” a witch responded with no hesitation.
“I mean, if you exclude the experimental causes, are there any other ways that could lead to this situation?” Sister Bai pressed further.
“Excluding… oh, I get what you mean. You think it’s not their fault, right?”
“Actually, I myself am not very clear; soul material is inherently fragile, and from an extraordinary perspective, it’s quite simple to cause someone to reach this state—special magical potions, life curses, spells involving soul materials, similar to replacement or destruction spells—there are really many.”
“Specifically, even I can’t determine, as I’m not an extraordinary forensic specialist, and I’m not skilled in assessing injuries,” this witch shrugged, expressing her helplessness, and then continued to perform “repairs” on the students’ bodies.
However, this “repair” seemed endless; unless the root cause of everything was resolved, it couldn’t be concluded.
“Isn’t there any solution?” At this moment, I stepped forward to ask.
“Of course there is, just k*ll her, that way we’ll avoid trouble, and she won’t have to suffer such living hell,” another witch remarked as if joking.
“You must be Xiao Han, right? I’ve heard that the issue this time was with your self-generated magic project that you led. You should know a thing or two about it, right?” At this point, the witch who responded to me was somewhat surprised to see me but instantly recognized who I was.
After all, in the Witch Academy, I was the only one acknowledged as the “Little Witch.”
“I’m very clear about the overall experimental process; such a severe situation could absolutely not occur, so I suspect it might be due to some external factors,” I explained somewhat helplessly.
“Xiao Han doesn’t know either? I heard that you went to understand the situation and that your experiments touched upon the essence of life, right?”
“That’s for sure… Okay, I knew I wouldn’t be able to clarify this matter.” I sighed.
The correlation between the two was indeed too significant; the less someone understood the principles behind it, the more likely they would conflate the two.
It’s like calling experiments involving the essence of life as “forbidden experiments”—there’s nothing wrong with that terminology on the surface.
In my Great Knowledge Tree, detailed records of Life Interpretation exist, which refer to the experiments of the original Life Interpretation labeling them as “forbidden experiments.”
After all… throughout history, reverence for life concerning the essence of life was deeply rooted.
“It seems, Xiao Han, your understanding of the essence of life should be quite profound, right? After all, you can lead experiments on self-generated magic physique, so your level shouldn’t be poor. Why don’t you give it a try?” Noticing that I didn’t intend to argue any further, one of the witches suddenly suggested.
“Me?” I instinctively pointed at myself, “I’m not a professional in this area, though?”
“It’s just to try it; anyway, if we let you continue, this student will ultimately end up in such a living hell.”
“I… I’ll give it a try…”
“Wait, are you really letting Xiao Han do it? Professional matters should be left to the professionals. Xiao Han, don’t mind her; she’s joking with you.” Upon seeing my agreement, another witch quickly intervened.
Otherwise, this might really turn into a joke.
“It’s alright; coincidentally, I do have some accomplishments regarding the essence of life. I’m really curious; since both of you sisters know that her issue is with the essence of life, why not separate her essence from the body?” After all, it seemed strange to me that knowing the root cause, they were still busy with other unrelated matters.
“Separate?” Upon hearing my words, the two witches looked visibly speechless, “Are you sure? And then what? Just wait for her to enter the earth vein cycle or fall into the dream world like in the expanding realm? Her essence of life is not the same as a soul, Xiao Han; don’t you know this basic common sense?”
“Hmm?” Being told this, I felt a bit confused.
At that moment, I realized… I seemed to be on a different channel from them.
