Chapter 900: When No One is a Winner, Someone Will Always Rush
“It turns out to be just as I thought,” I said with a light chuckle.
After all, this choice may seem like a gamble, but it was never about whether to accept or not.
Rather, it was a gamble on whether the Main World’s consciousness could help Fool Dream become a true life!
The Earth Vein Shackles were never a troublesome thing; once I detached from them, they would no longer hinder me.
Then, I used Field Order to observe the states of Yu Lan and the others.
Although Sister Bai said she did not observe the Earth Vein Shackles, it did not mean I couldn’t.
In the Core Realm of the Main World, reality and dreams achieve balance. Since Yu Yun has already displayed the phenomenon of Earth Vein Shackles, it means that Yu Lan and the others are nearly there too; after all… there are Earth Veins within dreams as well.
A complete world consists of both reality and dreams, but it cannot encompass the entire Primordial Dream.
It is more akin to a product that balances between reality and dreams, a calamity shaped for the gestation of life.
Reality is the reality of the “Endless Void” material space.
Dreams are the dreams of the “Primordial Dream” shallow realms.
I truly hadn’t considered this before, as I had never compared such a vast concept of Primordial Dream with the world.
After all, in my inherent impression, the Primordial Dream corresponds to the Infinite Void!
After all, the realm and the void correspond to one another, and dreams cover all places where the void exists.
I quickly hesitated and cast aside these impractical thoughts; at least for now, thinking about these issues would yield no results.
To verify my guess, I even went deliberately to the Dream Demon’s storage room to observe, and I did not find any reactions similar to the Earth Vein Shackles on the Dream Demon.
That is to say, this idea does not hold, or… it might hold, but I cannot perceive it, nor care about it.
So, after discarding these questions, I focused all my energy on Yu Lan and the others.
As long as they completed the barrier crossing from dreams to reality, I could create their physical bodies in reality!
After all, once they possessed soul bodies, combined with physical bodies in reality and the derivative technique “Life Evolution” that merges with Soul Drawing, I could better delineate the bloodline information of Enmeng!
At the moment I was busy with Enmeng’s matters, Mei Linde’s office was also making a great commotion.
“How is the Qi Observation Technique Instrument operating?” Mei Linde inquired as usual.
“It is self-checking. Currently, we can still observe some interference items. These may have appeared during the debugging process.”
“Interference items? What are the specifics? Can they be repaired? Can they be ignored?”
“Um… We observed the interference of the consciousness’s fortune within the academy.”
“Is it from the Ice Snow Throne Secret Realm? Forget about that, just block it,” Mei Linde said.
“No, the interference from the Ice Snow Throne Secret Realm has already been blocked; this is new.”
“The witch responsible for direct observation spoke.”
“New? Where?”
“Um, in the experimental zone… the secondary self-check has been completed, and there is an error display.”
“In the experimental zone…,” Mei Linde fell silent, recognizing that many of the experimental projects there were things even she couldn’t handle. After all, even though she was the Academy Head, it did not mean she had authority in every field.
“I recently heard this area has become somewhat sensitive… it can’t be the doing of Xiao Huan, right? Xiao Huan has already severed the Earth Vein Shackles…”
Mei Linde comforted herself, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was off, because Xiao Huan was quite possible after all; wasn’t Xiao Huan working on the life topic of Fool Dream recently?
Life of dreams…
She did not know what kind of life form that was, nor if she would be lucky enough to see it in the future.
“So how should we handle this—ignore it? Or should we let Xiao Dong come help debug? Didn’t you say Xiao Dong is trying to adapt to spiritual vision at levels recently? It shouldn’t be a hassle, right?”
“Do you want to be criticized by that Betraying Witch, saying we rely on a Little Witch all day?” Mei Linde said quietly, “We are not incapable.”
“I see you’re troubled by that Betraying Witch. What do you mean by saying we only rely on a Little Witch? This statement is flawed; why not let her ask the Primordial Witch why we rely solely on the Betraying Witch to correct the witch clan’s bad habits?”
“Exactly—each has their specialty; talents are also like this. Do you understand what efficiency means?” a witch beside added in agreement.
“Pfft—I also have the burden of being the Academy Head…” Mei Linde sighed, “Never mind, when Xiao Dong is free, let her… or we can wait for her to come find me and take care of it then.”
“You are adding to our workload for no reason!”
“After scolding, remember to continue debugging. I’m here to share in the hardships with you; I’m not being unhelpful.”
Inside the Ice Snow Throne Secret Realm.
The wind howled, and even the swirling snowflakes were sharp as blades. Tan Jun and her two companions crossed the ice field, vigilantly using detection spells to sense the situation ahead.
Previously, they had been scattered when large groups of ice crystal monsters and creatures from above the clouds pursued them, but they used special means to reunite.
After all, they were aware of the risks of becoming lost beforehand; they could not be unprepared.
Yet during the reunion phase, they also encountered considerable difficulties.
However, as they gradually adapted to the environment within the secret realm, they came up with some survival tips.
Additionally, Tan Jun and her companions discovered that here, any spell might be suppressed, but the fragments split from the Great Ice Snow Throne thrived!
She only needed to gently unleash the power of the Absolute Cold Tree to crush the ice crystal monsters, but this also had its drawbacks.
The drawback was that with the use of the fragments’ power, these ice crystal monsters would chase after them due to that power.
Yes, these monsters were attracted to the power of the fragments!
However, among the three, the Ice Frozen World that Shi Ruizhi held blocked this loophole.
In the Ice Frozen World, Tan Jing and the others were immune to those ice and snow disasters and ignored the physical attacks from ice crystal monsters.
While it attracted a lot of ice crystal monsters their way, it was useless if they could not hit them.
Even so, the past few days had definitely not been peaceful for Tan Jing and her companions.
“Tell me… Tan Jing, don’t you feel that the wind and snow in the secret realm seem to have… weakened?”
In a temporary melting cave refuge, Shi Ruizhi hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Weren’t you saying that this extreme weather in the secret realm is the effect of the Great Spellbook’s spells? Isn’t that effect supposed to be constant?” Xiao You quietly reminded.
“The constant nature is its inherent characteristic, but that does not mean it cannot be worn away by a lot of targeted consumption,” Tan Jing answered.
“Did the materials mention this?” Xiao You’s expression darkened as she flipped through the knowledge book to examine it closely.
“No need to flip; it isn’t mentioned in here; I learned it from Xiao Han.”
“Xiao Han…” As soon as Xiao You mentioned this name, she immediately stopped talking, lacking the courage to refute her words.
“Since it was said by Xiao √, then it’s true. So, someone is targeting the spell environment within the secret realm?” Shi Ruizhi asked.
“That’s certain; perhaps they inquired about this characteristic early on. It is not hard to obtain that information from the instructor; what’s difficult is thinking of this issue,” Tan Jun simply explained the situation.
“If the environmental problem in the secret realm is resolved… no, even if it’s only weakened, then the exploration problem won’t be a difficulty, and the competition might become even fiercer.”
“Yeah… To wear down this Great Spell, a large amount of magic power is needed, and those clubs have been aggressively recruiting students with self-generated magic recently,” Tan Jun remembered the previous activities of those clubs recruiting students with self-generated magic.
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I had started thinking simply, considering it purely as a vast magic power reserve.
I didn’t expect it to be used for countering and consuming the Great Spell.
“But if they do this, wouldn’t it just be a waste? Exhausting all that effort to make clothes for others?”
“Not necessarily; those family members are practically a den of snakes and rats, they might have united. They seem to be targeting each other, but in reality, families huddle together for warmth.”
“That would be disgusting; doesn’t that mean we would have to confront a united family group?”
“Indeed disgusting…” Tan Ling had also learned about the distribution of fragments from Xiao Han; essentially, they were all controlled by families. The ones currently holding the fragments were basically family representatives.
Only a few exceptions… but those were best left unmentioned.
“But… we don’t have a chance to turn the tables.” At this moment, Tan Ling suddenly spoke.
“What do you mean?”
As Tan Ling said this, Xiao You and Shi Ruizhi turned their gazes over.
Tan Ling’s gaze was fixed on the chat records in front of her.
And the chat record was from… Yang Yuelan.
“Thinking from another angle, if it were Xiao Han, how would she do it?”
“Um… I’m not sure.”
“She might just destroy the secret realm completely.” Xiao You said softly.
“Right! Exactly! If it were Xiao Han, she would definitely tear down this secret realm!” Tan Ling nodded; she strongly agreed with Xiao You’s statement. She could probably summarize Xiao Han’s style of handling things with these ten characters: “Enjoy the fun in favorable winds; topple the tables in unfavorable winds.”
She won’t let others enjoy comfortably, as everything is overturned by her.
“Huh? But we don’t have Xiao Chu’s kind of power, right? How can we destroy this secret realm?” Shi Ruizhi said somewhat helplessly since it was indeed a fact.
“We can’t, but is there none within the secret realm? You reminded me of the Bobapop Islands, the last island of which we ignited a volcano, resulting in an eruption.”
“Huh? You guys actually went through that?” Shi Ruizhi was shocked.
“Forget it; you lost your memory. It was just a student unified examination; let’s not mention it anymore. Let’s go over the information we currently know and organize it all.”
“Okay.”
“First, we need to clarify how many factions exist in the secret realm and which can be utilized.”
“Families, us, and a few scattered individuals… probably just these?” Shi Ruizhi counted on her fingers as she spoke.
“You missed one, which is the ice crystal monsters. No… they actually have a name, they are called… Ancient Ice Remains.”
“Ancient Ice Remains! Hearing this name, Xiao You reacted the most because her biggest trump card, that Excessive Consumption Spellbook, is ‘Ancient Ice Remains Transformation Technique.'”
“How do you know that?”
“Seeking outside assistance; at this point, do you still expect us not to cheat?”
“Tan Wei humorously made a remark at this moment.”
“Um… alright… just ask quietly, who did you ask?” Shi Ruizhi inquired softly.
“Xiao Han.”
“Is there more?” Upon hearing this name, Shi Ruizhi felt a sense of security and then spoke up, “You can continue; I won’t interrupt.”
“According to reliable sources… um, Ancient Ice Remains is a group of ancient life forms resurrected by witches. The ones we’ve encountered so far are just a few weak ones. The true combat power of Ancient Ice Remains…” Tan Wei cast a glance at Xiao You, “You have already seen; they can even control the power of wind and snow, and they are not at all on the same level as the ones we currently face. The main advantage they have is their home-ground supremacy and overwhelming numbers.”
“Can these guys help us disrupt this secret?” Shi Ruizhi asked.
“Currently, the Ancient Ice Remains cannot, but those powerful Ancient Ice Remains can; of course… the premise is that we need to return their power to them.”
“Return their power… wait, isn’t it the fragment of [Extraordinary Knowledge]?”
“Exactly; we are currently weak, and it’s unrealistic to obtain all the fragments. So, let’s muddle the waters; this way, while we may not obtain the fragments, neither will anyone else!”
“In that case, are we just going to abandon the fragments?” Shi Ruizhi asked.
“There will be someone to acquire it for us. Once the Ancient Ice breaks through the secret realm and the situation escalates, those who set up this trap will always need to come out to clean up the mess.” As Tan Wei thought of this, she recalled the previous time when the Fool Village Secret Realm shattered…
Secret realms are not indestructible.
If those people want to use self-generated magic to offset the effects of the Great Spell, then simply taking this secret realm would be even better!
“When no one is a winner, someone will always complain.”
Tan Wei looked at the last message sent in the chat record and felt… it made a lot of sense!
