Free Web NovelChapter 826: Returning to the Expansion Realm
Academy Head Mei’s words made me ponder for a long time.
The Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell was indeed a very good breakthrough point, but currently, my utilization of it was more as a tool for derivative spells and techniques.
“Then… Big Sis Mei, can I ask one more question?”
After a long while, I spoke up again.
“Of course, ask away.”
“Exactly what kind of existence is considered a life recognized by the Void? Soul-substance? Soul? Consciousness? Or perhaps having a perfect, self-contained racial concept and species bloodline? But those lower-level creatures have no mature wisdom, no sound five senses, not even emotional expression or the retention of memory. Such creatures are also considered lives… why?”
I said a long paragraph in one go, then my gaze turned to Academy Head Mei, hoping she would give the answer I expected.
But Academy Head Mei, after hearing my question, had a frozen expression.
“I’m very sorry, Little Han. Regarding this question of yours, even I cannot give a very definite answer. Although a large part of the reason is that I have not dabbled in this area of knowledge, from what I know, no one has yet been able to define life.”
“It’s not that life is such a complex thing, but rather that life is sometimes simple to the point of being unbelievable. Even the Interpretation of Life only summarizes the essence and commonalities of life. Of course, this also mixes in the factors of disputes over positions, beliefs, and concepts among the Transcendent races within the Void.”
“……”
I was silent for a long time.
Regarding Academy Head Mei’s response, I could only say that it once again made me realize—creating a brand new life is a completely open-ended question!
One doesn’t care about right or wrong, only about the logical self-consistency of the answer.
Seeing my pensive look, Mei Linde felt a bit embarrassed.
After being asked several questions in a row, she either didn’t know or wasn't clear… this truly lost her face in her capacity as Academy Head.
A problem being explored by a little witch who hadn't even advanced to Transcendent was already something she couldn't answer.
Although there was the reason of it not being her specialization, she had indeed witnessed the girl before her gradually walking onto a path she didn’t understand.
“However, I can tell you another piece of information.”
“What information?”
I suddenly raised my head and inquired with some surprise.
“Do you know why I brought the Fool’s Dreams to the Main World back then?”
Mei Linde asked.
“Uh… because Big Sis Mei wanted to be the Academy Head in the Main World?”
Hearing my words, Mei Linde instinctively smiled.
Such a jumping answer sometimes really hit the funny bone for no reason.
“That is indeed a reason, but it’s certainly not the reason I hope you answer with.”
After laughing, Mei Linde also began to explain to me, “Actually, the main reason is… the uniqueness of the Main World makes it easier for existences like the Fool’s Dreams to become true lives, or rather, easier to obtain the recognition of the Void.”
“Easier to obtain the recognition of the Void?”
“Yes. Have you looked into the situation of the Deep Abyss Great World? This has been shared on the Seed of Great Knowledge, so I’ll assume you know.”
“The reason those Abyssal Demons want to move into the Main World is precisely because they want to expand the life cradle market of the Deep Abyss Great World to the Main World. By utilizing the characteristic that it is easier for brand new lives to be born in the Main World, they aim to alleviate the predicament of the Deep Abyss Great World where no more Primal Progenitor races are being born. After all, the interests represented by a brand new race are truly massive.”
“So… why does the Main World have this kind of characteristic?”
I inquired very curiously.
Regarding this operation of the Deep Abyss Great World, this statement only rationalized the reason why they coveted the Main World so much, but I wanted to know why even more.
“The Main World is a world atop the main trunk of the Void Earth Vein. A world is a cradle that gives birth to life. In other words, the relationship between the Main World and the Void itself is extremely close, so lives nurtured by the Main World are easier to be recognized by the Void.”
“Then… is this life being recognized by the Void, or recognized by the world?”
Regarding this, I was still a bit unable to turn my thinking around.
“Is there a difference? It seems you still don’t understand the meaning of the phrase 'a world is the cradle in which the Void nurtures life.' Is a world not a part of the Void?”
“So that’s how it is?”
“Yes, there’s no need to think of many things too complexly. Of course, this is only my understanding. As I said before, I haven't researched this area much. If you find a loophole in this statement, Little Han, you are welcome to correct me at any time.”
“Mhm, I will.”
I nodded.
Since Academy Head Mei said such words to me, it represented that Academy Head Mei thought highly of me.
After chatting with the Academy Head about some more topics, I also bid her farewell.
After all, this was just a report—simply describing what I was going to do, what it might cause, as well as remedial measures and emergency means for sudden accidents.
The fact that I was going to conduct a life experiment of Soul Depiction had happened a bit too suddenly.
And I didn’t go to the Expansion Realm immediately after leaving the office.
I planned to wait until the Academy Head notified Ninglan Qiuyue and the others so that they would be psychologically prepared before I went over.
And before that, I still had to report to Big Sis Bai, otherwise Big Sis Bai wouldn't even know where I went.
Regarding this sudden experiment, even Big Sis Bai was a bit surprised.
After all, I had been doing fine conducting those life experiments in the Dungeon World these days, yet suddenly I wanted to go to the Expansion Realm to conduct experiments, and at the level that required reporting to the Academy Head.
This was indeed unexpected.
However… things like inspiration don't happen often and neither does execution.
Once I became interested in something again, the driving force generated by this interest was terrifyingly powerful!
And I also gradually figured myself out.
If a matter was already settled, just like the current Self-generating Magic Power project, I would completely lose interest.
Meanwhile, the life experiment of Soul Depiction could very well stimulate my interest, but a too desperate predicament would also kill my motivation.
Just like not long ago, when I realized that my past self had thought of everything too simply and the road was impassable, that kind of gap and the sense of despair beyond expectation… was truly painful.
So the thing that can truly raise my interest is still something I can achieve, for which I have a general idea, but one where I can't see all the way to the end at a glance.
Just like the concept of unlimited magic power; I know the possibility exists, and although I can't achieve it now, I am confident I can do it in the future.
This continuous stream of interest is my greatest driving force.
After bidding farewell to Big Sis Bai, I also prepared to go check on the Self-generating Magic Power experiment before leaving the Witch Academy.
It was, after all, a project I had started personally, so naturally I cared about it very much.
However, I didn’t go find them directly, but instead observed in secret without disturbing them.
Seeing that everything was going smoothly and no accidents had occurred, and even seeing more people completing the structuring of Self-generating Magic Power, I was very gratified before leaving.
It looked like, before long, the process for Self-generating Magic Power would be nearly perfected.
A technique to be promoted is just like that.
Overcoming the key points within it is the most taxing, but when it finally lands on the techniques and methods each individual needs to complete, it feels very simple.
It gives people the illusion of "I could do that too."
This isn't the technique falling from its pedestal, but rather that it should be this way for its value to exist.
“Fool’s Blue, Fool’s Luck and Fool’s Fruit time to go.”
I gave a soft call, and then a spatial rift split open before me.
I naturally wouldn't take the formal teleportation channel to the Expansion Realm; that would be too much trouble.
Moreover, going from that side would inevitably make others aware of my arrival.
Furthermore, that place was originally closed; opening it for a trip would be equivalent to telling everyone that I used special privileges to go to the Expansion Realm.
How bad would that influence be?
Therefore, my way of going to the Expansion Realm was only to use a spell myself to tear open a spatial channel to arrive there.
I had plenty of teleportation spell markers left in the Expansion Realm.
Just like teleportation anchors for opening a map in a game, I had left spatial markers at important main cities, Sanctuaries, shelters, or important landmark areas.
And the area I had now arrived at was the one with the fewest people.
Specifically, the location of the largest spatial rift in the Expansion Realm.
The spatial rift left here corresponded to the Horaso Swamp in the Core Realm.
The rift had been constantly attached by World Primordial Soil, one of the world’s three source elements, causing it to fail to heal for a long time.
And even now, no one has dealt with it.
Because it was simply too dangerous, no one built cities or lived in this area at all.
Even the shelters I established were built while avoiding this side.
And I also remembered that there were mutated beasts here that I had used the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell and Wisdom Bestowal on.
When I appeared here, I saw a pack of them.
However… they were scared away in the next moment.
After all, with a fireball of several dozen meters gradually rising above my head, if they still dared to lunge at me, then it would be necessary for me to clear out these low-IQ things.
Otherwise, I would be embarrassed to say I had performed Wisdom Bestowal on them.
If they couldn't even do the simplest thing like seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, what use were they?
However, after the fireball of several dozen meters dissipated, it created an area enriched with fire elements in the surrounding region.
Fortunately, this entire area consisted of mountains composed of World Primordial Soil and abnormal space formed by various spatial materials, so it wouldn't trigger any forest fires or the like.
“Little Han, where is this? The Expansion Realm?”
“Mhm, this is a certain place in the Expansion Realm. After all, it’s not very good to conduct the experiment we’re going to do in a crowded place.”
I comforted the Fool’s Dreams who had come with me.
Although we came a bit hurriedly, this was nothing to me.
It was also very simple for me to establish a permanent location here to help with my experiment.
As for a place to sleep?
That would naturally be inside the Dungeon World. How could I mistreat myself regarding a place to sleep.
As for the place for experiments, it was good to be a bit harsher so that I could understand that what I was doing was a Transcendent experiment.
So after a series of simple arrangements, we trimmed a giant rock, cutting out a smooth plane to serve as our experimental site.
And the first thing we had to do was… verify the possibility of a dream-state soul.
At this moment, the place where I was was enveloped by the dream, but the invasion of reality by the dream was not enough, so I intended to expand my Domain to deepen the invasion of reality by the dream.
Because everything in the Primal Dream State is void, only by anchoring it to reality and completely imprinting the entire framework of reality into the dream can my spells and techniques have meaning within the dream.
And if I want to verify the possibility of dream creatures and the conjecture of a dream-state soul using the Soul Depiction technique within the dream, it is very important to construct a logically self-consistent system within the dream.
And what system has no loopholes whatsoever and is extremely stable?
That would naturally be the framework of reality!
Accompanying the gradual expansion of my Domain, the dream around me also gradually deepened its “plundering” of information data from the real world, and this was the root of the Dream Rewrite Spell.
However, I didn't need this method for now.
Everything rewritten by the Dream Rewrite Spell is meaningless.
It’s more like a projection of reality within the dream, which can be very regular or completely irregular.
The more a method can break order and rules, the more meaningless it is.
Establishing order within the dream is the beginning of meaning.
At this moment, with the help of the nightmare spell, my consciousness entered the dream.
And with my proficient skills, my current state was a posture where my true body and the dream were in consciousness synchronization.
If my soul entered the dream directly, my true body would be unable to maintain the Domain, so I could only adopt this method.
“Little Han, do we also need to enter the dream?”
Fool’s Blue pulled at the hem of my skirt and inquired curiously.
“As for you… if you want to accompany me, you can join as well. Um… wait a moment.”
I took a blanket out from my storage equipment and spread it on the ground.
“Lie on this, otherwise the ground is a bit dirty.”
After I finished doing this, the three Fool’s Dreams also entered the dream at this moment, while their physical bodies in reality appeared as if they had fallen into an eternal slumber, retaining only the most primitive and basic bodily activities.
The Fool’s Dreams had long been familiar with this posture.
This method could even perform remote dream delivery.
After all, the Primal Dream State doesn't care about the so-called “concept of distance” like reality does.
And now, there was only one thing I lacked: a dream creature.
As long as an experimental subject was in hand, the experiment could begin.
As for how to attract a dream creature, in this Expansion Realm, there is no dream creature that a single Soul Crystal can’t handle!
Thinking this way, I took an encapsulated Soul Crystal out of the Book in the Casket.
After all, the crystal state of a Soul Crystal is not very stable, and only the seal of the Book in the Casket can preserve it properly.
With the appearance of the Soul Crystal, I very quickly perceived an “abnormality” within the dream.
Knowing the remote delivery ability of the Fool’s Dreams within the dream, I was very clear on what this abnormality was.
This was the omen that those dream creatures were about to appear—specifically, they were performing self-delivery to appear at the location where this Soul Crystal was.
“It looks like I need to make a dream maze in the dream, specifically for capturing dream creatures…”
I muttered to myself.
After all, I couldn't waste time on catching dream creatures.
Dream creatures wanting to perform delivery between dreams was much more sluggish than the Fool’s Dreams, so at this moment I was already conceiving how to design a dead-end dream maze for capturing dream creatures.
Furthermore, this maze needed to protect the bait Soul Crystal so they couldn't eat it, yet I couldn't make it so they couldn't reach it at all, otherwise if they couldn't reach it, the dream creatures could also escape the predicament of the maze through this delivery method.
In that case, the dream maze would be meaningless.
And just as I was conceiving it, the figure of the first dream creature appeared!
“Hehe the first little glutton has appeared… be a good girl and become my experimental material!”
