Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 534 -

Chapter 534: The Spiritual Leader

Witch Academy.

After several days had passed, my villa had undergone compliant expansion based on the suggestions of many Witch Sisters.

Instead of calling it a villa, the Witches staying here seemed to have transformed it into a laboratory.

The main space was even augmented with Spatial Extension Runes, completing the expansion of the interior space, but the primary focus was on the excavation and reinforcement of the underground laboratory.

Because with the spread of the Seed of Great Knowledge, more and more Witches learned about the situation here, and the number of Witches coming suddenly increased.

Coupled with my hands-off approach to various research projects, many Witches had already achieved various ingenious developments using this platform.

The research project team with the largest number of Witches involved, surprisingly, was the one related to the Shadow of Knowledge.

They used the Shadow of Knowledge of the Great Tree of Knowledge to derive an alternative form of personal Augmented Reality technology, and they had already established a related game development group.

Their idea was very pure: to use the Tree of Knowledge as a platform to develop very interesting games, so as not to waste the ability of Spell sharing.

Well… for this kind of thing, they also symbolically sent me an application for approval, and I… naturally approved it without hesitation!

Who could refuse to play such cool and impressive games?

However, I had been focusing on the refinement of the "Fool's Dream Drink Meditation Method" during this period.

Because this Meditation Method's ability needed testing, many more Fool's Dream figures appeared in the villa.

This action directly led to a reduction in the number of Fool's Dream girls in the Witch Cat Cafes of the Witch Academy.

After all, as of now, the number of Fool's Dream girls was fixed.

I didn't know how to increase their number, how long their lifespan was, or what would happen if they died, though the Resurrection Spell should be able to resurrect them again.

Regarding the inability to increase the number of Fool's Dream girls, I also asked some Witch Sisters, but most of their answers were unclear, and a few offered a more constructive proposal: capturing Dream State creatures and modifying them to become Fool's Dream girls.

However, this was a bit unrealistic, because although the Fool's Dream girls were also Dream State creatures, they were formerly the carriers of [Transcendent Knowledge], a group of Dream State creatures that gathered together to become life.

I was not yet willing to take the risk of modifying other Dream State creatures into Fool's Dream girls.

Of course, I also consulted Academy Head Mei Linde about this problem.

After all, the Fool's Dream girls were people she had taken in, and the Academy Head also knew a lot.

She also had many of her own insights on the issue of increasing the number of Fool's Dream girls.

For example, the Academy Head suggested that life in the Void world undergoes a Soul-substance cycle driven by the world’s Earth Vein circulation, completing the natural decay and rebirth of life and collecting the information carried by the life memories to enrich the world's foundation.

This was the complete process of life in a Void world.

What about Dream State creatures?

They were not life, so their existence was not in the form of Soul-substance, let alone Soul.

Their existence was a creation of Dream State distortion.

In the undiscovered Primal Dream State, the birth and destruction of a Dream State creature lasted only for the duration of a dream.

Some didn't even have the possibility of individual consciousness being born.

It was precisely because of an accident that a group of Dream State creatures became the carriers of [Transcendent Knowledge], which gave them the possibility of independent existence until they met Academy Head Mei Linde.

They used the Metamorphic Incubation Spell with a physical shell to complete the independence of their consciousness.

Then, based on instinct and combined with the incomplete Elixir mixing method taught by the Academy Head, they completed the mixing of the Fool's Dream Drink.

Finally, aided by the impetus of the Script, they forcefully severed the Nightmare, their natural enemy of reason, and with the perfected Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell, they ultimately became the current Fool's Dream girls.

If any one of these steps had gone wrong, the current Fool's Dream girls could not have been created.

How should I put it?

Heaven helps those who help themselves.

The role of the Fool's Dream girls themselves was extremely important in this process.

Therefore, this was a miracle that was almost impossible to replicate.

Returning to the original problem of wanting to increase the number of Fool's Dream girls, it would require introducing a new concept.

That was to use a clear racial concept as an Anchor to allow Dream State creatures to form spontaneously.

So, was "Fool's Dream" a racial concept right now?

No, this was merely a subjective concept defined by humans to differentiate a special group of Dream State creatures that were observed from other Dream State creatures, not an objective, meaningful racial concept.

To this, the Academy Head could only provide this much useful information.

She was not clear about anything more.

Because creating and bestowing a racial concept was creating a brand-new species, which was also the ultimate goal the Academy Head had agreed upon with me: to create a new form of life and acquire its corresponding two Primal Spells, the "Primal Life Summoning Spell" and "Primal Life Transformation Spell."

If the Academy Head knew how, she wouldn't have thrown this challenge to me.

So, this problem was shelved for the time being.

Now, let's return to the refinement of the "Fool's Dream Drink Meditation Method."

Although this project had encountered a significant challenge, one that even stumped the few Witches researching this project with me, making them a bit unhappy these days, it was at least a difficulty that was potentially solvable for me.

It was just that I hadn't yet discovered the key to the problem.

This problem was not on the same level as solving "how to make the Fool's Dream girls become life."

At least, I didn't think discovering the key to the problem could directly solve that larger issue.

However, discovering and solving the key problem in the Fool's Dream Drink Meditation Method could definitely advance the progress.

This was beyond doubt.

“Hey Little Han, have you caught up on the recent news? It feels quite explosive.”

Just as I was in the lounge area, preparing to empty my mind to welcome a new train of thought, a Witch Sister suddenly sat down next to me.

“Hmm? What news?”

I asked curiously.

“It’s about those Players. They recently caused a big incident. Although it wasn't in the city, they still detonated an explosive in the outer area, completely destroying a small factory and affecting the normal operation of several surrounding factories. They also killed several returning first-year students, and the students who went to the rescue could only rely on their immortality to save their lives.”

“Ah? That rampant?”

My hand, which was picking up a piece of cake, froze mid-air.

I was a bit surprised.

People actually died just like that?

“Of course. But that’s nothing. By the way, are you free to visit Academy Head Mei Linde? Because of this incident, the research on the Destiny Gazing Technique project might have new progress. I heard that the Witches doing the practical survey have already left the campus to verify the data, and the Destiny Gazing Technique will also record this incident and receive new data feedback.”

“Uh… I won’t go for now. I’m currently stuck on a project I’ve recently taken on…”

“Is it difficult to accept those people's deaths?”

Seeing that my words were somewhat off, she asked gently.

“I’m fine… After all, these are things that have nothing to do with me. I haven’t reached the point where I have too much sympathy for others.”

I quickly explained.

But I was indeed somewhat affected.

After all, this was an incident involving death, and the Witches thought it was unimportant, even an opportunity to obtain real-world data for the Destiny Gazing Technique.

Perhaps there truly was a gulf in cognition that far separated the Transcendent from the non-Transcendent.

But I thought I should adapt.

After all, spending too much emotional energy on these matters was clearly not the right choice.

In the end, I politely declined the other party’s kind offer, and I realized that the other party was one of the members of the Destiny Gazing Technique research group.

Ever since my Destiny Gazing Technique was learned by Academy Head Bev Ailana, especially after she informed Academy Head Mei Linde, the Academy Head spontaneously came to see me and expressed her willingness to take over the research and share the research results of the Destiny Gazing Technique project.

However, this project was not being conducted in my villa but in Academy Head Mei Linde’s office.

The Witch Sister, after expressing a slight regret, also left promptly.

After all, this was only a data observation of a major incident, not a major technical or skill breakthrough.

However, I ultimately promised to descend in the form of a Shadow of Knowledge.

All they needed to do was enthusiastically provide a Shadow of Knowledge for my subjective consciousness to descend.

Although after the initial Seed of Great Knowledge grew into the Tree of Knowledge, I could not control the other party's Tree of Knowledge or interfere with any abilities, I could still descend with my consciousness by utilizing the capabilities developed from the Great Tree of Knowledge and with their active cooperation through their own Shadow of Knowledge.

It was all the same, essentially.

Now, my mind was still focused on the progress of the "Fool's Dream Drink Meditation Method."

Earlier, I had unintentionally heard what a Witch Sister had said.

Although I had nominally opened up the research permissions for the Great Tree of Knowledge.

Even though any Witch researching this area and publishing papers could have their independent signature, and even completely exclude me, I still became the spiritual core of the Great Tree of Knowledge Grand Spellbook Research Group and its derivative projects.

This was because they believed I could continuously open up new fields and overcome the difficulties encountered within them.

This feeling was a joy they had never experienced in their former research groups.

In the past, when they were fortunate enough to join a Grand Spellbook Research Group, they usually toiled for a year or two without results, painstakingly performing various data verifications and Rune analyses on the [Transcendent Knowledge].

But here, although the Grand Spellbook was imperfect and the [Transcendent Knowledge] was not fully researched, this method of starting with the result and then deriving from it was novel.

This situation usually only occurred during the testing phase after a Grand Spellbook was perfected, but they generally didn't have a part in that.

They could only roughly figure out the upper and lower limits of the Transcendent Knowledge based on a near-complete early interpretation of it.

And this kind of Grand Spellbook derivative development, which was completely unknown but full of participation, was their first attempt.

Furthermore, the owner of this Grand Spellbook was a "Navigator."

The research projects and programs that this Grand Spellbook had launched were almost all pioneered by this one person.

This sense of spiritual security, having someone to lead and navigate, gave them powerful motivation.

The fact that the owner also allowed them to freely develop and express personal ideas, to the point where Witches developing games using the derivative technique were approved, gave many Witches a different perspective.

Although some Witches with a rigid research attitude were somewhat repulsed by this, if the general atmosphere was like this, their inherent nature as Witches seeking fun would quickly lead them to accept it.

Of course, those who did not accept it could not be forced, as respecting the wishes of every Witch was also very important.

Anyway, for me, I couldn't afford to offend any of the academic bigwigs.

But precisely because of this, my current predicament and slight display of fatigue caused some concern among the research group Witches in my villa.

So, I wasn't a very good leader after all.

I had unconsciously been put on a pedestal by a group of Witches again.

But I wasn't an omniscient and omnipotent god.

Wasn't it normal to encounter difficulties?

What's more, I wasn't without a clue.

The current problem was that the Fool's Dream girls wanted to enter my Sea of the Dream State using the Fool's Dream Drink Meditation Method, and this process always resulted in problems.

It could be said that I had taken too big a leap.

If I had followed the steps, I should have used the Fool's Dream Drink Meditation Method to observe and interfere with the Fool's Dream girls, eventually reaching the stage of communication.

But the Revelation from the Fool's Dream Drink allowed me to skip directly to the step of having the Fool's Dream girls enter my Sea of the Dream State.

However, every time the Fool's Dream girls tried to enter my Sea of the Dream State, they would dissipate just like Fool's Luck did before, without exception!

And this dissipation was very stressful for the Fool's Dream girls, like a nightmare of being torn apart all over, which severely depleted their Mental Power, energy, and cognition.

After the continuous cooperation of the Fool's Dream girls and my own summarization, I stopped this meaningless testing.

If you ask me, the breakthrough for this problem definitely lay in the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell.

There were many factors leading to this conclusion, but every piece of evidence was built upon the countless tests performed by the Fool's Dream girls.

With the steady progress of the docking test between the Great Tree of Knowledge and the Witch Academy’s Academy Network, my Great Tree of Knowledge also gradually began to collect the content of the books in the library.

This meant I no longer had to go to the library or log into the Academy Network's mobile library every time I looked for information.

The wealth of knowledge and cognition broadened my horizons, but there was no information about the Sea of the Dream State in the library.

However, this didn't matter.

I could draw conclusions by analogy in my own deduction process.

The Sea of the Dream State was not merely the Dream State, just as the Sea of Consciousness was not reality, but it existed based on reality.

To enter the Sea of Consciousness, I used consciousness as the Carrier, so I deduced the concept of a "Carrier."

So, the Carrier to enter the Sea of the Dream State was… the Soul?

After all, whenever I thought of the Dream State, I couldn't help but think of the Soul.

These two concepts were almost inseparable.

And based on my personal test… I first entered the Sea of Consciousness, and then entered the Sea of the Dream State.

That flipping process was the interaction between consciousness and the Soul.

So… a very crazy idea was now before me: if the Fool's Dream girls wanted to enter my Sea of the Dream State, they would need a… Carrier.

This Soul was a Carrier, but the Carrier was not limited to the Soul.

The Soul and the Carrier could not be equated.

This idea was the breakthrough point.

Perhaps… deriving a "Mimetic Soul" using the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell was a possible approach.

This was not a fantasy.

To prove my hypothesis and crazy plan, all I needed to do was understand what effect the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell had on the Fool's Dream girls during its very first use.

I knew this was only a guess, but as long as this guess was not clearly falsified, it could be used as a guiding principle to gradually attempt, until evidence sufficient to falsify it appeared.

Then, I would use that as a basis to propose more accurate hypotheses and guesses until I achieved my goal.

Yes, the goal was to achieve my purpose, not to pursue absolute truth.

A clear goal was necessary to achieve anything.

Absolute truth was merely a directional tool to achieve the goal; as long as it was useful, it was sufficient.

This was a process of continuous refinement, a process of artificially assigning meaning to something.

Thinking this, a slight smile unconsciously appeared on my lips.

It was a kind of determination that came from having a goal in mind and firmly executing it.

At this moment, the slightly bitter chocolate mousse in my mouth also melted, revealing its unique rich aroma.