"Of course I know this, but I'm not even a transcendent, so how can I possibly manipulate divinity to enrich it? I guess only demigods can do this."
"I said 'passive transfer', not 'manipulation'. There is a fundamental difference between the two."
The girl held the glass bottle in one hand and spoke slowly. There was no tone of preaching in her voice, but Tucson felt that she was obviously instructing him.
Chapter 402 Experiment
"How can this be?"
Although it was possible to guess that the other party was an extraordinary person, and his realm might not be low, after all, he was able to quietly bypass the early warning ceremony he had set up.
But who is Tuson? He is the only disciple of the Great Mage Christian, the Minister of the Magic Department of the Central Government of the Star Federation! Known as the "Great Mage Who Can't Cast Magic", he has a lot of academic achievements, and it can no longer be described as "a body of work".
Even in the Holy Roman Empire, thousands of miles away from his homeland, he had to hide his identity at all times, otherwise he would be recognized quickly.
This shows how famous he is among the extraordinary people, especially the mages.
On a purely theoretical level, he could confidently guarantee that there were no more than ten people in the human world who understood the workings of spirituality and divinity better than himself! - Of course, he couldn't count demigods.
He felt extremely unhappy when a young girl, whose level was unknown, pointed fingers at him in the professional field he had devoted his entire life to. As an old scholar, his pride was aroused at that moment.
Regardless of his current situation and politeness, he frowned and raised his voice, vaguely intending to argue with him:
"Divinity is not like a chemical solvent that will transfer by itself under the influence of concentration differences. Divinity is absolute order and infinite clarity. Once it exists, it cannot be interfered with by any means outside the realm of divinity."
"Well, that's usually the case."
The girl did not refute directly, but just pushed her thumb against the mouth of the glass bottle, popping out the cork with a "pop" sound:
"However, the so-called 'spirituality' itself is a transcendental force that tears a hole in the infinitely dense order, isn't it?"
Tucson's eyebrows rose into his hairline:
"You mean the 'Serajanica view'? It's just an academic conjecture that can't even be called a hypothesis. So far, no extraordinary person has found any practical significance for it."
The so-called "Serajanika view" is a speculation about the nature of spirituality in the academic circle of extraordinary people, and it has a history of more than a hundred years.
The proposer, Magister Serajanika of the Krestos Dynasty, believes that spirituality is not a certain entity, but "the holes and gaps that cannot be covered by the network of world laws."
Its essence is "nothing" rather than "something", so it has the transcendence of "creating something out of nothing".
However, this view has not been recognized by the academic community. First of all, it has no basis, and even the magician Serajonica himself admitted that it was "just an irresponsible imagination based on intuition."
Secondly, this view is equivalent to deconstructing the sacredness of the gods in this world in disguise:
God is the ruler of the law. If we acknowledge that spirituality is "the gap in the law" and "the place that the law cannot reach", then doesn't it mean that "people" with spirituality are fundamentally superior to God?
Such irresponsible and blasphemous statements were naturally resisted by people from all walks of life and soon disappeared from the extraordinary academic stage.
If Tucson had not been well-read, knowledgeable, and familiar with all kinds of unpopular theories in academic history, most people would not even know that such obscure and strange views existed in history.
"It's just a 'conjecture' not because people have found counterexamples, but because no one has been able to prove it."
The girl spoke calmly, shaking the glass bottle in her hand gently:
"In theory, as long as we use a strong enough spiritual force to interfere with the divinity that represents the laws of the world, we can prove or disprove the truth of this conjecture."
…Isn’t this nonsense?
Tucson's eyelids twitched slightly, and he suddenly felt both amused and helpless.
If he didn't still have some basic common sense and knew that his life was in the hands of the other party, he would definitely laugh out loud on the spot and mock this little girl who had no scientific methodology at all:
"According to your Excellency, this conjecture cannot be disproven at all. After all, even if we mobilize spiritual power comparable to a 'natural disaster', we still cannot pry open a trace of divinity. You can also say that 'the spiritual power is not enough'."
He spread his hands and said in a tone as if he was teaching a student:
"We generally consider statements that cannot even be falsified to be worth discussing."
This conversation helped him regain his confidence as an academic leader.
"I know."
Faced with his slightly didactic explanation, the girl did not seem angry or dissatisfied, but just answered in a nonsensical way.
Then, she grabbed the glass bottle with her five fingers, exerted a little force, and crushed it with a "snap"!
"……Well?"
Tucson was frightened by this sudden act of destruction, and thought that the other party's fantasy was exposed by him, so he became angry, but he soon noticed...
After the container broke, the light golden liquid inside did not fall out normally.
As if wrapped in an invisible transparent film, the transparent liquid emitting a faint golden glow condensed into a weightless sphere, quietly floating a few centimeters above the girl's palm.
"Your Excellency, what are you doing...?"
Without answering his question, the girl raised her palm slightly, and then a deep purple light burst out from her palm!
From a physical point of view, it is impossible for "light" to be dark. But at the moment when the deep purple light spread from the girl's palm, the brightness in the room was obviously dimmed, as if it was swallowed by the endless deep space.
But the darkness did not last long. The next second, countless bright, brilliant, and dreamy light spots lit up in succession in this vast deep purple space, with different colors and brilliant colors. They converged into a "galaxy" that ran through the left and right.
The most obvious location of this phenomenon is near the "water ball". Densely packed "stars" surround the transparent sphere emitting golden light, and are squeezing inward at an extremely slow but irresistible rate.
Even though Tucson was a mortal without any extraordinary powers or inspiration, he felt the indescribably strong spiritual power. They filled the small wooden house and flowed towards the "water ball" little by little!
Tucson realized on the spot what the mysterious black-haired girl was doing: she was trying to use pure spiritual power to violently "compress" the thin and weak divinity in the "water ball" into the same place!
"The strength of spiritual power has actually reached a level that even mortals can sense it..."
Tucson was shocked by the girl's strength, but what occupied his heart more was the helplessness of seeing an act that was bound to be fruitless and overestimating one's own abilities:
"Sir, with all due respect, even if you are a 'Metallurgist', you can't affect divinity in the slightest. I advise you to give up. If you fail to control your power, it may cause serious casualties to the people around you, and you yourself will also... what!?"
He was only halfway through his words when he was stuck as if struck by lightning.
Under the pressure of layers of brilliant starlight... the golden light in the "water ball" was shrinking towards the center at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The liquid on the edge of the sphere gradually lost its luster and degenerated into an ordinary chemical solution. As the golden light inside continued to shrink, its brightness and opacity increased significantly, visible to the naked eye!
"This, this is impossible!!!"
Tucson cried out when he saw this, and took several steps back in panic, until his back hit the wall full of shelves with a "bang", causing a pile of bottles and jars to shake.
"You...what kind of trick did you use?! Wait...you are a demigod!?"
The huge shock almost made him lose the ability to think. Today, Tucson would rather believe that the young girl in front of him is a demigod than admit that she has successfully interfered with the divinity with pure spiritual power!
"What you think is your business. I have already done what I wanted to do."
The girl let go of her hand, and the misty stars and purple light in the room disappeared instantly, and the ball of water also underwent a drastic change:
Two-thirds of its outer layer had degenerated into ordinary liquid, while the golden light at the core was so dense that it was opaque, as if it had solidified into substance.
“Swish——”
The outer layer of ordinary liquid suddenly collapsed and fell, leaving a puddle of dark water on the dirty wooden floor, while the golden light ball in the core continued to float in the air, rising and falling with a small amplitude.
"There's nothing wrong with your strategy. Be safe, remember to clean up the reaction substrate on time, and operate the equipment according to regulations. Goodbye."
After saying this in a cold manner, the girl's body suddenly disappeared, and then her voice floated from nowhere:
"...You can choose to reveal my existence to 'them', but for the sake of your personal safety, I... do not recommend it."
Until it completely dissipated into the air, no one could tell what the tone was.
"..."
Tucson stared at the empty room in amazement, feeling that everything that had just happened was just a dream.
Standing there like a statue for a long time, the old man who had devoted his entire life to academic research in the field of supernatural powers murmured in a deep and infatuated voice:
"Serajanica... is that right?"
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Chapter 403 Mana Tide
When Qi Ji left the small shabby wooden house filled with the atmosphere of classical alchemy, the moon was already very low.
The summer sky was clear and cloudless, a round silver jade plate hung obliquely in the western sky, while the eastern horizon was gradually turning pale.
It will be dawn soon.
Pedestrians of various clothing and identities, but basically of low status, began to appear in the chaotic and disorderly streets and alleys of the seaside area, allowing the city to gradually recover its vitality from the deadness of the late night and early morning.
Walking on the edge of the street, Qi Ji held the "purified" antidote for the fever in one hand, gazing thoughtfully at the dim night sky.
The light spot was about the size of a little fingertip, emitting a bright golden light, making her look like a night watchman holding an oil lamp from a distance.
"The Order of Saint Hydra... wants the highly purified divinity of the Dawning realm?"
She stroked her chin with her free hand:
"According to Tucson's confession, the last time Saint Xudela asked his teacher to do the same thing was sixty years ago... and the ruins of the city in the Gray Forest have been abandoned for about fifty years..."
After connecting all the clues and intelligence currently available, Qi Ji naturally thought of a possibility:
"The key to Saint Xudela's entry into the Gray Forest... is to obtain the high-purity divinity of the 'Dawn' realm? Is this thing the 'key' for them to enter that land?"
She subconsciously glanced at the golden light floating quietly in her palm out of the corner of her eye.
"The Eleventh Authority - Dawn" is the authority held by Perrinni, the "God of Grace and Redemption" and "Goddess of Grace", the main god of the Holy Church of Grace, the state religion of the Templar State.
The antidote to the fever is a special medicine created by a clergyman at the "saint" level of the Church of Grace in order to quickly quell the plague. It contains divine power belonging to that realm of authority.
Although the strength is extremely weak, it does exist after all. As long as it can be "purified", it can be refined into a "Dawn Breaking" realm divine entity with a high enough "concentration"...
"Hiss, so... the epidemic in the East Woshu region is very likely part of the plan of the Saint Hydra Society?"
Thinking of this possibility, she couldn't help but frowned:
"It's even possible that the entire plague was created by them, with the goal of forcing the Grace Holy Church to take action to maintain stability, so as to obtain the divinity belonging to the 'Dawn' realm."
There is no direct evidence for this, but the information she has collected so far makes it hard for her not to think in this direction.
"Putting together what we know now, it is certain that they made considerable efforts to obtain the divinity of 'Dawn Breaking'. Based on this, we can infer some relatively credible speculations:
“First, divinity… or rather, the divinity of ‘Dawn’, is the key to entering the world of the Gray Forest.
"Second, sixty years ago, the Order of Saint Hydra succeeded once and established a fairly large base in that world—the ruins of the city that Hill discovered. But a few years later, for some unknown reason, the Order of Saint Hydra abandoned it.
"And now, driven by unknown reasons, they have decided to restart the agenda of entering the Gray Forest World. So they try their best to collect objects containing the divinity of 'Dawn Breaking' and try to purify them...
"The solution they finally chose was to buy the antidote for the fever that carries the power of the Holy Church of Grace clergy in Stio and the surrounding areas."
The inference of these conclusions is logical. Now there are two biggest problems. One is what is the purpose of Saint Xudela entering the Gray Forest, and the other is how to find the entrance or method to enter the Gray Forest.
The old man named Tucson was just a simple experimental scholar who knew basically nothing about the inside story of the Order of Saint Hydra. His service to them was merely a simple employment relationship.
So Qi Ji did not make things difficult for him. He just left after asking for the relevant key information.
As for the Order of Saint Hydra...
It doesn't look like a serious organization, and I guess they have no good intentions.
"...Well, instead of thinking so much, why not capture a few official members of the Order of Saint Hydra and ask them."
She suddenly laughed and decided to be simple and straightforward without going through so many twists and turns.
"Who should I start with... Well, I've decided to pick you, 'Mr. Shattuck'. After all, I don't know the names of the others yet~~"
As soon as she finished speaking, her body disintegrated into specks of starlight and quickly disappeared.
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In the villa area outside the seaside area.
The coastal area is indeed chaotic, but after all, it is close to the port, the economic center and foundation of the Lookout City, so there are always wealthy and respectable areas.
"Bentalan Apartments" is such an upscale community, mainly composed of three to five-story single-family villas.
Exquisite and elegant western-style buildings with independent gardens and pavilions are neatly arranged. The straight and green streets are like the grid lines on a chessboard. The scenery is very elegant and peaceful.
Those who can afford the high rent in this community are all wealthy elites. They are either wealthy businessmen or the descendants or relatives of some noble family.
It was only five o'clock in the morning, and most of the homeowners were still asleep. However, in one of the three-story villas, a light was already on in the window panes.
