Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?
Chapter 1039: Consciousness Sharing and Original Information
“It is as if something very important is being entangled and tightly bound by an unknown existence, and it is also like stepping onto an execution rack, watching the sword in my own hand about to pierce into my own heart...”
Ning simply recounted the words she had said before.
This description, to put it more vividly, should be the feeling reflected to Ning by the situation the Main World was facing.
After listening to this paragraph, Academy Head Mei suddenly fell into deep thought.
While I continued to look at Academy Head Mei and spoke: “Big Sis Mei, for so long, have you really not collected any news regarding the content of this World-Destroying Staff Plan?”
This so-called World-Destroying Staff was undoubtedly the sword Ning mentioned that was being pierced into her own heart.
“For example... who is leading this plan?”
“This plan is undoubtedly led by that fellow Tusger, the Academy Head of the Wizard Academy.”
Academy Head Mei returned to her senses and responded.
“Tusger... Wizard Academy Head.”
I silently noted this name: “Then someone from the other two academies must have a part in the division of labor, right? Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Three Great Top-tier Academies to sit side-by-side.”
“That statement is correct. It seems the Wizards are unable to complete this plan alone either; the other two academies must also play an important and irreplaceable role.”
“Then let us continue to analyze. The very important thing in Ning’s mouth—let us first default it to the Umbilicus Mundi. Then, what kind of thing can achieve the effect of entangling and tightly binding it?”
I asked, changing the way I questioned.
Listening to my words, Academy Head Mei also quickly provided an answer:
“The only thing I can think of is the Aphrodite World Tree branch plant. The World Tree is undoubtedly the core that dominates a world; it can be the carrier that replaces the World Will and can also inherit the lifeblood of the world. However, this idea has been temporarily excluded. Cheryl, that Anti-Witch, helped me investigate it; there is ‘nothing’ beneath that World Tree.”
At this moment, Ning suddenly spoke up:
“Then could it be that the so-called World Tree is not dominating the Umbilicus Mundi every single moment?”
I looked at Ning with some surprise.
After Ning finished speaking, she herself was also a bit dazed.
Regarding this matter, she leaned more toward being a subjective narrator who did not know the causes and consequences, unless...
“There really is such a possibility.”
I followed up, then turned my head to meet Academy Head Mei’s gaze.
Both of us had the same conjecture in an instant.
“If the Aphrodite World Tree has always been capturing and dominating the Umbilicus Mundi, then when did they start, and how long has it lasted? After so long, have they still not thoroughly dominated and mastered the Main World? This is indeed not quite reasonable.”
I also subsequently proposed my conjecture: “So, making a bold hypothesis: the Aphrodite World Tree might capture the Umbilicus Mundi, but that must be something that can only be completed under extremely harsh conditions. At the very least, it requires preparation time! Big Sis Mei, don't you think this should allow us to exclude uncontrollable random captures, right?”
“Not necessarily. It is also possible that the success rate of random capture is quite high, but the price of capture is too high, so it cannot always be so. If they are pushed too far by us and disregard the cost, they could also complete the capture within a certain preparation time.”
Academy Head Mei and I made bold hypotheses one after another.
Regardless of everything, we would first lay out all the possibilities and then slowly eliminate them.
“Ning, how are you feeling now? Or to put it another way, is that feeling of being tightly bound always present, or is it only intermittent?”
I looked at Ning.
No matter what was said, this matter required me to cross-reference the situation with Ning.
“I’m not clear, but it shouldn't be to the point of being constant...”
Ning also spoke hesitantly.
This feeling was far too abstract; it was also difficult for her to express it specifically.
Right at this moment, I suddenly thought of something.
“Right, I wonder if I can take the liberty to ask: Ning, can you accept consciousness sharing? In that case, the images and feelings that you cannot express in words, I would be able to feel directly through the method of consciousness resonance.”
“Consciousness sharing?”
Ning was a bit surprised to hear this concept, but she still nodded.
“I can. I can cooperate. What do I need to do?”
“I should also tell you about this in advance. Matters like consciousness sharing are very hard to control, just as it is hard for you to control what you are thinking in your head. This means that during the sharing period, many of your secrets will be exposed.”
“I don't mind. How long have I been born? How many secrets could I have? I don't care.”
Ning spoke up:
“On the other hand, when we share consciousness, will I peek at your secrets? Do you not care?”
“Consciousness sharing is naturally an equal sharing. Regardless of who the caster is, it is the same. However, my control and domination over my own consciousness is far beyond what you can imagine.”
“Since neither of us can obtain any private little thoughts from the other, then I’m fine with it.”
“Thank you for your understanding.”
A simple conversation explained the trust between the two.
Under the witness of Academy Head Mei, I also began the preparations regarding consciousness sharing, even though this was just a spell that could be completed with simple casting.
Not long after the consciousness was shared, I felt a stream of uncontrolled thoughts acting out various images in a disordered and chaotic manner.
And this was exactly Ning’s consciousness.
“What am I doing? Did this succeed? How marvelous... is this Xiao Han’s consciousness? Why is she thinking of nothing at all? The other party won't know all these things I’m thinking about, right...”
Immediately, a series of fragmented mutterings was completely presented before me.
Although Ning looked like a person of few words, it currently appeared that she had a lot of inner monologue.
Not only that, Ning also seemed to have an extremely intense characteristic of asking and answering her own questions, which was likely the current situation displayed by her as the King of Ancient Glacial Ice carrying all the wills of her race.
“That’s right, this is consciousness sharing. Everything you think, I will know completely.”
“Then what about you? I always feel your consciousness is like thick, hard ice; I cannot decode it. The words you speak seem to be the content of your thoughts.”
“To a certain extent, this is related to my cognition and the cultivation of my self-consciousness, and also to a certain extent related to the power I master.”
I explained.
After all, my consciousness possessed the Great Tree of Knowledge!
There was even a higher layer of consciousness firewall, so the words I said to Ning before were entirely modest.
“So let’s not waste any more time, shall we? Recall that feeling once more. Let’s finish this quickly; it will be better for both of us.”
“Mhm.”
Ning nodded and said nothing more, but the little schemes in her heart were all for naught.
Originally, she had wanted to see what the “Lesser Witch” who had personally “created and gestated” her would actually think about, but she had peeked at nothing at all.
Even everything she was thinking at this moment was also completely displayed without any defense.
As an Ancient Glacial Ice whose consciousness had been gestated not long ago, her own control over her consciousness was absolutely no different from that of a child.
“My not revealing my consciousness is likewise a kind of protection for you. A newborn consciousness is best not occupied by too much external cognition; otherwise, you would feel endless confusion, just like when you accepted the infusion from the Main World Consciousness.”
I shared such a cognition with Ning through consciousness sharing.
After all, with the things I thought about in a single instant, I was afraid it would only cause two results for Ning.
One would be forced cognition; she would be so brain-burned by my line of thought that she would be unable to think autonomously.
The other ending would be ignoring my consciousness sharing under cognitive self-protection; she would remember nothing.
Since that was the case, it was better for me to conversely establish a firewall to protect her from the beginning.
Subsequently, under my guidance, Ning quickly recalled that cognition that did not belong to her.
On the other side of the consciousness gestation, I likewise touched those unrecognizable images...
At the instant I came into contact with them, I knew why the Main World wanted to use Ning as a carrier to convey this trade.
Just as Academy Head Mei said, the Main World could no longer transmit major moves or major turmoils that touched upon those three Transcendent races.
Therefore, the Main World would not, and could not, carry out “direct” contact forcefully using Spirit Vision as a medium like before.
It could only inform the truth subtly through Ning to complete this “trade.”
And next... was the most important key!
I expanded the Great Tree of Knowledge.
The phantom of the Domain Order was presented upon my palm, and countless pieces of original information were carved down by me in a posture that could not be expressed by hundreds of millions of words.
And these were the things I needed to decode next!
“Thank you!”
After I finished expressing my thanks, I rapidly cut off the consciousness sharing.
No one knew who this word of thanks was addressed to.
However, Ning replied with: “You’re welcome.”
And she also didn't know if this word of thanks came from her own instinct or the guidance of another layer of consciousness.
But that no longer mattered.
“Xiao Han, what are these?”
Academy Head Mei looked at the strange symbols surrounding my Great Tree of Knowledge Order phantom; these did not seem to be runes.
“Original information presented by my Knowledge Power Domain Order. This is the information within Ning’s consciousness that cannot be expressed even in words.”
I explained.
As an order built upon the foundation of Body Cultivation power and two portions of [Transcendent Knowledge], Knowledge Power could manifest the surface meanings of the most basic knowledge, evolve progressive levels of knowledge, and even transform into rune rituals; the Annotation Technique was exactly such a product.
And Knowledge Power could even encrypt and decrypt information data to the maximum extent in the freest manner.
The Earth Vein Appraisal Spell was exactly like this; granting readable meanings to the information data within the Earth Veins that could not be understood intuitively was one of its greatest values.
“Can it be decoded?”
Academy Head Mei looked at the symbols she completely could not understand, also frowning for a moment.
“Of course. It can be decoded using a derivative function of the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell.”
I dragged the original information before me.
After making a backup with the highest permission, with a wave of my hand, this original information was expanded in a different way.
Furthermore, once expanded, it was not as simple as mere text.
This segment of original information included image analysis, abstract expressions, audio interpretation, and a series of text annotations I had completed, among other things.
Even so, there was still a large pile of “meaningless information” within the original information that even the Great Tree of Knowledge could not decode.
I believed they were meaningful, but these things that could not be decoded were likely the “generation gap” between a life and a world.
As these pieces of information were integrated once again and formed a posture that was easy to understand, both Academy Head Mei and Ning, who were watching from the side, understood all at once.
And Ning, watching from the side, was even more shocked!
What was the difference between this and moving the things inside her head out?
“Indeed, having certain methods makes doing things quite convenient.”
Even Academy Head Mei spoke out a sigh of emotion at this moment.
She was a Transcendent Witch who had suffered hardships after all.
Heaven knew how much effort they had put in to explore that so-called “World-Destroying Staff Plan.”
And now... everything was presented before them just like this!
“This phantom is indeed that Aphrodite World Tree; I absolutely recognize it. As expected, it utilizes the power of the World Tree! I was almost misled by that Anti-Witch!”
After Academy Head Mei sighed, she didn't forget to take a dig at that Anti-Witch.
However, Cheryl had done so to lend a hand incidentally; no one had expected that such intelligence would bring such a preconceived erroneous orientation.
“Eh don't push this blame onto me.”
Just as Academy Head Mei was saying this, a voice instantly made Academy Head Mei stand up!
“Cheryl? How did you get in? I clearly already set up forbidden spells.”
“I helped so much it shouldn't be to the point that I’m not even allowed to know the truth, right?”
Cheryl was truly someone who made herself at home; as soon as she arrived, she sat on the side of the sofa, happening to sit in the empty space between Ning and me.
“Xiao Han, you should welcome my return to act as a listener, right? And this one... hmm the newly promoted Protector of the Main World?”
“Since you know you are a listener, then be a bit quieter and don't cause trouble.”
“Fine.”
Cheryl gave a light laugh at Mei, then looked at Ning.
“Let me introduce myself Cheryl, an Anti-Witch. I wonder if you, little sister, have any thoughts about being a Witch?”
“Sorry, I have no interest.”
“Fine, truly a pity. She even refused firmly without being willing to introduce herself...”
Cheryl looked as if she were heartbroken.
“Her name is Ning. As for the rest, I think you shouldn't need me to introduce much more.”
I spoke up on Ning’s behalf from the side.
And I couldn't help but admire the Anti-Witch before me; as soon as she arrived, she stepped on two of the other party’s nerves.
One was “Protector of the Main World,” and the other was “Do you want to be a Witch?”
The former Ning herself was very vague about, while the latter she had firmly refused.
Ultimately, I was the one who forcefully steered the topic back:
“Let’s look at the specific content of this World-Destroying Staff Plan, shall we?”
“Fine I also want to see what kind of method these three Transcendent races have developed that has actually caused the great Academy Head Mei to waste over a thousand years in the Main World.”
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