I am a swordsman in a strange city

Chapter 104 Spatial Studies

Pei Ju's first lesson was not about forbidden arts.

It is spatial science.

Because he attended the class midway through, he had already read through the book once, so he had a basic understanding of spatial science.

After all, he knew beforehand that the world is not a two-dimensional plane.

Or rather, is it a facet in the traditional sense?

There weren't many people in the class; it wasn't even full, only about twenty people.

When he came in, many people turned to look at him, their faces full of curiosity.

Judging from their appearances, they are not very old; the oldest is only fifteen or sixteen, and the youngest is probably only ten or so.

Some people even recognized him, and Pei Ju heard his own name called.

The teacher arrived shortly after.

He is a male teacher who wears glasses and is somewhat balding.

Wearing a white shirt, he would be completely unnoticed on the street; he was just an ordinary, bald, middle-aged man in a crowd.

After he came in, he looked at the students in the classroom and glanced at Pei Ju, but he didn't say anything. He had been informed by the head of the teaching department that an auditor would be coming.

The Rakshasa Retreat Center often has auditors who come to listen to lectures, sometimes for a long time and sometimes for a short time.

He just needs to continue attending classes step by step; there's no need to stop the class schedule for anyone.

"Today we're talking about the conditions of spatial overlap."

After hearing this, Pei Ju turned to that page in the book, which was already nearly halfway through.

"As we all know, different spaces are independent and can never be merged, but we can find some commonalities between them, thus making them temporarily overlap."

"It's like how electricity can be transferred between different mediums."

"And we also know that most spiritual realms belong to a kind of superdimensional illusory state. We can imagine that our world is filled with different bubbles. When these bubbles are bumped, the water vapor inside will burst and spread onto us."

"This is the mysterious leak that happened to a person. This person became the medium of communication with that world. So at first, he was always able to see things that others could not see and hear things that others could not hear. His mind was corrupted and his soul was devoured."

“The spirits in that space will parasitize him.”

"So here we come to some fundamentals. Only by knowing how two different spaces overlap can we deduce how to separate them."

"Here, can you explain how these two spaces overlap?"

The teacher asked a question, and those who knew the answer raised their hands to answer. The teacher called on a female student.

The female classmate said, "The most common element of connection is the connection of the mind. The connection of the mind is also the easiest to be parasitized. When one person parasitizes another, the spiritual realm that comes with the spirit can slowly overlap in our world, eventually becoming indistinguishable and forming a spiritual field."

"Very good, a good answer," said the bald, bespectacled teacher.

"That's right, the most common connection is the connection of the mind, the connection of consciousness."

"Therefore, if we want to break the two spaces apart, we must first sever their mental link. And here, we know which magical abilities have this effect."

As Pei Ju listened to the teacher lecturing and the students actively participating, he suddenly felt a sense of unreality.

This was a feeling he hadn't experienced in a long time. Back in high school, the classes he took were about scientific knowledge, a different set of theories, while the classes he took here were about theoretical knowledge.

This feeling gave him a sense of unreality, yet it was all real.

He also knew that over the years, the two sides had been integrating with each other; for example, negative effects caused by magical abilities could be treated through scientific methods.
They will also produce some medicines for treatment. Through the book he read last night, Pei Ju has gained some understanding of space.

The space is divided into modular and multi-functional spaces.

For example, a mirror.

Mirrors may seem like individual mirrors, but they are actually multi-dimensional spaces. One mirror can connect to another, and people can travel through mirrors. Therefore, those who practice mirror magic are often the most difficult to deal with. They fight if they can win, and leave the mirror if they can't.

In addition, there was the Dark Cave Space. They crawled into the cave and entered a boundless Dark Cave, which contained a vast and mysterious world that seemed to contain everything.

The author of this textbook was deeply wary of the world beyond the dark cave.

Another aspect is the space formed between ethnic myths. When these spaces meet, they often exist as a single entity, but upon closer examination, they seem to form a mythological world.

Pei Ju thought of the temple world that had been in his home before.

There must be a vast world background in that temple world, which is why the people from the Suspended Mirror Research Institute wanted to go in and study it.

Besides these, there are some occasional unit-like spaces.

These are often caused by individual malicious events that create vengeful spirits. However, if these vengeful spirits grow rapidly, they may come into contact with other beings in the multiverse and become terrifying entities.

Pei Ju sat in the back listening to the lecture, occasionally jotting down things in his book that weren't in the textbook. The teacher seemed to have a lot of practical experience, having done a lot of spatial separation, because he had given many examples.

The class passed quickly.

After class, some went to the restroom, some relaxed, and some chatted.

The next class is the same one; there are two periods this morning.

Someone turned to look at Pei Ju. A boy walked over from the front. He was a bit older, around fifteen or sixteen years old.

He had some acne on his face.

"Hey buddy, are you Pei Ju?" The other person's voice was just going through puberty.

"Yes," Pei Ju replied without denying it.

"Wow, you're the one who defeated Shura Gufeng with a single sword strike!" A classmate who was about to speak immediately chimed in after hearing this.

Pei Ju didn't know how to answer that, so he just smiled.

"If you're so talented, why are you taking these basic courses?" one of the girls asked.

"Because I haven't learned these basics," Pei Ju explained.

"Oh, so what's your relationship with Liu Yijia? Are you boyfriend and girlfriend?" another girl asked quickly.

As they spoke, the students sitting in front of him turned around, and the students on his left and right sides also turned to the side.

“She and I are classmates,” Pei Ju said.

"Then why does she keep saying you're her idol?" another classmate asked.

"I do not know either."

"I saw on the news that you're really good at playing the flute, right? Have you taken vocal lessons?" Another girl asked, her eyes filled with anticipation.

"I didn't take any voice lessons, so I don't know many songs," Pei Ju explained again.

Pei Ju discovered that although these people were all teenagers learning extraordinary knowledge, apart from the different knowledge they were learning, they were all equally curious about many things.

(End of this chapter)