Witch Special

The space within the dazzling crystal ball was unexpectedly vast. Lin Zhenxi felt as if she had entered a fog, with no boundaries in any direction. Finding the core in this place was no easy task.

Moreover, the exploration seemed to have a time limit. As Lin Zhenxi's will stayed here for a longer time, she felt that the part of her consciousness that was released was becoming more and more chaotic, as if it was about to melt here. This feeling was not good at all.

Although this part of consciousness was only a small part of her soul, she doubted whether she would have another chance to try if she failed this time.

Isn't this kind of setting quite common? Treasures from heaven and earth, magical weapons and sharp weapons must all be recognized by their owners successfully once. If you fail, it means you are not destined to be together, and people will not give you a second chance to try.

The Heart of the Elemental Spirit is a good thing that even Patchouli-sensei has mentioned. If it is right in front of me but I am not worthy of it, I guess Patchouli-sensei will be disappointed in me, right?

No! Thinking of Patchouli's disappointed look, Lin Zhenxi felt a surge of strength in her heart. She couldn't just accept her fate. She had other options. As long as she was willing to use her brain, there would definitely be a way.

The main problem now is that the space inside the crystal ball is too vast, and the effective exploration range of Lin Zhenxi's consciousness is too small. It is like walking into a dark room with only a dim candle in your hand. Naturally, you can't see the whole picture of the room.

What if it is a super flashlight with 100,000 lumens?

All the monsters, ghosts, zombies and evil spirits can be blown away by a flashlight.

So Lin Zhenxi's current problem is that she can't "see" far enough. The body of the Elemental Spirit Heart is only so big. If she can enhance her "vision", she should be able to find the core of the Elemental Spirit Heart from the colorful mist quickly.

So, how can you turn your small candle into a brighter flashlight?

Lin Zhenxi thought about the mental power that was enveloping the surface of the crystal ball.

Lin Zhenxi's current consciousness, which had penetrated the crystal ball, was only attached to a strand of mental force, entering the crystal ball from a single point. So, if the peripheral mental force could simultaneously extend mental force strands inward, wouldn't the scope of exploration be expanded?

However, Lin Zhenxi couldn't split out so many independent consciousnesses. She could only split out six at most, and let Parallel Consciousnesses 1 to 6 control one each. So here she needed to pinch some blank consciousness to help herself control the extension of those mental force threads.

These blank consciousnesses are like robots, or scripts, on a mental level. They can only execute fixed, simple instructions, without the ability to receive and discern external information. Their only ability is to follow their pre-programmed instructions until they complete their task or their energy is exhausted.

With his experience in injecting virtual souls into the Pensieve, Lin Zhenxi found creating this blank consciousness effortless. He fabricated, selected, copied, pasted, copied again, and pasted again. In a remarkably short time, Lin Zhenxi had created over a thousand blank consciousnesses, each equipped with its own energy filament, commanding them to enter the crystal ball and explore in a straight line of their choosing.

Anyway, Lin Zhenxi didn't know to what extent he had to explore before the elemental spirit heart could recognize its master, so he just did his best.

As countless blank consciousnesses drew their spiritual threads into the crystal ball, the situation instantly changed. Under the infusion of these threads, a large amount of Lin Zhenxi's spiritual power appeared within the crystal ball, and these spiritual powers of the same frequency connected with each other due to resonance. This spiritual connection penetrated the color barrier within the crystal ball, significantly increasing Lin Zhenxi's perception range.

It feels like the Allies finally built an air force command center and the Soviets built a radar in Red Alert. I can finally see the minimap, which is very touching.

With a general understanding of the situation within the crystal ball, Lin Zhenxi only needed to direct her mental threads to explore all areas covered by the "fog of war." She now had enough mental threads to command, and with ample manpower, she quickly spread her mental power evenly throughout the crystal ball, and then...

And then it was gone. There was no core at all, as Lin Zhenxi had expected. Inside the crystal ball were only those colors that resembled starlight and aurora, and then nothing else.

I have tried so hard, why... With full of confusion and a little bit of resentment, this part of Lin Zhenxi's consciousness completely melted into the crystal ball.

The next moment, Lin Zhenxi regained consciousness. She opened her eyes abruptly, and was nearly blinded by the dazzling light ball in her hand.

The heart of the elemental spirit that was originally held in Lucifer's hand had been transferred to her raised hand at some point, and just like the glowing colored balls in KTV, it changed color rapidly and continuously radiated light to the surroundings.

"Teacher Patchouli, what is this..." Lin Zhenxi tried his best to hold the colorful ball of light in his hand farther away from himself, and then turned his head to the maximum angle to make the colorful ball of light completely out of his sight, so that he could see clearly the face of Teacher Patchouli beside him.

However, because of the illumination of the colored balls, Patchouli's face is now also colorful, which looks very funny.

Moreover, Teacher Patchouli did not feel dazzled by the colorful light ball at all. Not only did her expression remain normal, but she did not even blink when the light came towards her.

"If you see the light, it means that the Heart of the Elemental Spirit has been bound to you. Congratulations, you no longer have to worry about the low quality of your magic power." Teacher Patchouli said calmly.

So Teacher Patchouli actually can't see the light? No wonder she doesn't feel it's dazzling.

"Teacher Patchouli, what should I do now?"

Although Lin Zhenxi was asking Patchouli, it was Lucifer who answered. She interrupted and said, "I didn't expect that your compatibility with the Heart of the Elemental Spirits is quite high. You are indeed the one who can activate the interplanetary highway that we all thought was unusable."

"The Heart of an Elemental Spirit isn't a physical entity, but rather the crystallization of a concept. Possessing the Heart of an Elemental Spirit means you become a superior to the elements. From now on, your relationship with the elements will no longer be that of 'employer' and 'worker,' but rather that of 'lord' and 'soldier.'"

"Let me give you a simple example. In the past, if you wanted to unleash elemental magic, didn't you first need to vibrate your own magic power to cause resonance among the surrounding free elemental particles? The more free elements that resonated, the greater the power of your magic?"

"From now on, you can say goodbye to this troublesome method of casting magic. From now on, all you need is a word, or even just a thought, and the surrounding elements will spontaneously gather around you to complete the task you assign."

"Besides skipping the resonance step when casting magic, the elements will also give you their utmost cooperation when transforming magic through meditation, even vying to enter your magic pool. From now on, you may need to carefully select which elemental particles to allow into your magic pool during meditation."

"Of course, not all elements will obey you completely and unconditionally. Although the Heart of the Elemental Spirit contains infinite possibilities, everyone's adaptability to the elements is different. No one can possess adaptability to all elements; that is something only a god can achieve."

"You can now place the Heart of the Elemental Spirit into your body, and then touch it with your heart. It will tell you its function in detail."

After Lucifer's explanation, although Lin Zhenxi was still a little confused, at least she knew what she needed to do next.

After considering where to place the ball of light on his body, Lin Zhenxi finally placed it on his heart. As for the Heart of the Elemental Spirit, since it had the word "heart" on it, he'd let it stay with him.

The Elemental Spirit Heart merged smoothly into Lin Zhenxi's body, giving her a wonderful feeling. Previously, when Lin Zhenxi bound her equipment, a new channel for magic power to flow outwards would appear in the magic pool, much like when you plug something into a computer's USB port, a notification would pop up in the lower right corner of the desktop, telling you what device was plugged in.

And what about the Heart of the Elemental Spirit? It was amazing! It directly gave Lin Zhenxi an extra pool of magic power.

But this empty magic pool was very special. Lin Zhenxi found that she couldn't pour normal magic into it. However, this magic pool was not empty. After it settled in Lin Zhenxi's heart, some lines that kept vibrating appeared inside.

These lines appear extremely chaotic, without any regular pattern. Furthermore, they have no fixed form; when vibrating, they intersect and merge, forming surfaces or separating into rings, all in all, a sense of free will is evident.

Lin Zhenxi looked at these constantly jumping lines and understood what they represented.

"String" is a very abstract concept. Through the heart of the elemental spirit, Lin Zhenxi became the elemental spirit of "string", and possessed the ability to manipulate the element of "string".

So, what exactly is this "string"?

Simply put, this is a unique magical element that encompasses both time and space. This element subtly integrates these two fundamental elements of the world into a single system, expressing them in the form of "strings" and "membranes."

It not only covers time and space, it also covers the field of matter. In the world of "strings", the basic units of nature are not point particles such as electrons, photons, neutrinos and quarks, but very small linear "strings".

Emmm, it’s a bit complicated.