Witch Special

So, what was Lin Zhenxi busy with when she locked herself in the room?

She was busy coming into contact with her new magic.

Because of some new discoveries in the study of the magic of the sun and moon elements, Lin Zhenxi found that he didn't need to experiment with each magic one by one. He just needed to communicate with the sun and moon elements and know how much magic power a certain magic required. He could use these two high-level magic powers to handle it himself.

Compared with the previous six lower elements, the new magic power has made a leap forward in its ability to understand Lin Zhenxi's instructions. Lin Zhenxi now doesn't even need to measure how much magic power she needs before releasing magic. She only needs to imagine the effect that this magic can achieve in her mind, and then wave the magic wand according to normal operations. The sun and moon magic in the magic circuit connected to the magic wand will automatically flow into the magic wand, providing power for the presentation of this magic.

To put it more clearly, Lin Zhenxi's magic has taken a big step towards idealism.

After discovering that his spellcasting had actually become more convenient, Lin Zhenxi began a new round of large-scale magic tests as if he had opened the door to a new world.

How should I put it…it's quite difficult to adapt. For example, it's like Lin Zhenxi used to drive a small tractor with a single-cylinder engine that had to be cranked. Now, she's been directly replaced with a seven-cylinder twin-turbo Zengcheng engine like the one used in a combine harvester, with a maximum output of nearly 500 horsepower, which is a dozens-fold increase. It's a wonder she can adapt.

Well, the difference in driving power between lower-level elemental magic and sun-moon elemental magic might not be as outrageous as dozens of times, but it's definitely ten times as much. A washbasin-sized fireball might have originally required 100 points of magic power, but now it might only require 10. And even if they were the same size, magic powered by sun and moon elements would be more powerful than lower-level elements.

Not only was the engine replaced with a model with higher horsepower, but even the fuel inside the engine was changed to a type with higher combustion efficiency. However, the driver was not replaced. Now if Lin Zhenxi wants to regain his previous level of operation with ease, he still needs a lot of practice.

The improvement in magic power made some magic that Lin Zhenxi had previously only imagined but could not achieve a reality, such as a magical bombardment with greater penetrating power and suppression. After using the sun and moon elements to drive the sunlight magic cannon, the power of this bombardment magic finally reached a level that satisfied Lin Zhenxi. Shattering Norni's eggshell should be no problem.

While familiarizing himself with his new magic, Lin Zhenxi also had a crucial task: to study the properties of the string elements that now permeated his body. Previously, the string elements had only resided in the second magic pool, their presence usually being minimal, so it was normal for Lin Zhenxi to not remember them. But now that the string elements had completely filled Lin Zhenxi's body, he couldn't afford to pretend to be blind, could he?

During this period of seclusion, after Lin Zhenxi had figured out the details of his new magic power, he devoted almost all of his time to the study of string elements.

The results of the study were... well, a bit mysterious.

Lin Zhenxi really couldn't imagine what adjective to use to describe the abstract effect after the string elements spread throughout his body. He could only describe it as mysterious.

Because she didn't know what kind of magic effect could turn her into a paper man.

It wasn't a thin sheet forcibly created by compressing spatial parameters using spatial magic, but rather a direct collapse from three dimensions to two. Through the influence of string elements, Lin Zhenxi could transform herself downward into a sheet of paper without thickness, and upward into a high-dimensional observer, observing her surroundings from a god's perspective and reappearing at any location within a certain range.

This effect is outrageous. Lin Zhenxi also felt it was quite magical when testing it. My goodness, could this string element really be the string in string theory? How come now even latitude can be changed? So, is the next step to change the form of matter?

The string element gave Lin Zhenxi the ability to jump up or down one dimension. Lin Zhenxi spent most of his time testing the paper man and two new forms that he named "consciousness cloud".

The paper man form was relatively easy to test, as it just involved compressing himself. But when Lin Zhenxi discovered that he could actually shrink proportionally in paper man form, the situation suddenly became complicated again.

In Producer Mode, not only does Hayashi Maki lose the concept of thickness, but even her length and width can be adjusted at will. While the maximum value never exceeds her original height, it allows her to become very small. She can even become much smaller than a grain of rice. When she stands next to a grain of rice in her smallest form and looks up, she feels like she's looking at a building.

But it was just a grain of rice, less than a centimeter in height. This shows how small Lin Zhenxi can make herself.

Of course, this was Lin Zhenxi's limit; she couldn't make herself any smaller. She didn't know what controlled the extent of the shrinkage, but when she tried to shrink herself further, she could clearly feel her body becoming uncontrollable, and she was so frightened that she quickly stopped the experiment.

This was more than enough. At this size, Lin Zhenxi could easily enter even the smallest gaps, even the inscriptions on magic circles. She could wander around like she was in a maze. If she weren't limited to walking in a straight line after becoming a paper figure, unable to directly interfere with the normal three-dimensional world, this shrinking ability would have a much wider range of uses.

But even so, it already allowed Lin Zhenxi to have a more subtle observation perspective. Although there was no way to increase the accuracy of the observation equipment, she could adjust her size and then see it in person.

It sounds weird, but it's also quite idealistic. That's right, it's magic!

Dimensionality reduction can make things smaller, but what about dimensionality increase?

In this elevated state, Lin Zhenxi didn't become an omniscient deity. Instead, she felt like an observer from a higher perspective, aware of what was happening within a certain range. Crucially, in this state, Lin Zhenxi's body would vanish, fading from her normal three-dimensional state. However, her consciousness remained within that area.

In this state, Lin Zhenxi's perception is greatly enhanced. Unlike ordinary mental perception, Lin Zhenxi's perception in the Consciousness Cloud state is regional and unobstructed by any physical entity. Even if a wall separates the two spaces, completely sealing them off from each other, she can still sense what's happening behind it.

This range perception capability was incredibly powerful, as it was based on string elements, naturally inheriting their ability to ignore magical defenses. To put it more clearly, this meant that neither physical walls nor magical barriers could block it. Unless the walls could be thickened to exceed the radius of Lin Zhenxi's consciousness cloud, any protective measures would be ineffective.

In addition to being able to sense through walls, the Consciousness Cloud state also has another unique feature: it can re-condense at any location within the Consciousness Cloud's range. This effect is simply incredible. In any case, all the shielding and protective measures Lin Zhenxi currently has cannot prevent her from breaking through. As long as she is within the coverage of the Consciousness Cloud, she can freely dissolve and re-form her body, thus achieving the purpose of moving position.

Now Lin Zhenxi's disintegration speed is not fast enough. If Lin Zhenxi is more skilled, she can even disintegrate before the attack arrives, and then reappear in other places, highlighting the surprise effect.

Of course, this ability wasn't perfect. In her cloud form, Lin Zhenxi couldn't use magic. Her willpower was so low in this state, scattered across the entire space, that she could only attract elements, but couldn't accurately direct them.

But this ability's greatest value wasn't in combat; its use in observation and overcoming obstacles was far more obvious. Compared to those advantages, this minor flaw had no impact at all.

This is almost the end of Lin Zhenxi's transformation from lower-level elements to sun and moon elements. Her strength has increased significantly compared to before the transformation, and her magic circuit is still empty. Even with the supplement of the Pillar of Burning Rain, it is still a long way from being filled again.

After all, the Burning Rain Pillar produced relatively low-activity, attributeless magic. Lin Zhenxi's absorption of that kind of magic was no longer effective. She had to process this low-level magic into sun and moon elements within her body before adding it to her magic pool, and this could only be accomplished through meditation. In other words, Lin Zhenxi could no longer cheat like before, using the Burning Rain Pillar and the Spirit Gathering Magic Circle to achieve a certain degree of infinite magic power.

This was probably a form of growth, as clothes that once fit her now no longer fit her. However, Lin Zhenxi believed this was only temporary. As long as she could figure out how to increase the intensity of her non-attribute magic energy through magic circles, she could use external magic energy storage methods like the Burning Rain Pillar again.

Of course, she actually has another choice, which is to speed up the conversion of the lower elements in her body into sun and moon elements. As long as she absorbs it fast enough, there will be no problem of energy inapplicability.

However, she hadn't found a solution yet, so right now, the only way Lin Zhenxi could quickly restore her magic power was to infuse it with magic essence. However, magic essence was difficult to produce, and she had no stock on hand, which made Lin Zhenxi, who was once again in a magic shortage, feel very anxious.