Witch Special

Even though he was extremely reluctant, the need was there, so Lin Zhenxi had to take out the parts one by one from the space cube and place them neatly on the ground in order of their numbers.

Wow, the entire floor of the preparation room was completely filled with them. You have to remember that Lin Zhenxi had specially modified her magic formation, punching through all the obstructing walls. The room she used to store these parts was originally designed to be a three-bedroom, one-living room, over 1 square meters. Lin Zhenxi had previously disassembled the entire intelligent magic device until each component was less than a meter in length, width, and height. The resulting collection of hundreds of irregularly shaped parts, large and small, created a truly spectacular sight when laid out on the floor.

No matter how difficult a task is, once you start it, you'll eventually finish it. Lin Zhenxi glanced at the parts that had been placed at the end of the room, sighed deeply, then turned around and fiercely unscrewed the cap of the nutrient solution bottle in his hand, tilting his head back and chugging the entire bottle into his mouth.

Okay, time to get ready for some serious action!

Everything is difficult at the beginning, or perhaps it's actually taking that first step that's the hardest. When you actually take that first step, you often realize you may have overthought things. Many things aren't as difficult as you thought.

Lin Zhenxi now felt this way, probably because of the thorough preparation she had made upfront. Not only had she numbered all the parts in the order they were disassembled, so that when it came time to reinstall them, she could simply reinstall them one by one according to the numbers, but she had also preserved a 3D projection of the entire intelligent magic device—not just a whole one, but each individual component. These two measures ensured that not only would Lin Zhenxi not pick up the wrong part, but she also knew exactly how and where to install it, ensuring she would never misplace it. With the help of the Levitation and Flying spells, Lin Zhenxi didn't need to exert much physical effort. She only needed to concentrate on maintaining the effects of the Levitation spell and then pushing the parts, whose gravity had been offset by the Levitation spell, to the required positions.

The reason why Lin Zhenxi felt that the intelligent magic device was difficult to install was that she performed a lot of other work when disassembling it, including numbering and building projection models. Those were the most time-consuming steps. On the contrary, installation and disassembly were actually not that difficult.

With Lin Zhenxi's current level of magical power, maintaining hundreds of levitation spells simultaneously was no problem at all. If it weren't for the fact that his mental strength wasn't up to par, unable to control the highly complex and precise movements of hundreds of objects simultaneously, Lin Zhenxi could have lifted all the parts simultaneously and had them fly to their proper positions, completing the entire assembly in an instant.

Her magic power was now completely over the limit, but her previously strong mental strength and magic were lagging behind. According to the bucket theory, Lin Zhenxi's magic power was at least five times higher than the other two. She had so much magic power, but lacked the mental strength to control it, or to transform it into magic that could actually interfere with reality. If she wanted to enter a period of rapid growth in strength again, Lin Zhenxi must first address her shortcomings in mental strength and magic.

Magic is actually easy to learn; just find a teacher. The library of the Great Witch of Qiyao is filled with endless bookshelves filled with magic books. Lin Zhenxi feels like she'll never be able to learn all the magic her teacher has mastered. Compared to her teacher, who is single-mindedly focused on magic, she has too many things to consider, and her mind isn't as pure. Her progress in magic probably won't be as fast as her teacher's. So no matter how high she reaches in the future, the Great Witch teacher will always be above her in the realm of magic, and there will always be something to teach her.

In contrast, increasing one's spiritual power proved exceedingly difficult. This growth primarily relies on meditation or mental exercise. Unless one encounters a fortuitous opportunity, such as the acquisition of a rare and powerful spiritual treasure, it's unlikely to experience a dramatic increase. Generally speaking, a spellcaster's spiritual power grows with age and experience, before their strength begins to decline during aging. Although Lin Zhenxi possesses top-tier talent, ranking among the top thousand of the world's seven billion humans, she has only been practicing magic for a mere ten years. Compared to those ancient monsters who can be hundreds or thousands of years old, or even as old as the planet itself, her time to accumulate foundational skills is far too short. The most obvious manifestation of this weakness is her spiritual power. Compared to the vast and oceanic spiritual powers of those ancient masters, hers is merely a mere reservoir—a truly insignificant resource.

In this regard, Lin Zhenxi deeply envied those born with exceptional psychic powers, commonly known as esper. Once awakened, esper's mental power soars to heights unattainable by others in their lifetimes. Based on the direction of their psychic power's transformation, they possess unique abilities to manipulate reality. While the growth of ordinary people's mental power requires diligent, step-by-step training, the mental power of esper's is a gift from heaven, a gift that's multiplied by the heavens, a generosity so overwhelming that it makes one's eyes water. Of course, this isn't to say esper's abilities are without flaws. Their powers often awaken at a very young age, and during that naive stage, it's clearly difficult for children to control and restrain their abilities. Because of their uncontrolled powers, esper's childhood is prone to misunderstandings and isolation, even being called monsters. In such circumstances, a healthy childhood is nearly impossible, and surviving and growing up normally is considered a blessing. So, even though people with super powers are gifts from God and can get great abilities for free without any hard work, those abilities are gained at the cost of their painful memories. Perhaps for them, the so-called power is not a glory, but a heavy burden and a past that they cannot bear to look back on.

Lamenting the long road ahead and the fact that he'd only just begun, Lin Zhenxi buried his head in concentrated effort as he assembled the massive magical machine he'd spent months and countless hours crafting. As the numbered parts on the ground gradually dwindled, the basic framework of Lin Zhenxi's "second brain"—not quite the right one, and the "external brain"—wasn't quite there yet. Anyway, after trimming down and reducing the remaining auxiliary computing functions, the basic framework of the Invincible Youth Edition Rising Sun Heart replica began to take shape.

Generally speaking, this intelligent magic device with only auxiliary computing functions is like a cigar that has been enlarged, thickened and fattened many times. It is thick in the middle and slightly thinner on both sides, but not as thick as a bucket.

At each end of the cigar, a silver, translucent ring encircled each. In layman's terms, these were the I/O ports for the intelligent magic device's data input and output. Yes, both light strips were connected. This vast area gave it a formidable multi-threaded, parallel interactive capability, capable of simultaneously carrying out an unknown number of data transfers (Lin Zhenxi didn't know the exact number, as she had never used it that many times). Simply write the desired magic rune on the light strip, then write the other half of the rune on the magic circle to be processed. This connected the magic circle to the intelligent magic device's centralized control, thus leveraging its astonishing centralized data processing capabilities.

Besides the two circular light bands on its left and right sides responsible for signal processing, another notable feature of the intelligent magic device is the control panel located directly in front of it, which facilitates human-computer interaction. After all, it's an intelligent magic device. Although Lin Zhenxi has removed many functions unrelated to auxiliary computing, a mature simulated personality can allow it to better understand Lin Zhenxi's commands, achieving twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, Lin Zhenxi did not remove the simulated personality function, but instead preserved it intact. That transparent glass panel is not only the assembly of various switches for this intelligent magic device, but also its front face and the channel for direct communication with Lin Zhenxi.

At this point, the core module (CPU) that carries all the computing power of the intelligent magic device has been placed and fixed on the magic disc (motherboard). Next, it is necessary to install the self-sustaining magic reactor (power supply) responsible for providing driving magic for the intelligent magic device, and then close the outer shell. This giant intelligent magic device with a rough craftsmanship that can make any Midzilda laugh out loud can be turned on and activated.

The finishing touches were completed quickly, and after another half hour, Lin Zhenxi finally inserted the final cover into the slot. Thus, the intelligent magic device she had crafted was finally assembled in another world. After wiping the sweat from her forehead with a towel, Lin Zhenxi tapped her wand on the transparent panel of the intelligent magic device, channeling her magic power into it. Normally, the intelligent magic device would automatically power on after detecting that the input magic power fluctuations matched the recorded characteristics.

Yes, logically speaking...

But the intelligent magic device has no reaction to Lin Zhenxi's magic power now.

No way, did I install some parts wrong? Or did I break this thing myself? Lin Zhenxi was stunned for a moment, and he gradually felt something was wrong.

Wait, wait, wait, it seems like my magic fluctuations have changed! After completing the magic transformation, the magic power seems to change from liquid to highly compressed gas. This sublimation of magic must be accompanied by changes in magic fluctuations.

It was easy to deal with after knowing the reason. Lin Zhenxi pressed her palm on the panel and said to it: "Don't sleep, get up and work for me!"

Out of caution, Lin Zhenxi took a double insurance approach during production. In addition to the magic feature verification, there is a second set of identity verification methods, which is the dual biometric recognition of palm print and voice print.

This time, the test passed.