Witch Special

After the machine was successfully turned on, a line of cuneiform characters that no one else could understand first appeared on the glass panel. After the cuneiform characters disappeared, a face outlined by simple lines appeared on the panel.

That string of cuneiform text is from ancient Midzilda, indicating that the underlying architecture of this magic device uses ancient Midzilda's techniques. It is equivalent to the startup logo of an electronic product and cannot be modified.

After all, the Heart of the Rising Sun is an ancient heritage created by the ancient Midzildas. When Lin Zhenxi was learning how to make intelligent magic devices, he only had the Heart of the Rising Sun at hand, so he could only copy the underlying architecture. The final product was naturally of the ancient Midzildas style.

Although he was able to manufacture intelligent magic devices on his own, which made him a rare technical talent in the world of magicians, Lin Zhenxi was actually not familiar with Midzilda magic techniques.

The power system she controlled conflicted significantly with that world, as magic in that world was recorded in advance within a magic device, allowing for direct access upon use. While this greatly facilitated the casting of magic, allowing even ordinary people with no prior experience with magic to cast spells through a device without hindrance, as long as they possessed sufficient magical power to activate the spells within it, their abilities were completely limited by the type of device. The magic a person could cast was completely restricted by the spells recorded within the device. This form of power contradicted Hayashi Zhenxi's belief that "the wand is merely a tool to aid in casting spells; the true force of the magic lies within her."

All I can say is that the emergence of magical devices, now fully instrumentalized magical equipment, may be a huge advancement for a civilization, but it also homogenizes all magicians within its domain. That's not to say that magicians obtained in this way are weak; quite the contrary. Lin Zhenxi still can't understand why the magic power of those two elementary school students is so strong. Their magic cannon blast even caused a dimensional shock that could be detected in other dimensions of that world. How outrageous is that?

However, Lin Zhenxi is, after all, a lone ranger venturing into another world. She must develop in all aspects to cope with any unexpected situation. If her abilities were artificially limited, even by someone else, it could adversely affect her actions. The magic wand, however, is different. It only facilitates the release of magic and increases its power. The true limit is determined by Lin Zhenxi herself. As long as she continues to improve, the boundaries of her power will continue to expand.

Furthermore, Lin Zhenxi disliked the Midzildas' style of displaying magic circles around her feet or hands, which was too conspicuous. Lin Zhenxi often operated in secret, with those magic circles hanging like RGB lights, afraid that others wouldn't know where she was hiding.

In short, although Lin Zhenxi knows about the Midzida magic formula, can understand it, and can even use it to write a 140-word essay, but if Lin Zhenxi is asked to actually apply the Midzida formula in practice, I'm sorry, she can only use the Midzida formula to make a high-quality imitation of the youth version of the Heart of the Rising Sun.

After the intelligent magic device was officially turned on, a mechanical electronic synthesized voice without any emotion was heard through the internal speakers: "Long time no see, my master."

"Well, hello, Heart of the Rising Sun." Even the name was copied from Heart of the Rising Sun.

"A change in the Master's magic fluctuation has been detected. Would you like to replace the original magic fluctuation?"

"Yes, replacement."

"Master, please keep inputting your magic power and wait for the magic power to fluctuate. The recording will be completed."

Lin Zhenxi once again repeated the steps of inputting magic power through the magic wand, allowing the Heart of the Rising Sun to record the current fluctuations of his magic power in all directions. After a moment, the Heart of the Rising Sun said -

"Update completed. Master, how can I help you?"

The simulated personality in the Heart of the Rising Sun is a careful yet enthusiastic older man, at least judging by his accent. Lin Zhenxi believed that adding personality to simulated personalities was a sheer waste of resources, so she gave the simulated personality to the Heart of the Rising Sun devoid of any special traits, resulting in its current, bland appearance. However, Lin Zhenxi didn't see a downside to this. Isn't being able to speak enough? She could even chat with the magic device. If the voice module didn't truly enhance the convenience of human-computer interaction, she might have even saved it.

After all, look, whose computer can talk and be a chatterbox? You’ve never heard of it, right?

Lin Zhenxi verbally expressed his needs to the Heart of the Morning Sun, then transferred the temporary familiar contracts of the slimes to it. This is the difference between intelligent magic devices and other ordinary magical equipment. Intelligent magic devices contain a virtual soul, and the simulated personality is based on this virtual soul. Therefore, intelligent magic devices can actually be regarded as virtual people whose bodies are magic devices. What humans can do, magic devices can also do.

Because of the virtual-human nature of intelligent magic devices, there appears to have been a magical device rebellion in ancient Midzilda. The ancient Midzildans attempted to create a "perfect human," or more bluntly, an artificial god, through the production of magic devices, but the result was predictably unsuccessful. Since then, the development of intelligent magic devices has experienced a significant setback. Modern Midzilda's magic devices are far from reaching the intelligence standards of ancient times and can only be considered tools, not assistants.

However, the object that Lin Zhenxi referred to, the Heart of the Rising Sun, is an ancient heritage excavated from the ruins of ancient Midzilda. It is itself a product of ancient Midzilda when the development of intelligent magic devices reached its peak. Therefore, there is no need to worry about its intelligence level, it is absolutely reliable.

After receiving the mission from Lin Zhenxi, the Heart of the Rising Sun activated its built-in anti-gravity module, and its massive body floated to a height of half a meter above the ground. It then moved to the vicinity of the Glazed Altar, removed a small piece of the light strips on either side, and attached them to the Altar, establishing a stable data connection with it.

The data of the big banks rolled down the transparent panel like a waterfall. All the slimes also changed their state of floating freely in the lake, gathered together, and began to swim towards the cracks at the bottom of the lake that connected to the underground water system.

Lin Zhenxi stood by and watched for a while. When she saw all the little red dots representing slimes start to move, she turned and left. She knew that this matter no longer needed her concern.

Still, the Water Monster should be captured. After all, it's the absolute superior of the slimes. If we could learn from its anatomy and transform the slime, we could potentially change its useless status. Ten thousand slimes would at best leave a thick layer of wet, wriggling goo on the playground. But if ten thousand Water Monsters, with only the ability to control water, were to be captured, they could potentially wipe out entire cities and nations. Therefore, the potential for this project is enormous.

However, Lin Zhenxi couldn't find anyone to help her catch the water monster. Even the Hammer that could have helped her was sent to the Monster Association, so she had to do it herself. Lin Zhenxi didn't waste any time and ran straight to the room where she performed magic rituals, preparing to use divination to determine the approximate location of the water monster.

In a world without the protection of mystery, divination is a surefire tool. Lin Zhenxi could easily get a rough idea of ​​what she wanted to know by simply asking for divination. By changing her perspective and trying it a few times, she could piece together the puzzle and find what she wanted.

Lin Zhenxi just wanted to know where the water monster was, so she performed a location divination. After taking a screenshot of the glass altar and placing it on the divination magic circle, Lin Zhenxi sat cross-legged on the cushion nearby and began to perform the ritual.

Ahem, it’s a practice, not a trick or a shaman dance!

Divination and word spirits aren't unrelated; they're just identical. Both involve an equivalent exchange of information and magical power. However, word spirits communicate with higher-dimensional entities like the Root of Truth, permeating the multiverse and omnipresent. Therefore, while they consume more magical power, the information they receive is also more accurate. Of course, since the feedback is conveyed via a wand, its form is extremely limited, capable of only determining direction and right or wrong. Therefore, their practical applications are limited, and unless there's no clue at all, they're rarely needed.

Divination, however, is different. There are two types of divination. One is to explore the unknown in a limited way by tracing the lines of cause and effect. Lin Zhenxi used the glass altar and divination ritual to locate the blood rat because of the clear causal relationship between her and the blood rat. The other type is prayer. This type of divination uses ritual to establish a channel of communication with the higher-level individuals who control certain rules of the world, such as gods or even the world's will. Because it is a local connection with higher bandwidth, it often provides more intuitive and accurate feedback such as images.

However, this raises a question: what if the person you are praying for doesn't want to talk to you? Or, more simply, the person you are praying for is no longer around, and the number you are calling is no longer in service. In this case, what should you do?

Lin Zhenxi's divination this time faced a similar situation to the previous example. Although she was communicating directly with the world's will, the world was still intact, indicating that the world's will had not collapsed. However, it was dormant, and no one knew where it was sleeping. Therefore, it was foreseeable that Lin Zhenxi's divination magic would be unlikely to succeed. Even if it succeeded, the results would most likely be the world's will's mumbling, and it would be impossible to determine whether they were true or false. After all, you can't expect a sleeping person to answer questions. A few hums would be good enough. But it didn't matter. Ordinary divination only required magic power, and she had it in abundance. If one divination wasn't accurate enough, she could try a hundred times. She could simply increase the number of divinations and use probabilistic analysis to filter out incorrect answers. The one that remained would be the correct answer.