Ch. 296 - Analyzing The Flames
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Ayesha may be Adam's first teacher on his way to transcendent. She'll show him the way.
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Ayesha may be Adam's first teacher on his way to transcendent. She'll show him the way.
Ayesha tossed Garfield aside and gave him a quick glance.
Garfield, scared, kept quiet and started trembling.
'This is terrifying! She's scary!' Garfield thought, shivering with fear.
But Adam wasn't worried that Ayesha would kill him or Garfield. Even though the Third Tower had a unique status, they were in the middle of a plane war, where mage rules provided protection. Ayesha didn't have the right or the guts to kill them without a good reason.
Ayesha took a step forward with her left leg.
Something strange happened. Adam didn't sense any energy waves, and there was no reaction, but the scene changed with Ayesha's movement. When her left leg touched the ground, Adam and Garfield found themselves in a different place.
It was a special space, all white, with no sense of up, down, left, or right.
In front of Adam were many living Dilus samples, some even at the transcendent level.
Further away, he saw a few Titans, including a Titan Royal.
"I need an explanation," Adam said, pointing at the Titan Royal to Ayesha. "They're our allies. What you're doing breaks the rules of war."
Ayesha threw all the Original Flames she had gathered into the air, lighting them like hundreds of lanterns.
She rolled her eyes at Adam and said, "I'm not breaking any rules. After my research, this big guy will only remember fighting a level six Dilus on the front lines for days and nights, eventually killing the enemy. He won't remember anything that happens in this space."
Adam now understood why the Third Tower wasn't liked by other mages---they didn't follow the rules, making them outcasts among the mainstream mages who valued pacts and agreements.
Adam didn't ask further. Ayesha had made it clear she wouldn't kill the Titan Royal, and that was enough.
"I heard you have strong computing abilities and a special way to avoid cognitive dissonance after reincarnation?" Ayesha asked.
"Yes," Adam replied.
"Good. You will be my assistant from now on. Your first task is to record every tiny change in the Original Flames during the experiment. Can you do that?"
"I can," Adam answered, feeling a bit strange. Usually, he was the one giving instructions, even when he was just an apprentice in James's lab. This was his first time truly acting as an assistant.
Ayesha then brought out hundreds of human bodies and said to Adam, "I know your abilities. Their souls are gone; you can use them as avatars for now."
As the bodies on the ground came to life under Adam's manipulation, Ayesha said, "Alright, let's get to work."
Suddenly, a mysterious, vast sound filled the space. The sound had a magical power that made Adam want to listen closely. He heard the Reincarnation Spell incantation within it.
In the strange space, all the Diluses suddenly became agitated. They lost their senses and showed a crazed desire to attack. When they couldn't find anything to attack, they began to harm themselves in shockingly cruel ways.
The Titans, meanwhile, curled up in distress.
In Adam's ears, every sound was clear, but its meaning was mysterious. The speed of the sound increased, merging into specific syllables. Adam tried to remember them, but the more he tried, the more confused his memory and thoughts became.
Eventually, even his logical thinking turned into a muddled mess.
Then, something even stranger happened: Adam felt his connection with his separated threads weakening.
Suddenly, one thread completely escaped his control. The body hosting that thread came to life. It wasn't just animated; the thread had turned into a soul, gaining personality and thought.
BANG!
A small explosion snapped Adam out of his daze. He quickly shut off his hearing, blocking out the mysterious sound. Then, he saw a pool of blood in front of him.
Ayesha had killed the new life. A 'doll' stitched together sat on Ayesha's shoulder, chanting the spell from its mouth.
Seeing Adam regain his senses, Ayesha smiled and said, "Finish your work and don't try anything extra."
The strangeness of the spell was beyond Adam's understanding. He couldn't help but murmur, "What is this?"
"This spell is the core knowledge of the Reincarnation Spell. This is your last question; I'm not your teacher. I brought you here to work for me, not to answer your questions. Keep your ears and soul in check. If this happens again, I won't help you."
After speaking, Ayesha stopped paying attention to Adam. She also began chanting the spell, her voice and the doll's voice merging perfectly, echoing through the space.
Even without Ayesha's warning, Adam wouldn't dare to do anything extra.
The Third Tower was too mysterious and eerie---just now, all his threads had shown signs of revival. If Ayesha hadn't intervened, he would have had hundreds of new "siblings" in an instant. Now, he had permanently lost a thread.
Adam shook his head to clear his mind and focused on recording the changes in the Original Flames.
The Flames began to burn themselves, seemingly trying to release all their energy within the spell. Gradually, the Flames started to break apart, with sparks and flames separating and drifting into the air.
Then, the fiery characteristics vanished, revealing the true nature of the Original Flames. They were flowing information, arranged in sets that were either connected, broken, or overlapping. Each state represented a unique algorithm, and together, these algorithms formed the Original Flames.
As Adam worked, he didn't notice that Ayesha had stopped chanting her spell. She didn't interrupt him, instead going over to collect the shattered body parts of the self-harming Diluses. She refined them, extracting the life origin of the Dilus.
Adam lost track of time, completely absorbed in the intricate and mysterious life codes displayed by the Original Flames.
He devoted all his computing power, trying to decipher the secret behind the Original Flames' ability to give life to metal. It wasn't until his body sent out an overload warning that Adam reluctantly stopped.
"How's it going? Have you reached any conclusions?" Ayesha asked softly.
Adam shook his head. "Not yet. Some combinations of the information are very unique, making it hard to parse. I need a lot more time."