High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 522: Chapter 191: Former Head of the Two-Dimensional Evolution Laboratory_1

”Now that you’ve taken my shadow, perhaps you could introduce me to this project... or, how does this evolution experiment work?”

After handing in the checked form to the researcher, Zheng Qing turned to Su Shijun and asked tentatively.

”Experiment method?”

”I mean, what my ’projection’ will go through.” Zheng Qing was cautious, offering a different description.

”Oh, it’s very simple,” Su Shijun cradled Poseidon and continued into the depths of the lab. As she stroked its back, she tilted her head, signaling Zheng Qing to keep up with her pace.

”Your projection, under the system’s arrangement, will be placed into one two-dimensional derived world after another. Mostly in the commoners’ worlds which are created by fantasists in texts. Even if their spirits are very weak, their consciousness is extremely active, and they often come up with more terrifying brain holes than the wizards.”

”And these absurd worlds are perfect for the projections to plunder their essence...”

”Essence?” Zheng Qing immediately noticed the key point in this sentence.

”It’s the fundamental that sustains a world’s existence, also known by wizards as Source, Origin, Prime. Different worlds have different essences...like the martial arts of the Dragon Ball World, the adventure of the Pirate World, the passion of the Naruto World, the pervert of the Marvel World, the love and justice of the Harry Potter World...”

”I thought you guys didn’t know about Harry Potter.” Zheng Qing muttered quietly, instinctively thinking of his serious interviewer.

”Ha, a semi-biographical novel based on Hogwarts that swept the commoner’s world, how could we not know about it?!” Su Shijun snorted: ”Before the book was actually published, editors of the Wizards Council Publishing House busied themselves the whole summer. They carefully checked every word and sentence, fearing that lady J sneaked in some strange memes in the manuscript that could mess up the world of commoners... Perhaps only wizards like Thomas, who came from Starry Sky Academy and are obsessed with tasks, would be oblivious to such things.”

Zheng Qing immediately nodded in agreement, then pulled the topic back: ”What happens after collecting those essences?”

”How would I know!” Su Shijun pinched Poseidon’s short legs, raised it high and let Little Fox’s fluffy tail sweep across her face, and murmured: ”I didn’t lose my shadow into those secondary worlds...”

The scholar’s face instantly darkened.

It’s not like he wanted to either! Damn!

Poseidon seemed to think being held high was a joyous thing. Its tail was wagging and it made happy noises.

This made Su Daxu, who was explaining, even more spirited:

”...What can be certain is that your projection will participate in the plots of these secondary worlds in different identities. It could be the main plot or a side story because only the parts of the plot that are involved embody the essence of the whole world.”

”In other words, ’it’ will just be going back and forth in these worlds...collecting those elusive ’essences,’ hoping to break through the dimensional constraints and step into reality one day?” Zheng Qing sighed and summarized.

”What you call ’going back and forth,’ we call ’cycle.’ Here in this lab, these shadows have their professional designations, they are called ’Reincarnators.’” Su Shijun corrected: ”Dr. Chen, who used to be in charge of this project, was a fan of the races. He even designed a whole team system for these Reincarnators, allowing those with different characteristics to form teams to boost their survival rate in certain dangerous worlds...”

”Dr. Chen?” Zheng Qing seemed to have heard this name somewhere and couldn’t help but dig his ear: ”Is he the previous person in charge of this lab? Where is he now, and why isn’t he in charge anymore...sorry, I’m just habitually curious.”

Feeling that he had asked too many questions, the young wizard apologized with a smile.

”It’s okay, it’s okay, cats are always curious.” Su Shijun glanced at him, smirking and waving her hand.

Zheng Qing looked at the witch suspiciously, and the idiotic hair on his head couldn’t help but tremble.

He always felt that this Grand Sorcerer Su seemed to know something.

But soon, his attention was diverted by the witch’s reply.

”...As for where Dr. Chen went, I’m not sure either, just like our enigmatic headmaster, probably no one knows where he is now,” Su Shijun pushed her glasses up, glanced at Zheng Qing, her tone unchanged, ”but everyone says he’s gone mad...”

”Mad?” Zheng Qing raised his eyebrows.

”Exactly what you’re thinking.” Su Shijun scratched Poseidon’s chin, suddenly sighed, ”Honestly, I’m not suitable to take over this lab...because I lack both the dedication of Professor Z, the founder of this lab, and the passion of the previous boss, let alone Dr. Chen’s obsession.”

”Yes, obsession. Dr. Chen is a true scholar, extremely fond of comparative experiments...so when he got engrossed in this laboratory, and found more and more data that cannot be accurately read by magic, he made a bold decision.”

Zheng Qing quietly swallowed saliva.

”He threw himself into it,” Su Shijun described succinctly.

”He threw himself in?” Zheng Qing repeated, a bit puzzled, ”You mean, he also cut off his own shadow and threw it into those big light spheres?”

”It’s worse than that.” Su Daxu shook her head, her face a bit pale,”He threw in his own soul.”

Zheng Qing gasped.

He turned his head to look at those big light spheres emitting a cold and ghostly glow, suddenly feeling a bit fortunate.

Fortunately, he didn’t come to visit when Dr. Chen was in charge of the lab.

Otherwise, he might have lost more than just a piece of shadow.

”... Although theoretically, souls and shadows can freely enter and exit these two-dimensional worlds, but after all, he is a powerful wizard. His high-dimensional soul quickly integrated countless parallel universes and dimensions, and almost all world lines and timelines.”

”He was finally able to observe the whole process of the test subjects’ evolution from the closest distance and the best angle, and to collect as much data as possible....Then, he went mad.”

”As simple as that?” The scholarship student was too stunned to speak.

”How should I know how he went mad?” Su Daxu seemed a little annoyed, ”Perhaps because he has too many isomorphic forms in those two-dimensionals, leading to mental confusion and soul chaos...I haven’t gone mad throwing my soul in, how would I know!”

”Sorry, I was just a bit too shocked.” Zheng Qing quickly apologized.

”It’s okay.” The witch waved her hand and sighed: ”In any case, when the researchers found him, almost all the two-dimensional worlds in the laboratory had collapsed... I don’t know what happened in the end because the previous group of researchers all signed confidentiality agreements.”

”But one thing is certain, Dr. Chen’s experiment strongly proved the correctness of two-dimensional evolution. This can be seen from the school’s efforts to establish a larger two-dimensional evolution lab... For this reason, some people say that Dr. Chen has almost broken through the bottleneck of a grand sorcerer and is currently making adjustments somewhere deep in the school.”

”That’s why, the Under the Moon Council would rather spend a lot of money to stuff me into this lab.”

When she said the last sentence, Su Shijun was leaning in Zheng Qing’s ear, whispering in a low voice.

The heat from her mouth blew onto Zheng Qing’s cheek, making his scalp tingle, his back itch, and involuntarily raising his body temperature a lot.