Chapter 1026: Ancient Glacial Ice Consciousness Gestation Experiment

After ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍I made this decision, what immediately shook things up was a large group of Transcendent Witches.

After ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the revival of the Ancient Glacial Ice race, this massive fellow had been kept under the protection of the Witch Academy.

Currently, ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the Ancient Glacial Ice had been transferred to the Expansion Realm, specifically within the Witch Academy branch there.

Many ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Transcendent Witches accompanied it, assisting in the accumulation of techniques regarding the preparation of Hexagonal Crystal Amber.

After ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍all, the Ancient Glacial Ice was linked to the preparation of the important Transcendent material, Hexagonal Crystal Amber.

So ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍much time had passed, and the Ancient Glacial Ice had now mastered a relatively mature Hexagonal Crystal Amber preparation technique.

Unfortunately, this preparation technique still could not break away from the power of the Grand Spellbook to become a conventional technique.

However, many Witches felt this was a very good situation.

In this way, the possibility of the Hexagonal Crystal Amber preparation technique leaking out would not occur.

But for me, this remained a very regrettable result.

The original Hexagonal Crystal Amber originated from the Outsiders of the Game World, which meant there was a world where this material was born under natural circumstances without the power of a Grand Spellbook.

Even if this birth process might have been very long—so long that Hexagonal Crystal Amber was defined as a non-renewable resource—it was still a result achieved without the help of a Grand Spellbook.

The so-called possibilities are perhaps the miraculous part of a world.

Now, the Ancient Glacial Ice specialized laboratory in the Expansion Realm had become thoroughly busy because of this single sentence of mine.

Regarding the project related to the Ancient Glacial Ice race, a large portion of Witches only knew that it concerned the preparation of the Transcendent material Hexagonal Crystal Amber.

Whether they could use this high-quality Transcendent material in large quantities at an extremely low price in the future depended on it.

A considerable portion of Witches knew that the Ancient Glacial Ice was merely a Life Clone of Xiao Han, and many Witches just treated this as gossip material.

However, only a very small number of Witches knew that the importance of the Ancient Glacial Ice already concerned the situation of the Main World and its future direction.

That was… the Main World trade plan.

Regarding this trade, Academy Head Mei Linde had already taken full responsibility for this arduous task from Xiao Han’s hands, formulating the possible negotiation content.

For this event that might occur in the future, Mei Linde had led many internal meetings using the secrecy method of the Witch's Contract.

Regardless of whether it could ultimately be used, they only knew how to use it; if they were not prepared, then no one would have medicine for regret to take.

Not only the content of this negotiation, but also many Witches involved in the field of life and consciousness research had gathered here.

They could not rely on Xiao Han for everything.

Admittedly, years of accumulation and discovery might not match talent, but they also wanted to contribute their portion of strength in the fields within their capability.

However, before the “Ancient Ruins Top Secret Experiment” began, many interludes also occurred in the Main World.

The first was the issue of accountability for the “Earth-Sun Tragedy.”

When the Three Great Top-tier Academies began to reason with the Witch Academy, it was also the time that made the Witches laugh the most.

As the final communication result, the Witch Academy admitted that a certain Teaching Assistant of their own academy had indeed acted out of line in part, causing indelible turmoil to the Core Realm.

But putting facts aside, were the Three Great Top-tier Academies not at fault?

Ultimately, as a result of both sides taking a step back, the Witch Academy had already made that Assistant Yang Yuehan perform a self-criticism within the academy and had the said assistant go to the Expansion Realm branch for in-residence education.

As for the compensation originally demanded by the Aphrodite Academy and the Holy Angel Academy—the costs for resurrecting so many dead students, a series of mental damage fees, and so on—the Witch Academy did not pay a cent.

The Witch Academy had been in the right from beginning to end; if they were to pay even a single cent in the end, Mei Linde, as the Academy Head, would have to go into battle personally to see which Witch advocated for compensation.

As for this matter, it ultimately ended in this manner.

Yes, the Transcendent representatives of the three top-tier academies went back with bellies full of anger; if they were still dissatisfied, then the matter would not have been as simple as being left unsettled, but rather them paying compensation to the Witch Academy in reverse.

It was lucky these Transcendents slipped away fast, otherwise Mei Linde would have personally gone up to swindle a sum from them before letting them return.

As for the internal self-criticism and the in-residence education at the Expansion Realm branch, those were merely rhetoric.

I was already going to the Expansion Realm to participate in the “Ancient Glacial Ice Top Secret Experiment”; as for calling it in-residence education, when the experiment began, it was uncertain who would be educating whom.

This communication at the academy level had no results, which was the worst news for the students of the various Transcendent academies.

This meant the academies could not seek justice for them, and they had essentially died once for nothing.

As for the mental trauma brought after death?

They had to endure it themselves.

Therefore, not long after the academy negotiation, the public opinion of condemnation against the Witch Academy on the Core Realm's interconnected network exploded instantly!

After all, they could not obtain the compensation they deserved and suffered such an undeserved disaster; they only had this means to vent the resentment in their hearts.

It had to be said that these keyboard warriors were truly pitiful.

Having been dealt with in reality offline, they could only engage in incompetent rage on the network after failing to win.

Ultimately, what greeted them was only the cold mockery of the Witch Academy.

However, the only good news they could see was… that the Lesser Witch assistant who caused everything to happen was going to the Expansion Realm branch for in-residence education.

This meant the other party could no longer use the same means to cause secondary damage to them again.

Even so, the students within the top-tier academies still possessed an intense fear of the Witch Academy.

Like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring, they no longer dared to travel on a large scale, nor did they dare to blatantly expose their marching routes.

Even upon hearing the designation of Special Task Force Zero, they would have an inevitable stress response.

Facing the malicious behavior of the Witch Academy, it ultimately only stayed at the level of verbal abuse and moral condemnation.

As for the talk of joint armed sanctions by the Three Great Top-tier Academies, it was no longer brought up.

But all of this was now completely unrelated to me.

Although within the United Club, I was nominally “banned from competition,” no one dared to underestimate the club that was the Bakery Club.

This blast of the Earth-Sun Tragedy had thoroughly opened up the situation for the Witch United Club; the Blood Slave Academy was completely dragged into the quagmire of the Academy War.

Afterwards, there were the affiliated academies and the Lord Blood Clan Academy, all of which were future targets for liquidation.

The Three Great Top-tier Academies had also thoroughly entered the fray because of this event.

Admittedly, they were frightened by this blast, but they also absolutely could not sit and watch the Witch Academy develop so unscrupulously.

It could be said that for a long time to come, it would be a period for the United Club to display its prowess!

And I had already arrived in the Expansion Realm by now.

At this moment, the Expansion Realm was still in a semi-open stage for the Witch Academy.

The only road from the Witch Academy to the Expansion Realm was the entry/exit point leading to the Expansion Realm branch.

Furthermore, the branch did not allow entry into the outside of the Expansion Realm.

One could only say they had reached the Expansion Realm, but had not fully reached the Expansion Realm.

Currently, the Expansion Realm was still in a state of construction.

The internal students only consisted of lower-year students who were still attending fixed-program courses and some high-grade students who followed their own mentors over.

At the Witch branch in the Expansion Realm, there were plans to establish more extraordinary laboratory planning zones.

The Witch Academy intended to change its previous teaching model, gradually abolishing fixed teaching for lower years and the model of choosing a mentor to follow for study.

It would strongly promote practical teaching dominated by autonomous interests and lower the threshold for extraordinary experiments; the academy would focus more on guidance rather than fixed teaching.

Doing this would undoubtedly cause many regulations to change along with it, and this teaching model also required step-by-step exploration and accumulation of experience.

Continuing this way might even reduce the learning quality of students and bury a large number of talents.

But the Witch Academy did not care, because true geniuses would not allow themselves to be buried, and the Witch Academy would rather not have those who required someone to supervise them in order to learn.

In any case, there were no hard graduation targets in the Witch Academy.

Under the major trend of the Main World's shackle-type world belonging, the Witch Academy did not care about the few who graduated.

Because Witches could distinguish between primary and secondary matters and had enough time to wait.

The stage where the Main World Witch Academy truly exerted its strength would be the soaring stage after the Witch race thoroughly mastered the Main World!

So now was a good time to make changes!

After arriving in the Expansion Realm, I did not head straight for the specialized laboratory where the Ancient Glacial Ice was located.

Instead, I came to the Nightmare Workshop.

At this moment, the Nightmare Workshop was already operational.

No major problems occurred during this period; everything was running perfectly just as simulated by my Great Tree of Knowledge.

Although some small problems appeared, they were solved by the Witch sisters looking after the maintenance and operation here before it was my turn to act.

However, ultimately, the Dream-state soul-substance output efficiency of the Nightmare Workshop was not as large as I had predicted.

But compared with the preparation method of the laboratory-level Gestation Purification Method, the preparation efficiency of the Nightmare Workshop was immediately highlighted.

With the formal start of production at the Nightmare Workshop, professional Transcendent hunting teams for catching dream creatures also appeared in the Expansion Realm.

Even the pre-processing of nightmare separation from dream creatures became a popular “profession.”

And the threshold for these professions was Transcendent!

It could not be described as anything but exaggerated.

And the reason why so many Witches were scrambling and fighting to do this kind of thing, besides some Witches who were bored out of their minds, was mostly because they wanted Dream-state soul-substance!

Accompanying the proposal and confirmation of the concept of Dream-state soul-substance, a massive craze for advancing into the Primal Dream State had already appeared in the Witch Academy.

If it weren't for the capacity limit for Transcendents in the Main World, many Witches in fields related to the Primal Dream State would be queuing up and still unable to enter the Main World.

Most research related to the Primal Dream State could not be separated from the concept of Dream-state soul-substance.

When there was only one Nightmare Workshop producing Dream-state soul-substance, all possible channels to obtain Dream-state soul-substance would be packed.

Some unreliable Witches were even already asking if the Nightmare Workshop needed a cleaner inside.

After I arrived here at the Nightmare Workshop, I could be considered to have experienced the feeling of being surrounded by Witches once.

This passion really made me a bit unable to take it, so after learning about some specific situations, I left this place like a flash.

Sure enough, I had somewhat underestimated my influence on Witches.

Within the Nightmare Workshop, the large amount of Dream-state soul-substance prepared would be the foundation I prepared for the Fool's Dream race hereafter.

The remaining small portion was for various returns.

For example, the Witch sisters helping to catch dream creatures very much expected to receive Dream-state soul-substance as remuneration.

Many Witch sisters hoped I would open up some purchasing channels; even if they might not be able to snatch any, it would at least count as something to look forward to.

To this, I could only express that I would consider it.

As for how it would end up, it would likely be left unsettled.

Because I was very clear that given the current production of Dream-state soul-substance, even if I took none at all, it would not be enough to divide.

At most, I would set aside an additional portion as material support for specialized research into the Dream-state soul-substance project.

As for selling it for a fee?

I never thought about that.

I hadn't even conceived of a price for Dream-state soul-substance, but as long as I wanted, I felt Dream-state soul-substance could make me earn a fortune almost instantly.

But was this what I wanted?

No.

This trip to the Nightmare Workshop was ultimately just an interlude.

Its construction was even just because of a casual suggestion by that Transcendent Witch named Heidi.

There was only one main event this time.

That was the consciousness experiment of the Ancient Glacial Ice.

Returning life to the Ancient Glacial Ice and letting it give birth to a true consciousness unique to the Ancient Glacial Ice race would count as thoroughly making it the Ancient Glacial Ice.

When the King of Ancient Glacial Ice served as my Life Clone, although their race was revived, their racial concept had not truly returned, because this entire race was entirely a toy in my hands, with not a single shred of freedom to speak of.

Their so-called return—everything was entirely built upon my respect for their race.

I was “playing” the role of their race’s king, leading them to regain their former glory.

And now, I was no longer playing the role, but truly returning this race to themselves.

During this process, it was not merely the gestation of a simple consciousness, but the return of the racial concept of the Ancient Glacial Ice race!

And this!

Was what I cared about most: the cognition of consciousness and the racial concept.

Only by having a deeper understanding of the concept of consciousness would I have enough foundation to deeply construct the racial concept of the Fool's Dream.

And after I arrived here, I also received a warm welcome from many Witch sisters.

Even though they were all academic Witches in the fields of life and consciousness research, they gave me full respect.

After all, I could achieve communication and trade with the Main World, while they could not; this point alone was enough.

Upon arriving here, I did not take over and launch the consciousness gestation experiment of the Ancient Glacial Ice right away.

Instead, before that, I communicated with the many Witch sisters, accumulating a large amount of research on life and consciousness.

After all… I am not the only genius in this world; of the Witch sisters who could stand here, which one was not once called a genius by other Witches?

Consulting humbly and learning in a low-profile manner is the way to make continuous progress.