Chapter 627 Dual Possibilities of Soul Mimicry

“So... Fool's Blue, Fool's Luck, Fool's Fruit, are you willing to cooperate with me for more attempts?”

I looked at the three Fool's Dream girls and asked expectantly.

“Mhm! Okay!”

“Of course, we are willing!”

“I'm fine with it.”

“Then let's begin!”

Although this was the expected answer, I still instinctively wanted not to let down their enthusiasm for their unconditional trust.

As for how I wanted them to cooperate with me, this returned to the problem of the breakthrough point.

Although using the Soul Dream State to carry the Dream State consciousness of Fool's Dream was one way, it was not success.

Instead, it was more like a unilateral compromise on my part.

The Fool's Dream girls had not undergone any formal change.

The appearance of the Soul Dream State was more of a trick for the current me, but it was also a part of my power, a breakthrough point.

I needed to continuously experiment within the Soul Dream State to determine what kind of environment caused the shattering of the Fool's Dream's consciousness.

The Soul Dream State unified my Sea of Consciousness and Sea of the Dream State.

The Sea of the Dream State could not carry the Fool's Dream consciousness, but the Soul Dream State could.

In that case... I could do one thing, which was to gradually convert the Soul Dream State towards the Sea of the Dream State, and then carefully observe the changes within, allowing the Fool's Dream's consciousness to engage in resistance against it.

And the means of resistance was the "Soul Mimicry" technique, which had not yet been fully derived from the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell.

Since I couldn't achieve perfection in a short time, I would proceed incrementally, little by little.

The reason I called the Soul Dream State a breakthrough point was precisely this: it gave me a pathway to continuously delve deeper step by step.

And all of this was to perfect the Soul Mimicry technique.

As for the purpose of perfecting it?

The use didn't seem very significant, but it allowed the Dream State creature essence of Fool's Dream to take a solid first step towards the essence of a real-life creature!

Initially, I had thought of letting the Fool's Dream consciousness complete its consciousness descent through the Enlightenment Meditation Method, then slowly, little by little, try to enter my Sea of the Dream State, and then use the unification of the Sea of the Dream State and the Sea of Consciousness as a bond to descend into the Sea of Consciousness.

The Sea of Consciousness was a concept born with reality as a bond.

Therefore, by finding a different kind of anchor in reality for Fool's Dream, it would have a chance to become a creature acknowledged by reality.

However, all those complicated initial ideas had now been simplified to the current two processes: the Soul Dream State and... Soul Mimicry.

The utilization of Soul Mimicry was a completely new understanding of the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell for me.

The only unfortunate thing was that this did not seem to be a Sequence Derivation of this Grand Spellbook; it was merely a derivation I incorporated under the system of the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell, using my knowledge of the soul.

This was a perplexing point for me.

If the [Transcendent Knowledge] of the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell originated from Fool's Dream, and Fool's Dream was a natural revelation of the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell, then how could the Spell ability to enable Fool's Dream's "life metamorphosis" not be a Sequence Derivation?

Of course, all of this might just be me taking things too much for granted.

Since I was already firmly committed to doing it, I naturally had to witness failure firsthand to know where exactly I went wrong.

Moreover... what if it succeeded?

Besides, I wasn't aiming for instant success.

As long as this derivation could be realized, it had its inherent value.

I tried this for a whole day, and Fool's Dream cooperated strenuously.

After all, the collapse of consciousness was also a huge burden for Fool's Dream.

They even called over other Fool's Dream girls to help.

After all, Fool's Dream was a collective group.

They were the best of friends, and even the Fool's Dream girls who hadn't come to participate in my experiment would be curious about what they were doing.

And my experiment frequency was very fast; after just one day, I had to suspend the experiment.

Because Fool's Dream was reaching its limit of endurance.

Even though they said they could continue, I stopped.

I also explained to them that I had made a breakthrough and needed to think about it alone.

Whether they believed me or not, it was a valid reason to refuse them, as they needed rest.

I lay on my seat like this, my mind filled with the memories of the previous experiment.

After a whole day of experimenting, continuous testing, and various research methods, I couldn't say there was no progress on the derivation of Soul Mimicry; I should say the progress was substantial!

At the beginning of the experiment, I hadn't imagined that I could push the not-yet-perfected Soul Mimicry technique to such a height!

But the higher I climbed, the more I could recognize one fact...

That was how significant the gap between myself and the goal truly was.

If I were to quantify my current progress, it was a continuous stacking of experience.

Every attempt felt like "Experience +1000" appearing above my head.

But the goal I was pursuing was not a specific number, but a qualitative change!

Although quantitative change can lead to qualitative change, I didn't know how long this quantitative change would need to last—perhaps ten days, perhaps a year, or even several years.

I didn't doubt whether Fool's Dream would be willing to experiment with me for that long.

However... there must be a shortcut to help me achieve the simplest leap.

My continuous accumulation did not guarantee success, but it increased the probability of success, and this time could extend to... a very distant future.

Since I could potentially succeed at any node, differing only in probability, a shortcut must exist.

The more I wanted to move forward quickly, the more difficult the shortcut I needed to find would be.

But rather than calling this method a "shortcut," I preferred to call it a "Revelation."

So now, thinking back carefully, what else could serve as a Revelation for the Soul Mimicry technique?

I sat silently in my seat.

At this moment, another figure sat silently opposite me.

It was as if we were waiting to see who would lose their composure first, who would speak first.

Immediately, the atmosphere became heavy, and even my breathing became shallow.

This atmosphere lasted for a long time, until...

“I surrender.”

At this moment, the Shadow of Knowledge suddenly seemed unable to maintain its composure and spoke first.

“Is that so?”

“Hmph You've already figured it out. I naturally have no sense of accomplishment in reminding you.”

After the Shadow of Knowledge finished speaking, it disappeared directly.

And everything was exactly as the Shadow of Knowledge said: I had figured it out.

In fact, the Shadow of Knowledge knew from the beginning.

I guessed it from... the moment she looked like she was enjoying the show.

She was waiting for me to take the initiative to ask.

And I chose to conquer my own subconsciousness, to overcome the barrier of subjective cognition, and to realize what it was.

And the final outcome was obvious: I succeeded.

The answer was... myself.

What was Soul Mimicry for?

It was to allow the Dream State creature to transcend its essence, to mimic the state of a soul, and to simulate the posture of a living creature's essence.

But... from beginning to end, I overlooked one thing: my own essence of life was the soul.

To achieve Soul Mimicry, I myself was the best target.

Reverse thinking.

Now, I had built a foundation from nothing from one direction, and now I stood at the end point, deducing backward from existence to non-existence.

The process in the middle was the perfection of this technique.

When I realized this, I understood one thing: the Soul Mimicry technique was not the endpoint; it was just a goal I had set for myself, a limit I had imposed on myself.

Soul Mimicry was ultimately just a "compromise" for an action I could not perform directly.

I couldn't make Fool's Dream transform into a soul, so I settled for making their form of existence mimic a soul.

But at this moment, I also realized that I myself was already standing at the destination of the goal.

So, at the moment of realization, I perfected the other half of its concept.

The process from the empty Dream State to Soul Mimicry, and then from the mimicked soul to a true soul creature, the latter part of the process, I named "Soul Depiction."

Therefore, Soul Mimicry was only a "starting stage."

What I temporarily named "Soul Depiction" was the true process to complete the life interpretation for Fool's Dream.

However, the current me had not even finished establishing the foundation, so I couldn't clearly define what Soul Depiction looked like.

But having a name meant having a goal, and having a goal, I only needed to strive to achieve it, and that was enough.

“Amazing... is this a Revelation? When the Revelation removed the veil of the unknown for me, what felt almost impossible to me moments ago now feels like a minor hurdle...”

I shook my head slightly, lamenting the unpredictability of the world.

But did the difficulty of perfecting the Soul Mimicry technique decrease?

No, only my cognition had been elevated, so what was difficult moments ago now seemed simple.

This was a person's true cognitive leap.

Thinking of this, I didn't hesitate to use the still-incomplete Soul Mimicry technique on myself.

Don't forget, I was also someone who had used the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell.

When I used it that time, it was also during a special period, and the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell made a significant contribution to my self-awakening of Body Cultivation.

It was that time that introduced me to the world of Body Cultivation, and it was that time that made me understand the importance of the body's structure, the essence of life, and perception.

And this time, I was going to delve deeper into dissecting the essence of life, the soul, using my own soul as a template to provide guidance for the Soul Mimicry technique.

At the same time.

Following Millian's return.

She returned to Ninglan New City with a host of news.

This intelligence immediately detonated the student community that received it!

The Dream State Overlap phenomenon at the newly discovered Seed Bank Transcendent material resource mine had actually disappeared!

This intelligence undoubtedly brought great news to everyone, and the Wan Shi Wu Club immediately announced its joint effort with Teaching Assistant Yang Yuehan to build the second large Shelter.

Millian also brought another piece of news that was neither good nor bad: the Dispel of the Dream State Overlap phenomenon came from Teaching Assistant Xiaohan's hand, and Teaching Assistant Xiaohan was willing to teach this technique.

The crowd, upon hearing this, initially felt everything was too unreal, followed by a burst of ecstatic joy.

Then, upon hearing the learning requirements, everyone was stunned.

Because the first learning requirement was to have a Domain, and just this first condition left them dumbfounded.

They didn't even know what a Domain was.

Some guessed it might be an extremely rare Domain-type Spellbook in the academy, and they even dug up old intelligence stating that Yang Yuehan possessed a Super Consumption Spellbook called "Fire Rain Domain."

Coupled with the fact that many Teaching Assistants in Ninglan New City had also left, it was no wonder they thought this way without understanding the situation.

After all, those Teaching Assistants had to personally experience it before asking their own mentors.

Domain... and Domain-type Spellbook are completely different concepts!

But many people didn't understand the difference.

However, they knew to ask.

Wasn't there a Transcendent mentor in Ninglan New City?

So, those students who thought they had a good relationship with Mentor Elena spontaneously went to ask.

“Don't even think about it. Domain is not the Domain-type Spellbook you think it is. The two have no comparability. Xiaohan having Millian bring back this message is telling you to completely give up hope. In the Witch Academy, including all students and Teaching Assistants, only Xiaohan has a Domain.”

Elena's words were ruthless, directly shattering their last sliver of hope and completely exposing their self-deception.

Among the entire non-mentor group, only Xiaohan had one!

What kind of concept was that?

It was an acknowledgment from a mentor, alright.

But amidst the shock, it also indicated one thing: with the mentors not taking action, the only person who could solve the Dream State Overlap phenomenon was Teaching Assistant Xiaohan!

What should have been a good thing, moving from no solution to a solution.

But now, after experiencing the "we can learn it" scenario, everyone's expectations had been completely dashed.

They couldn't even be happy and now had to rely on someone else.

It was truly an unbearable situation.

Moreover, Ninglan New City would also be enveloped by the Dream State soon; this was a problem that absolutely had to be solved.

So, soon, many people began to mobilize.

However... most people won't wake up early without a profit.

Since the Dream State Overlap problem could be solved, didn't that mean the many resource points currently enveloped by the Dream State, whose mining progress was extremely slow, could also be solved?

No one says no to resources and profit.

It was merely asking someone for help, and they had experienced plenty of that.

...

Time passed quickly.

My self-research on Soul Mimicry lasted longer than the time I spent researching with Fool's Dream.

As for the matters of the outside Shelter, I completely ignored them.

After all, by handing over the communication with Millian to those players, I had also handed over the lifeline of the Shelter to them.

My existence was more like a pillar, a pillar of strength.

“So this is Soul Mimicry... what a fascinating experience.”

I looked at myself lying on the seat.

At this moment, my soul consciousness was detached from my body, and my soul had undergone "degeneration" under the Soul Mimicry technique, becoming a state close to the soul of a Dream State creature.

I suddenly discovered that, following this line of thought, the Soul Mimicry technique did not seem to be a starting point, but a "dual-directional transit point"!

It helped the Dream State creature mimic a soul from nothing, and then complete a thorough soul metamorphosis through my conceptualized "Soul Depiction."

And I, however, could use Soul Mimicry as a transit point to reach the other extreme... to become a Dream State creature...

No, I shouldn't say that.

This was a Spell, so this should be... the Dream State Creature Transformation Spell!

But... a Dream State creature was not a life form, so it couldn't be a Transformation Spell; it should be a... Shapeshifting Spell, a Spell that transformed one into the form of a Dream State creature!

But this idea was too wild.

After a brief pause, my soul returned to my body, my consciousness controlled my body, and I slowly opened my eyes.

“Soul Mimicry... should be considered a success...”

My gaze went to the large Dream State creature still scurrying around in my room, but ultimately, I did not choose it.

“Such a monumental attempt should be reserved for Fool's Dream.”