Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 1314 - 1312: Bet You Didn’t Expect That

Once more!

With eyes wide open, Bi Bi panted heavily and began her third attempt.

Then...

"Bang!"

The fourth attempt!

"Bang!"

The fifth attempt!

"Bang!"

The sixth attempt...

A few minutes later, sitting behind the stone table and continuously recording Bi Bi’s test conditions, Richard put down his pen. Looking at Bi Bi, covered in dust and resembling a mud monkey, he spoke with some reluctance.

"I say..." Richard asked, "How about we call it a day for the tests?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"No." Bi Bi firmly refused, "I must succeed today!"

"Alright then." Richard sighed lightly, ceased persuading, and picked up the quill again to quickly jot down several new entries on the papyrus scroll:

"After six failures, the test subject still maintains relatively high morale, indicating that the current single constraint method may not quickly destroy willpower. Perhaps some modifications are needed...

The current method of constraint on the test subject is a pure energy constraint realized through the blood power extraordinary factor, targeting only the body, with a relatively large activity range... Maybe initially setting a smaller activity range to create a sense of imprisonment would be better, and increasing the restraint force over time might be more effective..."

As Richard was recording, Bi Bi started her seventh attempt.

This time, Bi Bi hunched forward, but it didn’t help, and she failed.

The eighth attempt.

Bi Bi moved on all fours like a beast, accompanied by low growls, as if releasing her wildness. But it turned out to be less effective than the last time, failing once again.

The ninth attempt.

Bi Bi went a bit crazy, shouting wildly and thrusting her fists like a turtle, failing again.

The tenth attempt.

Failed.

Eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth...

Fail, fail, fail... all failed.

The fifteenth attempt.

Bi Bi stood up from the ground, walked forward a few steps with a tense face, felt the unchanged resistance reappear, and sat down on the ground before the resistance peaked, glaring at the bread and wine on the stone table as if looking at enemies.

"Scribble, scribble, scribble..."

"After the fifteenth failed attempt to break free of the constraints, the subject’s emotions showed significant changes. If the restraint force could be increased, this point in time might come earlier..."

"Scribble, scribble, scribble..."

Richard finished writing another new entry, looked at Bi Bi and spoke up: "You should give up. With your current strength, you really can’t break free of the constraints. But seeing you work so hard, even if you don’t succeed, I can still give you the bread and wine."

"No way." Bi Bi refused with dignity, adopting a stance against charity food, "I’m telling you, I’ll only eat if I get it myself. If I can’t get it myself, I won’t eat it even if you feed me! I have my pride, alright?!"

Are you sure about having pride... When you betrayed the Truth Society without a second thought, it didn’t seem like it... Richard couldn’t help but grumble internally.

Bi Bi didn’t know what Richard was thinking and continued earnestly: "Yes, I have my pride. If I want to do something, I must complete it. I was released because I undertook the task of tracking you down initially. I faced many difficulties finding you and almost succeeded several times, but I didn’t give up. So I tried many times and finally succeeded."

"Ahem." Richard lightly coughed to interrupt Bi Bi, feeling obliged to help her retrieve the correct memories, "Speaking of your success, are you referring to when you were tied up in a spider web, wrapped into an insect cocoon? To be honest, if I hadn’t saved you, you might never have gotten out, right? Besides, once you found me, what happened? I ended up chopping off your head—you didn’t complete your mission. And your swift betrayal led to Lord Dead Sea dying without rest."

"Umm..." Bi Bi finally realized her example was inappropriate, scratched her head in frustration, and was about to argue when she suddenly thought of something. Her eyes lit up with realization: "Wait, you just said you chopped off my head, right?"

"Isn’t that true?" Richard countered.

"Of course, I remember it clearly." Bi Bi said excitedly, reigniting her eagerness, stood up, and rubbed her hands together, "I think I’ve found a way to break free from your constraints."

"You found it?" Richard asked with a mix of surprise and skepticism, "How?"

"You’ll see soon enough." Bi Bi said, starting to slowly step back, stopping only when she reached the boundary limit, then stepped forward to accelerate.

"Tap! Tap! Tap!"

Bi Bi’s steps pounded the ground heavily, speed accelerating rapidly, drawing afterimages as she charged towards the stone table.

One step, two steps, three steps...

As she neared the edge of the constraint range, the massive resistance appeared as always, but Bi Bi didn’t give in, her face flushed red as she continued to push forward.

One centimeter, two centimeters, three centimeters...

Bi Bi’s body began to tremble under the tremendous force, her neck slightly twisting amidst the shaking...

The next moment, with a snap, Bi Bi’s neck suddenly broke, her body still standing in place while her head flew off, tracing an arc before it hit the stone table corner with a thud.

"Ah—ugh!"

A painful cry escaped Bi Bi’s mouth as she knocked off the table corner, successfully dissipating the force. Then the remaining momentum sent her rolling onto the table surface, slowly rotating, and finally stopping beside the bread and wine on the stone table.

Richard: "..." He was a bit speechless, never expecting the other party could do such a thing.

Bi Bi’s mouth let out a victorious cheer, even though the back of her head was facing Richard, her smugness was evident just from her voice: "How about it, am I great or what, didn’t I successfully break free of the constraints!

Humph, I told you, there’s no binding me. After so many attempts, I realized your strange energy threads only restricted my torso—the spot where the initial red mist hit. And you mentioning chopping off my head reminded me, I don’t need my whole body to leave the area, just my head. After all... I only need my head to eat."

Richard: "..." Still speechless, he silently picked up the quill to record.

"Scribble, scribble, scribble... The test subject discovered that the blood power extraordinary factor can only restrain part of the body and used a method of body separation to successfully break free. I must say... this method is quite novel but not particularly feasible.

After all, most lifeforms can’t survive with their head separated from their body... However, this also indirectly proves the current method’s shortcomings; the restraint area should be expanded, ideally enveloping the whole body... Additionally, merely bodily restraint isn’t quite secure, adding the other two life force and soul constraints would ensure absolute security..."

"Scribble, scribble, scribble..."