"The main purpose of this class should be clear to all of you: to let you sense mental strength."
"Every being itself possesses mental strength, so why do we need to offer this course?"
"Because—existence needs proof."
"For example, if you placed your left hand in a void, and no matter how you touched around, all you found was emptiness, how would you quickly confirm that your left hand existed?"
"That's right, by making a fist!"
"But what if your left hand itself were half-void, and even making a fist gave you no sensation? What would you do then?"
"Twist it, relying on the nerves within your left hand to sense its existence?"
"But the premise of twisting it is that your left hand has substance. If all you waved around was void, you still wouldn't feel anything."
"We need a medium, a medium that allows our void-like left hand to touch something while also affecting reality."
"That medium is Void Energy."
Mentor Alice's teaching was indeed rather impressive. Her simple yet profound explanation quickly allowed Arro to understand the principles behind sensing mental strength.
But when Arro lowered his head and saw the few key points he had written in his notebook, he froze again.
Why did this seem a little like... kneading dough?
Add a little water, knead and knead, add more water, then knead some more... until the scattered flour was worked into elastic dough.
And if he compared it to the subsequent Basic Elemental Triangle Meditation Technique, wasn't this the whole process of kneading dough, rolling it out, and making dumplings?
Would the next step be to drop them into a pan and fry them until golden on both sides?
But on second thought, it made sense. So much of the so-called high technology from