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Perhaps it was because her journey through the dream world had left her with too many beautiful memories, and after confirming she would never see her friends Hans and Mary again, Rosaline fell into a long period of melancholy upon returning to reality.

She lost interest in going out to explore. Besides diligently studying runes, the most she did each day was lean back in a chair on the estate, tilt her head up, and stare blankly at the ruins of the Black Tower towering into the clouds beside her.

Ivette didn't offer much in the way of comfort, understanding it was a normal emotional response. However, sometimes she would accompany Rosaline to the ruined dome on the top floor of the Black Tower to look out at the post-apocalyptic scenery of Ish City, allowing her to feel the unique atmosphere of destruction and rebirth.

And so, four months passed.

As Ish Island transitioned from late summer to early winter, Ivette finally gained a preliminary mastery of the "Elemental Decay Completion Technology" and began repairing the salvaged junk like elemental capacitors and storage boards.

The repair process was quite lengthy, mainly due to the intricate details of the technology. A slight misstep could lead to errors during the repair, rendering the battery useless. After successively ruining four or five large storage boards, one finally completed the elemental replenishment and restored its original state—a massive 200 Mana Points, salvaged from beneath a Magitech Motorcycle, nearly a third of Ivette's total.

With this, her initial ambition was finally realized.

Yes!

From now on, she could finally use the Electric Net to electrocute those little vegetable thieves!

Rosaline, however, was quite resistant to this. She didn't mind encircling the estate with it, considering it a defense against Aberrations. But electrifying the vegetable garden was too lethal for small animals, and she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Yet, she couldn't disobey her teacher's command. For a period afterward, whenever she saw the charred bodies of small squirrels, kittens, or certain birds appear by the vegetable garden, she could only sadly bury them, planting a wooden stick as a cenotaph. Over time, this resulted in cenotaphs scattered throughout various corners of the estate, making it resemble a cemetery, which Ivette found quite unsightly.

Of course, for Rosaline, there were also many advantages now that her teacher had mastered the element replenishment technology.

For instance, the most direct benefit was that the estate no longer suffered intermittent power outages. At night, streetlights could be lit up within the estate and even on the safe zone streets outside. In winter, they even had a fan heater, eliminating the need to wear thick clothes and occasionally warm themselves with magic.

If the dream hadn't ended so quickly, preventing her from saving enough money to purchase more professional literature, Rosaline even suspected her teacher could manually repair high-tech equipment like magic mechas and Mechanical Puppets, single-handedly recreating the peak technologies of the Origin Civilization.

Indeed, she had never doubted that her teacher was an unparalleled genius.

Another year of harsh winter arrived. On a morning in perhaps January or early February, a rare and severe blizzard struck Ish Island. The strong winds whipped up drifts of snow, painting the world in a chaotic, leaden white.

However, for the teacher and disciple, who could now use the fan heater for extended periods without worrying about power outages, this blizzard had lost its usual destructive power.

Ivette sat comfortably by the floor-to-ceiling window in the first-floor living room, enveloped in the warmth from the fan heater. White steam rose from the black tea in her porcelain teacup. She gazed at the howling wind and snow outside, the world seemingly turned upside down, and contentedly sipped her tea with a leisurely air.

A while later, when Rosaline came downstairs to prepare lunch for her teacher at the usual time, Ivette suddenly called her over and transmitted three brand-new techniques into her Magic Guide Terminal.

"Teacher, what are these..."

"Three new medium-sized spells. They haven't been optimized yet, but their structures are finalized. Your ring still has plenty of new storage space, so record them and start learning them ahead of time." Ivette took a sip of tea, her gaze still fixed on the swirling snow outside.

These were three new magic formations she had designed after visiting the Origin Civilization, combined with new ideas and inspirations discovered online. Their specifications were around 50,000, making them true medium-sized magic.

Of course, she could also design higher specifications, 100,000, or even challenge the million-level super-specifications.

But it was pointless, as they couldn't be used.

And this led to another crucial module of the Magic Guide Terminal: the "Rune Point Cache."

This was a special module connected to the "Elemental Chip" within the terminal. Much like a graphics card's VRAM, it directly locked the maximum spell specification a terminal could unleash.

The ring Rosaline was currently using was the complete version of the "Sky Ring y2," repaired by professionals in the dream world. It was a high-end Magic Ring with a full 120,000 space, but its Rune Point Cache was only capped at 60,000.

Therefore, any spell exceeding 60,000 specifications was simply not worth considering.

Even Ivette's new high-end ring, the "Black Tower S3," which she bought in the dream world even earlier than the "Elemental Decay Completion Technology" for 30,000 credit points, only offered a 60,000 Rune Point Cache and 150,000 storage space. At 30,000 credit points, it was already the highest tier in civilian terminals, illustrating the strict technological blockade in the industry.

However, this was normal. If all legally circulating Magic Guide Terminals on the market could easily unleash large-scale spells exceeding 100,000 specifications, how would military-grade equipment be differentiated and sold at high prices?

This was also why the performance rating of spell arts was so important when making transactions with the Welder. It was because, in many cases, the gangs didn't have the conditions to unleash large-scale spell arts and could only rely on the quality of medium and small-scale spell arts.

Prioritizing cooking lunch for her teacher, Rosaline only sat down at the dining table after lunch, washed the dishes, and wiped the water from her hands with a rag. With excitement, she began to examine the three new spell formations her teacher had given her.

In terms of user experience, the "Ice, Fire, Wind, Thunder" four great techniques, having been honed to near perfection, were already quite effective and could be used in most combat scenarios.

Even so, these three newly developed medium-sized spell formations caused Rosaline's eyes to focus, and she felt immense excitement.

First was the first new technique—Regeneration Pump!

Simply put, it was a powerful self-recovery spell. Previously, Ivette had also developed a similar "Vitality Technique," and this was essentially an upgrade to the "Vitality Technique." In addition to enhanced self-recovery, it would also manifest an external regenerative heart that would draw blood flowing from wounds and pump it back into the body, thus preventing various weaknesses caused by excessive blood loss.

Next was the second new spell—Scarlet Armor!

This was a protective spell that enhanced physical defense. After use, numerous dark red runes would appear on the skin's surface, and the body's resistance would greatly increase. It offered high resistance to both pure physical damage and special damage from high or low temperatures, effectively preventing her skin from being scratched by sneak attacks from Aberrations, leading to a meaningless death.

Finally, the third new spell—Muscle Unlimit!

Like the Scarlet Armor, this was a self-enhancement spell, but it leaned towards offense. Upon activation, it could significantly increase one's strength, stamina, and even reaction speed. If combined with the Scarlet Armor, it could directly transform her into a melee mage, tearing low-level Aberrations apart on the spot.

However, the drawback was that both Muscle Unlimit and Scarlet Armor consumed 20 Mana Points each use, with a duration of 10 minutes. For Rosaline, whose Mana Points had just reached 45, choosing this melee mage combination would render the traditional Ice, Fire, Wind, Thunder four great magic arts almost unusable.

Therefore, she could only hope that her teacher would quickly complete the optimization of the mana consumption ratio for these three magic formations and invest more effort in meditation.

Once her Mana Points were sufficient in the future, activating Scarlet Armor and Muscle Unlimit simultaneously while casting the Ice, Fire, Wind, Thunder four great elemental spells would allow her to basically walk unhindered on the island, wouldn't it? At that time, she could explore more dangerous areas on the island with her teacher.