Chapter 379
Although...
While "showing affection" in an ideal world may not have much impact on reality, who can treat such a real world as a mere game?
Not to mention, all those other Magical Girl also go online! What's the difference between this self-disclosure and treating the other Magical Girl as props for your own amusement?
After a moment of contemplation, Little Sakura's pure heart was tormented. She secretly resolved that she must not collude with Charlotte, otherwise she would inevitably suffer the consequences of this.
Charlotte continued:
"Big news would be even better! We could turn the tour into a wedding ceremony and have a nationwide wedding procession!"
The Pure White Witch pursed her lips in embarrassment. She couldn't take it anymore. If Charlotte continued talking, the nature of the matter would change from "unwilling to participate in the pilgrimage" to "unwilling to marry everyone"!
With a stern face, Chu Yuanqing simply covered the Saintess's soft, pink lips with her small hand, physically sealing off that alluring little mouth.
Then, the girl's gaze met Charlotte's innocent, blinking eyes. She hesitated for a moment, then lowered her golden eyes, brought her lips close to Charlotte's earlobe, and whispered softly:
"Let me think about it some more, okay?"
Chu Yuanqing didn't specify which matter it was, saying he would think about it again.
But the tickling breaths near her ear still made Charlotte's earlobes blush like rouge. Her mind was dizzy, and her chest was filled with strange emotions. She nodded as if possessed.
Chu Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief and stopped covering Charlotte's mouth.
The Saintess was in a daze for a long time before she came to her senses. She felt that Qing Bao was too cunning, actually using her beauty to bewitch her. She rubbed her cheeks angrily, said "I'm going to the temple to find Xiao Shu", and hurriedly left the villa.
Xie Qingxuan said thoughtfully:
"Charlotte is shy, that's so rare."
Tang Liuli looked up blankly, rubbed her cheek against Qing Bao's thigh, and subconsciously replied:
"Huh? Does Charlotte even get shy?"
"Xiao Qing has indeed become a qualified bad woman."
After thinking for a moment, Little Sakura also felt that Charlotte couldn't be blamed; the blame lay with Qing Bao for being too succubus. She sighed:
"There's no other way; sincerity is a sure-fire way to win over Xiao Qing."
Chu Yuanqing listened to the Little Idol's evaluations of him with a sense of bewilderment, and began to ponder a question.
The question is, should she grant everyone's wish and go on the pilgrimage as the Divine Emperor?
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Time flies.
While there's still no official confirmation regarding the Divine Emperor's pilgrimage, the Little Idol's training camp has already officially begun.
The teachers at Saint Roland Academy no longer had the capacity to teach more than three thousand students, but before the Emperor could even issue a decree, powerful and renowned mages from across the empire spontaneously volunteered to apply for the position.
Among them are retired, indifferent to worldly affairs, National Level professors registered in the intelligent system, as well as mages who have fought against the army of divine abominations, killed millions with war magic, and possess titles and unique spells. It can be said that there are many talented people here.
Therefore, before the Magical Girl have even finished arranging classes and courses, there are already hundreds or even thousands of qualified magicians who have signed up to be teachers, enough to quickly establish a one-on-one teaching model.
The actual training camp lasts 15 days, but because the time flow is almost ten times faster, everyone can stay there for less than 150 days, roughly half a year.
So, how to make good use of this time, in a balanced way, to maintain her original Idol Power while learning magic, became Astrid's main task.
Although dance skills can be restored to their original level through extra practice, the debuff of being away from the trainee life for half a year and not performing on stage for half a year is not so easy to erase.
The final solution reached was to have the Divine Sentient Body establish a "media agency" within the Empire, and to have Dream Weaver Rabbit bring back equipment to build a think tank that could freely select dance music, as well as various tools and supplies.
Then, excluding the Magical Girl who weren't participants in "Flash Dance," the remaining Little Idol were grouped into their original teams. Depending on the situation, several groups were further divided into classes, where they received education and studied, engaging in even fiercer competition!
First, students can earn credits from attending classes, completing assignments, quizzes, weekly tests, and monthly exams. The top 30 classes in terms of credits in the first month will be able to debut through an agency and begin Idol Activities in the Empire, with opportunities to perform on stage every week.
As for the other classes, the top student in their group can also debut, but the rest who are left out can only wait for next month's ranking.
Dream Weaver Rabbit is very skilled at this classic competition mechanism, turning the training camp back into the flavor of "Flash Dance". It makes Chu Yuanqing feel like Liang Xiaoxiao used to practice to death, Xie Qingxuan could spend 12 hours a day in the competition, not to mention the other Little Idol.
However, unlike the previous wolf-like mechanisms that were purely about selection, elimination, and honing skills, the core reason for this system is to ensure that everyone maintains their Idol Power.
So, while it appears very shrewd on the surface, there are many hidden reward mechanisms that ensure all the Magical Girl will debut within three months—a very cunning operation.
Therefore, Chu Yuanqing granted Dream Weaver partial control over the intelligent entity, allowing the other party to act as the producer and be responsible for the trivial matters related to the debut, while she herself began to fulfill the duties of the head instructor.
Because of the time constraint, she created three Magic Clones.
One of them was responsible for beating up the other Captain-Class Witch, just like he was beating up Xiaoyu.
Yes, it's a very simple principle. No matter what you want to teach, if it's related to combat, you can't go wrong by first giving someone a beating. You can always learn something from the pressure of being so close to life and death.
The captains after Xie Qingyu are even more fortunate, because with the power of the Divine Sentient Body - the Giant Thought Tree - the [Morpheus's Magic Mirror] is infinitely enhanced in the Ideal State, to the point that it can be exaggerated to perfectly deceive the gods.
In other words, even legendary mages like the Three Tower Masters would become puppets within this spell, as would the other Captain-Class.
This illusion, which transcends mere illusions, is perfect as a training tool, and can even compensate for the shortcomings of some Magical Girl who cannot [fully bloom], cannot use [Full Bloom], and cannot die hundreds of times at will.
After discovering this effect of the Divine Sentient Body, the Pure White Witch was overjoyed, as if she had found a treasure.
Then, just like placing the essence of the [Morpheus's Magic Mirror] spell into the Mirror Tree, she placed the magic mirror in the temple's mental root system, directly linking it to the Golden Sea.
Therefore, the Magic Element Corridor was responsible for providing energy, while the Intelligent Will, according to Qing Bao's request, and referring to a large amount of practical data from beating up Captain-Class Witch, wove levels of varying difficulty into it and inserted Pure White Witch of different stages.
Easy Mode: Wielding Mercury Sword, the Song of Silver and Tin begins to play. Only Melee Combat is allowed, other spells are disabled, and the Magic Threshold is set to [Lamp]. This mode is recommended for Magical Girl at the [Lighting Up] stage.
Normal Mode: The Mercury Sword is unlocked and reconstructed, the Mirror Tree is rooted in the ground, [Mirror Reversal] marks are scattered throughout the air, various [Silver Mirror] series spells are unlocked, the Magic Threshold is set to [Pool], recommended for Magical Girl in the [Flower Bloom] stage.
After that, there is a hard mode suitable for the [Full Bloom] challenge, a hell mode adapted for Captain-Class Witch, and a martial god mode specially developed for children like Liang Xiaoxiao who "want to learn" Qing Bao's special skills.
The Pure White Witch spent 37 hours successfully creating a heartwarming virtual combat system. Its realism is even higher than the system combining the [Celestial Instrument] and Dream Weaver from the Countermeasures Bureau, perfectly making up for the predicament of having no one to help with training when she was not around.
Using this as a branch, the Divine Sentient Body freely created more levels, and within two days, it was initially opened to Magical Girl in the temple, introducing a ranking system, credit rewards, and daily tasks.
He single-handedly cast a heavy shadow over the future lives of these children.
That night, Saint Roland...
The White Chalk Tower, the laboratory.
The girl's leaden gray hair, streaked with white, was tied in a ponytail. Her delicate face was strikingly beautiful, and her spiraling gray eyes reflected a very special blood-red starry sky.
Liang Xiaoxiao was unaware that her teacher had already prepared a nightmare for her. Lost in the scene hidden within the tall spire, she murmured:
"Teacher Chu, is this... really true?"
Chu Yuanqing did not answer. She snapped her fingers, and a "star" fell from the sky. It carried enormous kinetic energy but made no sound. Amidst the colorful and bizarre hues, it silently traced a path and fell in front of the two of them.
At close range,
Liang Xiaoxiao also saw the true appearance of the "star": the translucent Magic Element formed an irregular circle, like a layer of crystal membrane, enveloping the lifelike and ferocious monster inside.
Chu Yuanqing explained:
"Yes, every single star is one. These are living specimens that Dilia retrieved and captured from the Black Tide using Time Magic, and frozen in time."
"I instructed the intelligent entity to select the category suitable for you, and then removed individuals from the Disaster God sequence, leaving 79 types of Calamity Beasts as the foundation for your genetic advancement."
The girl was terrified. Her will had been tempered and was more resilient than that of ordinary people, but even now, recalling the experience of fusing with the Blood Throat Gene still brings terrifying phantom pain to her brain, and she occasionally has related nightmares.
This experience of repeatedly breaking down and recombining genes, altering the nature of the soul, destroying, regenerating, and replacing all flesh and bones is something that normal people cannot endure.
After experiencing it once, Liang Xiaoxiao didn't cry and ask to quit. Instead, she chose to continue practicing the path of a knight, which can be described as excellent. However, she still couldn't imagine what kind of resolve it would take to fuse with the genes of 79 different Calamity Beasts.
The little girl swallowed hard and asked in a dry voice:
"Teacher Chu, didn't you say that gene fusion should be approached with caution, and that rash evolution could lead to the collapse of the gene chain, turning one into a true monster?"
Chu Yuanqing readily admitted it, and then continued:
"I also said, don't let the quality and quantity of the disaster rise to a point where even Holy Radiance can't control it."
"That's all correct. That's precisely why I want you to integrate more of the genes of the Calamity Beasts here."
Liang Xiaoxiao didn't understand the logic for a moment, so she honestly asked:
I didn't understand.
Chu Yuanqing's eyes shone with a warm, golden light. She smiled, her pink lips curving upwards, and replied:
"Before we entered, I told you that the Utopia is special. It is both illusion and reality, a secret realm of time born from coincidence and miracle."
"Therefore, unlike outside, you have more opportunities to try and fail."
Liang Xiaoxiao seemed to understand but not quite, and she said straightforwardly:
"But I only have one life here. If the fusion fails, I'll die."
Chu Yuanqing gave an example:
"It's different. In the Ideal Kingdom, whether it's the genes of the Calamity Beasts or the Holy Radiance you gain from absorbing Magic Element, they are essentially gifts given to you by this Secret Realm of Time."
"They are first nothingness, things that do not exist, then they are Magic Element and other things. The process is from nothing to something, and each redemption consumes an equal amount of chips."
The Pure White Witch stated bluntly:
"And I can give you the right to choose whether or not you want it."
"If the fused gene is determined to be defective, unsuitable, or imperfect, then it should not manifest. Repeat this process until the end."
"Therefore, this is the dreamlike place most suitable for the birth of a knight."
Liang Xiaoxiao was somewhat taken aback upon hearing this.
If she remembered correctly, the collapse of the ideal state was inevitable.
In other words, if she misses this six-month intensive training opportunity, even if she has the awareness to do so in the future, she won't have the means to try and fail in such a luxurious way.
On the other hand, even if Chu Yuanqing didn't say it, she understood how many obstacles and crises she would encounter on the path of developing the system. Without the help of the ideal country, she didn't know how many times she would have to risk her life to succeed.
Memories flashed through the girl's mind: the helplessness she felt when she first encountered the Calamity Beasts, the images of her friend's severed limbs and the blood mist filling the sky, being chased by the black tide, and the perilous escape she barely managed to step into the teleportation array by relying on the flesh and blood walls formed by others.
The last image that lingered in my mind was of a group of friends learning magic in the temple, clearly separated from her, as if they were on two separate paths, a scene of interwoven light and shadow, a contrast of light and shadow.
Giving up is easy, of course. Even if you choose to back down, someone as gentle as Teacher Chu probably wouldn't say much. But if you really do that, you'll probably be left behind by others very quickly.
Not to mention the captain and Xiaozhu, even Wutong and Bao'er have shown exceptional talent in manipulating Magic Element and constructing spells, earning praise from the instructors who came to teach them.
But she was different. Absorbing Magic Element could not amplify her Holy Radiance much, and constructing spells was like listening to a book written in heaven, as if an infant was listening to advanced mathematics.
The [Flow State] realm she entered through Chu Yuanqing only allowed her to unexpectedly take a few more steps, enabling her to stand outside the halls where geniuses reside and glimpse their world.
As it turns out, all the contestants selected to enter the ideal world possessed talents that she lacked, and to squeeze into their world, one had to put in much more effort and pay a higher price.
Rather, she should feel fortunate that Teacher Chu was willing to give her the opportunity to pay the price.
"I can do it anytime."
Chu Yuanqing was unaware of the child's inner thoughts, only receiving this crisp and decisive answer. She turned to look at Xiaoxiao's face and nodded:
"No need to rush. The Imperial Laboratory is still in the process of being implemented. Once you are more familiar with this power and make Holy Radiance stronger, you can try it here. At that time, the Intelligence System will assist you."
After speaking, she continued to show Liang Xiaoxiao around the magical laboratory, requiring her to come every day for blood sampling. She then left her Magic Clone to supervise the training, while her main body left the White Chalk Tower and returned to her residence.
Chu Yuanqing walked into the master bedroom and sat on the velvet sofa. Her slender white fingers unbuttoned her clothes, took off the Saint Roland student council special suit, and also took off her fatigue.
The girl lowered her eyes languidly and relaxed, brushing aside a few strands of white hair clinging to her cheek with her fingertips. She picked up a cup of rose tea, steaming hot and meant for relaxation, from the coffee table, took a sip, and whispered:
"It's finally over."
The Morpheus system can solve most of her training problems.
Liang Xiaoxiao also customized a training plan and the ultimate goal of the training camp. The former focuses on familiarizing oneself with the disaster energy, mastering oneself, and integrating genes through trial and error, while the latter is a simplified version of passing Morpheus.
Chu Yuanqing only needs to come back from time to time to check on the progress, just like tending sheep; he can be a hands-off manager with peace of mind.
It's worth mentioning that the Little Idol all stay in the ideal world.
Charlotte will take her place and debut with everyone in the Empire, touring together. Currently, the five of them are nominally in the same class, but they basically don't attend classes.
The reason is that the great Pure Emperor chose to capture the three tower masters and have them take turns teaching Little Cotton-padded Jacket, so she naturally doesn't need to attend regular classes.
As for the others, Charlotte's identity is that of an Arbitrator, and even the Tower Master is not qualified to teach her. Little Sakura, Xuan Bao, and Liuli are all studying their own Destined Magic and will become good students in a while.
Yes, Xie Qingxuan has successfully Flower Bloom. The Soul Flower is a beautiful bouquet of golden tulips, Flower Language symbolize glory, victory, and beauty, representing brilliant success and perfectly matching her personality.
But subtly, the colors of her magic and the Soul Flower are completely opposite; the former is pure black, while the latter is golden.
Chu Yuanqing's thoughts were in turmoil. As she smelled the aroma of rose tea, her mind became increasingly muddled, as if she had fallen onto a snowflake. Her eyelids drooped, and her consciousness gradually faded.
And just as I was falling asleep,
A series of thumping sounds came from outside the door.
The Pure White Witch suddenly awoke, dazed, and put down the porcelain cup that was about to spill tea. She watched as the Golden-Maned Princess in a jet-black dress entered the room, sat down naturally beside her, and subconsciously sniffed the fragrance on her body—it was the scent of tulips.