Energy Magnetic Field

One month later.

After the academy ceremony, the students began their introductory learning courses under the different teaching methods of their respective mentors.

Reilo didn't know how the newly assigned students in the regular classes were learning, but for the past month, under the patient and tireless guidance of his second senior brother, Shatuo, every day for Reilo had been incredibly joyful, fulfilling, and marked by constant progress.

Frog specimens, tadpole specimens, white mouse specimens, passionflower specimens, snake-arum specimens, cockatiel specimens...

In one month, Reilo had personally created over forty specimens of common natural organisms, each preserved in a different manner. For scholars researching the Profound Meaning of Evolution, these specimens were a source of knowledge, the foundation for exploring truth.

Early in the morning, Reilo jogged towards the mentor's building.

Spring had bloomed, and the early spring chill from a month ago was gone.

As the daylight hours lengthened, sunrise came earlier and earlier. Not only did the operating hours of street shops start earlier, but scholars also became more diligent, heading to the teaching buildings or libraries in small groups early in the morning to begin their day's studies.

Although after a month of fulfilling studies, Reilo rushed to the mentor's building early every day and returned to his lodging alone late at night, constantly facing Shatuo's unceasing instruction and not making any other friends, Reilo did not feel lonely.

In fact, Reilo somewhat enjoyed this solitude.

His fulfilling study life occupied all of Reilo's energy and made him feel an unprecedented joy!

A little less than half an hourglass later.

"Phew..."

After finishing the steaming noodles his senior brother Shatuo made day in and day out, his body filled with immense satisfaction. Shatuo, ever diligent, was responsible for washing the dishes, while Reilo took out the Gordian worm specimen he had extracted from a praying mantis the previous night, intending to ask for guidance later.

Gordian worms, also known as horsehair worms, are common parasites found in insects like praying mantises.

In their larval stage, Gordian worms parasitize grasshoppers, praying mantises, and beetles, developing within their hosts and gradually controlling their behavior. Once they mature into adults, their host's body limits their further growth. Simultaneously, for the purpose of reproducing their larvae, they control their host to commit suicide in water, thus completing their life cycle.

"From an insect's perspective, this is truly a terrifying devil!"

Reilo secretly sighed. Shatuo, having finished washing dishes in the kitchen, entered the laboratory and naturally saw Reilo's Gordian worm specimen.

"This is a Gordian worm specimen?"

Shatuo recognized Reilo's specimen and said in surprise, "Junior brother, you seem very interested in parasites. This is already your fourth parasitic specimen. I only started paying attention to parasite research after my graduation assessment."

Reilo felt ashamed. "It was just bad luck. Parasites were dissected from the specimens I caught, so I made them into specimens as well."

Shatuo didn't dwell on it and asked, "Is there any problem with this Gordian worm?"

Reilo pondered. "Senior brother, I want to know, how do Gordian worms control the behavior of their parasitic hosts?"

"Huh?"

Shatuo frowned, looking at Reilo in surprise. After a while, Shatuo slowly said, "Junior brother, your progress amazes me. You've already started contemplating academic questions! That's right, if you can discover its secret and replicate it onto your Energy Magnetic Field, it will be your academic profound meaning. This is the process by which scholars researching the Profound Meaning of Evolution achieve self-evolution!"

"Ah!?"

Reilo hadn't expected his senior brother to praise him so highly.

"However, I haven't researched Gordian worms myself, so I can't answer your question. But it's time to teach you how to master your own Energy Magnetic Field. Once you grasp the Energy Magnetic Field and combine it with your academic research to complete your first academic achievement, you will be a true introductory scholar!"

Shatuo continued excitedly, "You've completed the basic introductory studies in just one month! The mentor will surely be happy when they find out!"

"Really?"

Reilo imagined Mentor Gubo's surprised expression and his words of affirmation upon learning that he had achieved the semester's basic introductory education in just one month. He couldn't help but feel a secret joy.

"En!"

Shatuo was also excited for Reilo.

Over the past month, through constant companionship, Shatuo had truly developed high expectations for his junior brother.

He had to admit that although this junior brother hadn't fully displayed his potential yet, the intelligence and talent he had already shown far surpassed his own past self. He was quick-witted and meticulous, and more importantly, he possessed the same self-discipline as himself.

Perhaps in the future, he might truly have the hope of replacing himself and becoming the second Wushuang, making the mentor proud!

Thinking of the mentor's excitement and happiness at that time, a happy curve appeared on Shatuo's lips, and he looked at Reilo with even greater admiration and affection.

"Junior brother, since you already have academic awareness, let's begin the final step of basic learning today: the Energy Magnetic Field."

"Okay!"

Reilo excitedly put away the Gordian worm specimen and took out the Ice Fire Bird Notebook, his cheeks flushing red with excitement.

Shatuo looked at Reilo's excited expression and smiled, "Junior brother, there's no need to be so anxious. The Energy Magnetic Field is what commoners call magic. Mastering a level-zero Energy Magnetic Field isn't difficult at all. It's something everyone possesses; it just needs correct guidance. Moreover, being under the energy vortex of the Scholar's Tower makes it even easier!"

Saying that, Shatuo took out an ordinary energy crystal and handed it to Reilo.

Reilo took the energy crystal, a look of confusion on his face.

"Senior brother, what for?"

Although it was just an ordinary energy crystal, as long as its energy wasn't depleted, this crystal could easily be sold for more than one gold coin.

Why was his senior brother giving him such a precious crystal?

"Junior brother, close your eyes and feel with your heart."

"Okay."

Reilo agreed, closed his eyes, and after a while, his breathing gradually stabilized, as if he were sensing the energy crystal in his hand with his heart.

"Junior brother, do you feel it?"

"It seems... yes!"

After a moment of surprise, Reilo exclaimed with unbelievable excitement, "I can feel the abundant energy within it! Like... a fireball, so dazzling in the darkness! Wait, no, not darkness, there are some light spots around, but these light spots are all moving towards that direction..."

Reilo opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the light spots he had just sensed, exclaiming in surprise, "It's the Scholar's Tower, the Grand Royal Institute!"

What Reilo sensed was precisely the energy vortex at the top of the tower in the academy's inner court!

"That's right."

Shatuo was not surprised by Reilo's reaction.

"The Scholar's Tower forcibly pulls energy from nature through a special method, forming an energy vortex to supply all the scholars in the academy. The energy crystals saved by the academy each year are countless! Compared to the energy vortex of the Scholar's Tower, the energy in this crystal is like a firefly under the bright moon, not worth mentioning."

Reilo pursed his lips and asked, "Then how do we form our own Energy Magnetic Field?"

"Junior brother, it seems you haven't truly understood the meaning of Energy Magnetic Field! In fact, each of us is a magnetic field. Not just people, any creature, any substance, its way of existence is a manifestation of a 'field'. We just need to make our magnetic field absorb the ubiquitous energy, just like breathing!"

Like breathing?

Reilo closed his eyes again.

Under Shatuo's guidance, Reilo trained his Energy Magnetic Field with all his might, as if he saw a vast, boundless starry sky, saw his own insignificance, and tried his best to inhale the light spots around him.

Hoo, hoo, hoo.

Suddenly!

An indescribable oppressive force, like the pressure of falling into the deep sea, pressed in on Reilo from all directions, making even breathing difficult.

"Junior brother, are you feeling the pressure of this world? Don't be afraid. This is because your Energy Magnetic Field has not yet been converted by a medium partner, causing the world to instinctively reject it. You just need to get used to it."

Sweat dripped from Reilo's forehead, and he remembered Orn's words.

For scholars, it seemed as if they were being rejected by the entire world.

"Senior brother, why is this happening?"

Reilo asked, confused, in pain.

Shatuo shook his head.

"This... I don't know either. Currently, we only know that humans have this characteristic, being out of sync with nature, which makes their evolutionary path exceptionally bumpy."

Turning his thoughts, Shatuo cast aside his worries and exclaimed excitedly, "Junior brother, since you can sense the Energy Magnetic Field smoothly, and before you have a medium partner, you just need to train and accumulate more on your own to complete your first academic achievement as soon as possible. You will be a true Enlightenment Scholar. Let's quickly tell the mentor this good news!"

Shatuo's face was full of longing, as if he could see the stern and rigid mentor Gubo showing a surprised and satisfied smile upon hearing the news.