A 'Self' Made of Three in One

After returning to the shelter, Lan Qingyou immediately spread out a ten-meter-by-ten-meter square sheet of white paper.

Then she quickly recorded everything she had just seen.

Every symbol, ring, and connecting line—she recorded them all without missing a thing.

It was a huge undertaking.

So it wasn't until that evening that Lan Qingyou had roughly finished recording everything she had seen.

Although the entire Magic Array was still being excavated, and there were many places that hadn't been uncovered yet,

there might be more symbols like [Fire Wine].

But even the slightest clue was worth investigating to Lan Qingyou.

And so,

after finishing the drawing, Lan Qingyou began her research.

She was still using paper to try drawing the Magic Array.

But two days later... that attempt was declared a failure, too.

"Why?"

Sitting at the Magic Desk, Lan Qingyou folded her arms and fell into thought as she looked at the largest Magic Array in front of her.

She had tried quite a few things over the past two days,

but every attempt had failed without exception.

She had thought her earlier line of thinking was interesting, and might even be a breakthrough.

But it was clear that this idea probably wasn't a breakthrough at all.

Or perhaps it really was a breakthrough, but that didn't mean she could get through it so easily.

Now, though, she had no ideas left.

She had no idea what exactly to do next.

That was the most fatal part.

"Sigh..."

Lan Qingyou sighed, then reached for a sheet of paper beside her.

It showed the latest version of the Magic Array she had just tried drawing.

But when she activated it, the Magic Paper had burned straight through, proving that the attempt had failed.

The reason Magic Paper burned when an attempt