Chapter 25 The Calm Before the Storm

"Dear father and mother, when you see this message, I may have already been dragged onto the operating table as a test subject. Of course, don't be sad. After all, as a family, there's a high probability that you will also be dragged onto the operating table as test subjects. I believe we will be reunited soon..."

To be honest, after hearing the devastating "news" brought by Amy and confirming that the person was himself, this was Jie Ming's subconscious reaction.

From then on, his life was like sitting on the guillotine, waiting for the knife to fall at any moment.

After all, he became the "mysterious apprentice who alarmed the academy"!

Benjamin thought that the wizards in the academy would come to him immediately, ask him about the source of his materials, and question him about his alchemy teacher.

Even the most serious thing was that they directly discovered the problem with his power system and arrested him on the spot for research.

As for escaping, forget it. Based on these two months of study, Benjamin basically knows how exaggerated the combat effectiveness of Norton Academy is.

As the supreme leader guarding the Noren 13 plane and dozens of surrounding small planes, the dean of Noren Academy is a seventh-level wizard.

The instructors of the various schools under his command are basically all fourth-level wizards. As for those first- and second-level wizards who stay in the school for a short period of rest and accumulation, their number is countless.

And he, Jieming, the owner of the Dao Book Pavilion, has reached the second level of Qi Refining.

So after this incident, Benjamin had completely given up the idea of ​​resisting and escaping, and instead began to organize his words in his mind, intending to confess everything as soon as someone found out about the problem, and then seek "asylum".

"I just hope that those who come to arrest me will give me a chance to explain myself."

Various possibilities flashed through Benjamin's mind, making him wait for the upcoming trial in fear.

However, half a month passed and everything was calm.

The workshop is still the boring and busy workshop, Instructor Clark is still the expressionless instructor, Amy is still chattering about the latest gossip, and Victor is still calculating the tasks meticulously.

No wizard, not even the senior apprentices, showed any special attention to him.

This made Benjamin a little puzzled.

"Could it be that... occasionally inventing a special material won't attract the attention of the academy?" Benjamin couldn't help but start to convince himself in his heart.

It's not impossible.

After all, not only in the previous life, but even in the wizarding world, the study of materials science is like an unfathomable "sinkhole".

Apart from discovering naturally occurring exotic materials in other dimensions, it is incredibly difficult to discover a new material with extremely special properties by purely relying on the recombination, purification, and synthesis of existing materials.

Among these, seven points depend on profound knowledge and theoretical foundation, three points depend on unremitting efforts and repeated experiments... and the remaining ninety points, which are the most important, depend on fate.

So, a wizard apprentice, relying on talent or pure luck, accidentally comes up with a particularly amazing material... Theoretically, this kind of thing doesn't seem completely impossible, right?

Benjamin hypnotized himself like this, but his actions did not relax at all.

The internal circulation system in his body was running non-stop, completely sealing off his own aura and not letting any fluctuations belonging to the immortal cultivator leak out.

In order to prevent the wizards from taking any possible measures of mind control or soul infiltration, he even carefully used alchemy to coat the surface of his body with a protective film that was almost impossible to detect with the naked eye using the remaining little bit of refined gold.

In fact, Benjamin also knew that these measures were just to give himself psychological comfort.

If the senior wizards in the academy really had doubts about him and wanted to get to the bottom of it, they had the means and power to penetrate all his disguises.

He is like a small boat on the eve of a storm, calm on the surface but turbulent inside, always ready to face the huge waves that may come at any time.

Just as he was living in such a fearful daily life, the "storm" did not come, but an accident suddenly broke out.

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In the public class that afternoon, Benjamin was doing a basic exercise in the alchemy workshop to grind composite materials into a standard shape.

To increase the difficulty, several apprentices used an old "elemental dust separator" nearby - a device used to separate particles of specific elements from air or materials - to enchant the composite materials used for practice.

Suddenly, a shrill alarm sounded!

Beep...beep...beep...

Jieming's heart skipped a beat. This was a warning of equipment overload or failure!

Subconsciously extending his mental power to the machine, he captured the core rune of the old separator. A flow of energy instantly got out of control, forming energy congestion and turbulence.

At the same time, a stream of highly corrosive gray dust, accompanied by turbulent energy, spread out in all directions like a tide!

"Be careful!" Benjamin shouted almost instinctively, and his body reacted before his brain.

He retreated suddenly and leaped behind the nearest heavy support pillar as nimbly as a cheetah.

As he retreated, he saw Amy out of the corner of his eye not far from the separator. She was looking at the equipment blankly, as if she had not yet reacted.

His right hand shot out subconsciously like lightning, grabbed Amy's arm, and pulled her backwards with irresistible force.

Amy screamed, and was pulled by Benjamin, causing her to lose her balance and almost be dragged behind the supporting column.

Immediately afterwards, a gray mist visible to the naked eye spread out with the separator as the center!

"ah!!"

"My hand! It hurts!"

"What the hell is this!"

The apprentices who didn't have time to evacuate completely let out screams of pain.

Although the corrosive dust did not cover a large area, its effect was terrifying. The moment it touched the skin, it began to corrode the flesh and blood, emitting bursts of green smoke and a sizzling sound!

Some apprentices were even swept by the chaotic energy flow while dodging, and fell to the ground with convulsions.

For a moment, the scene was filled with chaos and panic.

Benjamin hid behind a pillar to avoid a wave of energy erosion. Seeing the gray fog spreading towards the entire room, he couldn't help but frowned.

The separator was still sounding the alarm, and the energy fluctuations were becoming more and more violent.

The knowledge he had accumulated during this period allowed him to quickly understand the core rune structure of the device and the trajectory of the uncontrolled energy flow.

He saw several key energy congestion nodes and knew that if he didn't act quickly, he would face a complete explosion of the equipment or a larger-scale leak!

"trouble!"

(End of this chapter)