"Who is he?"
Thomas finally couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart and asked in a low voice.
It was obvious that he was asking about the identity of the strange old wizard. Zhang Yu turned his head and gave him a reproachful look, as if he thought his question was a bit presumptuous.
Lao Yao flicked his pipe disapprovingly, scattered a few ash, and lazily blew out a few smoke rings: "That old man? Just call him Master Baoyangzi... He is a person from the 'relevant department' of the First University, specializing in
Responsible for some 'related matters' involving dimension fluctuations."
After saying that, he pursed his lips and blew out a stream of blue-white smoke. The large and small smoke rings he had exhaled before moved back and forth dexterously on this white stream, as if they were playing with a nine-ring chain.
But the two teaching assistants obviously ignored the professor's little game - even if they were as calm as Zhang Yu, they could not easily ignore what the professor just said.
"Involving dimensional fluctuations?" Thomas swallowed quietly, looked around carefully, and asked in a low voice: "Is it related to 'those spells'?"
There are many spells involving dimensional fluctuations, but they can be handled by "relevant departments" that don't even have names. Only the legendary "forbidden spells" have this honor.
Being able to serve as teaching assistants at First University, Thomas and Zhang Yu were naturally not stupid people, so they immediately understood the professor's unfinished intentions.
"How much do you know about the 'relevant departments'?" Lao Yao blew out a few more smoke rings, hung them on Bai Lian, smacked his lips, and sighed: "Old man, old man, he is so stiff even when playing circles."
Thomas subconsciously ignored the professor's words.
He and Zhang Yu looked at each other, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said quickly: "Everyone said that there is a 'Forbidden Curse Management Committee' in the school, which is directly under the principal's office and is responsible for managing the school's four forbidden curses.
…”
"Some people also say that it is the 'Five Paths'. In addition to the four colleges, the principal himself has also developed a forbidden spell." Zhang Yu added softly from the side: "Of course, these are just rumors."
Thomas intervened and continued: "It is said that only senior researchers who have studied in four research institutes for more than thirty years have the opportunity to receive an invitation letter from this committee to participate in the improvement and research and development activities of the 'Forbidden Curse'." [~...￥￥
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"Those recruited researchers will remain anonymous from now on, becoming a 'nameless person', spending their whole lives in the process of exploring the 'reality'." At this point, Zhang Yu suddenly paused, hesitated, and then spoke again.
: "I don't know if you have any impression of the name Terry Duzem. He was a very famous genius alchemist more than 20 years ago. Some people say that he was specially recruited to work in the 'Forbidden Curse Management Committee'
, became an 'unknown person'."
Old Yao bit his pipe, squinted, and stared at the distorting and melting building in the red light. He paid attention to the old wizard, the big fox, and the black-robed researchers inside, and listened to the words of the two assistant teachers beside him.
'Rumors'.
After a long time, when all the 'rumors' in the stomachs of the two young assistant teachers were emptied, the dean of Jiuyou College lazily shook Bai Lian in front of him and looked at the smoke rings dangling above,
He breathed out: "Rumors are often more complicated and exciting than the truth."
Before the two assistant teachers could fully understand the meaning of this sentence, he blew away the 'nine rings of smoke rings' in front of him in one breath and said: "You guys were all guessing what you said before, I didn't say anything...
…And I don’t know which ‘those spells’ you mentioned before.”
As he spoke, he patted Thomas on the shoulder with a smile, then turned to look at another young assistant coach with gray hair, and added:
"Zhang Yu, you are an honest person. If you want to testify for me, I didn't say anything... The safety affairs committee of the school working committee has a very good nose. If it touches sensitive words even slightly, it will be locked up. No. 404 Black Guy
I have to write an inspection of tens of thousands of words, and maybe I have to delete some memories on my own initiative to get it out... It's very troublesome."
The gray-haired assistant smiled bitterly and closed his mouth completely.
"But, but," Thomas stared with wide eyes, but for a long time, until the corner of his eye swept the red light next to him, he finally thought of another breakthrough: "Today's accident must be related to dimensional fluctuations! As the accident scene
Members of the investigation team, we have the responsibility to figure out the ins and outs of this matter."
Noticing Professor Yao's raised eyebrows, Thomas immediately added: "...before the First University Security Affairs Committee or other 'relevant departments' prohibit us from investigating... we still have this responsibility."
Old Yao glanced at him, put the pipe into his mouth again, and said vaguely: "You are so clever... It's a shame that you have stayed in Starry Sky Academy for so long and didn't develop your brain into muscles... It's true that every generation is worse than the last."
Thomas chuckled and rubbed the tip of his nose, pretending that Lao Yao's comment was a compliment to him.
Maybe it's because the state 'inside' is normal and there's plenty of time; maybe it's because the three of them are in the Four Symbols Barrier and there's no one else around; of course, it's also possible that they're just bored.
Lao Yao did not end the slightly sensitive topic between them.
He crossed his arms, blew out smoke rings, looked at the two former students in front of him, and asked suggestively: "Do you still remember that when I taught you the philosophy of magic and discussed the Dimension School, I mentioned a concept about the nature of magic.
?"
The two teaching assistants were quiet for a few seconds.
"Is this world dimensional?" Thomas tentatively answered first.
"That's the nature of the world." Old Yao's face suddenly darkened.
"The essence of magic is dimensional fluctuations." Zhang Yu immediately responded, as if he was endorsing an endorsement, and answered quickly but clearly: "Generally, when the motion state of dimensional lines is reduced from a high dimension to a low dimension, a large amount of energy will be released; and
When the motion state of dimensional lines rises from low dimensions to high dimensions, it will absorb a large amount of energy... The dimensionalists believe that wizards cast spells through energy fluctuations generated by dimensional jumps."
"Very good, very good." Lao Yao patted this, turned to look at the red light behind him, and continued to ask: "Do you know which laboratory this is?"
"Applied Magic Research Institute, Dimension Ascension Experimental Research Institute." Thomas answered immediately.
The teaching assistants had just discussed this issue not long ago, and he remembered it very clearly.
Zhang Yu smiled slightly and said nothing.
"To be precise, it's the Dimension Ascension Experimental Research Institute, the Two-Dimensional Evolution Laboratory." Old Yao added, pointing at the big fox in the red light, and said: "The new member of the Grand Wizard Council, the superior of the Moon Council.
Congressman Su Shijun serves as the director of this laboratory."
Thomas couldn't help but raise his head and glanced again at the fox holding the ball of light.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but he felt that the fox's position seemed to have moved a little, and it also shook its ears and smiled at where they were.
This chapter has been completed!