Oh no, I have become a character in the card pool?

Chapter 101 The Passing of Time and the Eternal Code
Not right.

Even nine out of ten are wrong.

The morning sun had not yet poured into the bedroom through the gauze curtains, but the girl, who should have been still sleeping on the bed, had already opened her eyes.

Her blue eyes, as clear as a stream, stared at the patterns on the ceiling that simulated the movement of celestial bodies.

She fell into deep thought and murmured, "Since that guy showed up, he seems to have had some influence on me."

"What the hell does this happen?"

Several consecutive nights of neural hibernation and heart rate movements that violated average records also increased efficiency during daily restarts.

This is strange.

To put it in layman's terms - not only has she been suffering from insomnia for a few days recently, she can even wake up early occasionally.

For ordinary people, this may just be a routine matter of adjusting the timeline.

It's like reading a good novel or watching an interesting video, so I indulge myself a little and change my daily routine a little.

But for Lovina
For the witch who has been alone in this high tower waiting for the stars and has witnessed the rising and setting of the sun and the moon for five thousand years.

This is not normal.

It's very, very strange, I should say.

The morning sun had not yet shone into the room, but since she was awake, given Rowena's personality, she would not lie down and waste time.

If she hadn't woken up yet, she could indeed make up for the sleep, but the strange thing was that she had no intention of going back to sleep now.

——It’s like having an outing the next day, so even if you had insomnia and slept late the day before, you can still be in high spirits.

Lovina cast her magic expressionlessly, and she put on more than a hundred black tulle evening dresses of the same design and different sizes in her closet.

The black silk sleeves cling to the snow-white skin, and the tulle skirt wraps around the soft feet.

She put on the black witch hat on her head and used an automatically floating comb to comb her long silver-white hair that fell like silk.

Go to the mirror.

Looking at my reflection, I realized that more than a year had passed and I looked slightly older.

He is still very young - but perhaps it is the period of physical development, and his chest begins to show signs of heaving.

Consider the big thunder in the chest in future photos.

Unlike some stereotypes, the girl's situation is indeed promising in the future.

If it were in the past, there would be no such thing as a mirror in the Star White Tower, because there was no need for it. What was the point of caring about her appearance when she lived alone?

But she didn't know which day it started. Well, actually she remembered which day it was clearly.

Probably from Rowena's research on "whether it is possible to recreate the soul of that data in material form by tempering it with spiritual fire under certain circumstances."

As a result, the project was not successful, and the fire instantly engulfed Xingchen in her compartment.

Under high temperature burns of thousands of degrees, the skin itself is not seriously damaged. Basic defense measures are the basics in the laboratory.

But wearing a tulle evening dress for comfort is a real pain.

In order not to affect the chain reaction of magic in the subject under certain extreme environments, what Lovina wore was not a high-defense spiritual outfit formed by the spiritual ether, but clothes woven with real materials.

As the raging fire devoured the delicate body, not a single bit of the material was left.

However, Lovina didn't care about this. She frowned with her thick silver eyelashes, and her mind was full of why the previous experiment failed.

And just as she walked back to the room with her head down and pondering.

On the stairs.

She and a certain guy were making rapid progress in their studies, and because they were partners, she gave him access to a star laboratory.

There was no cover, and they collided head-on.

Her snow-white body was naked, with only the long silver hair that reached her ankles, swaying lightly as she walked, providing some coverage.

After she bumped head-on into the other person's chest.

The girl looked up, then lowered her head, then looked up again, her long hair fluttering, and their eyes met.

——No one remembers what happened afterwards that day.

All we can say is that the White Tower of Stars suffered the largest-scale horrific destruction in five thousand years, and there was a floor-to-ceiling mirror in Rowena's dormitory.

"Since we have woken up early, let's start preparing for today's research topic."

The girl in her evening gown walked out of the room, habitually reaching out to lower the brim of her hat. The space outside the door easily spanned dozens of levels in a flash.

The sky full of stars appeared in her sight.

Just as Lovina, with a calm expression, stretched out her hand to "pick" a star as usual to start the new lesson she had prepared for today.

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Her eyes moved slightly.

From the corner of my vision, I noticed that at this time when the sky was not yet bright, there was a star flickering faintly.

This means that the room is being used and someone is triggering a magical reaction inside.

"That rascal"

The magician girl paused for a moment, stared at the star in the distance and whispered.

"Have you already been able to skillfully transfer the magic power flowing in the White Tower to your own formation to make up for your lack of magic power?"

It has been one year and four months since that guy entered the Star White Tower.

It was just a blink of an eye for Rowena.

But she is different from the immortal species. Although due to the wear and tear of a long time, her memory of things she doesn't care about will fade.

But it is related to time, calculation units, aging progress of materials, etc.

Elements that are closely related to the content of the subject.

This witch who pursues knowledge still maintains the highest level of sharpness.

One year and four months is definitely a very long time for ordinary humans.

And for such a long time, he was locked in a room in a building, lacking conversation and contact with his peers, and was buried in complicated rune rituals all day long.

Even experienced magicians probably can't do it.

however.

That guy did it.

If he wanted to pursue something, there were only four months left before he said he would leave.

However, until now, Lowena has not been able to detect even a trace of nervousness or panic from the young man.

Could it be that he was lying?

If he really left the White Tower in his situation, he would die soon, but why didn't he seem afraid at all?
".Well, if we calculate the time, the topic he mentioned earlier should have made some progress."

Lovina paused for a moment, and changed her gaze with a calm expression.

The next moment.

She stepped lightly onto the stars, her high-heeled shoes stepping on the ground, her elegant posture like a young lady attending a party.

"Dark Feather, I have something to ask you. I came to you because—"

Before she finished her words, a strong gust of air came towards her, blowing Rowena's witch hat to the ground.

Her hair and clothes were in a mess, and she was lucky enough to have just grabbed the string of her clothes.

There is no elegance left.

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Rowena picked up the wizard's hat and looked expressionlessly at the emerald green magic circle on the vast ground.

And the metal that looked like armor and was placed in the center of the formation seemed to be the main cause of the hurricane airflow just now.

"Oh, Lovina, you're here!"

Lin Xuan's body was covered with metal weights, which firmly fixed his figure to the ground. It was obvious that the airflow bombardment just now was not the first time.

He turned his neck with difficulty, then smiled and waved, "Good morning? Did you just wake up? Have you had breakfast?"

"I don't need inefficient food. I just need to give my body nutrition directly."

Rowena responded calmly. In fact, she was not angry at all.

Accidents caused by research projects were commonplace to her, even if the one that just attacked was a lethal laser cannon.

She doesn't care about things that are not related to the subject.

In the past, the damage to the White Tower was caused because her mind had not yet reacted and she acted subconsciously.

It was like a conditioned reflex of the body.

If Lovina reacted rationally, there would normally be two options.

Either they completely ignore it, or they think that the other party is interfering with their research environment and want to destroy it.

to be honest--

He attacked out of instinct at the time, but he didn't kill him. He only knocked Lin Xuan unconscious, and he wasn't even seriously injured.

This was also something beyond Rowena's understanding, and she could only attribute her doubts to the wear and tear of her soul.

Although she was not angry, the gust of wind interrupted the girl's prepared conversation, so she looked towards the magic circle.

It would have been better if she hadn't looked at it. But once she looked at it, Luo Wenna's expression changed.

"Didn't I give you most of the records of the projects in the tower?"

The young girl walked quickly to the formation, her tone slightly colder.

"How come you keep making the same mistakes I mentioned before? Didn't you read what I gave you?"

"And the runes you used. 'Float', 'Weight Reduction', 'Strong Wind Magic', 'Material Enchanting Magic'."

Rowena stared at the metal armor at the center of the formation. Her calm expression revealed a hint of disbelief because the common sense called truth had been distorted.

"Are you planning to make this piece of iron fly into the sky?"

What's the point of this?
From a purely cost-effective perspective, why not just paint the runes on your body, which will also allow you to take off.

Not only is it flexible and light, but if you add more protective techniques, the protection will not be much different.

At least it is much better than this thing that is specially made to look cool, but with poor craftsmanship and materials, and is just for show.

Rowena's expression was mixed with a little surprise, but she calmed her fluctuating emotions.

As a researcher, she shouldn't interfere in other people's research topics. Maybe Lin Xuan has his own ideas and has thought of a direction that she hasn't thought of?

There is no order of learning, the master is the teacher.

It was because of this belief that she was able to learn pure knowledge from the disaster-stricken [Abyss] and eventually create the first magic for mankind.

then.

After a moment of silence, Lin Xuan said slowly and solemnly, "You are right."

"But let's be honest, don't you think that a metal armor that can fly in the sky is really cool?"

Lovina: “.?”

The young wizard tilted her head, tilted the wide brim of her hat, and for some reason a smile appeared on her face.

With a slight smile, exquisite runes flowed from her fingertips like starlight.

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The scene has moved to another place.

There are sophisticated instruments all around, and sealing runes are all over the walls and floors.

And in the transparent masks, one can see some fantastic and exquisite objects, such as a small tornado with flashing thunder, or an egg that occasionally emits a dragon's roar and vibrates violently.

obviously.

This place is Rowena's collection room.

In the Star White Tower, she is responsible for safely storing or sealing any valuable byproducts of her research.

But Lin Xuan did not look around to judge what was in the glass one by one.

"Aren't we all researchers?"

He complained, "Why can't you just talk it out nicely? Why did you destroy the armor I made without even saying a word?"

"I'm sorry, but I won't allow such crude and low-quality things to appear in my research facility."

The silver-haired girl walking in front did not look back, and her plain and childish voice echoed in the corridor.

She glanced back.

He said calmly, "If you need it, I can make one for you later. It won't take much time, and the effect will definitely be better than what you make yourself."

"You can't say that. You have to know that the most important thing about hard work is not necessarily the successful result. The experience gained in the process is also valuable."

"So? Yes or no."

"want."

The meaningless conversation was very short. After all, Miss Witch was not a talkative person, and silence lasted most of her time.

The corridor housing the collection is very long.

Perhaps it was because there was something dangerous inside the seal, and using magic carelessly would be risky.

Rarely did Lovina directly transfer space, but let her feet perform their original mission and take a long journey in the tower with Lin Xuan.

——However, the reason why it took so long to walk along this corridor was probably because her steps were very small.

Lin Xuan looked at the beautiful figure in front of him and smiled slightly.

More than a year had passed since he entered the White Tower of Stars. It was impossible to say that he had no feelings at all.

After all, even the most hardcore gamers get tired of playing games sometimes.

It hasn't even been three months since Lin Xuan traveled through time, and he has already entered the two-year DLC. This side quest is even longer than the main quest.

How can there be such an unreasonable game?

Oh. Wait, there really is one. That cool thing in "Spirit Psalm" where the favorability strategy takes up more than 60% of the game time -

Ahem, let’s put history aside for now.

Even for Lin Xuan, if he had to focus solely on studying magic and waste a year or two of his time, he generally wouldn't be able to endure it.

Scholar is not his main character setting. Lin Xuan’s love for farming is more reflected in the final stage of mass production of troops. All tactics are based on the excitement of battle.

but
Over the past year or so, he gradually encountered Lovina more often in the tower.

As the cooperation progressed from time to time, the other party seemed to have gradually become accustomed to his existence and regarded him as a useful tool for obtaining external information.

When the girl was stuck in a subject, she leaned against the window where the breeze was blowing, looked up at the sky and thought, the wind blowing through her silver and smooth hair;

She suddenly fell into deep thought halfway through her walk, and stood there expressionlessly, like a stagnant stone sculpture taking a nap;
She suddenly summoned some paper halfway through, and then sat on the steps like a literary girl, compiling a complicated magic book with her own hands;
These scenes often repeat themselves, like miniatures of a fairy tale turning pages.

One year, ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years.

Five thousand.

The girl never felt bored for a moment. She just calmly answered all the questions, even though her memory had long been worn out and incomplete.

——She and the magician in the game who was good at using space and time magic, their figures gradually overlapped.

And looking at Lovina like this.

The little bit of impatience that Lin Xuan felt in his heart slowly melted away like water.

"?"

Rowena, who was walking in front, paused, a puzzled look appeared on her face.

A cold voice said, "The magic-like energy in you has shown some slight fluctuations. Is there something in your collection that affects you?"

"This is deep down, and everything is dangerous. If you're corrupted, tell me right away."

She lifted her eyelashes slightly, and her tender voice was calm as if she was reading a text.

"You can still be of use. If you are going to die, please don't affect my ongoing research."

"No, nothing." Lin Xuan responded with a smile.

But since the other party has already started talking, this is a rare progress for her, and it feels a bit of a waste to end the topic like this.

So he pointed at an open book nearby and asked nonchalantly, "What is this? It looks like just an ordinary magic book. Is it worth being stored so deep?"

After confirming that Lin Xuan was fine, Luo Weina started to take care of her own things, and it seemed that she had already reached her destination.

He glanced back and said casually, "Oh, you're talking about that."

"That was my research on whether a strong spirit could affect the shaping of matter, but it turned out to be a simple hormonal stimulation, which is useless."

"But because it can ignore magic resistance and directly arouse the sexual desire of all living things, it does have rare value as magic, so I sealed it here after I was affected by it once."

Lin Xuan: "?"

His brain was still turning slowly, and the atmosphere of the girl's five thousand years of tranquility and perseverance had not changed.

The girl's bad words gradually turned into a bad fantasy.

"Wait, I'm a little interested in what you just said-"

He finished the words he had begun to speak.

Rowena seemed to have lifted a certain seal and held an ancient book in her hand.

From the outside, it seemed to be a long and ancient code.

It exudes a strange calmness, and in this corridor that houses many dangerous objects, the space around it always remains unchanged.

"This is the 'Eternal Code'. It can ignore the influence of all factors and preserve what is written on it forever."

"Whether it's the fate line being changed, time and space itself being destroyed, or some kind of power with various strange effects."

"Even if it is eroded by the Abyss, nothing can affect its records."

The magician girl spoke in a calm tone.

She gently opened the ancient book as if she had read it tens of thousands of times.

Without any error, he turned the heavy code directly to the target page.

"I have a set of data that I want to show you. Maybe you can use your strange thoughts to help me a little."

"Anyway, it would be a waste if you don't try."

There will be another chapter tomorrow morning. I feel like I am almost done with the new keyboard.

The feel of the electrostatic capacitor is indeed smoother.

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(End of this chapter)