Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 205 The Radiant Knight's eyes were moist and red.

Jia Xiu spent more than two hours memorizing all the Fire Arrow spell codes in the small dark room.

With trembling hands, he fine-tuned the timeline and checked the status of several other time points.

It's uncertain whether he actually recorded the entire process completely, but he did his best. What he has recorded now is conservatively estimated to be enough for him to study for at least a few months.

Jia Xiu left the small dark room and rubbed his dry eyes, which had been strained from staring at the tiny coded symbols.

My vision is a little blurry.

He fumbled on the table for the eye drops.

He always keeps eye drops on hand, after all, back in the day he was doing a job where he would stare at a screen for more than ten hours a day.

The eye drops in the lab were high-end products, a gift from the Holy Son Jacob. It was said to be blessed by holy light or something, and the bottle seemed to be inlaid with gemstones. In any case, he sent it as a "gift of friendship to prove our joint fight against the devil."

Because it looked ridiculously expensive, Jia Xiu couldn't decide what gift to give in return.

You can't exactly give the Holy Son a set of small toys.

Finally, after much deliberation and repeated consideration, Jia Xiu gave a return gift that had little direct economic value but was definitely academically distinctive.

He read through all of Jacob's published papers, then helped the Son of God find a promising research direction related to blessings, and incidentally helped solve some key problems.

If all goes well, the Holy Son should be able to graduate two years less than the average graduate of Holy Light Theological Seminary.

Thus, while making a second work, Jia Xiu successfully upgraded from "a friend who fought alongside him once" to "a close friend of the Holy Son Jacob, whom I swear in the name of the Holy Light."

After putting in his eye drops and resting with his eyes closed, Jia Xiu began to review the things he needed to do on his schedule.

I didn't realize it until I looked into it.

Looking back now, I realize that he was facing a "dilemma" of having too many things to study.

Vampire magic is not yet fully systematized, and the magic of the tentacle monsters has not been fully understood either.

These two can be left to Margaret and Elizabeth to study for now, but there are some parts that still require his attention.

The "brand new" demon corpse lying in the storage items left behind by Sister Gillianis also failed to provide a breakthrough.

What is known now is that it was definitely killed by the tentacle monster's magic.

It sounds like a pointless statement.

In fact, Jia Xiu studied it for several hours before he made a decision.

The traces of magic remaining on the corpse prove that they originated from the magic system of the tentacle monster.

I confirmed it while checking the spellbook.

If this is not clear, then how to study how this devil died will be even more difficult.

Although we still have no clue, at least we know where that "sea" is, like finding a needle in a haystack.

Just keep searching through the spellbooks left by the tentacle monster; you should be able to find some related content.

should……

The good news is that once Gillianice learns the tentacle monster's language, she can also come to help.

According to her, "I'll be able to learn the basics very quickly."

To Jia Xiu's surprise, the "soon" that the elven archdruid spoke of actually came true.

She seems to have developed a strong interest in the cultural heritage of this unfamiliar race and is learning with considerable enthusiasm.

"I haven't been drinking at all during this time! Three months, at most three months, and I'll be able to understand this language."

Gillianice made this statement with absolute certainty when she asked Jashy a question using the communication crystal ball.

That look actually makes him seem pretty reliable.

If it weren't for the image in the crystal ball showing a wine bottle next to her.

Gillianice also had her own way of responding to this.

"I said I didn't drink alcohol, but I didn't say I didn't drink."

Her ability to get along well with Jia Xiu and his group is undoubtedly strong proof that birds of a feather flock together.

In addition to these, Jia Xiu has just discovered another research direction that is equally valuable and fraught with difficulties.

The underlying principles behind how magic works.

He tentatively believes that what he derives from the time-stopping function in the dark room points to the most fundamental aspects of magic.

Regarding the incomplete and chaotic code that he had just memorized, due to insufficient intelligence, Jia Xiu had a rather immature idea.

If his intelligence is currently only sufficient to see the "abridged version," wouldn't it be easier to learn spells with more continuous coding and clearer segmentation into multiple parts after the "abridged" version?

The coding for the Flame Arrow is still a bit too messy.

Logically speaking, with so many spells available, there should be one or two that are suitable for him at this stage.

As for how to find it.

It's very simple, no, to be precise, it can't be called very simple, it's just that the method is direct, but in reality, the workload is not small at all.

And this direct method is—

Try each spell one by one.

Traversal, or exhaustive search, is also acceptable.

This method may sound a bit rudimentary, but it works well as long as you have enough time and the conditions allow.

Research work often doesn't involve sudden flashes of inspiration; it mostly consists of repetitive and arduous labor.

Just try it anyway.

There have been many achievements in history, but they were not guided by any particularly advanced theories; they were simply discovered through trial and error.

The difference is that some people are lucky and figure it out quickly, while others are unlucky and in the worst case, they may never be able to do it in their entire lives.

Try it with Ram.

Jia Xiu immediately formulated the fundamental guidelines for this research.

As the saying goes, "Raise Ram for a thousand days, use Ram for one hour," it's time to give full play to his greatest abilities.

After all, the reason he agreed to the princess's request was because he was attracted by her unreasonable and powerful luck buff.

Having roughly figured out the plan, Jia Xiu decided to call it a day, as he was indeed a bit tired.

I was just about to go to sleep to recharge before starting the tedious and boring journey of exhaustive research tomorrow.

This is when I suddenly heard a revelation from God.

"Are you there?"

Without a doubt, this is a demigod from the Holy Light Church, who went from being apathetic to being full of ambition in a short period of time. Although she is not young in the divine realm, she is still considered a rising star. The ratio of casual believers to fanatics is infinitely high, because the number of fanatics is zero. Casual believers enjoy telling jokes about gods. Justina!
Justina and Jasmine have always used the channels of divine revelation and prayer as a private chat window.

To be honest, it really works.

It works better than any chat software Jia Xiu has ever used.

It's simple to use, has no delays, supports both voice and text input, and doesn't require an input method—just think about it. There's absolutely no risk of privacy leaks; you won't mention something here and then have a corresponding ad pop up in another app the next second. Plus, information can be saved freely, as long as the Radiant Knight still has divine power.

Aside from not being able to send emojis, it's practically flawless.

Jia Xiu didn't know how believers and deities normally used their channels of faith and prayer.

That's how he uses it anyway.

And successfully used the Radiant Knight along with it.

As the saying goes, it's hard to learn good things, but easy to learn bad ones. Justina quickly mastered the common formats of "God Network Chat," completely discarding honorifics, formal language, and the proper formats of Holy Light Church prayers and divine revelation.

He started by asking, "Are you there?"

However, Justina has a good habit: she doesn't just post it online, she also explains the details along with it.

"I have something very important to tell you, and we need to discuss it in person. Is that convenient for you?"

"Offline" was a word she learned from Jia Xiu.

Although she had no idea why the channel of faith was called online and the real world was called offline, and what the connection was between the two.

But she used it anyway.

From then on, the channel for praying to the Radiant Knight was simply referred to as the "line" by the god in question.

Jia Xiuyuan calls this the linguistic phenomenon of "Hakimi suddenly one day starting to mean cat".

After hearing the Radiant Knight's divine revelation, and still unsure what important matter she was talking about, Jia Xiu simply replied, "Convenient."

The message, or rather the prayer, had just been sent.

Bang!
A spatial rift was cleaved open in mid-air right in front of them.

It's a very representative teleportation method for the Radiant Knight. Actually, she could use normal teleportation spells, but it was Jia Xiu who suggested she use this method of splitting the sky open from the start. First of all, it's definitely pretty cool.

Secondly, it helps solidify her "god-like" persona. In the world of gods, it's not about being famous or discredited, but about lacking distinctive features so that no one remembers her.

From the crack, Justina's familiar figure emerged.

She's a tall, long-legged, and reliable older sister with strong arms and a slender waist. Although her facial features aren't particularly outstanding, she has a remarkable presence and exudes a heroic spirit.

It belongs to the type that perfectly captures the niche interests of a small group of people.

With his stylish entrance and handsome appearance, Jia Xiu was quite satisfied with his own design for the deity. With just his looks and charisma, he could attract many casual believers.

Eh?
Jassiu suddenly noticed that Justina, whom he hadn't seen for over a week, looked strange.

"Why...why have you kept your eyes closed?"

Jia Xiu asked, puzzled.

As he said, Justina, who had stepped out of the spatial rift, had her eyes closed, with a mysterious eyeball of detection magic beside her, which she was probably using to replace her vision.

"Eye strain."

Justina replied.

"what?"

Jia Xiu never expected that the word "eye fatigue" would come out of the mouth of a demigod.

In this era, what do you have to do to cause eye strain?
However, he still considerately said, "I have some eye drops blessed by your pantheon; they work really well."

"No, thank you."

"You really can't open your eyes?"

"I can open my eyes, but it hurts."

"What did you do? Did some other god beat you up and you're making up stories now?"

"How can it be!"

Justina's voice immediately rose, making Jashu wonder if she had really been hit.

However, she continued, "This is my contribution to the cause of fighting the demons. The great Holy Light has given me eyes that can see through all the demons' disguises."

"So these eyes can't be used to see anything else, because the side effect is pain, right? Then your holy light won't work either."

"Do not blaspheme the Holy Light!"

As a demigod of the Holy Light pantheon, Justina absolutely cannot bear to hear anything like "Holy Light is no good".

Although she herself felt that the Holy Light had become a bit strange since a certain period of time.

But I can only feel it; I can't say it.

"There's nothing wrong with the power bestowed by the Holy Light. It's just that, in order to eliminate any possible hidden demons as soon as possible, I first looked through everyone in the Holy City."

"Um, what do you mean by 'looked through'?"

"I haven't blinked for eight days because I was afraid blinking would affect the effectiveness of my abilities. I've checked everyone in the Holy City, but I can't take it anymore and need to rest, so I came to find you. After I've rested, I'll go to other places to check for demons."

"Eight days without blinking?" Jia Xiu clicked his tongue in amazement. If this was only eye strain, his physical fitness was truly remarkable. "You're a genius."

"I was a demigod to begin with."

"You're planning to see all the places on your own?"

This demonstrates a strong sense of social responsibility.

Jia Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

"correct."

"Have you ever considered that the demon spy might deliberately avoid you and wait until you've finished your inspection before going back?"

"I...I, he, a demon..."

Judging from Justina's stammering, it was clear that she hadn't thought about this question.

They have a strong sense of social responsibility, but are slightly lacking in intelligence.

"Then what should I do?"

"Theoretically speaking, we should research and understand this ability, and maybe find a way to popularize it, but let's put aside how to research it for now."

Jia Xiu was indeed very interested in the ability to see through the demons' disguises, but he already had enough work to do and wasn't in a hurry for this one.

"You said you had something important to tell me, what is it?"

When this was mentioned, Justina slapped her thigh and said, "It's all your fault for interrupting my train of thought. I was going to tell you anyway."

Her expression turned serious, and she looked very solemn.

"The great Holy Light knows of your existence."

After speaking, he stood there solemnly, as if he had just said something extraordinary.

Silence continued in Jia Xiu's laboratory.

Jia Xiu waved his hand, indicating that was it? Nothing more? That's all for something very important.

Does the Holy Light know him?
There was no reaction from Justina.

Jia Xiu had no choice but to ask, "And then?"

"What then?"

"The Holy Light knows me, so what then?"

"No, no, no, it is the Holy Light that knows you. Do you understand what an honor this is? The great Holy Light has not paid attention to a mortal for hundreds of years. You are the first one I know of in hundreds of years."

Jia Xiu frowned slightly after hearing this.

That does sound a bit strange.

Why is the Holy Light paying attention to him? Does the Holy Light "Old Man" dislike the cooperation between him and the Holy Knight?

I can't think of a reason.

Justina continued, "The Holy Light paused for a moment after hearing your name before saying he knew you and asked me to protect you. What does that mean?"

"Um, what does that mean?"

"The Holy Light has been watching you for a long time."

Are you sure it's Zaozao?

"Hmm... it should be Zaozao."

Jia Xiu pondered for a few seconds, but still couldn't figure out how he was connected to one of the highest-ranking gods in this world.

My gut feeling is that this is probably not a good thing.

There's no particular reason; it's probably just an instinctive aversion to deities.

Despite his good relationship with Justina, he still harbored prejudice against the entire Protoss race.

Maybe he was wrong, who knows?

However, he didn't show it.

Instead, he said, "If I remember correctly, the Holy Light is omniscient, right?"

“Yes,” Justina answered without hesitation.

"So, in that case, shouldn't it be natural for Him to know me, as part of His omniscience?"

"Well, you could say that."

"Then why are you surprised that He knows me? Does that mean you think He shouldn't know me?"

Justina had a bad feeling.

Jia Xiu said, "In other words, you don't trust the omniscience of the Holy Light."

"No! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!"

Justina was sweating.

But Jia Xiu still managed to say one last thing.

"Desecration of the Holy Light! Shocking! A demigod of the Holy Light pantheon has actually desecrated the Holy Light!"

Seeing Justina's panicked expression.

Indeed, teasing believers is very enjoyable...

(End of this chapter)