Fanatics of the Magic Academy

"Then it all matches up."

Rose fell silent for a moment, feeling somewhat pathetic.

These people died because of the supply vouchers.

The purpose of issuing this voucher was to help homeless people get through the rainy season.

But it ultimately led to their deaths.

Without these supply vouchers, their usual sources of cash are almost exclusively scavenging, begging, and selling corpses.

The amount of money was relatively small and rare; even if one bought enhancement agents as soon as they had the money, it wouldn't be fatal in one go.

It was these vouchers that allowed them to exchange them for cash from the gangsters, releasing their long-suppressed drug addiction.

This ultimately led to their deaths.

So, where did all the problems lie?

Rose looked at the needles and bags that Joel had just thrown on the ground.

What killed them was the enhancer.

Rose understood why the people in the country he lived in his previous life had zero tolerance for this kind of thing.

This applies not only to this kind of product, but also to people who use boosters.

Because this is different from crime, it alters a person's cognition physiologically.

People who have used it can be considered two completely different species from those who haven't.

They can no longer be considered human beings; all their life goals and aspirations revolve around "how to smoke the next one."

They will drag everyone around them into the abyss.

Rose's hands and feet were a little cold, even though she was describing the same thing and expressing the same thoughts.

The cold, hard data, the propaganda on the screen, and the bloody reality all feel like completely different things.

Seeing Rose looking somewhat dazed, Joel waved his hand in front of him and said:

"What's wrong? Did it have a big impact on you?"

Rose came to her senses and fell silent.

Joel said indifferently:

"Don't laugh, you're no different from them if you take it."

Joel then began packing the bodies.

Because the meat is almost completely deboned, you can only stuff it into the large frame first, and then stuff the smaller parts in one by one.

After packing, Joel clapped his hands and said:

"Okay, let's leave it at that for now. We'll finish the rest when we get back."

Joel then faced off against Rodriguez at the track:

"Come on, let's calculate the price."

Joel quickly considered it and said:

"Although it has great research value, the degree of decay is too high. The organs and tissues inside are only good for feeding dogs."

"Logically speaking, this kind of corpse is usually priced at one-third or even less than a normal corpse that is not very decomposed."

"But it is indeed very interesting and of great research value. I can give you 40 marks for a corpse, which is twice the price of a similar corpse."

"That's 280 marks in total."

Joel pointed out 280 marks and handed them to Rose.

He then addressed the Luo track:

"Let's go. Didn't you say you found a few more bodies? Sell them to me now, or the price will be discounted if they rot in a couple of days."

Rose looked at the seven corpses piled up on the cart and asked with some confusion:

"I also found nine more bodies, but the question is, can you move them?"

Joel smiled and said:

"You don't need to worry about that."

Then, he placed his hand on the handlebars, a faint blue light shimmering in his eyes.

He was chanting,

Rose figured it out in an instant.

As Joel chanted, special runes began to spread across the entire car, starting from Joel's hand.

The handlebars of the car have been transformed into a seat frame, somewhat similar to the tricycles of the previous life, but completely different in many details.

Joel explained to Rose:

"This is a special kind of magic. The source of its power comes from reason, and reason has two characteristics: interfering with reality and perception."

"You'll learn it if you have the opportunity to go to school in the future."

"Some materials are inherently very easy to be modified by rationality interfering with reality. Such materials may be physically very hard and have a strong ability to withstand impact."

"However, if you use reason to chant special runes and create a specific frequency to interfere with it, it can easily be deformed."

"And this little car is like that, with a frame built of shape-memory metal, it remembers two different forms."

One is the small cart you saw before, which you can push; the other is this form, which can be driven by focus.

Joel explained, then pulled a cushion out from under the car and placed it on the car seat.

He plopped down on it, then shifted his position to the side and waved to Rose.

"Come on, sit down."

The car was designed for two people, and since Rose was very young, even though Joel was quite large, they could still squeeze in.

Seeing Rose settled in, Joel placed his hands on the handlebars, a faint blue light gleaming in his eyes.

Clearly, Joel was chanting something again.

Then, the flickering light began to spread from the handlebars to the entire vehicle, and the whole vehicle flickered slowly as if breathing.

Joel then faced off against Rodriguez at the track:

"Okay, you give directions, I'll drive."

Then Rose pointed in a direction, and the car started driving in that direction.

Rose looked the car over, a strange excitement flashing in her eyes.

"It has no engine or complicated structure; it can move by simply relying on a frame similar to a small cart."

"What's the principle behind it?"

Rose began to speculate, recalling the concept Joel had just mentioned:

"Some kind of metal that is easily influenced by reason?"

Rose continued to speculate:

"Is it really just about constantly intervening with reason to cause the metal in a certain part to deform, and then driving the entire car?"

"It's truly amazing. In this world, memory metals were extremely difficult to promote and apply in my previous life."

First, the cost is too high; second, processing is very difficult, resulting in an extremely low yield rate; and third, shape memory metals rely on temperature control, making them very sensitive to temperature and limiting their applicability.

"And this world has a special metal that can be rationally intervened. This metal acts as a memory metal, and its operability is much more precise than temperature control."

The technology appears to be quite mature and inexpensive, suggesting it should be quite widespread in the world.

However, this technology also has a clear barrier to entry; one must be a magician, and even then, only a first-level magician.

According to the old magician Kenneth, a person's rationality must reach 25 points to be able to intervene in reality to a certain extent.

This technology may reduce the need for rationality, but it is unlikely to be available to everyone.

It's fair to say that each has its advantages and disadvantages.

Rose's eyes sparkled with curiosity and inquiry; this was the first time he had ever seen anything like the technological side of this world.

Joel smiled at Rose's inquisitive, naive look and said:

"This vehicle is used to transport corpses. It's very cheap and inexpensive, but you need to have at least 18 points of rationality to drive it."

Didn't I just tell you? There's a type of metal that's extremely susceptible to the influence of reason.

The car is propelled forward by the constant intervention and deformation of the metal underneath, which is controlled by reason.

The key point is that it's very cheap, doesn't require any other energy, and only requires a little concentration.

"If you become a magician in the future, you'll also have your own car."