In the end, Benjamin left the rune research group with a rather shocked mood.
To be honest, things like human experimentation are allowed in this era where morality is not so strict. But using one's own body to conduct experiments is not something that ordinary people can do.
"Even if we don't do this, our lifespan is coming to an end. In that case, why not try something new? Perhaps only by doing this can we see the true nature of magic before we die."
This is the explanation of the old mage.
Benjamin could understand that, too. The mages gathered here to study runes are basically in their 70s and 80s and have reached a bottleneck. They can't find any way forward and can only count the days and wait for death. And when a possible way out is presented to them, they are certainly willing to sacrifice everything for it.
This approach is indeed quite extreme. People have died before, and they may die again in the future, but it is difficult for Benjamin to stop it. These people were not his subordinates to begin with, and they did not actually join the academy. At most, they were just borrowing a place to do research. Even if their research concepts differ from Benjamin's, Benjamin has no right to force them to do anything.
Therefore, after a few words of persuasion to no avail, he could only wish these old mages good luck, then turned and left the laboratory.
Returning to the exclusive dean's residence, after thinking for a while, Benjamin entered the consciousness space again.
He had not tried the rune formations that had been studied before, but he had not tried them himself. But now that everything is settled, he finally has time to try out the effect of this thing!
Just like that, in the dark space of consciousness, Benjamin closed his eyes.
Different from the previous way of drawing runes, the formation required a lot of runes, and it was too troublesome to draw them bit by bit. Therefore, he controlled the water element in the space and arranged it according to the gathering formation.
Dozens of runes were quickly arranged in the space of consciousness, surrounding Benjamin like a star ring.
However... nothing happened.
Benjamin opened his eyes in disappointment.
"The material gap is too big." The system jumped over from the side and complained, "For others to set up this formation, it will cost at least a dozen gold coins of Warcraft materials. You can use water elements to do whatever you want. Once it’s done, will others still play with it?”
Benjamin shook his head and said: "I don't expect its effect to be the same as the normal formation, but... Since the formation can be effective, it means that there is a certain pattern in the arrangement of the runes. I To show the pattern, you have to have some reaction, right?"
There was no reaction at all, which was a bit much.
"This... really should have a reaction."
"Then why doesn't it?" Benjamin frowned, still maintaining the runes that formed the formation, but still couldn't see any effect.
The system thought for a while and then replied: "Something should have suppressed it."
"Why stuff?"
"Broader laws." The system raised its head and looked at the sky with two funny faces. "The formation developed by a group of laymen, even if it contains the laws of elements, must be very shallow. And in your consciousness space, it must be very shallow." There is something more powerful.”
Benjamin was slightly startled.
He followed the direction of the system and looked upward. The rune star map above the consciousness space is still looming, almost no different from the first time it appeared. However, if you really want to talk about it, it is somewhat similar to the rune formation...
Is this also a formation
After thinking about it, he scattered the runes surrounding it, and then imitated the rune astrolabe above, trying to simulate a new rune formation using water elements.
The system has said before that the rune star map is a reflection of the pure blue world. But if it is also a formation, then the power contained in it must be much more powerful than simple defense or aggregation.
"Hey... what are you going to do? My intuition tells me that you'd better not do this..." Upon seeing this, the system suddenly hid far away and said uneasily.
Unfortunately, Benjamin had already focused all his attention on those runes and was engrossed in trying to copy the rune star map, so he didn't hear what the system said on the side.
One, two... I usually don't notice it when I look at it, but when I look at it carefully now, the complexity of the rune star map is far beyond imagination. Within a few square meters, there are nearly a hundred different runes gathered, and just looking at them makes one's head feel heavy. Benjamin also quickly realized that he could not copy the entire rune star map. Therefore, he could only choose one corner.
Finally, after spending about two hours in the conscious space, he spelled out a water element rune disk with a radius of more than one meter. The disc was trampled under his feet, and it was filled with dense runes. It was so dazzling that Benjamin couldn't even believe that he had actually completed this step.
But... at the moment it was completed, the runes simulated by the water element suddenly lit up.
Benjamin also looked surprised.
Finally there was a reaction.
A faint white beam of light rose from the runes under his feet and fell into the rune star map above. The positions of these runes copied by Benjamin using water elements also corresponded to the runes above, and they fit perfectly, like two sides in a mirror.
Benjamin was also enveloped in the beam of light.
At that moment, he felt dizzy and couldn't help but close his eyes. He thought he would be transported to the pure blue world, but when he opened his eyes again, he found that he was in a completely unfamiliar world.
This... doesn't seem to be a pure blue world
Like a body of water splashed with paint, light of various colors shuttled past his eyes. Red, blue, yellow... the shape of the light is very strange, like halo and scattered smoke, forming such a bizarre picture.
Benjamin couldn't help but feel stunned.
What is this place
He tried to move, but when his thoughts moved, he found that he seemed to be floating. The body wanders in the void, blending into these strange light mist, drifting with the flow, and it is difficult to control.
Incredible…
This feeling was very novel, and it made him temporarily forget the doubts in his heart. As other light mist floated around, it was like a bird learning to fly for the first time feeling the sky.
However, these light mist seemed to have discovered his uninvited guest.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Some sounds came over, and Benjamin didn't even know what organ he used to receive these sounds. However, he could feel certain emotions from it, confusion, anger, curiosity... These emotions were obviously directed at him, as if some creature was talking to him in their unique language.
In fact, Benjamin was no stranger to this feeling.
Very similar to the runes in the pure blue world...
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, he was startled. Are you kidding? This place is colorful, like a dance hall for a nightclub. How does it have anything to do with the pure blue world
However, the emotions that carried a strong sense of isolation but were clearly directed at him were too similar.
Thinking of this, Benjamin couldn't help but start to observe the light and mist around him. Looking carefully, the colors of these light mist are very fixed. After counting, only six colors were found.
Suddenly, Benjamin couldn't help but feel something in his heart.