High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2906: Chapter 1125: Illusion

Man-made God?

Zheng Qing vaguely remembered hearing this name somewhere.

Although he couldn’t spare more mental effort to search his memory now, Professor Montreya’s subsequent words helped the young wizard resolve his inner doubts:

"——The ’Man-made God’ is actually an ancient internal project of the school, initially started by an interest group in the alchemy department. Well, the alchemy department was the largest magical faction in Alpha Academy before it merged into the First University. Anyway, back then, those wizards had a simple idea, since wizards can create sprites, craft the limbs, organs of wizards, make portraits speak, and resurrect the dead, then why not directly create a god?

They didn’t use the word ’legendary’ because, for wizards, ’legendary’ is a concept worth reverence, whereas gods can be desecrated in contrast.

However, restricted by the development of magical skills, and with the emergence of more imaginative and feasible projects like Dimensionism, New World, Forbidden Curses, most of the school’s resources tilted towards those new directions, and the Man-made God project was shelved high and untouched.

Until Doctor Duzem appeared.

He was indeed a brilliant alchemist.

There had always been two core problems in the Man-made God project that couldn’t be solved. One was the core energy source; to restore vitality to a legendary-level being requires very large and high-quality magic power. The other problem was how to prevent the resurrection of the legendary corpse after activation. You must know, legends are beings that have jumped out of the river of fate; when they die, both their true form and true spirit have dissipated together. Conversely, the resurrection of the true form is very likely to reconsolidate their true spirit... At that time, it would not be a ’Man-made God project’ but a ’Great Resurrection Project’.

Doctor Duzem solved the first problem with his cruel genius, using the purest life force to create the Philosopher’s Stone, then using the power of the Philosopher’s Stone as a starting source... when ’Primordial’ or ’Taiyi’ awakens, they will naturally draw energy from the universe to sustain their own existence. That is legendary.

As for the second problem, very coincidentally, the solution appeared on last year’s Black Prison battlefield.

The Dark Council’s forbidden curse was based on the ’Yin Yang’ concept, using the forbidden curse as governance, utilizing the corrosive force of the demon flesh to form a dual four-point structure of ’demon flesh as yin, legendary flesh as yang; legendary death energy as yin, Philosopher’s Stone as yang,’ placing the awakened legend in a wondrous state of near-death, seemingly alive and dead..."

"What does this have to do with me?"

The young wizard suddenly spoke, interrupting the incessant mechanical voice above the altar. Although its content was interesting, Zheng Qing felt sleepy listening to it—that was not the reason he spoke up.

Above the conscious sea, the charm gun Zheng Qing visualized had already mostly formed, and it didn’t seem difficult to endure until the end if he patiently listened to Professor Montreya’s rambling.

But he ultimately couldn’t hold it in and asked the question that had been bothering him.

"——What?" The voice echoing above the altar seemed surprised that Zheng Qing would interrupt it, paused for a moment before it came to its senses and countered.

"I mean, what does this have to do with me?"

Swinging at the edge while hanging in mid-air, Model A’s body twisted with effort, speaking with utter seriousness: "——I have no interest in either Primordial or any Man-made God... You completely could’ve waited until I left to slowly corrode it. Why keep me here? Isn’t this alarming the snake? You could’ve quietly let me go, and you would’ve had more time to respond!"

"Time? Haha."

Professor Montreya chuckled twice, his tone inexplicable: "——Because there is no time, I took the risk. Do you want to know why? Simply because I am out of time. A few days ago, when your Black Gemstone Cat avatar came to the Sakura Pub, I told you the answer to this question: bloodline research is the most dangerous and easily out-of-control magic research in this world... Well, speaking of the Sakura Pub, I owe you a thank you."

"What?" This time, it was Zheng Qing who was baffled.

"Last time, when your Black Gemstone Cat visited ’Korma,’ I had already entered her ’case,’ but many details hadn’t been properly adjusted."

Perhaps out of gratitude, Professor Montreya explained very meticulously:

"——So, when those school divination group wizards broke into the Sakura Pub, shouting ’you are closest to Montreya,’ I was taken aback. Almost thought I was exposed. However, you inadvertently used that key to help me avoid what could’ve been the greatest crisis... Initially, I handed the laboratory key to you just on a whim, not wanting my successful research to go to waste. Yet unexpectedly, fate had this encounter in store."

A somewhat emotional sigh came from above the altar.

Mechanical and prolonged.

Appearing exceptionally peculiar.

Inside Model A at the edge, the charm gun that was halfway refined almost collapsed along with Zheng Qing’s terrible mood. It happened again. Last time in the Black Prison, he inadvertently ended up assisting the demons greatly; earlier, he accidentally exploded the small White Tower on Lake Heart Island, and this time, he inadvertently covered for the big crow right under the school’s nose!

Sometimes, he had to wonder if he was suffering from a backlash of luck—because he’d gained the master’s favor, the support of forbidden curses, he had exhausted his luck, turning overly unlucky.

Or perhaps he was some kind of damn ’Innate Jinxed Body’?

While the young wizard was internally complaining about himself, the mechanical voice echoing above the altar returned to its main topic, discussing again why it was ’out of time.’

"——In short, though somewhat shameful and unwilling to admit it, the fact is the way I advanced to Big Wizard did not achieve the expected results. In other words, our experiment still has a flaw that cannot be compensated for."

"You clearly can wait longer."

Suspended in mid-air, the young wizard, somewhat self-destructive, deliberately posed a problem for the professor: "...Since you’ve been lurking at school for so long, why can’t you wait a few more months, do a few more experiments?"

At the center of the altar.

The witch looked up again, gazing at the edge Model A.

The gaze seemed to penetrate the thick scale armor and the vast conscious sea, landing directly before Zheng Qing, shocking him into holding his breath and concentrating, summoning thick mist above the conscious sea, trying hard to obscure the existence of that light blue box.

"Because you gave us an illusion."

Professor’s next words left Zheng Qing stunned.

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