Chapter 53: Scientific and Mystical
After finalizing the team’s subsequent equipment upgrade plan with Hood in the morning, Asker set off for Hippocrates University in the afternoon to visit the girls studying there.
Medea’s “Fire,” Thira’s “Storm” and “Meteor,” and Sidlipha’s yet-to-be-taken but present in her later bloodline sequence “Frost” and “Thunder” all belonged to the classical Macedonian Arcane Sequence.
In addition, Mia’s “Shadow” and Peggy’s “Steal” were also sequences that leaned more towards the spiritual side.
Hippocrates University had corresponding lecturers and training grounds for these spiritual sequences, specifically designed to train the corresponding Transcendents.
Therefore, these five girls were arranged to study these (mystical) theories at the university. As for whether it would be beneficial to actual combat, Asker had to personally verify it.
After all, a greater war was imminent, and there weren’t many of these brief periods of calm before the war where they could seize the time to improve their strength.
Hippocrates University wasn’t the kind of full-time academic university Asker knew from his previous life, where dozens of students gathered in a classroom to listen to lectures. It was more like a practical training class.
The students stood on the training ground, taking turns using their supernatural abilities, while the lecturer explained the principles and corrected their mistakes.
“This student asked me, what happens when the Fire ability and the Frost ability meet? Now I’ll answer you, they annihilate each other.”
The lecturer summoned a fireball with his left hand and a frost ball with his right hand, then clapped them together.
Both the fireball and the frost ball disappeared.
“Let’s review what we’ve learned. The mass of a system depends on the mass particles within the isolated system; the temperature of a system depends on the energy particles within the isolated system.”
“Mass particles and energy particles can be converted into each other under certain conditions, the conversion formula is the mass-energy equation E=mc².”
“Energy particles are divided into high spin states and low spin states. The low spin state is absolute zero, while the high spin state is not zero. The temperature of an isolated system is related to the difference between the high and low spin state energy particles within the system. The conversion formula is the Dirac equation set, which is quite complex. You can go back and check your textbook, Quantum Mechanics, Chapter 5, ‘Energy Particle Spin State Equation.’”
“The mechanism of the Fire Sequence ability is to convert low spin state energy particles into high spin state, so the temperature within the system will increase rapidly; the Frost Sequence is the opposite, so once the two formulas meet, they will annihilate each other.”
“Then, teacher,” Thira raised her hand and asked, “If the Fire ability is stronger than the Frost ability, shouldn’t the Frost formula be annihilated, and the Fire formula remain?”
“Theoretically, yes.” The lecturer nodded and explained, “In fact, don’t forget the observation collapse of quantum mechanics.”
“When unobserved, the state of a quantum can be a superposition of high spin and low spin states. Once you observe it, the quantum must present one of the two spin states.”
“Only superposition states can be calculated. In a non-superposition state, the quantum has collapsed and cannot be superimposed.”
“To use a mathematical analogy, you can add and calculate two vectors, but once the vector collapses into a single point, you can’t calculate it anymore.”
Teacher, that’s not what I was asking… Thira wanted to say something more, but the lecturer looked down at his watch and said:
“That’s all for today, class dismissed.”
“How are you guys doing with your studies?” Asker greeted the three girls.
“What the teacher is talking about is difficult to understand, but he does have unique insights into the principles of spellcasting.” Thira replied.
“It’s a bit obscure, but it might be useful after understanding it.” Medea pondered.
“Hmm, hmm, I’m different from them, I understand everything completely!” Sidlipha said cheerfully with an innocent smile.
The other two girls immediately glanced at her, their expressions speechless.
No, you didn’t understand at all…
“I see.” Asker didn’t have any expectations for her intelligence and sighed, “Let’s go find the others.”
The other two, because they didn’t belong to the Arcane Sequence, were assigned to the training ground next door.
As soon as he entered the Shadow Sequence training ground, his vision went black.
Ah, the style of the Blind Team. Asker immediately felt a strong sense of déjà vu.
Then he raised his sword in reverse grip and tapped lightly to his front left. A crisp “ouch” sounded in the darkness.
Then the darkness disappeared, and Mia was squatting there, holding her bruised forehead, tears welling up in her eyes.
“How did you know I was going to sneak attack you!” She cried out, sobbing.
“I heard you.” Asker replied. “This darkness-creating ability of yours, is it the Shadow Tentacles skill?”
Shadow Tentacles attacked the enemy’s face, causing blindness. It was jokingly called “face-hugging shadow” in the professional circle. Logically, it required Shadow II to activate, but Mia only had Shadow I, which meant…
“It’s a new move I just learned, combined with the Weakness Sequence ability.” Mia said proudly.
Weakness I was a potion the team found in the Transcendental Market. After taking it, she had also advanced to level 4.
The ability of the Weakness Sequence itself was to capture the enemy’s momentary weaknesses and launch attacks, thus weakening the enemy’s resistance to attacks.
Shadow I could also manipulate darkness, but the effect was worse compared to Shadow II. Enemies attacked by Shadow I would usually only feel their vision dim, not completely obscured.
However, combined with the Weakness Sequence ability, Mia could weaken the enemy’s resistance to darkness, thus allowing Shadow I to also achieve the “face-hugging shadow” effect, blinding the opponent for a short time.
As for blindness, although it might be tricky for ordinary people, professional players naturally wouldn’t be so easily affected. Moreover, Mia didn’t even have the awareness of how to launch follow-up attacks…
“Face-hugging shadow isn’t used like this.” Asker couldn’t help but instruct her. “Think about it, the moment a normal person’s vision is plunged into darkness, the first thing they do is focus on their hearing. If you make even a slight sound, won’t you expose yourself?”
Mia looked confused: “Ah, is that so?”
Thira and Medea, listening behind him, were speechless: …
No, no, no, the first reaction of a normal person when plunged into darkness is definitely panic! Who do you think is a monster like you?!
“The simplest attack method is to quickly shoot after blinding them with face-hugging shadow.” Asker instructed her.
“Move while shooting, using the gunfire to cover your footsteps. The enemy will subconsciously mistake the location of the gunfire for your position.”
“At this time, you, having already repositioned yourself, can take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.”
Mia was stunned for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed, “That sounds very powerful, but I don’t have any firearms!”
“Firearms are just an example.” Asker knocked her head in exasperation. “Most ranged weapons will do, such as throwing weapons, wrist crossbows, etc. If all else fails, you can just throw a stone.”
“Well said.” Applause came from the side. The instructor on the training ground tore off the mask from his face, revealing a refined and handsome face.
“Rasul, I knew it was you.” Asker said helplessly.
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