Chapter 1045: Chapter 247: I Think It Could Work

"Next, it’s about you."

Lindong continued, "When creating the flour element, you should have noticed it, right?"

Ethan’s understanding of Elemental Shaper comes from the "Fireball, Ice Arrow Magic Power Study" she left in Ximu Town. At the time, they had all lost their memories, so in her view, Ethan embarked on the path of an Elemental Shaper by coincidence, which never truly represented his true power.

Until the emergence of the flour element, it indicated that Ethan had completely transcended the framework of an extraordinary path.

As a consciousness birthed from the Node Space, he should have naturally done so.

"If I had left ’Magician’s Beginner’s Guide’ back then, or ’The Sacred Songs’, you would have become a Magician, a Priest... However, the truth is you’ve never truly walked any specific path but instead created another set of seemingly ambiguous creations based on your understanding."

This is another major research project for Lindong—exploring the essence of Node Space, which she hadn’t been able to discern until before accepting Ethan’s invitation and reaching the Otherworld.

The space is filled with countless negative emotions from living beings, those emotions had become the nutrients of Node Space, and Ethan’s initial consciousness was birthed among these chaotic emotions.

Thus, this led to another intriguing mystical problem.

Do Elemental Elves really exist?

Ethan was not the first to propose this theory. As early as the era of the original dean, McCarthy Delin, the viewpoint of communicating with natural elements was proposed in an elemental shaping study, and subsequent inheritors developed this viewpoint into a complete theory, with "Meditation" being a product of it.

Elemental Shapers connect with natural elements through "Meditation" to sense their powers.

However, from ancient times to now, Elemental Elves have always been an abstract concept, and even for practitioners of this theory, none could definitively say they have actually met an Elemental Elf.

"Before your appearance, this became an abstract belief of Elemental Shapers, no different in essence from the beliefs of other extraordinary paths."

The restoration of memory allowed Lindong to jump out of the established framework, "Faith is the underlying mechanism of extraordinary paths, whereas on the other side, all powers derive from the worship of Divine Spirits. However, what you’ve done is turn these mystical Divine Spirits into reality."

Simultaneously, some interpretations full of personal character were added.

For example, Ghost Fire Girl’s wind element, the fire element grandiose and nearly cold like the sun, and the ice element almost identical to the Witch...

Elemental Elves transformed into entities visible to the naked eye, bringing a revolutionary change to the academy. Under the leadership of the current dean, professors are re-writing humanity’s understanding of Elemental Elves based on "Fireball, Ice Arrow Magic Power Study", assigning them human personalities.

"Let’s conduct an experiment."

Lindong said, "Holy City lacks any soil to nurture belief, hence theoretically, the power bestowed by mysticism to humans would be blocked on the other side of Node Space."

In this land, there is no Goddess of Life, no Knight Lord...

If a grand bishop were sent here, then he wouldn’t be able to cast even the simplest magic power.

To Lindong, the existence of Node Space seems like a naturally formed barrier among galaxies, segregating the two utterly different civilizations of magic and science on either side of the barrier.

"Thus, theoretically, Elemental Elves shouldn’t appear here either."

"Who said that?"

A familiar voice suddenly echoed in the room; a black cat that sneaked in somehow lay glaringly on the wardrobe, staring fiercely at Ethan, "Dongzi, are you trying to take advantage of everyone’s attention being elsewhere to sneak off with Senzi? Stop daydreaming, as long as Little Dark is here, your wicked plot cannot possibly succeed!"

For a moment, time seemed to jump.

When Lindong came to her senses, several figures appeared in the hotel room.

Standing by the window with their back to them, a golden figure overlooking the First Special District; a figure with the same visage held a platter with a two-person burger meal; the electric element senior with slicked-back hair sat across her, yawning in boredom; while the green-haired girl sat quietly in a corner of the room, flipping through a novel.

At that moment, Lindong’s proposed theory was shattered, but she instead flashed a pleased smile, "This indicates that they were never Elemental Elves but rather indigenous to Node Space, or perhaps they are a product of your fragment of memories."

Her eyes sparkled, revealing some fervor.

This was the gaze familiar to Ethan, usually shown when Lindong dragged him back to the bedroom at night before reverting to the first seat, but now, her interest was clearly in something else.

"It’s truly fascinating; I have never witnessed something like this before."

For Ethan, the belief in extraordinary paths or the technology of Holy City is not important; all theories and common knowledge are merely vehicles for him to exercise his power.

Peeling away all surface appearances, Lindong believes she is getting close to Ethan’s essence, "To you, as long as you perceive something can generally work, it genuinely turns into reality."

Rowena spent an entire afternoon unable to figure out the essence of the flour element; the magic not only can create things from nothing but can even manifest vegetables and patties unrelated to flour.