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Chapter 12: Book [3]

Over the course of the next few days, I managed to get a good grasp of the book.

After experimenting with the book on every occasion I could get, I managed to decipher the main uses of the book.

First off, whenever I wanted to change something inside of the book, mana would be consumed.

Depending on what I changed, a different amount of mana was consumed to supplement the change I made.

For example, let's take the gravity room example.

I changed the gravity room setting from 2g to 4g. At that time approximately three-quarters of my mana was consumed by the book.

On the same day, after taking a cheap 50 U potion to replenish my mana, I tried again, but this time I changed the gravity setting from 4g to 3g.

The result was that half of my mana was consumed.

Thanks to this I was able to figure out that the change made in the book is proportional to mana consumption. Meaning that the bigger the change I made in the book the more mana I consumed.

To verify this I tried putting '6g', which I regret doing now, as I nearly passed out from having all the mana within my body get sucked out.

When I managed to regain some strength I found that my mana was completely drained. When I glanced at the book to see what changes it brought, I couldn't help but break out into cold sweat. Apparently, the MC broke one of his legs as a result of my meddling.

Quickly replenishing my mana using another cheap potion, I immediately reverted it back to 2g which I found to be the most optimal gravity setting for the MC.

The next thing I tried was 15g. I wanted to see what would happen if the change was well beyond my capabilities.

The result was that, exactly 5 seconds after I made a change, my change quickly reverted back to '2g' almost as if it never happened.

The next thing I found out about the book was that it was 10 minutes ahead of my current timeline. Meaning that it tells me the happenings of 10 minutes in the future.

Moreover, I found out that when the events that were in the book coincided with my timeline, I could no longer add any more changes to the book.

For example, 'Kevin exits the training room'.

When those words appear in the book, it actually means that Kevin will exit the training room 10 minutes from now.

So when Kevin actually exits the training room in real-time, I could no longer make any changes in the book. From this, I could infer that the book cannot change the past, but only change a possible future.

I was actually quite lucky that I had used potions to replenish my mana as I would've been in deep shit if the MC had injured himself on the first day.

The last thing I found out was that the book only gives me Kevin's perspective. This means that the book is actually kind of useless to me as I am not Kevin.

I wasn't particularly saddened by this fact as I could use this book to determine whether I could help Kevin without needing to expose myself.

...

Today marked the fourth day of me starting classes, and today is my first non-practical lesson since I had arrived here.

Since people usually come to the lock to develop their abilities, most of the lessons were based on real combat and body training, therefore making theoretical lessons quite rare.

'Molecular Anatomy'

This was the name of the theoretical lecture. An incredibly complex class that looks through the body of monsters and beasts.

Professor Theodore Rombhouse, a renowned researcher with lots of awards to his name, was the professor in charge of this class. He and his team were responsible for singlehandedly finding out the mystery as to why beasts went beserk after mana invaded the atmosphere.

Professor Rombhouse was a plump middle-aged man with curly white hair and a calm disposition. If it weren't for the fact that his eyes were currently transfixed on the huge creature laying on the table in front of the class, people would've easily mistaken him for your nice neighborhood uncle.

"As we can see, the wingspan of the berzerk pigeonette is around 1.8 meters, drastically different from their predecessor the pigeon which tended to be at around 70 cm in length. That is almost a 2.6 times increase in length!"

Excitedly yelled the professor as he caressed the gigantic creature on the table. You could hear from his voice that he was incredibly engrossed by the creature in front of him.

"After long conclusive research, we have managed to source out the reason for the pigeon's drastic growth. As all of you know, my team was responsible for finding out as to why beasts go berserk at the presence of mana."

Finally taking his eyes off the huge creature, Professor Rombhouse took a good look at the class and asked.

"Now can anyone tell me why humans manage to retain their sanity while animals can't?"

As this was common knowledge a lot of hands were raised. Since I wanted to blend in I also raised my hand without thinking much.

"You on the left"

"..."

He's looking at me, isn't he? Just to make sure I looked behind me to see if anyone had their hands up. Don't want to end up in one of those awkward situations where someone waves at you but it turns out they were actually waving at the person behind you.

"No don't look behind you, I'm talking to you dimwit!"

"Me?"

"Jesus Christ! Yes, you!"

This bastard! Is that how you talk to your own creator!

Ambithaba this poor monk shall be benevolent for once.

Pretending to fall into deep thought, I looked at the professor before I started speaking. Of course, I pretend to be nervous at first so that I didn't stand out. If I acted confidently it would make the professor automatically assume I knew my stuff, which would result in him asking me more questions in the future which I didn't want.

"Ah, uhm. Compared to us humans..uhm...animals don't have a cortex as developed as ours. As mana stimulates our neurological system, it inadvertently needs us to ...uhm...to process the mana in our body to redirect it to the correct areas in the body so that it doesn't accumulate in a specific area of the body. Because we are wired differently from beasts we have the capability to think and react to situations, which beasts are incapable of. Therefore when presented with an invading force a.k.a mana, because of their low intellect beasts are incapable of reacting to the situation causing the mana inside of their body to slowly accumulate inside of them, specifically their brain, slowly turning them berserk. This process is known as mana poisoning"

"Impressive answ..."

Impressed by my answer Professor Rombhouse was about to applaud when he noticed that I still didn't finish talking.

"There are two solutions to solving this problem. One is to wait for nature to take its course and let the beasts slowly evolve allowing them to process mana, or second to directly use external aid to stimulate the mana within beasts. Simply put, since they can't use their own brain to stimulate their mana why not use others?"

"For example, if we used a normal circulation technique like the [Three-star constellation] technique and directly stimulate where the mana is concentrated in a way that it stimulated the nervous system of the bea..."

"STOP RIGHT THERE!"

"Huh?"

As I was talking I heard a loud shout and felt two large hands holding me down.

"REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID!"

"Hu-h w-what's going on?"

I flusteredly replied as I found Professor Rombhouses's face sticking in front of me. We were so close that his nose was inches away from my face.

Glancing around I noticed everyone staring at me in shock, even Melissa the smarted student in class glanced at me for a few seconds.

What happened?

I'm sure I only recited normal information. Everyone should know this stuff...

"REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID!"

Shouted Professor Rombhouse at the top of his lungs. I could even feel some of his spit splashing on my face.

Just as I was about to protest I noticed his frenzied eyes staring down on me, and decided against doing so.

"Compared to us huma..."

"NO! NOT THAT PART!"

flinching and taking a step back, I confusedly stare at the professor.

You want me to repeat myself and yet when I do you still shout at me, are you mentally okay?

Noticing my expression, and seeing everyone staring at him. Professor Rombhouse calmed down and took two steps back.

"Cough cough sorry for that."

"No, no, no problem"

I said as I waved my hands.

"Dear student could you repeat the last part of what you said, about the two processes that can cure beasts of mana poisoning."

Frowning I looked at the Professor skeptically. Did I miss something?

"There are two solutions in curing mana poisoning. One is to let nature take its course through evolution, and the other is through external aid."

"What do you mean by external aid?"

Interrupting me once again, Professor Rombhouse looked at me with sparkling eyes.

Taking two steps back I warily look at the professor.

"Sir I'm into females"

"Huh?"

"...!"

After a couple of seconds, you could hear Professor Rombhouse enraged roar resounding in the classroom as he understood what I said.

"I'm in no mood for your silly jokes, repeat what you had just said before!!"

-Ding! -Dong! -Ding! -Dong!

"It seems that it's the end of the lesson, thank you for your time professor, and goodbye"

Without letting him react on time, as soon as I heard the bell I got my bag and left in a flash.

That dude was seriously too creepy.

First, he kept asking me elementary knowledge stuff, and secondly, he kept shouting for no reason at all.

Just what did I do wrong?

...

Click!

As I closed the door of my room I immediately grabbed the mysterious book and opened it.

I needed to find out why the professor caused an outburst like that on his first day of class.

===

As Kevin left Professor Rombhouse's class he was left into deep thought

If what that weird student said was true, then a groundbreaking discovery had just been made. If his solution could really resolve mana poisoning, then it could drastically reduce the stress humanity was facing. Take Park city for example. Every year they are constantly attacked by sea creatures who have gone berserk.

What if they could resolve the mana poisoning inside of the beasts?

Wouldn't that help increase humanity's manpower in fighting against the demons?

Because of his hatred towards demons, Kevin couldn't help but be excited by the prospect of humanity taking one step forward in the war against the demons.

As Kevin was walking towards his dorm he could faintly hear Professor Rombhouse's hysterical shouts asking for the name of that mysterious student.

Oddly enough most of the students didn't even know who he was. If it weren't for the fact that the second-lowest in the class pointed out his name, none of the people in the class would've known about him.

"Ren Dover"

===

"..."

What have I done!

How did I make such a stupid mistake!

Because I wanted to perfectly play the role of a mob, I completely neglected the fact that some of the information I knew may not have not yet been discovered.

I was truly careless.

I was actually pretty sure that what I had said was already known by most of the people present. In the novel, although I don't remember it word for word, I remember them knowing this sort of information at the begging of the novel.

Yes, I was indeed careless. My theory behind the slip-up was that because I had never mentioned when and who discovered the mana poison treatment in the novel, I may have prematurely exposed this solution.

Essentially I forwarded the theory a tiny bit before the original creator of the theory could present it.

In short, I garnered attention towards myself and possibly pissed someone off.

Without a second thought, I took my pencil out and erased "if it weren't for the fact that the second-lowest in the class pointed out his name" in the book, and replaced it with "None of the people in the class knew his name"

-Voom!

Instantly all my mana was sucked out of my body causing me to go limp on my bed.

Taking a look at the changes I let out a satisfied smile.

===

As Kevin was walking towards his dorm he could faintly hear Professor Rombhouse's hysterical shouts asking for the name of that mysterious student.

Oddly enough most of the students don't even know who he is. None of the people in the class knew his name, making him really mysterious.

Whoever he was, he was either lucky or he was hiding quite deeply.

===

Though what I did was not gonna change anything since professor Rombhouse could just look at the register to figure out who I was, I still did it since it could buy me a day of peace.

...This should serve as a good lesson for me.

Just because I wrote the novel didn't mean I knew everything regarding this world.

You only realized once you found yourself inside of a novel how many things the novel missed when compared to reality.

For example, back when I was looking for the [Keiki style], if not for the fact that I had a general idea of where to find it, I wouldn't have ever found the place. What I had written in the novel did not even come close to how it was in reality.

It's all the little details that were beyond my control...

Letting out a sigh of relief, I looked at the new passage of the book.

In all fairness, I didn't really have to do this because people saw my face, but at least I wouldn't find Professor Rombhouse annoying me anytime soon.

Fortunately, I only mentioned two solutions and excluded the third, which was the sure way to eliminate mana poisoning.

The second method could have been considered groundbreaking as of right now, but it really wasn't that efficient as it was way faster to kill than to cure.

Yes, it was possible to cure them and then train them to fight back, but that would be a long-term solution as it would simply take too much time.

All in all, even if I do explain how to do the second option, it wouldn't really attract too much attention to me.

Strenght rules over the brain in this era after all.

With my low potential, the higher-ups would only lightly glimpse at me and then go back to what they were doing.

Though I do think I may have pissed someone off...primarily the person who first came up with the hypothesis.

I'm sure whoever it was that put forward the theory was already at their late stage of experimentation.

I just hope this doesn't come back and bite me...

Closing the book down, I looked at the white ceiling and let out a long exhausted sigh.

"How troublesome..."


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Chapter 13: Virtual reality [1]

The next day, although I tried to be as low-key as possible, people would occasionally steal glances in my direction.

Right now we were in the middle of engineering class and I was actually trying to focus. The constant occasional glances were starting to get on my nerves. It was felt as if I was the main attraction inside of a zoo exhibit.

Although this class was not particularly popular I found it rather fascinating. The concepts they were talking about were far more advanced than back in my previous world.

But it was specifically because of this that I was so interested; Hence why I was especially annoyed by the constant stares from the people in my class.

I can't focus if you people keep staring at me!

"Using an angled mirror we split the two laser beams into two separate beams. This then forms an object beam and a reflected beam. Heading in different directions, both are reflected off of other angled mirrors, and using an F48 board and a g450 processor we can process the beams so that the software can detect human movements and as these two beams merge together a holographic image is created."

Well, it definitely was an interesting course but that didn't mean I could understand it. In fact, I only managed to grasp 1% of the contents of the course.

Like what the hell was an F48 board or a g450 processor?

I'll just stay and pretend that I understood everything that the professor said. It was a non-compulsory course anyways, therefore, I didn't really need to come here.

Still, even though I did not understand anything, just the fact that they were exploring holographic technology aroused my interest. Such technology did not exist back in my world, as the best they could come up with were touch screen phones.

The technology back in my world was not advanced enough to come up with pure holographic devices.

-Ding! -Dong!

"Oh my, it seems like the class has ended. I'll see you next time"

Packing up her stuff, the engineering professor smiled and left the class.

Not much was known about the engineering professor apart from the fact that she was apparently quite strong.

Although she was no longer in her younger days, she had a complexion as fair as an unpolished jade with beauty, elegance, and grace that could only be achieved over years of maturity. Her silky brown hair that was tied in a braided ponytail calmly rested on her right shoulder. Her expression which always seemed to be smiling carried a hidden charm within that caused everyone to feel a motherly warmth from her.

Even though I was the author of the book, many characters that I have met during my stay here were people that had never shown up in my story such as this professor.

Having stayed here for about a week, I found this professor the most pleasing out of all the ones I've encountered so far. She was kind and didn't show preferential treatment towards certain students, unlike other professors who blatantly showed favoritism towards ones that were talented or had a huge backing.

Most professors were 'geniuses' that have once studied here or had several achievements under their belts. They all had their own pride and thus only actually paid attention to the top students whilst ignoring the mediocre ones.

Although they didn't say it straight to our faces, the teacher's expression could tell it all. 'Why should I bother teaching you? Are you worthy?'

Even if we were not considered as outstanding as Kevin and the others, just the fact that we managed to enroll into the lock meant that they were capable individuals.

Take the previous owner of this body as an example. Although he was one of the lowest-ranked in the class if he were to go into any other academy he could've been considered as a medium-high talent since D-rank talents were still hard to come by these days due to the constantly decreasing population.

The world was just not fair.

Leaving the engineering class I calmly went back to my room to get changed. The next class was 'tactical cooperation' a new course that utilizes virtual technology to train students. I was actually quite pumped for this class since virtual reality was something you could've only been able to find in movies and novels.

Taking off my celestial blue uniform that indicated that I was in my first year, I took out a dark blue skin-tight suit and put it on.

Uniforms were separated into three different colors, celestial blue, dark green, and blood red. the celestial blue was only worn by first years, the dark green by second years, and the blood-red uniform by third years. It was arranged as such so that this way guilds who came to observe/scout students would be able to differentiate between first and third years. With third years being their primary target as they were only a year away from graduating.

As I struggled to put on the skin-tight suit I could only curse at the people who designed this suit.

Comfortable was the last possible word that came into my mind as I tried putting on the skin-tight suit. Let's not mention the fact that it took me around 5 minutes to put on the suit, but as the name suggests the suit was 'skin-tight' meaning that I could feel all my muscles getting tightly compressed by the suit.

Wearing the suit made my movements become extremely stiff. Because it was so stiff it looked like I was walking like a robot, moreover, Looking at my appearance in the mirror I wished I could find a place to bury myself.

So embarrassing.

Thankfully, the distance between my dorm and the 'tactical cooperation' class was close, saving me from the embarrassment of being seen in the suit.

The campus which covered an area of five kilometers squared was divided into 8 sections, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.

The lecture zone was located in the A section, and that area was where the lecture halls were located. It was located on the top left side of the campus and comprised of three oval-shaped buildings that were each the same size. The reason why there were three buildings was that the first year, second year, and third years were separated.

The B section was a no-student area and it's where the professor's offices were located. If you needed to ask questions or meet the professor after class you would have to go towards the B section. It was located right next to the A section and consisted of one large compound with a tall glass-pyramid like building in the middle of the compound.

The C section was where the labs and researching facilities were located. In order for someone to access the lab, they needed to be supervised by a professor in case something went wrong. Because of the dangers, the facility posed, the C section was located far away from the other sections and was enclosed in military-grade defenses.

The D section was where I was currently headed and it was where the virtual reality room was located. It was a room filled with capsules that each student could use to enter the virtual world. It was located underground and was a few kilometers away from the dorms, which were located in the E section.

In the E section, dorms were separated into five different buildings with each building bigger than the other. The furthest building and also the shabbiest looking one was the 'golden rat' building. It was the cheapest dorm on the campus and was where people that couldn't afford to pay for facilities stayed.

Right next to the 'golden rat' building was the 'horned sheep' building and it was where I was currently staying. The conditions were a bit better than the 'golden rat' building, but it was still nothing compared to the next three buildings, 'Manticore', 'Hydra' and 'Leviathan' buildings.

Starting from the 'Manticore' building, each person had their own personal training facility installed inside of their room followed by a personal designated butler that catered to all their needs.

The 'Hydra' building, like the 'Manticore' building, provided personal training facilities as well as a butler. However the training facilities were much more advanced, and they also provided students with personalized meals and diet plans. The meals were all cooked by professional chefs, and the ingredients provided by them were all made from rare herbs and monsters.

Lastly, there was the 'Leviathan' building. The only building that could be accessed with money. This was where the 'elites' resided. No matter how rich you were, unless you proved that you were a one-of-a-kind talent you would never be able to step in here. This building was created in the hopes of nurturing future talents that could fight and fend off against the demons who are rampaging all over the world. Heavy emphasis was put on the creation of this building, as it was where the future pillars of humanity would be nurtured. Whatever you wanted, it was there. Training facilities, high-end food, butlers, swimming pool, VR rooms, highly secured research facilities, if you felt like something was missing all you needed to do was just ask and it would be built the next day.

The G section is where the training facility was located and it was inside of a large squared architectural building. It was approximately 2 minutes away from section A, and 5 minutes away from the E section. Because it was a public training facility one needed to book a spot in advance in order to use the facility.

Lastly the H section, the area that contained the library as well as the 'cube'. The 'cube' was a forbidden area where only the highest-ranked individuals could enter. The reason why it was considered a forbidden area was that it was where all the secret training manuals were stored, as well as godly medicine and herbs. Manuals that were comparable to the [Keiki style] were also stored inside of the facility further clarifying how important that area was.

Arriving inside of the VR room, I noticed almost everyone walking in a robot-like manner causing me to lightly chuckle.

Obviously, not everyone was like this, as some were leisurely walking in their tight-skin suit indicating that this was probably not their first time using VR.

Because we were wearing tight-skin suits, the boys and girls were separated into different rooms, which is a bit of a letdown as I wouldn't have minded seeing Amanda and the others in that outfit.

Actually on second thought scratch that. Since I was the author of the novel, I knew the personalities of the main characters the best, and thus I knew that if I were to catch a glimpse of them with that suit on, my days would be numbered.

"Alright, everyone please look over here"

Similarly wearing a tight-skinned outfit the professor came into the room, gathering the attention of everyone present.

Standing tall, with tidy black hair and a sharp look was the professor responsible for this class. He currently had a gentle smile on his face as he took out a small tablet and took the register.

Looking at his calm gentle demeanor that made it look like he was the nicest person on earth, I secretly sneered.

'I know who you truly are...'

The professor who was in charge of the VR class was called Alfonse Thibaut and was actually a major character for the first arc of the story.

In short, he could be what was regarded as a mini-boss.

Although he was not a ranked villain, he could be considered a difficult opponent for the current protagonist.

The demon he signed a pact with was from the shadow tribe, which was a sub-branch of the greed clan which was one of the seven main clans of the demon clans.

The demons were split into seven clans, each according to the 7 heavenly sins known to mankind, pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth.

Each clan was commanded by a demon duke which was as powerful if not more powerful than the top executives in the human domain, or equivalently SS ranks.

Above them was the Demon King, who at the moment could eradicate the whole of humanity with the swipe of his hand. However, due to his enormous power, he was currently being restricted by various powers preventing him from entering the human domain.

That was of course until the third calamity hits, which was when the true war between humanity and the demons would start.

I was actually quite thankful for the fact that I was the lowest-ranked in the class since it meant that minimal attention was placed on me. Apart from the occasional bullying, I was living quite a comfortable life, unlike Kevin who was constantly under the watch of both the jealous classmates and villains who are wary of his overwhelming talent.

"Since everyone is present, I will start the capsules and you can enter when I say so"

Seeing that everyone was present, Professor Thibaut smiled and went towards his desk where a large monitor was present.

Typing a few commands on the screen, he called out the names of each student separately.

"Ren Dover, please make way to capsule 55"

Hearing my name being called, I contained my excitement and made my way towards my designated capsule.

Ignoring the snickering coming from certain classmates, which whispered words such as 'bumpkin' or other rude remarks, I excitedly approached my capsule.

I could finally enter the virtual world which I could only see in novels and movies.

Entering the capsule and adjusting the helmet on my head, I patiently waited for the professor's instructions.

"Student Dover is everything okay?"

"Yes"

"Okay, the virtual simulation will start in 3..2...1..."

-Tak

The last thing I heard was the sound of a key being pressed before everything went dark.


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