Chapter 1852 - 511: The First Person to Sacrifice for Science (Part 2)

"Then have you dreamed of any other professions? Something more fantastical, like... piloting a ship across the Star Sea."

What is that?

Keynes was baffled by the question. He was bewildered for a long time before shaking his head.

"No, Your Highness... Is it important?"

Luo Yan smiled and shook his head.

"It's not important; I'm just curious."

The souls from World A enter World B, participating in the reincarnation of World B. Interestingly, the souls from World A still cycle within their own "framework" and do not truly enter the system of World B.

Its existence is similar to a "player," or "Player," rather than its counterpart, "NPC."

This is actually a very interesting phenomenon and coincides with the most basic principles of the Void Realm—

The Void Realm can only respond to the resonance in people's hearts, amplifying this resonance, and cannot tell someone things they originally didn't know.

And Professor Keynes's experience clearly fits this point.

In his unconscious dreams, he could become the cook he had seen, the mage he had been, and the kings and ministers he had seen, but he could not become the captain of a research ship or anything else beyond that.

Because such a profession doesn't exist on the Aus Continent.

Perhaps this is also why he could wake up instead of being completely stuck there.

And if one wanted to turn a "player" into an "NPC" and enter the reincarnation system of another world, perhaps this angle could be explored.

Of course, this is just one idea.

Luo Yan never intended to keep his players in his own world forever; his desire for control wasn't that strong. It was best for both sides to have what they needed, thus maintaining an idealized view of each other.

Unless a player voluntarily applied, he might consider making this a prize for completing the game.

For example—

Allowing players to exchange their saved points from their previous life for the start of their next life.

Looking at the Prince lost in thought, Keynes hesitated for a long time, finally giving a light cough.

"Your Highness, I understand your interest in the 440th Void Realm very well. I heard you've... conducted research on that Void Realm. Speaking of which, I must thank you; without you, I surely wouldn't have woken up."

Luo Yan gave him a surprised look.

"What does that mean?"

Keynes replied with a bittersweet smile.

"To be honest, I woke up when the Void Realm passage completely disconnected."

Disconnected?

Luo Yan looked even more surprised.

He remembered that when he left, the 440th Void Realm still had a faint connection; he didn't expect it to disconnect entirely.

He wanted to say that was a pity but remembered that Mr. Keynes was able to return because of the disconnection, so he held back this untimely lamentation.

After a pause, he asked.

"Did you see anything before leaving there?"

Keynes nodded.

"Yes, an old guy told me we would meet again, and then everything disappeared."

Meet again...

Luo Yan pondered over this sentence.

If this sentence was addressed to Keynes, then they indeed met again since the person sitting in front of him was the "Father of the Solipsi people."

If this sentence was addressed to the humans on the Aus Continent, then the intention hiding within was intriguing.

Is it a warning?

That peering from the Void...

Watching the silence envelop Prince Colin once more, Keynes began to recount his own story.

"Then, when I awoke from my slumber, I was greeted with my... ahem, Your Colin Tower. Miller, that guy, grew up right before my eyes. He wasn't so mature when I fell asleep; then there were the chalkboards hung in the Mage Tower and the formulas written on them, all stuff I had never seen before."

"This really is... quite regretful." Luo Yan's expression was a bit peculiar, but what came next made his expression even more so.

Professor Keynes sighed and continued speaking with murmurs.

"My misfortunes are not just these, Your Highness. I've lost not only the Mage Tower but also my laboratory. My former colleagues look at me as if they've seen a plague; they don't even dare to talk to me."

"I think to myself, I haven't harmed anyone; the only person harmed was myself. Even the Council of Sages hasn't said anything, so why are they so moved?"

"Later, I found out because of my experience at the Colin Tower, they all regarded me as an Elder of the 'Science' School, and now Professor Uriel, the Wise Candidate, sees the Science School as a thorn in his side..."

"Oh, Saint Sis, I was utterly baffled at the time! I just woke up from the Void Realm, I didn't even know how to spell the word 'Science,' how could I know I was an Elder of the Science School? Why didn't anyone tell me?"

At this point, the middle-aged mage in his fifties had reddened eyes, and his lips trembled.

He endured having his inheritance divided while he was asleep, but this unfounded burden was too much to bear.

If he had someone to back him like Professor James Walli, it might have been alright, but the key was that he didn't even receive any benefit from Prince Colin!

Later, it was his former student, Miller, who helped him out by writing a letter of recommendation.

After making some inquiries, he learned that Prince Colin was in the Campbell Duchy to the south, so he traveled here.

Luo Yan gave a light cough.

"This... I'm very sorry."

Although Keynes's situation wasn't his fault, to say it had nothing to do with him would clearly be irresponsible.