Chapter 115: "On the Necessary Correlation Between Mental Imagery and Talent" — by The Tower

Regarding The Chariot desiring to use her as an experimental subject, Lan Qingyou felt it didn't matter.

In reality, the entirety of the villa essentially operated upon this sort of mutually beneficial relationship.

Otherwise, acquiring things like a washing machine for a mere 100 mana potions would be fundamentally impossible.

Moreover, smoothly obtaining a mechanical expert's design for free was undoubtedly highly profitable no matter how one looked at it.

Of course.

The most crucial aspect was that if she felt dissatisfied with the add-ons the other party installed, or felt certain areas required improvements, the other party would immediately get to work on them as well.

It was exactly as she had said.

Mutual benefit, earnestly conducting research, and surviving in this world were the underlying rules ingrained within the villa.

After sending this thruster unit back to The Chariot, Lan Qingyou brought out the previously crafted blue fluorescent spheres and hung one onto the magic broom's question mark shape.

That's right.

Early on, during the design phase, the reason Lan Qingyou inserted hooks into the fluorescent spheres' interiors was exactly for this moment—so they could be hung onto the magic broom.

After all, she needed to travel.

Therefore, whether it was the thruster or this fluorescent sphere, both were preparations made for traveling.

After checking the time, Lan Qingyou decided not to brew potions today.

She walked over to the magic desk and sat down, subsequently taking out her card and opening the forum.

Don't misunderstand.

She hadn't opened the forum today to continue reading papers; rather, she intended to write a paper herself.

From the time she agreed to join Tarot Villa up until now, although the duration wasn't considered long—only roughly half a month's time.

The papers and topics discussed within the villa had nevertheless yielded substantial harvests for Lan Qingyou.

Although getting things for free brought joy.

Ceaselessly fleecing them single-mindedly wasn't Lan Qingyou's style, nor was it beneficial toward her image within the villa.

Moreover, no matter what, Tarot Villa was a community built upon the foundation of academic research. Having been inside for so long, it was about time she presented something of her own.

Don't be fooled by how casually all those fellows chatted away; Lan Qingyou believed their time spent in the group wasn't drastically longer than hers.

If others brought things out to share and you didn't, then what exactly were you doing joining this research group?

Am I right?

Therefore, besides reading papers, she had constantly been contemplating the matter of writing a paper.

Despite not being some sort of professional, having never attended university, and fundamentally knowing nothing regarding the format of papers and such.

It didn't matter. Because quite a few people inside the villa didn't know either.

Basically, everyone just wrote whatever came to mind.

As long as the prose was coherent and fluent, allowing everyone to comprehend it, without deliberately fabricating obscure professional jargon out of thin air, basically no one would say anything.

After all, there were two 18-year-olds inside the villa.

Thus, Lan Qingyou clicked to post, opening a draft. Her fingers tapped and clacked against the onscreen keyboard as she commenced editing on her card.

Lan Qingyou typed out word by word.

She decided the theme of her very first paper would center around talents.

Not only did she pen down her perspectives regarding talents, but she also inscribed her views concerning 'mental imagery', which she gleaned while researching the talent magic potion.

It could be said that the core of her talent magic potion revolved around the comprehension of mental imagery.

It was just that she didn't reveal the formula.

No matter what, this was something she had ground out by staying up late for two consecutive nights; she naturally wasn't going to disclose it.

As for the crucial matter concerning the blood within the formula, there wasn't anything she couldn't say.

Firstly, it involved the ratio. Without the ratio, everything was in vain.

Secondly, because she was going to craft a talent magic potion for The Chariot, others would subsequently find out about it as well.

Therefore, she didn't worry about lacking leverage in this aspect.

Consequently, Lan Qingyou spent the entire afternoon striving diligently over this paper.

Whether it was lunch or dinner, she had Gu Xiaobei directly teleport them over using the magic desk, rather than sending red packets in the group.

Upon noticing a person missing, the group members all inquired about the situation.

Subsequently, after learning about Lan Qingyou writing a paper, every single one of them anticipated what the very first witch to obtain a world title would publish.

And Lan Qingyou didn't make them wait long.

Past nine o'clock that evening, the paper was completed and published.

Thus, everyone immediately swarmed into the forum and began reading Lan Qingyou's paper.

"On the Necessary Correlation Between Mental Imagery and Talent" — by The Tower

[Talent is the yearning of the mind; the mind is the guidance of the soul; blood is the medium of the soul...]

The Hierophant: "This paper is excellently written."

The Empress: "Indeed."

Judgement: "If it weren't for this paper by The Tower, I wouldn't have known that talents were actually correlated to one's thoughts and inner desires at that moment."

The Fool: "Going by this, I truly enjoy traveling substantially, which is why I was able to awaken a talent capable of ignoring barriers?"

The Moon: "You could say that."

After finishing reading, Shang Chuan was also ruminating over the points presented in Lan Qingyou's paper.

Basically, the entire paper dissected the yearnings and avarice of human nature.

Although there wasn't much elaboration regarding magic or mana, it wasn't difficult to discern that exactly due to possessing humanity's extreme 'greed', their own mana could attain the possibility of transforming into magic.

That's right.

In Lan Qingyou's perspective, from the very moment they were forcefully teleported onto Kalim Continent, their originally mana-less selves obtained mana.

And the talent awakening on the small screen was nothing more than transforming this mana into magic.

This was also the theoretical backbone behind Lan Qingyou's 'talent equals magic' proposition mentioned in the paper.

The High Priestess: "Then where did our initial mana come from?"

The Tower: "I feel it should have been through breathing."

The Emperor: "Ah?"

Wheel of Fortune: "I feel this way too. I don't know if you guys noticed, but upon taking my very first breath of air after being teleported to Kalim Continent, my lungs felt a slight stinging sensation akin to mosquito bites. This sensation vanished during my second breath. I feel it's related to this."

Meticulous. Wheel of Fortune was truly meticulous.

To think he could even perceive such a thing.

It could only be said that this fellow's observation of details had already reached a psychopathic level.

Judgement: "In other words, our bodies had actually already been modified by the mana in the air the very moment we arrived here?"

The Magician: "I feel it's possible."

When everyone finished reading, a fierce, intense discussion immediately unfurled.

This clearly demonstrated their acknowledgment of Lan Qingyou's paper.

The High Priestess: "Indeed. Although it's written somewhat messily, it has to be said that the writing is profoundly penetrating. I agree with Fortune's claim."

The Chariot: "Shoo, shoo, shoo. You still have the nerve to criticize others? Your own papers are written like a tangled mess too, okay?"

The High Priestess: "Uncle Chariot, I'm only eighteen! I've never even attended university. The paper might be written messily, but it can still be understood. That's already quite excellent."

The Tower: "Haha, apologies, apologies. I dropped out of school when I was fifteen! I have no idea how papers are supposed to be written."