Chapter 195: It Feels More and More Magical

"Heh, looks like the Witch is stirring up trouble again."

As soon as Shang Chuan saw the picture someone had sent him, he immediately guessed that Lan Qingyou was the one behind it.

He could even imagine that she had probably obtained this magic circle from that battle a while ago.

As for why she had not mentioned it, he had no idea.

However...

You do not bite the hand that feeds you.

Since he was sitting back and reaping the benefits she provided, he naturally would not go shooting his mouth off.

Thinking of this, Shang Chuan stylishly tossed his lush green hair, revealing his pointed ears in the process.

That was right.

After all, they were a long-lived race! Moreover, it was a long-lived race that could make him more handsome.

Originally, he had worried that constantly staying in a place like this would eventually turn him into a caveman, completely wasting his striking good looks.

So, the moment Lan Qingyou developed the Witch Potion, he had wanted to take it to maintain his youth forever.

But when he saw the condition that it would forcefully turn him into a woman, he could not help but shudder.

Not everyone liked such drastic changes.

Sometimes, a life that remained unchanged was not necessarily a bad thing.

Fortunately, right at that moment, Gu Xiaobei arrived like a bolt of lightning with her Tree Elf breath, giving him a glimmer of hope.

So, without a second word, he made the exchange.

Even though his hair had turned green and his ears had grown pointed, his handsome face was preserved at the very least. That was enough for him.

To be honest.

He did feel a tiny bit of regret now.

After all, three new races had popped up in rapid succession right after, as if waiting in line, and every single one of them seemed to boast exceptional looks. But there was nothing he could do. A person only got one chance at such a major life-altering transformation. By choosing the Tree Elf, he was destined to miss out on the "transformations" of a Vampire, a Demon Race, or a Merfolk.

As a result, thoughts like 'Vampires need to drink blood regularly', 'the Demon Race has dull skin', and 'Merfolk temporarily cannot walk on two legs' became a form of self-hypnosis to comfort himself.

But in reality, while Vampires did indeed need to consume blood periodically, they could just as easily eat spicy blood stew or magic blood vermicelli soup prepared by a Chef.

As for the Demon Race, because all their magic was stored within the internal Magic Bead, their skin naturally took on a bronze hue.

It was absolutely not the "dull" appearance that Shang Chuan had described; rather, it looked exceptionally healthy.

As for the Merfolk "temporarily" being unable to walk on two legs—that was simply because the Merfolk literally possessed a transformation skill, allowing them to switch freely between legs and a fish tail.

Fine, the truth was that he just regretted choosing so early. He should have held back and waited.

But when faced with the temptation of the Tree Elf—a long-lived race that barely altered one's appearance—who could have maintained their composure?

Of course, several more races had been born over the past two weeks, basically all created by the people inside the Villa.

For example, the Chariot, Orff, had created the "Titan Race", which closely resembled giants.

The Star, Ruan Qingyi, collaborated with someone to research and develop the exceedingly beautiful and radiant "Night Elf" race.

Naturally, it was not just the people in the Villa who were busy creating. The Supreme Council, having obtained the Dragon King's essence blood, was also hard at work.

The team belonging to Judgement, Chu Yuan, researched and developed "Elemental Elves", a race with high bonuses and modifiers for elemental magic.

The others also developed flying "Ash-Feathered Humans", the infinitely strong and explosively powerful "Azure Dragonmen", and "Half-Beastmen", who boasted outstanding biological functions and innate monster characteristics, among many others.

However, since the foundational Dragon King essence blood had been procured by Chu Yuan, when it came time to allocate the quotas, they chose to skew the majority of the remaining blood toward the Elemental Elves.

After all, in terms of plasticity, the Elemental Elves—who encompassed wind, fire, earth, water, ice, lightning, light, darkness, and plant elements—were much more likely to yield results than other races. They were also exactly what humanity needed most right now.

As a result, drama erupted within the Supreme Council.

Through round after round of meetings, in order to prevent "non-council races" from growing too powerful, Chu Yuan's original request—twenty thousand for each of the five races—was slashed repeatedly.

In the end, Chu Yuan's approved application was capped at a total of fifty thousand people across the five races, setting a quota of ten thousand individuals per race.

Although Chu Yuan had his share of complaints about this, it was actually good news for the founders of the five major races.

After all, their workload had been cut neatly in half. What was not to like about that?

Of course, even so, Gu Xiaobei was not exactly jumping for joy.

In fact, she wished the numbers could be even lower.

Since her special cocktails could not be mass-produced by machines, she had to slowly shake them by hand in her spare time. Churning out around a hundred glasses a day was already pushing her absolute limit.

In short, she was suffering immensely. She had it worse than an ordinary wage slave.

High Priestess: "Tsk tsk, the Tower has completely and utterly transformed into a Witch. [Picture]"

The Star: "Isn't that the truth? She even brought out something like a magic circle, and it is so beautiful."

When night fell, Lan Qingyou finished excavating the first phase of her project and returned to her Shelter to wait for dinner.

The moment she pulled out her Card, she saw this conversation, along with the photo of the massive magic circle illuminated by the setting sun.

Clearly, it had been "leaked."

Fine, in reality, Lan Qingyou had never intended to hide anything anyway.

After all, this magic circle was standing out in the open in the Abandoned Forest without any concealment whatsoever. It was completely normal for someone to photograph it and post it online.

Sure enough.

After Lan Qingyou fiddled with her Magic Desk, she saw that both the World Channel and the Regional Channel were actively discussing the magic circle.

There was even more than one photo circulating; they were taken from all sorts of angles.

Lan Qingyou even spotted a top-down aerial shot.

This particular image was the clearest and most comprehensive one of them all.

It captured every intricate detail on the magic circle with absolute clarity, which ironically gave Lan Qingyou herself a more intuitive feel for her own work.

"A magic circle, huh? It feels more and more magical."

"Needless to say, it came from District 666. It must be the Witch causing a stir again."

"Wait, how did she manage that? Did she study from a book? Or did she figure it out on her own?"

"Who knows? But one thing is for sure—the Witch must have some serious combat power. After all, she knows how to use a magic circle."

"I wonder what this magic circle actually does. It looks enormous."

"I am a math major. Judging by the area and the trees below for reference, is the diameter of this magic circle roughly thirty to fifty meters?"

"Thirty to fifty meters? That is quite a massive span!"

"I haven't observed it up close. I am just making an educated guess."

"You are underestimating it, definitely underestimating it. The giant trees in our District 666's forest are generally around two to three hundred meters tall, and their maximum base diameters range from dozens to over a hundred meters. So it is absolutely larger than that."

"What! A single tree can grow that big?"

"In that case, wouldn't this magic circle have a diameter of at least eight to nine hundred, or maybe even a thousand meters?"