The first batch of people from the [Logic Module] department have been selected, and the rest of the things can be handled by these people in cooperation with the comprehensive management office of the college.

The new work of [Logical Sequence] is progressing very well, but it will take a long time to complete it completely, and its core [Judgment and Command Module] has not been fully designed, and it will take a lot of time and effort to burn a large number of runes.

However, the research on the [Half-Time Acceleration] magic item has unexpectedly reached an impasse. Because when the number of time runes gradually increases, the total amount of mana storage required to craft [Half Time Acceleration] magic items also increases. After this period of potion-assisted cultivation, Xi Rui has reached the peak of an intermediate magician, and at this time, his total mana storage amount cannot meet the total mana demand of a special magic item like [Half-time Acceleration Technique].

Time spells require a high level of magic and intelligence, and any shortcomings in any aspect will limit the use of this type of spell. Ciri's intellectual talent far outweighs his magical talent, and now the mediocre magical talent has become a shortcoming and a limitation for him to study time-based spells. Although Ciri has reduced the mana requirements a lot through research and innovation, his current personal strength as a mid-level mage is still not enough to support the total mana requirements of even the simplest [Time Acceleration Technique] after being reduced several times.

According to Ciri's preliminary estimate, the simplified [Half-Time Acceleration Technique] magic prop can only be completed by a high-level mage, and the intermediate mage stage will not even have the possibility of completion.

Now there is only one way in front of Ciri, and that is to quickly advance to a high-level magician, so that he can continue the research and production of [Half-time Acceleration Technique] magic items. However, starting from high-level magicians, including the promotion of high-level magicians, all personal strength promotions have bottlenecks.

After that, any stage of personal strength promotion has to go through some special links, magic potions can speed up cultivation, and some expensive auxiliary magic materials can also speed up the arrival of this special link. But there is nothing to skip the special link and go straight to the promotion.

The special link that you have to go through to become a high-level magician is called "Delusion". Everyone doesn't know what the specific content of "vanity" is, even those who have experienced "vain" and successfully promoted are no exception. Most people who have been promoted to High Mage only feel like they have a terrible nightmare, but they have no memory of what is "false".

Ciri has been using magic materials to speed up the arrival of "vanity", but no one knows the exact time of "vanity" in advance. It can happen in any of your breaks, and sometimes even in life and in the heat of battle, you can fall headlong into a deep sleep and experience "vanity".

Because of this great uncertainty, those who will be promoted will not go out to take risks, but will only move in their familiar safe areas, waiting for the "vanity" to come. "Delusion" is the first time that a bottleneck has appeared, so it is not very dangerous. Most people will just get some mental shock and will recover after a period of rest.

Ciri is not short of money now, and has been using some precious magical materials to assist in meditation, wanting to speed up the arrival of "vanity". He once consulted Associate Professor Hobart about "vanity", and even Hobart didn't know what "vanity" was, and everyone would forget the memory of "vanity". There was no such bottleneck for a long time, and at some point, this bottleneck gradually appeared, and now it has become a hurdle that all magicians cannot get around.

Hobart concludes by reminding Ciri that, as far as he knows, the higher the intellectual talent, the greater the influence of "delusion". He told Ciri to prepare herself, and that it would be best to carry some tranquilizing magic potions with her.

A few days before the Miracle Festival, Ciri was routinely carving the [Logical Sequence] system runes on the Shadow Demon Stone, when he suddenly fell straight down on the laboratory floor, and his "delusion" finally arrived.

In a pitch black world, there is a room and a stone path. The road connects the room at one end and a large auditorium at the other. Other than that, the rest of this world is a bottomless dark abyss.

Ciri has been living in his room, he doesn't need to eat, he doesn't need to drink, he doesn't know why he's alive, and he doesn't want to go outside to see. Every day, Ciri just sits on the edge of the bed in a daze, and then goes to bed every once in a while to rest.

In the room, Ciri has not had any doubts, or Ciri has no concept of "doubts" at all. It was as if he were just an alchemy golem, oblivious to all the weirdness.

Finally, one day, this life changed, and a friend of Ciri's came to tell him that after four days, Ciri had to rush to the large hall on the other side of the road, not a day sooner or later, or he would be killed by Mr. Ghost. For the past four days, Ciri has to hide in different places in the room, so that Mr. Ghost who comes to check on him can't find out, otherwise if he is discovered, Mr. Ghost will also kill him.

Ciri didn't know what Mr. Ghost looked like, he just felt that Mr. Ghost was an extremely terrifying thing, and he must not be discovered by him, nor could he kill him. Ciri also doesn't remember the appearance of the friend who told him the news, or why the two were friends, but subconsciously chose to believe the words.

On the first day, Ciri hid in the closet, and after a long wait, the door to the room suddenly opened. There was a sound of footsteps in the room, presumably Mr. Ghost in the mouth of a friend. He walked around the room, finding nothing, and then left the room directly. Ciri waited a long time and found that Mr. Ghost had not returned, so he left the closet and fell asleep in bed.

The next day, Ciri hides under the bed, and Mr. Oni comes to the room again, and Ciri hears him walking around the room and hearing the sound of the closet being opened. Mr. Ghost didn't look under the bed, but after he turned around again, he didn't find Ciri either, and left the room.

On the third day, there was really no place to hide in the room, and Ciri ventured out to hide behind the wooden door. When Mr. Oni entered, he was covered in a corner surrounded by the door and wall. Mr. Ghost walked around the room for a long time this time, and Ciri heard the sound of the closet being opened, and also heard the sound of the bed being moved. But fortunately, in the end, Mr. Ghost still didn't notice him, and he still left here without finding anything.

On the fourth day, there was no other hiding place in the room, and his friend specially told him not to hide in the place where he had already hidden, otherwise he would definitely be discovered and killed by Mr. Ghost. While he was in a hurry, his friend came to the room and told Ciri to hide behind him. With no choice but to follow her friend's arrangement and hide behind him.

After a while, Ciri didn't hear any footsteps, but his friend suddenly turned around and told him that Mr. Ghost was gone, and told him that he must go to the auditorium opposite tomorrow, and after saying this, his friend also left the room.

On the fifth day, Ciri was not very relieved, and left the room early in the morning and walked into the auditorium. There were many people sitting in the auditorium, but when they found Ciri in, they didn't say a word, staring at him with a strange look.

Just as Ciri was being watched by the people in the auditorium and wanted to leave, his friend walked in through the door of the auditorium.

As soon as the friend arrived, he gave Ciri a hug with a smile on his face, and Ciri hugged each other, thanked his friend for his help, and celebrated that he had survived.

However, when Ciri wanted to let go of the other party, he found that the other party was holding him tightly and refused to let go.

At this time, the voice of "friend" came from Ciri's ear: "Caught you!!"

Only then did Ciri remember that he didn't have any friends at all, and this was not an auditorium, but Mr. Ghost's lair, and everyone here, including the "friends" who hugged him tightly, were actually Mr. Ghost!!