"Who is he?"

Thomas finally couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart and asked in a low voice.

It was clear that he was asking about the identity of the strange old wizard. Zhang Yu turned his head sideways and glanced at him reproachfully, as if he felt that his question was a bit reckless.

Lao Yao flicked his pipe disappreciably, spilled a few locks of cigarette ash, and lazily spit out a few smoke rings: "That old man, you just call him Master Baoyangzi...... He is a member of the 'relevant department' of First University, and is responsible for some of the 'related matters' involving dimensional fluctuations. ”

With that, he pursed his mouth and let out a puff of white smoke. The large and small smoke rings that were spit out before deftly shuttled back and forth on this white practice, as if they were playing nine consecutive rings.

But the two teaching assistants obviously ignored the professor's little game - even if they had been as calm as Zhang Yu, they couldn't easily ignore what the professor just said.

"Dimensional fluctuations involved?" Thomas swallowed quietly, looked carefully left and right, and asked in a low voice, "Is it related to 'those spells'?"

There are many spells that involve dimensional fluctuations, but they can be taken care of by the 'relevant departments' who don't even have names, and there are and only the legendary 'forbidden spells' that have this honor.

Being able to serve as teaching assistants at First University, Thomas and Zhang Yu were naturally not stupid people, so they immediately understood the professor's unfinished meaning.

"How much do you know about the 'relevant departments'?" Lao Yao spit out a few more smoke rings, hung them on Bai Lian, smacked his lips, and sighed: "Old man, old man, it's so blunt to play in circles." ”

Thomas subconsciously ignored the professor's words.

He glanced at Zhang Yu, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said quickly: "Everyone said that there is a 'Forbidden Spell Management Committee' in the school, which is directly under the principal's office, and is responsible for managing the school's four forbidden curse ......"

"Some people say it's the 'Five Paths', and in addition to the four colleges, the headmaster himself has developed a forbidden spell. Zhang Yu added softly beside him: "Of course, these are just rumors. ”

Thomas continued, "It is said that only senior researchers who have studied in the four research institutes for more than thirty years will have the opportunity to receive an invitation to this committee to participate in the improvement and development of the 'forbidden spell'. ”

"The recruited researchers will henceforth remain incognito, becoming 'nameless' and spending their entire lives in the process of exploring the 'truth'. Speaking of this, Zhang Yu suddenly paused, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke again: "I don't know if you have any impression of the name Terry Duzem, he was a very famous genius alchemist more than twenty years ago, some people say that he was specially recruited to work in the 'Forbidden Spell Management Committee' and became a 'nameless one'. ”

Lao Yao bit his pipe, squinted his eyes, stared at the distorted and melting building in the red light, and kept an eye on the old wizard, the big fox, and the black-robed researchers inside, while listening to the 'rumors' of the two assistant teachers beside him.

After a long time, when the little 'supposedly' in the stomachs of the two young teaching assistants was hollowed out, the dean of Jiuyou Academy lazily shook Bai Lian in front of him, looked at the smoke rings dangling on it, and exhaled: "Rumors are often more complicated and exciting than the truth. ”

Before the two teaching assistants fully comprehended the meaning of this sentence, he blew away the 'Nine Rings of Smoke Rings' in front of him in one breath and said, "You guessed all those words before, but I didn't say anything...... And I don't know what the 'spells' you said earlier were. ”

As he spoke, he smiled and patted Thomas on the shoulder, then turned to look at the other gray-haired young teaching assistant and added:

"Zhang Yu, you are an honest man, you have to testify to me, I didn't say anything...... The safety committee of the school working committee has a very smart nose, and if it is a little touched with sensitive words, it will be locked up in the small black room No. 404, and it will be checked by tens of thousands of words, and maybe you will have to take the initiative to delete a little memory before you can come out...... It's a lot of trouble. ”

The gray-haired teaching assistant smiled bitterly and closed his mouth completely.

"But, but," Thomas's eyes widened, but for a long time, until the corner of his eye swept to the red light next to him, he finally thought of another breakthrough: "Today's accident is related to dimensional fluctuations! As members of the accident scene investigation team, we have the responsibility to figure out the ins and outs of this matter." ”

Noticing Professor Yao's raised eyebrows, Thomas immediately added, "...... Before the First University Security Affairs Committee, or some other 'relevant department' forbids us to investigate...... We still have that responsibility. ”

Lao Yao glanced at him, put the pipe into his mouth again, and said vaguely: "Ghost clever...... It's a shame that you've been in the Star Academy for so long, and you haven't even trained your brain into muscles...... It's really not as good as the generation. ”

Thomas smiled and rubbed the tip of his nose, pretending that Lao Yao's comment was complimenting him.

Maybe it's because the 'inside' state is normal and there is plenty of time, maybe it's because the three of them are in the Four Elephants Barrier and there is no one else around, and of course, maybe they're just bored.

Lao Yao did not stop the slightly sensitive topic between them.

He crossed his arms, puffed out smoke rings, looked at the two former students in front of him, and asked promptly, "Do you remember when I used to teach you the philosophy of magic, the Dimension School, and mentioned a concept of the nature of magic?"

The two teaching assistants were silent for a few seconds.

"Is the world dimensional?" Thomas replied tentatively.

"That's the nature of the world. Lao Yao's face suddenly fell.

"The essence of magic is dimensional fluctuations. Zhang Yu immediately spoke, as if endorsing, and replied quickly but clearly: "Generally, when the dimensional line motion state drops from high to low dimensions, a large amount of energy will be released, and when the dimensional line motion state rises from low to high dimensions, a large amount of energy will be absorbed...... The Dimensionalists believe that wizards cast spells through energy fluctuations generated by dimensional transitions. ”

"Very good, very good. Lao Yao patted this gently, turned to look at the red light behind him, and continued to ask, "Do you know which laboratory this is?"

"Institute of Applied Magic, Institute of Ascension Experiments. Thomas replied immediately.

The teaching assistants had just discussed this not too long ago, and he remembered it very clearly.

Zhang Yu smiled slightly, but did not make a sound.

"To be precise, it's the Institute of Ascension Experiments, the Laboratory of Two-Dimensional Evolution. Lao Yao added, stretched out his hand and pointed at the big fox in the red light, and said, "The new member of the Great Wizard Council, the upper member of the Yuexia Council, Su Shijun, will serve as the director of this laboratory. ”

Thomas couldn't help but raise his head and look at the fox holding the ball of light again.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but he felt that the fox's position seemed to have moved slightly, and he shook his ears and smiled at where the few of them were.