The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Several years have passed quietly in the course of exploration.

On this day, Moran had just successfully claimed control of a newly discovered, extremely resource-rich large mirror space. She was preparing to use the same trick as before to silently teleport back to the Golden Oasis and head to the next location marked by cheap information, but unexpectedly, she discovered that the Golden Oasis mirror space refused her entry.

The spatial barrier firmly kept her outside.

Moran felt a chill run down her spine. Realizing something, she quickly rolled up her sleeves and looked at the mirror emblem that had always been with her on her arm.

as predicted!

The once pure purple star emblem now has a distinct cyan ring around its edge!

She immediately recalled the record in the "Mirror Badge User Manual": the blue star mirror badge represents an honorary graduate, while the blue-edged star means an ordinary graduate.

Jingxu University has a five-year program. Upon completion of the five-year program, students will automatically graduate regardless of their location or whether they have completed their studies.

After graduation, student status changes to alumni. Although theoretically they can still stay on campus to study, all benefits are significantly reduced.

Fees for school dormitories, library space, and elective courses will skyrocket.

More importantly, the teleportation function of the Mirror Emblem and the free exploration rights to the school's Mirror Space will be revoked.

Meanwhile, the coordinates of the student badges held by the school's logistics department will be completely destroyed upon graduation. From then on, the badge space will become the graduate's private storage space and will be decoupled from the school's logistics department.

"So soon... it's graduation time already?"

Moran stroked the new blue ring on the mirror emblem, murmuring softly, her tone tinged with a hint of realization.

When she first entered the Golden Oasis, she was a student and could enter for free, allowing her to stay and explore indefinitely.

Now, as a graduate, she either needs to return to the Hall of Mirrors at school and purchase an expensive limited-time exploration pass to re-enter the Golden Oasis;
Alternatively, one would need to return to the school to apply for a teaching position, and school faculty and staff would naturally be able to use the school's mirror space resources for free.

Moran thought for a moment and then made a decision: Never mind.

Returning to school to teach would certainly bring convenience, but teaching duties would take up a lot of her precious time and energy. After all, the Three Thousand Mirror Ruins World was only a place where she could stay for a short time.

Purchasing a pass is not only troublesome, but more importantly, it is difficult for a graduate who has been "missing" for several years to explain to the school what she has been doing during these years, which may attract unnecessary attention.

"Fortunately, the gains in the past few years have far exceeded expectations."

Moran looked around at the vibrant mirror space that had just been given its master, and felt no regrets.

In summary, she has now successfully taken control of five mirror spaces: small mirror spaces include the Mossy Forest and the Ember Valley; medium-sized mirror spaces include the Cat's Claw Tree Field and the Shattered Star Bay; and large mirror space includes the Verdant Forest.

Among them, apart from the lush forest in front of us, which can be described as a resource-rich mirror space, there are not many high-value mirror beasts and magical materials in other mirror spaces.

Since we no longer intend to travel through the Golden Oasis route, our focus now shifts to dealing with the mirror spaces we've already acquired.

Moran first teleported to the Ember Valley, the most desolate and resource-poorest area. There, she placed a large number of empty beast cages that she had prepared in advance as temporary shelters.

Afterward, she began to travel between the several mirror spaces under her control, capturing all kinds of mirror beasts.

Although she could already craft the materials from these mirror beasts using her card book, the living mirror beasts themselves were crucial for maintaining the ecological balance and vitality of a space.

She carefully selected and captured several pairs of each type of mirror beast to ensure they could reproduce in the new environment.

Only after completing this massive "immigration" project did Moran summon the Book of Cards.

He threw the spatial cores of the mossy forest, cat's paw woodland, shattered star bay, and verdant forest—all of which had been stripped of their spiritual imprints—into the Book of Cards as card-making materials.

After completing these tasks, Moran attempted to create cards. [Card Design: Forest Mirror Space]

[Estimated Mana Consumption: 1010232934234 Mana]

[Expected Appearance: Appearance Template 1]

[Intended Function: Small mirrored space, without any vegetation]
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[Card Design: Cat's Paw Tree Wilderness Space]

[Estimated Mana Consumption: 10020394845955 Mana]

[Expected Appearance: Appearance Template 1]

[Expected Function: Medium-sized mirrored space, without any vegetation]

[Current Challenge: Severe shortage of card production capacity...]
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[Card Design: Lush Forest Mirror Space]

[Estimated Mana Consumption: 100029384984445 Mana]

[Expected Appearance: Appearance Template 1]

[Expected Function: Large mirrored space, without any vegetation]

[Current Challenge: Severe shortage of card production capacity...]

Moran had only made a simple design based on the original size and terrain of these mirror spaces when he was shocked by the terrifying consumption of magic power.

She originally thought that with her accumulated one-time magic power of about 3.9 trillion mana, creating a large mirror space would be a bit difficult, but creating a medium-sized mirror space should not be a problem.

I didn't expect that I would run out of energy so badly when making a medium-sized Mirror Space card.

She couldn't imagine how terrifying the consumption would be if she were to replicate the complete ecosystem within the mirror space, all the vegetation, and even the time-altering ability of the "Dream Time Disc" that was planned to be added.

"It seems we'll have to create a small mirror space first," Moran sighed.

She quickly adjusted the card design.

Since we cannot pursue grandeur in terms of spatial area, we should strive for the ultimate in diversity and ingenuity.

She decided to integrate the unique ecological environments of several mirror spaces to create a small mirror space with exceptionally rich ecological topography.

The basic spatial rules are based on the most stable and energy-rich lush forest.

The space is designed to resemble a dense moss forest, with a tranquil pond and a small patch of green moss grass beside it, where the moss guardians can take root in the future.

A large, sunny field was reserved by the pond to be used as her future magical plant garden.

The outer perimeter of the space is an ecological zone, which is divided into several small ecological zones of varying sizes by a thin but sturdy spatial barrier, replicating all the distinctive terrain features in the mirror space in her hands.

Majestic mountains, rolling hills, pristine snow-capped peaks, romantic bays, expansive grasslands, and deep forests... each area, though small in size, strives to be distinctive.

Finally, and most importantly, was her residence.

Moran took out a design blueprint for the Witch's House, which she had been designing ever since she arrived at the Three Thousand Mirror Ruins.

It was the kind of pointed-roof house she liked, in the style of a fairy tale witch.

Moran placed it beside the large pond in the center of the mirror space. (End of Chapter)