Above the mage!

Chapter 140 Unaware Genius
The light in the rune workshop remains constant, making it impossible to feel the passage of time.

Gao De wrote four times, and after failing the first time, he was successful the other three times.

Looking at the complex basic rune "Magic Gathering" drawn by himself on the magic paper, Gao De's eyes lit up slightly.

There is light flowing among these complex lines, gathering the magic power wandering in the world at a steady but slow rate.

Gao De watched this scene with admiration.

He felt an indescribable beauty: just some cold lines, when deconstructed and combined by the knowledge system of runes, could be transformed into such an inexplicable magical power.

The last time I felt this kind of beauty was in mathematics: some cold numbers and symbols, after combination, can become a harmonious and beautiful formula, expressing extremely complex concepts and rules.

It is this kind of beauty that made Gaode fall in love with mathematics.

Gao De originally thought that there would be no other subject in the world as "beautiful" as mathematics.

Now, in another different world, Gaode finally encountered the second "mathematics" that he thought did not exist.

After feeling the beauty and shock from the runes, Gaode was surprised again.

See the hunting heart happy.

In Gaode's eyes, the rigid level 0 basic rune "Magic Gathering" on the magic paper was so vivid, as if it would come alive at any time.

Gao De put the four pieces of magic paper aside and opened the "Introduction to Runes" material again.

The second level zero basic rune recorded above is called "Restriction". Its function is that the system will only operate when and only when magic power passes through all the "Restriction" runes in the system (which can be a composite rune or a magic circle).

If any of the "limiting" runes malfunction or no mana is passing through, the system will not function.

The third level zero basic rune is called "Allow". If there are multiple "Allow" runes in a system, as long as there is one "Allow" rune with magic power passing through, the system can operate normally.

The fifth level zero basic rune is called "Connection". Its function is to serve as a bridge to connect those basic runes that are supposed to be incompatible, thus forming a compound rune.

The last level 0 basic rune is "Diffusion", which is used to spread the effect of a certain basic rune to other systems.

After successfully drawing the last "diffusion" rune on the magic paper, Gode rubbed his sore eyes with a sense of relief.

He found that not only his eyes were sore, but even his wrists were shaking slightly.

At this moment, Gao De suddenly came to his senses and realized that he was starving.

The mana in his body, which was already not abundant, was almost dried up during the process of drawing the runes.

He was startled and quickly took out his pocket watch. When he looked at the time, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

In other words, he stood there for nearly eight hours without stopping or resting for a moment.

Gao De opened his mouth, feeling somewhat helpless.

This is his "problem" all along:
As soon as he starts to work on the questions, he will be completely absorbed in the subject, unable to feel the flow of things around him, or even the passage of time, and will enter a state of "obsession".

If there is no external force to wake him up, he will not "recover" from this state until he has solved all the questions in his hand.

In the eyes of others, this is called focus.

But being too focused can sometimes cause trouble.

For example, when he was in elementary school and encountered Olympiad mathematics problems for the first time, he was stumped by the last question. He pondered over it and even broke out in a cold sweat.

It was just like Gao De’s mother, who waited for her son to come home from school but never came back, and searched for him on the street for two or three hours, and finally found him in the dim classroom, still immersed in the final question.

Looking at his mother who was also sweating, Gao De realized for the first time that sometimes he had to learn to control and suppress his concentration.

But if problems could really be overcome so easily, they wouldn’t be called problems.

Problems are stubborn.

For example, now, just a moment of inattention would cause him to fall into this state of concentration in which he forgets both himself and the world.

"damn it!"

Gao De's character meant that he would not be discouraged by the boring memorization and copying process of rune literature, and he basically would not swear.

He just wiped the sweat that had seeped out of his forehead at some point, but couldn't help but blurt out a rare swear word to himself.

Of course, it’s not to curse anyone, but at this moment, only swear words can express my inner emotions most concisely and powerfully.

No wonder runeology is said to have the highest threshold. Just as an "assignment", it took him so much time, physical strength and energy to barely complete it.

When Gao De thought about how all rune masters had gone through this, he felt an inexplicable sense of amazement in his heart.

He felt a sense of awe towards the rune masters as a group, but at the same time, he also felt a sense of frustration he had never felt before.

However, Gao De did not complain about himself, but just quietly accepted the fact that his talent in rune learning was not too outstanding. Although in his life before coming to this world, Gao De was praised as a genius by others more than once.

At least in the study of all subjects during his student days, he had a sense of ease and comfort.

Learning has always been a simple thing for him.

Very occasionally, he would think he was a genius.

For example, when you find that a mathematical formula that you thought of by chance while daydreaming during class a few years ago is now seen in class.

But Gaode is not arrogant enough to think that this learning talent in the world under the technological system can also be used in a world under the extraordinary system.

Everyone has his or her own strengths. Since I am good at mathematics, I may not be so good at other fields.

However, this did not affect Gao De's decision to continue studying "Runes".

Because he really likes the beauty of runes.

Gao Deqiang endured hunger and fatigue, carefully organized his "homework", and stacked it neatly next to the materials.

This is left for possible inspection by mentor He Xi.

After doing this, he turned around silently and prepared to leave.

Before walking out of the rune workshop, he glanced at the small inner room where Jose O'Kenley was.

The door remained closed.

It is also possible that I opened it, but I was immersed in my homework at the time and didn't notice it?

This is not important.

The important thing is that he is very hungry and needs to eat quickly!

Gao De left, and the workshop remained quiet.

After a while, He Xi, looking slightly pale and tired, opened the door of his "laboratory" and walked out.

For him, who is already a three-ring wizard, even if he is old, his energy and physical strength are much stronger than that of ordinary people.

But the work he did was too energy-consuming.

Therefore, fatigue is inevitable.

However, amidst the tiredness, there was also a hint of satisfaction.

This kind of satisfaction is difficult to describe in ordinary language. It can only be accurately summarized by an ancient saying from Gao De’s previous life: "Hearing the truth in the morning."

He walked to the workbench as usual and tidied it as usual.

Then, he suddenly remembered that today he brought some introductory materials that he had compiled to the student named "Gaode".

"I wonder how he sees it." The old man stopped talking to himself.

He saw a small stack of magic paper with basic runes drawn on it neatly laid out on the workbench.

Compared to yesterday, this time He Xi's pupils did not dilate, but suddenly shrank.

He picked up Gao De's "homework" and looked through it carefully one by one.

For a high-level rune master who has been immersed in runeology for hundreds of years, this simple basic rune text should be nothing special.

But at this moment, He Xi's eyes were full of amazement, as if he was appreciating some work of art.

"damn it"

The old man swears less often.

So even when he said the three words "fuck", his tone was serious, his intonation was steady, and his pronunciation was clear and articulate.

It didn't sound like a curse word at all.

It's not really a swear word.

The old man just needs these three words to express his inner emotions.

After reading the "homework" left by Gaode, he seemed to be more excited.

He Xi put down the stack of magic paper in his hand and added softly after "fuck":
“This is truly genius.”

(End of this chapter)