Reincarnated as a bamboo rat, it begins its extreme survival struggle.

According to her, she had wanted to figure out what her own composition was many years ago.

As a top puppeteer in her world, she was able to perfectly replicate the human body, and she even made many puppets that were indistinguishable from her own.

However, these puppets have no self. Many of them only have a powerful physical body but no stable consciousness, making them even less capable than some newborn babies.

In order to give these replicas of her physical body a sense of self, the red-haired woman started directly from the human soul, deconstructing a large number of human selves, and even dismantling and studying the composition of her own self.

She came to the Dream Realm, a special spiritual realm where she could dismantle herself.

In her experiments, she created numerous identical replicas of herself, which were then destroyed for various reasons.

This experiment has been ongoing. When three identical women walked into the Crystal Hall at a gathering of people from the same hometown, all the villagers were stunned.

Because even after using all their sensory means, they could not distinguish any difference between the three red-haired women; in a broad sense, they were completely identical.

The red-haired elder sister also made it clear that if her soul were destroyed, these created versions of herself would inherit all her memories and revive in the bodies she had previously created, thus resurrecting herself.

However, even at this point, she was still not satisfied, because she still hadn't created an exact replica of herself. These identical replicas actually had flaws and couldn't be considered perfect self-replicas.

However, these differences are unknown to outsiders; apart from the red-haired elder sister, no one else has the knowledge to distinguish them.

Of course, the red-haired elder sister also paid a heavy price to achieve this. Even the floating island representing her physical body was once shattered, and her mental hut was rebuilt hundreds of times.

The red-haired woman's body that Bell caught was probably a product that accidentally flowed into the Huan River during an experiment.

"After the party, I will go to your floating island to retrieve myself as a way of thanking you for finding another version of yourself. I will also send you an item in a little while, which will also serve as protection for you."

The red-haired woman patted Bell on the head, indicating that she would take responsibility for him.

Chapter 186 Gift of Otherworldly Knowledge

"It seems no one else will be coming today. After all, it's not a once-in-a-decade meeting. Everyone has their own things to do. Not long ago, a few guys ran off to the Abyss. There's no time to enter the Dream Realm while adventuring in those places."

After chatting for a while, Li Shuiwen looked around to draw everyone's attention back before getting to the main topic of the day.

It's rare for all the people to attend a regular gathering of people from the same hometown. Only at a group reunion held once every ten years will you see a large number of people from the same hometown present.

After all, when people from different worlds gather here, besides chatting, the greatest value lies in exchanging intelligence and knowledge. With a ten-year timeframe, everyone can bring out new and valuable knowledge and technology when they meet.

The once-in-a-decade gathering isn't too long, after all, the reincarnated ones each have their own methods, and generally their lifespan far exceeds that of ordinary people, so ten years is just a trivial matter for them.

"This year's gathering is different from the usual ones. Let's warmly welcome the new members."

As soon as Li Shuiwen spoke, the others clapped intermittently and listlessly, like lazy dogs who couldn't wake up during a meeting.

In this relaxed and laid-back atmosphere, Bell introduced himself, saying that he was a newcomer who had only been reincarnated two and a half months ago, and asked everyone to take good care of him.

Then, after Bell formally introduced himself, the fellow countrymen in front of him threw out all sorts of strange questions.

"Bell, are you married? Do you have anyone in mind?"

"Do you like keeping animals? You can consider learning animal training techniques from me."

"Are you any good at bedtime? If you need anything, I can teach you bedroom arts."

……

It's clear that their problems are related to their respective professions and abilities, but they also genuinely want to help Bell.

After chatting for a short while, Li Shuiwen pulled two thick books out of his mind and handed them directly to Bell. These two books contained knowledge he had acquired, and he could quickly give them to Bell for reference in this way.

One of the books was "Basic Training Methods for Primitive Beasts," which he had promised to give to Bell. In Li Shuiwen's world, primitive beasts were not the legendary creatures. On the contrary, some people even bred various kinds of primitive beasts in large quantities for use in various industries. There were even races that built cities on the bodies of primitive beasts and drove them to roam the world.

This is very useful for Bell. By connecting theory with practice, Bell can use this opportunity to develop his own training plan.

The other book contains a wealth of knowledge about the animal taming profession. If Bell can master it, he can start as a high-level animal tamer. However, Bell will need to spend a lot of time studying and understanding this professional knowledge.

In this respect, it is not as good as the Wisdom of Fire, which can easily absorb a large amount of knowledge and allow Bell to quickly master a new profession.

However, the basic knowledge provided by Li Shuiwen was quite comprehensive. As long as Bell followed the steps systematically, he could quickly become a powerful animal tamer.

However, Bell hasn't had time to study this area lately, so he's sealed this knowledge deep within his consciousness, intending to retrieve it again when needed.

Look.

"The power system in my world is quite unique, but you are in the place where stars fell, so the rules there should be able to adapt to this underworld power system."

Hoshigumo Hazuki gave Bell the "Emerald Potions" book, and she has come this far entirely thanks to this unique ability system. It is a third ability system, independent of the physical and mental ability systems, and belongs to the category of mysticism.

Bell glanced through the details for a short while and found he couldn't understand them at all.

The system of abilities in the occult is quite different from Bell's common sense. To learn about the occult, one must break free from preconceived notions.

First, Baird firmly believed that energy could be generated out of thin air, which was key to studying mysticism, as perpetual motion machines existed in mysticism.

The main content of "Emerald Potions" is that two low-energy substances can be combined into a high-energy substance through a chemical reaction, thus completing an unreasonable leap in energy quality.

At this stage, Bell hasn't figured out exactly what "Emerald Potions" is, but he can see its potential.

After all, within the realm of mysticism, many advanced materials can be artificially manufactured, with various forms of alchemy being typical examples.

However, the energy transformation of mysticism does not come out of thin air. Although it can achieve effects that are different from the normal knowledge system to a certain extent, it also requires other costs, which are either high or low and are not fixed.

Perhaps making a potion with a slight healing effect would require gouging out an eyeball, while refining a piece of mithril only requires a small section of a fingernail.

It's the occult, so it's not surprising that some outrageous things happen.

"However, this thing is probably not very compatible with me. I'm not confident that I can delve deeper into this area. I can only treat it as a point of knowledge that can be applied to other areas."

Having acquired the knowledge of the occult, Bell decided to leave it aside for the time being. The area where this thing could be effective was extremely limited; in a world as numerous as the stars, only a very few worlds allowed it to function.

Bell could not guarantee that the mystical arts would be effectively used in his location, the site of the fallen stars.

"I don't have much to give you, after all, I make a living with my body, I don't do a lot of strange research."

Seeing everyone entering gift-giving mode, Long Yi could only spread his hands, indicating that he really didn't have anything worthwhile to offer.

Firstly, because his individual level is nothing compared to the many reincarnated individuals.

Secondly, Long Yi has no profound knowledge of areas outside of the meat system.

Exploring knowledge, especially cutting-edge knowledge, is not a field where effort alone guarantees success. Some fallacies encountered in this process can lead to utter ruin.

Take the red-haired woman for example. She has always pursued replicating her perfect self, and in the process, she has indeed achieved amazing success.

But don't forget everything she's sacrificed. Cutting herself apart is not a good thing; the dangers involved are unimaginable.

She is now significantly different from who she was at the beginning, but she doesn't notice these subtle changes, and reminders from others don't seem to have much effect.

The red-haired woman has not introduced herself to Bell since she entered the gathering of people from the same hometown.

It wasn't that she was arrogant; it was just that she had almost forgotten her own name.

A name is very important to an individual, as it represents their fundamental identity. Losing one's true name is a terrible thing, and in races like demons, losing one's true name is even more terrifying than death.

The red-haired woman, on the verge of losing her true name, is not having an easy time these days, and this is one of the prices she has paid for exploring forbidden knowledge.

Chapter 187 Transformed into a Rat

"Don't be impatient in your pursuit of knowledge. If mysticism isn't right for you, don't delve too deeply into it to avoid getting caught up in it."

Hazuki gave Bell a few words of advice, which were also what these fellow villagers and elders wanted to say to Bell.

Since the gathering of fellow villagers began, so many years have passed, and several reincarnated individuals have perished. Without exception, they all died because they played themselves to death.

The person closest to destroying herself right now is the redhead; perhaps one day she will break down, and then her seat will disappear from the Crystal Hall.

"Don't worry, everyone, I always take a steady and methodical approach."

In response to his seniors' concern, Bell said he would definitely pay attention, which made the seniors who had been watching him nod repeatedly, indicating that he was a promising young man.

After giving his instructions, Bell seized the opportunity to tell these reincarnated seniors about the difficulties and troubles he was currently facing, hoping to get more suggestions for improvement from them.

"It's like this, I've recently been working on a large magic circle, covering an area of ​​about seven hundred square kilometers..."

Bell described the ultra-wide-area magic circle he was currently working on, and the villagers present were amazed by the range of its influence after hearing his description.

But as they listened, the expressions on these villagers' faces changed.

Long Yi's eyes gradually became wiser, and he was probably already thinking about which girlfriend's house he would spend the night at after leaving the illusion. As a pure flesh-based professional, listening to Bell's description of the formation's conception and details was like listening to gibberish.

Li Shuiwen and the red-haired woman looked thoughtful. They knew how amazing Bell's idea was, and they could also see some flaws in it.

Although Hoshiguchi Hazuki was also thinking seriously, she still frowned and sighed:

"You just said you've always been steady and methodical, and now you're going to try manipulating time? You're not even level 20 yet, is it really a good idea to get involved with such power so early?"

After saying that, Hoshiguya Hazuki, who specializes in mysticism, fell silent. She was thinking from her own perspective about how to improve Bell's design of this super-large magic circle, but after thinking it over, she couldn't think of anything she could do to help.

As a red-haired woman who has studied various powers for many years and has disassembled her own body into parts and tinkered with them thousands of times, she was very interested in Bell's design and pointed out several design problems at an astonishing speed.

With a wave of her hand, a modified magic circle was projected in front of Bell.

Bell spent two months figuring this out, using the computing power of the entire Skeleton Clan.

But with the red-haired older sister, she can watch the whole thing and make improvements in just over a minute, which is absolutely terrifying.

On one hand, her level is high enough that her calculation ability far surpasses Bell's.

On the other hand, there's the issue of knowledge reserves. As a ruthless person who even disassembled herself to create a lifelike mold, her research in various fields is unmatched by Bell. She has also tried to touch the power of time and even succeeded in a certain sense.

"The rules of each world are different. Only a force as powerful as time can flow normally across different worlds. You think you can change the environment?"

"Changing the operation of fluctuating time is a bold idea, but not impossible. If I were there, I would use some of my usual methods, but you probably can't replicate them. Moreover, the rules of different worlds are different, so you can't completely copy my methods..."