Magic High School.

It turns out that in this era, magic is not a controlled form of information in the Holy Empire. Ordinary people may not know this, but those who are knowledgeable can generally obtain basic information.

But by the time of Li Ge, he had never heard of anything related to magic from childhood to adulthood.

Perhaps it was Albion, that old bastard, who later came to control magic and spells.

Li Ge felt a bit annoyed, especially when he saw Albion with his arm around his father's shoulder, dreaming about the future. It was hard to imagine that this person was the director of the Bureau of Anomalies who would kill him even if he summoned a fire giant tens of meters tall in the city.

Li Ge quickly shook off this inexplicable hostility and began to enter the final spell enchantment.

He wasn't planning to go into space like that this time. He needed to prepare spacesuits, oxygen tanks, water, food, and legendary-level or higher defensive spells.

The hot air balloon is basically finished. After all, it's not a very technically demanding thing; it's just a matter of sewing leather into a balloon using multiple layers and then installing a ventilation hole.

The ventilation holes are a structure that allows for better control of the balloon's direction and speed, as well as its descent. It was completed after a few attempts.

Now all we need to do is assemble the whole thing and then test fly it once.

A group of college and high school students completed this hot air balloon. If this were on Earth, it probably wouldn't even qualify for news coverage. After all, on Earth, all sorts of aerospace knowledge are readily available online; let alone college students, even elementary school students with good hands-on skills could probably make a mini hot air balloon.

However, in this world, they were essentially starting from scratch. Although they had some of the professor's manuscripts, Li Ge looked at them and realized that the manuscripts were so rudimentary that they were probably not even as good as a plan that Li Ge could write by hand on the spot.

Soon, perhaps tomorrow or the day after, we will be able to conduct a test flight.

"Here you go, our hero. We probably couldn't have accomplished this without you." Auntie handed Li Ge another bottle of orange soda. She had actually spent the whole day mending balloons and testing their pressure resistance and strength, and she wasn't exactly clean.

My aunt suddenly pried open the soda bottle and, with a "pop," took a big gulp. It seemed that being able to drink an ice-cold soda after finishing her work was a very happy thing.

"What kind of hero am I..." Li Ge had only used his extraordinary wisdom to come up with a more reliable solution. However, he wouldn't stand on ceremony and pulled the cork off the soda bottle.

The next moment, the aunt seemed very curious about what Li Ge looked like under the mask, what kind of handsome guy he was, and then stared intently at Li Ge's mask.

To everyone's surprise, in the next instant, Li Ge downed the soda with lightning speed, while his mask only revealed a tiny, barely visible gap.

"Huh? How can you be so heartless?" Auntie saw that Li Ge didn't show any emotion even when drinking soda, and immediately felt that her plan had failed.

"There's nothing to see. Underneath the mask is a greasy, ninety-year-old man with a disfigured face." Li Ge put on the mask, looked at her aunt who was still a JK (high school girl) at this moment, and couldn't help but laugh.

I never imagined my aunt was this age.

Just as Mayor Ronan said, Auntie was indeed a little witch when she was young. Li Ge thought of Ronan and looked at him; he had been welding the gas supply device with Albion earlier. At this moment, he seemed to be taking care of the infant "Little Li Ge."

After all, he was his mother's eldest nephew, which meant he was his older cousin.

But perhaps he didn't expect that this care would last for seventeen years.

At this moment, seeing that Li Ge seemed a little distracted, his aunt said, "I don't believe it. Just by looking at your figure, I can tell you're a handsome guy. Even such a bizarre aesthetic can't completely cover up your figure."

Li Ge: "..."

No, why is everyone criticizing my outfit? If this were ancient times, it would be an imperial display!

However, Li Ge was too lazy to complain. The reason he didn't choose to show his face was because if he did, others might be able to tell that he actually looked a little bit like his adoptive parents, and then smart people might be able to guess it.

However, seeing his aunt like this piqued Li Ge's interest. He tapped on his wristwatch and flipped to one of the "erotic pictures" that showed him with his back and a small half-profile, barely visible.

Yilian's photo albums cover all sorts of content. Some of these photos only show a little bit of the chin, but the face is not clearly visible in the sunset. This kind of hazy feeling is actually the kind of photos that sell better on the website, much better than those that show abs and pecs.

Fortunately, his face is still not visible in this picture.

After Li Ge manipulated it, the wristwatch unexpectedly generated a piece of paper out of thin air and began printing the image of this photo on it.

Converting carbon dioxide and water from the air into paper, plus a little bit of the "Pseudo-Fantasy Manifestation" technique, it costs 0.5 points to make this one sheet of paper.

However, Li Ge is now quite wealthy; after the school acquired his formula for treating hemorrhage, he has accumulated enough points to lend money out. These few points are completely irrelevant to him.

"Here." Li Ge tossed the newly printed picture to her aunt, intending to tease her.

To everyone's surprise, her aunt's eyes widened instantly, and she kept comparing the person in the photo to Li Ge, letting out a gasp of shock.

"Is this really you?" Aunt looked at the popular erotic picture in disbelief. It had sold over two thousand copies even within the academy. You see, the academy was a place with the forest elf Xiao Nanliang, the aloof vampire, and all sorts of other races.

Here, looks are the least important thing. Even Valerie's great face, which is considered to be past its prime, would only be considered slightly above average. The fact that Yi Lian, mimicking Li Ge, was able to carve out a whole erotic website from among all these handsome men of various races shows just how authoritative she is.

Every senior who used this erotic image said it was good, let alone JK's aunt at this moment?

The aunt looked at Li Ge in disbelief, but based on the height and build, it seemed to really be her!

She froze on the spot, staring blankly at the Sertu in her hand, swallowing hard.

Li Ge seemed to have seen something extremely interesting, and a mischievous smile appeared on his face beneath his mask.

He's already recorded this expression on the system. What kind of expression will she have when he finds his real aunt and shows her this?

Li Ge couldn't help but hum softly to herself.

"What are you looking at over here?" The others also came over, and when they saw this picture, even Rean and Albion gasped.

"Is this you?"

"it's me."

"Is this really you?"

"Yes, back then, I wasn't disfigured yet," Li Ge said with a smile, telling a lie.

"That's such a pity." Li En seemed to really believe what Li Ge said, and kept expressing his regret.

"Was it after you flew into the sky that you sustained these wounds?" he suddenly asked.

Li Ge: "..."

Well, this man seems to be able to think of anything that can be flown into the sky.

He did not deny this statement when explaining the sudden acquisition of aerospace knowledge.

“I understand…” Rean’s expression became extremely serious.

What exactly did you understand?

Li Ge was at a loss for words. But let him be, let him guess whatever he wants. His cheap old man seemed to have inexplicably started to self-deceptively eccentric.

However, he quickly changed the subject and said, "Tomorrow, we'll put an earthworm in a hot air balloon for a test flight. If all goes well, the day after tomorrow, we'll be able to fly into the sky ourselves!"

He smiled and spoke of his dream.

Although this dream wasn't entirely pure—perhaps deep down he really wanted to fly to the ends of the sky and see the world beyond—he also hoped to get rid of his son's strange illness along the way.

But no matter what, he wouldn't back down, because he didn't know if this was his only chance in his life.

"Hmm." Li Ge nodded. As for the earth dragon, it's just a type of ground-dwelling lizard native to the Holy Empire, somewhat like the velociraptors of his previous life. These things are everywhere, and their ecological niche is roughly the same as that of the large dogs of his previous life.

The next day, the hot air balloon was assembled. As the gas in the tanks began to slowly escape, and Albion ignited the ignition, the balloon inflated just as they had expected, gradually generating powerful lift. If it hadn't been secured by ropes on the ground, it probably would have flown away long ago.

"Yay!" the group cheered. Then they placed the earth dragon on top, and after evenly placing two hundred kilograms of sandbags on top, they untied the ropes.

The next moment, the hot air balloon soared into the sky with their hopeful gazes.

Albion then took out a remote control. After confirming that the hot air balloon could take off smoothly, he immediately controlled the balloon to open the ventilation holes and reduce the gas velocity from the tank when it was almost out of sight, allowing the balloon to descend steadily.

Although the hot air balloon almost flew away due to the wind direction, they still found it after driving ten kilometers and it had landed in a dense forest.

They even found the earth dragon on the hot air balloon.

The earth dragon seemed frightened, but it wasn't injured. After the group fed it some meat, it was lively and energetic again.

The experiment is complete. Now, they will be able to fly themselves and experience firsthand the feeling of conquering the skies.

Seeing the cheering group, Li Ge also took out the armor he had made over the past few days. Although it was certainly not as good as a spacesuit, the outer shell of this thing had been reinforced with his psionic energy.

Tomorrow, we will be able to begin official flights.

Meanwhile, Li Ge continued communicating with Xiao Ye. After confirming the time for flight, Li Ge calculated the balloon's lift and speed, arrived at an accurate time, and then carved it onto the stone slab…

"We'll likely make contact with the fake starry sky around 4 PM tomorrow, directly above the warehouse. You should all try to come along then."

He didn't just make one; he carved four or five such stone slabs and then placed them in place.

As expected, Xiaoye responded with a piece of paper within the domain, saying "Understood."

Tomorrow afternoon, they will be able to touch the sky, and at the same time, they will be able to touch what the mastermind behind it all sent them here to tell them.

Chapter 303 But I refuse

"So, you brought me here to show me a bunch of hot-blooded young people who don't know anything about the world, and to see how they run into trouble?" Abaddon said slowly to the world consciousness beside him.

He probably knew where he was. Within the realm of world consciousness, there wasn't even a collision of realms; it was simply that the moment he stepped into this world, he was already inside it.

He was actually torn about whether to directly unleash his own domain for a domain-to-domain clash. Even against the world's consciousness, he felt he could still hold out for several hours, or even days.

However, he did not sense any attack or threat, so he wanted to see what this world consciousness was really up to.

However, it seems that the medicine being sold doesn't taste very good.

"Keep watching. I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush, you'll see the ending soon. This final conclusion is for you to witness," the world consciousness continued.

Abaddon took a deep breath. He could already see the naivety, even the stupidity, of these people.

If it weren't for Li Ge, they would have died a terrible death, right?

Even with Li Ge, it would be difficult for them to accomplish this. This isn't a matter of ability, but rather that everything about them seems to be preordained.

Yes, it was arranged.

They believe that their ideals and choices are all arranged clearly by a mysterious hand behind the scenes.

Take, for example, the man named Rean. He believed he had chosen this path himself, but in reality, the mastermind had simply found someone who was already incredibly eager for the sky and exploration. In the end, when Rean hesitated, the mastermind infected his son with a strange disease that was absolutely incurable in this world.

Finally, let him know about the hypothesis that there might be another civilization in the sky.

Knowing all this, coupled with his childhood dream of soaring to the sky, he will do everything in his power to fly into the sky.

That's why Abaddon said it was just a preordained dream.

Even those people he gathered together might have been arranged to become pawns in the mastermind's plan.

As for what this plan actually is...

Wait, could it be that my birth as a foolish student, and even my entire life...

"Yes, you guessed right, I created him." This time, the world consciousness did not attempt to continue the riddle.

"Although initially I just wanted to give these people a dream, to let the most determined people in my calculations inherit that person's reinforcement, later I discovered that this boy, who was merely a 'cure-all' in my script, actually jumped out of my script." The world consciousness seemed somewhat emotional.

“You know what? At first, I just wanted him to get some disease that the whole world couldn’t cure. So I didn’t pay much attention to it. I just put a string of spirit particles that I picked up from the subspace into the swaddling clothes.”

Abaddon fell silent. He had already realized that the baby in the swaddling clothes was Li Ge. And in the script, Li Ge's life was merely that of a pawn, making decisions for his parents before they decided to abandon their ideals.