System vs Rebirth

"Welcome."

Noel and Rose finally entered the room where the Water Lord experimented. The room was spacious with a few tanks around it.

Some were filled to the brim, some only contained some liquid. The colors of the liquid also varied.

There were some smaller containers, from a gallon to a small tube. On the opposite side of the room, they could see a huge stone table where he experimented with the water.

The Water Lord led them to that table and offered them some seats.

"Please sit down. I'm going to bring some samples first, along with the chalk." The Water Lord immediately walked away, only to return with a chalkboard filled with some drawings and explanations.

It was too complicated for Rose and Noel, so they wondered what the Water Lord wanted to say.

"Before helping me with my experiment, you have to know the basics of what you're working for." The Water Lord put down two small glasses, one filled with water and one filled with a green liquid.

"These two are different liquids, as you can see from their colors. The first one is water and the other one is Herimone Poison extracted from the Herimone Snake.

"When I was young, I traveled to all corners of the kingdom and learned a lot. At one point, I actually came to a certain note, saying that the water is actually formed by something smaller."

The Water Lord raised chalk and said, "Take a look at this chalk. I have 'one' chalk in my hand, right?"

in agreement. Then, the Water Lord scooped a bit of the water and let it stay on his palm. "How about this?

it's the difference between tangible

The Water Lord took out another glass, this time, full of oil. "This is the vegetable oil that you're familiar with. I'll pour this oil into this cup of water. What do you think will happen? Will they

poison would fuse together with the water like what plagued this town

and the oil didn't

"Hmm? It didn't…"

nodded. "They

At first, the water remained clear, but as time passed, the water became more polluted, showing the

the poison? I'm not very sure

something smaller than particles where we can actually divide that water and call it one water,

pointed at the image of a cup of water on the board. The

my hypothesis. I believe that liquid is composed of something smaller than particles. I don't have

inside that water…" The Valley Master pointed at the drawing of the

Meanwhile, the poison was also divided into three

for the time being. These nine particles are the ones that

Master was trying to explain his research, not knowing whether this was the correct answer or not. But since he

compatible with the X, Y, and Z in the oil cup. Those particles can't fuse with each other. On the other hand, the water is compatible

CF. Well, I don't know if there are three different types of things inside the water or whether those are the right