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?"

Water Lord scooped a bit of the water and let it stay on his palm. "How about

heads. "Well, it's the difference

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

that the poison would fuse together with the water like what plagued

his surprise, the water and the oil

"Hmm? It didn't…"

nodded.

it on the poison. At first, the water remained clear, but as time passed, the water became

while the water in the second cup mixes with the poison? I'm not very sure myself either. But when I received that note saying that the water is actually

of particles… something smaller than particles where we can actually divide that water and call it one water, two 'waters,' three 'waters,'

of water on the board. The cup

something smaller than particles. I don't have

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

into three called: X, Y, and Z. Meanwhile, the poison was also divided into

look at these nine… let's call them particles for the time being.

was trying to explain his research, not knowing whether this was the correct answer or

A, B, and C are not compatible with the X, Y, and Z in

don't know if there are three different types of things inside the water or whether those are the