Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Recalling the strange events that happened during this period, Zhuang Xuteng quickly identified the "suspect".Before leaving, Boss Qian of the Baiqi Grocery Store said that he would give him a gift, and that only Zhuang Xuteng could store it.The small book wrapped in red metal turned into sand in his hands, but the contents inside remained, drilled into his brain, and then came to this stone pillar hall.

The Stone Pillar Hall is the place where knowledge is preserved. It is between reality and fiction, with one foot in Zhuang Xuteng's mind and the other foot in the ruins behind the wall of sighs in the Shadow Realm.Currently only those allowed by Zhuang Xuteng and Lich Master can enter, and only those they approve can watch the records on the stone pillar.

"This must be the taboo knowledge left by Boss Qian." Zhuang Xuteng said to the Lich Master: "I'm sure, he is full of anger at the failure of his investment business and having to leave this world, and he must be holding back the idea of ​​revenge. Baiqi Grocery Store It seems that this is not allowed... It seems that he must think that the knowledge on this pillar can allow me to achieve the goal of revenge for him."

The Lich Master stroked the invisible stone pillar again, obviously very interested in the records above. "A businessman who crosses the world must be well-informed, and the things he left behind must have great power. Unfortunately, only you can see it, and I can't see it at all. This... This shows that the Stone Pillar Hall is not just mine. Yes, and you have a share."

"Just like you taught me spells, I will also teach you the things on this pillar-in fact, I dare not say 'teach' to you, it should just be read to you. I definitely need your experience and teaching Only then can I better understand what’s inside. But… these words keep changing and can’t stabilize, so my understanding may not be enough.”

"If you feel dazzled, it's not time to learn. This is the characteristic of the Stone Pillar Hall. You don't have to worry, you can see as much as you can, and you will get used to it slowly, just like the process of learning the undead spell. "

Zhuang Xuteng nodded, stroking the pillar like Master Lich, and said: "At present, I only see various texts, and it seems that they are most likely articles. I can only see one or two paragraphs at a time. You can write them down, understand them, and put them back together like a puzzle. Perhaps this is the most appropriate way to learn."

The Lich Master shook his head and said: "The other pillars are not like this, but you can try it. What I mean is: you can't learn things like spells, incantations and magic circles, but pure articles will not cause danger." , you can learn whatever you want. But you must be vigilant: if you find that this thing is not a pure article, for example, it may be some kind of encrypted spell with inexplicable power, then you have to stop, calm down, and be more careful Just do it."

"Well, I remember." Zhuang Xuteng heaved a sigh of relief.It wasn't because he discovered the surprise that Boss Qian had left for him, but after finding and rebuilding his body, he had what Master Lich wanted again.Only when this mutual need continues, can Zhuang Xuteng feel at ease about the relationship between the two. "Hey, you just said that this hall also has my share, what does that mean?"

Master Lich waved his hand, pointed to the stone pillars all over the hall and said: "This hall is equivalent to my brain. My personality and ideas form my current image, and my knowledge and experience are transformed into pillars. This is my world. It should be completely controlled by me. You are special, you can enter and exit at any time, as if you have the key to the door. Just considering that I am living in your body now, your ability to move freely is also understandable."

"I always thought that after I regained my body and left you, you would no longer be able to enter this hall, but this invisible pillar changed everything." The Lich Master said: "Although you still can't understand, the pillar on this pillar The thing is your knowledge, and the ownership of the pillar is also yours. With this pillar, you can always come here, and I can't keep you out. There is only one thing I can't figure out now: if we separate, how can you come in?"

Zhuang Xuteng spread his hands and said, "I don't even know how to separate us, let alone other things. Anyway, I can't teleport, and I can't do what Hill Lee or Truth Booker once did. Uh, I There's a sense of foreboding, maybe I shouldn't mention..."

"Come on, what could be more ominous than me being blown to pieces?"

"Maybe we can't separate, so there is such a pillar? Maybe because of this pillar, we can't separate?" Zhuang Xuteng said cautiously: "The main thing is that Boss Qian talks about fate all day long. , as if able to predict the future."

Zhuang Xuteng thought that this topic would touch Master Lich's sensitive nerves, causing it to have violent mood swings, and even knocked himself out of the Stone Pillar Hall with a slap.Unexpectedly, the Lich Master just shook his head slightly, his voice was still steady and calm, and said: "I thought it was something. I don't worry about it at all. The worst you think is that we will always be inseparable, I will hate this This state means that you don’t understand my experience and past.”

Master Lich pointed at Zhuang Xuteng's shoulder, and said: "There was a magic accident, I was crushed by a mountain, and my arms were cut off directly from the shoulder, which made me unable to cast spells at all. Since it was a secret research Spells, no one knows what happened to me. I was pinned under the mountain for 430 years, six months and fourteen days, until a heavy rain caused a landslide, and I shot out like a maggot."

Zhuang Xuteng blinked, he couldn't imagine what it was like to be under the mountain for more than 400 years.

"I have enough patience and experience in this field. I can feel that you are afraid of me, but that is not necessary. I need your body, and I need you to serve me. If you fail to give it when you live If I find a suitable resurrected body, then I can use your body after you die, which is actually fine. Even if you are blown to pieces, as long as you have a skull with more than 57% integrity, or a piece of belt With the arm bone in my hand, I can move on."

Zhuang Xuteng swallowed.Although it was all over after death, and the whole body was donated to the Lich Master, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all, but the ending with only half of the head or an arm sounded too miserable. "So... the lowest limit you can accept is: I won't be blown to pieces?"

"Almost. In the last two years, you'd better not be blown to pieces, let me recover some more mana. In two years, even if you are blown to pieces, I should have enough strength to find the next bender. But I haven't sensed anyone close to your quality for the time being." Master Lich patted Zhuang Xuteng with his bone palm and said, "Don't be suspicious and frightened all day long. I have already thought about all your endings and what I want to do Contingency, I have already calculated, so I will not continue to calculate you."

"I... thank you! I suddenly thought of the natural biology book I read before, which contained a kind of hermit crab. I am probably the kind of shell that was inhabited." Zhuang Xuteng looked up at the sky, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: " For the first time, my positioning in life is so real..."

"Stop telling jokes, I'm really amused by you." Master Lich said, "You're pretty good. Not as good as me, but it doesn't mean you're a broken shell! Although I am indeed much stronger than you at your age, I have It's the School of Magic..."

"Let's go, goodbye, we'll talk later!" Zhuang Xuteng raised two middle fingers at Master Lich, and then left from the stone pillar hall.

The Lich Master snorted twice, and commented "interesting kid".It then put its hand on the invisible 74th stone pillar, hoping to feel the difference. "Oh, it's still absolutely smooth and absolutely invisible... Boss Qian must have spent so much effort to create such a miraculous thing, it must be amazing. Other worlds... What are other worlds like? At least it's better than this god-forsaken world. ?”

"General knowledge is nothing more than general knowledge, and magic may not be impossible, but this is different." Master Lich recalled Zhuang Xuteng's movements and expressions again, and said: "He will not lie to me, the content on the pillar is absolutely pure. Article. Assuming that Boss Qian’s purpose is to launch revenge on God’s Abandoned World, then the article itself has no power, and the experience, knowledge and skills carried in the article are fundamental. But what kind of ideas can he fancy? People in the world value it?"

"At present, it seems that spreading such thoughts is taboo, but why does this taboo exist? What is its standard?" The Lich Master returned to the throne and fell into long-term thinking. "What taboos are there in cross-world behavior? If I can figure this out, it may help me understand the relationship between my hometown and the Land Abandoned by God, and why there is a catastrophe of destruction."

The Lich Master gradually fell silent, and he would never forget the day when his hometown was destroyed by a catastrophe.At that time, he was already one of the strongest mages on the planet, and he could even remove the modification of "one".It is researching the technology of returning living creatures from the undead, including using spells to create a virtual world and reshape the vitality of the undead...

His research direction is very unique, or maverick.Because in that special era, all spellcasters except him basically took gods as their research objects.Especially after witnessing that the gods got rid of the constraints of the rules and the group sublimated into an eternal transcendent consciousness, everyone believed that they had found the ultimate goal of magic research.And because he has already enjoyed a nearly infinite life as a lich, and can continue to continue infinitely by transferring consciousness, so he lacks interest in "transcendent life".In the research direction that the whole world cares about, he "selfishly" just started to help people review the research results, and did not devote even half of his energy.

That day was an important day for him to complete the "Iterate World" spell design, and he was in a great mood.This 45-layer super-ritual spell should help him create a temporary living world that would serve as a source of energy to support the transformation of the undead into the living.It not only has the infinite life and various resistance abilities of the dead, but also has the rich emotions and imagination of living creatures.The Lich Master believes that the combination of the two is the ultimate pursuit of the caster, and he...

"Finally, we can start experimenting." Master Lich imagined the scene where his spell was formed, overdrawing the joy of the future, which is also conducive to controlling emotional fluctuations.At this moment, he suddenly felt restless, always feeling that something went wrong, and it was a big problem.

He put down the things in his hands and walked out of the laboratory.His pupils, his pupils' pupils, and the children of countless generations saluted him.Normally, he would feel enthusiasm, admiration, trust and closeness, but that day, he only felt palpitations.

It was a sunny day outside, cloudless.This kind of weather is most suitable for outings, to feel the fragrance of flowers and birds and the gurgling water.The Lich Master didn't like that kind of activity, he would scare the birds away and the fishes to race away.But this time, it wasn't him who made the birds fly away, but a black cloud from the end of the world.

"No!" Master Lich raised his hands high, activated the protective magic circle around his residence with his own feeling, and directly raised it to the strongest state.Just as everyone looked at the protective barriers raised around them and looked at each other in blank dismay, it suddenly became dark.

The Cataclysm swept across the world at nearly the speed of light.Not only the planet where the Lich Master is located, but even their sun went out after 10 minutes.The Lich Master watched helplessly as his hometown became a place shrouded in darkness, and the boundless silence took over everything.

His barrier was crumbling, shrinking under the tremendous pressure.Master Lich struggled to support himself while studying how to deal with it.He noticed that necromancy was less affected and the protection was the most effective.After he lost two-fifths of the protective area, he finally completed the transformation of the barrier and stabilized it.

Didn't he know that this was just the beginning of his nightmare...

Don't want to suffer any more - the Lich Master sighed, pulling away from the memory.It gently patted the shoulders on both sides, where not only the old injuries crushed by the mountain peaks, but also the huge pressure to maintain the barrier feeling.These deep memories will never become stone pillars, they will only condense and form his body together with his obsession with spells and those more unforgettable emotions.Its body is full of scars, and all the joy and happiness in the past have become the fertilizer of pain, and the pain makes it still alive.

"Zhuang Xuteng, don't let me down..." Master Lich murmured, "I really hope that I can fight side by side with you in the future to realize my dreams."

Zhuang Xuteng's statement could not be heard by Master Lich, and the isolation between the two of them has become increasingly tight.Zhuang Xuteng felt that this was good, especially since Master Lich couldn't spy on him, which gave him the right to privacy again.

It's not that Zhuang Xuteng has any conspiracy against the Lich Master, he's just shy and doesn't want the Lich Master to see the content of his dinner and date with Morgana.The two haven't seen each other for a while, and they both thought in their hearts that they should get together, even if they get together, they just have a meal, then chat, take a walk or go for a drive at most, and there is no more "substantial" (Ge Gong Taoism) progress.The two of them have a tacit understanding. As long as the other party is not in a hurry, they are not in a hurry either, and they are focused on enjoying the present moment.

"I recently thought of a trick to control my expression." Zhuang Xuteng pulled Morgana and asked her to try her level from the perspective of PCPD. "You are a detective now, so you should be able to distinguish lies, right?"

"I'm not proficient yet, but I can try." Morgana was transferred from the patrol to the criminal investigation department and became a captain detective by virtue of the credit she had accumulated before and the convenience that she could go to any department she wanted. "I'll give you a question. You have to verbally say the weather forecast at the same time, and at the same time you have to scold me hard in your heart-don't let me see it. Hey, why are you putting on a dead face?"