Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Thinking about helping Ge Gongdao to improve the energy level of the shadow followers, Zhuang Xuteng went into the Stone Pillar Hall to find Master Lich when he was resting that night, seeking answers and guidance from him.Master Lich listened carefully to the whole story, asked a few questions about Ge Gongdao's physical and mental state, and finally said:
"His current method is the best. By exercising and practicing more, Shadow Cong's energy reserves will naturally increase. If you want to speed up this speed, just put more pressure on him, and you don't need to do anything else. .”

Zhuang Xuteng was not very satisfied with this answer, he asked: "You taught me meditation, can't I teach him meditation? Modify it..."

"No! It's not the same thing." The Lich Master said: "You two have different energy systems, and the ways to improve are also different. Asking him to meditate will only delay him, and may even cause him to regress."

Zhuang Xuteng expressed his doubts, and the Lich Master explained: "You are a spellcaster, and you have to maintain the Wraith Formation at ordinary times, and you are always thinking about using Wraith servants, which is continuous training. You are going There is a long way of flowing water, and he does not have this kind of magic circle that needs to be paid attention to all the time, so he has to use the method of reaching the limit, exceeding the limit, destroying physical skills, and repairing the function to increase the upper limit. Simply put, you use your brain, he uses Muscles; you have to use your brain, he has to train muscles. There is no one who is superior or inferior, as long as each uses his own method, it is good."

"But I think he's progressing very slowly, and his Shadow Follower's energy reserve level can't compare with mine." Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head and said.

"He is not as good as you, it is not your responsibility; if you are not stronger than him, it must be my problem." Master Lich shook his finger and said: "Everyone is different, it doesn't make sense, it is reality. That Ge Gongdao, slow start, late start, lagging behind, it’s not your fault. If you want to help him, just help him step by step, step by step, and move forward steadily. Don’t try to make miracles. Your world The video game technology is already violent enough, so many problems are caused by impatience."

When Zhuang Xuteng heard it, the Lich Master had something to say!He is eager to learn and gossip, so he hurriedly asked what was going on with this "impatient".

"Want to hear? Then you have to do something for me." The Lich Master said: "This is a small matter of running errands, but I just can't get out of here. This matter helps me, but also Not that it has to be done. The only problem with this little thing is that it makes you wonder how I got in touch with the outside world."

Zhuang Xuteng nodded: "Yes, I have this question."

"So you need to make a choice: continue to cooperate or break up." The Lich Master said: "You also need my knowledge, advice and experience, and I also need you to be my only physical connection with the real world. Benefits, risks, both are in front of you. Should we cooperate further, or..."

Master Lich didn't say what happened next, but Zhuang Xuteng could fully understand it. "Obviously, you have had an impact on the real world in some way, and now you need to let this influence return to you." Zhuang Xuteng said: "Let me guess, you summoned someone, or used the ability to summon someone Someone here. Hill Lee from Dingxin Mochuang?"

The Lich Master is always just a skull face, he still responded with an extremely calm voice: "I will not bother to prove your conjecture, because your choice is the only thing I care about."

"Yes, I can run errands for you and serve as your so-called 'contact with the physical world', but I have to measure the risks of doing things for you, just like I can also refuse tasks arranged by intermediaries."

"That's no problem." The Lich Master's voice was still calm, because he had expected this result a long time ago.He believes that Zhuang Xuteng is a smart person. Once he finds that it has a connection with the outside world, he will immediately realize that this connection has become a fact, and its influence will inevitably appear. The best way is to control it, rather than throwing a child's temper and turning his face directly .At the same time, Master Lich also knew that he wanted to appease Zhuang Xuteng, and to put it bluntly, he wanted to give some benefits to make the cooperation between the two parties happy again.

"I have been studying shadow spells, especially the relationship between shadow spells and necromancy. Shadow spells, to put it bluntly, are a method of using energy, but this kind of energy is called mana in our place, and shadow spells in yours. From. The nature of the two is different, but some principles are similar.”

"In our history, there have also been periods of ignorance and recklessness about how to use mana. Some people were particularly anxious and tried various methods to maximize their mana. Not surprisingly, these people had various problems with their bodies. We collectively call them It’s called the Plague of Mana. Later we finally figured out what’s going on, although the term plague, which represents an external infectious disease, is not appropriate, but everyone is used to it and still uses it.”

"It is true that mana, or shadow energy reserves can be increased suddenly, but there are many risks in doing so. Some problems will be exposed directly and cause immediate damage; The energy invested at different times is different, and the depth, breadth, angle, and speed of thinking about problems are also different, resulting in different speeds of improvement for each person, and it is difficult for outsiders to predict."

"Later we summed up a simple rule: if the body and spirit can't stand it, and if they can't recover after a night's sleep, it may be overdose. Self-study people, follow this rule to ensure safety. With the guidance of a teacher, The teacher will observe the state, and it can be slightly exceeded."

"Shadow spells, shadow devices, and shadow implants should all follow the same principle, but your world seems to have followed the same set of experience as when gods existed. God is equivalent to the magic user's Teacher, I will not give you excessive mana, which can avoid the occurrence of mana plague. As a spell user, you can have no scruples at all, so the amount of training and usage will go up."

"That's why your world is overusing shadows one by one, and then relying on medical technology to solve health problems as much as possible." The Lich Master said: "When it comes to you, necromancy happens to be effective for the side effects of shadows, It greatly reduces your burden and allows you to restore your mental and physical state. As for your friend, he has installed many implants, and now what he needs is not rapid improvement, but steady progress. Necromancy is used in It has different efficiency and effect on yourself and on others. You can’t help him like helping yourself, and his burden will always be greater than yours.”

As soon as the call was over, Zhuang Xuteng had fully understood what Master Lich meant.He has learned the previous divine spells—the Lich Master also learned about the magic system of the gods in this world through him—and also came into contact with the shadow spells of this world. The god in the whole system is actually very critical in the whole system, and after the god is gone, it is so risky to directly analogize and copy to form a new shadow follower spell system...

Side effects, Lankey's disease, and rejection of implants can all be explained by the "overdose" system. "Master Lich, I don't understand. Your world can understand the fundamental problem of the mana plague. How come no one on our side proposes to take it step by step?"

Master Lich said: "This is a problem in your society. I can't get out, I can't see it, I can only listen to you, so my answer can't exceed your observation. Zhuang Xuteng, you have to find the answer yourself. But ..."

"But what?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"It's nothing. The history of my world cannot be directly used to understand this world. It must be investigated on the spot. Isn't that what your pillar said?"

No matter how I think about my pillar—Zhuang Xuteng, I find this expression a bit awkward.Zhuangzi pops up something new every day. Zhuang Xuteng often reads it. There are some thought-provoking sentences in it, but most of them are stating facts and listing figures, as if they are some investigation reports.I didn't quite understand the report, but the principle of "talking after field investigation" was indeed imprinted in Zhuang Xuteng's mind.

"Okay, I understand the reason why Brother Dao shouldn't exercise too aggressively, now let's talk about running errands!" Zhuang Xuteng folded his arms and stared at Master Lich, and said, "I'm a mercenary, and I value information and details. So you better make it clear."

"It is indeed Hill Lee, she is my channel, I can still summon her here - thanks to the shadow energy you absorbed." Master Lich said: "She has joined Dingxin Mochuang to fight the shadow I asked her to collect some things for me. Now these things are stored in a secret location—not in Peicheng, but in Gaofeng City, where there is a starting point for the expedition. All you have to do is go to There, get your stuff."

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while and said, "It sounds simple, but it may reveal many secrets, such as discovering me, following me, and finally finding you. Do you have any idea about these risks?"

"Concept? Are you kidding? Of course I have a concept." The Lich Master said: "Of course I don't trust Hill Lee. Of the things I asked her to collect, only one out of twenty is what I need. Don't Forget, I said take something, not get it back."

"Haha, I understand. You also want to test this Hill Lee, which is also part of this mission." Zhuang Xuteng nodded and said, "Okay, give me the address. I need to investigate the situation before I can think about what to do." What to do. I will come back and discuss with you, let’s get this done.”

Master Lich nodded slowly, seeming very satisfied with this answer.It said that this matter does not need to be done immediately, and it can take time to plan carefully.

The matter was not in a hurry, which meant that Master Lich had not made an appointment with Hill Lee.If Hill Lee had "bad thoughts", she would have to pay extra energy and price for not having an agreed time.Cough, why calculate the cost for others - Zhuang Xuteng thought to himself - it would be nice if he could take good care of himself, don't forget that the opposite is Dingxin Mochuang.

Dingxin Mochuang, the largest military-industrial group, and now the most emerging auto industry force, was the main murderer who killed Zhuang Teng.Zhuang Xuteng will never forget this incident, but he will not regard Hill Lee as the backer of Dingxin Group.He really wanted to know who in the Dingxin Mochuang Group Company was responsible for killing Zhuang Teng, so he needed information from inside.He wants to fight for Hill Lee, and he wants to use Hill Lee. The importance of this matter is even higher than the entrustment of the Lich Master.

The Lich Master then described in detail what it had said to Hill Lee, and what the things he was going to bring back this time were for. Zhuang Xuteng kept these in mind, and when making detailed plans before going to Gaofeng City, he must Analyze it carefully.It's a pity that I couldn't find a way for Brother Dao to speed up the energy of the shadow follower, but knowing that he should be more cautious about the burden on his body is also a gain.

Master Lich is a treasure house of knowledge, but the treasure house is too big, it is absolutely impossible to teach Zhuang Xuteng all of it—and Master Lich has no such obligation.For a long time, Zhuang Xuteng only regarded Master Lich as a wise man, barely a teacher, and had no intention of treating him as a master at all.Although he also knew very well that apprenticeship would definitely bring great rewards, but he always felt awkward.Conversely, Master Lich is the same, he never regards himself as a master, but only regards Zhuang Xuteng as a junior, reprimanding or teaching depends entirely on his mood, and he never taints responsibility and obligation.

When he heard that Zhuang Xuteng had mastered the floating technique and also used the super-cache martial skill to improve the super-computing martial skill to seven flashes, it reprimanded and encouraged him.The reprimand, of course, is the stupid levitation technique: if you want to fly, there are plenty of ways in necromancy spells, and the wraith servant itself can do it.Encouragement, of course, is that Zhuang Xuteng has made good use of the super-cache martial arts: he finally understands its profound intentions, and will trust its far-sightedness even more in the future.

The martial skill that can suddenly change directions in the air is very powerful, and it will be quite tricky for the opponent to parry, but it can only be regarded as a middle-of-the-road in the ranking of Lich Masters. "There are many flying creatures in my world, and some intelligent ones will suddenly change directions. It's not surprising that they do that in the air, as if you were jumping sideways on the ground."

Uh, the reasoning is indeed the same. When it comes to rapid maneuvering, the sky and the ground are the same. It is rare that one side goes to the other side to do so.However, Zhuang Xuteng always felt a bit scumbag for Master Lich's method of belittling first and then giving some sweetness.He thinks: Is it okay to say it directly? Do you have to make you uncomfortable first, and then get used to and accept this discomfort?
"I've praised supercomputing martial arts. It speeds up the reaction speed, improves the adaptability, and the idea and method of controlling and rebuilding conditioned reflexes are very powerful. You can completely compare whether the creatures in the air home field can have supercomputing skills. Martial skills, and can you make Levitation work like you use super-computing martial skills on the ground?"

Zhuang Xuteng nodded and said: "That's what I thought. We should borrow the opponent's movements to use the levitation technique, and combine the coping process with the levitation transformation. It's just that the power of the wraith servant is not enough. Only technology has no power. Then It's a flower shelf."

Master Lich nodded vigorously: "Well, that's right! Practice harder, kid. You have a lot of wonderful ideas, which are good, but they are only useful after the basic ability is improved. You don't lack skills now , what is missing is the foundation!"