Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Chapter 563 Chapter 560 Time is like running water

The Stone Pillar Hall stores all the magic knowledge collected by the Lich Master. He said that these seventy-two stone pillars are the greatest achievement and pride of his life. Although Zhuang Xuteng had been able to come in here at any time, he was not allowed to browse the contents on the stone pillars at will. He simply equates the knowledge of stone pillars with other people's memories. A basic courtesy is "don't pry into other people's memories without consent."

It wasn't until the Lich Master explicitly allowed Zhuang Xuteng to view the catalog and find the knowledge he wanted to learn by himself that Zhuang Xuteng officially stood in front of the stone pillar, focused his eyes, concentrated on his thoughts, and let the words on the stone pillar present the answer he was searching for.

The knowledge on the stone pillars is vast, which is the result of time - and life. Zhuang Xuteng gently touched the heavy knowledge with his slowly moving eyes, and out of the corner of his eye saw the Lich Master sitting upright on the high platform. He couldn't help but ask: "Master, as long as you are a recognized mage, you can access this information?"

"You don't have to be a mage." The Lich Master's answer was beyond Zhuang Xuteng's expectation. He said: "Although everyone can cast spells, there are differences in spell casting qualifications between people. It doesn't matter if there are differences, as long as you find someone who is good at it. If you do well in things and things you like, it will be successful. As for spells, some people cast them and some people use them. Some people may not have the corresponding spell-casting abilities, but they are good at planning spells, combining them, and constructing spell projects. This is It’s like directing a battle: the person directing is often not the best at archery.”

"I understand. If people know what spells there are, everyone can better apply the spells in various aspects - that's great. Under the control of the company, shadow magic and implants are kept strictly confidential and organized into a system. The knowledge can only be accessed after working for the company. Master, your world is better."

"Hey, Master, why don't you speak up and agree?" Zhuang Xuteng poked his head out from behind the pillar, looked at Master Lich, and asked, "You won't be angry with me, will you? When I enter the Stone Pillar Hall, will I treat you? His consciousness was also brought in?"

"My body can still move outside, and it won't delay his work. It's just that the huge difference in time flow between the two sides makes me a little uncomfortable. In addition, it doesn't matter whether my world is good or not, it's over, that's all."

"Perhaps there is a chance to build a new one?" Zhuang Xuteng's mind has always been quick. When he asks a question, he will start thinking about how to solve it. How to recreate the past - he was browsing the catalog of stone pillars, so his ideas were regarded as items that needed to be retrieved, and their spell classifications were also presented.

"Wow, Master, there is also a time travel spell here! Can you go back to the past?"

"Time travel is possible, but you cannot go back to before the disaster." The Lich Master said: "The destructive power sweeping everything is like a dam across the river of time. It only allows one-way passage. Forcibly breaking through the blockade will cause the collapse of the time spell. , wherever the Breakthrough goes, it will be destroyed at any point in time. The conclusion is obvious: I cannot reverse the result of the destruction of the world."

"Anecrosis poses basically no threat to you." The Lich Master said: "Even if there is, it will not have an effect without several years of accumulation. Considering that you cannot live in the outside environment for many years, I judge that you are not Something will happen."

"I won't talk nonsense." Zhuang Xuteng then covered his mouth and focused again, focusing his thoughts on the void annihilation ball spell. After a while, the corresponding directory was displayed on the stone pillar. The relevant knowledge and experience records about the void annihilation ball spell were stored on six stone pillars. Zhuang Xuteng wrote down their relationships and positions, and then began to study.

The Lich Master named this phenomenon "anecrosis". Its principle is similar to disintegration, but it only takes effect on things in different worlds, just like the body's rejection reaction. Since Zhuang Xuteng is mixed with the soul of the Lich Master, he is considered part of the "current world". In addition, Zhuang Xuteng always uses necromancy to wrap himself. Although this necromancy spell has been modified according to the rules of shadow magic to adapt to the corporate world, it is still considered to be in line with the rules of the shadow world.

"It's so straightforward, as if I'm teaching a child..." Zhuang Xuteng looked at the words on the pillar and couldn't help but complain.

"What if your judgment is wrong?" Zhuang Xuteng felt that Master Lich was somewhat irresponsible.

The spell is essentially a short-lived disintegration effect. Compared with the disintegration currently mastered by Zhuang Xuteng, its power is more concentrated, more powerful, and it has to leave the body. The most important of these is the third point: leaving the body. According to the spell description, the Void Annihilation Ball will destroy objects of a certain mass with extremely high efficiency. They will die on collision or collision. If it does not leave the body, the caster will be killed first, and the spell will be meaningless.

"Wrong, then die. Don't ask me such a simple question in the future."

"But you can actually travel through time?"

"Under certain conditions and after spending considerable resources - yes, I can travel through time." Master Lich waved his hand, looking a little impatient: "I have infinite life, don't you? Something irrelevant like this There are enough questions to fill you up for a lifetime—and you still haven’t read the table of contents.”

The Void Annihilation Sphere is described as a rotating black sphere in appearance. Not only can it not emit light, it also captures all light approaching it and completely swallows it up. Therefore, its true core cannot actually be "seen". The "rotation" of the void annihilation ball is summarized from some phenomena of its interaction with the surrounding environment. Especially when it is close to dust, running water and other objects, they are not directly sucked into the center of the annihilation ball, but continue to shrink and accelerate along a path. The spiral enters. This spiral is the "rotation" of the void annihilation ball.

Since the souls of Master Lich and Zhuang Xuteng are bound together, when Zhuang Xuteng is in the Stone Pillar Hall, Master Lich must also be here. Considering that he was quite boring sitting motionless on the high platform, Zhuang Xuteng chatted with him while studying. Most of them are magic-related issues, such as the meaning of some professional vocabulary, the specific content of magic skills, and the inner meaning of some common sayings cited by researchers. During this period, he asked insinuatingly about the destructive power of the Shadow Realm, especially the special phenomenon that would lead to death if not isolated.

Zhuang Xuteng was choked. He was about to refute that although his life was short, it was still important, but he immediately thought: Master Lich is with him and bears the same risk. Besides, isn’t it very irresponsible to expect an undead to respect other people’s lives? Forget it, let’s quickly study the void annihilation ball. Zhuang Xuteng had a strong hunch: if he could learn this thing, it would be his trump card against the company's enhanced people.

"The content presented by the pillar will change according to your magic knowledge, unless it cannot be further simplified." Master Lich interjected, piercing Zhuang Xuteng's heart. "It thinks you are a child, so that's why it said that. And judging from your random experiments with the disintegration effect, I think its judgment is very accurate."

Why does Master Lich like to insult people recently? Is he in a bad mood? Did something bother him?

Zhuang Xuteng really guessed it right. Master Lich has been in a bad mood recently. The reason is that the magic circle project he has always wanted to complete has been going very smoothly recently. The overall progress is only visible to the naked eye before it can destroy the company's world. When the circle is completed, the Lich Master will activate it and transmit the power of destruction through the channel of the Shadow Realm. The same disintegrating force will sweep across the corporate world, destroying everything there, thus completing his ultimate revenge.

It's just that he is a little reluctant to let go of Zhuang Xuteng. Zhuang Xuteng will definitely survive, and the Lich Master will not kill him. And if the two of them are fused together, the Lich Master can't actually kill him, but he will definitely lose him. Although the two people's daily relationship was completely forced by the situation, a dead soul should not have feelings casually. But Zhuang Xuteng's soul affected the Lich Master to a degree that exceeded what absolute rationality could offset. He regarded Zhuang Xuteng as his disciple, even higher than his disciple, more like a disciple and a friend. He would feel irritated when he thought about having to face Zhuang Xuteng after successfully taking revenge.

The Lich Master originally planned to destroy himself after completing his revenge, leaving the two ultimately silent worlds as his tomb. However, he has already promised in his heart to keep Zhuang Xuteng alive, which means he has the responsibility to find him a home. While shouldering this responsibility, he must always face Zhuang Xuteng's "torture".

When he thought about this problem, Master Lich felt that Zhuang Xuteng was "very troublesome" and it was better to just kill him. His thoughts jumped back and forth between "protect him", "take care of him" and "kill him". It was strange that his mood was stable.

From Zhuang Xuteng's eyes, Master Lich believed that he had revealed too many emotional problems. He couldn't make a final decision immediately, so he chose to solve the immediate problem first. The method is very simple, just "shut your mouth, talk less, and only use declarative sentences."

Zhuang Xuteng couldn't understand Master Lich's troubles. He didn't even know that as he became more and more focused on learning spells and became more like a spell researcher than before, Master Lich liked him more and was less willing to kill him. Naturally, he became more Tangled. For Zhuang Xuteng, he solves whatever problems he encounters. If he thinks the Void Annihilation Ball is of great use, he should learn it first.

As for the spell Void Annihilation Ball, as a rare fish that has slipped through the net among the Lich Master's spell abilities, it is indeed extremely unique. The disintegration effect comes from protection spells, and the Void Annihilation Ball is 100% the most powerful offensive method. From defending everything to destroying everything, the beauty in this violent transition can arouse the endless reverie of any philosopher, and can also make a stupid young man sigh at the magic of magic.

The Void Annihilation Ball is extremely dangerous, and the disintegration effect is not overbearing. Therefore, when practicing this spell, all mages must be careful and never dare to speed up the progress at will. Generally speaking, it would take only one or two years from the discovery of the disintegration effect to the completion of the void annihilation ball spell. But Lengtou Qingzhuang Xuteng "dared" to apply the disintegration effect to himself without being damaged, which allowed him to sense and control the disintegration effect more easily than other mages.

Controlling spells requires a lot of touch, and the same goes for void annihilation ball spells. However, for other mages, the sense of control of the disintegration effect is extremely difficult to obtain. For example, if a chef wants to use salt in cooking, and the recipe says "appropriate amount", then he has to taste whether it is appropriate. Sometimes it’s just salt, sometimes it’s sour, sometimes it’s spicy, and at worst, there will be unwashed large intestines... Most of the situations that mages have to face are like this. At most, they can be tolerated and it will pass, but the disintegration effect is still there. The equivalent of potassium cyanide in this recipe.

Zhuang Xuteng is the cook who is fine even if he tries potassium cyanide. Of course, he will know what "appropriate amount" means faster. He passed the most difficult level like this, but things that were very simple to others stumped him.

"Spell out-of-body control." Zhuang Xuteng stumbled on this "little trick". Although he practiced a lot according to the relevant knowledge on the stone pillars, even though he read almost all the relevant experience and experience, and it can be said that he was not devoted or attentive, the progress could not be said to be gradual, but could only be said to be standing still.

"It's strange. Why doesn't my magic want to leave me?" After a long period of torture, Zhuang Xuteng had to admit that he couldn't figure out this technique on his own, so he had no choice but to go to the Lich Master. He admitted honestly: "I originally wanted to complete the entire spell by myself to prove my strength and improve my evaluation with you, but I also know that vanity is useless. It is useful if you can actually learn the spell. Master, this out-of-body spell control technique what's going on?"

The Lich Master first asked about the ins and outs of the whole thing. Seeing that "his apprentice" could encounter such weird problems, he sighed that the world is so big and full of wonders, and that if you go long enough, you can encounter any weird things.

After trying to control his emotions, he raised his hand to create a fist-sized ball of light, then controlled it to revolve around his body, and finally returned to his palm and gradually dissipated. "This is the magic out-of-body control technique. Every mage should master this technique, but you don't need to."

"Why?" Zhuang Xuteng tilted his head, his eyes so innocent that the Lich Master wanted to slap him.

Control your emotions...talk less...declarative sentences...Master Lich spread his hands flat and summoned the ball of light again. This time, he also created a vengeful tentacle and asked the tentacle to circle around him several times with the ball of light. The tentacles finally carried the light ball back to the palm, and then crushed it, completely imitating the movement and ending of the previous light ball.

"You have established a powerful perception field that no other mages have. Your wraith spells can be precisely controlled within this range, as if they were inside your body. The out-of-body control technique... you want this technique to take off, and you can compete with other mages in this field. Technically, the difficulty of graduation is the same. Anyway, the disintegration effect will not hurt you, and after forming the annihilation ball, it will only eat part of the tentacles at most, so there is no need for you to practice out-of-body control skills."

Zhuang Xuteng opened his mouth wide, and after a while he took a sharp breath, finally regaining his breathing. "I'm so stupid!" He patted his head and said, "Can't I practice out-of-body control skills if I stop the Wraith Jelly?"

"If you really want to learn that skill, this is the way to go."

"We'll talk about it later. I've spent too much time on my skills. Master, it's been three months since we came in this time, right?"

"Five months and four days." Master Lich said. "Don't be surprised. Learning spells will make people lose their sense of time. This has nothing to do with memory. Some mages die of old age while learning. This kind of thing is also common."

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while and said, "Then I will complete the void annihilation ball in half a month, and then we will leave."

(End of this chapter)