Chapter 313 Color Change
"Can the bronze door take me through space?"
Sol was a little incredulous. Did this mean that every time he left the 20th floor, he would appear on the 1st floor of the East Tower?
However, the bronze doors on the first floor of the East Tower could not be opened simultaneously.
"Maybe this is a one-way passage, or maybe it's a one-time thing. I just asked my mentor for help. Maybe he thinks it's best not to wander around the Wizard Tower before I get the puppet."
In any case, this greatly facilitated Sol.
The first thing he did when he returned to the Second Warehouse was to find the red-eyed puppet doll and stuff it into his pocket.
Afterwards, Sol walked to the corpse pile in front of the warehouse. First, he checked the number of candles and lit a few more. Then, he came to Herman's corpse.
The diary opened in his mind. This was the sign that Sol allowed them to observe the outside world.
"Herman, can you see the corpse in front of me now?"
Herman: 【...Yes, Master. That is...my corpse.】
He said it with some difficulty. Obviously, seeing his own corpse was not a pleasant experience.
"Sorry, I know you might be uncomfortable, but I have some things I want to confirm."
Sol told them that when his soul left his body, he was often pulled into these lifeless corpses, and sometimes he would see the scenes that these corpses usually saw.
It was as if those standing in the warehouse were not corpses, but monitors.
"Do you know why this is?"
The consciousnesses in the diary were silent for a while, and then Agu was the first to answer.
Agu: 【Actually, I once heard a saying that the soul relies on the protection of the body, and the body also needs the soul. Therefore, when a creature is dying, its body will emit huge energy, and various functions will desperately operate to retain the soul.】
"So you think our bodies also have consciousness?"
Agu: 【This is just a saying. There is currently no experiment to prove that the body has consciousness on its own. I think this may be a rule of life operation.】
Morton: 【I don't think so. After all, the dying moment is not yet death. The soul and consciousness are still in the body and still have control. So, the saying I agree with is that the struggle at the dying moment is also the instruction given by the soul to the body. It's like some women who are pregnant, the instruction given by the soul to the body is to protect the child, not themselves.】
Agu: 【Then how do you explain the Dwarf Valley effect?】
Morton: 【I haven't been to Dwarf Valley. Maybe the wizards at that time were not strong enough and didn't discover the mental fluctuations or the remnants of consciousness?】
Agu: 【Even a Third-Order Wizard can be called not strong enough?】
"Wait, wait! Don't argue first. Who will tell me what the Dwarf Valley effect is?" Seeing the two most knowledgeable consciousnesses starting to quarrel, Sol quickly stopped them.
Agu: 【In another continent, a Third-Order Wizard wanted to capture a group of dwarves. When he came to the valley where the dwarves lived, he found that all the magic and mental power there had disappeared, turning it into a magic-free zone. Creatures with souls, once they enter, will feel an extremely strong repulsive force. If they force their way in, they may even experience soul separation. The soul is repelled outside, but their bodies will continue to move according to their original will.】
Agu: 【If the soul cannot be pulled out with material force before the body moves away, those separated souls will never find their bodies again. So, that place has become the end of all soul creatures, but it is said that someone once saw bodies still moving outside the Dwarf Valley.】
"There's such a place?"
Morton: 【Master, sometimes it's just that we haven't discovered the truth of the matter yet, which doesn't mean that there must be such an irregular thing in the world.】
Agu: 【Oh, do you mean that all the laws of the world are already known?】
"Enough!" Sol's face darkened. "I know that the academic world is always full of disputes, but don't forget that I'm the one asking the questions now!"
The black pages belonging to Agu and Morton instantly quieted down, accompanied by involuntary trembling.
Obviously, the diary owner's anger put tremendous pressure on the consciousnesses fixed in the pages.
It was even greater than Sol had expected.
He didn't comfort the two injured souls immediately, but summarized the knowledge he had just gained.
"Now there are two main guesses. One is that the body is acting according to the soul's last command. The other is that the body itself can also give birth to consciousness."
Sol looked at Herman, whose appearance had been modified.
"Herman, I'm going to touch your body now. See if you feel anything."
A gray, shadow-like, transparent tentacle emerged from the palm of Sol's right hand. The tentacle was as thick as an adult's arm, but if needed, it could become half a meter thick, but then the length would be shorter.
The tentacle wrapped around Herman's head and drilled into his brow.
But it quickly pulled out.
"The brain is empty."
Sol's tentacle changed several places.
The body of Herman, who had been processed...the modification was really a bit much.
In addition to the brain, the spine was also replaced with other materials. The shape didn't even look like a human spine.
Looking at this Herman · Hodgepodge · Man, Sol silently retracted his tentacle.
"Did you feel anything during this time?"
Herman: 【...My mood is a little complicated.】
Herman's handwriting looked a little weak. Obviously, the scene just now had given him a big shock, but he quickly adjusted.
Herman: 【I didn't feel anything different. Of course, it may also be that my perception is not so keen.】
Sol nodded. "Well, it may also be that there are too many mediums, and you are not so clear about your body's response."
Sol walked past Herman's corpse.
There was also the possibility that Herman's corpse was different from the corpses in other morgues.
Sol had not been pulled into this body when his soul left his body. It was possible that the new members of this corpse pile did not have the ability to pull souls into the body.
"That's right, the problem of body and soul is a big problem in the wizarding world. How could I easily find clues?"
However, Sol did not give up immediately. This time, he chose a corpse he had once possessed and probed it again.
This time, he asked all the consciousnesses, including Ann, to sense together whether they could feel any differences.
But this time, the four consciousnesses still gained nothing.
During this time, Agu and Morton did not quarrel again and worked honestly.
"Oh, right, we have a new member." Sol remembered that Nick's corpse was still 'flavoring' in the sarcophagus.
"Maybe the fresh ones will be different."
Although Sol was also saddened and lost by Nick's fall, when facing the corpse, he became a rational wizard again.
Nick's sarcophagus was in the corner of the warehouse, with several boxes stacked next to it—one of which had the honor of becoming Sol's stepping box.
He walked over and ordered Little Algae to open the box, while he remained vigilant to prevent corpse transformation.
But Nick's corpse was very quiet, without any intention of attacking or running away.
He lay there, with a slight smile on his lips, as if he was having a sweet dream.
Sol had hardly ever seen Nick smile. Of course, the time he mocked him didn't count.
Because Nick majored in emotional witchcraft, he was extremely restrained in his own emotional changes and had to hide every time he discovered suppressed emotions.
Sol still remembered the painful sound of his laughter, which was no longer pleasant, but torment.
"No abnormalities, can be put into the warehouse..."
Sol finished the inspection and was about to carry Nick's body out when he saw the diary turning again.
Agu: 【Master, you'd better take a look at the puppet you just put on your body.】
Sol frowned and immediately took out the red-eyed doll from his arms.
"When?!" His pupils shrank instantly.
The eyes of the puppet had turned black at some point!
But Sol had not even left the warehouse since he got the puppet!
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