Gunfire, Punk and Necromancer

Due to a concussion, he lost the memory of the battle with Colonel Taft, but Zhuang Xuteng still remembered what happened before the battle. This time, in order to enter the Stone Pillar Hall, he had accumulated enough mana. He was not afraid of encountering mana exhaustion or dying, and could ask his questions clearly one by one.

The first is why the people on Colonel Taft's side didn't discover the Lich Master.

This question obviously aroused Master Lich's emotions. He raised his hand, bent his index finger into a hook, and hit Zhuang Xuteng hard on the head. "I'm not a shadow follower! I'm still alive! How dare you forget!"

The Lich Master admitted that he once released the energy reaction of the shadow slave, and he once behaved like a top active shadow slave, but that was all caused by the company not understanding his state at all, and it was not his problem. After entering Zhuang Xuteng's body, his spells also reacted with shadow energy until Zhuang Xuteng fully recovered and cut off his connection with the outside world.

"I can't see the outside, I can't affect the outside, so I can't be seen outside." Master Lich patiently explained to Zhuang Xuteng: "All the shadow energy reactions I emitted before are actually manifestations of necromancy. . Now, you can completely cut off my connection with the outside world, and these energies cannot be dissipated. Another angle: If I were a shadow follower, what is my shadow follower ability? At least I am not an implant, right?"

"Implants, definitely not." Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head and said: "I just don't understand: you still have mana and you are in my body, why won't the mana leak out again? Is it just because my body has returned to health? I don’t believe it. I was seriously injured by Colonel Taft again this time, and I was in a similar state to the first time I met you. Why didn’t the information leak out?”

Master Lich stared at Zhuang Xuteng seriously for a while, and finally admitted: "I have also made progress."

"I knew it!" Zhuang Xuteng said, snapping his fingers.

"I have learned the knowledge of shadow follower spells, and combined with my original spell skills, I can better control the power in your world and prevent the shadow follower energy from escaping." Master Lich opened his hands and admitted. : "You are making progress, and so am I, but now it seems that I have underestimated your level of intellectual progress. Before, you would have fully accepted my explanation and would not have given such doubts."

"So you've been teasing me a lot, right?"

The Lich Master shook his head and said: "Although my body is a lich, I am not without descendants. Before I became what I am now, I raised many children. This is like educating children: When a child is young, he will completely believe what his parents say, and the parents can only answer his questions in a way that the child can understand. To put it simply, I will tell the child that this is a good person and that is a bad person. But you also understand that the actual situation is far more complex than good and bad. Be complicated.”

Zhuang Xuteng snorted hard from his nose and said, "Do you think I was like a child before?"

"Three aspects: according to my age, you are; according to your knowledge of magic, you are; according to your intelligence level at the time, you are still a child." The Lich Master said: "Now you All three aspects have improved, especially intelligence. Don’t you think you are much smarter than before?”

"Thank you for your intelligence." Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head and said, "It's one thing to thank you for your intelligence. It's another thing that you just wanted to fool me. My feelings were hurt a little bit, so you will be the one who will influence me." Can you teach me how to gather energy without spreading it out?"

"Ha! As expected, wait for me here. Okay, I will teach you whatever you want to learn from now on, and treat you as if you are not a child." Master Lich tilted his head and stared at Zhuang Xuteng, and said: "However, energy return control The skills are very difficult, so I suggest you focus on strengthening your body first and take advantage of the good opportunity now that your body is recovering.”

"That `s a deal!"

Zhuang Xuteng left the Stone Pillar Hall with a satisfied expression, and then the satisfaction quickly faded from his face. Today, he unveiled a layer of disguise of the Lich Master. This layer is extremely inconspicuous and can be discarded directly by the Lich Master. Zhuang Xuteng believed that Master Lich must be hiding more things from him. He could feel it if he carefully thought about Master Lich's actions. It’s just that I don’t know what price to pay for uncovering those disguises.

"Learn from him first." Zhuang Xuteng has never been ambiguous about maximizing interests. "Revealing secrets can only give you a sense of intellectual satisfaction at best. Compared with learning those magical skills, the benefits are too low. Master Lich... apart from regaining his body, he never said what he was going to do. . If I can help him realize it, treat it as a mercenary mission, and everything I’m taught now is an advance payment—well, that makes more sense.”

Zhuang Xuteng is very good at convincing himself and pushing himself. After confirming that absorbing titanium alloy would not turn his bones into metal, he became more confident and bold in practicing bone forging. In recent times, he has been under close monitoring by doctors. Although what this doctor did was entirely motivated by the good intention of curing him, and all the monitoring was a reflection of medical skills, it didn't mean that Zhuang Xuteng would like that feeling. He is also worried that if the doctor decides to do an MRI on him, he will be adsorbed on the machine due to the bone forging process, or even cause an electromagnetic reaction, and then be beaten to death by the electric current.

Since his brain started to work better, Zhuang Xuteng also read some books, especially high school knowledge that he missed out on because he failed to pass the exam.

Through bone forging, the bones are given the effect of titanium alloy without losing the ability of the bones themselves to grow and heal. Combined with the bone shield technique, Zhuang Xuteng also began to build a support structure inside the body to prepare for the inner armor. The bone shield technique of necromancy turns broken bones into a shield, which rotates outside the body to block arrows and swords. It can also be used as a consumable to absorb damage from spell rays. But in Zhuang Xuteng's case, he was an evasion expert, so the rotating shield was basically useless. Instead, it would distract him from the control and provide little help.

However, placing the shield within the body and absorbing the damage that cannot be avoided will bring out the effect of this spell 100% without having to worry about controlling it. It is definitely a better choice. However, the bone shield technique is at a lower level among necromancy spells and is easy to learn, but its defensive capabilities have a clear upper limit. Almost all necromancy spells drop this spell in favor of stronger spells as they level up. Considering that Zhuang Xuteng did not have exhaustive ambitions in necromancy, the Lich Master came up with a solution for him: superimposing the Servants of Wraiths.

How strong the mana is, how strong the Wraith Servant can be. The improvement of the two is synchronized. It can be said that the upper limit is the same, which saves Zhuang Xuteng the trouble of changing spells midway. The superimposed Wraith Servant is very convenient and can absorb almost all types of damage for him, so he can concentrate on practicing this one spell. However, this training method can only achieve a one-to-one exchange of mana and effect, unlike many specialized protective spells that can achieve a one-to-three or even a one-to-seven exchange.

"A stupid method used by a stupid person," Master Lich said of this protection method: "It just suits Zhuang Xuteng."

Indeed, Zhuang Xuteng's main skill is martial arts. A dexterous technical flow, dodge is the first. A person's concentration ability is limited. Lich masters all admit that super-computing martial arts are very superb. The efficiency of input and output is unmatched in terms of dodge. The limited concentration should be fully invested. If Zhuang Xuteng wants to continue to improve, he can only choose stupid methods that don't require concentration.

Zhuang Xuteng recognized the Lich Master's theory very much, so he actively invested a lot of energy in the training of superimposed Wraith Servants. With his healthy mana, he can summon six wraith servants as big as himself at the same time and control them to do six different jobs at the same time. However, he is still recovering and can summon and maintain up to two.

Two is enough for now, just right for practicing preliminary superposition. Although stacking Wraith Servants is a "stupid" method in protective spells, maintaining the stack requires precise and clever control techniques, and one must have good understanding. Zhuang Xuteng didn't know what his understanding was, and he didn't care. Anyway, he recognized a basic truth: practice more and think more, and you can get it together.

Summon invisible ghosts, stack them together, and then turn them into entities at the same time. Zhuang Xuteng wants to capture a very delicate moment in the virtual reality, when the virtual reality of the resentful spirit exists at the same time. By seizing that moment, stabilizing that moment, and then directly creating the balance state of that moment, you can successfully superimpose the Wraith Servant.

"Bang!" The two resentful spirit servants in front of them bounced away from each other and flew towards the opposite corner. Ge Gongdao, the bed next door man, snorted, turned over, and complained to Zhuang Xuteng: "Where do you come from so many farts? You have finished farting during the day, why do you still fart when you sleep? The doctor didn't find out the reason for you?"

"Does it stink to you?" Zhuang Xuteng retorted.

"Indeed, there is no smell at all, but what's there to be proud of?" Ge Gongdao simply turned on the bedside lamp, looked at Zhuang Xuteng with his big eyes, and said, "The only thing you eat is protein worm porridge, without any seasoning." Plus, all other nutrition depends on injections. Everything you eat has no smell, how can your farts smell? Before you leave the hospital, you must cure this problem, otherwise I will be smoked to death by you in the future."

"You are the only one who has a lot to do!" Zhuang Xuteng said, "Stop saying a few words! You don't drink water all day long, but you still talk so much! Can't you control your ability to detoxify in the urine? How uncomfortable are you?"

"I want to, but I'm still too weak and can't control it now." Brother Dao sighed and said, "The hospital gives me a very bad feeling. I want to move back home now - but I won't wait until you stabilize." Now, let’s go out together again.”

"I also want to stabilize and move back as soon as possible - but it doesn't matter what I say, I need the doctor's approval."

There was no way. The two of them could obviously speed up their recovery by soaking in nutritional medicine and adding dormant martial arts, but they couldn't use it in the hospital, so they could only wait patiently.

Time passes day by day. It had been a month since Zhuang Xuteng was defeated by Colonel Taft. When the nutrient solution and tasteless protein worm powder porridge had made him doubt whether he still had a sense of taste, the doctor finally announced that he was out of danger.

"Your physical indicators have stabilized, and you are now entering the recovery period. As long as you don't mess around and follow the list I made, you will definitely recover." The doctor pressed Zhuang Xuteng's belly with his hand and said, "The fart problem is also gone. , but you have to pay attention: if you still fart frequently after eating normally, you still need to get checked."

Zhuang Xuteng waved his hand to reassure the doctor. A week ago, he had completed the stable superposition of the two Wraith Servants, and those "bang bang" fart sounds would naturally disappear. "Doctor, when can I be discharged?"

"I suggest you stay for another month to replenish nutrition and monitor your body indicators, and then use another month for rehabilitation training. These are all included in your gold membership insurance."

"I just want to go home." Zhuang Xuteng lowered his eyebrows, as if he was about to cry. Of course, he did not forget Ge Gongdao. He pointed at him and said to the doctor: "He also wants to be discharged."

"He is definitely not good. The indicators are not up to standard. We have to continue to observe him." The doctor glanced at Ge Gongdao, turned to Zhuang Xuteng and said, "It's okay if he wants to be discharged. You have to come back for check-ups twice a week. This is insurance. required by the terms.”

"Wait, why can't he be discharged from the hospital?" Zhuang Xuteng pointed at Brother Dao and asked the doctor: "He is less injured than me!"

"Yes, his injury is less serious than yours, but his recovery is not as good as yours, and he still fails in several indicators." The doctor said, "You can't see it normally when you lie in bed, but if you walk on the ground, you will hear a sound. Crunch. His bones didn't heal well and now he's as fragile as an eighty or ninety-year-old man. No, still not."

Zhuang Xuteng sighed. Ge Gongdao's bones are an old problem. He is big and heavy. The flexibility and fast movement required by super-calculated martial arts are a heavy burden on him. Therefore, his bones are consumed more than ordinary people, and their hardness is even worse. Compared with Zhuang Xuteng. Now that you can't use dormant martial arts, the recovery speed of Ge Gongdao just can't be increased. Unfortunately, we can only speed up recovery after we get out. Brother Dao is just stuck at this point.

Bone forging is very useful to Brother Dao, but he can't learn it. Zhuang Xuteng asked specifically, and the answer he got was no: Ge Gongdao must first have the ability to cast shadow spells and be able to cast a variety of shadow spells before he can learn necromancy in turn. Brother Dao is obviously not a Yingcong mage, so this road is broken.

"Then I'll stay and we'll go out together when he gets better." Zhuang Xuteng would not abandon Brother Dao, but he would not forget himself either. "Can I get out of bed and move around freely now? Can I also eat some normal food?"

"Of course, of course."

After Zhuang Xuteng was allowed to move freely, the first thing he did was not gorge himself on food. Instead, he moved his hospital bed to a position directly next to Ge Gongdao's hospital bed. Fortunately, everyone had met their respective girlfriends and knew their sexual orientation, so they didn't misunderstand Zhuang Xuteng. The doctor asked Zhuang Xuteng what he wanted to do. He only said that he would talk to the bed and that if he got closer, he could ask Ge Gongdao to keep his voice down so that he would not strain his voice.

He reluctantly used this reason to fool him, but Zhuang Xuteng's real idea was to practice bone forging for Ge Gongdao. Although Ge Gong Dao cannot be practiced, Zhuang Xuteng can use dormant martial arts to absorb Brother Dao's state, and then hone it himself. Doesn't this mean that Ge Gong Dao has also been practiced? Even if it can't really improve the hardness of Ge Gongdao's bones, it can at least make him recover faster.

"No, I don't agree." Ge Gongdao knew what the dormant martial arts was, and he didn't want to drag Zhuang Xuteng down.

"Stop talking nonsense! If I am injured, you carry me; if you are injured, I carry you, it's the same thing." Zhuang Xuteng grabbed Ge Gongdao's wrist and said: "I also do check-ups every day. If If the physical parameters are not up to standard, I won’t do this—so you can rest assured, right?”

After another week, the doctor finally announced that they were all ready to be discharged.