Chapter 295 Chapter 292 The Face of the Dead and the Pillar of Knowledge

"You need to find a state, then determine a belief, you need to train to maintain the state for the belief, and form a habit. As long as your belief does not fall, you can maintain the state, thereby controlling your facial expressions and the information sent out."

The fraud class teacher gave suggestions and demonstrations. He can laugh before each sentence, keeping the volume above 70 decibels. He uses the expression of laughter to rearrange his facial muscles and use this time to think. Once this becomes a habit, he has time to control information and observe others.

"People will call you Brother Haha." The teacher smiled and said, "This is a quick way, just for your reference. In fact, the opposite state of Brother Haha is more suitable for you, that is, frowning and thinking all the time, always showing dissatisfaction."

What he said certainly makes sense, but Zhuang Xuteng also has his own understanding. He believes that the best expression to cover up thoughts is not frowning, but keeping serious without expression. As soon as this idea came out, Zhuang Xuteng thought of an old friend, who is definitely a master of expression control.

Zhuang Xuteng hasn't seen the Lich Master for a while, which is mainly related to the departure of Boss Qian. Originally promised to help the Lich Master rebuild his body, this matter cannot be separated from the help of Boss Qian and the White Flag Grocery Store. Now that Boss Qian is gone, this matter has also fallen through, and Zhuang Xuteng always feels a little sorry for the Lich Master. He has been hiding and not coming recently, but this matter will be told to him sooner or later.

The 72-stone pillar hall is still shrouded in black mist, exuding a lonely and terrifying atmosphere. The Lich Master sits on the stone seat, maintaining a chin-holding posture that has not changed for thousands of years, and no one knows what he is thinking. When Zhuang Xuteng appeared in the hall, his head trembled slightly, as if it was activated. In fact, Zhuang Xuteng didn't know, and the Lich Master would not admit that it was waiting for him to come, not only anxiously, but also with a kind of expectation.

"I haven't been here for a while, about a month..." Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed. "Well... there is bad news, I have to tell you. I'll make a long story short! Boss Qian is no longer in this world, he can't help you rebuild your body."

The Lich Master didn't move for a few seconds, of course, this was no different from its state most of the time. After a while, it slowly said: "If there is no one, then there is no one. He is not the only solution. With him, it can save trouble. Without him, we will continue to work hard. It has been the same from the past to now. Naike, how are you doing recently?"

"Pretty good - except that my brother's death made me very sad - but I have basically come out of it. There is no use in being sad. Finding a way to avenge him is what I should do. So I am now preparing for the task again, so that life and exercise can continue." Zhuang Xuteng sighed and said: "How are you?"

"Much better than before, I don't feel stupider, I think this is progress..."

Zhuang Xuteng chuckled and said: "You can still feel this? If you are too stupid, you can't even If I don't feel stupider, wouldn't it be the same as what you feel now? "

"I can use my consciousness to construct a thirty-seven-layer necromancy ritual array. Using this as a measure, my state has been maintained."

"You were able to construct..."

"Forty-three layers. The theoretical upper limit is forty-five layers, and I need no fewer than thirty-two layers. I am quite satisfied with keeping it at thirty-seven at the moment." The Lich Master put down his arms, sat up straight, stared at Zhuang Xuteng and said slowly: "It seems that the intelligence you have absorbed from me has reached the carrying limit of your brain. I thought you had potential for intelligence, but it seems that I was wrong."

Zhuang Xuteng laughed even more happily. He knew that the Lich Master was joking with him, not mocking him. "I'm sorry to disappoint you. It's just that you feel it's not enough if I suck less, and you feel it's too much if I suck more. You are really hard to serve. Especially when you speak, you have no expression, which makes it even harder to serve."

"Humph. I don't have facial muscles and skin, so of course I don't have any expression."

"If I had just met you, I would probably believe what you said. But I have seen you get angry, and I have also witnessed you showing excitement, expectation and curiosity. Oh, and the time when you were using supercomputing and dormant martial arts, your psychological activities were more complicated. Yes, you have no muscles and skin, but your eyes, movements, voice, and especially the red light flashing in your eye sockets, they can all express your emotions for you."

"You are quite observant." Lich Master Slowly said: "It seems that I have leaked a lot of information inadvertently."

"Maybe you think I am familiar with me, and some things have a strong impact on you, so there are these emotions flowing - but most of the time you deliberately control it, which can only be discovered through comparison." Zhuang Xuteng then asked his own question: "Do you know how to control your expression?"

The Lich Master stared at Zhuang Xuteng for a few seconds and said: "I have been going around for this... It must be that one of your tasks requires this. I am not an inquisitor, nor a master of disguise. There is only one way for a necromancer to absolutely control his expression, and that is to let the vengeful spirit lie on his face."

"Vengeful spirit possession?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"Yes, you can think of it with just a little reminder, which shows that you have learned it, but you have not thought enough and cannot integrate the knowledge. I have taught you how to possess the vengeful spirit, and I have also said that it will cause harm to the human body, including paralysis of the body. If you paralyze your facial muscles, you will not be able to make any expression."

"Uh... all the muscles are paralyzed, won't my expression collapse? Hmm... don't remind me, let me think about it myself, I seem to be about to catch it." Zhuang Xuteng scratched his face and said, "The purpose of paralyzing the muscles is Avoid changes in micro-expressions caused by sudden emotions. After the ghost is possessed, it will control these muscles, and the ghost will only act when it hears commands. This means that the expression is controlled by specific instructions. You can put on whatever expression you want.”

The Lich Master nodded slightly and said: "There are advantages and disadvantages to this. The advantage is that the control is simple, and it is very difficult for the Necromancer to realize it. The disadvantage is that the understanding and expression of the resentful spirit are very poor. The expressions that come out are weird, like toy dolls, and the only expression they can do well is cold seriousness.”

"It makes sense. The main purpose of letting the wraith control the expression is to prevent small reactions in the corners of the eyes, mouth, nose and other parts from revealing inner thoughts. As long as this 'unconsciousness' can be prevented, you can still speak normally for the rest of the time."

"But it's not that simple." Master Lich leaned forward and said: "The resentful spirit is not a gust of wind. Letting it enter your body will not only benefit you. You are alive, but the resentful spirit is dead. It will continue to cause Physical damage and mental pressure. This is very similar to the shadow slave implant. In the end, the best destination for a necromancer is to become like me, allowing the spirit to be eternal and the body to die.”

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said: "At least for now, I don't want to become a lich at all."

"Of course you don't think so now. When I was young, I wouldn't have turned into a lich as the ultimate goal. Lich, or necromancy, is just a means, it has never been and will never be the end. But if one day you If you want to take this step, go to the stone pillar over there and read the method of becoming a lich."

"Pillars? The runes on them are all damaged and can't be seen at all." Zhuang Xuteng glanced back and then said, "Are you going to repair them?"

"They have always been good, and the so-called damage is just a disguise and protection measure. If your knowledge and ability cannot understand them, they are damaged historical relics in your eyes. Complex spells are a burden on your brain. You first You have to proceed step by step to a certain extent before you can understand the runes and spells on the stone pillars."

Zhuang Xuteng suddenly became interested and immediately turned around and walked towards the stone pillar. He was also interested in the environment of the main hall during the first few times and observed the 72 stone pillars. At that time, the reliefs on the stone pillars were covered with traces of destruction, and almost no complete lines, patterns and runes could be found. Zhuang Xuteng only knew that the pillars were different and were all carriers of certain knowledge. He worried whether the columns would collapse, not whether they could be restored.

"I have learned some necromancy now, I should be able to understand it a little bit, right?" Zhuang Xuteng walked among the pillars, looking east and west, but there were still ruins of pillars as far as he could see.

The Lich Master raised his hand, pointed to the corner of the hall, and said, "Go and take a look over there. What is recorded on that pillar is the necromantic spell of the vindictive spirit system."

Following the direction of its finger, Zhuang Xuteng ran quickly and finally found something he could understand. In his eyes, the damage to the pillar itself contained information, and the damaged runes could be repaired based on his knowledge. By superimposing the damaged information with the repaired runes, Zhuang Xuteng slowly began to understand.

"This is the structure of the resentful spirit: here is the absorption magic circle, here is the storage and transformation, and here is the command. Yes, this part is the basis of the resentful spirit spell, and then upwards..." Zhuang Xuteng raised his head and looked up at the tall At the middle of the pillar, he said: "There are some advanced usages there. I see it seems like deformation here and autonomous action over there. Possession, possession here... There seems to be something on it, but I can't understand it. ,what is that?"

"The exchange of resentful spirits is a very powerful way of self-protection." Master Lich said: "Put your body into the space of resentful spirits, and then control the resentful spirits. This state cannot be maintained for a long time, depending on your mana. It can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few days before you become a wraith and your body is hidden.”

"Wow, then I can't go through walls like the wraiths? Wherever I want to go?"

Master Lich waved his hand and said: "It does not apply to you. This transformation can only take effect on your original body, but you still have an implant. If you do it forcefully, it will be equivalent to stripping off the implant directly. Once the transformation period expires, you will be left with a mutilated body, and you will still have serious internal injuries, and you will probably not survive. Wraith transformation cannot extend your lifespan, and its danger-avoiding specialties will not be effective for you. That is why I did not teach you. Those things of yours.”

Zhuang Xuteng wiped his forehead and said, "It feels so dangerous. You were right not to teach me."

"Many spells seem very powerful and magical, but danger is always associated with them. The caster's teacher is not for control, but for protection. The seventy-two stone pillars record a series of seventy-two spells, all of which are mine. Personal knowledge. In the past, the most complete record of magic was eighty-one stone pillars, which were placed in the big library, but that was a combination of the strengths of many experts, highlighting a comprehensive one. From a personal perspective, my seventy-two stone pillars were ranked. First."

"Wow... it's amazing." Zhuang Xuteng quickly complimented him, then ended his viewing and prepared to return to the throne. His eyes swept over these stone pillars again, and suddenly felt something strange there.

It was not because he could understand something about a pillar that made him feel different, but it should be a more basic situation. He stopped and observed the pillars carefully and attentively, comparing them with his memory. At this time, he was stunned for a moment, his face full of confusion, and asked: "Why are there more pillars?"

"Oh? You figured it out? I used a pillar to record my understanding of the shadow from and the so-called technology of this world, as well as the cross-world spell conversion methods discovered and tested by you. New knowledge produces new pillars, which is normal."

Zhuang Xuteng counted again quickly and said: "How many pillars did you add? I counted 74."

"No, 73." The Lich Master's eyes swept across the hall and said: "You counted wrong, 73."

"Where is the pillar of shadow from knowledge, can you point it out to me? Oh, that one, yes, that's the extra one." Zhuang Xuteng turned his head and walked to the corner of the hall, chasing a stone pillar and said: "What's the matter with this one? It wasn't there before."

The Lich Master's eyes flickered, stared at Zhuang Xuteng, and then snorted hard. "Are you teasing me? There is no pillar where you are pointing. Oh, you are practicing expression control, I see..."

"No, no, no, there is a pillar here, I am not fooling you." Zhuang Xuteng slapped the pillar a few times and kicked it again, and the reaction force almost knocked him down. "Look, there is indeed something here!"

The Lich Master paused for a moment and finally began to pay attention to Zhuang Xuteng's actions. It stood up from its seat, floated down the steps like a kite, and then pushed away the rolling black thick fog and flew quickly to Zhuang Xuteng's side. "Here?" The Lich Master stretched out his hand and touched forward according to Zhuang Xuteng's instructions.

"Sure enough, there is something, it is a pillar! Why can't I see it?" The Lich Master put both hands on the pillar, stroking it slowly and carefully, just like a blind person feeling the face of his lover with his heart. After a moment, he was even more confused and said, "Such a smooth pillar, no relief, this is not right. Zhuang Xuteng, what can you see?"

"Some reliefs, convex and concave, can't you feel them?" Zhuang Xuteng looked at it intently, exclaimed, and then said, "Something is strange. These are not magic runes, they seem to be some words. They change and constantly combine, like a lot of articles."

"What are they?"

"Uh, I need to concentrate to make the words stable, wait a moment..." Zhuang Xuteng rubbed his eyes, looked hard, and then read: "This one is called "About the Organization", this one is called "Investigation is to Solve the Problem", "Contradiction"... Looking at it makes me feel a little headache and dizzy. Maybe it's like the pillars of magic. I can't understand it because I don't understand it."

The Lich Master looked a little confused and even a little at a loss. It muttered to itself: "How can there be pillars in my field that I don't even know about?"