Section 2826 Mental Illness

When the sandworm came to the web with its bow and arrow, as expected, it was entangled in the web and unable to move.

Everyone waited for a while, wanting to see any changes in the sandworm and whether the infant spirit would come.

Time passed by, and a few minutes later, everyone looked at each other, with confusion in everyone's eyes.

The infant spirit did not come, and apart from being trapped and unable to move, the sandworm had not seen any other changes for the time being. It was still alive and showed no signs of malaise.

So, the effect of this web is just like a spider web, purely for catching prey? But in the energy world, what is the bright red light emanating from the web? It can't just be a decoration to enhance the atmosphere, right?

Everyone turned their attention to Doakes, wanting to get an explanation from Doakes.

Doakes's expression was a little strange, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was thinking or sensing something. After a while, Doakes said: "The effect of the web...may be to absorb energy."

As for the reason why Doakes made such a judgment

"What little energy I had left in the little bug's body was sucked away."

Angel: "If the effect of weaving the web is to absorb energy, then why is it still alive?"

Life energy is also a type of energy. Whether in the Southern Territory or other wizards in the surrounding areas, many monsters have been found to feed on life energy.

For example, Gomitu, the heart-eating ghost in folklore, feeds on energy. It's just that its absorption and conversion efficiency is not very high, so it is swallowed with the skin and flesh.

Among monsters of the same type that are more powerful than Gomitu, such as the satyr in the abyss and the Chupacabra in the void, if they hunt for blood food, they don't need to swallow it at all. In just one breath, It can absorb all the life energy.

The prey that has had its life energy sucked out will turn into a withered form that is about to rot, as all its organs will have insufficient energy supply and die in pain.

Life energy is the most essential energy of living things. Even ordinary people have this energy. It is just a matter of how much.

But now, the sandworm is alive and well, and even its chubby body has not changed at all. It is absolutely impossible to say that its life energy has been sucked away.

Even someone with a body like Greya's original body would turn into skin and bones if their life energy was sucked out. Therefore, if this sandworm has really had its life energy sucked away, how can it still be so rich?

Doakes was also a little hesitant, and after a long time he said: "Maybe the web will not absorb life energy?"

After Doakes said it, he didn't believe it.

Because what he left in the sandworm's body was magic power and mental power, and these were also sucked away by the sandworm. If the web was just to absorb magic power, then the surrounding space was filled with original magic power, so why didn't the web absorb it at all?

Or is it that the web only absorbs refined and pure magic power?

What about mental strength?

Although the sandworm cub is extremely weak, it also has a certain amount of mental power, but the web did not absorb its mental power. This can be seen with the naked eye, because when the sandworm's mental power disappears, it will immediately become sluggish and fall into a coma, which is no different from death.

But now, the sandworm can struggle, and its vitality has not faded. It is just unable to move. It does not look like its mental power has been absorbed.

Earl Black: "Then tentatively one of the effects of weaving the web is to absorb non-body energy."

Doakes thought about it and felt that this was barely right. However, he still didn't feel that the web was just to exclude alien energy.

If it is true what the Black Earl said, then this web is not a trap at all, but a special gain. It can remove foreign energy from the body.

And this, for many wizards, is a very good effect. For example, if a wizard is cursed, or is eroded by alien energy that cannot be removed, wouldn't it be perfectly solved by weaving a web?

This completely beautifies the web.

Does the knitting net really have no other negative effects besides confinement? Doakes didn't believe it, and neither did anyone else present. However, the current conclusion is indeed this, and they can only put aside their doubts for the time being.

"You should have other sandworms, why not try the red wax on the ground this time?" The Black Earl looked at Doakes.

Although the red wax can be bypassed by climbing the wall, the Black Earl has a hunch that the appearance of the red wax cannot be that simple. If it can really be bypassed and only face the web, then what is the point of the infant spirit creating these red waxes? What’s the meaning?

Therefore, even if the red wax can be bypassed, Earl Black hopes to detect the general effect of the red wax.

Doakes: "I have some guesses about the effect of red wax."

Black Earl: "Oh?"

Doakes briefly explained his ups and downs of control over the sandworm in detail: "Even though the little bug didn't touch the red wax. But as soon as it entered the range of the red wax, it There are fluctuations in control. I think this is due to the influence of red wax.”

Angel: "You mean, the red wax can affect your control of the sandworms? In other words, it affects your mental power?"

Doakes nodded, then shook his head: "It can indeed affect my control over the little bed bug, but I control the little bed bug not only by my mental power, but also by the power of my blood."

"The bloodline of the little bedbug is closely related to mine. It can even be said that it has been supported by my bloodline to survive."

"That's why, through the power of blood, I can control all the actions of the little stink bug, and even replace it when the little stink bug loses itself."

"I personally think that the effect of red wax is not to deprive or weaken my control over the sandworm, but to affect the sandworm's own mental power. But this effect does not make the mental power disappear, but become disordered or unbalanced."

"It's like..."

Angel timely added: "Mental illness."

Dokes nodded: "Yes, just like a madman with mental illness, the mind is extremely unstable. But it has not destroyed its mental power."

Black Earl: "But this is just your guess."

"It's a guess, but..." Dox originally wanted to say that his inspiration was the same, but after thinking about it, it was a bit unreasonable to use inspiration as evidence. Even if his inspiration rarely makes mistakes, it can't be used as evidence after all.

"Forget it, I'll try again. This time I'll directly touch the red wax on the ground."

Dokes didn't spit out the sandworm from his mouth this time, but stepped lightly on the ground, and a small bulge appeared on the ground.

The small bag on the ground broke open, and a white and tender sandworm cub crawled out.

Seeing the sandworm, Wai on the side said bitterly: "I didn't wrong you, I said you did it on purpose, you did it on purpose."

Dox pretended not to hear.

Wai was unwilling to be lonely and shouted to the sandworm: "Let's go, little stinkbug!"

Hearing Wai's shout, Dox turned around and said: "I don't plan to let it smell like a stinky ditch, so it's not called a little stinkbug, its name is..."

Dox thought for a while: "Cullinand. Zilolo. Baldave, how about it?"

Originally, Angel wanted to hear what creative names Dox could come up with, but when he heard this long list of names, he felt a head full of question marks, and he seemed to be a little behind Dox's thinking. What kind of jumping thinking can evolve from a little stinkbug to such a long list of names, including the middle name, this is a serious naming!

Compared to Angle's surprise, Wai was completely unmoved. He had long been accustomed to Dox's nonsensical behavior. If he had named a small fragrant insect, a small golden insect, or a small white insect, Wai would have been shocked.

"This name is not suitable." Wai vetoed it. As for why it was not suitable, he was too lazy to find a reason. If it is not suitable, it is not suitable. What reason is needed?

"It's more appropriate to call it a little bug. The reason is that it comes out when you stamp your feet, so you can think about it and know which part of your body it comes out from. There's nothing wrong with calling it a little bug."

Dox: "Do you know that you will be punished for slandering a formal wizard?"

Way: "Did I slander? If you swallow this little bug back from your mouth, I will apologize to you."

Dox said unhappily: "So you only need to apologize for slandering me?"

Seeing that the two seemed to be addicted to bickering, Angel sighed in his heart and said: "Okay, let's talk about this first. There are more important things at hand. Don't ignore the current situation because of trivial matters."

Angel: "Or do you think the baby spirit is really easy to bully?"

Angel has already spoken, so Wai naturally dare not continue to bicker. Dox is not afraid of Angel, but he also feels that he is a bit too casual.

Putting away his relaxed expression, Dox said solemnly: "Baldev, let's go!"

Angel: "..." In the end, he still couldn't get around this name.

The fat white larvae struggled to crawl forward. This time, the sandworm no longer climbed the wall, but directly touched the red wax, so it didn't take long for it to reach the location of the red wax.

Without any hesitation, the sandworm climbed directly onto the red wax.

But not long after the sandworm climbed onto the red wax, something unexpected happened.

Originally, the red wax was a solid solid, but after the sandworm touched it, the red wax suddenly showed signs of melting, but this melting was limited to the bottom of the sandworm.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the little sandworm was pulled into the "body" by the red wax and was completely trapped.

The red wax was not particularly transparent, and only the black outline of the little sandworm could be vaguely seen.

At the same time, Dox frowned and said: "Baldev has completely lost control. I can't sense its existence at all, as if it has been erased from my blood connection."

The little stink bug before was not completely out of touch because it still had life energy, but now, Dox can't feel Baldev's existence at all.

Moreover, Baldave fell into the red wax very quickly, and Dox didn't even have time to sense what Baldave had experienced.

After hearing Dox's words, everyone frowned.

They had previously guessed that the red wax might have some special effects, and now it seems to be true. But from the perspective of appearance and energy, the red wax is just a very ordinary red wax.

They still don't know what went wrong, let alone solve the problem.

"I see that the infant spirit hasn't come yet, otherwise, I will try with sandworms again. This time, I will use apprentice-level sandworms?" Dox suggested again.

The Black Earl shook his head.

At first, the Black Earl agreed to test, mainly to test the weaving net and red wax.

Now that it has been confirmed that the weaving net and red wax really have special effects, it is no longer meaningful for Dox to continue testing.

Although it is not known whether the web and red wax are obstacles created by the infant spirit or Adanis, what is certain is that the apprentice-level sandworm alone will definitely not be able to detect more information.

If you want to get more useful information, you may want to try it yourself.

And this may be the purpose of Yingling.

If the infant spirits really want them to try it themselves, it is certain that the web and red wax will definitely affect them.

This is tantamount to an obvious trap.

"Then what should we do now?" Doakes thought about it for a moment, and actually understood that the apprentice-level sandworm alone would definitely be useless: "How about I do it myself?"

Vai: "Are you planning to give it away for free?"

Doakes: "How about letting it try?"

Doakes stretched out his finger and pointed at Vai...the alchemy puppet next to him.

The alchemy puppet is controlled by Su Ling, who was sent by Angel to protect Kael, and also protect Vai by the way.

Vai said categorically: "No, Speedling is your elemental creature. How can you just use it as a consumable?"

Doakes muttered: "You feel sorry for Angel's elemental creatures... I said I would go, but you said I gave it away for free."

Vai snorted coldly and turned away his head: "I said it was for free, so I told you not to go."

Doakes: "I didn't say let Su Ling go, I meant to try it with the alchemy puppet."

After Doakes finished speaking, he ignored Vai and looked at Angel: "How is it?"

Angel shook his head. It was not impossible to do as Doakes said. He didn't feel sorry for the alchemy puppet, but he had other ideas in his mind.

However, Angel hadn't finished speaking yet.

Then I heard Kael yell: "Behind!"

Before Angel could react, he heard two clangs, as if something hit the ground.

Looking back, I realized that there were two square-shaped stone prisons on the ground.

He was no stranger to the magic power that created the stone prison, and it must have been done by the Black Earl. But what was in the stone prison surprised him a little.

The two small stone cells contained the same two sandworms just now.

The appearance of the small sandworms has not changed, but if you look at them from an energy perspective, you will find that their bodies are stained with bright red light.

And this bright red and unfortunate light seemed to be eroding the two small sandworms.

Doakes: "My little bug, and Baldev! What's going on?!"

Black Earl: "They have been put back. Can you sense them now?"

Doakes tried to sense the little sandworms in the stone prison, but as soon as he sensed them with the power of blood, he felt a torrent of negative emotions poured directly into his mind along with the power of blood.

Doakes cut off the power of blood without hesitation.

Although it was successfully intercepted, he was still hit by a lot of negative emotions, and at the same time, the backlash of blood power also surged from his body.

Doakes vomited several mouthfuls of blood and sat on the ground languidly.

The backlash from the power of blood was actually not that serious, but those negative emotions made Doakes, who always had a positive attitude, a little unable to hold on.

Depression, loss, self-pity... A low aura surrounded Doakes.

Just when Doakes felt as if he had fallen into an emotional abyss, a sigh suddenly came from his ears, and then, a familiar power of illusion entered his eyebrows.

Doakes could have resisted, but he gave up. His low mood made him feel that everything didn't matter.

Precisely because Doakes did not resist, the power of illusion entered Doakes' body smoothly.

Immediately afterwards, the little man squatting in the shadow of the corner in Doakes' heart felt a warmth behind his back. Looking back, he saw the golden sunshine.

The warm sunshine shone on him, dispelling all the gloom.

All the beautiful memories of the past appeared in front of his eyes one by one...

In just a few seconds, the low air pressure surrounding Doakes disappeared.

Doakes stood up again, with complicated emotions on his face. It took a long time before he recovered from his emotions. Then, he nodded slightly to Angel: "Thank you."

He knew very well that the golden sunshine and beautiful memories before were brought about by Angel's illusion.

It awakens the dusty beauty of Doakes, and at the same time dispels the gloomy emotions.

Even though Doakes can find a way to adjust it himself, he doesn't know how long it will take to dispel all the haze. Angel's illusion technique was like a shot in the arm, instantly pulling him out of his depressed mood.

Angel: "You're welcome, it's just a little effort."

For Angel, it was a simple task, but others might not be able to solve this problem with a simple gesture. Including, the same goes for Black Earl.

However, no one was impressed by Angel's powerful emotional control at this time. They were more concerned about what Doakes had experienced.

Facing everyone's questions, Doakes was silent for a long time before whispering:

"They're... crazy."