Chapter 2904 Mythical Body Changes

This failed attempt reminded Joan of a fable he had read in a book.

A sailing ship with a long history has been constantly repaired and refurbished in order to maintain sailing. Finally, the whole ship has been replaced from the inside to the outside. Compared with when it was first built, not even a piece of the same board exists. A completely refurbished sailboat, is it still the original ship?

Putting this question in the context of transfiguration magic, after Joan turns himself into a beholder or a mind flayer, can he still consider himself a human being?

A sailboat is lifeless, and it is still a ship after refurbishment. It doesn’t matter whether it is still called by its previous name, but human beings are creatures with memories and thoughts.

Unless the spiritual attributes, thoughts and memories are changed together, Joan feels that simply changing the physical form cannot obliterate the self-cognition of "being born as a human being". It is based on this idea that he refuses to accept Mitra Accept the crown presented by the beholder queen Ishtar and confess her human identity.

Unfortunately, this idea doesn't fit the way runes work.

Joan has tested different levels of transformation spells one by one, and the results show that the Daeg rune has the most significant strengthening effect on the second-level "transformation" that cannot change the attributes of the species, and it has the most significant effect on changing the subject from the cellular level to make the species The 4-ring "Transfiguration" that changes the type is not effective.

For the 8-level "shape change" that can completely change the subject from both physical and mental attributes, the Daeg rune is completely ineffective.

As for the 9th ring "Shape Change", it is actually an enhanced version of the 4th ring "Transfiguration", and the degree of influence by Daeg runes is similar to that of "Transformation", which is better than nothing.

The rune is the "mother of all writings", almost born with the magic net, it is older than the gods, and to some extent represents the supreme law of the universe.

In this world where magic exists, it stands to reason that the "spirit" that symbolizes magic power should overwhelm the "matter" and occupy a dominant position. However, based on the test results of Daeg runes and transformation magic, Joan came up with a diametrically opposite conjecture:

In the universe, it is likely that there is matter first and then spirit. The material basis determines the height and breadth of the spirit. It is impossible for any concept to be separated from the material environment for a long time.

It’s like turning a human into a goblin. Although he still retains his original memories and concepts and thinks he is a human, people around him treat him as a goblin, which will eventually force him to accept the reality that he is a goblin, and turn to Thinking about problems from the perspective of goblins, thinking more about the interests of goblins rather than human beings, and eventually transforming into a true "goblinist" from the ideological level.

Even within human society, this principle of assimilation applies.

If a black man or a yellow man is turned into a white man by casting a spell, allowing him to live in a white-dominated society, to what extent can he maintain his original identity?

The reality is likely to be that as time goes by, I gradually adapt to my new skin color and my mentality changes.

Even if people of his generation still care about their previous skin color, identity, and compatriots, in the real environment where racial discrimination prevails, there is a high probability that they can only marry the opposite sex with the same skin color, and their descendants will also regard themselves as white people and abandon their previous concepts , Complete a complete transformation from skin color to self-awareness.

For those who firmly believe that ideals will never fade and spiritual beliefs can overcome all practical difficulties, the laws revealed by the Daeg runes are cold, pessimistic, and even hopeless.

Joan would rather his conclusion be wrong, at least it can give people a glimmer of hope that "man will conquer nature".

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In addition to using runes alone, there is a more advanced technique, which is to combine multiple runes to strengthen magic, which can often exert far more effects than a single rune.

This process is too complicated, and Joan's time and energy do not allow Joan to test all the combinations of runes one by one, so he puts this idea aside and uses conventional processes to optimize "shape changes".

After spending more than half a month, in the blink of an eye, in mid-October, Qiao An finally completed the research and development of "Mythical Body Change".

Compared with the original version, the most prominent optimization of the mythical version of "Shape Change" is to extend the life level of the simulated object from level 25 to level 30.

Just like "Dragon's Transformation", when performing "Mythical Shape Change", use dragon blood or dragon scales as the empowering material, and after the transformation, it can also increase the strength attribute by 8 points and the constitution attribute by 2 points.

In addition, the subject can retain some of the physical characteristics before the transformation.

For example, if you turn a tauren into a mermaid, you can keep the pair of sharp and hard horns on your forehead, and you will have an extra natural weapon in battle-Joan calls it a "local deformation mode".

"Mythical shape change" can imitate any creature whose life level does not exceed level 30, which means that Joan can use this spell to become "Mythical Moss Lord" Mancini or "Beholder Queen" Ishtar.

The former has the "mythical mind reflection aura", which is most suitable for dealing with spiritual creatures, while the latter is the powerful "legendary hive mother's eye", which has the "mythical control" that dominates other beholders and subspecies of beholders, and its own combat power It is also the best beholder family!

Joan was very satisfied after testing "Mancini Form" and "Ishtar Form", and added these two new forms to his "Transformation Tactics" candidate list.

After finishing the work at hand, Qiao An seldom walked out of the study for a walk, planning to visit her adopted daughter Inanna.

It has been almost a month since she moved to Cloudsdale, and Inanna has gradually adapted to the new environment. However, she still maintained the living habits of the beholder clan, digging tunnels in the warehouse on the first floor of Cloud City, digging out an underground lair, and sleeping in a deep well as before to feel at ease.

Joan doesn't mind her daughter maintaining her original lifestyle, but she won't stop Inanna from taking the initiative to make changes, such as changing her name to "Father".

A week ago, Joann was surprised when Inanna called herself "father" to her face for the first time.

In the beholder society of parthenogenesis, there is only "mother" and the word "father" does not exist at all. Joan can't help but wonder how Inanna learned the meaning of the title "father".

"Ever since I found out that you are a human being, I have searched a lot of books introducing human society's traditions and culture on the cloud. After reading it, I learned that human families have a so-called 'father' in addition to mothers and children. Parents can only reproduce when they are united. Descendants, I'm thinking about it...it's right to regard you as a father!"

Inanna's childish answer made Joan both amused and distressed, and said to her: "You are not human, so there is no need to care about these things."

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