Chapter 696 Chaos Magic

The phenomenon of "chaos" shown in "Humorous Sword" and "Funny Gun" is a long-standing problem that often troubles those accustomed to linear thinking.

Joan still remembered that Master Rawls once used a vivid example to describe the phenomenon of "chaos" to him.

A child is making sand by the sea, and the sandcastle is getting higher and higher.

Every time you add a handful of sand, the structure of the sandcastle will change slightly.

In the initial stage, this corresponding change is linear and can be accurately calculated and predicted.

However, when the sand accumulates to a certain critical point, it will suddenly collapse without warning, and the structure of the entire sandcastle will also undergo a complete change.

This sudden change phenomenon does not conform to the law of sand accumulation obtained through previous calculations at all, and it is impossible to make predictions based on past experience.

This is the so-called "chaos" phenomenon.

It is said that there is a special bloodline with strong chaotic characteristics. People with this kind of bloodline power are called "chaos warlocks" or "wild mages", and their spellcasting ability has unpredictable randomness - when a spell is released, even I can't predict what level it is and what effect it will cause , completely by chance.

Joan doesn't really like this kind of luck-seeking magic weapon, but the "humorous sword" and "funny gun" still brought him some inspiration, and he decided to save money to upgrade his revolver to an enchanted weapon.

Early the next morning, Joan returned the "Humorous Sword" and "Funny Gun" to Holden.

After simply eating dry food, the four of them continued on their way.

For the next day, Joan, Hyrule, and Zion traveled through winding underground tunnels.

As the tunnel gradually penetrated into the ground, the surrounding landforms also changed.

Perhaps there is a dark river near the tunnel, and the air humidity has increased significantly. The empty underground cave is like a dark cathedral. When Joan and the others walked by, footsteps and whispers echoed in the cave for a long time.

From time to time, water droplets fell from the top of the head, hitting the face with ice cold.

Joan stopped and looked up at the dome of the cave.

With the help of the "dark vision" enchanted by the prosthetic eye, he saw countless dense stalactites, like clusters of spears hanging upside down above his head, as if they might fall down at any time and pierce the traveler's head.

Water droplets slipped from the tip of the stalactite and hit the wet stone floor, like a distant heartbeat.

People who travel in the dark region can only prove that they have not lost their hearing and their consciousness is still awake based on the sound of dripping water from a distance.

Joan turned on the "Navigation Compass" to check the nearby terrain. Zooming in on the three-dimensional map, he confirmed that after two days of exploration, he and his companions had reached the bottom of the tunnel, and they would be able to walk out of the tunnel exit no later than tomorrow morning and enter the "Sixth District" marked on the map - the Dark Mountains.

The closer you get to the end of the tunnel, the more rugged and narrow the road becomes.

The karst cave ahead was as thin as a bottleneck, and Joan and the others had to get off the back of the ground lizard, lead the lizard, bow their heads, and move their feet in the tunnel almost squatting.

This way of walking is too tiring, and the speed is too slow.

Joan felt backache and back pain, which was unbearable, so he paused and called his companions to gather around.

"From the map, the road ahead is narrower than here. We can't crawl through the tunnels like mice, otherwise, if we encounter a monster attack, we won't even have time to stand up and defend ourselves."

Hailaer put his hands on his knees, crouched down opposite Joan, and nodded in sympathy.

"We don't know how to teleport spells, so we can't jump over this narrow path directly. What else can we do other than keep climbing?"

Joan thought for a while, then pondered and said: "We can use the 1st ring 'human reduction technique' to make our body as small as a halfling, and then we can walk straight in the narrow tunnel."

"It's a good idea, but it's a pity that I don't know the 'human reduction technique'..." Hailaer looked ashamed.

"I don't even know such important spells... Thanks to you, you have the nerve to call yourself a 'senior underground explorer'!"

Of course Holden would not miss the good opportunity to taunt Hailar, even though it caused a vicious roll of eyes.

"Leave the casting to me."

Joan opened the spell-casting material package, took out the iron powder, and prepared to perform the "human reduction technique".

"Joan, after we shrink...will the ground lizard swallow it as a snack?" Hailaer was a little worried.

There are limits to the docileness of ground lizards.

Just like domestic cats, the reason why they appear very obedient in front of their owners is mainly because of the huge difference in body size. Cats know that they cannot beat humans, so they can only earn a living by acting cute and cute.

If the owner becomes similar in size to the cat, the cat may reveal its true nature, and even treat the owner as the prey like their distant relative tiger, and hunt and kill them mercilessly.

Joan agrees with Hailar's concerns, but how to solve this problem?

"If we can make our mounts smaller together, then we don't have to worry about it." Audrey said with a smile.

This is of course just a joke.

Audrey knew very well that lizards were not humanoids, and the "human reduction technique" would not work on them.

Joan actually has the "myth reduction technique".

Based on past experience, Joan is convinced that the "myth reduction technique" can also work on creatures other than humans, but it can only reach half of the normal reduction.

Just when Joan was hesitating whether to perform the "myth reduction technique" on the ground lizard, Holden smiled mysteriously.

"There's no need to worry about these big lizards. With me here, even if we become as small as mice, they won't dare to rebel."

Joan remembered that Holden had subdued a whole corral of ground lizards when he set out for the camp.

This young poet seems to be able to exude a special aura that forces reptiles to become docile.

Joan has no intention of prying into Holden's secrets, as long as he can guarantee that the ground lizard will be obedient.

A six-pointed star formation suddenly rose under his feet, and Joan activated the "Sid's mana" stored in his body, and blessed the "human reduction technique" for Hailar and Zion's siblings respectively.

Joan himself did not shrink, but bless the 2-ring "transformation technique", turning into a round "eye of insight", floating in the narrow tunnel.

In order to be safe, Joan turned on the "dark vision", "fog vision", "see through invisibility" and "tremor perception" attached to the prosthetic eye, and twisted the four flexible eye stems to alert the surrounding movement.

Floating through a narrow tunnel, an empty stalactite cave appeared ahead. In the background sound of dripping water, Joan sensed a strange tremor. It seemed that some kind of creature was approaching this side quickly against the dome of the cave.

Joan is still not sure whether the visitor in the dark is aggressive, so he adjusts the angle of the eye stems and looks up along the trajectory of the tremor transmission.

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