Volume 19 Chapter 223 Things Are neither Human nor Objects

It turns out that this notebook is indeed very valuable, because I can't understand anything in it.

In addition to a large number of complex derivation formulas, the contents of the experimental notes are piles of magic array diagrams and various data explanations. The complexity of the contents is like a heavenly book to me. Fortunately, Ling can barely understand it, otherwise I would really take it. This thing is dead.

"Can you understand what is written?" I asked anxiously, standing behind Ling.

Ling nodded and said: "The content is not too complicated, but the other party's recording method is too casual. I have to find a way to combine those 'messy' little marks into the magic array diagram to understand the meaning. .”

"You don't need to figure out what is recorded here now. You just need to tell me if there is anything noteworthy in it."

"This is no problem." Ling said and started to look through it. It took her about half an hour to finish reading the book, while I almost fell asleep waiting beside her. "I'm done reading."

"How's it going? Is there anything worth noting?" I approached excitedly and asked.

Ling nodded and replied: "There are still many things worth noting, but there are mainly two aspects that have some research value."

"What exactly is it?"

Ling pointed forward with the corner of his notebook and said: "One is some ideas about the magic array. I think it would be good to use it to assist in the research on this combinable magic array."

"What about another item?"

"The other item is some research content on soul science. However, this part is relatively vague and has little research value. It can only be used as a reference."

I thought for a while and said: "Even if there is only the record of the combined magic circle, it is definitely important enough. We will not hand over the task for this thing, and will just take it back to study."

"I knew you would definitely stay." Ling said as he suddenly took out a larger notebook and handed it to me. I took the notebook and opened it in confusion, and while I was flipping through the notebook, Ling was also saying: "I just copied this with rubbing magic. The things in this notebook are It’s just some text information. The record book itself has no value. Just make a copy and keep it, and just take the original version and hand it in for the task.”

"Yes! How could I have forgotten this!" I put away the two notebooks excitedly, then turned to look at the Valkyrie over there and asked if the final transformation could be started. After checking the conditions of Xiao Longnu and Xiao Chun, Valkyrie felt that there was no need to wait for two hours, and started soul conversion for them directly. According to Valkyrie, the soul strength of Xiao Chun and Xiao Long Nu is very high. Although they were also impacted during the transfer process, their super strong souls allowed them to recover faster, so it is more difficult for others to recover. For an hour, they were fine in half an hour.

It's not a lot of trouble to convert the souls of two people. Apart from wasting a bunch of gems, I didn't lose much. Of course, even if the gems are used up, they still have value. You must know that gem powder is also a magic material and can be used in many places.

After taking care of everyone's misplaced souls, I said to Valkyrie: "I never had time to have a good chat with you before, let's have a good talk now."

"What do you want to ask, Master?" The Valkyrie acted quite consciously. She knew that she had become a demon pet now, so her consciousness changed very quickly. To be honest, I still find it quite strange. According to ordinary people's thinking, the Valkyrie with strong combat power can completely regret and refuse to become my magic pet after getting my help. Although it is actually impossible for her to run away after I see her attributes, the problem is that she doesn't know this. Under the premise that no one forced her, she actually chose to abide by the agreement, which seemed quite rare. In addition, what makes me even more surprised is that this Valkyrie actually showed a high degree of consciousness after taking the initiative to become a demon pet. She is very adaptable to this identity change, and it feels as if she has always been my demon pet before. . To use a not-so-nice but very appropriate description, this Valkyrie simply has a natural servility, and she seems to enjoy the feeling of being controlled.

Although I don’t know why she is so obedient, she is my magic pet after all. It is a good thing for me that she is very obedient, so I have no intention of correcting this characteristic of hers. After thinking about it for a while, I started asking her questions that she had always wanted to ask but had never had the chance to ask.

"Well... first of all, I want to know, how did you get locked in the cell below? And why did your soul end up in the body of the previous monster?"

After hearing my question, Valkyrie didn't hesitate at all. She said as if she was answering someone else's question: "I was deceived into the dungeon by the owner here and was caught by him. This laboratory has many I helped him build most of it, including the magic circle on the ground. However, after the magic circle was completed, the owner here wanted me to be his wife, but I refused his request, so he held a grudge. He deliberately arranged the monster's escape incident to knock me out and use the magic circle I built to swap my soul with the monster's. After that, I entered the monster's body and my body was locked. In the dungeon."

"You said you built a large part of this place?"

"Yes, that's why I know the locations of many agencies."

After hearing her explanation, I nodded, and then asked: "You said that the owner here used this magic circle to swap your soul with the monster's soul, so you should have the monster's soul in your body." Yes, but why is it now an empty shell?"

"This is because my body is too powerful. That monster is just a wild chimpanzee that has been transformed by magic. It is not even a Warcraft. Naturally, it cannot bear the burden of my body. As soon as the transformation is completed, its soul It was absorbed by my body.”

After hearing Valkyrie answer this question, I glanced at her hesitantly, then thought about it before finally asking: "What's going on with your character?"

"'Character'? I don't quite understand what you mean."

"How should I put it? Your behavior seems to be very obedient. You promised to be my magic pet before, but then I didn't 'force' you, but you agreed so easily. Moreover, I I just checked your loyalty attribute, and it’s actually as high as ninety-five. You just joined us, how did you become my die-hard loyalist in an instant?”

"This question is actually because my soul has been transformed." Valkyrie said completely in a tone of stating someone else's affairs: "I said before that the guy wants me to be his wife, so After transferring my soul into the monster's body, he has been trying to 'manipulate' my soul to make me fall in love with him. However, after experimenting for a long time, he was surprised to find that he actually didn't know what love was at all, so Even if he has unparalleled soul manipulation skills, he can't make me fall in love with him, because he doesn't know how to transform my soul into falling in love with him. Besides, he doesn't have such superb skills to do whatever he wants. Modify the soul. But he did not give up his plan to possess me. After the experiment of transforming me into a lover failed, he began to plan to turn me into his private slave, a person who has no will of his own, only knows how to obey, and can do whatever he wants. The plaything of domination.”

"Did this experiment succeed?" Looking at Valkyrie's current appearance, I already roughly know the result.

Sure enough, Valkyrie nodded and said: "The experiment was more than half successful. He erased my concept of hatred, so I will not show hatred or disgust towards anything, even if it is something that normal people know that they should not accept. , I can accept it without any worries, because I don’t understand what it means to hate at all, and because I don’t hate it, I can accept it without any worries.”

"Is this what caused your original character?"

"Not entirely. In addition to not having any feelings of hatred, my self-awareness is also very indifferent. Although it has not completely disappeared, I hardly have such a thing as a self. Of course, my knowledge tells me that I should have such a thing as a self. , but because this piece of my soul is missing, my behavior is to completely ignore my own feelings. Even now, I can talk to you without feeling anything about this thing that should have made me sad."

"Are you very sad now?" Ling suddenly interjected and asked.

Valkyrie shook her head and said: "I know that normal people would be very sad and angry in this situation, but I really don't feel anything in my heart right now. I don't have the ability to be sad."

Xiaochun on the other side said leisurely after listening to Valkyrie's introduction: "Maybe this is not entirely a bad thing for you!"

Xiao Longnu also nodded and said: "If you retain those negative feelings, you will definitely be in great pain now, but because you don't have this awareness, you won't be sad anymore. But the guy who made you like this is really very painful." Damn it, if I have a chance to see him, I will cut him into pieces to help you avenge him."

"Yeah, I will definitely help you get revenge next time I see that guy. But I guess there won't be much chance in the future. Seeing how this laboratory is in such a state of ruin, I guess that guy has been dead for who knows how many years."

After hearing my words, the Valkyrie suddenly cried and said, "You are so good to me."

Seeing her sudden reaction, we didn't know what to do for a while. In the end, Xiaochun and Ling went up to comfort her. After she finally stopped, I asked strangely: "Aren't you sad? Why do you cry when you say you cry?"

Valkyrie was still sobbing a little and said: "I am crying because I am moved, not sad. I have no negative emotions, so the ratio of positive emotions is magnified to twice that of normal people, so I easily feel good about others and am easily moved." .”

Xiao Longnu murmured next to her, "Isn't this the type who is born ready to be deceived?"

Ling immediately said: "Don't worry, she will be one of ours from now on. If she follows us, do we have to worry about being deceived? It's good if we don't deceive others."

Xiao Longnu and Ling were discussing the character of the Valkyrie when they suddenly heard her say: "Actually, although I don't know sadness and hatred, I actually want to take revenge. After all, my knowledge tells me that I should treat that person Guy retaliates.”

"But that guy has been dead for so many years, how can we take revenge?" Xiaochun asked.

"No, although his body is dead, his soul has not disappeared."

We were all surprised at Valkyrie's words. "What did you say? He's not dead?"

"If the soul is the symbol of a person's existence, he is indeed not dead."

"How are you sure?" I asked: "Even if your soul is always in the body of the monkey monster, you have never left the underground cell after all?"

Valkyrie said: "There is a contract between my soul and his. This was one of his previous attempts to enslave me. He tried to use the master-servant contract to enslave my soul, but he did not expect that my resistance was too strong. So much so that the energy in the magic circle was exhausted after only completing the beginning of the slavery contract, and because a slavery contract has been established between us, he will not be able to use this contract again in the future."

"Can't he lift it?"

"No." Valkyrie said: "The slavery contract between us is permanent. Unless the soul of one of the parties completely disappears, it cannot be lifted."

Ling looked at the Valkyrie and said: "According to what you said, the contract between you has only completed the beginning. He can't order you through this contract now, but you both have the ability to sense each other's position because of this, right?"

Valkyrie nodded and said: "I can feel that he is moving towards here and should soon reach the outskirts of the valley."

"Is he heading here?" I don't know what happened, but the guy the Gunslinger mentioned before who killed some Free Gods suddenly popped into my head. Could it be that the owner here is the guy I'm waiting for? Although I have some doubts, according to Valkyrie, this guy has changed his body, so even if I know what that guy looks like now, I can't compare it with Valkyrie. Besides, I don't know what that guy looks like now, I just know him. Just very strong.

Valkyrie closed her eyes and felt the power in the contract, then opened her eyes and said to me: "I am sure that in another hour he will enter the valley where we are."

I thought for a moment and said, "Okay, we'll go meet him later. However, there are two things to do before that."

"whats the matter?"

"First of all, the first thing is to give you a name. Valkyrie is just your title. You should have a name, right?"

"Yes." Valkyrie nodded: "I did have a name originally, but I only remember that I have a name, but I can't remember what my name is."

"So do you have a name you like?" As soon as I finished speaking, I remembered that she had no self-awareness, and it might be troublesome for her to think of a name by herself. However, just when I was about to help her choose a name, she suddenly spoke.

"I want to call Carola."

"Corolla?"

"Yes, Carolla. Although I don't know why, I feel that this is a very important name to me. Maybe this is my original name, or maybe this is the name of a person who is very important to me. My soul is in many places. A large part of my memory was lost in this experiment, and I can't remember whose name it was. But, I think my name is Carola."

"Since this is your wish, then your name is Carola."

After getting the name, Carola will officially become one of my magic pets. Of course, she will still be under the account of Silver Moon. Ziri's direct demon pet slots are all full, and the rest are empty slots that come with the humanoid demon pet. Carola is a humanoid pet. She can bring two more magic pets. If she is placed in the name of another humanoid pet, her two slots will be wasted. Anyway, now I have two accounts in one, and the magic pets and skills of both accounts can be used interchangeably, which is very convenient.

After settling the name issue, I said to Carolla: "The name has been decided, and now there is one last question. I think this magic circle that can change functions is quite good, and I want to take it back for study. Do you know how to disassemble it?"

Carola nodded and said: "This magic circle is the most proud research result of me and that guy. It can actually be like this." As Carola said, she stood at the keyhole in the center of the magic circle and stepped in all the keys. When he entered the keyhole, he saw the surrounding magic circle suddenly undergo a squeaking combination and deformation, and then all the parts flew up from the ground.

"Holy crap, is this thing a Transformer?"

In our surprised eyes, the flying magic circle parts began to collide with each other in the air, and it seemed that these magic arrays were not colliding with each other randomly, they were clearly colliding with each other purposefully, because every two pieces collided with each other. Parts that come together will always have matching interfaces to connect them together. When these parts were collided and assembled, there was a burst of folding and assembly. Finally, it was obvious that they were developing into a humanoid structure. Just when I almost saw the structure of this thing, Corolla suddenly jumped up from the ground, and then all the parts flew to her body with a huff and automatically assembled together. When Corolla landed, she had turned into a real Valkyrie whose whole body was wrapped in golden armor.

"It's really Transformers!" Xiao Longnu couldn't help but sigh.

Ling corrected: "It should be the Saint Seiya's Saint Cloth assembly."

Xiaochun suddenly jumped out and shouted: "No, this is Sailor Moon's transformation. Look, Carola still has a magic wand in her hand."

I pushed them away with a black line and said, "What are you talking about? You are asked to use the learning machine to learn knowledge. Who asked you to put cartoons in your heads?" After training the three magic pets, I left again He walked around Corolla and carefully looked at Corolla's new look.

It's hard to tell that Carola is the same person now as she was before, because her armor actually covers her face just like my dragon suit. The strangest thing is that the helmet part of her armor has no eyes at all, or the front of her armor does not have the structure of a normal helmet at all. Corolla's helmet is completely covered by a cone-shaped curved crystal from forehead to chin. Looking from the outside, you can only see such a large piece of light blue crystal, and you can't see anything inside. not see.

In addition to the helmet, this set of armor is also extremely comprehensive in protecting the body. The entire body and joints are protected by movable joints. It is estimated that it can be worn directly during diving. However, although this armor now has the shape of armor, it was created by a magic circle after all. Some shadows of the previous magic circle can still be seen from various positions on the surface of this armor. Moreover, there are concave or convex magic circle marks hidden in many places from front to back of this armor. It seems that this armor should have strong magic combat capabilities.

Sure enough, after I finished looking at it, Carolla herself first introduced: "This magic circle itself is based on my rune armor, so when it is folded, it is my armor, and when it is unfolded, it becomes a large magic circle. And , various types of functional magic arrays can also be deployed during the wearing process, but the power is not as great as when fully deployed."

I nodded and said: "A very good idea. But what type of combatant are you? Your title is Valkyrie, so you should be a melee type? But this armor...?"

"Yes, I am indeed good at melee combat, but I am not exactly a melee type. To be precise, I should be an all-round combat magic warrior. I am good at near and far weapons from bows and arrows to heavy swords, and I am also good at melee combat. I can play with everything from spears to daggers, and I can quickly pick up all the weapons I have seen. In addition, the armor on my body gives me the ability to release attack and auxiliary magic, so I can use magic while meleeing. Overall, I In fact, it is equivalent to a combined warrior of a magic swordsman and a magic archer."

"No wonder your attack power is so high. It turns out to be a fighting method that combines animals and demons." I had already discovered when I looked at Corolla's attributes before. Her attack power is astonishingly high, which is better among my demon pets. Only two humanoid pets, Yeyue and King, have such high melee attack power. It is normal for large familiars to have high attacks due to their size. However, most of my other familiars rely on certain special abilities to fight. They are indeed very strong, but their melee attack power is not exaggerated. In comparison, the attack power of King and Yeyue is the highest among melee humanoid pets. But these two people also have special reasons. Yeyue's high attack speed is because her fighting form can use six swords at the same time, so her attack speed can reach more than five times that of ordinary people. This attack speed naturally brings super high attack power. As for the king, firstly, his ability itself is melee combat, secondly, he evolved once in the Sea of ​​Silence, and thirdly, he is a heroic spirit, and his special attribute is attack enhancement. It can be said that everything he does is for this attack. Output, so it is normal for his attack to be strong.

Carola just smiled at my compliment and was not overly proud. Because she did not have most of the self-awareness, her emotions were a little incomplete, and many emotions did not appear in her or were expressed very lightly. Fortunately, what disappeared were mostly bad emotions, so Corolla did not become weaker because of it.

I originally planned to dig out the magic circle in this basement together with the floor, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary. There is only a big hole left on the ground now, and the magic circle has been combined and compressed onto Corolla. Speaking of which, this magic circle seems to have the ability to compress space. If all the parts of the magic circle that were unfolded before are melted into a metal block, it will be no problem even if a solid metal statue of her that is several times larger than Corolla is cast. Now this magic circle can not only form a set of armor that is only about the size of Corolla, but it is also hollow. Needless to say, the lost volume must have been folded using space capabilities. Otherwise, if the armor had really returned to its original size, it would probably be big enough for King Kong to wear.

After confirming that the magic circle and research notes are all in hand, there is nothing left in this laboratory worth keeping. Bringing Corolla, who had not left the laboratory for n years, to the ground, breathing the long-lost air, even Corolla's incomplete soul showed exaggerated excitement. Fortunately, her mood was relatively calm to begin with. With us comforting her, she didn't go crazy outside.

"This place has changed a lot from before." Carolla, who had calmed down a little, said looking at the surrounding swamps.

"Do you remember what this place was like before?"

Carolla nodded and said: "This part of the memory has not disappeared. I remember that when I entered the laboratory for the last time, this was still a beautiful valley. There should have been a river at the foot of the mountain over there, and there should have been a large open area here. Grassland, I just don’t know how it turned into a swamp now.”

"No wonder your laboratory would appear in the swamp. I used to wonder why anyone would think of setting up a laboratory in the swamp. I didn't expect that this place was actually a grassland."

Carola nodded and said: "It's not just the grass here. The mountains on both sides were not as steep as they are now. There were many trees on the mountains at that time, and the mountains seemed to be much higher than they are now. I don't know how to get back to them now. It turned out to be such a bare, low mountain. If it hadn’t been for the change in the shape of the mountain and the impossibility of moving the laboratory itself, I wouldn’t have recognized it here.”

Ling said from the side: "I think I know the reason for the big change in the environment here." Carolla looked at Ling in confusion, waiting for her explanation, and Ling also immediately explained: "The river you mentioned should be the water source here. .This valley is now covered with fog because there are geothermal resources here. The heat from the ground evaporates water, thus creating a large amount of water mist. So, since there is geothermal heat, it means that there are crustal faults here. I think this place was here a long time ago There must have been a large-scale earthquake. The mountains here must have collapsed to a certain extent at that time. The fallen mountain debris blocked the outlet of the river. The closed river water level rose and turned the original valley lowland into a swamp. . Later, due to years of moisture, the soil on both sides of the mountains became extremely soft. Just a few rains can wash away all the soil from the mountains and further raise the ground. This is why you feel that the mountains have become shorter. .In fact, the mountains have not become shorter, but the ground has become higher. Moreover, because the soil washed down from the mountains has formed a soft soil accumulation layer on the ground of the valley bottom, coupled with abundant water resources, the mud ground has turned into a swamp. . As for the bugs here, I think they developed after that. After all, as long as there is a suitable environment for bugs, one or two years will be enough to expand the population if sexual reproduction breaks out."

After listening to Ling's analysis, Carolla nodded in admiration. I also felt that Ling's analysis was very reasonable. However, before I could even say a few words of praise, the ghost bug I had left at the entrance of the valley suddenly sent a connection signal.

The order I gave these ghost bugs before I left was to monitor all creatures with high-energy reactions entering the valley. If they find such targets, they will contact me immediately. Now I get the connection signal, which means they found the target. Although I don't know if this is the monster I'm waiting for that can only attack the gods, but at least it should be a very strong individual. After all, the energy reference standard I made for the bugs was based on myself. This creature must have at least half my energy intensity for the ghost bug to call the police, otherwise the ghost bug will ignore it at all.

As a loyal butler of demon pets, Ling also received the signal at the same time as I did. She quickly stopped joking and worked seriously with me to connect the visual signal of the ghost bug to the visual information of all our demon pets. Of course, the most important thing is to let Corolla see the goal.

"What kind of monster is this?"

As soon as the ghost bug visuals came on, I immediately felt like I was going to throw up. What appears in our minds is not the humanoid creature we thought before, nor is it the common monsters with ferocious but powerful faces. The creature that the ghost bug saw was simply a combination of a pile of biological debris, and its image was even more disgusting than the abominable warrior spliced ​​together from corpses.

This guy has a body that is slightly hunched forward. It roughly looks like an upright walking creature like humans, and it does have two human legs supporting the ground. However, in addition to these two human legs supporting the ground, there is actually a human crotch growing on this guy's left buttocks, and there is also a human leg of normal proportions connected to the bottom of this crotch. It's just that this One leg was now being dragged feebly by the guy, dangling behind him, occasionally touching the ground.

In addition to this strange leg on his butt, this guy's fat, meatball-like body also has three human legs and six or seven human arms. It's just that these arms and legs are all in the wrong position for morality, and some On the belly, some on the waist, and some on the chest and back. In addition to these humanoid limbs, there are actually many other biological traces on this guy. There is a piece of skin on its waist covered with scales, and it obviously looks like crocodile skin. But this piece of skin is only one meter long, and it is distributed in a triangle shape. The rest of the skin is gray-white and rough like pig skin. In addition to this piece of skin, this guy also has a head in the middle of his belly, but it seems that this is not a human head, but the head of some kind of demon pet, but because only half of the skull is left outside, it can't be seen clearly. What kind of creature is it? Of course, this guy has a brain himself...if that can be considered a brain.

On this guy's shoulder is a large mass of unknown objects covered with sarcoma. Although that thing may be a head, there are no organs on it that can be connected with the head. At least I didn't see eyes, ears, or even a nose. Neither the mouth nor the mouth can be found.

"Is this the Hate Warrior?" Xiao Longnu looked at Ling uncertainly and asked. After all, Ling was the Dark Goddess before, and the Hate Warrior was invented by the Dark Temple.

"Absolutely not." Ling vetoed decisively: "The head of the abomination is made from a zombie. This guy's head is simply a meat ball. I'm not even sure if it's a head."

Carolla suddenly said: "This is him, I can feel his contract."

I glanced at Carolla and said, "Don't worry, this is also our goal. I will definitely help you get revenge this time, but before that, we have to figure out what this thing is."

As I finished speaking, everyone saw a huge poisonous bee flying towards the monster through the sight of the ghost bug. This poisonous bee is not a wild creature, but my candle bee. Let it pass by just to test the properties of that thing.

Although I am sure that this thing is not an abomination, judging from the body parts on it that clearly do not belong to it, this thing may have the ability to devour other creatures, so for the sake of safety, I decided to test it with a candle bee first.

Although we didn't find where this guy's eyes are, it obviously has a way to sense its surroundings. Just after the Candle Bee approached a dozen meters away from it, the guy suddenly turned around and faced the Candle Bee, and it stopped, as if waiting for the Candle Bee to approach. Just when the Candle Bee was close to the guy and still more than one meter away and showed its stinger, the monster suddenly moved. The thick arm on the right side of its shoulder suddenly stretched out and pinched the candle bee. Then it pulled the candle bee to its side and pressed it directly on its chest. Next, after the guy's hand was taken away, we saw Candlebee struggling as if it had fallen into glue, while being pulled into the body bit by bit by the guy's flesh and blood.

"Holy crap, this thing really has the ability to devour other creatures." Seeing that the thing was gradually absorbing the candle bees, I snapped my fingers, and then I saw that half of the candle bees that had entered the guy's body suddenly exploded. The sound turned into a large ball of flames, and at the same time, the guy's chest was blown to pieces with blood and flesh. A large pit with a diameter of two feet appeared on the originally fat chest, and the flesh and blood in it was squirming rapidly. Come together. "Hehe, it seems that this guy's defense is not very good, but his recovery is a bit abnormal."

This disgusting monster that looks like a meat ball can't even block the explosion of a Candle Bee, which shows that its defense is not very strong. However, its wounds healed within a few seconds, which shows that this thing's regeneration ability is super strong. However, I think its capabilities should be more than that. You must know that this thing has killed several gods before. If it only has strong healing ability and can swallow creatures, I think it will never be able to eat the gods. Therefore, it must have other special abilities.