Chapter 19: Mirror Prison

"Do you know a guy named Jiaha?"

"Which one are you talking about?" Faced with my answer, the old man was obviously stunned for a moment. I quickly explained: "I know three Jiaha, or it can be said to be two. Of course, you can also say that they are one person."

The old man was obviously surprised when he heard what I said, but he chose to believe what I said, so he just pondered there for a while, and then said: "Among the three Jiaha you know, is there any one who has great magic puppet making skills?" The old man?"

"What I said is that I know three Jiaha, not three Jiaha. I only know two of them. But from your description, unfortunately, the one you are looking for should be someone I don't know." that."

"What exactly do you mean? I'm a little confused by what you said."

"Jiaha was originally a high-level mage who studied golem technology."

The old man nodded and said, "Of course, otherwise what else could he be?"

"It was true before, but not after that. The Jiaha you know is the first generation Jiaha, and he is already dead. But before he died, he did an experiment, hoping to give himself an eternal life. However, The experiment ultimately failed, and Jiaha's knowledge and soul split into two individuals. These two Jiaha were both produced from the original Jiaha, but they only possessed part of Jiaha's thoughts or knowledge, so you can say that they both Even Jiaha, it can be said that they are two completely new independent personalities."

"I didn't expect Jiaha to be dead. But it's very rare that his knowledge and soul can stay." The old man recalled for a while and then suddenly turned around and snapped his fingers, and then we saw the bottom of the bookshelf next to one of the walls. Suddenly a small door like a dog hole opened, and then a large number of weird-looking things flew out of it. One of these things seems to be the magic broom that witches like most, but it is not used to ride on it, but actually sweeps the ground by itself. In addition to this kind of broom that can sweep the floor by itself, among the things that popped up there were two square things with a tube in front that looked like vacuum cleaners, and then there were a lot of flying things with four metal arms. Some of these balls were there to clean up the debris, some were holding up the still intact bookshelf, and some were taking rags and feather dusters to start dusting everywhere.

Just when I was dumbfounded by these magical versions of housekeeping robots, the old man suddenly continued: "These are the little gifts Jiaha gave me back then. I didn't expect that after so many years, these things are still there. But he has already left."

"You said these things are Jiaha's works?"

The old man nodded and said: "Yes. I met Jiaha for the first time at a banquet. You should know that research mages like us don't like socializing. So Jiaha and I hid. We arrived at the corner of the banquet. In order not to waste time, I took out a notebook and calculated formulas there. Who knew that Jiaha suddenly pointed out that I made a mistake after watching me write a few pieces of paper. Then We were both young at the party, and of course we were not willing to admit defeat easily, so Jiaha and I started to argue. Because we couldn’t convince each other with our words, we left the party and ran to my laboratory to start calculating and reasoning. At that time Jiaha and I each proposed a theory and used our own theories to prove that the magic formula was correct, so we became curious about each other. Later, Jiaha asked me to explain my theory to him, and He also explained his theory to me. After that, we studied together for three months and finally understood each other's theory. But in the end, we were both surprised to find that the other's theory was also correct. Two correct The same formula can lead to different answers through theoretical reasoning, which means there is something wrong with our theory." At this point, the old man looked fascinated again, so I had to urge him to go on.

The old man continued at my urging: "After that, the two of us moved together and began to study the two theories together to determine what went wrong. However, after spending a whole year, we were surprised to find that The fact is that our theories are correct."

"Since your theories are all correct, why are the calculation results different?"

"This is what I admire about Jiaha." The old man said: "After I found out that there was no problem with the theory, I fell into complete confusion because I could no longer tell what was right and what was wrong. But Jiaha was different. He persisted in researching for half a year even when such a theory collapsed. Guess what?" After the old man said this, he stared at me with a look like you're going to ask me, what happened? I feel like he's just a kid who knows a big secret and is ready to show it off.

Although I felt that the old man was a bit naughty, I still cooperated and asked: "I guess he must have discovered something?"

"Yes." The old man clapped his hands excitedly, and then said with foaming at the mouth: "I almost gave up research at that time, because I didn't know if there was anything wrong with my basic theory. If my previous research was all based on If it is based on a wrong theory, then what is the use of further research? So I was really frustrated at that time. However, in the middle of the night, I was drunk and breathing in bed. When Huda was asleep, Jiaha suddenly rushed in like crazy and dragged me away, then he pulled me to the laboratory and showed me on the spot the reason why the formula had two answers."

"Then what's the reason?"

"Soul." The old man said with his face flushed with excitement: "Our formula is about the resistance of living organisms to magic, but the results calculated according to our two theories are different. We always thought before One of these two results is the correct result, but it turns out that both results are correct. The reason for their difference is that we have counted one less thing, and that is the soul. A ** creature with a soul The magic resistance of the creature is higher than the magic resistance of the creature after death. The soul plays a key role in this, and affected by the strength of the soul, this ratio is still an unfixed variable. After this discovery, Not only does it prove that there is no problem with our theory, it also opens up another research direction for us." At this point, the old man suddenly became frustrated again, and then jumped off the table he had just jumped on when he got excited, and then Then he continued: "Unfortunately, after discovering this characteristic of the soul, Jiaha's and I's research directions split again. Since then, Jiaha began to turn to the analysis of the relationship between the soul and matter, and I Then he specialized in studying the nature of the soul. Because the research projects were different and we had our own affairs at the time, we separated quickly. But at that time, Jiaha was already a well-known alchemist at level 10, so he He gave me this magic cleaning set as a gift before leaving. I didn’t expect that we would never have the chance to see each other again after that separation!”

"Perhaps you don't have to be so disappointed." I said: "Although Jiaha is no longer here, the two new Jiaha have the memories of Jiaha in the past, so they may still know you."

"That's right." This old man really has the character of an old naughty boy. His expression changes like that of a child. One second he was very depressed, and the next second he suddenly became very happy and shouted excitedly. : "Do you know where they are? I want to see them."

"Sorry, they are in Isengard, the main city of our Frost Rose Alliance. It is a bit far away from here, and one of the Jiaha's bodies is inconvenient to move, so if you want to see them, you can only trouble you to follow me to Isengard. .”

I originally thought that the old man would hesitate, but unexpectedly he turned around and shouted to the golden lion dragon: "Josfat, help me guard this place. Can I go see my old friend?"

"But your body is almost..."

The old man looked at his body and then said: "No problem, the date is still three months away. I think I should hurry up and come back before then."

I looked at the Golden Lion Dragon and asked, "What happened to his body?"

The golden lion dragon turned to me and said: "This old guy and the Jiaha you mentioned existed in the same era. That Jiaha has been dead for so long, don't you think it's strange why he didn't die?"

I had never thought about it before, but I suddenly remembered it when I heard the Golden Lion Dragon say this. "That's right! Jiaha died because he ran out of life and failed to transform himself into a lich. How could you live for so long?"

The old man chuckled and said, "Remember when I said that I specialize in studying souls?"

"Then what?"

"Then I froze my body, and then only used my soul to move around. In this way, as long as my body does not die, my soul will not die. But such a soul cannot be cultivated, so it cannot improve its strength and cannot touch objects. It was very troublesome. So I thought of a way, which was to use the life circle to copy myself. This copying method can create many identical bodies for me as long as there are mother samples. Of course, the copies will have no soul. The corpse, but because it is my corpse, and there is no problem with the body itself, so I only need to freeze the body, and then use my soul to fuse this copied body. The success rate of merging my own soul with my own body is It is 100%, and there will be no rejection. In this way, I can use the new body. When this body ages to the point of death, I must return to the mother body, withdraw my soul back to the mother body, and then replace it with a younger one. The corpse re-fuses the soul, and then the body will be replaced when it gets older. However, when I completed this theory, my body was already ninety-five years old, so the copied blank body without a soul was ninety-five years old as soon as it was created. Fifteen years old. According to my tests, my lifespan should be around 180 years old, so for safety, I usually use my body until I am 175 years old and then replace it with a new one. In other words, I will It takes eighty years for a new body to be replaced, and now there are only three months until the next replacement.”

After hearing what the old man said, I asked directly: "Why take the risk? Although three months is not a short time, there is no need to take risks, right? Can't you change your body in advance? Or we can move your body to Ai together. Just go for Singh.”

"What? Move the main body over?"

"Yes." A researcher at the same level as Jiaha is more precious than treasure. It just so happens that this guy is still friends with Jiaha, and he also has a powerful magic pet like a golden lion dragon. If he doesn't pack it up and take it with him If I go back to Essinger, I won’t be able to sleep at ease.

"But, my research..."

"You should know better than me what kind of person Jiaha is. Do you think there will be no research equipment where he lives?" I said seriously: "The experimental equipment of our Frost Rose Alliance is definitely dozens of times better than the equipment you have here. times, and it has a wide variety of products and comprehensive functions. If it weren’t for such superior conditions, do you think Jiaha would be willing to live with me permanently?”

"But it's a bit too hasty to run over here all of a sudden. At least you want me to see the environment there before talking about it, right?"

"Of course. In this case, you first tell me what things here must be taken away, give them a number, and then I will take you to visit our situation. If you feel bad, then you can finish the visit Jiaha can come back at any time. If you feel good about it, just tell me what things need to be moved here, and I will have someone come over to help you transport them."

"Oh well."

Now that the conversation has come to this point, the old man naturally has a hard time refusing to agree. In fact, he is more inclined to work at my place, after all, Jiaha is there. Even if these two Jiaha are not the original Jiaha, after all, they are Jiaha's successors, carrying Jiaha's soul and knowledge. These things determine that they and this old man definitely have many topics in common.

While the old man was busy numbering his things, the golden lion dragon named Yosfat and I were not idle either, because Yosfat's request hadn't been finished yet. According to his account, the enemies of their Golden Lion and Dragon Clan are actually locked up here. They have already caught the guy who cursed, but because of the curse, they can't kill him with their own hands, or even restrain him. After the guy's actions, just find an ordinary person to attack. The only thing they can do is limit this guy's range of activities, but they can't restrict his body and abilities. If you want to kill him, there must be someone strong enough to actually kill this guy. Yosfat has been looking for such a person before. The former owner of the room where I just did the test found him in this way. But unfortunately for Yosfat, but fortunately for me, that guy is actually doing it. He was directly killed by the guy who was good at curses, so now Yosfat had to find someone with enough strength to help kill that guy.

"Is that guy down here?" I asked, pointing to a gate in front of me.

This is the bottom floor of the old man's underground laboratory. Yosifat arrived here directly through a passage wide enough for him to pass, and then he said nervously: "After I open the door in a while, we will enter a special space. You can clearly see a dividing line. This dividing line is the magic barrier set up by our Golden Lion Dragon clan. The guy on the other side of the barrier can neither get out nor see what is going on here. From his side If you look over it, the barrier will reflect light like a mirror, and he can't see anything but his own reflection. However, the barrier is not soundproof, so after opening the door, don't speak and try not to make any noise."

"Why?"

"Because I want you to sneak up on that guy."

"Sneak attack?"

"Yes. Although he knows that someone may come in and kill him at any time, but he can only rely on hearing if he can't see. Moreover, this guy's hearing is not particularly good. As long as you pay attention to your footsteps, he usually can't advance in advance. Notice. Naturally, the concentration of the barrier that he has been guarding here cannot last long. It has been a short time since he killed the person I found last time. He should not have thought that I could find another person so soon. , so he will definitely not pay too much attention to the barrier here now. As long as you suddenly rush out from the barrier and attack while he is not paying attention, if you can kill him with one blow, the curse of our family will be lifted. "

I have never considered myself a knight, so I have no intention of confronting anyone in an honest and direct confrontation. Since Yosfat told me to make a sneak attack, wouldn't I be an idiot if I had to run in and fight him? "Okay, no problem. After you open the door, I will look for an opportunity to sneak attack on him, but don't rush me. I may need to wait there for a while to observe his combat capabilities. When I am ready, I will naturally I will take action, just don’t rush me.”

"Don't worry, I've been waiting for it for so many years, I can't possibly care about this little time."

After getting confirmation from Yosfat, I asked Yosfat to open the door. That gate was probably really prepared for a sneak attack, and it was actually completely silent. When the door opens, it doesn't move sideways or push inward, but it suddenly disappears. This door seemed to have a teleportation function. As soon as Yosfat touched the door, the door immediately disappeared. It was not until we walked in that the door appeared again.

I walked to the barrier as quietly as a thief, and then I started to observe the situation inside under the signal from Yosfat's eyes.

This space is indeed a special space. It has a cube structure with a length, width and height of almost two thousand meters. The four walls of the space, the ceiling and the floor are all mirrored. If you stand at the center of that space, no matter which direction you look, you will definitely see countless invisible objects extending into the distance. Place, because the mirror will continue to reflect your body shape, and the mirror image reflected back and forth will continue to repeat the reflection, so what you can see will be countless selves standing in a row in the mirror.

Although I knew this space was very strange, I still didn't expect that there would be such a space. According to what Yosfat said before, if these mirrors are broken, you will not see the wall behind, but will pass through the mirror on the other side. To put it simply, this space is not only an optical mirror, but also a spatial mirror. If you go to the left wall and smash the mirror and walk in, you will emerge from the right wall, which means no matter which way you go If you go, you can only cycle endlessly in this room.

After observing this enchanted space that could drive people crazy just by locking people in, my eyes focused on the figure in the center of the room. This is the enemy of Yosfat and the others.