Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

"You seem surprised by this answer?"

Chen Xi observed very carefully and voiced her doubts directly.

Zhang Wanyi fell silent upon hearing this, seemingly lost in thought. After a while:

"Chen Xi, no matter what kind of containment object it is, as long as it is not one of the top 10 forbidden objects, its ability is singular."

"Therefore, a magician's ability is also singular, which is simply to manipulate objects. It's just that the strength of the manipulation varies from person to person."

"There is no such thing as the ability to heal wounds."

"But just now..."

Chen Xi described in detail what she had seen after turning Zhang Wanyi over.

His eyes are like a video recorder, so he naturally wouldn't miss any detail.

"I think I know what's going on..."

Zhang Wan interrupted Chen Xi before he could finish speaking.

"Now that the magician is gone, I'll tell you some of the truth."

tell me?

Some truths?

Chen Xi blinked but didn't speak, adopting a listening posture:

"Identity serial number 52, Joker."

"Its transcendent stage II, or its upgraded identity, is called Magician!"

"I'm sure you're smart enough to have thought about why the containment object numbered 52 and the identification serial number 52 have the same name."

Chen Xi nodded without any attempt to hide his agreement.

He did have doubts about this and was originally planning to ask Zhang Wanyi after he awakened.

"Because these two are the same thing!"

"You probably already know that those who reach the Extraordinary Stage I will gain an identity and corresponding abilities."

"The same applies to the Extraordinary II stage. You will gain an upgraded identity and new abilities, but in addition, you will also gain something new."

"However, this new thing is not a good thing."

"We call it poison!"

"poison?"

"right."

"This poison is exactly what it sounds like."

"The abilities of the Extraordinary Stage I are still within the realm of humanity; they're not that exaggerated."

"But the abilities at the Extraordinary Stage II are different."

"Every time you use a Level II extraordinary ability, your body will be further affected by the poison. Once the poison has fully spread, you will have to bear the curse of that identity."

"And the magician's curse is to become a containment object!"

What!

Chen Xi was shocked. He never expected that the magician's hat that Zhang Wanyi had been wearing all this time was actually the product of a curse on a certain superhuman!

This answer was beyond his expectations.

"Moreover, the curse for each identity is fixed, and it is generally only known to the person involved and will not be told to others."

"The reason I know about the curse on magicians' identities is because..."

Zhang Wanyi paused as she spoke, tilting her head to look at Chen Xi, whose eyes suddenly welled up with tears, like glistening droplets sliding down her cheeks, giving her a somewhat widowed appearance.

"Because that magician is my brother!"

Little brother!

Chen Xi felt a shiver run down his spine.

At that moment, some of the things Zhang Wanyi had said flashed through his mind.

"But the Magician is a special case. Of course, this specialness is only to me. I can't tell you the specifics, but in short, it's harmless to me."

"I'm sorry, I touched on something that's bothering you."

"It's okay, this is a happy thing."

So that's how it is. No wonder she said she was special to him; it turns out this was the product of his younger brother's curse.

And her saying it was a happy thing was probably just a reference to the deaths of her parents who favored sons over daughters, since her younger brother was an extraordinary being, considered one of them, and there was no need to try to hide it.

However, some unexpected events occurred later, and he was unable to escape the curse.

"Judging from your description, this object probably contains my brother's soul or consciousness."

"I should have died just now, but he extended my life in his own way."

"To be honest, this is the first time I've encountered this situation myself, and I've never even heard of anything like it before."

"But on the other hand, if my brother could extend my life, it means he might not be completely dead, and there might still be a possibility that he could transform back into a superhuman from a contained object. But just now, to save me..."

Zhang Wanyi didn't say anything more; her trembling body and the tears in her eyes said it all.

Although Chen Xi knows a lot of knowledge, she is not good at comforting people, especially not in the way she is good at it.

It's like knowing a lot of principles but still not being able to live a good life.

Fortunately, Zhang Wanyi was no ordinary person, and since the danger had not yet completely subsided, she quickly adjusted her condition.

"Is there any way to avoid this curse?"

"Besides avoiding using it as much as possible?"

Chen Xi raised the question that had been on her mind.

Since one can only enter the Black Tower in Phase III, someone must find a way to deal with this curse.

"right."

"The method is actually to use a prop to bear the curse in your place, and you've seen this prop before."

Props?

Chen Xi quickly realized something:

"You mean Black Tower Stone?"

"And it's that purified Black Tower Stone in your hand?"

"That's right."

Zhang Wanyi gave him an approving look:

"The purified Black Tower Stone is the medium through which a person at the Transcendent II stage bears the curse of their identity when using their abilities."

"However, this medium has a very limited capacity to withstand power. Excessive power will directly contaminate it. If it is completely contaminated, you will need to use your mental power to cleanse it. This process is what is known as purification."

"This process takes a long time and cannot be done in a short period of time. In addition, this thing is very rare and has a limited number of uses. It will be damaged after a certain number of uses."

"If a major accident occurs, we'll have to proceed even without this tool."

"My brother's poisoning spread completely because of this too."

Zhang Wanyi shook her head, not wanting to mention this painful matter again.

Chen Xi wisely refrained from responding, instead recounting everything that had just happened and asking the three questions she had just summarized.