Wizards pursue the truth

Chapter 170 [170] Unveiling the Secret: Dissecting the Evil God

The mental shock that erupted from the scarlet heart came too fast and too suddenly.

The terrifying mental pollution has reached a point where it can affect reality. If any flesh-and-blood creature were here, it would be instantly transformed into the Hounds of Gendass.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the area around the Crimson Heart was entirely composed of metal wizarding instruments or workbench floors, with absolutely no flesh or blood present.

Only Wang Ya himself bore the greatest risk, his pupils reflecting the subtle fluctuations that seemed to spread like ripples.

All the wizarding instruments malfunctioned instantly, and the power transmission of the circuits was also restricted, causing the lights in the Death Laboratory to flicker.

"Warning: An unknown, powerful mental energy attack has been detected. This mental energy poses a significant threat and will cause immeasurable mental pollution. Wizards in the laboratory are requested to evacuate immediately."

The voice from the tower spirit rang out repeatedly, and the lights changed to a dazzling bright red, perfectly matching the occasion.

A strange smile appeared on Wang Ya's lips, as if he had anticipated this situation. His slender, fair hand slowly emerged from beneath his sleeve and gently clenched towards the direction of the evil god's heart.

The hidden dream seed is activated at this moment, the gap between dreams descends, and the distorted lines of color fill and replace the laboratory. The ground underfoot turns into soil where various grasses and leaves grow upside down and squeeze together.

If a dream wizard were to observe from outside the castle, they would discover that a corner of the dream has descended, enveloping Wang Ya's laboratory and the surrounding buildings.

Glug glug!

Large amounts of rainbow-colored foam formed around Wang Ya, gradually filling every corner of the laboratory.

The impact from the heart of the evil god shattered the bubbles, spreading out colorful ripples, with white making up the majority.

This is not actually accurate. Inside the rainbow ripples, there are even more complex and countless colors. Just looking at its complexity is enough to make one feel annoyed.

Within the ripples were images, some beautiful, some cruel and cold—all dreams woven by Wang Ya. This was also the difference between the path of the Dream Wizard he had chosen and that of the Illusion Dream Wizard.

The mental pollution was completely absorbed by the dream bubble, without even touching the hem of Wang Ya's clothes.

Wang Ya knew the danger involved, and it took him a full 60% of his dream bubble to neutralize the mental shock.

However, Wang Ya also achieved his goal, capturing a fragment of the will of the evil god Gendass.

The heart is the physical body, representing reality, while consciousness and will are illusions. The uniqueness of the evil god Gendass might be derived from this aspect of research.

The interior of the laboratory had become a place filled with dreamlike bubbles, with colorful rays of light existing within it and reflecting on Wang Ya's fair cheeks.

The gap between dreams slowly disappeared, and the extension of the dream territory also shrank back into the dream world.

Above the palm of my hand, a colorful floating bubble was gathered, and something seemed to be jumping up and down inside, trying to break the bubble.

But this seemingly fragile foam is actually very resilient. No matter how much it is impacted and deformed, no cracks or gaps appear.

"Dreams and nightmares are just a matter of a single thought, but even the strongest person will never stop yearning for something beautiful."

Wang Ya stared at the dream bubble in his hand and sighed softly, "Whether it's an evil god or a wizard, as long as they still have thoughts and desires, they cannot escape the entanglement of the dream bubble."

This is the advanced sorcery created by Wang Ya - [Dream Bubble]

It can counteract attacks from the mental level. Each dream bubble is a dream woven by Wang Ya, and its resilience varies, depending on the time Wang Ya spends on it and how much dream power he expends.

The most powerful dream bubble can withstand attacks from high-level magical mental spells.

It can also be used in conjunction with other dream magic created by Wang Ya to achieve various means and abilities.

After eight years of creation and improvement by Wang Ya, the original wizarding schools, whether dream magic or elemental magic, have undergone significant changes.

From lower to higher levels of witchcraft, each method underwent repeated refinement and improvement, ultimately becoming incredibly perfect.

【Dream Sorcery: Nightmare Dream Sorcery School】

[Advanced Spells: Dream Bubbles, Dream Territory, Reversal of Reality and Illusion]

[Intermediate Wizardry: Dream Bubble, Dream Replacement, Shattered Dream Kill]

[Low-level witchcraft: Cursing, dream body, dream observation.]

[Elemental Sorcery: Fire Demon Sorcery School]

[Advanced Sorcery: Blazing Sun Sterilization, Incinerating Fire, Blazing Sun Cloak]

[Intermediate-level sorcery: Balrog Doppelganger, Ultra-high Temperature Cluster Particle Wave.]

[Low-level witchcraft: Fearful Flames]

As for combined witchcraft, Wang Ya further refined the techniques, making the connections and coordination between them more harmonious and faster.

Items such as [Heart's Dream Fire] and [Heavenly Fire Illusion] have subsequent changes and manifestations.

Wang Ya discovered the existence of a portion of the evil god's consciousness and will within the heart of the evil god through his dream senses shortly after advancing to the third-level wizard apprenticeship.

The other party kept quiet all along, clearly trying to lull him into a false sense of security, only to unleash their full power at a specific moment.

Wang Ya decided to play along.

The current result is the best possible outcome; the fragments of the evil god's consciousness have been successfully captured.

As for whether a soul exists, Wang Ya couldn't be sure, since evil gods are different from humans and ordinary life forms.

Wang Ya still needs to conduct further research.

The laboratory was restored to its original state. The scarlet heart inside the glass box, after its original evil god consciousness was extracted, showed significantly reduced activity, and its tentacles no longer thrashed wildly, but instead became unusually quiet.

Only when Wang Ya places his palm against the glass does it trigger some kind of instinctive, devouring reaction.

[Target: The Heart of an Evil God]

[Estimated analysis time: 10 years]

Wang Ya focused both analysis targets on the heart of the evil god, and the analysis time indeed changed.

[Dual analysis in progress, estimated analysis time: 6 years]

Compared to when they first obtained the heart of the evil god, when the analysis time often took hundreds of years, six years is not a long time.

The Eye of Truth is also growing along with Wang Ya's understanding and strength.

His gaze fell upon the dream bubble in his hand. Perhaps because his consciousness had been stripped away, the evil god's heart had completely lost control.

Like a body without a soul, they are like walking corpses.

However, the activity and status of the evil god's heart itself prevent it from gradually dying due to the loss of its soul.

The difficulty of parsing has been greatly reduced.

Wang Ya has another way to deal with the mind and consciousness of the evil god, and he can even use this method to obtain the memories of the evil god Gendass and uncover its secrets.

According to the records, evil gods like Gendass exist in outer space, which corresponds to the inner world of the wizarding world.

Beyond the wizarding world lies the vast, boundless Void Sea, inhabited by many Void Sea monsters.

Illusion and reality. A thoughtful look flashed in Wang Ya's eyes. If his guess was correct, the outer space had an illusory nature, just like the inner world of the wizarding world.

Wang Ya wasn't quite sure what the specifics were. These were things that only formal wizards would consider and research.

"Fine, let me see what secrets you're hiding, Gendas."

Wang Ya's pupils gleamed white, gradually reflecting a white light, his figure appearing and disappearing in a state of flux between illusion and reality.

The dream bubble in his hand suddenly expanded, enveloping Wang Ya.

From initially being forced to flee in disarray from the evil god Gendass to now confronting Gendass directly and studying its fragments of consciousness, the origin of the evil god, Wang Ya, felt a mix of emotions, including a sense of excitement.

This is a moment that no wizard could have imagined.

An evil god, a true evil god, was placed on Wang Ya's dissection table, where he would personally dissect and uncover the secrets of the evil god.

If it were one of those old fogies obsessed with researching all the unknowns, they would probably be screaming and wanting to devour the heart of the evil god right now.

Above the altar in the unknown underground, one-fifth of Gendath's essence is stored inside a giant metal canine statue.

Its entire body is made of special metal, except for its head, which is made of living flesh and blood, with a large number of fleshy tentacles wriggling around it.

The Blood Pool was created to a 1:1 scale.

A large number of ghastly skeletons rolled around in the blood pool with fresh flesh and blood. The fleshy tendrils of the skulls pierced directly into the blood pool, beginning to absorb biological energy and the souls of those who existed there.

In order to survive the wizards, Gendass had no choice but to resort to desperate measures, consuming most of his own essence to deceive them.

The last bit of the original source is for the hope of making a comeback.

If we take it slow and gradually absorb what we've lost, we will eventually be able to replenish our lost essence.

To avoid attracting the attention of the wizards, it hid in this kingdom of attached images, and even actually performed some so-called miracles.

I dare not raise Gendass's dogs again. After a tragic incident, Gendass developed a sense of lingering fear.

"Twenty years have passed, and despite the continuous devouring of so many lives, I still haven't been able to recover much of my original essence. It will probably take thousands of years to replenish the original essence that I originally lost."

The mere thought of this fueled an unnamed rage within Gendas, and resentment filled the entire underground palace, causing the flames on the altar to extinguish one by one.

It was all caused by that damned thief; otherwise, he wouldn't have been targeted by so many wizards later.

Wizards deserve to die!!

However, thinking about the other party's current predicament, he became happy again.

Thinking of how impressive it was, I couldn't help but let out a "woof woof woof" laugh.

Each source of the evil god's essence is a fusion of his flesh and blood and consciousness, and even his soul is integrated into it.

It's like a whole version of him, with that part taken away.

As an individual Gendas, it is naturally able to sense and influence other Gendas parts to a certain extent.

"Thief, your greed will cost you."

Gendas did not believe that the thief was capable of resisting his mental corruption; that part of Gendas, he had now lost all sense of.

The consumed consciousness and soul power was all of it, carrying his anger and hatred. The thief may have been corrupted and transformed into a part of Gendas.

Even if it is not transformed, the contamination is absolute and will change the thief's nature at the genetic and cellular level.

This is an irreversible double pollution of both the body and mind.

The path of the wizard has been cut off by him; he must either serve Gendass wholeheartedly and immerse himself in the flesh and blood kingdom of the god Gendass.

Suddenly, the statue on the altar trembled slightly, and even some cracks appeared on the metal surface.

An indescribable pain emanated from the depths of Gendas's soul, as if someone were digging into his brain with a knife.

However, this pain was more severe, as if stretching and tearing his soul inch by inch, observing it with a magnifying glass. Fear, unease, anger, and a variety of other emotions appeared in Gendas's heart.

"Damn it, what happened? Could it be that something went wrong with the main body and it was attacked by other evil gods?"

"The soul of Gendass is being devoured. Why is this happening? Sensations are never wrong. What went wrong?"

(End of this chapter)