Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 313 Change of Color

"Can the bronze door allow me to travel through different dimensions?"

Thor found it hard to believe. Could it be that every time he left the 20th floor, he would reappear on the 1st floor of the East Tower?

However, the bronze doors on the first floor of the East Tower cannot be opened simultaneously.

"Perhaps this is a one-way passage, or it might be a one-time event. I just asked my mentor for help, and maybe he thinks it's best not to wander around the wizard tower before I get the puppet."

In any case, this greatly facilitated Saul.

The first thing he did upon returning to the second warehouse was to find the red-eyed wooden doll and stuff it into his pocket.

Then, Saul walked to the group of corpses in front of the warehouse, checked the number of candles, lit a few more, and then came to Herman's body.

The diary opens within the mind, a sign that Saul has allowed them to observe the outside world.

"Hermann, can you see the corpse in front of me now?"

Herman: [...Yes, Master. That's...my corpse.]

He spoke with some difficulty, clearly indicating that seeing his own corpse was not a pleasant experience.

"I'm sorry, I know you might not be feeling well, but there are a few things I'd like to confirm."

Saul told them that when his soul left his body, he was often pulled back into these lifeless corpses, and sometimes he would see the scenes that these corpses had seen in their daily lives.

It was as if the people standing in the warehouse were not corpses, but surveillance cameras.

Do you know why this is?

The consciousnesses in the diary were silent for a moment, and then Agu was the first to answer.

Agu: [Actually, I once heard a saying that the soul depends on the body for protection, and at the same time, the body also needs the soul. So when a living being is near death, its body emits enormous energy, and all its functions work frantically to preserve the soul.]

"So you think our bodies also have consciousness?"

Agu: [This is just one theory. There are currently no experiments to prove that consciousness exists independently of the body. I speculate that this might be a rule governing the operation of life.]

Morton: [I'm not so sure. When near death, one isn't truly dead. The soul and consciousness are still within the body, and still have control. So, the explanation I agree with is that the struggle during near death is also a command from the soul to the body. Just like some pregnant women, whose soul commands their bodies to protect the child, not themselves.]

Agu: [Then how do you explain the dwarf valley effect?]

Morton: [I've never been to the Valley of the Dwarves. Perhaps the wizards at the time weren't powerful enough to detect the spiritual fluctuations, or rather, the remaining fragments of consciousness?]

Agu: [Can a third-tier wizard be considered lacking in strength?]

"Wait, wait! Stop arguing! Someone tell me what the Dwarf Valley Effect is!" Thor quickly stopped them as the two most knowledgeable consciousnesses started to quarrel.

Agu: [On another continent, a third-tier wizard sought to capture a group of dwarves. Upon arriving at the valley where the dwarves lived, he discovered that all magic and spiritual energy had vanished, transforming it into a magic-free zone. Creatures with souls, upon entering, experience an extremely strong repulsive force. Forced entry can even lead to soul separation; the spirit is repelled, but the physical body continues along its original will.]

Agu: [If the body cannot be pulled out using physical force before it leaves the body, those departed souls will never be able to find their physical form again. Therefore, that place has become a forbidden zone for all soul-based beings. However, it is said that some people have seen still-active bodies while standing on the outskirts of the Dwarf Valley.]

"There are places like this?"

Morton: [Master, sometimes it's just that we haven't discovered the truth of things yet; it doesn't mean that such irregularities necessarily exist in the world.]

Agu: [Oh, so you mean the laws of the world are all known?]

"Enough!" Saul's face darkened. "I know academia is always full of debates, but don't forget, I'm the one asking the questions!"

The black pages belonging to Agu and Morton fell silent instantly, accompanied by an involuntary tremor.

Clearly, the diarist's anger exerted immense pressure on the consciousness trapped within the pages of the book.

It was even larger than Thor had expected.

Instead of immediately comforting the two wounded souls, he summarized the knowledge he had just gained.

"There are currently two main theories. One is that the body acts according to the soul's final instructions. The other is that the body itself can also generate consciousness."

Thor looked at Herman, whose appearance had been altered.

"Hermann, I'm touching your body now. See if you feel anything."

A gray, shadow-like, transparent tentacle emerged from Thor's right palm. The tentacle was as thick as an adult's arm, but it could grow to half a meter in thickness if needed, though that would shorten its length.

The tentacles wrapped around Herman's head and then burrowed into his forehead.

But it was pulled out again very quickly.

"My mind is blank."

Thor's tentacles moved to several different locations.

The modified body of Hermann before us... the alterations are quite significant.

Besides the brain, the spine was also replaced with other materials, and its shape doesn't even look like a human spine.

Looking at this Hercules-like man, Thor silently withdrew his tentacles.

"How did you feel during this time?"

Herman: [...I have mixed feelings.]

Hermann's handwriting looked somewhat limp, clearly indicating that what had just happened had greatly affected him, but he quickly recovered.

Herman: [I didn't feel any difference. Of course, it's also possible that my senses aren't that sharp.]

Thor nodded. "Yeah, it's probably because there are too many intermediaries, so your senses about your own body aren't as clear."

Saul walked past Herman's body.

Another possibility is that Herman's body was different from those in other morgues.

Thor's soul was not pulled into this body when it left his body, so it's possible that the new member of this horde of corpses doesn't have the ability to pull souls into bodies.

"Indeed, the issues of body and soul are a major problem in the wizarding world. How could I possibly find clues so easily?"

However, Thor did not give up immediately. This time, he chose a corpse that had been possessed before and pierced it again to explore.

This time, he had all the consciousnesses, including An, sense the difference to see if they could perceive anything different.

But this time, the four consciousnesses still gained nothing.

During this time, Agu and Morton did not have another argument and both worked diligently.

"Oh, right, we have a new member." Thor remembered that Nick's body was still "leaving a smell" in the sarcophagus.

"Perhaps something new will be different."

Although Thor was saddened and saddened by Nick's death, he became a rational wizard again when faced with the corpse.

Nick's sarcophagus was located in a corner of the warehouse, next to several boxes stacked on top of each other—one of which had once been the footstool of Saul.

He walked over and ordered Xiaozao to open the box, while he remained vigilant to prevent the zombies from turning into corpses.

But Nick's body was still, showing no signs of aggression or attempt to escape.

He lay there with a slight smile on his lips, as if he were having a sweet dream.

Thor had almost never seen Nick smile, except for that time when he mocked him, of course.

Because Nick majored in emotion-based witchcraft, he was extremely restrained in controlling his own emotional changes, and would hide any emotions he had suppressed for a long time.

Saul still remembers the sound of his laughter turning into pain; it was no longer pleasant, but torture.

"No abnormalities found, it can be placed in the warehouse..."

After Saul finished his examination and was about to lift Nick's body out, he saw the diary being turned over again.

Agu: [Master, you'd better take a look at the puppet you just put on your body.]

Thor frowned and immediately took out the red-eyed doll from his arms.

"When?!" His pupils shrank instantly.

The puppet's eyes had turned black at some point!

But Thor hasn't even left the storeroom since he got the puppet!

(End of this chapter)