Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 705 The Temperamental Little Algae

After Thor advanced to the third tier, the companion who changed the most was the little algae he planted in the basement of the Spirit Cleansing Wizard Tower.

In the preview of the Golden Pages, Xiao Zao was transformed into a giant tentacle monster due to the pollution of the Black Tide.

In reality, the Black Tide did not erupt on a large scale due to Thor's sealing.

But when Thor finished dealing with his affairs outside and dragged his weary body back to the Spirit Cleansing Wizard Tower, he was greeted by a room crammed full of huge black vine-like tentacles.

The algae... have rioted?!

Thanks to Thor's emergency rescue, the butler Hope was almost squeezed into a pulp and saved.

The first thing Hope said was, "Camus ignited the algae."

Thor squeezed through the gaps in the huge, thick tentacles, and after finally managing to reach the second basement level, he finally understood what "ignition" meant.

There was no real flame on the second underground level.

But countless pale souls, as if bewitched, rushed one after another into the roots of the small algae.

And every time a soul enters the small algae's body, the black tentacles grow stronger.

The small basement could no longer accommodate more than a dozen tentacle clones, each nearly a meter in diameter.

The ground subsided, the floor was torn apart, and the underground laboratory was like a storm had swept through, with everything scattered all over the place.

The fragile glass instruments were shattered.

Thor had no time to lament the loss of his resources; he was searching for the main body of the small algae among the several raging black tentacles.

But when Thor found it, the once cute and adorable demonic creature opened its enormous, shark-tooth-like mouth at Thor and bit him hard.

Fortunately, Thor, having advanced to the third tier, was able to borrow external magic and use sorcery to suppress the raging and crazed Little Algae.

Thor then used his own flesh and blood to form tentacles, which became entangled with the algae.

The suckers on the translucent tentacles greedily absorbed the spirits of the dead inside the small algae.

However, since the algae feed on death, any spirits that enter its body are quickly digested.

Thor could only absorb the souls that had just entered the small algae's body.

Finally, Thor had no choice but to combine the influence of the Nightmare Butterfly and the Consciousness Space to calm the rioting algae down.

However, Xiao Zao's size could never return to its original size.

It's like a stomach that's been overeaten, losing its elasticity and being enlarged several times over.

Having detached himself from his memories, Thor arrived at a corner of the underground laboratory and used his mental power to open the sealing array on the ground.

The pitch-black magic circle, blending seamlessly with the ground, rotated clockwise and opened an entrance in the middle.

Thor jumped in through the entrance and landed lightly on the soft, bouncy tentacles.

To accommodate the rapidly growing algae, Thor used magic to expand the second underground level tenfold.

Even though the space has become much larger, Xiaozao can only stay coiled up inside, and it is difficult for her to even move around.

Even with the space already so limited, Xiao Zao still "greeted" Thor the moment he jumped down.

A tentacle suddenly burst out from a gap in the vines, then opened its massive jaws, attempting to bite off the intruder's head.

Thor raised his hand to block, and a black barrier appeared between them.

The little algae only bit the barrier a few times with its sharp teeth before the magic barrier began to creak and tear.

But Thor quickly scooped up his hand, and the hemispherical protective barrier flipped over, covering the small algae's head.

Even with its sharp teeth, the small algae couldn't find a way to bite into the concave circle.

The angle was so tricky that it couldn't even bite through it.

This is a way of coexisting that Thor researched, which neither harms the small algae nor causes it to attack the algae.

In essence, it's like putting a bridle on the agitated algae.

After realizing that it couldn't bite Thor no matter what it did, the huge black tentacles finally quieted down.

After calming down and regaining some of her senses, Xiaozao finally recognized Thor.

It nuzzled Thor's chest through the magical barrier with its head, then lay down listlessly on its own body.

Thor crouched down, stroked the little algae's body, and comforted it, "It's okay, I'll heal you."

Although these algae are much stronger than before, a demonic creature that has lost its mind will only become a complete monster.

Thor would never allow such a thing to happen.

"I'm sorry, you were clearly showing signs of being irritable before, but I didn't investigate the reasons properly."

The little algae trapped inside the magical barrier shook its tentacle tips and comforted Thor instead.

Saul told Xiaozhao, "My research has made new progress. Let me see where your problem lies."

The diary reappeared in Saul's palm, and he quickly flipped to a blank page.

Xiao Zao turned her head, wondering what Thor was doing.

To outsiders, Saul was simply holding a dark red hardcover book.

But in Thor's eyes, the way the world works suddenly becomes predictable.

The crowded room, the enormous black tentacles, the obscured underground... all transformed into a cube enveloped by countless lines.

These lines converge at the top of the diary pages and project as lines of text.

April 5, 320th year of the lunar calendar

If the root cause of suffering is not addressed,

That tragedy will only continue.

But when you desperately try to get closer to the truth...

But you will find that the truth is a burden you cannot bear.

Thor frowned as he looked at the words in the diary. "Too abstract."

After gaining control of the diary, Thor transformed the completely passive death warning into a death exploration.

But precisely because his exploration lacked a clear objective, the answers he sought became even more vague.

Saul revised his diary, finally re-entering information from the last four weeks.

He thought of the "source" in the diary, and his gaze fell on Xiaozao's body.

The many souls that invaded the algae came from underground, but they were not the undead from Lake Rhine.

They came from deeper underground, just like Camus did back then.

These souls, though not as powerful as Camus', are numerous and all are contaminated by the Black Tide.

They use themselves as nourishment to invade the algae, seemingly intending to turn the algae into monsters.

Even after Thor managed to control the algae, undead continued to emerge from the underground.

It wasn't until Byron and he used the inerting formula to seal the underground that the algae were prevented from being continuously polluted.

"It seems that what affects your essence is still underground."

But whenever Thor tries to venture underground to explore, the diary issues a death warning, preventing him from taking the risk.

Although Saul had broken the death warnings in the diary before, it was only under duress that he found a glimmer of hope among many deadly outcomes after trying various methods.

But now, he certainly wouldn't risk his life without any preparation.

Thor adjusted the diary, allowing its power to be more concentrated underground.

This time, the words in the diary changed.

April 5, 320th year of the lunar calendar

The tower was built on a cliff that was about to collapse.

Danger was inevitable.

But if you don't bring the key to touch the devil's box...

It won't be opened that quickly, at least not that quickly.

Before you have the antidote ready,

Go catch the snake's tail.

You'll die in a very surprising way!

(End of this chapter)