Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor

Chapter 33: Multitasking and Illusion

In the early morning, the number of copy challenges is refreshed, which means a new week has begun.

After drinking the medicine last night, Lin Bo felt that his tired body was getting better.

In the second half of the night, he once again used the Black Snake Meditation Technique to fall into suspended animation. Two hours later, he was fully rested and his meditation efficiency was higher than usual.

When he woke up again, the health status in the player panel had changed from "poor" due to illness to "good" with slight discomfort. It no longer affected his schedule. He could work and run maps as usual, and he would be fully recovered in no time.

While it was still dark, Lin Bo delved into the two newly activated professional skills.

The first was the True Word Control Technique - Lie. Apart from the one that dispelled the cold air, he didn't dare to practice it with his own body.

After all, the flesh and blood body is too fragile. Once the temperature is shaken and increased by the Mantra Control Technique - Lie, it will take less than half a minute for the internal organs to be roasted by the accumulated heat, and the body will be ignited in less than a minute.

If he wanted to cosplay as Flame Fist Agni, he could have done it, but the result of doing so would definitely be death.

Therefore, the wizard came to the coast in the night, holding a whale oil lamp, and practiced by controlling the waves within his field of vision.

As the waves surged, the temperature continued to rise. Even though the surrounding seawater continued to take away heat, water vapor still evaporated in local areas. Before he exhausted his magical power, the evaporated seawater formed a layer of gauze-like milky white mist, which was soon torn apart by the night wind.

It is considered a very dangerous technique. The criteria for obtaining the skill are the same as those for the Mantra Bending-Ryu, and a large amount of mana is consumed each time it is practiced.

Lin Bo was initially worried that practicing both imperial techniques would slow down each other's progress.

However, when he tried to control the waves, he used the Flow Control Technique and the Fierce Control Technique at the same time. Although this was a difficult operation that required him to do two things at once, it was indeed feasible in terms of results.

The two control techniques can be practiced in parallel, and one practice can gain proficiency in two professional skills.

Although performing two techniques at the same time will cause a sudden increase in the consumption of cursed energy, it is actually a good thing.

Each time the mind is exhausted, it is counted as a complete skill casting. It is better to say that the faster the spell power is consumed, the more efficient the skill practice will be.

The total amount of cursed energy at level 4 is more than four times that of level 2, but the time required to exhaust it is now almost the same. The two techniques are used in parallel to eliminate the relative disadvantage brought about by the increase in cursed energy.

However, if one wants to practice the Fierce Control Technique, there is still a key problem that needs to be solved.

The two real names he currently possesses, Hailang and his real name, are not suitable for practicing the Fierce Control Technique.

Things like waves, wind, clouds and fog do not have stable shapes. When they vibrate, their structures are loose and chaotic, and they are easily disturbed by the outside world, just like waves absorb heat from the surrounding water and evaporate into fog. In serious cases, this may cause the control technique to be interrupted.

Therefore, it is best to find a solid real name as a superior substitute. Especially gold and iron, which are resistant to high temperatures and have a strong structure, are considered to be relatively ideal control objects.

Lin Bo estimated that he would have to spend some time and effort to find out Steel's real name.

Whenever professional knowledge is needed, Lin Bo would envy the mages who come from academic backgrounds.

What is a spellcaster's most valuable possession? This question is actually quite easy to answer—books.

For a wild magician without any knowledge inheritance, life will always be harder than that of an orthodox magician from an academic school.

Just like the knowledge of True Name, Lin Bo needs to go out into the world to comprehend it word by word, while True Name masters with a legacy can receive instruction from their masters, read the True Name books painstakingly written by their predecessors, and perhaps even pick and choose from the knowledge in the books.

Lin Bo possessed a certain optimism, a man who thrived despite poverty, and didn't consider his status as a wild mage any less impressive. Though the magical wilderness was covered in weeds and difficult to navigate, the footprints he left behind remained untouched, and he could forge his own path unaided.

To master the hidden power of every True Name and every Magical Word, one must comprehend its true meaning and understand its true meaning. Failure to understand the meaning of True Names and Magical Words often leads to spellcasting failures or mere superficial manipulation.

For academic mages, memorizing the true names in books is not difficult, but grasping their true meanings requires countless hard work.

At least Lin Bo can guarantee that when he masters each word, he has understood its essence. After all, if he cannot understand the semantics, he cannot remember the pronunciation, let alone glimpse the true name rune.

It was probably a good thing that his difficult journey of seeking knowledge had made him proficient in the magic words he had mastered.

In addition to the new Mantra Control Technique, there is also a Mantra Illusion Technique. This skill makes Lin Bo a little confused because he has not found a way to improve his proficiency.

Unlike Mantra Control, a mana-consuming skill that can be practiced until exhaustion, Illusion only consumes mana when it is cast. To control the illusion subsequently, only a thought is needed.

If Limbo ignores the illusion, it will dissipate on its own after an hour or two.

However, as long as he occasionally injected some magical power into the illusion, it would immediately come alive, and its tenacity was comparable to the lotus candle on the birthday cake.

It is quite simple to break the illusion. Just imagine these illusions as dust. Once your mind clears them, they will naturally disappear without a trace.

Lin Bo repeatedly cast the mantra illusion until the spell power was exhausted, but it still did not trigger the proficiency judgment.

By now, the sky had already brightened, and the weary night watchman had to spend another two hours meditating after finishing his work. Last night's attempts to develop his skills had delayed his plans to go out and collect herbs and samples.

After waking up from meditation, Lin Bo was still a little unwilling. The conditions for judging the success of the mantra illusion were like a brain teaser, always circling in his mind. If he didn't solve the puzzle, he would keep thinking about it and even lose the appetite.

The lighthouse keeper was chewing a sandwich in the kitchen when he suddenly heard a series of ping-pong noises upstairs. He didn't need to guess to know that it was caused by the Titanosaur.

There were a lot of miscellaneous items piled up in the mechanical workshop area on the third floor.

Ever since the surface tactile endoscopy method was upgraded to level 3, Lin Bo has suspended his pleasant cooperation with [Garbage Pickup] and stopped collecting waste for disassembly and research.

For [Garbage Picker], learning that [Lighthouse Operator] had already mastered the Surface Touch Endoscopic Technique to Level 3 in just a few days was like the sky falling. Looking back at the piles of experimental samples he had handled during his practice, he suddenly felt resentful and started to mutter to himself.

Of course, they still kept in touch. Lin Bo often asked the "junk pickers" for some components he needed, such as the electric heater for the mushroom greenhouse and the electrical appliances needed for the lighthouse renovation.

The night watchman went up to the third floor while munching on a sandwich, and saw the Iron Guard squatting on the ground in a pretentious manner, holding a hammer and wrench in his hands, banging and knocking things everywhere.

Iron Guard had recently begun to imitate Lin Bo's behavior and was currently messing with his inventory. This kind of imitation behavior was naturally beneficial to the robot's intelligent core.

But making a noise would not be good. If any townspeople passed by and heard the noise while he was away, they might think the lighthouse had been robbed.

Lin Bo walked up to Iron Guard One. The big robot stopped moving, focused the two lenses on its face, and stared at the night watchman eagerly. When he waved his hands to drive it away, it stood up obediently and retreated to the wall to stand.

The mage stared at this lump of iron. After so many days, he still hadn't learned a few words of its system language from Iron One. The communication between the two sides relied purely on understanding and feeling.

Lin Bo was thoughtful. He wanted to see how intelligent this robot was, so he whispered its real name.

"(Mantra) Waves."

Illusory blue waves emerged from under his feet and spread out, making the third floor look like a flood.

"Beep—Environmental changes detected. Speed ​​of change: Extremely fast. Likelihood of unknown risks: High. Executing avoidance procedures."

Iron Guard I by the wall immediately became alert, looking left and right, moving quickly on his feet, constantly dodging the illusory waves rushing towards him.

Finally, with nowhere to hide, it jumped onto the generator set. Its movements were agile and the jumping height was calculated very well, so the heavy body did not cause any damage to the generator.

"Smart." Lin Bo praised.

Ding--

[Skill judgment successful, [True Word Illusion] basic proficiency +1]

[Exquisiteness coefficient × 1.0 (no work, no mistakes)]

【Health status coefficient × 1.2 (good)】

[Inspiration Proficiency +0.7 (A Cluster of Sparks)]

Final calculation result: [Mantra Illusion] proficiency +1.9

The question that has been bothering Lin Bo has an answer. The key to casting the Mantra Illusion is just one word - deception.

Even if the robot is deceived, it is still considered a successful cast.

Chapter 34 Two Kinds of Silence, What is the True Name of Steel?

This morning the rain stopped and the sky cleared. The brisk autumn wind was like thick silk, casually telling the mage that there would probably be no rain for the next two days. This would be the last rare period of good weather before the hurricane arrived.

On the way to the woodland, Lin Bo passed by the outskirts of Shita Town. The houses here were basically locked, with only a few guard dogs and dogs strolling around the door. When they saw the mage approaching, they whimpered and circled around him.

Lin Bo paused and played with these furry, smelly little monsters for a while.

"Good morning, night watchman." A greeting came from an open courtyard gate.

Lin Bo looked in the direction of the voice and saw a stranger, but he also raised his hand to greet him.

The person who greeted me was a shirtless middle-aged man with a lean figure. The fine sweat on his skin looked like fish scales in the sunlight. He was sitting astride a thick log, holding a carpenter's adze (pronounced the same as "ben") in his hand. He was a shipbuilder and had started working early in the morning.

"Night Watchman, would you like to sit down for a moment and have some coffee?"

"Thank you, but I won't disturb you from work." Lin Bo declined with a smile.

"Ha, it seems we're all busy people." The shipbuilder pretended not to care. "I heard you know medicine? Everyone says so."

His expression seemed to say: It’s not that I don’t trust you, I just want to broaden my horizons.

Lin Bo immediately understood what he meant and said, "Then please give me a cup of coffee."

The shipwright chuckled shyly.

While the coffee pot was boiling on the stove, Lin Bo gave the shipbuilder a physical examination. It was just some common strains, so he did some massage to correct the dislocated muscles and bones.

The shipbuilder had an extremely relaxed and comfortable expression, as if feathers had grown in his bones and he felt as light as a feather. When he looked at the night watchman again, the look in his eyes was completely different.

The best coffee at home, with milk and sugar, and the butter and cocoa cookies made by his wife, the shipbuilder was so attentive that he wished he could switch jobs and become a waiter at the White Snail Tavern.

Lin Bo sipped his coffee and ate a couple of biscuits, his eyes scanning the objects in the living room, searching for traces of the remnant. He said casually, "You can continue working. I'm quite curious about shipbuilding technology."

"no problem."

The shipbuilder readily agreed and returned to the yard, where he began to rapidly hammer away at the log with his adze. An adze is similar to a hoe, but one is for digging the earth, while the other is for hammering wood.

Lin Bo did not find any remains of the remnant, so he went outside to watch the craftsmanship of the shipbuilder.

Benedict! Benedict!

Metal was chiseled and wood was peeling off. The mage listened attentively to the vibrations of iron and wood.

Based on his existing experience, Lin Bo summarized two conditions for true name detection: the forced silence of the object being listened to, and the active silence of the listener himself.

The wizard listened patiently, his ears filled with the wood's complaints. It was complaining about being beaten with an axe, about being stripped of its outer coat, about being cut down by a saw, and about a freezing rain in the woods many years ago.

You could tell it was very resentful, but what Lin Bo was really concerned about was the sound of the iron.

However, Iron Stone was a very, very cold being that almost never spoke. He could not catch a single sound, let alone the hidden true name rune.

On weekdays, if you want to listen to the steel talk, besides the subtle perception of tactile endoscopy, the other way is to listen to the church bell ringing at noon.

If you want to force steel to remain silent, you need another voice to suppress its language, just like rain to the waves, which is even more difficult. If gold and iron do not speak, it is fine. But when they speak, they always make a big splash, and it is difficult for other voices to cover it up.

"Can I try?" Lin Bo put down the cup and saucer, patted the biscuit crumbs on his hands, and walked to the shipbuilder.

"of course can."

Lin Bo took the adze, and the endoscopic technique was naturally activated, and he understood its entire structure clearly, the wooden handle, the iron blade. As he gently waved it, the iron blade also opened towards the mage.

It grumbled about how the damp vapor from the continuous rain was rusting its bones, and about how iron chips were shaken off when it clashed with wood.

Lin Bo raised the adze and chiseled the log.

Benedict!