Chapter 19: Mirror Prison

"Do you know a guy named Jiaha?"

"Which one do you mean?" Faced with my answer, the old man was obviously stunned. I quickly explained: "I know three Jiaha, or two, of course you can also say they are the same person."

The old man was obviously surprised to hear my words, but he chose to believe me, so he just pondered for a while, and then said, "Is there an old man among the three Jiahas you know who is very good at making magic puppets?"

"I'm talking about the fact that I know three Jiaha, not three Jiaha, I only know two of them, but from your description, unfortunately you're looking for the one I don't know."

"What do you mean? I'm a little confused by what you said."

"Jiaha was originally a senior mage who studied magic puppet technology."

The old man nodded and said, "Of course, otherwise what else can he be?"

"It was indeed, but it was not afterwards. The Jiaha you knew was the first generation Jiaha, and he was dead. But before he died, he conducted an experiment in the hope that he could obtain a permanent life. However, the experiment failed in the end, and Jiaha's knowledge and soul split into two individuals. Both Jiaha were born from the Jiaha, but they only had some of Jiaha's thoughts or knowledge, so you can say that they were Jiaha, or they were two new independent personalities."

"I really didn't expect Jiaha to die. But it's rare for his knowledge and soul to stay." The old man suddenly turned around and snapped his fingers after a moment of recollection. Then we saw a small door like a dog hole at the bottom of the bookshelf next to one of the walls suddenly opened, and then a large number of strange-shaped things flew out from it. Among these things, one of the magic brooms seemed to be the favorite of the witches, but it was not for riding, but was really swept the floor there. In addition to this kind of broom that could sweep the floor by itself, there were two squares with a tube in front of the square, which looked like a vacuum cleaner, and there were also many flying metal balls with four metal arms. Some of these balls were packing up the fragments there, some held up the bookshelf intact, and some started to dust them everywhere with rags and feather dusters.

Just as I was stunned by this pile of magical versions of housekeeping robots, the old man suddenly continued, "These are the small gifts that Jiaha gave me back then. I didn't expect that in so many years, these things were still there, but he had already left."

"You said these things are Jiaha's works?"

The old man nodded and said, "Yes. It was the first time I met Jiaha at a banquet. You should know that we, the mages who are engaged in research, do not like socializing. So Jiaha and I hid in the corner of the banquet. At that time, in order not to waste time, I took out a note and calculated the formula. Who knew that Jiaha actually pointed out that after reading a few sheets of paper, I suddenly pointed out that there was a place I wrote wrong. At that time, we were all very young, and of course we refused to give up easily, so I started arguing with Jiaha. Because we could not convince each other with our mouths, we left the banquet and ran to my laboratory to start calculating and reasoning. At that time, I and I

Jiaha each proposed a set of theories and used our own theory to prove that the magic formula is correct, so we felt very curious about each other. After that, Jiaha asked me to explain my theory to him, and he also explained his theory to me. After that, we studied together for three months and finally understood the other's theory thoroughly. But we were both surprised to find that the other's theory was also correct. Two correct theoretical reasonings in the same formula will actually get different answers, which means that there is something wrong with our theory." When we said this, the old man looked fascinated again, which made me urge him to continue talking directly.

The old man continued at my urging: "Then we moved together and started to study the two theories together to determine what was wrong. However, after spending a whole year, we were surprised to find the fact that our theories were correct."

"Since your theories are correct, why are the calculations different?"

"This is what I admire about Jiaha." The old man said: "After I found that there was no problem with the theory, I fell into complete chaos because I could no longer tell which was right and which was wrong. But Jiaha was different. He insisted on studying it for another half a year when the theory collapsed. Guess what?" After the old man said this, he stared at me with an expression of asking me quickly, making me feel that he was simply a child who knew the big secret and was about to show off.

Although I felt that the old man had a bit of an old naughty child, I still asked in cooperation: "I guess he must have discovered something, right?"

"Yes." The old man slapped his hands excitedly, and then said with a mouthful of mouth: "I was almost about to give up research at that time because I didn't know if there was any problem with my basic theory. If my previous research was based on a wrong theory, what's the use of me to continue researching it? So I was really a little discouraged at that time. However, in the middle of the night, when I was drunk and sleeping soundly in bed, Jiaha suddenly rushed in like crazy and dragged me away. Then he pulled me to the laboratory and showed me the reason why the formula had two answers."

"What's the reason?"

"Soul." The old man said with an excited face flushed: "Our formula is about the resistance of organisms to magic, but the results calculated according to the two theories are different. We had always thought that one of these two results was the correct result, but the facts proved that both results were correct. The reason for their differences was that we calculated less one thing, that is the soul. The magic resistance of a living creature with a soul is higher than that of the magic resistance after the death of the creature. In this way, the soul plays a key role, and due to the influence of the strength of the soul, this ratio is still an unfixed variable. With this discovery, it not only proves that our theory has no problem, but also opens it for us.

Another research direction." When he said this, the old man suddenly became frustrated again, and then he jumped on the table when he was just excited, and then continued: "It's a pity that after discovering this characteristic of the soul, Jiaha and I split again. Jiaha began to turn to the analysis of the relationship between soul and matter, and I specifically studied the essence of the soul. Because of different research projects and their own affairs at that time, we quickly separated. However, Jiaha was already a well-known wizard at the tenth level of alchemy, so he gave me such a magic cleaning combination before leaving. Unexpectedly, we never had the chance to meet again since we separated!"

"Maybe you don't have to be so disappointed," I said, "Although Jiaha is gone, those two new Jiaha have memories of Jiaha in the past, so they may still know you."

"Yes." This old man is really an old naughty boy, and his expression changes like a child. He looked very depressed in the last second, but suddenly he became very happy in the next second and shouted excitedly: "Do you know where they are? I want to see them."

"Sorry, they are a little far away from here in Aisinger, the main city of our Frost Rose League, and one of them is not convenient to move, so if you want to see them, you can only ask you to go to Aisinger with me."

I originally thought the old man would hesitate for a moment, but he turned around and shouted at the Golden Lion Dragon: "Yosfat, please help me guard the place. Can I go and meet my old friend?"

"But your body is about to..."

The old man looked at his body and said, "It's okay, it's still three months before the day comes. I think I should hurry up and come back before this."

I looked at the Golden Lion Dragon and asked, "What's wrong with his body?"

The golden lion dragon turned his head and said to me, "What the old guy told you about Jiaha is an existence of the same era. Jiaha has been dead for so long. Don't you think it's strange why he didn't die?"

I had never been to it before, but suddenly I remembered when I heard the Golden Lion Dragon say this. "Yes! Jiaha died because she was exhausted and wanted to transform herself into a lich but failed. How could you live for so long?"

The old man laughed and said, "Remember I said I specialize in soul research?"

"Then what?"

"Then I frozen my body and then used my soul to move. As long as my body does not die, my soul will be immortal. However, such a soul cannot be cultivated, so it cannot improve its strength and cannot touch objects, which is very troublesome. So I thought of a way, which is to copy myself with the life array. This copying method can create many identical bodies for me as long as there are mother samples. Of course, the reproduction is all corpses without souls. However, because it is my corpse and the body itself has no problems, I just need to freeze the body and then use my soul to fuse the copied body. The success rate of my soul to fuse my body is 100%, and it is not

There will be any repulsion. This way I can use my new body until the body is about to die. I must go back to the mother body to pull the soul back to the mother body, then replace it with a young corpse and re-fusion the soul, and then change it when the body is old. However, because when I completed this theory, my body was already ninety-five years old, so the copied blank body without soul is ninety-five years old. According to my test, my lifespan should be around 180 years old, so for safety, I usually use my body until 175 years old and replace it with a new body. That is to say, I need to change my body every 80 years, and now it is only three months before the next time I change it."

After hearing the old man's words, I asked directly: "Why do you have to take risks? Although three months are not short, there is no need to take risks, right? Can't you change your body in advance? Or just move your body to Aisinger together."

"What? Move the body over?"

"Yes." Researchers who are about the same level as Jiaha are more precious than treasures. This guy is just a friend of Jiaha, and he also has a magic pet as powerful as the Golden Lion Dragon. If I don't pack it and bring it back to Aisinger, I won't be at ease even when I sleep.

"But, my research..."

"You should know better than me what kind of person Jiaha is. Do you think there is no research equipment in the place where he lives?" I said seriously: "Our Frost Rose League experimental equipment is definitely dozens of times better than the equipment you have here, and it has a wide variety of functions and comprehensive functions. If it weren't for such superior conditions, would you think Jiaha would be willing to go to me to live forever?"

"But it's still a bit too hasty to run over like this suddenly. At least I'll have to see the environment there before talking about it?"

"This is of course. Then, let me tell me what things must be taken away, give them a number, and then I will take you to visit our situation. If you think it is not good, then you can come back at any time when you see Wanjiaha. If you think it is good, tell me what things you need to be moved here and I will have someone come over to help you transport them."

"Oh well."

After all, the old man was not willing to agree. In fact, he was more inclined to work with me, after all, Jiaha was there. Even if these two Jiaha were not the Jiaha they were in the past, they were the heirs of Jiaha, carrying Jiaha’s soul and knowledge. These things determine that they and this old man definitely have many common topics.

While the old man was busy numbering his things, I and the golden lion dragon named Josfat were not idle either, because Josfat's request had not been finished. According to his account, their enemies of the Golden Lion Dragon clan were actually locked up here. They had already caught the curse guy. It was just because of the problem of the curse that they could not kill him by themselves, and they could not even find an ordinary person to attack after limiting the guy's actions. The only thing they could do was limit the range of activities of this guy, but

He cannot bind his body and ability. If you want to kill him, you must have someone strong enough to really kill this guy before you can kill this guy. Before, Yosfat had been looking for such a person. This is how the former owner of the room I was in the test just now, but for Yosfat, it was unfortunate for me. Fortunately for Yosfat, that guy was killed directly by the guy who was good at cursing when he actually started. So now Yosfat had to find someone with enough strength to help kill that guy.

"That guy is right here?" I asked, pointing to a gate in front.

This is the bottom floor of the old man's underground laboratory. Yosfat directly arrived here through a wide passage that was enough for him to pass. Then he said nervously: "After I open the door, we will enter a special space, and you can clearly see a dividing line. This dividing line is the magic barrier set up by our Golden Lion and Dragon clan. That guy can neither come out nor see the situation here on the other side of the barrier. Looking from him, the barrier will reflect like a mirror, and he can't see anything except his own mirror. However, the barrier is not soundproof, so after opening the door, you don't talk and try not to make sounds."

"Why?"

"Because I hope you can sneak attack that guy."

"Sneak attack?"

"Yes. Although he knew that someone might come in here to kill him at any time, he could only rely on hearing if he couldn't see it. Moreover, this guy's hearing is not particularly good. As long as you pay attention to lightening his pace, he generally cannot detect it in advance. He has been so alert to the barrier here and concentrate his energy for a long time. Now it's very short time since he killed the person I found last time. He probably wouldn't have thought that I could find another person so soon, so he would definitely not pay too much attention to the barrier here now. As long as you suddenly rush out from the barrier when he is not careful, it will be possible to launch an attack. If you can kill him with one blow, the curse of our clan will be lifted."

I never think I am a knight, so I don’t have the intention to face the battle with people openly. Since Josfat said that I would attack me, wouldn’t I be idiot if I had to run in and duel with him? “Okay, no problem. After you open the door, I will pay attention to finding an opportunity to attack him, but don’t urge me. I may need to wait there for a while to observe his combat capabilities first. If I am ready, I will naturally take action. Just don’t urge me.”

"Don't worry, I've been waiting for so many years, and I can't care about this time."

After I got Josfat's confirmation, I asked Josfat to open the door. The door was probably really prepared for a sneak attack, but it was completely silent. When the door opened, it did not move to both sides or push it inward, but it suddenly disappeared. This door seemed to have a teleportation function. As soon as Josfat touched the door, the door disappeared immediately. It was not until we walked in that the door appeared again.

I tiptoed to the barrier like a thief, and then I began to observe the situation inside with the gesture of Josfat's eyes.

This space is indeed a special space. It is a cube structure, with a length, width and height of about 2,000 meters. The four walls of the space, the ceiling and floor are all mirrored. If you stand at the center of that space, no matter which direction you look forward, backward, left and right, up and down, you will inevitably see countless selves extending to places that cannot be seen in the distance, because the mirror will constantly reflect your figure, and the mirror reflected back and forth will constantly reflect repeated reflections, so what you can see will be countless selves appearing in the mirror and standing in a row.

Although I had known this space was strange, I still didn't expect that there would be such a space. According to what Yosfate said before, if these mirrors are broken, you will not see the wall behind, but will penetrate the mirror on the other side. To put it simply, this space is not only an optical mirror, but also a spatial mirror. If you go to the left wall and smash the mirror and walk in, you will emerge from the wall on the right, which means that no matter where you go, you can only loop infinitely in this room.
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