[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-diary-of-a-dead-wizard":3,"chapter-diary-of-a-dead-wizard-diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-702":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Diary of a Dead Wizard",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1381223,1828,"Chapter 702: Evil Thoughts","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-702",702,"\u003Cp>Thinking of the death traps Kismet had created one after another, Saul recalled a scene he had witnessed when using Nightmare Butterflies to observe the diary's history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that historical segment, one of the diary's former owners was sitting atop a mountain of corpses, holding the diary and sighing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must have killed vast numbers of people for death energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the mountain piled high with bodies, he had probably killed enough people to populate an entire continent to reach such a scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul asked himself: did he want to become the next Kismet, or become an existence like the diary's previous owner?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without needing much thought, he already had his answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kismet didn't have a good life at all. And the diary's previous owner obviously abandoned the diary that required countless people's sacrifice in the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul had no intention of following his predecessors' old path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, regarding how to replenish the diary's death energy, he vaguely had a new idea forming in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Saul moved, several eyes sprouted from the walls as if in a stress response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would drill out from inside the walls when Saul approached, then close their eyelids again when Saul left, hiding as if they never existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Saul reached the third floor, a mouth suddenly sprouted from the white door that matched the wizard tower's color scheme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tower Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mouth enthusiastically greeted Saul, but before getting Saul's response, the door it was on was pulled open from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Byron's wooden face appeared, his eye sockets full of dark circles. \"Perhaps we could recruit some assistants.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Byron wore specially-made black wizard robes with steel needles stuck all over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We also need to purchase a new batch of test subjects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul smiled. \"Just discuss these matters with Hope. He'll help you contact Jiajia Gu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Byron bared his teeth. \"I need apprentices and true wizards to cooperate in experiments.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His smile gradually distorting, Saul asked helplessly, \"Senior, are you still researching the Inertization Formula? You should put more thought into advancement too. I can't be certain when the Borderland will experience another Black Tide pollution outbreak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Byron's small-scale Black Tide inertization experiments were complete, but he had been unable to expand the inertization's range of influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, he could only treat one person at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Byron temporarily gave up expanding the inertization's range and began researching the reverse experiment of inertization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, reactivating already inertized black powder back into Black Tide, carrying powerful pollution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul had repeatedly advised Byron to focus more on personal advancement, but Byron could be terribly stubborn sometimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had buried himself so deep in Black Tide experiments that he refused to climb out of that pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, over all this time, his magic power hadn't changed much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, his mental strength had gradually become more resilient through the repeated cycle of being polluted and treated by Saul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing.\" Byron brushed it off with his usual excuse again. \"I need several assistants for long-term experimental cooperation. They might need to live in the wizard tower. Or if you find it inconvenient, I could also move to the mushroom forest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need for the trouble.\" Saul waved his hand. \"Although my wizard tower isn't particularly spacious, housing another dozen or so people wouldn't be a problem. Besides, I released the mouths and eyes from the interlayers precisely so there would be monitoring when others enter the wizard tower in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul thought for a moment, then continued, \"I'll be going out in a couple days and will take Agu and the others with me. Before then, I'll arrange assistants for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Byron nodded, not asking where Saul was going. If Saul needed him, he would be called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their exchange complete, Byron didn't waste a moment, directly closing the door and returning to continue his research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mouth on the door continued talking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tower Master, good evening! Do you need me to open the door for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk.\" Saul pulled his mouth corners in disgust. \"Been out for so long and still doesn't have a bit of brains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mouth on the door laughed \"hehe,\" revealing yellowed, sharp teeth. \"You're absolutely right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul continued downward, the eyes in the walls following him down like a string of colored lights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached the first basement level, a mass of black mist blocked the stairway, completely obscuring the next level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This layer of black mist would block unauthorized intruders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hidden deep within the mist was Black Tide pollution that Saul had extracted and processed. Even third-rank wizards entering would be blocked for a time by the suddenly appearing high-purity pollution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they continued to force their way through, those with insufficient strength would quickly be eroded by the pollution, their entire body mutating into unknowable monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the wizard tower's master, Saul naturally wouldn't be blocked by the black mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, Saul passed through the black mist and entered the first basement laboratory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was generally used for more dangerous and secretive experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monster limbs were distributed across several differently-sized experiment tables, most limbs still maintaining activity with various instruments connected to their tissues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Books beside the instruments faithfully recorded various experimental processes and data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agu, who was monitoring the active limb readings in the laboratory, saw Saul approach and hurriedly put down his instruments to come over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm here to check on the Baisek Magic Mirror's reaction. Continue with your work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agu immediately recalled the relevant data and proactively introduced it to Saul: \"Currently monitoring the souls remaining in the magic mirror, but due to the mirror's influence, the readings are constantly fluctuating. Accuracy still needs confirmation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul and Agu came to a corner of the laboratory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here appeared to be just a row of shelves, but after removing the surface disguise magic, what appeared before them was an antique full-length mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the mirror was a woman's silhouette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat on the ground with her arms around her knees, curled up in a ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her long hair was disheveled, falling to the ground and accumulating in several natural arcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the gaps in the black hair strands, one could see that this woman, with her back to the mirror surface, seemed to be wearing no clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her alluring body curves were faintly visible, emanating seductive charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone with impure thoughts saw this, they probably couldn't help but press against the mirror surface, hoping that by drawing closer, they could see more beautiful scenery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whether Saul or Agu, both maintained calm expressions, standing a meter away from the mirror surface without moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting a moment and seeing the figure in the mirror still motionless, Saul knocked on the mirror surface with his knuckles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one here is interested in illusions. If you don't want to get beaten like last time, you'd better come out immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Baisek Magic Mirror's surface rippled with water-like waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the ripples stopped, the original woman's silhouette disappeared, replaced by a mass of white smoke that constantly expanded and contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suspended in the center of the smoke was a human head very familiar to Saul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Pei'er's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when this face opened its tightly closed eyes, the rich malice emanating from those eyes almost seemed to materialize and drill out from inside the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You finally came.\" The face of Pei'er in the mirror was extremely gloomy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you sense Pei'er's consciousness now?\" Saul ignored the resentment from the person in the mirror and asked calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you!\" The head suddenly lunged forward, then crashed against the mirror surface with a bang, unable to break through. \"I want to devour ninety-nine women's souls, otherwise I won't help you contact that fool!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul crossed his arms. \"Are you forgetting that you're also a soul fragment stripped from Pei'er?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The face laughed loudly. \"What do you understand? I actively left her! Left that waste! That fool!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She doesn't look particularly smart either.\" Agu covered his mouth with the back of his hand and complained to Saul in a not-very-quiet voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Saul didn't continue joking with Agu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She's the evil thoughts stripped from Pei'er. This kind of mindless frenzy might just be one layer of her disguise. Don't be deceived. Everything according to the rules.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1399,"2026-06-05T22:22:29.650Z",1,"novelbin.me","4f3acd954b5217f23235b97ee4bb5e2bdfd397ed979b41a9473c34a795c555d6","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-703","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-701",1037,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdiary-of-a-dead-wizard-cover.jpg"]