[{"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-704":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},1381225,1828,"Chapter 704: Violent Little Algae","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-704",704,"\u003Cp>After Saul's advancement to third rank, if there was one companion who had changed the most, it was Little Algae, whom he had planted underground in the Purity Wizard Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Golden Pages' simulation, Little Algae had once mutated into a giant tentacle monster due to Black Tide pollution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, because of Saul's seal, the Black Tide hadn't erupted on a large scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when Saul finished dealing with matters outside and returned to the Purity Wizard Tower dragging his weary body, what greeted him was a room packed full of massive black vine-like tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Algae... had rioted?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through Saul's emergency rescue, steward Hope, who had nearly been crushed into pulp, was barely saved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Hope's first words upon being rescued were \"Camus ignited Little Algae.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul squeezed through the gaps between the massive, thick tentacles and finally made it to the second basement level, where he finally understood what \"ignited\" meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no actual flames on the second basement level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every time a soul entered Little Algae's body, the black tentacles would grow stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small basement room could no longer contain more than a dozen tentacle appendages nearly a meter in diameter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground had sunk, the floor was torn apart, and the first basement laboratory looked like it had been hit by a hurricane, with everything scattered across the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fragile glass instruments had been smashed into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul had no time to feel sorry for his wasted resources as he searched for Little Algae's main body among several rioting black tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Saul found it, the once cute and adorable demonic creature opened a shark-toothed giant mouth at Saul and bit down viciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, having advanced to the third rank, Saul could now borrow external magic power to forcibly suppress the frenzied Little Algae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Saul transformed his own flesh and blood into tentacles and entangled with Little Algae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suction cups on his semi-transparent tentacles greedily absorbed the dead spirits inside Little Algae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Little Algae itself fed on death, and the spirits entering its body were quickly digested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul could only absorb souls that had just entered Little Algae's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Saul had to combine the power of Nightmare Butterflies and consciousness space to finally calm the rioting Little Algae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Little Algae's size could never return to its original dimensions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a stomach that had been overstuffed, losing its elasticity and being expanded several times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking from his memories, Saul came to a corner of the first basement laboratory and used his mental power to open the sealing formation on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch-black formation that had merged with the floor rotated clockwise and cracked open an entrance in the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul jumped through the entrance, landing gracefully on the soft, bouncy tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To accommodate the wildly growing Little Algae, Saul had used magic spell to expand the second basement level tenfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even with the much larger space, Little Algae could only coil inside, with even movement being very difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the space being so cramped, Little Algae still \"welcomed\" Saul the moment he jumped down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tentacle suddenly burst through gaps in the vines, then split open its mouth, trying to bite off the intruder's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul raised his hand to block, and a black barrier appeared between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Algae's sharp teeth only bit the barrier a few times before the magical barrier began making tearing sounds of \"creaking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Saul flipped his hand, and the hemispherical protective barrier inverted to cover Little Algae's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with the inward-curving circle, even Little Algae's sharp teeth had nowhere to bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The angle was too tricky - it couldn't even get a proper bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a way of interaction that Saul had developed that wouldn't harm Little Algae while preventing it from attacking him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Essentially, it was putting a muzzle on the frenzied Little Algae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discovering it couldn't bite Saul no matter what, the massive black tentacle finally quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once calm, with some rationality returning, Little Algae finally recognized Saul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head rubbed against Saul's chest through the magical barrier, then listlessly collapsed onto its own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul crouched down and patted Little Algae's body comfortingly. \"It's okay, I'll cure you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this Little Algae was much more powerful than before, a demonic creature that had lost its reason would only become a complete monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul would absolutely never allow such a thing to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, even though you showed signs of violence before, I didn't seriously investigate the cause.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Algae, trapped in the magical barrier, flicked the tip of its tentacle to comfort Saul in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul told Little Algae, \"My research has made new progress. Let me see where exactly your problem lies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diary appeared in Saul's palm again, quickly flipping to a blank page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Algae turned its head, not knowing what Saul was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To outsiders, Saul was simply holding a dark red hardcover book quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Saul's eyes, the world's operation suddenly became traceable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cramped room, the massive black tentacles, the concealed underground... all became cubes wrapped in countless lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These lines converged above the diary pages and projected into lines of text.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lunar Calendar Year 320, April 5th\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the foundation of pain is not resolved,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then tragedy will only continue endlessly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when you desperately try to approach the truth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You'll discover the truth is a weight you cannot bear.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul looked at the text in the diary and frowned. \"Too abstract.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After gaining control of the diary, Saul had transformed the completely passive death warnings into a form of death exploration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But precisely because it was exploration lacking clear targets, the answers he sought became even more vague.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul made adjustments to the diary and finally reacquired information from the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the \"source\" mentioned in the diary, his gaze fell beneath Little Algae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The numerous souls that had originally invaded Little Algae came from underground, but they weren't the undead from Rhine Lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They came from deeper underground, just like Camus had originally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although these souls weren't as powerful as Camus, they were numerous and all contained Black Tide pollution within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using themselves as nourishment to invade Little Algae, they seemed to be planning to transform Little Algae into a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Saul had initially controlled Little Algae, the undead continued to emerge from underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until Byron and he used the Inertization Formula to jointly seal the underground that Little Algae was prevented from being continuously polluted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems the source affecting you is still underground.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whenever Saul wanted to enter the underground to investigate, the diary would issue death warnings, preventing him from taking risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Saul had once broken through the diary's death warnings, that was only under desperate circumstances, after trying multiple methods and finding a thread of hope among numerous death scenarios.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he naturally wouldn't casually risk his life in unprepared dangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul adjusted the diary, letting its power attach more to the underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the text in the diary changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lunar Calendar Year 320, April 5th\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower is built on a cliff about to collapse,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danger is destined to come, but if you don't bring the key to touch the devil's box,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It at least won't be opened so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before you prepare the antidote, going to grab the viper's tail will result in a very surprising death~]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1250,"2026-06-05T22:22:29.650Z",1,"novelbin.me","1f687b62520d87ef3a6414d077f1f50498a512e6884106b4b142993f1c2b90a1","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-705","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-703",1037,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdiary-of-a-dead-wizard-cover.jpg"]