Using the advanced psychic technology of the mind flayers as a means of transmission...

Add to that the advanced cloning technology obtained from Erinikas, and the souls of those highly educated people from the Harry Potter world who have passed away...

The prerequisite technologies required for Zuo Si’s “Fourth Disaster” plan were finally all lit up.

Although there are still some shortcomings in terms of the number of one-time accesses and coverage, it has been able to move from the initial trial to trial operation.

Anyway, everything is difficult at the beginning.

As long as you take the first step boldly, all other problems will not be a problem.

If the technology is not good enough, then invest manpower and material resources in research and development. If the power of the main brain is not enough, find a way to strengthen it, or create a new one.

In short, he believes that there are always more solutions than problems.

Only when there are more "people" in the floating city who have the ability to think and create, can the world destroyed by the terrible magic plague once again ignite the fire of civilization, become prosperous little by little, and become a rear base that can be relied upon.

You have to know that relying solely on a few high-level liches and a large group of low-level undead creatures with little intelligence is not enough to form and support the core of a "civilization".

Zuo Si was very clear about this from the very beginning.

But unfortunately, the world where the floating city is located was destroyed too thoroughly by the magical plague.

Especially the population. Even after a large-scale search and rescue, less than 10,000 people have been found so far. Among them, no more than 30 people have magical talents and have been taken to the floating city to receive systematic education.

As for ordinary people without magical talent, they were all temporarily settled in the port city of Hull, where they either engaged in agricultural and handicraft production or received strict training to become warriors.

If we only rely on these few people, it would be quite difficult to ensure that they do not perish.

In particular, the offspring of close relatives may lead to a series of serious problems.

The most direct way to solve all these problems is to inject some fresh blood into it.

Zuo Si has privately collected the genes of intelligent creatures from several planes, including Faerun, Zendikar, and Innistrad.

He even obtained a full set of technology for creating dark elves and spider elves from the spider goddess Rose, and can use magical cloning to create a large number of intelligent creatures such as humans, elves, orcs, gnomes, halflings, and dwarves.

However, if the creatures created by cloning are awakened directly, they will often become extremely dangerous, violent, and unstable because they have omitted the growth experience from childhood to adulthood, as well as the process of learning and receiving education.

Therefore, Zuo Si came up with the idea of ​​using the mind flayer's psychic power to allow the dead souls to control these clones.

After all, the smarter a person is, the less willing he is to lose his life.

All he had to do was sign a "voluntary" contract with these guys who were about to die or had already died.

Of course, the reason why the word "voluntary" is put in quotation marks is that although the contract seems to have choices, in fact there is no choice.

There is no so-called heaven and hell on that magical earth, nor is there an underworld or the god of death. All there is is forgetting little by little over the long years and eventually losing oneself.

I believe that anyone who learns this truth will immediately forget Dumbledore's famous saying "Death is a great adventure" and will try to prolong their lives at all costs.

Even if this way of prolonging life requires them to hand over their souls to another devil for control.

Thinking of this, Zuo Si couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly, and said in a slightly self-deprecating tone: "I really am becoming more and more like a devil from hell."

"No! Great Master! In my eyes, you have always been a great devil comparable to those level lords, such as Asmodeus."

The little devil who served as a magic pet flew in from outside at some point, with a flattering and fawning smile on his face.

Although it has been kept in the wizard tower for some time, it has not been idle. Not only is it wearing a dragon leather armor with magic resistance, but all ten of its fingers are wearing magic rings that sparkle with colorful light, and there is also a carefully crafted long dagger hanging around its waist.

Obviously, this guy used the power and resources of the Mage Tower to create a lot of magic equipment for himself.

Although the enchantment levels are generally not high, they are more insidious than each other.

The barb made of refined gold embedded in the tail actually hides a small device that injects alchemical toxins.

Once you are scratched by this thing, your body will instantly suffer from the harm caused by two different toxins.

Not only will it slow down a person's reaction, speed and movements, but it will also cause a horrible blood coagulation effect.

If you don't carry an antidote with you, or have teammates with divine professions such as priests and druids who have detoxification abilities, then you can just lie down and wait to die.

Because he possessed the Eye of Knowledge and Magic Vision, Zuo Si saw through the effects of all the magic equipment on his pet at a glance. He couldn't help but comment with a twitch in his mouth: "You really have brought these two advantages of shamelessness and insidiousness to the extreme."

The little devil was not ashamed but proud. He put one hand on his chest and bowed: "Thank you for the compliment."

"I'm not complimenting you." Zuo Si rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Tell me, what's the matter with you coming to see me?"

"That's right. According to your instructions, I took over the intelligence gathering work in Athkatla, that is, those shapeshifters who were secretly stuffed into the tavern. Through infiltration of the entire social level, some shapeshifters discovered that in the dark, there is a force that has never been detected before, hiding among the high-level officials of Amn. They call themselves... Lurkers!"

As he said this, the expression on the little devil's face suddenly became very serious.

Because in its view, a mysterious organization can hide and operate in a city with the Knights of the Burning Heart, many churches of gods and the Masked Mage Guild all year round without being noticed at all, which in itself means that the other party is very scary.

In addition, much of the intelligence collected so far is very vague, and we don’t even know who is leading this organization calling itself the Hidden Ones, how many members it has, or what its purpose is.

"The Lurker?"

Zuo Si stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

After about a few seconds, he suddenly remembered that there was indeed such a secret organization in Askatla, the capital of Amn, but the real controller behind it was actually a group of mind flayers.

The purpose is also very simple, to control the powerful people in human society through psychic powers, and then let them provide themselves with a series of materials such as slaves, daily necessities, steel, minerals, gems, magic items, etc.

In fact, this situation is not an exception, but a common phenomenon in almost all towns of a certain size on the continent of Faerun.

Not to mention the surface world, they can even be found in the city of Menzoberranzan in the Underdark.

For example, the octopus head that often appears in the Banrui family...

"Keep keeping an eye on these guys' movements, but don't alert them easily. I don't have time to deal with them now." Zuo Si made a decision quickly after a little thought.

On the one hand, the mind flayers who have become "hidden ones" are hiding too deeply in human society, and it is not easy to dig them out.

He didn't want to do anything like this which was both time-consuming and laborious.

What's more, he was rushing to the Well of Souls to create a god of his own.

On the other hand, these mind flayers are generally not very dangerous, and are not even as dangerous as the Shadow Thieves Guild, which is supported by the Council of Six of Amn.

"I see. Now I know what to do."

The minds of magical pets and their masters are connected, so the little devil instantly understood what kind of organization the "Hidden Ones" were, and turned around and flew out without saying a word.

He must immediately inform his shapeshifters to stay away from the "lurker".

If you are caught by the Mind Flayer by accident, all the secrets hidden in your mind will be exposed in a moment.

After watching the magical pet leave, Zuo Si immediately sewed the torn pieces of Angel Duxin's body back together, and then took him straight to the teleportation room.

But halfway, he was stopped by one of the Isadoras.

"Are you leaving again?" the girl asked.

Zuo Si nodded gently: "Yes. I am going to another world to do something very important, to create a god with my own hands."

"Can you take me with you?" Isadora asked immediately afterwards.

"Sorry, it's not possible this time. Maybe next time." Zuo Si refused without hesitation.

Because he really didn't have the heart to take care of a troubled girl with serious personality and mental problems.

Especially the one in front of him, who represents the absolute calmness and rationality in Isadora's personality and is the most difficult to deal with among the four Isadoras.

"All right."

The girl nodded slightly and didn't argue any further.

After Zuo Si activated the power of sparks to open a portal to another world, she turned expressionlessly and walked towards the deepest part of the Mage Tower. It took her half an hour to finally reach the conch shell ship hidden deep underground.

When she appeared around the brain pool, the mind flayer who had reported to Zuo Si raised his head and asked through the telepathic connection: "Have you really thought it through? You should know that once you choose to merge with the main brain, although you can still control your body through psychic technology, you are actually no longer a human. More importantly, without the rationality and calmness in your personality, the other three of you will inevitably rush towards the chaos camp after merging with each other."

"I've thought about it. Since Soth needs a mastermind who is loyal to him and will never betray him, let me be the mastermind."

The girl gave an affirmative answer in a tone without any emotion.

“Admirable awareness!”

The Mind Flayer danced its octopus-like tentacles, a hint of relief flashing in its eyes.

Obviously, the reason why Isadora in front of him knew about the "Fourth Disaster" plan was because she leaked it deliberately.

In other words, this mind flayer noticed his master's hesitation in dealing with the Elder Brain, so he decided to solve the problem himself.

The best way to solve this problem is to replace the newly born consciousness of the new main brain with someone Zuo Si absolutely trusts.

In the Mage Tower, the only people Zuo Si could trust absolutely were the four Isadoras, apart from the summoned creatures and the strange objects that got into Wilmes's mind.

Most importantly, Isadora is a psychic, and naturally has no barriers with the mind flayer mastermind.

Coupled with his unique understanding of the concept of "self" and the calm and rational character of the person in front of him, he is even more suitable to be the main brain than the Mind Flayer itself.

"When do we start?"

The girl raised her head and asked in an uncertain tone.

"I'm making preliminary preparations, and it will probably take a few days. You'd better get ready, as I don't want any mistakes to happen during the ceremony." The Mind Flayer gave an excited answer.

It firmly believes that as long as Isadora becomes the mastermind, Zuo Si will definitely increase his investment in psychic powers and even speed up the promotion of the entire plan, thereby making the entire tribe stronger.

In fact, replacing the consciousness of the existing main brain with another consciousness is a very "treasonous" and taboo behavior even among the mind flayers.

Normally, only when the main brain is severely damaged and the original consciousness is confused and lost, will the most powerful mind destroyer in the tribe be asked to donate its brain, and through an extremely complex ritual, it will be allowed to devour the originally damaged main brain.

But for a mind flayer that was made into a summoning card, serving its master, sharing worries and solving problems are its top priorities.

The so-called master brain is nothing more than a tool to provide services to its master, and it has no sense of awe at all.

"Don't worry. This mastermind that has just developed a weak sense of self-awareness has no chance of defeating me in a battle of minds. I want to become the most powerful mastermind in the entire Faerun and even the multiverse, and ensure that Soth's plan can be implemented smoothly."

While saying this, the girl stared at the already large main brain in the brain pool, without any emotion in her eyes.

It seemed that for her, abandoning her human identity was no big deal at all.

Zuo Si, who had already left Furen, would never have dreamed that right after he left, Isadora would come up with another "big surprise". She was so crazy that she became the "strongest brain" without even saying hello.

Of course, even if I knew, I don’t have time to care about it now.

At this moment, he was standing above the Soul Well, watching the endless souls of the dead moving slowly around the edge. He quickly took out Angel Duxin's body and began to extract soul energy directly from the bottom of the well, continuously injecting it into the body that had no signs of life or soul.

In less than a few seconds, the heart that had stopped beating began beating strongly again.

Not only that!

As more and more energy was injected, all the wounds and suture marks on the corpse disappeared in a very short time, and were replaced by a living person who seemed to be in a coma or sleeping.

But in fact, this is just a "corpse resurrection" phenomenon caused by absorbing too much soul energy.

Angel Duxin did not really come back to life, it was just the remaining divine power in his body that reacted to the soul energy.

According to the life-creating magic he learned from Sorin Markov, Zuo Si took out the bottle of phoenix blood from his pocket and slowly poured it into the mouth of the corpse.

The next second...

A ball of dazzling red flame instantly burst out from the corpse, bringing light, heat and a little warmth to this extremely cold world of the dead.

In this bright flame, the corpse was slowly consumed, making the flame appear to burn even more vigorously.

After about a few hours, the fiercely burning flames finally condensed into the shape of the "Phoenix" Phoenix in mid-air.

I saw that its entire body was made up of pure energy, without any entity at all.

In other words, during the burning process just now, Angel Duxin's body had been completely digested and absorbed by the flames and became a part of it.

But that’s not all!

Because it is easy to create something with life characteristics, the real difficulty is to create a powerful soul worthy of the status of a god from scratch according to one's own will.

Fortunately, this is the soul well, and the thing we have the most is soul energy.

Otherwise, just the step of converting magic power into soul energy would require a crazy consumption of sparks.

After all, Sorin Markov had used up half of his own strength when he created the Archangel Avacyn.

As one of the ancient planeswalkers, half of his power is extraordinary. This shows how staggering the price he has to pay to create a powerful soul is.

Zuo Si did not pay much attention to the phoenix-shaped flame floating above the deep well. Instead, he continued to draw more energy from below, then raised his right hand and released the magic of creating life.

moment!

A hammer made of energy appeared out of thin air in the palm of his hand, along with an anvil.

Whenever soul energy is extracted, it passes through this anvil first.

Zuo Si took the opportunity to hit him hard with the hammer.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Every time the hammer struck, the souls wandering around the entire Soul Well could hear a heavy knocking sound.

Since there is no sound in the afterlife, this sound actually comes from the resonance and vibration of the soul.

At this moment, Zuo Si looked like a blacksmith, constantly swinging the hammer to forge pieces using soul energy as raw material, and infusing them with the will, thoughts and character he wanted.

At the beginning, the forged soul was like a dough, incredibly soft, and its external form could be changed with a little force.

But as time passed and the beating continued, the "dough" began to harden and vague human shapes emerged.

Similarly, Zuo Si's hand that was tightly gripping the hammer also looked scarred after a long period of forging. More than half of it was cut by the flying soul fragments, and some places even revealed white bones.

But even so, he had no intention of stopping, like a robot that could not feel tiredness or pain.

Because forging a soul is not like making magic items or even artifacts. You can stop and rest for a while when you are tired.

Just the opposite!

The soul must be forged in one breath. There must not be any stagnation in the middle, and there is no possibility of rest or treatment of injuries. Otherwise, the forged soul will have very obvious defects.

This was a point that Sorin Markov had repeatedly stressed when teaching life magic.

To be honest, Zuo Si sometimes really couldn't understand what this vampire was thinking.

He was clearly an undead creature, but instead of studying the necromancy and blood magic that were more suitable for him, he took a completely opposite path.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Sorin Markov's necromancy and blood magic isn't powerful enough, but it's several levels behind his attainments in the field of life magic.

With curiosity about the life experience of this ancient planeswalker, Zuo Si finally completed the forging of soul energy at the level of tens of millions of people when his entire right arm was completely numb and only bones were left in his right hand.

The moment when the final hammer hits!

The hammer and anvil shattered on the spot, emitting a dazzling golden light.

Without exception, all of these golden lights were absorbed by the soul that had just been forged in front of them.

After about two or three seconds, the new soul finally slowly opened its eyes, looked around with eyes as innocent as a baby, and its face was full of curiosity.

(End of this chapter)