This Lich Needs More Money Chapter 541

Chapter 541 Time and Memory

 The soul of Apoptotic Rose is completely open to Amber Xiu, without any defense.

 Amber Xiu can completely manipulate her soul and make this undead queen completely his slave.

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 But now Amber Xiu... still hesitated for a long time.

There is no way. He has been a lich for too long and is too deeply impressed by the issue of money. Even when he was alive, Amberxiu was not a good person with a strong will.

But the best way to resist temptation is not to look at it.

 Amberson turned his attention to another thing, which was how to weave a complete soul.

Even with the ability to create a soul, it is not easy for Amber Xiu.

Even though he generates soul coins in batches, it seems like he can manipulate the souls in the palm of his hand, but those resolute and unyielding incomplete souls don't even know the reason for their unyielding. They are just programmed application software and do not really own them. Independent thinking soul.

 The only complete soul that Amberxiu has ever fabricated in this life is Melina.

 There's nothing I can do about it, I just took the money.

 At the beginning, Apoptotic Rose spent a lot of money to create a perfect child of her own. Amber Xiu couldn't let other people's children just kill, like a stupid machine. Even if this kind of power has legendary favor, it will be difficult to exert any effect in the end.

 So after ensuring Melina's combat effectiveness and her emotions for the Apoptotic Rose, Amberxiu also needs to give Melina her true soul and true self.

 Before that, we need to clarify something first—what is self?

 Self-satisfaction is an "illusion" that every independent thinking individual cannot bypass, but this self-satisfaction requires first eliminating the instinct of life. Biological instincts such as wanting to eat when hungry and wanting to sleep when sleepy are not counted. Wanting to eat delicious food, wanting to sleep more comfortably, and even starving to death rather than going on a hunger strike. These things that are higher than instinct are what distinguish intelligent creatures from other creatures. difference.

 It's complicated to say, but it's even more complicated to do.

Amberxiu needs to find these things about himself in the soul of the Apoptotic Rose, and then reactivate them.

 The undead are all forgotten because of the lack of feelings, and buried deep in their hearts, leaving only the biggest obsession. Obsession is often a cruel and tormenting thing. Over hundreds of thousands of years, the soul will be distorted by this torture.

 Hence, after the obsession dissipates, the undead will be extremely satisfied as never before, and then quickly enter a state of death. The Lich will be more obvious, because obsession is the key to binding the phylactery, and the current state of the Apoptotic Rose is that the ability to regenerate the phylactery has disappeared.

 “I'm sorry, let me see your best memory.”

 The connection of souls allowed countless memory fragments to be displayed in front of Amber Xiu.

 Resentment, curse, anger...these emotions appear constantly, and they are Apoptotic Rose's deepest feelings for Ryan.

Amberxiu pushed aside these negative emotions little by little and explored deeper. He needed to find the memory of Apoptotic Rose before she turned into an undead.

As the princess of Lane, her youth should have been happy, right?

In the synesthetic dream, the Apoptotic Rose lies quietly among the clouds, and everything around it seems so illusory and distorted.

 The dream was blurry, probably because she no longer had the ability to dream at this time. Apoptotic Rose didn't want to think about anything, didn't know anything, and just wanted to fall asleep completely. This life was too tiring.

Suddenly, a girl with blue eyes and blond hair appeared next to Apoptotic Rose. Their faces were roughly similar, but the blond girl looked much more childish and her eyes were full of innocence.

The girl shook Apoptotic Rose's shoulders and said softly: "Wake up, wake up quickly, everything will be exposed, including what happened when you were a child."

Apoptotic Rose opened her eyes, looked at her young self, and said doubtfully: "Why...why do you appear here...you are already dead."

 After she escaped from Lane and fell into the mercury lake underground, the Princess Lane should have died completely. The ones who survived were the apoptotic Roses, the undead whose ideal was to destroy Ryan.

The blond Princess Rose smiled and said, "Am I not you? Now that all hatred has disappeared, what's the difference between you and me?"

"I…"

 Apoptotic Rose didn't know what to say for a while. As she said, the hatred is over and everything should be over.

The blond rose reminded again: "Now is not the time to think about this. Our memories and everything about us are being spied on by that man. Do you really not care? Including the most childish dreams, the most embarrassing memories, and the most embarrassing memories of our childhood. It's a little secret that you don't want to tell others… Does it matter if he knows it?”

When Apoptotic Rose heard these words, her originally pale face suddenly turned a little red.

 Why do you suddenly feel shy?

Those things were no longer important. She thought she had forgotten them all. After all, compared to when she was alive, her time as a lich was too long. The dozens of times of time gap compressed those trivial memories. Deep in the memory, it has not been opened for many years.

Apoptotic Rose thought that these so-called pasts had already rotted away in isolation, but she never expected to recall them at her most vulnerable moment.

The blond girl Qiangwei seemed to be connected to her soul. She knew what she was thinking without her opening her mouth. She continued: "That's not how it works. The length of time has nothing to do with whether the memory is deep or not. Remember what we have seen In a knight novel, the princess whom I met when I was a boy, even if I only saw her from a distance under the moonlight, is still unforgettable decades later. When he heard that the kingdom was in trouble, the knight rode his old horse and rushed to the battlefield.

"Decades of life cannot overshadow the look the knight saw at that time. Hatred makes you live hundreds of years like a day. On the day when the Ryan royal family was destroyed, do you still remember how much effort you made for this? The torture day after day may not be comparable to the memories of those ten years.”

After hearing these words, Apoptotic Rose felt an indescribable feeling welling up in her heart. She actually felt a little tight in her chest.

 As a lich, how could she be depressed?

 She had long forgotten about breathing.

 But the feeling of shortness of breath was so real, it was like a big stone was stuffed into her chest, which was constantly squeezing her bones.

Apoptotic Rose clutched her chest in pain, her body curled up, suffering pain she had not experienced in many years.

 Finally, with violent coughs, she opened her mouth and took a breath of air into her body.

 The fragrant smell made Apoptotic Rose's eyes widen in shock. She could actually smell it. How new was this?

The stone in her chest seemed to disappear, and Apoptotic Rose couldn't help but take a deep breath, as if she wanted to replace the dirty breath that had been buried in her body for many years.

"This is right." The original blond girl seemed to have become a few years younger, turning into a little girl in her early teens. The little girl looked at the Apoptotic Rose and said in a childish voice: "We must eat carefully, sleep well, and concentrate on our studies. Only when we grow up can we..."

　　The little girl suddenly stopped mid-sentence, and said to Apoptotic Rose in a different tone: "Anyway, you have grown up, and you can choose your own future."

 Apoptotic Rose looked at herself like a doll in front of her, her eyes heated up, and she couldn't help but shed tears.

　　When the hot tears streaked across my cheeks, the dream in front of me was like a mirror shattered. The young self was shattered into pieces. The eyes once again turned into the dark underground palace, with only the netherworld fire shining all around.

Apoptotic Rose looked at Amber Xiu in the magic mirror and asked doubtfully: "What did you do?"

Amber Xiu smiled and said: "I am just unblocking all your past memories and reminding you of the good things you once had. Qiangwei, I will not force you to live. Only if you want to live can I help you." you."

 Amber Xiu did not directly modify the soul of Apoptotic Rose and forcibly implanted some belief in her to survive.

What he just did was to wake up all the beautiful memories of Apoptotic Rose when she fell into her dream, and turn them into real images that appeared in her dream.

 The Apoptotic Rose in the dream can temporarily restore the consciousness of a living person, but only if she is willing.

After all, she has forgotten her feelings for many years, and Apoptotic Rose is now in a state where her soul is almost silent. She cannot recall these feelings on her own, and she cannot reproduce them in dreams.

Amberxiu didn't want to forcefully modify Apoptotic Rose's consciousness, because he didn't want an obedient puppet.

 Hence, it can only be guided.

Who would have thought that as a child, a queen of the undead loved reading chivalry novels the most?

There were dozens of stories of knights and princesses secretly hidden in her room. Even if her parents and teachers found out that she would be punished by copying the Prayer of Light hundreds of times, the princess still tried her best to hide these novels. good.

 Under the pillow, under the mattress, in the closet, on the dressing table... there are even some hidden directly under the clothes.

Amberxiu was surprised when he saw this memory. It had no resemblance to the decisive and murderous Queen of the Undead.

I can only say that the extreme ideas of the Ryan royal family are really damnable and can drive all normal people crazy. So much so that these good things in the past are like knives, and recalling them can cause heartbreaking pain.

 Fortunately, everything went well. Apoptotic Rose finally remembered her childhood and was willing to think of that little bit of warmth.

Although it is just an attempt, at least Apoptotic Rose can already feel it in the dream.

Feelings are the pillars of survival for the undead, including joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, any emotion is acceptable, but the worst thing is nothing, complete nothingness.

Amberxiu did not explain in detail, but Apoptotic Rose could also guess what he did.

 “You don't have to go to so much trouble, why don't you just modify my soul. I don't mind this.”

It may not be difficult to read the memory, but it is extremely difficult to re-experience the memory without damaging the soul of the Apoptotic Rose. Apoptotic Rose understands this very well, so she is only grateful to Amber Xiu for everything he has done for her, but she also does not understand why he does this.

Amberxiu shook his head and said: "How is it different from directly modifying your soul and killing you? Ms. Qiangwei, I have only brought back a little of your feelings, but you are an undead after all, and this feeling will still change over time. It fades with time. If I want to completely solve this problem, I only have a preliminary idea and it will take a long time to realize it.

“Therefore, you can stop at any time, and I will respect your choice.”

Apoptotic Rose looked at Amber Xiu in the mirror and asked: "What are your thoughts? Doing this sounds like treating the symptoms but not the root cause."

　　If you have to enter the dreamland every once in a while to "recharge your senses", it would be too troublesome to live like this. Apoptotic Rose even doubts whether doing so counts as living.

"It is indeed necessary to temporarily suspend the lack of humanity in this way, but with Melina here, I am very sure that the undead do not necessarily need strong love and hate to maintain their thinking ability. Curiosity is also a driving force sometimes. , perhaps it should be said to be the most important inner driving force of all intelligent life.”

Amberxiu said jokingly: "Ms. Rose, don't you like knight novels very much? Maybe reading more novels can help you find the meaning of living?"

Apoptotic Rose's expression froze and she couldn't help but say, "I kind of regret letting you see my memory."

Amberxiu smiled and said: "That's great, you need this emotion now."

But after finishing the joke, Amberxiu said in a serious tone: "Don't worry, I'm studying the power of this mask. Ogma can use this mask to grant me rebirth. I guess the Lord of Knowledge doesn't mind me either." Learn this knowledge. When one day I can create my own mask, I will put it on for you."

 Apoptotic Rose was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Do I need to enter dreams every day now?"

"The longer the better, if you have time, you might as well dream more. Even if you are really busy, my suggestion is to sleep for at least eight hours a day, and just treat yourself as a living person."

Apoptotic Rose showed a charming smile and said to Amber Xiu in a different tone: "The last question, can I see you in my dream?"

Amberxiu was stunned for a moment. Looking at the beautiful face of Apoptotic Rose, he couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster.

There was no such feeling before, but when such a queen invited himself to make a dream together, even if he didn't necessarily mean that, Anshiu still had a sense of heartbeat.

 Is this a "side effect" of becoming a living person? It was already difficult for Amber Xiu to stay calm 100%.

But looking at the expectant look in Apoptotic Rose's eyes, Amber Xiu nodded and said: "I'm not sure whether my current state can be affected by dreams, but I can try."

Synesthetic dreams can affect even the undead. In theory, spirit spirits can also fall asleep, not to mention that Amber Xiu has restored various human senses.

But the problem is that Amberxiu's overall body is too "huge". Once Amberxiu falls into a deep sleep, the magic mirror network will be affected by no one knows, and synesthetic dreams may not be able to support Amberxiu, a "monster", to sleep.

 It's always okay to give it a try.

"Then I have no problem." Apoptotic Rose stretched out her hand and stroked the surface of the magic mirror, as if stroking Amberxiu's face.

 “Thank you, my knight.” whispered the Apoptotic Rose.

Amberxiu also smiled and said to Apoptotic Rose: "This is my honor, Her Majesty the Queen."

 (End of this chapter)

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