Chapter 160

As soon as he finished speaking, Mark reached out to Doctor Strange with his sinful palm again amid the horrified expression on his face.

Whoosh! Following Doctor Strange, he felt that he had entered an accelerated world from the extremely slow space just now. As if his body had lost the pull of gravity, he quickly left the earth and came to the earth's satellite orbit.

At this time, the original high-speed movement suddenly stagnated, and Doctor Strange felt that his whole body had returned to a still state.

But before he could recover, the extremely fast state that made people feel completely weightless hit him again. Doctor Strange's whole body is constantly cycling in this state of acceleration, pause, acceleration, and pause.

"His body won't be able to bear it if you keep doing this, Mark."

"Really? I think he can hold on for a while longer."

Somehow, during such a constantly moving journey, Doctor Strange could still clearly hear the conversation between Ancient One and Mark coming from his ears, as if all this was a dream he had imagined. .

But what Doctor Strange didn't know was that, strictly speaking, this was indeed a dream for him, but it was a dream spun by Mark for him, rather than one he imagined himself.

This is a spiritual secret technique created by Mark during his research on exploring the relationship between magic and technology. It can also be called (Qian Qian Zhao) an illusion technique.

Through its own magic power, it affects the souls of others, and then affects the sensory centers of its own brain, so that what the person who falls into the illusion hears, sees, and feels is an illusion created by the caster. The principle of creating this illusion, In fact, Mark extracted it from virtual reality technology and applied it to magic.

Bang——! Doctor Strange didn't know how long it had been since he accelerated through different time and space. When he saw Gu Yi and Mark again, he had lost control of his body due to excessive fright. The man immediately sat down on the floor.

"How's it going? Are you satisfied with this trip to the multiverse that I customized for you?

In the past, you have always thought that everything in the world is in control, and that the material universe is everything. In fact, at the source of reality, matter and spirit are connected and influence each other. Thoughts carve out reality, and reality in turn adds thickness to thoughts.

The universe we see before our eyes is just one of the infinite universes, and the world is infinite. Some of them are beautiful and harmonious, while others are cold and evil, full of killing. In those dark corners, the wild power is greedily waiting for the opportunity to harvest everything.

So, who are you, Mr. Strange, in this vast and real multiverse?

How about it, now am I still a stupid rich man blinded by money, Mr. Frog sitting in a well and looking at the sky? "

"Teach me, I ask you to teach me the secret of this!" At this moment, after experiencing Mark's vindictive display of the truth, Doctor Strange finally believed in the existence of the soul, and at the same time believed in the existence of Kama Taj. Something that could get his hands back to normal again.

However, opportunities will not always be in front of you, waiting to be picked at any time. Once you miss some things, you will never have the chance again.

Ancient One and Mark looked at each other, and then gave Doctor Strange an answer that made him despair: "No!".

Chapter 371

As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Just when Doctor Strange once again ignited the blazing fire of hope that his hands could be restored, the answers from the Ancient One and Mark that they shut him out made him instantly It felt like a basin of ice water was poured over his head, making him feel cold from head to toe, inside and out.

boom! boom! boom!

"Open the door, please! Open the door, please! I know I was wrong. I shouldn't speculate or speak rudely about areas I don't know. Please forgive me and let me in!"

After being kicked out of the door of Kama Taj, Doctor Strange did not leave disheartened. Instead, he stood in front of Kama Taj's door and kept slapping the door panel, shouting in the hope of getting another chance.

"You are so cruel, Master Gu Yi. Your chosen heir has been shouting outside for nearly five hours, aren't you going to let him in?"

In the temple, Mark put down the tea cup in his hand and said to Gu Yi, who was meditating in front of him.

"Isn't it the same with you, Master Mark? Don't forget, you and I refused to let him stay in Kama Taj to study magic. How can you say that I am cruel now?"

Gu Yi opened his eyes and stepped out of his trance.

"I am not the Supreme Mage, and the decisions I make are not counted in Karma Taj. And I was just angry because he just said that I was a stupid rich man, and I planned to tease him for a while.

If you really don't plan to let him enter Kama Taj, I will consider your mission of letting me come back as completed. "

Gu Yi picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip of the hot tea in the cup. "I don't really want to refuse him to enter Kama Taj to learn magic. After all, Kama Taj's rule is that as long as he has the ability to find this place, People have the opportunity to learn different levels of magical knowledge.

But as you mentioned just now, you were angry at his rudeness. Arrogant, stubborn and ambitious, he still has a lot of bad habits. I hope he can pass this test and let him know how to show due respect when facing the unknown, and at the same time cherish the ability to be open-minded. Vision, opportunity to learn magic. "

"Are you worried that he will become the second Casillas?"

After hearing Gu Yi's reasons, Mark immediately understood the significance of her setting this test. It was only after he returned to Karma Taj today that he learned from Master Modu that Dormammu had violated the agreement he had made with him and had once again coveted the earth.

And this time, in order to deal with the threat he posed, Dormammu spent a lot of money to seduce Casillas and let him fall into the dark camp.

Once Casillas completes the magic circle he stole from the Book of Cagliostro to summon the Dark Dimension, Dormammu's true form in the Dark Dimension will be able to descend on Earth.

Dormammu, who will be able to exert his full strength by then, will definitely launch a crazy offensive against the earth.

It is precisely because he is full of fear about this that Gu Yi is so careful and well-intentioned in his teachings to Doctor Strange, and even hired Mark as the leader on Doctor Strange's journey to learn magic. She believes that communication between Mark, who is also a genius, and Doctor Strange will be smoother and more efficient, so that tragedies like Casillas will not happen again.

"It was because I neglected to pay attention to Casillas that he was trapped by his own obsession and fell into Dormammu's trap. But this time, I will not let myself make the same mistake again. ."

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"Please, let me in, don't lock me out, I can't go anywhere now..."

Zier——!

Doctor Strange, who had been begging for nearly five hours in front of the door of Kamal Taj, looked at the glimmer of light stolen from the crack in the opened door in front of him and felt as if he was bathed in the radiance of an angel. To him, this It’s that feeling of hope reignited.

"Thank you!" Doctor Strange has never said such sincere gratitude from the bottom of his heart.

"You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank me, just thank Master Gu Yi. I just accepted her request and brought you in. After all, I am just a stupid rich man who was blinded by money."

"No, no, Mr. Stark, please allow me to take back the evaluation I made of you this afternoon. I was too arrogant and arrogant, and I am very sorry.

You have made achievements beyond the reach of ordinary people in medical treatment and even in various other scientific and technological fields, and have made great contributions to the progress and development of mankind. I really respect you very much.

But since I injured my hands, I have become a little emotional and often do some irrational things and hurt some people who are important to me.

When I first arrived at the door of Kama Taj, Master Modu once reminded me not to be bound by what I knew in the past. Unfortunately, I did not follow his advice. "

"Okay, I accept your apology, considering how pitiful you are now. Your room is in front of you. Take a good bath and rest.

If you have time, you can try meditating. This will help you learn some very useful things from the first lesson I gave you today, and this knowledge will help you in the next cards. Ma Taiji's life is going more smoothly.

The Ancient One Master will summon you later, and I have to visit an old friend later, so enjoy your alone time now, and I have this for you. "

Mark handed a note to Doctor Strange, then turned to leave.

"Wait, what is this? Is it my spell?" Doctor Strange asked, looking at the note in his hand.

"Don't be stupid. You don't even know magic. Where did you get the spell? That's Karma Taj's WiFi password. The mages are not primitive people."

…

After leaving Doctor Strange's room, Mark kept walking through the intricate walk of Karma Taj, and finally came to a room that was a little taller than before.

The person Mark came to visit was the librarian who had helped him when he came to Karma Taj to learn magic. Not long ago, Casillas broke into the library because he was bewitched by Dormammu, injured him and took away the magic circle recorded in the "Book of Cagliostro" about summoning the dark dimension. page.

If the original story develops first, the librarian will eventually be beheaded by Casillas. But Mark, who had long known that this was in his fate, had decided to save his life in return for his help, so how could he not take precautions in advance.

Before Mark left Karma Taj at that time, he successfully cracked the method that Karma Taj used to create lost magic weapons. So in order to allow the librarian to escape when he was not next to him, a magic weapon that could automatically protect himself was specially made for him.

It was precisely because of this protection that Casillas succeeded in taking away the pages of the "Book of Cagliostro" he needed, but failed to take away the life of the librarian.

But after experiencing this incident, this kind-hearted librarian not only left a lingering shadow in his heart, but was also deemed not to be strong enough to undertake the task of guarding the library. With the approval of Ancient One Later, he was transferred to the position of ancient book translator.

Boom, boom, boom! Mark knocked lightly on his door. Knowing that Casillas' sudden intrusion had left a certain psychological shadow on him, Mark was very careful when knocking on the door, fearing that being too hasty would cause him to become emotionally unstable.

"who is it?"

The door did not open, but a trembling question came from inside. From the position of the sound, Mark could tell that it was a question from someone hiding behind the door.

"It's me, Mark Stark, do you remember me?"

"Is it the Temple Guardian?" After hearing Mark's answer, it was obvious that the voices of the people in the room became much more stable, with a little excitement and expectation in their voices, but there was still a trace of The defense was not completely let go.

Then, I saw that the originally closed door was slowly opened a crack from the inside, and a gaze cautiously peeked out from the crack in the door.

After it was confirmed that the person coming was Mark, the door was fully opened, and the people in the room finally appeared in front of Mark.

At this time, the librarian whom Mark was still familiar with had turned into something he could not recognize at all.

Although he used to seem very reserved and shy, from his sincere eyes, you can still feel his enthusiasm for contacting other people from the outside world.

And now, what Mark saw about him was that his whole body was wrapped tightly in a yellow mage robe. Even his hood had to cover half of his body, making his eyes and appearance completely invisible. , completely becoming a person in a box, isolating himself from the outside world.

If Mark's identity allowed him to open the door as his first line of defense, then the airtight attire he wore at this time was his second line of defense against the outside world. The last line of defense is also the strongest line of defense, which is his self-closed heart.

If the first two lines of defense can still be broken down one by one by relying on external changes, then this last hurdle can only be overcome and improved by himself.

"Lord Temple Guardian... I... I... I am very happy to see you again. Thanks to the amulet you left for me, I am now able to talk to you here.

I don’t know if you are returning to Kamal Taj this time. Is there anything I can help you with? Although I am very useless, I even let others take away pages from banned books when I was guarding the library, and I was almost killed myself.

But in order to repay your kindness, I am willing to devote all my efforts. "

Although I suffered a blow from Casillas and left a serious psychological shadow, it seems that the nature of kindness in my heart has not changed.

In this case, Mark planned to use this as a breakthrough point to help him completely overcome the fear in his heart.

"It's like this. In the process of studying magic, I recently developed a secret technique called illusion. You can directly apply magic power to the soul of the target to have an impact on the body's senses. See to any vision I wanted him to see.

However, this new secret technique is still in the experimental stage from theoretical development to practice. I need some volunteers to provide me with more data and opinions after experiencing it personally, so that this secret technique can pass faster. I just wonder if you would like to be my volunteer and help me complete this secret technique.

You can rest assured that there is nothing disturbing in the illusions I unleash through illusions. After you fall under the illusion, you will actually feel like you are having a beautiful dream, without any physical or mental burden. "

The secret of illusion that Mark mentioned is true, but it was not recently researched. Mark has already perfected the theory and practical effects of the entire illusion.

The reason why I mentioned the need for volunteers in front of this former librarian was just as an introduction to get the other person to fall in line.

Mark's real purpose is to let the other party resolve his own psychological conflicts in an environment specially constructed by him, and regain his original shy but sunny look.

"Then... Okay, I am willing to contribute my own strength as a volunteer. Should we start now? Can you let me go back to the room first, and then set up a few warning and defensive magic circles, and then …”

Just after he agreed to Mark's request, he nervously began to mutter, feeling that his whole body had regained some vitality.

However, Mark definitely didn't have the patience to continue listening to the other person's chattering here, and he didn't care whether the other person was ready or not. He looked directly into his eyes and began to release the illusion.

"I hope that when you wake up tomorrow morning, your fear and avoidance of the outside world will have been completely cured. Come on."

Mark looked at the librarian who was standing there blankly as if he had been tapped by the illusion he had cast, and cheered him up.

There is only so much that Mark can do for him. The final result, whether it is good or bad, all depends on how he performs in the illusion.

As the saying goes, "He who saves himself will always be saved." All the conditions that can help him overcome the psychological shadow are already in place. If he cannot muster the courage to overcome this difficulty, then even if Mark has extraordinary abilities, it will not be possible. Change one's will.

Therefore, no matter whether he succeeds or fails when he wakes up from the illusion tomorrow morning, Mark will not provide him with a second helping hand.

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clang! clang! clang!

Doctor Strange opened his eyes again. When he woke up from the bed, the first thing he saw was Mark sitting beside his bed, banging the gong vigorously.

He didn't know how long he had rested for. This was the most solid and comforting sleep he had ever had since he injured his hands. Whether it was physical or mental, the fatigue caused by long-term depression was gone. Being swept away made him feel that his body was particularly light today.

"Good morning, Strange. Although I said you can have a good rest, you can't even set an alarm clock!