The Face of Truth Project

Chapter 96 The Face of Truth Project

The 79th floor of the Black Tower, the Peranos Laboratory.

On the experimental table in front of Green were a specimen of a foam frog and a specimen of a phosphorescent snake. They seemed to be high-grade specimens carefully collected by Peranos. They were kept in a low-temperature barrier by high-grade magic stones, and large areas of frost mist spread out.

Next to the specimen was a huge scroll.

At the center of the scroll is a pair of enormous human eyes, with densely packed neural pathways and vital signs clearly marked. It also includes diagrams of elemental storage reactions, the structure of nerve electrolysis, the lens, the eye, the retina, and pupil refraction...

On either side of this diagram of human eye structure are diagrams of a pair of foam frog eyes and a pair of phosphorescent snake eyes.

The eyes of the foam frog have a horizontal black line in the pupil. Its neurons are much more complex than those of the human eye, but its elemental storage reaction tends to be singular, mainly focusing on lightning and light. This kind of elemental storage can only mean that the foam frog is born colorblind and has a very simple visual perception of the world.

The phosphorescent snake's pupils are the opposite of the foam frog's, appearing as a vertical line. Deep within the pupils is a feeling of icy coldness, just like its icy blood. The phosphorescent snake's neural electrolysis structure is very primitive, and its neural circuits are much less sophisticated than those of humans. However, its lens and retina are quite special. The entire lens contains ice-elemental reserves, while the retina contains a dense layer of fire-elemental reserves, seemingly holding some special secret.

Peranos pointed to the foam frog and the phosphorescent snake, and said in a mysterious, low voice, "The secret of the Endless Eye lies within them."

they?

Green asked doubtfully, "The biggest difference between how they observe the world and how humans do it should be color blindness, right? Both of these creatures are colorblind to humans."

Green knew that different creatures perceive the outside world in different ways. Although some creatures have eyes, even if they all have eyes, what they see is different.

For example, the Shadow Butterflies that Grimm caught in the Black Tower's secret realm probably perceive the world as composed of all sorts of foul smells; then there's the Cerberus, whose noses may have evolved to a level unimaginable to humans, so that even things that are supposedly odorless would appear as "scents with shapes" to them; and Grimm's Pale Mask even uses ultrasound to observe the material world...

And then there's that shadowy life form in Varo's lab; heaven knows what the world is like through their senses.

As for eyesight, Robin's green-eyed macaque sees a world completely different from that of ordinary creatures; Laffey's eagle eyes can see things at extremely far distances; the otherworldly creature that Grimm once deceived, claiming to be the Dark Destroyer Flame God, was seen by Grimm based on his understanding of the Gluttonous Flame Giants—it must have been seeing the soul world; and then there was the green-eyed female wizard apprentice when Grimm infiltrated the rear of District 19 during the Regional War…

That's why Green raised such a question.

Peranos smiled, showing no intention of answering Green's question, as if it were rather pointless.

Peranos pointed to the eyes of the foam frog on the experimental table and said, "Its eyes are very special. They are a secret that my mentor discovered and successfully modified on himself. Later, my mentor named his modified eye the Eye of Boundless."

Green asked疑惑地问道：“What secret?”

"Dynamic vision!" Peranos's expression turned serious.

Peranos pointed to the complex neuron and elemental reserve distribution diagram around the foam frog's eyes and said earnestly, "So-called dynamic vision is the slowed-down, microscopic vision of the foam frog in the instant its tongue flicks to catch prey. In other words, for fast-moving objects, the boundless eye that mimics the foam frog's eye has the ability to capture ultra-microscopic details, making it the nemesis of certain speed-type ambush creatures. It is a very precious and rare visual ability."

Green opened his mouth wide, looking very surprised.

Does the bubble frog have such a secret?

This creature, so weak in nature and at the very bottom of the food chain, has dissected countless small creatures, yet it possesses such wondrous eyes.

Moreover, Green quickly thought of another thing: if he could use this dynamic vision to observe the two broken branches and thunder patterns several times a day, he would surely see results in a very short time.

Grimm smiled inwardly. The idea was good, but there probably wasn't much of a chance. In Grimm's estimation, the matter of the lightning patterns should have been clarified before the Holy Tower Qualifying Tournament.

Seeing Green's astonishment, Peranos couldn't help but reveal a smug look on his stitched-up face. "Hmph, my mentor was indeed a remarkable wizard, but your mentor is by no means inferior, for I have discovered the secret of the Phosphorus Eyes!"

Seeing Peranos's smug expression, Green wanted to laugh, but he immediately put on an expression of admiration, surprise, and longing, and quickly asked, "What secrets do the phosphorescent snake's eyes hold?"

Peranos tilted his head back triumphantly, his smug satisfaction evident on his stitched-up face, and proudly proclaimed, "Temperature Difference Radiation Vision! Through studying this mystery, I named my modified eye the Eye of the Endless, and thus, combined with my mentor's Boundless Eye, it becomes the current Boundless Eye Modification Spell!"

Green opened his mouth, and said in astonishment, "So that's how the Endless Eye got its name."

With a smug look on his face, Peranos pointed to the eyes of the phosphorescent snake on the scroll and exclaimed excitedly, "See that? The special thing about the phosphorescent snake's eyes is its lens and retina, and these special electrolytic structural reactions. Through these complex and ingenious life structures that are almost works of art, the world seen by the phosphorescent snake's eyes is a map of temperature variations, composed of objects of different temperatures radiating different degrees of heat to their surroundings. Any creature with body temperature will have nowhere to hide in the eyes of the Dark Abyss!"

After observing the eyes of the foam frog and the phosphorescent snake, which differed from human eyes, Green suddenly asked in a deep voice, "Master, after practicing the Endless Eye sorcery, what physical structures must the wizard change?"

Black Cat once said that both the Repulsion Magic and the Endless Eye Modification would affect a wizard's appearance and physical structure, and Green always remembered that.

Peranos smiled: "Don't worry this time. I've modified the Endless Eye's ability to modify a wizard's body to near perfection, except for the difference in pupil size."

Green stared at Peranos's forked tongue, which resembled a snake, and paused slightly before asking, "A tongue?"

"Yes, it's the tongue. Because of some problems with neuronal and electrolytic structure reactions, as well as element storage and distribution, my mentor and I studied for a long time and finally decided to use the tongue as the carrier of the Endless Eye." As he said this, Peranos suddenly flicked his tongue. The tongue that usually looked like a snake was now curling up like a frog's tongue to pick up a small red fruit in the distance and chewing it in his mouth. You could even hear the sound of the fruit juice stirring.

After demonstrating, Peranos chewed on the fruit and said, "This tongue can sometimes be used for unexpected purposes. Many wizards like this kind of modification, but they don't know the secret of the Endless Eye within my tongue."

Green's face turned cold.

The way Professor Peranos ate reminded Green of the time in Bisserl when the red-eyed frog of Wizard Arowoz ate the wicked old butler of the Viscount's mansion.

After swallowing the fruit, Peranos said smugly, "Grin, although you possess extraordinary talents in some areas, the human body only has one pair of eyes. Therefore, my mentor and I agree that the Endless Eye is the limit of my ability to modify the human eye. Thus, this sorcery is the perfect masterpiece of your great mentor, Peranos. Even if you become a Saintly Stigma Wizard or even a True Spirit Wizard in the future, it will be difficult for you to surpass your mentor in this aspect. Of course, I still hope that you, my disciple, can surpass your mentor. So, I'm offering you a suggestion: you can try learning some bloodline sorcery that increases the number of eyes before modifying your eyes to surpass your mentor, hehehe..."

Peranos was extremely pleased. He could finally show off his achievements to a second person besides his mentor. How could he not be excited?

As for the ideas he provided to Green, judging from his confident expression, this path was definitely not easy and might not be completed even in a wizard's entire life.

but……

After hesitating for a while, Green revealed an embarrassed expression and said, "Um... mentor, actually, after my last training in the dual forces of repulsion, I was already prepared for the potential drawbacks of the Endless Eye modifying the body, and I came up with a perfect solution."

After saying that, Green placed the Pale Mask on the table.

Peranos paused for a moment, then said in astonishment, "You mean to modify and transfer the Endless Eye onto a magical artifact? That...that's probably quite unlikely, isn't it?"

After pondering for a while, Green shook his head and said firmly, "Since the Pale Mask can incorporate ultrasonic detection magic, there is no reason why your Endless Eye magic cannot be incorporated. The inability to incorporate it only means that the wizard's alchemy skills are insufficient or that the understanding of the mysteries of the Endless Eye is insufficient."

At this point, Green confidently stated, "Furthermore, because of the alien marrow I obtained earlier, I plan to dedicate all my future alchemical research to creating a unique epic-level mask artifact, incorporating all the psychic magic I can discover!"

Hearing Green's arrogant and boastful words, even Peranos, a level three archmage, was stunned!

To forge all the psychic magic discovered into a single mask? Epic level?

If that's the case, as long as there are more than five Detection-type spells within it, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call this mask an epic mask, and it would be enough to surpass the potential of its own Endless Eye modification.

but……

Peranos thought Green was being too arrogant!

At this moment, Peranos was torn between two opposing sentiments. On one hand, he was displeased with his disciple's arrogance—a high-ranking wizard's condescending assessment of a lower-ranking wizard's conceited behavior. On the other hand, Peranos also felt that Grimm's foresight and wisdom far surpassed that of ordinary humans; most wizarding apprentices were probably still at the stage of learning common witchcraft step by step from magic books.

Ultimately, Peranos made no comment, but calmly asked, "So, this... well, this epic-level detection mask, what do you plan to name it?"

Green's mood calmed down along with Peranos's words. Looking into Peranos's eyes, which were filled with dissatisfaction yet also some expectation, he said firmly, "Let's call it the Face of Truth."

(End of this chapter)