Although Biles had witnessed Phil's severed hand, Weber's hanging, and Mr. Magician's palm formed from worms, and he had a certain understanding of the horrifying changes brought about by 0-02, his level wasn't high enough to witness it. He didn't have a clear grasp of the horror hidden behind these matters. He mostly treated it as a ghost story that had turned into reality.
Therefore, at this moment, although he was afraid, under the gazes of the magical Magician and Grounded Angel, he mustered his courage and quickly approached the rectangular table. Of course, this was also due to the influence of the Sailor pathway.
In just two or three steps, Biles had already reached a spot where he could reach out his hand to touch the brass book.
Without thinking, he reached out his right palm, grabbed the brass pages in front of 0-02, and quickly flipped through them.
During this process, the back of Biles's hand was placed on the unfilled brass page to prevent it from being blocked. This was so that he, Mr. Magician, and Ma 'am Angel could observe the changes on it in time and respond in advance.
Amidst the rustling sounds, this Sailor saw the clause that "touching the Tren Sostel Brass Book will result in the death penalty." He first felt horrified before he felt a strong sense of doubt — doubt about his current state.
However, this didn't stop him from flipping through the pages. Different brass pages were reflected in Klein's eyes, and each page had a different rule clause.
The projections of these brass pages didn't appear in the form of one disappearing and the other being replaced. Instead, they existed side by side and gradually increased in number.
In the end, Klein's eyes had a different number of brass pages. They were neatly arranged, line after line, as though 0-02 had been split into a single page and placed on a glass table to bask in the Sun.
This was a dream divination technique at the angel level. Klein reproduced everything he had just seen in front of him.
With the passage of time, the brass pages in his dark brown eyes began to spin, and one of them was highlighted.
"… The Telun Sostel Brass Book originated from the Nephilic Judge's Uniqueness that was corrupted by the Nation of Disorder …"
Just as I expected, if the "Tren Sostel Brass Book" was able to display all of the basic rules, then the corresponding content must contain its own description! This is determined by its very nature, unless it is completely awakened or comes to life. It has sufficient intelligence and knows how to selectively hide … Just as this thought flashed through Klein's mind, he saw new mercury words appear on the unfilled brass page.
This meant that 0-02 had finally diverted a portion of its strength from the vicious cycle. It was prepared to add provisions, make explanations, and fix the loopholes.
"Leave!" Klein shouted without hesitation.
Biles strictly followed the orders of the higher-ups. He immediately retracted his right hand, turned around, and ran out of the floor-to-ceiling window.
"Act like you're going to attack me." Seeing that the Sailor with dual attributes had already left the city library, Klein suddenly added another sentence.
Biles was puzzled, but he still raised his right arm and pulled back his shoulder, assuming a posture as though he was about to throw a punch at Klein.
At this moment, a new provision finally took shape:
"Regarding the above rules, the Telun Sostel Brass Book and the people it allows have immunity when enforcing the law …"
However, even though this provision had been successfully promulgated, Biles wasn't punished in any way.
Clearly, the Telun Sostel Brass Book didn't pursue the matter of the vicious cycle or unclear definition. Just like how it didn't add any crimes to Arrodes after it fixed the loopholes in the rules.
For the same reason, Biles, who had come into contact with 0-02, didn't suffer any contamination from the sefirah. Before the supplementary provision was issued, Biles was a part of Belltaine. He couldn't be destroyed in any sense, so he wouldn't be contaminated. And with the supplementary provision, his previous actions wouldn't be "pursued."
In fact, after Biles left the city library, he had violated the curfew. However, Klein had previously noticed a problem. When the Belltaine citizens were pursuing foreigners, they weren't restricted by the curfew. Therefore, he got Biles to pose as though he was attacking him to avoid the corresponding punishment.
Right on the heels of that, he seized the opportunity when 0-02 fixed the loophole and quickly recalled the detailed information from the Telun Sostel Brass Book.
… This book has the characteristics of being alive, but most of the time, it's at a very low level …
… The first half of it presents almost all the basic rules. The second half is blank and needs to be written by itself …
… Once it's not restricted, it will naturally set laws that are biased towards the surrounding area and strictly enforce them. During this process, it will make changes and revisions at any time based on the feedback.
… As the laws gradually become stricter, 'His' characteristics of being alive will deepen … Once a strict law that can interfere with all aspects takes form, the Telun Sostel Brass Book will completely come alive. It will possess true intelligence and have the ability to modify the basic rules in the first half to a certain extent … The exact extent that can be achieved is as follows …
… If there's a contradiction between the laws that can't be fixed, or if all the pages are filled without forming a sufficiently strict rule system, the Telun Sostel Brass Book will add a new clause at the intersection of the first half and second half: 'The following rules are invalid.'
"As this clause takes form, the rules written behind will gradually disappear, returning the pages to a blank state …
"… After the second half is completely blank, the clause that 'The following rules are invalid' will be erased. The Telun Sostel Brass Book will repeat its previous actions until a strict law that can interfere with all aspects takes form …
"… The rules it sets have to be publicized or informed before they can take effect … When an action doesn't have a clear rule, whether it's illegal or not is in accordance with the common understanding of the surrounding living beings …
"… The Telun Sostel Brass Book hates distorted and unaesthetic rules. It hates having loopholes found …"
What a detailed description … There should be a way to seal 0-02 in here … Klein's thoughts raced as he attempted to find information that he could use from every paragraph.
At this moment, the ascetic leader of the Church of Evernight, Arianna, whispered,
"Think of a way to fill the pages after 0-02 with clauses, but it won't be strict enough."
That's right! This way, the Telun Sostel Brass Book will announce that the following rules are invalid and start all over again. When that happens, the restrictions it has on the surroundings will temporarily disappear, giving us a chance to touch it, take it away, or directly pray to a deity … But, how should we do that? The Telun Sostel Brass Book hates distorted and unaesthetic rules. It hates having loopholes found … Klein's heart stirred as he had an idea.
Without any hesitation, he immediately extended his hands forward as though he was hugging the air.
In the next second, in the Belltaine City Library, which had shrunk to a tenth of its original size, a hall paved with black stone slabs descended into reality.
The hall had eight black stone pillars, and metal poles hung down from the domed ceiling. The bottom of the poles were connected to candlesticks that were carved into different creatures. There were 41 on the left and 40 on the right.
This was the governing hall of the Tudor-Telun Sostel United Empire that Klein had once seen. Back then, the two consul were still Sequence 1 Princes of Disorder of the Black Emperor pathway. Therefore, this place was filled with distorted, abnormal, and unaesthetic rules.
In addition, when Klein summoned this historical scene, he had also used his domain's powers to add many of the Fourth Epoch details that he had grasped. It made the order that originated from the Black Emperor more detailed and complete, as though it was corporeal.
Pa!
Both of his hands were severed at the wrists and fell to the ground. Blood spewed out from the wound, just like an ordinary person.
This was the second time Klein had committed fraud!
After the two palms and the spurting blood fell to the ground, they quickly disintegrated, turning into transparent and twisted maggots and a slightly viscous, almost formless liquid.
As the Worms of Spirit twitched and died, Klein's expression contorted in pain as he made numerous worms crawl out from the stump, forming a new palm.
At the same time, he tried his best to maintain the scene that he had constructed through multiple summonings, preventing it from dissipating.
On the rectangular table, inside the book that was bound with brass pages, many new articles appeared:
"… All buildings and layouts must follow the golden ratio and be symmetrical …"
"… Strange attire is not allowed …"
"… The following crimes are punishable by death …"
"…"
The Trunsoest Brass Book flipped as it made one correction after another to the order that originated from the Black Emperor. The further it went, the faster the new text appeared. It didn't even have a pause of tens of seconds or more than ten seconds.
And inside the hall, the candlesticks that hung from the ceiling broke and disappeared. Following that, there were all sorts of changes in other places, causing the details that could reflect the original order to be erased one by one.
In the end, the hall could no longer be maintained. It collapsed and returned to the Historical Void.
At that moment, the Telun Sostel Brass Book had already flipped to the last two pages. It lay there without any movement.
Seeing that the last page was also filled with articles, and that it was impossible to form a strict system with the rules set by 0-02, Klein silently exhaled and relaxed a little. Then, he felt that his spirituality was almost depleted.
"Let's go to Biles's place and wait for an hour," he turned around and said to Arianna.
If they stayed where they were, they would suffer increasingly severe punishments for repeatedly violating the "curfew" until they were sentenced to death.
As for monitoring the Telun Sostel Brass Book, the mission of ensuring that no accidents happened was naturally left to Arrodes. Although this magic mirror couldn't directly look at 0-02, it could pay attention to the noticeboard and determine the progress of the matter from the disappearance of the decree.
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