In the middle of the primitive island, inside the Black Emperor mausoleum.
After sending Bernadette off, Rosell didn't immediately fall asleep. He slowly raised his head and looked up into the infinite sky once again.
Above the gray fog, Klein sighed silently. He put down the Staff of the Stars, summoned a paper figurine, and shook it.
With a snap, the paper figurine rapidly thickened and expanded. It then flew into the translucent vortex formed from illusory and mysterious symbols beside The Fool's seat.
Although Bernadette had already been moved to the edge of the primitive island, and Klein was no longer able to see the situation inside the Black Emperor mausoleum through the prayer point of light that represented her, he could use the symbol of The Fool that had fused with Rosell's figure to maintain his connection with the Emperor to a certain extent.
After the paper figurine passed through the slowly spinning vortex, it descended into the rather dim mausoleum where the source of light was unknown. In front of the central platform, it turned into a human.
This human had black hair and brown eyes. He looked somewhat similar to German Sparrow, but his facial features weren't firm enough. His lines weren't deep enough, and his bearing wasn't cold enough. There were also certain differences in his facial features. There was even a small amount of fat on his chin and stomach that had been produced by society. It was none other than Klein's original image of Zhou Mingrui, the Zhou Mingrui who had been Rosell Huangtao Gustav's "roommate" for thousands of years inside Sefirah Castle.
Rosell wasn't surprised by his appearance at all. He pressed one hand on the armrest and leaned forward slightly to look at him.
"You're here."
"I'm here." Klein nodded indiscernibly.
"You shouldn't have come," Rosell said with a sigh.
"I'm already here." Klein very naturally picked up on the joke.
Rosell had completely confirmed the origins of the fellow in front of him. As he returned his sitting posture to normal, he chuckled.
"I originally planned on asking you where you're from to see if there's a need to discriminate against you, but on second thought, there's no need. We don't belong to this era. We're pitiful wretches who have lost their hometowns."
Without waiting for Klein's response, the Emperor's voice deepened.
"Do you know the truth about the apocalypse?"
"Got it." Klein gently nodded.
Rosell continued to ask.
"You know this is Earth?"
"En." Klein answered calmly.
When Roussel heard that, he laughed self-deprecatingly.
"You actually knew about it so early. I didn't dare to confirm it until I went to the moon and saw the true appearance of this planet from above."
At this point, the Great Emperor sighed and said, "You're right.
"It's so strange above the moon. I clearly felt the horror, but I didn't think about whether I would be contaminated. Then, I became more and more extreme.
"However, I would occasionally gain a certain level of clarity from the views of the people around me, but I didn't dare to write in my diary in that state. I was afraid that I would reveal my secret and lose my last chance.
"In the end, I decided to use all kinds of foreshadowing from before to switch to the Black Emperor pathway. Apart from the arrival of the apocalypse, only a Sequence 0 can protect the people they want to protect and bring them to hide on other planets in the vast universe. Using the corresponding authorities, I can rebuild a set of order that allows humans to survive in desolate and silent places. Also, due to the Black Emperor's miracle of resurrection, I saw the hope of escaping the contamination.
"As long as I can become a Sequence 0 Black Emperor and be truly killed after going half-mad, I'll have a chance of reviving in the mausoleum or in the astral world. When that happens, what will return to me will be a pure Uniqueness and three Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics. There won't be any contamination or uncontrollable madness.
"Speaking of which, back then, the Eternal Blazing Sun and the God of Steam and Machinery could be considered to have been used by me to a certain extent.
"However, the horror of the Great Old Ones far exceeded my imagination. Accompanying my resurrection was the contamination of rebirth … Perhaps, only a Great Old One can resist a Great Old One.
"I had no choice but to stop the process of resurrection and live in this final mausoleum in my present state. I didn't let that Great Old One use my body to be born in the real World. That would bring about a destructive disaster."
Klein had already guessed Rosell The Great's state based on what he had previously learned and what had just happened. He wasn't surprised at all as he calmly replied, "The Outer Deity who corrupted you is called the Mother Goddess of Depravity.
"The Outer Deity who corrupted you is called the Mother Goddess of Depravity. 'She' has bewitched many believers with the incarnation of the Primordial Moon.
The facial features that vaguely appeared on Rosell's face immediately changed slightly.
He fell silent for a few seconds.
"I know of the Primordial Moon, but I didn't know that 'Her' true honorific name is the Mother Goddess of Depravity.
"Now that I think about it, it might not be a coincidence that I discovered Mr. Door seeking help …"
Upon hearing this, Klein was alarmed. He instantly recalled the various situations on the island outside and had a premonition of what Rosell The Great was about to say.
Rosell smiled and sighed.
"The biggest problem in the first half of my life was that I was too confident. I always had the feeling that I could load at any time and start over. I didn't pay enough attention to the details.
"Back then, Grimm was corrupted by the strange powers on this island. After his death, he returned here and obtained a new life. Wasn't this the influence of the Primordial Moon? After that, I went through all kinds of examinations and carried out the corresponding purification. I felt that there was nothing wrong with me, but in fact, fate might have already changed slightly at that moment. This led to me later "encountering" Mr. Door and being led to the moon by "Him" step by step …
"This can't be blamed on Mr. Door. 'His' condition might be worse than mine."
Does the Emperor mean that from the moment he discovered this primitive island, he had been targeted by the Mother Goddess of Depravity? Klein sighed.
"At that time, who would have thought that the problem would be so serious?"
Before Sequence 2, understanding the cosmos and the Great Old Ones would bring about terrifying corruption. And without understanding them, one wouldn't be able to accurately determine how serious the problem was when encountering certain situations and what needed to be done in the future. This caused Rosell to treat this primitive island as his secret base. He didn't tell the existences who were qualified to understand the Outer Deities, the Great Old Ones, and the cosmos that had happened here.
"Yeah." Rosell seemed to be very relieved that he had made a mistake that almost everyone would make.
He then said,
"In that ancient and secret organization, there is almost no mention of the Great Old Ones and the Outer Gods."
At this moment, Rosell paused for a moment.
"You should have read my diary. You should know that the ancient secret organization is a reference."
Klein nodded.
"I know which organization it's referring to. I never expected that you wouldn't dare mention 'His' organization's name despite having a Sequence 0."
"I have a nagging feeling that 'He' isn't simple. 'He' might have an unimaginable understanding of the Outer Deities, so it's better to be careful. After all, I'm not a complete Sequence 0 true god." After Rosell said a simple sentence, he suddenly frowned. "How much of my diary have you read?"
If the atmosphere wasn't so oppressive and sorrowful, Klein definitely wouldn't have been able to resist replying, "Demoness tastes pretty good," to tease Rosell, his fellow townsman.
Finally, he replied calmly, "A lot.
"A lot.
After saying those two words, he casually added, "I also found a few Cards of Blasphemy."
"Which ones?" Rosell blurted out.
Above the gray fog, Klein controlled the paper figurine's expression and said in a flat tone,
Above the gray fog, Klein controlled the paper figurine's expression and said in a flat tone,
"Phew …" Rosell exhaled as his frown relaxed. "Thankfully, it's not the Demoness card, The Moon card, or Mother card."
"Phew …" Rosell exhaled as his frown relaxed. "Thankfully, it's not the Demoness card, The Moon card, or Mother card."
You were the one who wanted to mention it … Klein didn't respond as he looked at the Emperor.
Only after Rosell said that did he realize something. He hurriedly coughed and said, "All of you have watched the livestream.
"We've all watched the livestream, so we should know how normal this is …"
As he spoke, he coughed again and sighed.
"Which pathway are you a Beyonder from?"
"A Seer," Klein answered concisely.
Rosell fell silent. After a few seconds, he said, "What a pity.
"What a pity. If everyone was in a normal state, you should've gotten a big-screen television and a game console from the Historical Void. Everyone could chat while playing. That's the romance of a man. "
Unfortunately, there's no electricity. I'll have to rely on you to invent it … Klein didn't say what was on his mind.
He maintained his tone and said, "I hope that such a day will come."
Then, he steered the topic onto the right track.
"I'm very curious. Why can the Cards of Blasphemy you created prevent deities from finding them? This level of anti-divination and anti-prophecy is amazing. "
Rosell immediately chuckled.
"Because knowledge can bring power, and power can bestow knowledge. This is the authority of the Knowledge Emperor.
After I infused the potion formulas of the twenty-two pathways with my powers, they naturally produced the power of convergence between Beyonder characteristics, and to a certain extent, they had anti-divination and anti-prophecy effects.
"Then, with …"
As he spoke, Rosell suddenly paused, as if he had noticed something wrong.
After a second or two, he said in an erratic voice,
I created the Card of Blasphemy a year before I held the Black Emperor ritual. At that time, I had already been corrupted by the Primordial Moon, and I didn't have the corresponding knowledge most of the time.
"Why can't the gods find these 22 cards?"
This rhetorical question made Klein, who was above the gray fog, tense up. He felt his scalp tingle once again.
Without waiting for him to control the paper figurine to respond, Rosell's voice suddenly rose, bringing with it an indescribable sense of fear.
"Don't gather all twenty-two cards!
"Be careful of the Mother card!"
These two sentences echoed in the deep interior of the Black Emperor mausoleum for a long time without calming down.
PS: Recommending a book, Ren Qiuming's new book, This Assassin Has a Problem. It tells the story of an assassin who loves life calmly walking towards the strongest in the martial arts world.
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