As for the marionette town, Klein had long been thinking about how to build it. He already had three preliminary plans:
If he eliminated the interference of external factors, his best choice was to make the marionette town rise overnight in a particular country in the Northern Continent. Then, it would be connected to the surrounding cities through railways, rivers, and roads.
This way, a large number of outsiders would arrive in the marionette town every day, and they would have a very strong interaction with the surrounding areas. On the one hand, the towns that didn't have any affiliated villages would definitely buy grains, salt, cloth, ores, sugar, and other necessities from other places. On the other hand, it would also have its own products that could be sold to the surrounding cities, towns, and villages. Under such circumstances, merchants, laborers, tourists, and other groups would frequently come and go. At the same time, they would have a lot of interaction with the residents of the marionette town.
Under the influence of all kinds of strong interactions, it wouldn't take long for the marionette town to give birth to a corresponding region in the spirit world. When the residents' fate trajectories became detailed and real, Klein could consume the potion to advance to Sequence 1 Attendant of Mysteries.
The entire process would probably take no more than three months.
But the problem was that this plan couldn't be kept a secret.
In the present era, it was impossible to hide the sudden appearance of a town somewhere. Soon, government employees, police, and reporters would come to investigate. And the various strong interactions that followed would also make more and more people know about the city and understand it. This was a problem that couldn't be resolved through illusions, unless the marionette town didn't interact with the surrounding cities, towns, and villages, or had very little interaction. However, that was contrary to the requirements of the ritual.
When the news of the marionette town spread, Klein would undoubtedly be targeted by Zaratul, Amon's true body, and other enemies. When that happened, destruction would definitely be easier than protection. He could only bring his marionette town to another location. This would cause the interactions in the early stages to be ineffective, just like what the Dark Demonic Wolf had experienced.
Therefore, Klein only came up with such a plan. He basically wouldn't choose it unless a Visionary was willing to provide help, making all the living beings in the Northern and Southern Continents believe that there was indeed a town there and that it hadn't suddenly appeared.
Considering the various external factors and the Beyonder powers he had, Klein's safest choice was to build the marionette town on an uninhabited island that deviated from the safe sea route and was sufficiently hidden. He would then use Sefirah Castle to make anti-divination and anti-prophecy arrangements.
At the same time, Klein would rely on the "curtain" to "Graft" a certain node of the roads, rivers, and railways outside the marionette town, making it one of the stops on a certain person's journey.
This couldn't be completely kept a secret, but once the "strange phenomenon" spread, it might attract the attention of Zaratul and Amon. Then, he could easily remove the original "grafting" and change the "entrance" without any pattern.
Under such a strategy, only the "entrance" would be moved, not the marionette town itself. The effects of the marionette town. The effects of "Marionette town" would of "Marionette town.
Of course, there was also a big problem with this plan. The area of interaction was limited, and it could not have a deep impact on daily life. In addition, the frequency and intensity of interaction would not be too high.
If he chose this option, it would mean that Klein would have to spend more than half a year or even more than a year on the ritual.
If he wanted to be safe and forced every marionette's fate to have a beginning and an end, the ritual would take at least fifty years. However, there was a shortcut. After the other requirements of the ritual were met, he could directly give the town a meteorite, an earthquake, or a volcanic eruption, allowing all the marionettes' fates to reach an end at the same time. This kind of situation also existed in reality, and it was quite reasonable.
Between the radical and conservative plans, Klein had a plan that was in the middle.
That was to replicate a particular city and make the marionettes correspond to the residents of that city. Then, the evil ones would directly wipe out the city and replace it with their marionette town. The benevolent ones would hide the city and ensure the supply of resources. The reason why the target city wasn't transformed was that it had a corresponding region in the spirit world. It wasn't newly born, so it didn't meet the requirements of the ritual.
With the "curtain" formed by the Attendant of Mysteries Beyonder characteristic, Klein had a better choice: "Grafting" a certain stage of the city onto his marionette town.
This way, it was equivalent to his marionette town becoming the dark side of the city. Outsiders who entered during the corresponding period of time would encounter marionettes and not real people. After that period of time was over, they would leave the marionette town and return to reality to interact with real people.
During this process, Klein would also send marionettes to act as outsiders and maintain interaction with the corresponding real person, allowing the true outsiders to seamlessly connect to the real person when they returned to reality.
In other words, there were two lives happening in the same city at the same time, but no one could notice it. Occasionally, someone would feel that a particular detail wasn't right, but there was no way to explain it and ignore it.
This was rather in line with the characteristic of "Mysteries," and it had a certain degree of concealment.
Of course, this plan also had its own problems. It was that the fate of a marionette highly simulated the fate of a real person. Without its own independence, it would cause certain aspects of the ritual to fail to meet expectations.
Tap! Tap! Tap! Klein tapped the edge of the long mottled table with his fingers, hesitating between the second and third plan.
After a few minutes, he followed his heart's will and chose the second plan. He would rather spend more time than affect the fate of the innocent.
Back then, Zaratul and Antigonus most likely chose the third plan … Klein sighed and prepared to return to reality.
At this moment, he looked at the junk pile again and considered if he should send a revelation to get the City of Silver to change some of the descriptions in the Holy Bible.
To a deity, the Holy Bible wasn't something too important. Its greatest use was to facilitate proselytizing and increase the number of anchors.
On this point, Klein had long come to a conclusion from the Holy Bible of the orthodox Churches such as The Revelation of Evernight and the Book of Storms.
Most of the content was about exalting the orthodox gods, bragging, and showing benevolence and pity.
If it was said that in ancient times, the believers' image of the deities would indeed have a certain negative impact on the deities, then with symbols replacing the statues, there was no longer such a hidden danger. At the very least, the Evernight Goddess, the Lord of Storms, and the other deities had openly declared that they were a part of the original Creator. They weren't worried that this would accelerate the awakening of the original will in their bodies.
In other words, if there really was a problem in this aspect, Klein believed that the Evernight Goddess would have definitely changed the corresponding description. From being an eye of the original Creator to a child born from "Him," this would also have a very high status.
At the same time, the acknowledgment of certain matters by believers wouldn't cause a burden on the deity in the sense of mysticism. Otherwise, Amon would've long secretly helped Klein, or rather, Sefirah Castle, prepare a batch of believers and induce them to form the understanding that the Angel of Time was the incarnation of the Lord of the Mysteries. Then, with the instinctive response that met the requirements, he could establish a sufficient connection with Sefirah Castle and open a "back door."
To deities, apart from the need to proselytize, there were only two important parts to the Holy Bible:
First, the description of the deity's authority and honorific name. If there was a mistake, it would cause the believers' prayers to be directed to the wrong unknown target. Not only would this be dangerous for the believers, but it would also cause the deity to lose its anchor. Second, the description of other Churches could easily lead to conflict.
As for things related to angels and saints, deities actually didn't care too much about them. What they cared about were the angels and saints themselves. This was because they needed to obtain a certain anchor.
Therefore, the various Holy Bible's descriptions of angels and saints were sufficiently detailed. They had authority and honorific names, making it easy for different believers to choose and substitute them. In addition, this wasn't enough to form a stable anchor, because it was covered under the faith of deities.
In order to resolve this problem, the orthodox Churches would assign different guardian angels and saints to different cathedrals, accurately delineating the boundaries.
It was precisely because of this understanding that Klein had never placed much importance on the Holy Bible. After flipping through the part that described his authority and honorific name, he was so embarrassed that he didn't want to continue reading. He only used divination to confirm that there wouldn't be a conflict with the orthodox Churches.
After some consideration, he gave up on the idea of directly making the City of Silver change the Holy Bible and decided to use a gentler method.
In the exchange with Tarot, through The World German Sparrow, he induced Sun to adjust his understanding of the Angel of Time to lean towards Pallez Zoroast. Without arousing the City of Silver's suspicions, he allowed the corresponding content to be changed.
…
In Bayam, Verdu Abraham had gained a lot of mysticism knowledge from several Beyonder circles.
He lit the gas wall lamp and read the book carefully in the dark.
As he flipped to the end, he suddenly read a piece of news that he had never heard of before.
Bansy Harbor is a place filled with mysticism powers. The connection between it and the spirit world's astral world is unimaginable … Even though the Church of the Storm directly destroyed the harbor, it wasn't able to completely eliminate the abnormalities of its existence …
Many mysticism researchers are purchasing items related to Bansy at high prices …
Bansy … Verdu muttered to himself silently. He suddenly had a strong interest in the harbor.
He began to consider if he should purchase some items from Bansy and study them in depth. After all, the spirit world was related to "Teleportation." The astral world and cosmos were related to "Wandering." They could all be related to Mr. Door Bethel Abraham's escape.
Perhaps, if there's a chance, I can go to Bansy to take a look … Verdu nodded indiscernibly.
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