Chapter 1330: Secret of the Wheel

He's really not stopping me anymore?

Taking out the 【Dream-Breaking Awl】 and holding it in his palm, he squeezed it hard, only to find that the world before him did not change again. Li Ang didn't seem to have left any backup plan, and the Aquarius Director's brows furrowed.

A troublesome opponent who is hard to deal with is certainly very headache-inducing, but an opponent who suddenly gives up when they still have a chance makes one feel completely unsure.

"Why?"

Looking at Li Ang, who had really moved out of the way, the smile on the Aquarius Director's face disappeared completely. After hesitating for a while, he couldn't help but ask:

"Are you..."

"I do know some information about the 【Prayer Wheel】."

Recalling the information about the 【Prayer Wheel】, Li Ang explained:

"According to my understanding of that thing, although the 【Prayer Wheel】 is an omnipotent wish-granting machine and almost certainly can achieve the user's wish, the final result it gives might not be what you really want."

"Wishes completed through it will mostly only bring greater trouble and deeper pain, and I'm afraid the bigger the wish proposed, the harder the price to pay will be to bear."

The Prayer Wheel... has a problem?

Hearing Li Ang's words, the Aquarius Director narrowed his eyes and asked in return:

"Did Taurus let you come into contact with the 【Prayer Wheel】? Is this information you figured out yourself?"

"No."

Li Ang shook his head.

"I guessed it myself based on the descriptions from Lord Taurus and the Bureau Chief."

However, besides pure guessing, there was also the resistance hint from the badge.

According to the rule that the deeper the understanding of 【Materialism】, the stronger the resistance, since he had received a hint that his resistance to the 【Prayer Wheel】 had increased, it proved his guess was correct. This thing indeed had a sinister air to it.

You guessed it?

Not knowing that Li Ang had other grounds for judgment, after listening to Li Ang's words, the Aquarius Director was silent for a while, then slowly shook his head and said:

"If this were a result you had investigated using your abilities after touching the 【Prayer Wheel】, I would take it seriously. But what you're saying now is just some groundless speculation, not enough to make me give up my plan."

"I've already said I won't stop you anymore."

Li Ang smiled, then asked with malice in his eyes:

"If I wanted to trick you into giving up your plan, why would I tell you that I haven't actually touched the 【Prayer Wheel】 and that it was all a guess? I told you the 【Prayer Wheel】 has problems simply because I wanted to take revenge on you.

Now I'm giving you a chance to go back on your word, but if you give it up voluntarily, then once you discover that you've been tricked by the 【Prayer Wheel】 and my judgment was correct, the pain you feel then will be super-doubled!"

"..."

"Also, my guess isn't completely groundless."

Watching Aquarius fall into silence again, Li Ang, who seemed to be in a very good mood, smiled and explained:

"According to my observations of anomalous objects, most anomalous objects follow a rule: the stronger the effect, the greater the price. The effect of the Prayer Wheel is too insignificant compared to the price of using it. And this confirms my guess: the real price to pay when using the 【Prayer Wheel】 is another result that is essentially contrary to what you want to achieve in your heart."

"..."

"I don't believe it."

After being silent for a while, the Aquarius Director questioned:

"The price to pay to activate the 【Prayer Wheel】 is not small. To have this opportunity today, I made I don't know how many preparations and sacrificed I don't know how many things to satisfy the conditions. You..."

"You also said it yourself, these are just 'conditions'."

Interrupting the Aquarius Director's questioning, Li Ang smiled and said:

"Everything you did was what the 【Prayer Wheel】 told you to do to complete your wish, but you haven't paid the price for it telling you this information. My judgment still holds!"

"..."

"Alright, that's all I'll say. Please!"

The Aquarius Director wanted to ask more, but Li Ang had already raised his hand again, gesturing toward the golden ant that was struggling to ascend, and said with a smile:

"Just like you used a fake ant to threaten me earlier, because the thing placed on the scale was too important, no matter whether the ant you were holding was real or not, I could only choose to let you out.

And now it's your turn. No matter what information I know, and no matter whether your plan has problems or not, you, who have paid almost everything, can only bite the bullet and continue.

Even if you know in your heart that what I'm saying is 99.9% likely to be true, you will never be willing to end it like this... So please! Go do what you want to do. I won't stop you."

"..."

Facing Li Ang's repeated urging, the Aquarius Director's arm trembled slightly. Then, under Li Ang's smiling gaze, he raised his arm again and slashed through the air toward the golden ant above.

"Click."

The pocket watch imprint, shrunk countless times, flickered on the ant representing the Taurus Director, then instantly completed its return. Amidst the familiar sound of mechanical parts, the Aquarius Director's figure retreated all the way and disappeared.

And above 【Eleven Ant Nests】, behind the golden ant that was laboriously climbing upward, a tiny golden ant suddenly appeared and raised its arm to rest on the former's back.

It actually crossed over in an instant... That knife really isn't just usually easy to use.

Looking enviously at the ant representing the Aquarius Director, the smile on Li Ang's face faded slightly. He then took out the 【Unfair Snake Contract】 and a carbon pencil from the Mirror World.

He hadn't lied about the information regarding the 【Prayer Wheel】; this thing definitely had some problems. But it was absolutely impossible to just let Aquarius do whatever he wanted without stopping him at all.

In the spirit of "don't pit them if you can pit them"... in the spirit of "rooting out evil," Li Ang picked up his homemade carbon pencil and wrote the name of an anomalous object on the snake-skin scroll.

【Copy in Pairs】

According to the Aquarius Director's explanation, the prerequisites for an ascension candidate included a whole set of anomalous objects used to replace the "target."

If he remembered correctly, to completely "replace" the Taurus Director, he needed a total of six anomalous objects, replacing Taurus's past and future, soul and body, personality and emotions respectively. The one representing the "past" was Anna's old photo.

And this crucial anomalous object was stolen by Nicole, who infiltrated the Virgo Branch, and fell into Aquarius's hands. But in reality, what was stolen was a fake copied by the Bureau Chief, and the real one had been in his hands all along.

So next, as long as he swapped that fake back, making the six anomalous objects used to replace the Taurus Director one short, his plan would be... Hm? Why can't I swap it back?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1331 =====