Chapter 1012

Lu Mian organized his language and told about things like the avatar possibly being an identity, the lack of corresponding interpersonal relationships for the "Zhou Mingrui" identity, the existence of Peng Deng and Zhang Yujia being more special, and the appearance of Peng Deng's roommate Grisha in the emergency center of Dawn Hospital.

"If viewed from the perspective of a transmigrator, there are indeed problems with the corresponding details. Zhou Mingrui seems to be just a name, and the person who shares a room with Xia Tasi, works at the Intis Group, and has an older brother named Benson and a younger sister named Shasha is more like Klein Moretti," Lady "Justice" nodded slowly. "Except for the dream city itself and Peng Deng and Zhang Yujia, other important images don't originate from the First Epoch or before the First Epoch."

She temporarily treated the super-ancient times in "Cup of St. 2's" mouth as the First Epoch or history before the First Epoch.

——Up to now, the "Tarot Club" knows almost nothing about things before the Second Epoch.

As she spoke, Lady "Justice" fell silent, seemingly lost in thought.

Lady "Magician" glanced at her and said to Lu Mian:

"Since Peng Deng and Grisha might involve the Ancient Sun God, let me tell you the relevant information we know. Of course, it's limited to the part you can access."

At this time, Jenna noticed the movement in the living room and walked down from the second floor.

She looked around, found a place to sit down quietly, and listened to Lady "Magician" talk about the Ancient Sun God together with Lu Mian.

Lady "Magician" deliberated and said:

"I once told you that the source of all Beyonder powers can be traced back to the original Creator."

Lu Mian and Jenna nodded at the same time.

Lady "Magician" continued:

"The original Creator created this world, and at a certain moment, He disintegrated Himself, splitting into Beyonder characteristics of different pathways. Uh, it might be precisely because of the terrifying impact brought by His self-disintegration that the super-ancient civilization where Mr. 'Fool' and 'Cup of St. 2' lived was completely destroyed, with only a portion of humans surviving, opening the First Epoch, which we call the 'Chaos Era'."

"Was the Celestial Master born at that time? Mr. 'Fool' and Franca and the others should have been suspended above that light gate before the super-ancient civilization collapsed," Lu Mian said words that Jenna couldn't understand the specific meaning of at the moment.

Lady "Magician" pondered for a few seconds and said:

"According to the knowledge we currently possess, the original Creator also had tendencies toward separation and aggregation. Before He completely disintegrated, personalities, or rather, splits in divinity, should have already appeared. The Celestial Master might belong to one of the split-off divinities, so the Celestial Master's spiritual imprint, like the original Creator's, cannot be erased and exists forever within the corresponding Beyonder characteristics."

Jenna understood this paragraph, and she blurted out:

"Then wouldn't Mr. 'Fool' never be able to truly defeat the Celestial Master?"

"He can only both merge and confront, occupying a certain upper hand over a long period of time," Lady "Magician" laughed bitterly. "There is a saying in the dream city that makes a lot of sense: in the long run, we will all die."

Lu Mian, Jenna, and the others all fell silent.

Lady "Magician" restrained her bitter smile and said:

"There were other divinities split off at that time. One of them, you can call Him 'God'."

"The history of the First Epoch might be the history of God confronting the Celestial Master. This is also our only cognition of that period of history; it's not guaranteed to be correct. In short, at the end of the First Epoch, I don't know what happened, but both fell at the same time. The Beyonder characteristics split more thoroughly, and the first Blasphemy Slate was left behind in a hidden place."

The first Blasphemy Slate that recorded the twenty-two divine pathways.

"God occupied those pathways like 'Spectator' and 'Secret Supplicant'?" Lu Mian roughly understood what Lady "Magician" wanted to say.

Lady "Magician" nodded and said:

"The five pathways of 'Spectator,' 'Secret Supplicant,' 'Reader,' 'Sailor,' and 'Bard,' the symbol of omniscience and omnipotence."

"Five pathways..." It wasn't Lu Mian and Jenna who sighed, but Lady "Justice."

Of course, Lu Mian and Jenna were also shocked. The Celestial Master and Mr. 'Fool' only occupy three pathways!

"The number of pathways is not the key to the strength of Great Beings," Lady "Magician" explained simply, without going into detail. "The Ancient Sun God became a god based on 'Bard,' collecting the uniqueness of the corresponding pathways and the minimum required Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics. Afterward, He encountered betrayal, fell, and split. But various signs indicate that before He fell, He had actually encountered what Mr. 'Fool' encountered: God was reviving within His body.

"After the Ancient Sun God fell, His legacy was divided into five parts. One part He split off in advance to the 'Visionary Angel,' one part bred the 'True Creator' and the second 'Blasphemy Slate' on His corpse, and the remaining three parts were divided by the three Angels of Fate at the time."

Lady "Magician" didn't talk about what happened to those three Angels of Fate later, but Lu Mian and Jenna vaguely guessed a bit.

"A few years ago, that 'Visionary Angel' became a god and got, uh, I don't know if it was the second or the first Blasphemy Slate. In short, He used this to go to the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' and merge with the 'True Creator'."

"The matter is roughly like this. I can't guarantee if there are errors in the specific details," Lady "Magician" finally said.

Just as she finished speaking, Lady "Justice" walked out of her contemplation and looked at Lu Mian and Jenna:

"I have a guess about the identities and symbolism of Peng Deng, Grisha, and Zhang Yujia."

…………

Dream city, in a coffee shop.

After Anthony handed Ludwig over to Franca, he used the excuse of continuing the previous consultation to make an appointment with Peng Deng.

He had already prepared to rent a bare-bones room and pay the renovation deposit. Anyway, Zhou Shasha would arrive in Yangdu the day after tomorrow, and they might not even have a chance to spend the money they had left!

Seeing Peng Deng put down his black shoulder computer bag and sit opposite him, Anthony smiled and greeted him:

"I have a friend who knows Zhou Mingrui. I heard you are Zhou Mingrui's childhood friend?"

Anthony wasn't worried that this sentence would trigger a too obvious mutation, because this belonged to a common negotiation tactic—pulling closer the relationship to obtain a favorable price.

After putting his phone on his right side, Peng Deng raised his head.

A smile appeared on his face, which didn't have any special features:

"Yeah, I'm not only Zhou Mingrui's childhood friend, I'm also someone else's childhood friend."

Someone else's childhood friend... Why specifically emphasize such a sentence? Whose childhood friend is he? Anthony's spirit tightened abruptly.

…………

Trier, in the luxury villa.

Lady "Justice" stood up and used her right hand to draw a translucent, dreamlike wooden board.

"Peng Deng, once made 'Cup of St. 4' produce hallucinations due to his own fear, actively leaving the dream," Lady "Justice" said while letting Peng Deng's photo and this sentence be virtualized and stuck to the wooden board.

Immediately after, she outlined Grisha's portrait:

"This is Peng Deng's roommate, who appeared at the emergency center of Dawn Hospital last night.

"This is Nie Zhen, Peng Deng's girlfriend."

After adding Nie Zhen's virtual photo, Lady "Justice" paused and said:

"This is the boss of the Aurora Company, and the Aurora Company corresponds to the 'Aurora Order' in reality. Their boss likely symbolizes that 'True Creator,' closely related to the Ancient Sun God."

As she spoke, Lady "Justice" also stuck the photo of the half-naked Aurora Company boss to the dreamlike wooden board.

After two seconds, Lady "Justice" continued in a slow voice:

"Zhang Yujia once sent a postcard to Zhou Mingrui, and the pattern on it was the Bone Church.

"And for a long period of time, the Bone Church was a signature thing owned by the 'Visionary Angel'."

After Zhang Yujia's file photo was also stuck to the virtual wooden board, Lady "Justice" smiled and said:

"The 'Spectator' pathway reached the 'Dreamweaver' Sequence, which can split past identities or personalities, turning into a person who is like a real person, can sleep normally, eat normally, socialize normally, and do things normally.

"Now, there are a total of five people listed on the blackboard, and there are a total of five pathways related to omniscience and omnipotence..."

Lady "Justice" hadn't had time to state the conclusion when Anthony suddenly came down from upstairs.

Seeing Lady "Magician," Lu Mian, and the others, he explained:

"After contacting Peng Deng today, I was kicked out of the dream. This time it wasn't because of fear.

"However, I heard some information from Peng Deng's hints."

Seeing everyone's gaze looking at him, Anthony paused and said in a low voice:

"Peng Deng is not only Zhou Mingrui's childhood friend, he is likely also the Celestial Master's childhood friend!"

Lady "Justice" heard this, and the corners of her mouth tilted slightly, showing a smile.

She pointed to the virtual photo on the translucent blackboard and said:

"Peng Deng is like this, and Zhang Yujia is like this too.

"Peng Deng's girlfriend Nie Zhen and roommate Grisha, as well as the Aurora Company boss whose origin is most easily seen, all point to the same symbol."

"The Celestial Master's childhood friend is God?" Lu Mian roughly understood what Peng Deng symbolized.

And this symbol, influenced by the characteristics of the "Spectator" pathway, split, not just on Peng Deng, but also on four other people.

"One of the people who least wants the Celestial Master to revive might be that God, so He deliberately arranged and guided you to the underground area of Dawn Hospital to discover the corresponding psychological shadows," Lady "Magician" said in a tone of "so that's how it is."

Lady "Justice" thought for a while, and her voice became lower:

"If the one currently believed in by the 'Aurora Order' enters the dream, He should be able to choose one of these five images as His body. Peng Deng could be Him, Nie Zhen could be Him, Grisha could be Him, Zhang Yujia could be Him, and the Aurora Company boss could also be Him."

Lady "Magician" suddenly had a new idea:

"Peng Deng and Grisha share a room, and Nie Zhen is about to move in and share a room with them. Does this symbolize that the three of them are merging?

"Moving out represents separation and confrontation?"

PS: Updating early, asking for double monthly tickets for October~

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