Chapter 1027: Sudden Occurrence

Not a coincidence, so it was intentional? Did the original God see a certain scene when he fell and collapsed, and made corresponding arrangements? Lu Mian revealed a thoughtful expression.

He then said in a satisfied tone:

"Thank you for your answer, great Arrodes."

This was the answer he wanted.

This also indirectly confirmed that the Celestial Worthy was trying to use the "person in the mirror."

The surface of the magic mirror rippled, and blood-red ancient Futhark words were outlined again:

"According to the principle of reciprocity, it's my turn to ask.

"If you answer incorrectly, or lie, or refuse to answer, you will be punished."

Lu Mian nodded gently, and then saw the ancient Futhark words on the ancient silver mirror change:

"Are you prepared to be scared out of your wits by that person?"

What a gentle question, not shameful at all... Anthony thought subconsciously.

Immediately after, he reacted:

"This is more like a hint.

"Hinting to Lu Mian that the next action might involve facing that Celestial Worthy or His consciousness and power directly?"

"I am prepared." Lu Mian answered with a smile.

He also saw the hint from the Magic Mirror Arrodes.

Then, he faced the magic mirror and pressed his hand to his chest:

"I'll ask the other two questions later."

By 11:00 AM, Franca and Jenna also arrived at this rented house in Xinhong Community, each finding a chair to sit down.

"The 'Mystic Queen' is maintaining the illusion of Lu Mianna, not letting the police find out that I have left the designated residence." Lu Mian, who had restored his identity as Li Ming, stood up and looked at each companion, "We have to hurry."

"Hmm." Franca had been curious about Lu Mian's plan since yesterday.

Of course, she was inevitably a bit nervous and uneasy. After all, if others failed, it was highly likely they would just be kicked out of the dream, but she had a not-so-small chance of dying.

Lu Mian said with a smile:

"I have been pondering the sentence 'exclude the interference of complex information and see the most fundamental fact' yesterday, and later I finally thought of a few details.

"One of them is that Chief Agate only has Mr. Door's spiritual imprint and the Celestial Worthy's spiritual imprint, and at most a little bit of Amon's.

"If interfered with by complex information, one would infer that Chief Agate would likely lean toward the Celestial Worthy at a critical moment, or that he had always been faking neutrality, and one must avoid meeting him.

"But I used matters related to the Abraham family and the purpose of our entering the dream city, and it did stimulate Mr. Door's spiritual imprint, so that I wouldn't be completely kicked out of the dream.

"And the official power of the dream city had indeed performed quite neutrally before, impartial and following the law; otherwise, we would have been finished long ago.

"Then, what is the most fundamental fact in this information?"

Franca, Jenna, and Anthony fell into thought, while Ludwig kept eating a large bag of potato chips, occasionally plucking a mushroom from his body to pair with it.

After more than ten seconds, Jenna said in a low voice with doubt and uncertainty:

"The Celestial Worthy is too weak?"

Lu Mian laughed:

"Correct. Unlike Amon, Mr. Door has long since passed away. Chief Agate, that is, the uniqueness of the 'Door' pathway, only has the residual spiritual imprint of Him. Without external help, without subsequent replenishment.

"And it is such a residual imprint, plus a little bit of Mr. Fool's cognition and a little bit of Amon's spiritual imprint, that actually resisted the spiritual imprint of the Celestial Worthy, a great existence. Most of the time, it can maintain balance, and a small part of the time, it even gains the upper hand due to stimulation.

"What does this explain?

"It explains that the Celestial Worthy's current state is much worse than we imagined, and the restrictions He is under are much greater than what we see daily!

"This is the most fundamental fact.

"And why is it like this?"

Speaking of this, Lu Mian closed his mouth, obviously not wanting to tell his inferences and thoughts.

*Hey*, you hooked our curiosity and then didn't say it? Franca felt the same as when encountering certain authors and storytellers who left a cliffhanger at the end of a chapter; she felt uncomfortable all over.

But she immediately understood Lu Mian's meaning. This was based on full trust.

"Some things are okay to know yourself, but can't be said, at most hinted?" Franca asked, deliberating.

Lu Mian revealed an expression of relief that made Franca want to hit him:

"Didn't we already make a judgment before that, except for outsiders, every image in the dream city is a product of Mr. Fool's subconscious cognition and the Celestial Worthy's subconscious cognition combined?"

Lu Mian stretched out his right hand, pointing to the green trees outside the window, the walls all around, and the hot wind blowing from outside:

"What I want to say is, besides dream characters, the birds, mice, cockroaches, earthworms, plants, buildings, and even the air of this city are also products of Mr. Fool's subconscious and the Celestial Worthy's subconscious combined.

"That is to say, we have always been living in Mr. Fool's and the Celestial Worthy's thoughts, cognition, and consciousness."

Franca suddenly realized:

"The dream city is like the cerebral cortex, some areas are very active, so we must be careful to avoid them and cannot make stimulating behaviors toward them, like Zhou Mingrui, this dream image. The other majority of areas are in a sleeping state and normally won't have reactions, unless we say key words or key information?"

"Once said, it is very likely to be detected by the Celestial Worthy immediately." Lu Mian raised his right hand and grabbed a handful of air.

He said with a smile:

"This will not only bring gaze and rejection, but also possibly stimulate the Celestial Worthy, letting Him get rid of the current bad state.

"I'll give an example. The fundamental fact manifested by those pieces of information on Chief Agate isn't hard to think of, but even with Amon's reminder and hint, I spent a long time figuring it out. You and the Major Arcana cards even never thought of it.

"Suppose there is a person who is fooled and always feels that he is weak and cannot get rid of the corresponding restrictions. In this case, if someone suddenly says how stupid and dumb he is, will it stimulate him, make him regain clarity, and become strong again?

"This is also the reason why Amon and the one from the 'Aurora Order' don't speak directly inside or outside the dream, but only hint, letting us understand it ourselves.

"Some tricks, once the key technique is spoken through, won't work anymore!"

Jenna finally understood what Lu Mian wanted to express.

This had two layers:

One was that everyone who had entered the dream was equivalent to accepting the joint contamination of Mr. Fool and the Celestial Worthy, just because of the different time of entering the dream and the different things done, the degree of contamination was different, and the corresponding influence would be maintained even after returning to reality;

Two was that certain words and certain facts would stimulate the Celestial Worthy under the existence of similar contamination, making Him "wake up."

"You just need to break down the tasks for us, no need to say anything else." Jenna exhaled.

Franca and Anthony also realized it and nodded one after another.

Just as Lu Mian was about to hand over the corresponding tasks to his companions, Franca's phone rang.

Franca picked it up and her expression changed slightly:

"Luo Shan's call!"

Are some things so urgent that they need a phone call?

Franca chose to answer and tried to make her voice sound calm:

"Hello, Shan Shan?"

Luo Shan's urgent voice came from the receiver:

"Zhou Mingrui suddenly asked for leave, he asked for it twenty minutes ago, I just found out!"

Zhou Mingrui asked for leave? Jenna looked at Lu Mian.

Lu Mian couldn't help but frown.

Today is Wednesday, Zhou Mingrui's sister Zhou Shasha will arrive in Yangdu, but her high-speed train is scheduled to arrive at 1:40 PM. Zhou Mingrui didn't need to ask for leave in the morning at all; he would have time after eating lunch.

Franca forced herself to be calm and said to Luo Shan:

"Don't worry, use WeChat to ask Zhou Mingrui and see what happened."

"Okay... I can ask him directly." Luo Shan, who was in the Administration Department of the Intis Group, hurriedly hung up the phone.

She quickly sent a message to Zhou Mingrui:

"Why did you suddenly ask for leave?"

After a few minutes, while Luo Shan was praying secretly, Zhou Mingrui replied to her message:

"Going to the high-speed railway station to pick up my sister."

"Your sister is arriving in Yangdu? What time?" Luo Shan's heart tightened, as if she had glimpsed some bad reality.

After another minute, Zhou Mingrui sent a "sigh" emoji:

"It was supposed to be the one arriving after 1:30, but she said she arrived at the hometown high-speed railway station early and there were remaining tickets, so she just changed the ticket, and it will arrive after 11:50."

Why did she suddenly change the ticket? Almost two hours early... Luo Shan had heard Luo Fu and Jenna say that Zhou Shasha's arrival in Yangdu might have problems, so she became even more panicked.

She didn't care about perfunctory Zhou Mingrui and hurriedly took a screenshot of the chat history and sent it to "True Sleeve Sword."

At this time, retelling is a waste of time!

Franca in the rented house in Xinhong Community quickly browsed the information on the screenshot, and her whole body tightened abruptly.

"Bad, Zhou Mingrui is almost at the high-speed railway station, and so is Zhou Shasha!" Franca held up the phone and showed it to Lu Mian and the others.

Lu Mian glanced at it and smiled slightly:

"No need to worry, it's still in time, there is still some redundant time."

His attitude infected Franca and Jenna, making their mentality and spirit calm down a little—Anthony and Ludwig didn't need comfort.

Lu Mian then arranged different tasks for everyone, only telling them what to do, not telling them why.

When handing over certain tasks, he even specifically used the "Bottle of Fiction" so that other companions couldn't hear.

Finally, Lu Mian said to Anthony:

"Before taking Ludwig to the Red Moon Hospital, return to the real world, relay what I told you to the Major Arcana cards, and let them be prepared. When the dream city changes, seize the short window of time to complete that matter.

"Of course, the change might not happen, and our plan is very likely to fail."

"Okay." Anthony answered calmly.

Lu Mian turned his gaze to Franca and revealed a smile again:

"Then let's act separately."

After speaking, he pressed his hand to his chest:

"Praise the Fool!"

"Praise the Fool!" Franca stood up with a *swish* and returned the same action.

Then, she said in a low voice:

"You guys must be careful..."

Lu Mian nodded gently and walked toward the door with Jenna, walking out of this rented house.

The action officially begins.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1028 =====