Chapter 1037

When Lu Mian walked down the stairs, the sunlight was still bright, and Franca, Jenna, and Anthony were leisurely enjoying afternoon tea.

Ludwig was also there, just not so leisurely.

"The Major Arcana gathering is over?" Franca turned her body and asked curiously.

Lu Mian suddenly recalled the various scenes in the majestic palace above the gray mist and nodded:

"It's over."

"What can be talked about? Don't mention what can't be talked about." Franca had an expression of "I just want to broaden my horizons."

Lu Mian sat on the single sofa and used words learned in the dream city:

"There's nothing to talk about. Today's meeting was very plain, mainly the Major Arcana cards reporting the pile of things they are responsible for to Mr. Fool one by one, and Mr. Fool gave corresponding instructions."

"You respect Mr. Fool quite a lot." Franca exclaimed suddenly.

"Why do you say that?" Lu Mian was slightly surprised.

Franca gave a "Heh" sound, her gaze first cast toward Jenna, then moved to Anthony:

"I don't need to answer such a simple question, right?"

Jenna helped Franca explain with a tacit understanding, saying with a slight smile:

"If it weren't for Mr. Fool, you would definitely have added more adjectives before 'instructions,' such as 'high-level' or 'overall planning'."

This added a sense of teasing and banter.

"I have always been quite respectful to gods, except for a few." Lu Mian smiled with realization.

He turned and said:

"As someone attending a meeting before the gods for the first time, I had nothing to report, just raised questions related to Madam Pualis and her daughter Omebella, hoping to get an answer from Mr. Fool."

"What did Mr. Fool say?" Jenna and Franca asked in unison.

Before Lu Mian could answer, dots of starlight suddenly emerged in the void.

These starlights quickly outlined the figure of Ms. "Magician."

She said to Lu Mian, Franca, and Jenna:

"You can go to the 'Blue Avenger' and explore the treasury left by the 'Blood Emperor.' I will go in with you and provide necessary help.

"Do you need to postpone for a period of time to make some preparations?"

The treasure of the Tudor Dynasty would obviously be mainly items related to the "Hunter" pathway, supplemented by the "Witch" pathway, and then added with some things from the "Seer," "Apprentice," and "Marauder" pathways, which was very suitable for three "Witches" to explore and obtain the Beyonder characteristics needed for normal advancement or pathway jumping.

As for Anthony's advancement, there were other arrangements.

And Ludwig's further recovery of strength would have to wait until one of Lu Mian or Franca reached the Sequence 3 level to avoid accidents.

"No need, let's go now." Lu Mian had long discussed this with Franca and Jenna.

Ms. "Magician" didn't say much, created a brilliant, dreamy double-opening gate, and brought the three "Witches" to the "Blue Avenger," which was sailing in the wind and waves.

Mr. "Hanged Man," dressed as a captain, was already waiting at the entrance of the cabin.

"Can you still sense the mirror image mark you left in the treasury?" Ms. "Magician" asked Lu Mian.

"Yes." Lu Mian half-closed his eyes and sensed it.

He didn't try to arrive at the full-length mirror where the mark was left by way of "Mirror Shuttling" because the corresponding area behind the mirror or the mirror world hid the resurrection backup of the "Blood Emperor" Alista Tudor.

For him, the main role of that mirror image mark at present was to provide the necessary positioning, letting his companions also enter the treasury, and in the future, it would serve as a trap marker to pit strong enemies at the cost of mutual destruction.

After sensing, Lu Mian walked toward the depths of the ship while deliberately continuing the previous topic.

He turned his head to look at Franca and Jenna:

"The revelation given by Mr. Fool is that after becoming an 'Ageless Witch,' go to the new City of Bai Yin to borrow the 'Gift of the Earth,' and bring it to the 'City of Exile,' to the front of the brother with the broken hand."

"Indeed, one knows Omebella, one shouted Gidas. Let them touch, maybe they can really touch some sparks." Franca suddenly understood.

At this time, Mr. "Hanged Man," who was walking in front as the captain of the "Blue Avenger," suddenly half-turned his body and said thoughtfully:

"I think, this revelation from Mr. Fool, what is important is not just the content behind it; the prerequisite conditions are equally important."

Lu Mian mentioned Mr. Fool's revelation in front of Ms. "Magician" and Mr. "Hanged Man" just to hear their views and opinions. Hearing this, he immediately asked:

"The prerequisite condition of becoming an 'Ageless Witch'?"

Mr. "Hanged Man," who had a rough face and looked unkempt, laughed in a low voice:

"Just going to borrow the 'Gift of the Earth' and bringing it to the 'Abscessed Broken Hand,' can't you complete it now? The only help needed might be communication with the Church of Knowledge."

"Yes." Jenna agreed with Mr. "Hanged Man's" statement:

Lu Mian already possessed all the conditions to briefly use the "Gift of the Earth" and could obtain permission from the new City of Bai Yin through Mr. "Sun," and was also an agent of "0-01," so there was no need to wait until the "Ageless Witch" level to let Omebella's corpse and the "Abscessed Broken Hand" meet.

"Is a certain change brought by becoming an 'Ageless Witch' the catalyst for the whole thing? Or, only by reaching the Sequence 3 level can one deal with the accidents that inevitably happen after the 'Gift of the Earth' and the 'Abscessed Broken Hand' meet? No, the latter situation can basically be ruled out." Lu Mian, in the state of "Despair Witch," slowed his pace and thought.

As an agent of "0-01," he had considerable authority in front of the mountain of corpses, and there was no big difference between being Sequence 4 or Sequence 3.

Moreover, he could also briefly borrow the gift under the "Nether Daoist" seal to become a Sequence 3 "War Bishop."

In other words, the improvement in strength brought by advancing to "Ageless Witch" was not necessary.

"It should be a certain change brought by the trait of 'Ageless Witch' itself." Ms. "Magician" gave her judgment.

Franca, who had been listening quietly for a while, muttered:

"Why doesn't Mr. Fool say it more clearly, just giving a revelation and letting us interpret it ourselves?"

Mr. "Hanged Man" looked at Franca:

"A sentence I learned in the dream city is 'words have the power of law.'

"Every move and every word of great existences will have a profound impact on fate and the world. Back then, in the process of Mr. Fool becoming a great existence in only three years, many words he said were later verified one by one and became facts.

"In this situation, saying it clearly and not saying it clearly will be part of the whole thing, and the interference with fate will also be different, and the final result will also deviate because of this."

When Lu Mian nodded in agreement, he felt slightly surprised in his heart.

He felt that Mr. "Hanged Man" was much more enthusiastic than the previous few times they met.

The previous Mr. "Hanged Man" would not be stingy with his own judgment and enlightenment, but only did his part and only said what was his part, but this time he actually took the initiative to talk about many things outside the topic.

Is it because I have become a Major Arcana card? Mr. "Hanged Man" actually attaches great importance to status... Lu Mian withdrew his gaze thoughtfully.

Ms. "Magician" added:

"Moreover, this matter involves the 'Great Mother.' Even for Mr. Fool, it is very difficult to see it very clearly, and he can only obtain a certain revelation."

Hearing this, Franca looked left and right and lowered her voice:

"Mr. Fool initially awakened this time, uh, I don't mean I don't respect Mr. Fool, I'm just more concerned about his current state. Maybe there is something I can provide help with? I am a 'transmigrator' after all! Um, what I want to ask is, what level has Mr. Fool recovered to now, and how is the 'World' identity you wove running?"

After Lu Mian and Ms. "Magician" and Mr. "Hanged Man" looked at each other, they said:

"To what extent he has recovered, none of us know. We can only be sure that in terms of level, he is not a complete 'Fool'."

This "Fool" without "Mr." refers to the Sequence 0 "Fool" of the "Seer" pathway.

—The basis for the Major Arcana cards, including Lu Mian, to make corresponding judgments is: if the identity of Gehrman Sparrow is already a complete "Fool," it means he has fully mastered all the authority of the "Seer" pathway, and the real Mr. Fool will soon occupy enough advantage in the matter of fusing and confronting, and wake up completely.

Lu Mian continued:

"The current Mr. Fool, I personally feel, is not agile enough, or rather, more cold and indifferent, closer to Gehrman Sparrow."

Franca thought for a long while and said:

"I think, my personal understanding, Gehrman Sparrow currently looks more like an AI, artificial intelligence, that has fused some of Mr. Fool's will and ideas.

"Think about it, one of the foundations for Gehrman Sparrow's stable existence is a large number of faith anchors, and different people's cognition of him is different. This is like one of the foundations for AI's existence is data, a large amount of data, and the data collected on the internet, the data fed to AI, may be wrong, fabricated, or self-imagined. This will bring pollution to it, very similar to the pollution of faith anchors you mentioned.

"What the current AI highlights is that as long as you dare to believe, it dares to compile, and the reactions presented by Gehrman Sparrow will also be polluted by faith anchors. Without affecting the transmission of Mr. Fool's core will and ideas, there will be personalized, and even contradictory, expressions.

"Um, he is equivalent to Mr. Fool's AI assistant. The better he iterates and the faster he evolves, the more authority and power Mr. Fool can master and mobilize, eventually helping him defeat the Celestial Worthy."

Interpreting from the perspective of AI was something the Major Arcana cards had never thought of, but fortunately, everyone present had been to the dream city and could barely understand what Franca was talking about.

Ms. "Magician," who had a very deep understanding of faith anchors, nodded slowly:

"What we need to do next is purify Gehrman Sparrow's anchors, adjusting those people's cognition of Gehrman Sparrow to different degrees?"

"Including our cognition of Gehrman Sparrow." Mr. "Hanged Man" added.

While speaking, several people came to the stairs leading to the lower deck of the ship.

PS: Thanks to 37 Great Demon King for the Bai Yin Alliance reward~

(End of chapter)