Chapter 1073: Fooling

"The Fool," who was indoctrinated by countless knowledge, froze, his head exploded with a *bang*, turning into a large number of twisted worms.

These worms disappeared quickly, leaving only a pair of black gloves and a cane inlaid with numerous star dust.

In the thin fog permeating the high mountain peaks, another figure fell, still "The Fool" wearing a black trench coat and a half-high top hat.

Those black gloves and that star dust cane instantly returned to his control.

Just now?

Just now was just a historical projection!

On the black shadow group that the "Hidden Sage" had turned into, the black-and-white eyeballs that had cracked out rotated one by one, reflecting "The Fool's" figure again.

At this moment, he wanted to escape.

This is not to say that he did not have the courage to destroy the current body and resurrect relying on pre-backed up information hidden elsewhere. For a uniqueness like him, this was not too painful.

The reason that hindered him from making such a choice was:

For the designated backup information to receive the uniqueness, the "Hidden Sage" must choose autonomously and make activation before death, and activation is likely to be tracked and located. As the embodiment of mystical knowledge, the "Hidden Sage" of course knew what the enemy in front of him was good at, and what role the dark barrier that sealed the entire unknown place and the thin gray fog permeating the barrier could play.

If activation is not done, the uniqueness will naturally transfer to the nearest backup information, following the principle of proximity, and the "Hidden Sage" still hid a backup information in this unknown place.

—When he first made such an arrangement, his idea was that if a powerful enemy descended, he would rely on the preparation that could be resurrected twice to try to drive the opponent away, hide again, or kill the opponent on the spot and harvest the spoils of war. If both resurrections failed to win, it meant that he really couldn't win, so he would take advantage of the third time he was killed to resurrect in the backup information hidden elsewhere and get rid of the entanglement completely.

That is to say, the "Hidden Sage" was not panicked now. After being killed two more times, he could truly escape this unknown place and would not be tracked, entering a hidden state again.

His current plan was to try to counterattack. If it didn't work, then wait to be killed, rather than self-destruction.

—Information will appear lost, decayed, wrong, chaotic, etc. in constant backups. This is determined by the underlying laws of the whole world, which is the embodiment of symbols such as error, decay, entropy increase, etc. Every time the overall information is backed up, the probability of problems increases, and the possibility of hidden chaos increases. If the "Hidden Sage" uses the fourth piece of information to resurrect, some hidden errors may manifest, and the enemy opposite symbolizes "error."

In this matter, compared to being killed by others, self-destruction would more significantly lead to the intensification of information decay and chaos, because this starts from the inside, from the negation of self-consciousness.

In the black-and-white eyeballs of the "Hidden Sage" that reflected "The Fool's" figure, new illusory symbols stood out again.

They were not complicated, just simple numbers.

One was "0," and one was "1."

In the cognition of the "Rose Redemption Order," every number has spirituality and its own symbolic meaning.

Of course, numbers do not directly possess power, but they will bring corresponding mystical pointers.

And one of the core abilities of the "Hidden Sage" is to give numbers power, to give them their own different symbolic powers that are truly meaningful and have decayed quite a bit from the original version!

Among them, "0" represents chaos, represents the unknown, represents before everything happens, and "1" represents the beginning, represents the first, represents the Creator who created this world.

The "0" and "1" in those black-and-white eyeballs suddenly changed.

They connected head to tail, flowing rapidly within the transparent tunnel formed by the eyeballs, changing from "0" to "1," and from "1" to "0," from nothing to something, and from something to nothing.

Accompanied by the appearance and flow of those "0"s and "1"s, this unknown place rapidly became transparent.

Whether it was itself, or the dark barrier and thin gray fog that sealed it, all presented countless "0"s and "1"s.

They were composed of these two numbers huddled together!

"The Fool's" figure also had similar changes. On his face and inside his gloves, one after another, small worms that were either transparent, bright, or had segments crawled out. Looking closely, these small worms were all composed of "0" and "1" number strings entangled together.

Under the influence of the "Hidden Sage," a large number of "1"s were turning into "0"s. By the time "0" occupied the vast majority, this digital world would completely return to "nothing," collapse and disappear with a *bang*, unable to block the "Hidden Sage's" escape anymore.

Even "The Fool" himself would be affected, making it difficult to locate and track in time!

Suddenly, "The Fool's" figure disappeared.

He appeared in the high sky filled with digital fog, thrusting the star dust cane he was holding into the air below.

Silently, the dark barrier sealing the unknown place collapsed inward, which brought the thin gray fog and the unknown place to collapse inch by inch, producing one after another terrifying space-time storm.

"The Fool" made this digital world fall into destruction in advance.

The crazily raging space-time storm swept toward the "Hidden Sage," and the disintegration and collapse of the surroundings also spread to this evil god.

The "Hidden Sage" was not surprised but happy.

Such destruction not only destroyed the last backup information he hid in the unknown place, allowing him to truly escape "The Fool's" tracking after only one more death, but also made the blockade disappear, making the situation chaotic. Even if he escaped directly or activated the corresponding backup information in advance, he didn't have to worry about being located!

The "Hidden Sage," who had cracked out countless black-and-white eyeballs, let the collapse of the world and the tearing of the space-time storm fall on him.

He was immediately reduced to streams of transparent and illusory information.

These information were all stained with a faint crimson.

Just as the "Hidden Sage" was about to annihilate and resurrect at the hidden backup information, "The Fool" high above suddenly grabbed forward with his left palm, which was not holding the star dust cane.

*Clang! *

The ancient bell sound that traveled through time and space echoed in the world that was about to collapse completely. On the giant and illusory stone wall clock, the jumping hands were pressed down by the black palm again.

Whether it was the crazily raging dark storm, or the collapsing mountains, rift valleys, and oceans, they all solidified, as if they had become photos.

In such a scene, those who could still move were "The Fool" and the "Hidden Sage," who had collapsed into multiple strands of information but had not yet completely perished.

Mr. "Fool" did not include the "Hidden Sage" in the scope of time stop!

The black trench coat behind him lifted, and the face under the black top hat became dark and dim, not clearly visible.

"Fooling"!

Above the wilderness, Lu Mian, who received the hint, took the mobile phone and jumped into the mist that completely filled the collapsed large hole.

This secret passage had long been "grafted" to the unknown place where the "Hidden Sage" was located.

Just as Lu Mian's figure appeared in the destruction scene that seemed to have been pressed the pause button, the "Hidden Sage," who had split into multiple strands of information and instinctively wanted to escape, suddenly felt something.

He felt the aura of the Son of God.

"No, that's the aura of the 'Great Mother'!

"'The Great Mother' has come to save me!"

The strands of information of the "Hidden Sage" rushed toward Lu Mian, who was not wearing a hood and revealed a bright face.

He not only felt that he was saved, but also thought there was a possibility of turning defeat into victory.

The "Great Mother" had personally taken the field, what else would not happen?

Lu Mian raised his right hand, facing the mobile phone with the screen lit and the mini-program displayed forward.

At this time, "solidification" reached its limit, and destruction continued to advance.

The information of the "Hidden Sage" rushed even more crazily.

Affected by the aura, status, and current state of this evil god, the surface of Lu Mian's white and tender face was torn open inch by inch, and pieces of flesh and blood wriggled, about to grow black-and-white eyeballs.

This was both pollution and impact.

Lu Mian did not escape, nor did he abandon the mobile phone, standing quietly there, enjoying the pain of his body and the pleasure of his soul.

The residual aura of the "Blood Emperor" in his palm, the "Netherworld Daoist" seal, and the pitch-black "needle hole" had all been triggered. His spirit began to be chaotic, as if he knew a lot of knowledge he shouldn't know.

The corners of his mouth curled up, with two black-and-white eyeballs.

He looked at the transparent information of the "Hidden Sage" rushing toward him crazily, smiling very brightly:

I've come to find you!

I said I would come to find you!

On Lu Mian's body, pieces of flesh and blood began to fall off, all growing black-and-white eyeballs, but he didn't move, still firmly holding the mobile phone made by the "God of Steam and Machinery."

Finally, the information of the "Hidden Sage" arrived at the destination.

Lu Mian then pressed the run button of the "Information Shredder" mini-program.

The surface of that mobile phone suddenly became dark, absorbing the remaining light around it and the information without physical support.

The "Hidden Sage" woke up instantly, but it was too late. That mobile phone seemed to have turned into a giant vortex, sweeping all the transparent and illusory information he had decomposed into inside.

Seeing this, Lu Mian no longer supported it, using "Destruction Fire" to ignite himself who had been polluted.

In the burning of the black flames that bound madness and repression, he turned into ashes with a bright yet terrifying smile.

The real him died.

The pollution spread to the mirror, and the him in the mirror also died.

Only the "Sleeping" mirror that had been hidden by the "Hidden" power was unaffected.

The screen of that mobile phone lit up again, and part of the illusory light composed of complex information tried hard to drill out, trying to break free from control.

"The Fool," wearing a black trench coat and a half-high top hat, landed in front of this mobile phone and Lu Mian's "Traveler's Bag," behind him was the unknown place that was still collapsing and destroying.

The "Hidden Sage" shouted in despair and fear:

"Let me go! I will be loyal to you!

"Let me go!"

"The Fool" said in a cold yet gentle voice:

"You have hurt too many people."

He raised the cane inlaid with numerous star dust, pushing the "Hidden Sage," who was trying to struggle out of the "Information Shredder," back into the mobile phone screen.

From deep within that mobile phone, a creepy sound, as if a monster was gnawing on human bones, came out.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1074 =====