Chapter 392: Hidden Danger

"Lady Lady Hai La" turned her head to look at Lu Mian, silent for two seconds before saying:

"Fine, I'll go prepare now.

"But don't hold too much hope. Even if it's an emergency gathering, you have to reserve ten minutes for others to disguise, otherwise, they shouldn't come."

And ten minutes plus the time for the previous discussion might allow "Loki" to resurrect and warn his accomplices.

Lu Mian's expression didn't change, nodding lightly:

"Have to try."

"Yeah, catch one if you can. With a breakthrough, finding other people will be much simpler." Franca agreed with Lu Mian's idea.

She suspected that some of the "Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society" members who died before were killed by "Loki" and others.

"Lady Lady Hai La" didn't waste time, her surroundings suddenly becoming gloomy, refusing the light of the three flames to shine in.

Her figure disappeared accordingly, not knowing where she went.

This was the beginning of the preparatory work for the emergency gathering.

Lu Mian looked at the rotten mud-like flesh and blood covered with dead maggots, his gaze flickering, falling into his own thoughts.

Franca seriously examined her physical state, finding no substantial, relatively obvious injuries. The pain she suffered before mainly came from the impact on her spirit. With the spirit body being comforted and treated, only some not-so-obvious cracks remained.

"Phew." Franca breathed a long sigh of relief, " 'Loki' is really both insidious and formidable. Fortunately, you knew to find Ms. 'Lady Lady Hai La' for help. Otherwise, just relying on us, we would have already become marionettes."

Lu Mian deeply agreed.

If he hadn't thought of being able to borrow "Lady Lady Hai La's" power, and guessed that "Loki" could directly discover some kind of quality on him, deciding to do a "fishing" action tonight, the ending might not have been too good.

Without preparation, being touched by "Loki" nearby and going all out, neither he nor Franca had the power to fight back.

He could still use the "Blood Emperor's" aura, which was relatively easy to activate and didn't require complex procedures, to indiscriminately attract official Beyonders, and then hit a time difference to "teleport" and escape. Franca, on the other hand, was almost destined to be controlled.

Of course, if there hadn't been the "fishing" operation, Lu Mian would very likely have chosen to take Franca and leave via "Spirit World Travel," directly escaping Loki's line of sight, only to sneak back in later.

"You don't have to worry about becoming a marionette. 'Loki' wanted to raise you to a Sequence 4 'Witch' before converting you." Lu Mian casually comforted Franca.

Franca was stunned for a moment:

"He told me he had long wanted a Witch marionette..."

"He lied to you. He also said those four paragraphs of honorific names were to speed up the progress. Actually, it was to create a trap for me, a trap that could isolate most of the struggle movement." Lu Mian pointed out calmly that Franca had been lied to.

"..." Franca couldn't help but curse, "Damn! Is there any truth in his mouth? He deserves to be the leader of 'April Fool's,' a new type of swindler living diagonally across from the 'Different' cabaret!"

Speaking of this, Franca talked to herself:

"The chanted honorific names must be true. That he can use the traits we share, borrow the power of that Celestial Venerable, and directly locate me, should also be true. As for the specific range, based on the style he showed, it's likely nonsense and can't be believed.

"What kind of feature could it be...

"If the matter of crossing over was indeed caused by that Celestial Venerable, it's very likely we all have the aura or brand left by Him, and 'Loki,' borrowing His power, isn't difficult to locate us within a certain range."

Franca suddenly turned her head and looked at Lu Mian:

"At the gathering, you should have been recognized by 'Loki' as a fake 'Muggle'! You don't have the aura or brand of the Celestial Venerable on you!"

"Right." Lu Mian's mood was a bit low.

"This detail must be told to Ms. 'Lady Lady Hai La' later, to see if everyone can think of a way to eliminate the Celestial Venerable's aura. Otherwise, we will be hunted by 'Loki' and them in the future." Franca, while speaking, looked at the "Wraith" that had some gloomy green light seeping out and combining with a certain part of the corpse, "How should this Beyonder characteristic be handled?"

This was a Sequence 5 Beyonder characteristic!

For this trophy, she had her own ideas, but didn't know what Lu Mian's attitude was.

"Ms. 'Lady Lady Hai La' killed 'Loki' herself, so the trophy must belong to her." Lu Mian said indifferently.

He then pointed to the corpse turned into by the other marionette:

"Why didn't he precipitate Beyonder characteristics?"

"Yeah, he couldn't resurrect too, right?" Franca muttered, then said, "Could it be a Gifted, with no Beyonder characteristics?"

She also anticipated giving the "Wraith" Beyonder characteristic to Ms. "Lady Lady Hai La."

Lu Mian nodded slowly:

"In the evening, I thought it was a marionette of the 'Sun' pathway. Later, when I was controlled, every sentence he said sounded like crazy mumbling, able to affect my spirit and spirit body, not quite the same style as the 'Sun' pathway. Hmm, it should indeed be a Gifted of some evil god, made into a marionette by 'Loki'."

"Let's ask Ms. 'Lady Lady Hai La' later." Franca had just finished speaking when the figure of "Lady Lady Hai La," dressed in a black widow-style dress, was outlined in this deserted mine.

She said to Lu Mian and Franca:

"Wait another five minutes, and we will chant that spell and enter the palace of the 'Land of Night'."

"Good." Lu Mian took a breath and exhaled slowly.

Franca immediately told "Lady Lady Hai La" about the matter that research society members might have common traits, and finally asked:

"Is there any way to confirm and eliminate it? 'Loki,' a 'Marionettist,' hiding in the dark, might come looking at any time, it's really terrifying."

"Lady Lady Hai La" thought for a while and said:

"One is to advance to Sequence 4, become a demigod, so that you can barely suppress the aura left by the Celestial Venerable. Two is to find magical items with effects like concealment, keeping secrets, etc.

"I can only think of these two methods for now. Let's see if others have better ideas at the next gathering."

At this time, Lu Mian looked at "Lady Lady Hai La," his tone slightly urgent:

" 'Ms.,' did you ask anything or find anything from 'Loki'?"

"Lady Lady Hai La" took out the wine bottle and drank another third.

Her pale face had a bit more flush, and her voice said coldly:

"When I asked 'Loki' why he harmed other members, he said it was to pursue pleasure, to create pranks to gain emotional and spiritual satisfaction. But when I asked him alone why he harmed 'Muggle,' his answer was Fu Sheng Fusheng Fusheng Xuanhuang..."

"Lady Lady Hai La" didn't finish, but the meaning was understood by the two present.

Selling "Spirit Calling" to Aurora and guiding her to use it on herself, making her mentally split step by step, seemed to be the will of that "Fu Sheng Fusheng Fusheng Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable."

"Why would He do this... Aurora was only a Sequence 7, just a small character..." Lu Mian buried his head slightly, whispering painfully.

"Lady Lady Hai La" responded coldly:

"Probably because the original owner of that body of 'Muggle' and the family itself had problems."

Lu Mian fell silent for a moment and said:

"Could 'Loki' be lying? People who lie all the time like him don't necessarily tell the truth."

"In the dream I created, he couldn't lie, unless he had obtained the trait of keeping clear in a dream in advance, but this is impossible." "Lady Lady Hai La" denied Lu Mian's guess.

Dream... Franca looked at "Lady Lady Hai La," feeling that this didn't quite match her impression of her Sequence pathway.

Lu Mian fell silent again.

Aurora's crossing over was suspected to be brought by "Fu Sheng Fusheng Fusheng Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable," and she was targeted by "Fu Sheng Fusheng Fusheng Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable" after resurrection because Roselle Louise Sanson and her family were believers of Fate. This made Aurora's subsequent encounter seem like a destined tragedy.

Franca, seeing this, changed the topic, pointing to the corpses of the two marionettes:

"Ms. 'Lady Lady Hai La,' that Beyonder characteristic is the trophy you deserve. What we want to know is, why didn't this marionette precipitate Beyonder characteristics?"

"Lady Lady Hai La" didn't refuse, while watching the Beyonder characteristic of the "Wraith" continue to precipitate, she asked Franca and Lu Mian about their various feelings when they were controlled.

After simply finishing the exchange, she thought and said:

"This should be a Gifted of some evil god, corresponding to Sequence 7 'Speaker' and Sequence 6 'Singer.' People of these two Sequences can all use their voices to transmit different occult powers, matching your description.

"In addition, Beyonders of this pathway will frequently hold secret-matching rituals at Sequence 9, obtaining mysteries and knowledge from behind the Invisible Gate. Different people hear and feel different things, and the subsequent abilities obtained are also different. Being able to use singing to create a sun-dazzling effect should be one of the manifestations."

"Which evil god?" Franca blurted out.

"Lady Lady Hai La" shook her head:

"I don't know the specific honorific name either. For us, knowing it is instead a very dangerous thing.

"I have encountered His believers. Sometimes they use 'First Philosophy' or 'Mystery Controller' to refer to this evil god."

Without waiting for Franca to ask again, "Lady Lady Hai La" nodded lightly:

"We should go to the gathering place."

Lu Mian and Franca chanted that spell again:

"Beyonder from ancient times, ruler of the Land of Night, noble Mother of Heaven, please allow me to enter your kingdom."

As the gloom and the feeling of sleepiness around disappeared, Lu Mian and Franca arrived at that ancient and dilapidated palace again.

There were no figures here yet, empty and dead silent.

Franca always felt something was wrong, and it took more than ten seconds to suddenly realize:

"We haven't done disguise yet!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Lu Mian covered with a layer of hazy fog that looked like a dream, making it impossible to see his specific form and appearance clearly.

Lu Mian then used "Nisse's Face," turning himself into "Muggle," wearing a wizard's black robe with a hood.

Getting help from Ms. "Lady Lady Hai La," Franca breathed a sigh of relief after her body seemed to be hidden in the darkness and became blurry, waiting patiently for the "April Fool's" group members to arrive.

Time passed second by second, and suddenly two figures were quickly outlined in the silent palace.

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