Chapter 464: Key Interference

Lu Mian's heart was shocked, and he sat up abruptly.

He quickly unbuttoned his shirt and looked at his left chest, discovering that the blue-black symbol representing Mr. "Fool's" seal had become prominent, composed of part of the "Eye of No Pupil" and part of the "Twisted Line."

What happened, Mr. "Fool's" seal was actually triggered... Was it Termiboros trying to escape? Lu Mian was surprised and suspicious, when he suddenly noticed that the environment was wrong:

A little sunlight shone through the drawn curtains, illuminating the entire Room 207 half-bright and half-dark.

This didn't look like anything abnormal at first glance, just like someone who had overslept, sleeping from early morning until the sun was high.

But the problem was that Lu Mian himself was special. He would reset his body and mental state every morning at six o'clock and wake up naturally, and now it was autumn, and Trier's morning dawn wouldn't come until seven o'clock!

He even remembered that there seemed to be an earthquake not long ago. He thought this was very likely that official Beyonders were taking action. He listened to the situation around him, determined that the Market District was very stable, and continued to sleep his sleep.

It was still late at night at that time!

"Either Termiboros has escaped, and I am no longer affected by the power of the 'Ring-in-the-Middle,' or an anomaly has occurred in the Market District..." Lu Mian shrank his body lightly, leaned against the side of the desk close to the bed, and carefully lifted a corner of the curtains.

He saw familiar daily scenes, but then noticed the blurry figures emitting faint light floating in mid-air.

Those figures had different faces, but were all equally dull, empty, cold, and detached, somewhat similar to Bouvard's corpse that had been contaminated and Gabriel who had turned into a monster, seeming to be able to hide in the cracks of space at any time, staring at reality coldly and calmly.

Monsters of the "Hostel" pathway, they invaded Trier? What about Trier's protective power? No, it didn't feel very strong; it was more like a product of contamination... Lu Mian looked carefully and found that the peddlers on the street and the pedestrians on the road all had a certain sense of emptiness, without exception.

Combined with the incorrect time and the sun that had already leaned west, Lu Mian quickly had a guess:

I am not in the real Market District!

I have been pulled into some strange world, suspected to be where the "Hostel" is, and Mr. "Fool's" seal was triggered because of this matter!

Lu Mian loosened his right fingers and let the curtains lean toward the wall lightly, sealing the inside and outside again.

He rolled off the bed, checked the items on his body, and confirmed that they were all there.

Immediately after, Lu Mian set up an altar, created a "Wall of Spirituality," and prepared to hold a ceremony magic to pray for help from Mr. "Fool."

After lighting the three candles in order with spirituality and burning herbal powder and pure dew essential oil, he took two steps back and solemnly recited Mr. "Fool's" honorific name:

"The Fool that doesn't belong to this era, the mysterious master above the gray fog, the King of Yellow and Black who holds good luck.

"I pray to you..."

Thin gray fog suddenly permeated within the "Wall of Spirituality," the candle flame was dyed with a blue-black color, and the entire altar became gloomy and dark.

Lu Mian had that feeling of slow thinking, itchy flesh and blood, and countless insects crawling under his skin again.

And unlike in the past, he suddenly had a strong premonition of danger, as if the gray fog had an undisguised, unusually obvious malice toward him.

This malice flashed and disappeared, then surfaced again, not completely disappearing, and not becoming a fact.

It repeated the change of disappearing and surfacing, like a monster in the water constantly reaching its tentacles toward the shore, only to be dragged back to the deep sea by some force.

Lu Mian completed the ceremony with difficulty, waited for a while, but still didn't obtain the protection of an angel, nor did he get any revelation.

As the influence of the gray fog gradually increased, he had to end the ceremony and extinguish the candle flame.

In the sound of the "Wall of Spirituality" collapsing, Lu Mian's thoughts returned to normal:

"Sometimes there is malice, sometimes there is no problem... This is that 'Fu Sheng Xuan Huang Tian Zun' interfering with Mr. 'Fool's' response?

"He couldn't do this usually. This is accumulating power to fight at a critical moment?

"This shows that the matter has reached a critical juncture..."

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Memorial Hall District, outside the Sacred Heart Monastery with multiple spires and large patches of gold.

The "Magician," wearing a white shirt with a bow tie and a beige dress, and the "Justice," wearing a light blue dress and looking elegant and clean, two Major Arcana card holders, were both gazing at that magnificent building.

Beside them, a golden retriever was also doing the same.

Rumble, the earth shook, and Trier seemed to have a short earthquake.

"Magician" smiled and said:

"It's started."

They knew that this was the movement from the Deep Valley Monastery and that quarry, hoping to trigger a series of changes and produce a chain reaction, letting the "Lady of the Moon" hiding in the Sacred Heart Monastery walk out by herself and start their plan in advance.

In this way, they wouldn't need to break into the Sacred Heart Monastery and offend the Church of "Eternal Blazing Sun," and could directly target the "Lady of the Moon," catching this evil god's gift-receiver who was nurturing a god.

Under the premise that there were few evil god's envoys at the angel level within the barrier, the "Lady of the Moon" could be said to represent that "Great Mother," representing the strongest power of all evil god believers in Trier. She was very likely the core of the problem. As long as she could be controlled, there would be no need to worry about the complex network woven by fate, and they could grasp the main trunk, recognize the essence, and even solve the problem on the spot.

If the "Lady of the Moon" didn't come out, the "Magician" would also take advantage of the chaos in Trier to try to throw this magnificent building complex, this monastery favored by the "Eternal Blazing Sun," into a secret space for a short time and forcibly find the target.

"Justice" nodded lightly:

"Actually, I have always felt that the 'Lady of the Moon' side is a bit abnormal. The problem might not be what we guessed. This may lead to us being dragged here.

"But regardless, we already have many trusted companions. Even if accidents appear elsewhere, I believe they can handle it."

"Magician" hmmed:

"We can't finish all things by relying on just the two of us. Trusting companions is both an expectation and a necessary choice..."

Speaking of this, she suddenly turned her head and looked into the distance.

"What's wrong?" "Justice" asked peacefully.

"Magician" frowned and said:

"The seal has fluctuations...

"Mr. 'Fool' also has a revelation, but I'm not sure if it's true or false..."

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After tidying up the altar, Lu Mian intended to calm down and think about the current situation and ways to contact the outside world, when he heard two footsteps coming down from upstairs, approaching from far to near.

Are they coming to Room 207? Did some people here detect a certain movement after the "Wall of Spirituality" was lifted just now? Lu Mian looked around and grabbed the crack in the wall pasted with newspaper, climbing to the ceiling.

He was like a big spider, relying on the flexibility of the "Dancer" and the physical quality of the "Hunter," sticking there quietly, waiting for the two people in the corridor to approach.

If they didn't discover the problem, then he would muddle through like this. If they felt the abnormality, he would launch an attack immediately.

At this very moment, Lu Mian was very grateful that the Golden Rooster Hotel was quite old, with many damages and traces of repairs everywhere, so he could grab some protrusions, hook onto some cracks, and fix his body steadily on the ceiling.

It was only ten seconds or so, and the door of 207 was opened with a creak.

Lu Mian's gaze condensed, seeing Gabriel's hairline and forehead, seeing the black-framed glasses he wore on the bridge of his nose.

And behind this playwright was the human model Miss Safali, wearing a lake-blue dress, with a detached temperament.

Sure enough, it's the "Hostel"... Although Lu Mian didn't understand why he had arrived at this strange place where the "Hostel" was located for no reason, he still felt some excitement amidst his mental tension.

Next, as long as he could deceive Miss Safali and them, establish contact with the outside world, and find helpers, then there would be hope for solving the problem!

Gabriel stopped after walking two steps inside. He looked around and asked with concern, still having some reason:

"There's no problem."

Miss Safali hmmed, looked inside, left the doorway, and checked other rooms.

Gabriel followed the human model closely and didn't forget to close the door of 207.

After the two went upstairs from the second floor, Lu Mian loosened his hands and feet and landed on the floor lightly.

He then pulled over a chair, turned it around, sat down, and looked at the doorway with his body leaning back.

After a few minutes, there were footsteps coming down from the third floor, approaching this side.

Lu Mian didn't move, looking at the wooden door of the room being opened lightly, not surprised at all.

Gabriel's figure appeared there.

"How did you get in?" This playwright who had turned into a monster and had a slightly empty expression asked with concern, still having some reason.

Lu Mian laughed lightly:

"I also really want to know."

Gabriel walked into the room lightly and closed the wooden door.

Wearing a white shirt, dark jacket, black trousers, and unlaced leather shoes, and wearing black-framed glasses, his face twisted slightly, and his expression revealed some pain:

"Leave here as soon as possible.

"I am less and less able to control myself, and I don't know when I will betray you.

"By the way, Jenna also came in, and I don't know where she is hiding now."

Jenna also came in? Lu Mian raised his eyebrows and asked the most important thing first:

"How should I leave?"

Gabriel was about to answer when the door of Room 207 opened with a creak again.

Lu Mian only noticed it until this moment and cast his gaze toward there.

Standing at the door was Miss Safali, with a plump face, brown hair naturally disheveled, and brown eyes hiding a unique detachment.

Lu Mian didn't panic and smiled:

"You really understand Gabriel."

He seemed calm, but every muscle was tightened.

"He is not a person who is good at hiding his thoughts." Miss Safali answered with a hollow voice.

Able to communicate... Lu Mian controlled the urge to use the "Hum-Ha Technique" and said quite emotionally:

"I thought you were already a pure monster."

Miss Safali's mouth turned up, and she smiled with a bit of self-mockery amidst the strong sense of detachment:

"The difference between me and them is that before I became a pure monster, I discovered that someone truly loved me."

Gabriel revealed a smile.

Lu Mian sighed:

"Is this the 'Hostel'?"

"Yes." Gabriel answered first.

Lu Mian looked at the dim corridor:

"But the rooms here are not Room 7, Room 12, they are still 207, 309."

Miss Safali looked at Lu Mian, her expression becoming more and more detached, and her voice even more illusory:

"My name here is:

"Room 12."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 465 =====