Chapter 965: Midnight

Lu Mian had seen in the information provided by the Major Arcana cards that the character prototype of the police department's number one, Agate, should be Lady "Magician's" teacher, the Grand Duke of the Tudor Empire, the strongest King of Angels in the Fourth Epoch, Mr. "Door" Bethel Abraham.

And in such an introduction, there was a very important guess:

Suspected dream symbol of the uniqueness of the "Apprentice" pathway.

Similar to this, the Major Arcana cards speculated that Amon, who was active in the dream, was the symbol of the uniqueness of the "Marauder" pathway, but was often the main body.

This was because Amon was once a true god of the "Marauder" pathway and had occupied the uniqueness of this pathway for thousands of years, leaving a strong spiritual imprint in the corresponding uniqueness. It could even be said that for a long time before, He was equal to the uniqueness of the "Marauder" pathway.

Therefore, before the Amon spiritual imprint in the "Marauder" pathway uniqueness was completely worn away, Amon had a very close connection with this uniqueness and could use it to freely enter and exit this dream city. Even if discovered by the Celestial Worthy and kicked out, He could enter again without being limited by the number of times.

The uniqueness of the "Marauder" pathway was a part of this real dream, which was equivalent to Amon also being one. The Celestial Worthy wanted to make Amon unable to enter again, or make Him fully restricted so that He couldn't do anything. According to the speculation of the Major Arcana cards, there were only three ways:

One is not to want the uniqueness of the "Marauder" pathway and split it out; two is to wear away the Amon spiritual imprint in that uniqueness as soon as possible; three is to reach an agreement with Mr. "Fool" to jointly exclude Amon.

Obviously, none of these three methods would work—it seemed that the most feasible second method had a premise that the Celestial Worthy occupied a great advantage in the dream and was nearly half-awakened. Otherwise, in a sleeping state, in the fierce confrontation with Mr. "Fool," even if He was a great existence, it was impossible to completely wear away the Amon spiritual imprint in the "Marauder" uniqueness in a short time.

Of course, Amon would still be restricted in the dream city. As for what kind of restriction, the Major Arcana cards didn't know either, and could only think from Amon's behavior that He wasn't without taboos.

Similarly, there was also the "Door" Mr.'s spiritual imprint remaining in the "Apprentice" pathway uniqueness, forming a dream image like Agate.

—Although the uniqueness of the "Apprentice" pathway was accommodated by Amon, allowing Him to become a dual-pathway true god, Amon stayed at this level for a very short time and obviously couldn't completely wear away the "Door" Mr.'s spiritual imprint.

Lu Mian shrank his body back and immediately disappeared from the spot, shuttling toward another mirror, leaving only a few black flames falling quietly, burning up the various traces he might have left behind.

That was the symbol of the uniqueness of the "Door" pathway. He must have a certain degree of control over the world within the mirror. Continuing to stay behind the current mirror would inevitably lead to exposure!

One or two seconds later, Lu Mian transferred to the second target location.

The dream image of the uniqueness of the "Apprentice" pathway is Agate, the dream image of the uniqueness of the "Marauder" pathway is Amon... The dream image of the uniqueness of the "Seer" pathway is Zhou Mingrui, who is also the core of the struggle between Mr. "Fool" and the Celestial Worthy? Lu Mian thought while hiding his figure in the darkness.

He waited patiently for a while, and after confirming that no one was following, he approached the glass mirror surface and peeked outside.

Outside was also an office, and no one was there at this time.

This was the office of Police Officer Dunn.

Lu Mian took out a whistleblowing letter and let it "float" up.

This letter then flew out of the mirror surface and fell toward Police Officer Dunn's desk.

Just as it touched the wooden tabletop, a touch of black flame suddenly extended from the mirror, quickly burning toward it, illuminating the invisible spider silk that bound it densely.

The black flame wrapped around the letter, burning the remaining traces, burning away part of the spider silk, and the remaining spider silk retracted behind the mirror.

Lu Mian changed his position again and shuttled to the third mirror.

Outside was still an office, belonging to another police officer, William Wang.

He was a very strong police officer, and the corresponding real person was William Augustus VI, the former king of the Loen Kingdom, a person who had already died.

The Major Arcana cards were actually a bit puzzled. Mr. "Fool's" incarnations walking in the world had no intersection with William Augustus VI. Why would this dead king have a corresponding image in the dream city?

Similar situations include William Augustus I, Henry Augustus I, and other ancestors of the Augustus family, all of whom were "active" in the police department or court of the dream city, with the surname Wang.

The Major Arcana cards could only think that Mr. "Fool" had many very ancient incarnations.

It might be that the police were having a meeting or on a mission. William Wang's office was also empty. Lu Mian successfully placed the whistleblowing letter, shuttled through the world within the mirror to another office at random, and dropped the last letter, not risking going to Agate's place again.

Then, he returned to the Star Dream Grocery Store and came out from the area behind the mirror corresponding to the Magic Mirror Alrodes.

"Can I borrow paper and pen again?" Lu Mian walked to the checkout counter and asked politely.

The shopkeeper put the paper and pen he used to write the letter before on the checkout counter.

Lu Mian began to write a letter to the Major Arcana cards. The content of the letter mainly had three points:

One is to remind the Major Arcana cards to pay attention to Luo Shan in reality and provide necessary protection; two is to ask them to confirm the real situation of Anderson Hood; three is to report the matter of Li Keji being arrested.

After mailing it and thanking him, Lu Mian returned to the gray sedan.

Anthony and Ludwig had returned.

Taking advantage of the fact that Anthony hadn't driven yet, Lu Mian roughly talked about Stiano's possible identity.

Anthony was silent for a moment, and while starting the car, he sighed and said:

"Gods also had weak times, and gods also had stages like us... This is truly the pathway of gods. This makes me feel that gods are no longer so unreachable, no longer naturally noble, naturally gods..."

"Disenchantment?" Lu Mian asked back using the new word he learned.

Anthony turned the steering wheel and said:

"But They are indeed resisting evil gods and protecting the people...

"I remember in the industrial cities on the west coast of the Mid-Sea, those clergy wearing robes would regularly go to factories to hold rituals. Now it seems that this is more like packaging things like full-factory major overhauls, formal use of new machines, and clergy getting close to the front-line machines into sacred rituals..."

Anthony chattered about the religious stories he heard when he was a child and the religious rituals he experienced after growing up. Lu Mian listened quietly, occasionally echoing a sentence or two.

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Dechuang Garden, Building 5, Room 1502.

Luo Shan was very happy to find that Franca had returned to normal.

She asked curiously:

"What was your feeling at the time?"

"Couldn't breathe, like a fish being scooped out of the water, a person being kicked out of this world," Franca described simply, not mentioning the parts that would make Luo Shan associate with the dream.

Jenna then said:

"You have to be careful recently. The minions of evil forces are also trying to get close to Zhou Mingrui and deal with people who have directly or indirectly helped Zhou Mingrui. We are worried that they will target you."

"Mm-hmm," Luo Shan pointed to the new oil painting and new sketch hanging on the wall, "I have already turned my room into a fortress. They will guard me while I sleep."

Franca and Jenna looked in the direction of Luo Shan's finger and saw an oil painting of a colorful parrot.

The parrot was surrounded by mottled color blocks with an abstract meaning, and its eyes deliberately turned when Franca and the others looked over, as if saying "Hi, I'm alive!"

After looking at the paintings in the living room and bedroom, Jenna nodded:

"The Painter's ability is indeed very magical.

"However, if you trust us, we can provide you with the final safety guarantee."

"How to provide it?" Luo Shan asked.

Jenna didn't hide it:

"Give us a small amount of blood and hair, and we will make a mirror substitute for you. Yeah, the straight-line distance between our two rooms barely counts as being within the effective range of this ability, and we can shorten the distance between each other in your shaman space to ensure it's effective.

"But this also means that we can use that mirror substitute to easily and accurately curse you and kill you."

Luo Shan was silent for a moment.

After a while, she smiled:

"You can try. If you really want to kill me, you've had many opportunities these past few days."

Approaching midnight, Luo Shan, who had already washed up, checked the doors, windows, and those paintings, lay on the bed, and turned off the lights.

In the deep darkness, Luo Shan soon fell asleep, continuing to guard that translucent barrier.

As time passed second by second, the mottled color blocks on the parrot oil painting in the living room suddenly squirmed.

The colorful parrot noticed this change and was about to shout loudly, but was blocked by the color blocks that surged over, blocking its mouth and pressing its wings.

Soon, the colorful parrot was submerged and dissolved by these color blocks, becoming a part of them.

These color blocks flowed out of the oil painting like water, leaving the canvas empty.

They surged into the bedroom in the quiet night, passed through the door crack, and came to Luo Shan's bedside.

Suddenly, this water flow composed of color blocks surged upward and turned into a human shape.

The colorful human shape watched the sleeping Luo Shan quietly for twenty or thirty seconds.

Finally, it turned back into a water flow composed of color blocks, followed the track it came from, and returned to the oil painting in the living room.

The color blocks squirmed and reconstructed the colorful parrot and the surrounding background.

The parrot was exactly the same as before, and its eyes were still lively.

The next morning, Luo Shan woke up.

She first picked up her phone, looked at the information, and then slowly got up to check the situation in the bedroom and living room.

"No problem," Luo Shan let out a sigh of relief and walked toward the bathroom.

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After Jenna parted ways with Franca and Luo Shan, she went out to observe the dream characters who were relatively close to Zhou Mingrui.

This was the task she and Anthony had recently.

Of course, she had already submitted a resume to the Hall Film Company as an art student in the performing arts department.

And today, either she or Anthony would go to contact Peng Deng, a very special dream character.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 966 =====