Chapter 995

Xinhong Residential Area, in the rented apartment.

Franca recounted the results Luo Shan had observed and the questions she had raised, and finally said:

"The more I ponder it, the more I feel there's something fishy about this. The Major Arcana cards clearly mentioned in the information that Mr. 'Fool' fell asleep to fight against the Celestial Worthy's consciousness, so why are they so single-mindedly thinking about waking up Mr. 'Fool' instead of helping to weaken the Celestial Worthy? We are the same; with sufficient advance information, we hadn't considered this direction at all before, as if we had been cursed, no, as if we had been hit by a 'curse of stupidity'..."

Speaking of this, Franca paused abruptly.

Everyone present instantly thought of a word:

"Fooling"!

In the unspeakable silence, only Ludwig was completely unaffected, munching on boiled corn.

Jenna thought seriously for a while and said:

"Perhaps the act of waking up Mr. 'Fool' itself will weaken the Celestial Worthy and strengthen our advantage."

Lu Mian shook his head:

"Even if this symbolism holds true, we shouldn't have completely failed to consider the direction of weakening the Celestial Worthy to help Mr. 'Fool' wake up."

"Does that mean this direction is the correct one? That's why the dream fooled everyone, making us not think in this direction," Franca said excitedly.

"Not necessarily." It was Anthony who answered her, "That Celestial Worthy is an existence at the very pinnacle of 'Fraudsters.' Fooling us at the beginning to make us not consider the possibility of weakening Him might be precisely to make us believe this is the only correct path after we have gained some achievements in our subsequent exploration, thereby rushing forward."

"If the enemy opposes it, it means we're doing the right thing, but what if the enemy is deliberately opposing it... 'Show them you can when you can't'..." Franca understood Anthony's meaning, and she said distressingly, "How should we choose?"

"Why choose?" Lu Mian laughed, "Waking up Mr. 'Fool' and weakening the Celestial Worthy can be done in parallel."

He stood up and paced in the small living room, saying as he walked:

"Let's re-analyze what Zarathustra might have wanted to achieve with those things:

"Contacting Zhou Mingrui should be to find a way to make Zhou Mingrui drink the subsequent potion and become a 'Witch,' thereby creating a fixed, long-term 'Mirror Person,' and to a certain extent, shaking Zhou Mingrui's self-cognition;

"The negotiations for the merger and reorganization with the Intis Group were to obtain more money and resources, and using the Mirror Roselle to erode and influence Huang Tao is also very likely for this purpose;

"Clearing and replacing the dream images related to Gehrman Sparrow's life experience might be to weaken 'The World,' indirectly weakening Mr. 'Fool'...

"Currently, it's not apparent that these things contain an intention to wake up the Celestial Worthy, though accumulating money and resources barely counts..."

As Jenna, Franca, and Anthony nodded slightly, Lu Mian negated himself again:

"No, letting Zhou Mingrui have a fixed 'Mirror Person' could also be to let the Celestial Worthy gain more initiative through the 'Mirror Person,' gradually gaining the upper hand, and thus waking up. Clearing the dream images related to Gehrman Sparrow is to weaken Mr. 'Fool,' but replacing them with His own people and digging away Jia Yu is to pass off the fake as the real later, making the identity of 'The World' point to the Celestial Worthy instead of Mr. 'Fool'? This is also a kind of awakening...

"However, these awakenings all come with the weakening of Mr. 'Fool'; the two cannot be separated."

Lu Mian meant that both weakening the Celestial Worthy and waking up Mr. 'Fool' must be done; sometimes, they are actually different sides of the same thing.

Franca said "Hmm":

"But how should we weaken the Celestial Worthy?"

The Major Arcana cards didn't know the Celestial Worthy's past situation, nor did they mention which character image in the Dream City was closely related to the Celestial Worthy. Franca wanted to weaken the Celestial Worthy but couldn't find a target, with nowhere to start.

"Currently, only Peng Deng is suspected to be related to the Celestial Worthy, but it's still impossible to confirm," Anthony said.

"What can be confirmed is that Peng Deng definitely has uniqueness in the Dream City," Lu Mian nodded slightly.

This was a conclusion drawn from Anthony's encounter and Peng Deng's renting of the magic mirror Arrodes.

Lu Mian then said:

"Actually, there is one place that can be confirmed to be closely related to the Celestial Worthy."

Seeing Franca, Jenna, and the others reveal thoughtful expressions, Lu Mian directly stated the answer:

"Eye of Dawn Hospital!

"Without a close relationship, without a pre-reached cooperation intention, the Celestial Worthy wouldn't have sent the corpses of dream images related to Gehrman Sparrow to the underground morgue of the Eye of Dawn Hospital, letting them gain 'rebirth' there, and that kind of 'rebirth' would also lead to the corresponding images completely becoming the Celestial Worthy's sole puppets."

"The underground section of the Eye of Dawn Hospital..." Franca said, unable to help but gasp.

That is the place where the psychological shadow of a Great Old One has materialized, the key node through which other Great Old Ones infiltrate their power, and the place where the Celestial Worthy manufactures exclusive secret puppets; even the true gods of Sequence 0 wouldn't dare to break in easily!

Lu Mian smiled:

"I will contact an important figure at the Eye of Dawn Hospital tonight to see if I can obtain useful intelligence."

…………

Late at night.

Luo Shan still chose to lie on the bed, attempting to enter a deep sleep.

"If the world doesn't explode, I won't have a holiday; even if this is really a dream, before the dream shatters, I still have to go to work..." Luo Shan whispered a few words, half-mocking and half-comforting herself.

Then, she closed her eyes, and after a long time, finally pressed down her chaotic thoughts and emotions, and fell asleep.

This time, after she fell asleep, she didn't immediately enter the world of the "Shaman" to continue guarding the translucent barrier, but instead became muddled, just like her situation when sleeping before she became a Beyonder.

She vaguely heard a voice echoing in her ears:

"The true can turn into the false, the false can become the true, Blessed be the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings...

"The true can turn into the false, the false can become the true, Blessed be the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings..."

…………

On the edge of the Red Moon Hospital, in a hidden corner where many mushrooms grew.

Lu Mian, who had turned into a "Despair Witch" and changed into a lady's shirt, waited patiently for a while, and saw Green bring a person and appear suddenly not far in front, just like walking from another world into the reality area.

"Respected Son of God, this is Lu Yongan, the Director of Obstetrics at the Eye of Dawn Hospital," Green introduced his companion, "She is also a child of the Mother."

Lu Yongan looked to be in her forties, with fair skin, a beautiful face, and a face like a full moon; she looked gentle, approachable, and quite maternal.

She was carrying a medical kit and bowed slightly to Lu Mian, saying:

"Praise the Mother, and praise you, Son of God."

The important figure at the Eye of Dawn Hospital that Lu Mian had said he wanted to see was precisely this Director of Obstetrics, Lu Yongan—Green kept his promise very well; as soon as the one-cycle deadline was reached, he sent a message to Lu Mian, reminding him that he should go to provide reproductive assistance to Li Li Keji tonight, both mystically and scientifically.

Lu Mian wasn't in a hurry to abort the fetus in Li Li Keji's belly; he just wanted to fool Green first, so it wouldn't reach the point where he needed to act to cover it up. Afterward, he would have at least two or three weeks to abort the fetus.

Hearing Lu Yongan's greeting, Lu Mian, with his long black hair draped over him, nodded slightly and said:

"Let's go in; let's do the serious business first."

He wasn't in a hurry to ask Lu Yongan about the internal affairs of the Eye of Dawn Hospital.

This had to be done slowly, with foreshadowing, and he had to think through what the Son of God should know and didn't need to ask.

"Yes, Son of God," Green and Lu Yongan's expressions turned serious, and they responded in unison.

Lu Mian walked toward them and grabbed their shoulders.

Then, he activated the black mark on his right shoulder, used "Spirit World Traversal," and appeared directly in Li Li Keji's hospital room.

Li Li Keji, who was touching his belly and wondering what he was thinking, sat up straight with a start, and the jellyfish-shaped mushroom on the ceiling sank slightly.

Seeing Li Li Keji looking at him with slight surprise, Lu Mian winked his left eye at him, hinting that there was a reason for this and to cooperate first.

Li Li Keji revealed an expression of sudden realization:

"Are you here to help me?"

Hearing this, Green couldn't help but turn his head and look at the Son of God's stunningly beautiful face:

When did he trick Li Li Keji?

—Green and Lu Yongan had both anticipated using their abilities to control the target.

Lu Yongan carried the medical kit, sat by Li Li Keji's bed, and began to perform a serious examination.

After nearly a minute, she turned her head and said:

"The fetus is very healthy, and it's developing very well and very quickly."

Green immediately gave a thumbs-up to the Son of God and praised again:

"As expected of you!"

Lu Mian was already numb; he nodded slightly and watched intently as Lu Yongan took out a syringe, drew some kind of medicine, and gave Li Li Keji's belly an injection.

Immediately afterward, Lu Yongan's maternal radiance became even more obvious, and her hands stroked the surface of Li Li Keji's belly.

Lu Mian saw Li Li Keji's belly begin to swell and grow at a speed visible to the naked eye; in just a minute or two, it looked like he was six months pregnant.

"I can feel her heartbeat," Li Li Keji touched his belly again.

Lu Yongan put away the instruments and medicine and smiled at Lu Mian:

"Son of God, come back in two weeks, and it will be ready to enter the labor state."

"Very good," Lu Mian nodded insincerely.

I'll abort it later! The sooner I abort it, the safer it is!

"We're leaving first," Lu Mian winked at Li Li Keji again.

Then, he took Lu Yongan, who had walked back, and Green, who was right beside him, and "teleported" back to the previous hidden corner.

Lu Mian didn't give Green and Lu Yongan a chance to say goodbye and leave; he looked at the latter, raised his chin slightly, and said:

"How is the situation inside the Eye of Dawn Hospital?"

He intended to ask vaguely first, in the tone of a Son of God wanting to get feedback from his subordinates, and then, based on Lu Yongan's answer, selectively ask deeper questions.

Lu Yongan answered with an approachable yet clearly respectful expression:

"The underground area is almost finished with its renovation, and for the ground section, currently, it's still just us few and those who frequently enter and exit the underground."

The underground is almost finished with its "renovation"? Those who frequently enter and exit the underground don't count as people? Lu Mian raised an eyebrow.

(End of chapter)