The figure sitting opposite smiled and said, "Isn't your kingdom of God in the bathroom?"
Chapter 690 Death of Society
"???"
Klein frowned. "Sir, are you trying to insult me with this kind of rhetoric?"
"Hey, what's wrong with insulting you?"
The man on the opposite side stretched his neck and patted him lightly on the face: "You hit me! You hit me!"
"Hahaha, I find that you have a strong sense of faith. As long as you sit on that chair, no matter how scared you are, you can naturally become calm and sophisticated. ~ Like a mosquito ~ net ~ _庚^薪+蕞\剁¨"
"…"
Klein clenched his fingers and tried his best to remain calm.
The current situation could be said to be the most dangerous one he had faced since crossing into this world. Although Amon had almost entered above the gray fog using the little sun, he was eventually expelled by himself. But now these two unknown figures had bypassed him and sneaked in - did this mean that they might be more powerful than Amon?
I have to calm down and find even the slightest way to help me get out of this predicament!
Maybe... I could try to abandon the gray fog and return to reality?
While I was thinking, the man opposite me said, "Zhou... I will simply call you Mr. Fool. My next questions will involve the crime you were convicted of. I hope you will answer truthfully."
"First question, every time you pretended to be a god to hold a meeting for the Tarot Club, how did you feel? Did it feel great to see people of higher status and sequence being respectful to you? Did you enjoy this feeling?"
This question made Klein stunned.
What the hell is this question?
"Please answer truthfully, Mr. Fool." The man took out a small box and placed it on the table. "This is the latest lie detector in the universe. No lie can be fooled by it!"
"Why...are you asking me such a question?!"
"Hey, am I asking you or are you asking me? Hurry up!!"
After half a minute of silence, Klein gritted his teeth and said, "...Yes."
"What is it? Please repeat my question in full. Thank you for your patience and support."
"I… Every time I hold a party as Mr. Fool, I feel… very happy and refreshed. I… I really enjoy this feeling!"
With every sentence he spoke, Klein felt more ashamed. By the time he finished his sentence, he had almost collapsed in his chair.
"Very good. Due to your truthful answer, your sentence will be reduced by 10,000 years!" After a pause, he raised two fingers: "Then the second question: When the members of the party ask questions that are beyond your knowledge and ability, how should you respond?"
Klein's past experiences suddenly emerged in his mind, and he said, "...I will. I will pretend to be profound and give some specious answers for them to guess..."
"Oh, that's interesting. Your sentence will be reduced by another 10,000 years. The third question is, when faced with the members of the gathering, or your so-called believers, speculating and imagining about you, and forcing you to do things you haven't done, how would you deal with it? How would you feel at that time..."
Perhaps he had already given up, so Klein didn't think too much this time. "I... I won't give a clear expression. I'll just let them imagine what I'm thinking... and, and when they imagine what I'm thinking, I'll feel... just as good."
"Oh, so it's like Bone King, right? No, Bone King does have real strength after all."
Klein: "…"
"Then, the fourth question is, during the time you traveled here, have you ever had any thoughts about any women? Please list the names of those women. Are there any members of the gathering among them? Have you ever thought of using Mr. Fool's identity as a convenience to threaten your female believers to devote themselves to you and have affairs with them? Please tell the truth!!!"
"If someone offered you one million pounds to buy your identity as a fool, would you agree as a poor god? If a rich woman wanted to pay a high price to keep you, would you agree?"
"Also, as the leader of the Tarot Club, I have just been promoted to Demigod, but that member called 'High Tower' has not only left you far behind, but is about to be promoted to Sequence 1, and has also seduced the most beautiful and richest girl in the Tarot Club. Are you envious and jealous of him?"
"Faced with this unstable element that threatens you, are you..." He made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Klein: "???"
"Ahem."
"Hurry up and tell me!"
Before he could ask again, the man sitting at one side of the long table coughed and said, "That's enough, Russell."
"Hey! Shut up!"
Russell slapped the table and said, "Hurry up and answer truthfully, or I won't reduce your sentence!"
Klein was stunned at this moment. A name kept echoing in his mind: Roselle? Did that person just say Roselle? Is this Roselle the Great Emperor that I know?
Edward said helplessly: "If you keep asking, he will lose control right here. He didn't get the title of Kesong for nothing."
"Hey, you…"
Russell made a husky pointing gesture, "We agreed to make him a social death, and this is just the beginning."
It was you who dragged me into this first, okay?
"He's already socially dead, especially since you just recorded your conversation with a recorder."
Edward said as he lightly snapped his fingers, causing the "high-tech clothes" on himself and Russell to dissipate, revealing their true appearance. He then looked at Klein and said, "Mr. Fool, long time no see."
"…"
Mr. Fool Klein was already confused at this moment. After Edward dispersed the fog, he recognized the two at a glance: Edward was naturally needless to say. Roselle, wearing a black armor cloak and a crown, looked exactly like the image on the Black Emperor card. As the card he used most often, Klein certainly would not be wrong!
Russell?
Is it really Emperor Roselle?!
Hasn't he been dead for over a hundred years?
How come you are still alive?
How could it appear above the gray fog?
Can anyone tell me what is going on?
Questions came one after another, causing Klein's brain to stop working.
"Well, okay, enough joking."
Russell leaned back and laughed, "Yo Klein... Oh, Zhou Mingrui, I've heard about you for a long time, and now I finally see you in person, you're awesome."
Klein's mind was still a little confused. He stared at Roselle for a long time and said in a hoarse voice, "Are you... really Emperor Roselle?"
"certainly."
Russell looked at Klein. "How is it? The surprise prepared by your fellow villagers is pretty good, isn't it, Zhou Mingrui?" He weighed the recorder in his hand. "This is what you just said. I'll play it for you every now and then."
Klein: "…"
Russell then chuckled and said, "Today is the day when our team of travelers gathers together. It's a cause for celebration. It's a cause for celebration."
He tapped his forehead lightly and said, "Oh, I forgot there is a goddess of night, but she is busy integrating the authority of the god of death now, so she has no time and is unwilling to participate in our little gathering."
"Edward means that we can just open the box for you offline, but I think that's too uncreative. It would be more interesting to open the box in Mr. Fool's kingdom while watching Mr. Fool's performance."
Russell snorted in dissatisfaction, "What a pity, I haven't even started yet." He winked and said, "You haven't answered my last question yet. I heard from Edward that you are very lucky with women. There are all kinds of women, such as Miss Salty Fish, Miss Shorty, Miss Bodyguard, Miss No-Brain, etc., right?"
"…"
Klein finally sorted out his thoughts and gradually woke up from his confusion. His heartstrings, which had been tense for a while, also relaxed a little.
He took a deep breath, looked at Russell for a while, then his eyes fell on Edward, and then he asked in a daze: "Edward... are you also... a time traveler?"
Edward nodded: "Yes."
"When did you...know that I...knew that Klein was the Fool?"
"From the beginning."
Klein covered his heart, feeling somewhat desperate.
At the beginning?
This meant that Edward had seen everything he said and did while pretending to be Mr. Fool. He always knew that this high and mighty and mysterious Mr. Fool was actually just a low-sequence... middle-sequence weakling?
No!
No!
Klein screamed in his heart: No!!!
After a moment, he suddenly thought of something and asked stutteringly, "So, what about Miss Justice? Does Audrey know?"
"Of course not."
call--
Klein's mood suddenly improved. If Audrey had known that she was a counterfeit product early on, and had continued to cooperate with him, cheering for him, and then secretly watched him put on airs, then Klein would have wanted to hit his head against the bronze chair and die!
But, but even so, it's enough to make me socially ashamed now!
Especially the tape recorder...
How can a person be so shameless?
After rubbing his head for a while, Klein looked at Russell and asked again, "Are you really Russell... Huang Tao?"
Russell folded his arms, "Of course, it's genuine."
Klein scratched his forehead and asked tentatively, "Then... the witch tastes great?"
"…"
The smile didn't disappear, it just shifted from one face to another - from Russell to Edward.
The corner of Roselle's eye twitched, but he was very calm: "Well, this is indeed the truth. Witches are so good. You can try it if you have a chance."
"But most of them are men, don't you think..."
"Humph, you are a Sequence 4 demigod, but your knowledge of the Beyonder Realm is still so shallow? After advancing to Sequence 7, the witch path has completed a complete transformation from the body to the soul, and has become a real woman - a witch is a woman!"
"Besides, they are more open-minded than women and know how to make men happy better than women. Haha, you and Edward are still fledglings, right? You don't know how to enjoy yourself at all!"
All right, all right,
I know you really enjoy having sex with the witch.
Klein said, "Oh," and said, "Does Ms. Strength...your daughter Bernadette know about this? What does she think about it? Does she know that her father has this special habit?"
Roselle: "…"
Seeing Russell's distressed expression, Klein immediately felt much better.
If you are alone, it will be embarrassing. But if someone can accompany you, it won't be a big deal.
If we could drag the third person present, Edward, into the water as well... that would be even better!
——Obviously, Russell seemed to have thought of this as well, so they both looked at Edward at the same time.
Edward quickly said, "Um, Klein... shouldn't you have a lot of questions that you need us to answer?"
Klein's expression immediately tensed up again. In fact, he had not completely let down his guard in his heart. Even if the two people in front of him were Edward and Russell, two fellow time travelers, it did not mean that he was safe.
As the saying goes, there can't be two tigers in one mountain. If there are multiple time travelers in the same world, it is hard to say that they will not fight with each other - especially myself, who also holds the "treasure" above the gray fog. Everyone knows that it is a crime to possess a treasure.
Klein thought seriously for a while and asked, "What exactly is going on with the time travel? Me, you, Emperor Roselle, and... the goddesses of night, and what's going on with the cocoon hanging on the light gate deep in the gray fog?"
Chapter 691: Clearing Klein's Doubts
Edward and Russell looked at each other and said, "The so-called time travel is indeed not a coincidence. It's not like in those online novels where a certain protagonist got lucky and came to another world to be the protagonist, to be Long Aotian."
He glanced at Roselle, "Of course, in the early days of Emperor Roselle's time travel, he was the protagonist and Long Aotian for a while."
"Behind all these things, there is a High-Sequence Expert who did all this in order to leave himself a way to resurrect." He paused, "All the 'traversers' in the cocoons, including... this patch of gray fog, are all preparations made by that expert for his resurrection."
Klein was stunned: "Above the gray fog?"
This time it was Roselle who answered, "The gray fog you mentioned has a special name in mysticism, called Sefirah Castle, which is one of the nine sefirahs in this world. As for what sefirah is..."
"As you know, the top of each path is a Sequence 0 God, but above the God there is actually a higher Sequence 1. To reach that Sequence, you need to contain Essence."
"Of course, in addition to the source material, other elements are also needed, which involves adjacent pathways..."
Roselle briefly explained the rules of promotion to the Old Ones, "And the one who arranged for us to 'cross' and left the Sefirah Castle for you is the Old One (pillar) of your path. His purpose is to hope that you can continue to be promoted, eventually become the Old One, and then wake up from your body and complete your replacement. -狐?恋￠蚊-穴+ ,免\費*岳*渎-"
"!!!"
Klein's expression changed drastically. "So, when I reach the top of this path... which is what you call the Old Ones, which are higher in order than the gods, it is equivalent to committing suicide?"
"Not necessarily. If your consciousness can defeat the other party, then you can become the new Old Day."
"What if I..."
Before he could finish, Roselle said calmly, "You mean you won't be promoted anymore after stopping at a certain sequence? Do you still remember the end of this world? Being promoted to a god is the only chance to defeat the end of the world!"
Klein was stunned and clenched his fingers. "What exactly is the end of the world? I have heard of this concept from many places, but I still don't know what it specifically refers to. Is it a disaster like the irreversible flood in the Bible?"
"no."
"Only angels who have been promoted to Sequence 2 can know about this issue. Otherwise, they are likely to encounter fatal pollution and erosion. Although you are not afraid in Sequence Fort, it is still very dangerous to go out. But I can give you an example..."
"You can think of Doomsday as the monsters invading the Earth in Ultraman. The Earth cannot resist the destruction of these monsters with its own capabilities, so the Earth needs an Ultraman."
"You are the strongest Ultraman among them."
Well.
Klein scratched his head. "What a vivid example."
Russell had a mysterious smile on his face and said, "Just understand it this way for now. You will naturally know more secrets about Doomsday and the Old Days when you are promoted to a higher sequence."
He glanced at Edward and added, "Of course, what we just said is just an ideal situation. As for what the real future will be like, it is really hard to predict now."
What he was talking about was, of course, that Edward accommodated the uniqueness of the doorway.
Klein did not ponder the deeper meaning of this, but instead asked the most pressing question that had been lingering in his heart: "Then... can we still return to our original world?"
"Return to the world we traveled from."
This time, Edward and Russell fell silent at the same time.
After a long time, Russell smiled and said, "I can't tell you directly whether you can or can't. Some things should be left for you to explore and discover on your own."
Klein's heart sank instantly. Russell's answer was actually equivalent to acknowledging the outcome he was most worried about. Instantly, strong emotions surged in his heart, and despair and sadness intertwined. *Lan, Lan·Wen·Blood! ?Zhui,Zhi,Xin?Cockroach,Jie_
His appearance immediately resonated with Russell. Thinking back to when he learned the truth about "travelling", wasn't he also so desperate? Because of this, he didn't know how to comfort Klein for a moment.
Four or five minutes later, Klein managed to adjust his mood. He turned his gaze towards the two and asked, "Tell me about you two. You seem to have a very good relationship. Could it be that during this period when Edward was missing, he was with Emperor Roselle?"
He paused for a moment, then guessed, "The emperor wasn't actually dead at the time, he was just trapped somewhere and couldn't escape. Was it Edward who rescued you later?"
Russell nodded slightly and responded, "Roughly... that's what happened." After a pause, he added, "Edward traveled back to 190 years ago. I was still young then. We went through a lot together after we met. It wasn't until yesterday that I regained my freedom and was promoted to the Black Emperor again."
"???"
Klein's brain short-circuited, and it was difficult for him to digest this shocking news.
"Edward...traveled back to...one hundred and ninety years ago?"
While he was still trying to digest this information, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something even more shocking:
"The Black Emperor!"
He almost jumped up from his seat and asked in disbelief, "You, you are now the Sequence 0 Black Emperor?"
Russell laughed triumphantly: "Hahahaha, that's right!"
"So... you are a deity now?"
"right!"
God?
Klein took a deep breath. Roselle was a genuine god like the Seven Gods. Compared to him... or rather, "Him", he, a fake and shoddy product, was so inferior!
Thinking back to the time when he was closest to the true God, it was when he prayed to the Goddess of Night not long ago and received a sentence of "I know". Now, the true God Roselle is only a few meters away from him, and it feels like he can reach him with just a stretch of his hand.
This is... too unreal.
Klein suddenly stood up and gave up his seat, gesturing with both hands: "Hey, Your Majesty, why don't you take this seat?"
"No need, I'm fine sitting here." Russell stretched out his hand and said excitedly, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Why don't you draw a tarot card for me? I want to join the Tarot Club, too."
"this..."
"Hey, you're allowed to be mysterious in the Tarot Club, but I'm not allowed to join in the fun?" Rosel rubbed his hands in anticipation. "I've long wanted to experience the experience of a max-level character returning to the Novice Village to show off."
Really, he is worthy of being Emperor Roselle.
Klein's eyes twitched as he materialized the tarot cards, appearing in front of Roselle.
He rubbed his hands together, as if he was about to reveal his cards at the gambling table. "Then let me see what cards I have!"
With a "pop", an emperor card was revealed as expected. Russell immediately clicked his tongue: "What? An emperor card? It's too uncreative. I'm disappointed."
Roselle curled her lips, picked up the Emperor card and threw it aside, but Klein suddenly woke up at this moment: Compared to Roselle being the Black Emperor, it seemed that Edward traveling through time and returning to the past was more shocking!
He stared at Edward and asked in disbelief, "Edward, is what the emperor just said true? Did you really travel back to the past 190 years ago?"
"That's right." Edward responded with a smile, "In fact, I just woke up from my deep sleep yesterday, and the place where I slept before was... in the light gate deep in this Sefirah Castle."
After a brief moment of confusion, Klein suddenly realized, "You are the one who broke out of the cocoon and disappeared right before my eyes?!"
"Um."
"This...what on earth is going on?"
So, in the following time, it was Edward's turn to start the "storytelling" mode. He told Klein about his experience after traveling through time with reservations - what he concealed was naturally the information about the Outer Gods and "Harry Potter".
In fact, he had not told anyone except Lilith about the fact that he came from the Harry Potter world and the book (Audrey didn't know about the Harry Potter book either). Even Russell still thought that Edward came from the past Earth like them.
"...Since I was cursed with death, I had no choice but to sleep in Sephira Castle to resist the erosion of death. It was not until you were promoted to Sequence 4 yesterday, stepped onto the last step of light, and opened the depths of the gray fog that I was able to wake up."
Edward continued, "Then, I sensed that Lilith was in danger, so I immediately left Sefirah Castle and rushed to help her... In the end, with Amon's betrayal, I successfully 'killed' Adam and put him into a deep sleep."
As Edward continued to talk, Klein's expression gradually became out of control, and his mouth opened wider and wider.
Although he had learned at the last Tarot Club that Edward was being promoted to Sequence 1, he had not expected that what he actually experienced would far exceed his imagination.
"You were actually the master of Sefirah Castle for a period of time in the past. Oh... That's why Lady Strength asked me if there was another 'Above the Gray Mist' in the world."
"I was wondering why Miss Queen suddenly became a different person after she came back this time. Although she still behaved like a child as before, she was obviously very different. At that time, I thought she was a child imitating adults. It turns out that she... has experienced so much during this period of time."
"And the apprentice secret doll that the Queen gave me turned out to be your clone. No wonder the result of my divination of it going out of control was in my favor." Klein suddenly realized and asked, "But why did you give your clone to me as a secret doll? Did you have a premonition of what happened yesterday?"
"By the way, what the hell is your clone? It can actually allow me to advance from Sequence 4 to Sequence 3 in a short period of time?!"
In response to Klein's questions, Edward shook his head and explained, "These are all arranged by Lilith. Her purpose is very simple. She wants to do everything she can to get you promoted to Sequence 4 as soon as possible so that I can wake up from Sefirah Castle."
"As for the ability that allows you to 'promote', it is actually a kind of ability similar to that of a dreamer. It may seem powerful, but it is actually fake. It will shatter if it encounters a truly powerful person."
As he spoke, Edward couldn't help but think of the fight with Adam yesterday -
Whether it was the ability of Sequence 0 gained through "eating", or the ability of Sequence 1 promoted through fantasy reversal [Degeneration], it was like a piece of fragile glass in front of Adam.
Could it be that my abilities can only bully those below Sequence 0?
It's really frustrating!
Chapter 692 Uninvited Guests
At this time, Klein sighed, "This is fake. It's obviously very powerful. It can make people advance to a higher rank out of thin air. This... is even worse than cheating."
Edward shook off the resentment in his mind and continued, "As for the arrangements and plans that Lilith made during my sleep, I'm actually not too sure. If you're interested..."
He winked and smiled: "You can ask her yourself later."
"…"
Klein suddenly felt a chill on his back. "Why do I feel like you're not holding back on anything good?"
"Hahaha, you think too much. Do you think Russell and I are so boring?"
Russell immediately gave the middle finger - it was not you who came up with the misery competition, right?
"So... have you been promoted to Sequence 1 now?"
Edward shook his head: "No, there is still a ceremony to be performed."
Now that he had obtained the Star Key and the Beyonder characteristic of the Writer, he was still far from completing the ceremony to advance to Sequence 1. His current idea was to use the feather pen and the ability of [Imagination] to complete the "real world" together.
But he had no idea when it would be completed.
At this time, Russell leaned back in his chair and asked, "Klein, do you have any other questions?"