Edward perked up and listened more carefully.
"When I finished writing this book, I just learned about Dumbledore's death. I couldn't help but sigh that although the wizards in the Harry Potter world are strong, they will eventually die of old age. Using alchemical tools like the Philosopher's Stone only gives them false immortality. So I sighed at the time that if I traveled through time to the Lord of Mysteries, it would be much easier for me to achieve immortality."
"A magical thing happened. In a trance, I came to the world of the Lord of Mysteries, to the period of the Third Epoch when the ancient sun god beat up the gods."
"He" leaned back and crossed his arms. "This time, I really got lucky. I possessed the authority of a god the moment I landed. This authority symbolizes the power of the 'heart' or 'emotion' in the Harry Potter world, the power of 'my thoughts'. It looks similar to that of a visionary, but in fact it is more abstract and more inclined towards the effects of causality. As long as I have enough 'imagination', I can even use the hard support of a Sequence 0."
"But this is not a good thing - because the consciousness of the original creator has revived in my body."
Edward had also heard these things from the ancient sun god.
"In order to save my life and fight against the original consciousness, I quickly came up with a plan and quickly sought cooperation with the Ancient Sun God."
"I will use the authority I hold to infer a new path, bypassing the way the mysterious world was originally formed, and use the power of Harry Potter's 'I think' to completely digest the original consciousness and replace it."
After listening to such a long passage, Edward finally asked, "So are you...successful now?"
"Hmm."
He rolled his eyes and said, "You are the least qualified person to ask this question."
"???"
"No, you really don't understand, or you are pretending to be confused."
He folded his arms and snorted, "My plan failed right from the start, didn't it? The path I had carefully prepared for myself and the script I had arranged for myself were suddenly taken away by someone who suddenly appeared. Can you guess who this person is?"
Edward: "…"
After a few seconds of silence, he frowned and said, "Why is this happening? How can I have this ability?"
The Creator, the ticket inspector, said, "It's very simple. As a reader of The Lord of Mysteries, the moment you travel to The Lord of Mysteries, you will have a very high status like me - but the 'qualifications' to obtain a high status may be limited. After being occupied by me in advance, you can only become an ordinary person."
"Afterwards, when I fell into a deep sleep to fight the initial stage, due to the gathering characteristics of the Beyonder characteristics, everything I prepared for myself was unconsciously and naturally occupied by you again.!Seconds_Chapter~Section-Xiao?Shuo*Net¨ ?Choose￠Core￠嶵!Kuai,"
"By the time I reacted, it was too late."
Edward was stunned when he heard this: he had had many guesses about the "truth" of everything, but he never expected it to be like this.
But he soon asked in confusion: "Why is it too late? You should be able to strip off the things on my body at any time, right? Don't tell me that you are soft-hearted because doing so will lead to my death?"
"Of course not."
He shook his head. "In fact, it was me who caused you to become the Silent One and a fool who forgot everything when you first crossed over."
Edward was stunned: "...You, what do you mean?"
"Heh, have you always thought that you traveled through time three years ago? No, you have been in this world for seventeen years, but you have no memory of the past fourteen years because you were crazy and stupid."
Grass!
This is what I ended up with.
If it were any other time, this news would undoubtedly be a great shock to him, but compared with the other things that the "Creator" had just said, it seemed... there was nothing to be surprised about.
Edward took a deep breath and asked, "Then why did you stop?"
"Because I suddenly realized that I overestimated myself and underestimated the difficulty of digesting the original consciousness and replacing it. According to the original plan, the best result can only be the same as the ending of the original work of Weird Mystery, where Ke Miao and Tian Zun's consciousness are deadlocked and fall into a deep sleep."
"But at first it was completely different from Tianzun. Tianzun was conscious and rational, he had clear goals and some weaknesses, but 'at first' it was more like the way of heaven in fairy tales."
"All of His actions are based on instinct, whether it's who He gives birth to, or whether He gathers and divides everything. It's all instinct. I can't fight with Him for power while struggling with His consciousness at the same time."
He looked at Edward and smiled: "Your appearance has brought some changes to the situation. What was originally a one-on-one duel between me has become a collaboration between the two of us."
"I will be responsible for fighting against the original consciousness, and you will seize the original authority and power. In the end, you will deal with the original consciousness and return my freedom."
"What do you call this? It's called the time travelers joining forces to beat up the local 'Heavenly Dao'."
At this point, He raised a hand towards Edward, "How about it, not bad, right?!w/an`be!n!t!xt¨.!n,e￠t?"
Edward's head was buzzing and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.
This "Creator" spoke so much in an eloquent manner, and it sounded very reasonable and well-founded, but it was impossible for Edward to simply believe it.
Who knows how much truth there is in this?
However, the other party is a big shot who can utilize both the Chaos Sea and the River of Eternal Darkness at the same time. He is an existence that even the ancient sun god must cooperate with on an equal footing. If he really wants to do something to himself, there seems to be no need to go through such a big detour.
He instinctively wanted to divine the truth - but when he thought of the other party's status, he immediately gave up this stupid idea.
At this time, the Creator waved his hand and said:
"Hey, if you don't high-five me, I'm going to look really stupid right now."
"…"
Edward sighed and raised his hand to shake His.
"Okay, these are all the truths you want to know."
"He" put down his hand with satisfaction and continued, "During the first two 'meetings', the reason why I deleted your memory once and didn't tell you more the other time was because the time was not right. Now that you are only half a step away from being promoted to Sequence 1, the time is finally ripe."
"Because the dawn of success is just around the corner."
Edward asked doubtfully, "But, the ceremony for advancing to Sequence 1 is to 'construct a real and complete world'. I don't have a particularly good idea about this at the moment. Do you have any suggestions?"
The Creator stood up and laughed, "Why do you think I created the world of Harry Potter? Yes, the fundamental purpose is naturally to use the power of Harry Potter's 'I think' to seize the original authority, but it is also to complete the promotion ceremony of Sequence 1."
"But it's not you..."
"Now...it's yours."
"???"
He shook his palm and smiled faintly: "Just now, at the moment of high-five."
Chapter 700 Person and Dimension
As soon as he finished speaking, an indescribable premonition came from the depths of Edward's spirituality: the ceremony to advance to Sequence 1 has been completed.
Edward was suddenly stunned and surprised: "Why?"
"Didn't I just say that? You and I are now in a partnership. The sooner you get promoted, the sooner I can break free from my shackles."
"But...how did you do that?"
Edward's mind was a little confused. "You gave me the ownership of this world... I can still understand that, but why can this also be considered that I have completed the ritual of 'constructing the world'?"
He shrugged and smiled, "Because this path is originally shared by both of us. When I complete the ritual, it is equivalent to you completing the ritual. So once you become the master of this world, the ritual will naturally be completed instantly."
"Is it still possible?"
"The facts are already in front of you. What is there to be unbelievable about?" He stood up and opened his arms and said, "Feel it well. This world belongs to you from now on. Theoretically, you can do whatever you want here according to your ideas, just like giving administrator privileges to a game."
"You can also understand it as, in this world your 'imagination' is infinite, and your changes to this world are equivalent to the fantasies you create using your imagination."
Edward was not excited by this. He frowned and asked, "But you obviously haven't tampered with the world at will...except for Ariana, Salazar Slytherin, goblins, and the Crooked-Horned Snorlax...things that have little impact on the plot - so, tampering with the world is not without cost, right?"
He raised a finger and shook it gently: "First, as the creator of this world, there is no price for wantonly changing everything. There is no price at all. It's like you arbitrarily altering a novel you wrote. What price can there be?"
He paused for a moment and continued, "Secondly, there is only one thing I really changed on my own initiative, which is saving Arianna. When I first read the novel, I felt that she was very pitiful. I thought that after saving her, as long as Dumbledore and the others didn't know, it wouldn't cause much impact.
Oh, and later I asked her to help me contain some souls in the underworld. As for Slytherin, Squigglehorn Snorkeller, etc., they really have nothing to do with me."
"They are all 'lucky ones' who happened to be contaminated by the breath of the overflowing source. If you add up all these people in the world, you can count them on one hand."
Edward did not ask questions this time, but waited for His explanation.
"But you're right."
"He" changed his posture and leaned against the side of the chair in a relaxed manner. "I… or you now, can indeed change the world at will without any cost. But that will cause a problem. Once you make too many changes, this world will gradually become less and less real, just like those crappy stories that Ince Zangwill wrote with a quill pen, full of coincidences and forced, fake at first glance."
Edward suddenly realized: "And the Sequence 1 ritual is to construct a 'real' world."
"This is one of them."
"He" raised one finger, then raised a second one, "As for the second one, you will understand it when you are promoted to Sequence 1."
Edward thought for a few seconds and asked, "Is it related to the Sequence 0 promotion ceremony?"
"Yeah, the reaction is pretty quick."
"Since we are talking about this, I will ask you some questions." Edward looked into his eyes and said, "To advance to Sequence 0, you need to integrate the extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness of three Sequence 1s of this path. However, the path you designed for yourself is made up of the potions of the Gate Path and the extraordinary characteristics of other paths. What about advancing to Sequence 0? You are not asking me to integrate two more Star Keys and one more extraordinary characteristic of Sequence 0, right?"
"Of course not."
He shook his head and explained, "The other extraordinary properties required for each potion I prepared before were to obtain certain properties of other paths in this way, so as to piece together the authority of the 'Creator'. The reason why I chose the door as my own path was to facilitate entering and exiting the Harry Potter world."
He paused for a few seconds and said, "Have you forgotten? This idea was given to me by you."
"The second one is related to the Sequence 0 promotion ceremony. In addition, the uniqueness of the door does not belong to your true uniqueness. My suggestion is... why don't you prepare a Sequence 1 potion now and drink it in one gulp, and then we can continue our conversation?"
Edward frowned and said, "Why can't you just tell me?"
"Hey, keep some expectations. Don't you think that every time you get promoted, it's like opening a blind box, full of surprises?"
"I don't think so."
He said "Oh" and waved his hand, "Well, if you are worried about what I will do to you if you take the potion in front of me, then just pretend that you didn't hear my advice just now."
Edward avoided the topic and continued, "Then what is the uniqueness of my advancement to Sequence 0? Where can I get it?"
The Creator grinned and said, "Do it yourself and you will have enough food and clothing."
"???"
"He" shook his head and smiled, "You haven't realized it yet? With enough imagination, you can [Imagine] as much as you want and [Construct] as you want. Whether it's the Beyonder characteristics or uniqueness of the other two copies of Sequence 1, can't you create them yourself?"
"???"
Edward was really shocked this time. He was rubbing the extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness of Sequence 1 by hand. Was he playing such a big game?
"Please, this path was originally created by me based on my original authority. I can create the entire path by hand, so it's not surprising that I can create some extraordinary characteristics and Sequence 1."
"Okay, I exaggerated a little bit."
"He" smiled and said, "It's no problem to rub two copies of Sequence 1's Beyonder characteristics by hand. The uniqueness that symbolizes authority really can't be rubbed out by hand. But there is something that can perfectly replace uniqueness, isn't it?"
"What?"
"Harry Potter World, of course."
"…"
Edward didn't understand, but was shocked - taking the entire world as unique, this idea is really amazing!
But if you think about it carefully, it seems quite reasonable, because his authority comes from the Harry Potter world from the beginning. This world is also the epitome of the power of "I think", and it is more appropriate to use it as a symbol of authority.
"However, to achieve all of these, imagination is essential."
He blinked, "So where can I get so much imagination?"
Edward was startled, and subconsciously said: "Didn't you just say that in the Harry Potter world, I can do whatever I want..."
"That's right! But that's just the world of Harry Potter. Here, even if you haven't been promoted to Sequence 0, you are still the invincible Creator. Even if the Outer Gods come in, they will be restricted by you."
He raised his head and laughed: "But what about leaving here?"
"You probably haven't forgotten that, although the Harry Potter world is incredibly close to reality, it is, after all, a world in a book that I imagined and constructed. There is no essential difference between it and the world in Groselle's Travels."
"So, its status is lower than that of the Secret World. This is why the magic here is much less effective against Beyonders. Even the most outstanding wizard like Dumbledore may not be able to defeat most Sequence 5 or even Sequence 6 wizards even if he tries his best."
"This imbalance in status is caused by the difference in latitude. If the mysterious world outside is compared to a three-dimensional world, then this is a two-dimensional world. There is a huge difference of one latitude. It's like Son Goku in Dragon Ball. Even if his hair turns rainbow color, he can't cause any harm to the readers."
His words made Edward ponder for a long time. After a while, he asked, "Then why didn't you..."
"Don't create the world according to Groselle's Travels? Because Groselle's Travels is essentially just an imaginary collective subconscious ocean world, which is false. Most importantly, have you forgotten my original intention of constructing the Harry Potter world? It is to use the power of 'I think' here to fight against the initial awakening."
"He" said, looking up and lost in reminiscence. "In fact, I thought about creating a Doraemon world at first. After all, there are many props with regular laws of cause and effect. But then I thought… props are just props. They can't fundamentally solve the problem."
"But I later realized that the authority I first gained in the secret world actually came from the Harry Potter world I was in before - perhaps, the 'secret world' is equivalent to the 'Harry Potter world' before I came here, and it is also one level lower."
Edward's thoughts kept turning rapidly as He spoke. "Since the status and latitude of Harry Potter's world are lower, why is it that every time I am here, the world on the other side stops; but when I go to the other side, time passes normally here? Generally speaking, shouldn't it be the other way around?"
"Because I'm here. ?k~s¨j/x￠s!.,c′o*m*"
"What?"
"Every time you come back, it doesn't mean that time in the mysterious world has stopped. Instead, the flow rate here becomes infinitely faster than that of the other side, which creates the illusion that time has stopped on the other side. This is to prevent you from missing important events over there. Of course, in order to avoid affecting the authenticity of the world, this operation can only be done once in a while, and the time cannot be too long."
"Then when I come back this time..."
"No~ At this moment, the time in the two worlds is synchronized."
This answer once again surprised Edward, so he thought for a moment and asked again, "Why do you stay in the two time periods for different lengths of time?"
"That's because you are too weak. Although the uniqueness of the door is in your body, you can't really use it. So I can only choose the right time to allow you to enter and exit the two worlds safely."
He pinched his chin and said, "To put it simply, it's the relationship between the earth and the sun. The earth revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit, so the distance between the two worlds is sometimes close and sometimes far. Every time you come back, the time when the two worlds are closest to each other."
After a pause, He added: "Of course, it's not a real revolution, it's just an analogy. Do you have any other questions? Ask them quickly, because I have to go back to sleep to fight against the Original."
"question..."
Edward quickly started thinking, and suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Wait, you just said that in the Harry Potter world, I am the invincible 'Creator', and even the Outer Gods have to give in. If I put all those Outer Gods here, can I easily solve the problem?"
Chapter 701 Leaving
He rolled his eyes and said, "Your idea may be fine, but how do you do it? Do you think the Outer Gods are all fools? They know there is a big pit ahead, but they still jump in obediently, waiting for you to catch them in the trap?"
"Well, what if someone helps me beat them in, or drives them in? Just like in the first season of Digimon, everyone teamed up to beat the Clown King into the Gate of Heaven of HolyAngemon."
"If there are only one or two, two or three Outer Gods, it is possible, but the number of Outer Gods is greater than the native gods of the Earth, not to mention there is a pillar-level Fallen Mother Goddess. What can you use to join forces?"
"…"
Edward thought for a moment and sighed in disappointment: "Oh, okay. /x/i￠a?o~s+h\u~o~g+u,a\i`.`c′o′m!"
"By the way, what's going on about Lilith and I traveling back in time?"
The Creator frowned and thought for a while: "That should be an accident... The time converter in Harry Potter, plus you, a 'high-dimensional being', accidentally completed the result of time travel."
"It's not accurate to say that it's time travel. If you think of the world of Lord of Mysteries as a book, then as a reader, if you want to see any time, any plot, or any content in this book, you just need to turn to the corresponding page."
Edward nodded slightly: "So, the time travel at that time was equivalent to completing a book flip?"
"Yeah, that's about it."
"Then why didn't I use the Time Turner last time..."
"Who said there wasn't one? It's just that the first time you went there was two hours ago, and the second time was more than a hundred years ago. Although the time difference is quite large, the essence is the same."
He curled his lips and snorted, "Don't treat shrimps as seafood!"
Edward fell into deep thought, trying hard to digest all the information that the "Creator" had conveyed to him. Although it didn't seem like much, it made his brain ache.
After a long while, he turned his head to look at the river outside the window and asked, "Chaos Sea and Eternal Darkness River, do you still plan to go back?"
"Return? Why should I return it? I got it with my own ability, why should I return it?"
He scratched his cheek with a scoundrel expression, "Besides, these two essences originally had no owner, who should I give them to?"
"…"
"Hahahaha, just kidding. When you advance to Sequence 0, this world will no longer need Essence to maintain itself. Then, naturally, you won't need them. Whoever wants them can take them."
Edward looked at Him with a complicated expression: "...I thought your original plan was to use them to advance to the Old Ones or even become pillars."
"I'm sorry to disappoint you. When I designed this path, I didn't consider the parts above Sequence 0, so there is no source of essence for this path." He said, "It's not that I don't want to, nor that I can't, but that there is no need."
His tone became darker: "Because, another half step up is the beginning."
"If it succeeds, it means I have replaced the original; if it fails, it means the original has replaced me."
"There was no easing or buffering period in between." He took two steps closer and patted Edward's shoulder. "Of course, it's different now. If it succeeds, we both have the original authority. If it fails, we're both done."
Edward: "…"
He stood in front of Edward with his hands behind his back. "So, do you have any other questions?"
Edward shook his head: "Not yet... not anymore."
"That's it for now. I hope things will be better next time we meet, Edward."
As soon as he finished speaking, Edward's eyes quickly became illusory, and everything around him was quickly receding. He saw the train speeding on the black water, the golden ocean in the distance, and a figure sleeping in the ocean.
He didn't know how long it had been, but he suddenly found himself back at the door of the train. The ticket inspector was politely saying, "Sir, please show me your ticket."
After a brief moment of shock, Edward shook his head: "Sorry, I don't have a ticket."
The ticket inspector smiled and said, "Then please go back the same way you came. Sometimes missing the wrong train may be your luck."
Edward bowed slightly: "Thank you."
He turned around and looked at the station in front of him again, and his figure disappeared in a flash.
At the same time, in the speeding train, the "Creator" held his chin and looked out the window. Suddenly, his brows frowned, and then he casually stretched out his hand and a figure appeared in front of Him - it was Salazar Slytherin who was erased like an eraser in front of the Goddess of Night.
He was already in a state of panic, and after a moment of trance, he found himself in another place. He was confused at first, until he saw the black water outside the window, his pupils contracted extremely: "I...how did I return to..."
The Creator looked over coldly, flicked his finger, and sent Salazar Slytherin flying. He sank into the black river, and then muttered, "Stop talking too much."
...
Leaving the so-called "residence of the gods" was undoubtedly much easier than entering it. With just a thought, Edward returned to the Room of Requirement.
But he did not rush to leave to find Audrey and the others. Instead, he took out the Star Key and the Writer's Beyonder characteristics, and hesitated whether to prepare a potion to advance to Sequence 1.
The reason for hesitation is naturally because of concern for the "Creator".
"He" just told me so much, but he kept the information after being promoted to Sequence 1 a secret. It's hard not to wonder if he was deliberately trying to urge me to prepare the potion as soon as possible to complete the promotion.
bite.
Edward threw out the gold coin: "It would be harmful for me to advance to Sequence 1 now."
The gold coin tumbled in the air for a few weeks and landed in the palm of his hand, with the number facing up, indicating a negative.
So, am I really overthinking?
He thought for a moment and tossed the coin again: "That 'Creator' is harmful to me."
Still the number is facing up, giving a negative result.
Could it be that the "Creator" is really tied to my fate, and we need to go through this path together to complete the original replacement?
No,
There is another possibility.
Since this path was created by Him, He naturally understands all the abilities and is very likely to affect related abilities, such as making [Genius Exists] ineffective and the results no longer credible.
"Phew - now it seems I have no choice."
Even without the initial threat and the existence of the "Creator", the presence of those Outer Gods who were eyeing him covetously would have made it impossible for Edward to stay at Sequence 2 for the rest of his life.
After making up his mind, Edward first sensed the location of Audrey and the others, then directly opened an illusory door and walked in.
The other side.
Audrey and the others came to the principal's office and found Dumbledore. After hearing Audrey's explanation of the whole story, the old man in plush pajamas and a nightcap fell into deep thought. After a long time, he exclaimed: "Salazar Slytherin, Merlin's beard, I didn't expect he was still alive."
Lilith immediately said: "To be precise, it is just a fragment of his soul, or a Horcrux."
"Even so, it's still surprising."
Dumbledore stroked his long beard and said, "Slytherin has obviously been to the abode of the gods and even met the legendary gods."
Audrey went on to say, "He obviously discovered something, but he was killed before he could say anything. We just can't figure out what he discovered."
She glanced at the Night Goddess cautiously, "I remember that he became very shocked when he saw the Goddess... Did he see you in the abode of the gods?"
The Night Goddess said calmly, "This is my first time here, and I have never been to the so-called residence of the gods."
Lilith pinched her chin and said, "Could it be that when you were trading with 'that person', He secretly did something?"
"…"
After she said this, the Goddess of Night was a little uncertain for a moment.
Dumbledore rubbed his temple and sighed, "Ah, my biggest headache now is what to do with the missing students in Ilvermorny."
Susie, who had been sitting nearby, said, "Could that notebook with the Slytherin soul fragment be the one that Ilvermorny gave out as a reward for the semi-finals?"
Dumbledore nodded slightly and said, "This possibility cannot be ruled out. And if this is true, Ilvermorny may have known about this matter from the beginning. Well, I roughly know how to deal with it."
Just as he was speaking, an illusory door suddenly appeared in the room, and Edward walked out of the door.
Audrey and Lilith's eyes lit up at the same time, and they hurried forward: "Edward!"