"Edward, you're back!"
Edward touched Lilith's head and said, "Hmm. Good evening, Professor."
Dumbledore smiled and said, "It seems that your trip went smoothly?"
"Um."
The goddess of night asked calmly, "Have you seen Him?"
Edward turned his head and looked over: "Yes, I have seen it. The question you asked me to ask at that time now has an answer."
He looked at Edward calmly, waiting for his answer.
"When I reach Sequence 0, He will no longer need the River of Eternal Darkness. You will be able to take it away then."
The implication of this sentence is obvious. If you want to obtain the River of Eternal Darkness, you must at least not mess up my promotion to Sequence 0.
The Night Goddess was not surprised or shocked, she just nodded calmly: "I understand."
Lilith asked in a low voice: "Edward, what exactly did you encounter in there, and what about 'that person'?"
"I will tell you all about this later."
Lilith glanced at the goddess of night in realization and said, "Oh, I forgot Amanesis is still here. We'll talk after He leaves."
Edward smiled. "In short, I basically know everything I need to know. I have also reached a temporary cooperative relationship with 'that person'. My only goal now is to advance to Sequence 0 as soon as possible to deal with the upcoming crisis."
"Oh yeah, Edward, something just happened."
Lilith then recounted what had just happened. Edward frowned after listening and looked at the Goddess of Night: No matter how you think about it, this was all done by the "Creator".
But what was He trying to hide by doing this?
He clearly knew that I did not fully believe His words. Didn't He know that doing this would only strengthen my doubts about Him?
Chapter 702 Promotion Sequence 1
It's late at night.
After leaving the principal's office, Audrey took Lilith, the Night Goddess, and Susie to the Slytherin dormitory to rest. After washing up, they lay on their respective beds, neither of them fell asleep, but they didn't say anything to each other.
Audrey lay in bed, her mind full of thoughts. She kept thinking about what happened during the day. The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. Her sleepiness, which was already a little bit, disappeared without a trace.
Lilith lay on her back on the bed, staring straight at the ceiling with a dull look in her eyes, as if she was in a daze, or thinking about something.
Susie huddled in the small bed transformed by magic, with her eyes wide open in the darkness, observing her surroundings vigilantly, moving her ears from time to time to not miss any slightest sound.
Only the goddess of night closed her eyes, her breathing gradually becoming steady. As a deity, she would often fall into a deep sleep for a while, but the feeling of sleeping peacefully under a blanket like an ordinary person was already very distant in her memory.
This distant and unfamiliar experience gave Him a different feeling.
As for Edward, he was now thousands of miles away from Hogwarts. He stood on the sea, watching the weather and ocean around him change according to his thoughts.
With just a thought, he can [imagine] anything out of thin air. If he wants, he can even scoop up the moon and kick it like a ball - just like the "Creator" said, now he has supreme power like the Creator in the Harry Potter world.
But he was also keenly aware that every reckless act would add a crack of varying depth to this seemingly exquisite real world. Once there were too many cracks, the entire world would become a fragile glass that would be completely shattered if not handled with care.
By then, this real world will also become a false world full of loopholes.
Edward took a step forward and arrived on the moon. He quietly looked at the huge blue planet that was "slowly" rotating in front of him:
"What will be the ceremony for Sequence 1 to be promoted to Sequence 0?"
Why do we need to keep this world real?
Among the news that the "Creator" told me, which ones are true and which ones are false?
After a long time, Edward opened an illusory door again, stepped through the door and returned to the world of the Lord of Mysteries, and came to an uninhabited island in the violent sea.
The moment he walked out of the door of illusion, that feeling of being omnipotent instantly disappeared. To be honest, it made him feel a little lost.
However, he quickly adjusted his mindset, took out two extraordinary characteristics, and threw them into the crucible.
In just a moment, the Star Key and the writer's extraordinary characteristics merged together. After a burst of bubbles appeared, there was no gorgeous reaction before, and it quietly turned into a pool of liquid like clear water.
Edward stretched out his hand and let the liquid in the crucible float in the air. He then gently sucked it into his mouth, feeling it sliding into his throat like non-existent air, falling into his stomach, and then quickly dispersing and penetrating into every cell in his body.
In a flash, Edward lost his sense of himself and watched them fade away, as if they were about to disintegrate into abstract, complex information.
But his consciousness was still clear.
He felt himself rising rapidly into the air, floating in the sky filled with countless figures. After losing the sense of his body and Beyonder characteristics, he was further washed away by all kinds of thoughts, information, knowledge, symbols, and logos.
These ideas, information, knowledge, etc. come from everyone in the Harry Potter world!
Everyone's life, experience, thoughts...
The information of nearly 5.5 billion people quickly washed over Edward's consciousness like a flood, and gradually his self-awareness began to become blurred. \餿-艇?暁*税!舺! ′冕/呼吸_岳?黩.
Edward seemed to have split into countless individuals, each with his own preferences, personalities, persistence, and destiny. They gradually moved from fantasy to reality, from puppets controlled by others to independent individuals.
In a daze, he saw how people gradually developed from the time of slash-and-burn agriculture, formed tribes, became alliances, and evolved into countries, from slave society to feudal society, and then to modern times, from slash-and-burn agriculture to steam engines and then to internal combustion engines to the successive leaps of science and technology.
All these changes are inseparable from the bursts of imagination of countless people, and now all these imaginations are collected by Edward.
It was at this moment that Edward's fuzzy consciousness regained clarity, and everything he had just seen quickly faded away and returned to a book shining with golden light - it was "Harry Potter".
Suddenly, there was a bang.
The book blew up.
The false world constructed in the book also completely broke away from the book at this moment and became a real world.
It was at this moment,
Edward has been promoted to Sequence 1 and has become a "Constructor".
This time, there was no vast universe, no mysterious wooden door, no Mr. Door, and no countless twinkling stars. It was just that at the moment of promotion, relevant information about the promotion automatically emerged in my mind:
[Sequence 1 Constructor]
Creator of the world.
Extraordinary abilities:
[Positioning]: Possessing the authority of positioning, you can locate anyone and go anywhere.
[Space Cage]: Can block a certain space, preventing others from entering or exiting.
[Space Collapse]: Allow a certain space to collapse, forming a small black hole, causing huge destructive power.
[Construction]: Constructing all things and constructing an environment that is beneficial to oneself is the prototype of the Kingdom of God.
[Dimensionality reduction]: The target's latitude is temporarily lowered, and both its status and ability are weakened.
The Constructor who was promoted to Sequence 1 gave Edward five new abilities. [Positioning] is a part of the power of authority mastered by Sequence 1 of the Gate Path. Through positioning, one can go to any place and find anyone - even if the other party is in the source material such as Sefirah Castle or Chaos Sea, one can directly open a door to find them. It is a conceptual ability.
[Space Cage] and [Space Collapse] are further uses of space. One is to seal and block, and the other is to destroy. After being promoted to Sequence 0, one can even create a black hole at will.
[Construction] and [Dimensionality Reduction] are both things I have experienced before. The former can be said to be an enhancement and supplement to [Fantasy]. The things constructed by [Construction] are more "real". The latter can even suppress Adam for a short period of time, which can be said to be very powerful.
Of course, in addition to these, various other abilities have also received an epic enhancement, needless to say.
After quickly digesting this information, Edward couldn't wait to look at the information about Sequence 0:
[Sequence 0 latitude]
Materials: Uniqueness of latitude + extraordinary characteristics of two other constructors besides itself.
Promotion ceremony: Allow the constructed real world to complete a dimensional upgrade.
The moment he saw the Sequence 0 promotion ceremony, Edward immediately understood what the "Creator" meant at the time, why he had to maintain the "reality" of the Harry Potter world, and what He wanted to express when He told him about the dimensions and person of the Harry Potter world. He also understood the true purpose of His creation of the Harry Potter world.
Once the Harry Potter world completes its dimensional upgrade and has the same status as the secret world, the power of "I think" will truly become an authority, and Edward, who possesses the "imagination" of countless people for thousands or tens of thousands of years, will be almost omnipotent.
No wonder He asked me to "hand-rub" the extraordinary characteristics of the other two Sequence 1s. Once the world's dimensional upgrade is completed, these may not be a big deal.
It must be said that Edward was shocked by the other party's plan.
But how to complete the dimensional upgrading of a world?
Just as he thought of this, a voice suddenly sounded in his mind: "I think you must be thinking about how to complete the dimension upgrade of the world, so I left a message here specifically to help you solve it."
Edward's face changed, and he was about to speak, but he heard Him say, "Don't try to talk to me. I am just a message now, and I can't talk to others. I will tell you why I do this later."
"First of all, I'm sure you must have felt the Sequence 1 potion melting in your mouth. This is normal. To construct a real world like Harry Potter, a hundred constructors would have digested the potion long ago."
Edward was stunned for a moment, then he calmed down and felt it - the Constructor's potion had indeed been completely digested.
"Then, what you have to face next is the uniqueness required to advance to Sequence 0, and the problem of obtaining the other two Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics. I have also told you all of this. Therefore, the only problem you have to solve right now is: how to complete the world's dimensional upgrade."
"I envision two ways to upgrade the dimension. The first is to let a large number of people in the Harry Potter world take potions and become extraordinary people. When there are enough extraordinary people, the whole world will naturally be affected imperceptibly, just like the revival of spiritual energy."
"But this method has many disadvantages. First, it takes too long to achieve. Second, there are too many uncertainties and it is difficult to control. Third... I am not sure if doing so will have an adverse effect on my fight against the original consciousness. After all, all Beyonder characteristics originate from the original. Theoretically, it can also be awakened in any Beyonder, so this method is too risky."
"So, I came up with a second idea. If we open a passage or a door between the two worlds, so that the two worlds can be connected and then merged little by little, it can actually be considered a dimensional upgrade. It's like two soap bubbles, one big and one small. When you touch them together, they will gradually merge into a bigger bubble."
"Yes, I think you must have understood that what is needed to connect the two worlds is the uniqueness of the door! So what you need to do next is to strip the uniqueness of the door from your body, 'install' it at the junction of the two worlds, and then [construct] it into a bridge or channel connecting the two worlds, until the fusion of the two worlds is completed and the dimension is upgraded."
"Does it sound simple? In fact, it is not difficult at all. The real difficulty is whether someone will stop you in the process, and how you can complete the world's dimension upgrade under the obstruction of others."
Chapter 703 Regret
Hearing this, Edward was slightly stunned: Stop? Who will come to stop me? The real creator Adam, Chick, or the Seven Gods? This is fundamentally to prevent the original awakening. What good will it do for them to stop me?
The voice sounded again, with a smile: "I think you must be wondering, who is so 'bored' to come and stop you?"
"…"
After a brief pause, His voice suddenly became low: "It was in the beginning."
"The Beginning has indeed died a long time ago. After giving birth to a bunch of messed up Outer Gods and splitting into God and the Celestial Lord, He is indeed dead and cannot die any more. But the gods of the mysterious world are just so shameless, especially the Beginning and the Three Pillars. They will die, but they will never completely perish."
"That's why He revived in my body. But just like I was afraid of His resurrection, He was also afraid of me. To be more precise, He was afraid of another set of abilities that did not belong to the mysterious world."
His voice was even more proud. "Using the power and methods of the mysterious world itself, it will never be possible to kill the First or the Three Pillars. At most, it can only delay the time of their awakening and resurrection. But if we borrow a completely different power from another world, the situation will be different. This is called learning from others' strengths to polish jade."
"Obviously, Initial also realized this. Although His consciousness has been firmly suppressed by me, He is still some distance away from reviving. But as I just said, all of His Beyonder characteristics come from Initial. Although He can no longer use others to revive when He is suppressed, He can still cause a certain impact."
"For example... Salazar Slytherin, the Snorlax, and even the Beginning in the mirror, were all secretly caused by Him. I even suspected that there might be something wrong with me, ahem. Of course, these influences are minor problems, but the circle of Outer Gods entrenched outside the Earth's barrier is troublesome."
"They have always coveted the essence on Earth. They don't even need the initial influence. They will seize every opportunity to invade the Earth, kill you, destroy the 'channel' between the two worlds, and then destroy this world. "
"So, how do you want to deal with them?"
"That's what I wanted to say. Come on! I hope we can meet again alive, rather than reuniting in the 'belly' of our resurrection."
This is the end of the message.
Edward fell into a long period of contemplation. On the one hand, he was thinking about the world's higher dimension, and on the other hand, he was pondering the possibility of "the original" secretly playing tricks.
What bothered him most was that all the information he had obtained so far was the unilateral statement of the "Creator", and Edward had no way of judging whether it was true or false.
At this moment, he truly understood what Adam had done before - no one would be willing to pin their future and hopes on a completely unknown person, let alone someone like Adam who had a strong desire to "save the world".
"Oh, right, He just said that 'The Beginning in the Mirror' was caused by the Beginning? But wasn't this thing created by the original witch Chick? Isn't this a manifestation of the authority of the witch's path? Why is it related to the Beginning?"
It can't be that he originally wanted to use "the beginning in the mirror" to complete his resurrection, right?
chaos,
It's too messy!
His thoughts became disorganized, and various clues intertwined, making it difficult for him to distinguish the truth from the false. Edward raised his arm, looked at the line that symbolized uniqueness, and murmured, "Try and you will die."
...
The next morning.
Audrey was awakened by a scream.
The "Goddess of Night" sat on the bed, her eyes full of shock. She looked around in panic and shouted, "Where...where am I? Medici? Medici! Where have you been?"
Audrey was stunned at first, but then she understood - had she returned to Priscilla? So she asked tentatively, "Priscilla?"
"???"
Priscilla turned around and shouted in surprise, "Audrey! Why are you here too? Where is this place? I took a nap and found myself here. The Medici... The Medici ignored me. It seems, it seems they disappeared."
Audrey didn't know how to explain for a moment, so she looked at Susie, "Susie, do you know what's going on?"
She shook her head: "I slept very soundly last night, I don't know anything. \微,趣,暁/税_旺~ ￠追?罪~核心,咬¨接!"
"Morning."
Lilith walked out of the bathroom while brushing her teeth. She walked over to Priscilla, pinched her pink cheeks and smiled, "You're cuter like this."
"Hey? Lilith?!"
Lilith said, "Don't worry, we just took you out to play secretly while you were asleep."
"real?"
Priscilla scratched her head, "What about Medici and the others?"
"Medici, they are free."
"???"
Audrey hesitated for a moment: Lilith, isn't it too direct to say this? It will be too much of a blow to the child.
After a few seconds, Priscilla suddenly let out a long sigh and smiled: "That's great."
This time it was Audrey's turn to be surprised. The child's reaction was completely unexpected!
"I've wanted to set Medici free for a long time~ Unfortunately, I've never been able to do it. I know that they have been very unhappy being trapped in the underworld inside my body, and they have never been able to do what they want to do."
Priscilla smiled happily: "It's all right now! They are finally free. They don't have to be trapped by my side anymore. They can do what they want to do better!"
"that is..."
At this point, she suddenly looked worried. "I finally taught Medici to be a good person. Will he become a bad person again after he leaves? Oh, it's really worrying."
Lilith smiled and patted her head. "Don't worry, Medici will always remember your 'teachings'."
As he spoke, he winked at Audrey.
Audrey: Well, I just don't understand my child's thoughts.
She then frowned slightly: Since Priscilla has returned to "normal", what about the goddess of night in her body? Did she simply leave, or...
No, I have to tell Edward quickly!
When they arrived at the restaurant, Edward was chatting and laughing with Cedric and the Weasley brothers. When he saw Audrey coming, Cedric patted him on the shoulder and said, "Your girlfriend is here to see you."
Edward clenched his fists and bumped them with each other, then said with a smile, "Okay, we'll talk next time. What's the new chapter of Fox Love Literature + Chasing the Fox?"
Walking up to Audrey, he whispered, "What's wrong?"
"The goddess of night disappeared from Priscia's body."
Edward smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know about this. I was the one who sent Him out, and I also asked Him for a 'little toy'."
"Eh? What is that?"
Edward made a face: "Secret, okay. After breakfast, we have to go back."
"Are you in such a hurry?"
"Um."
At this time, Lilith led Priscilla, who was full of curiosity, over. Priscilla waved and shouted happily from a distance: "Brother Edward!!"
Lilith's eyes suddenly lit up and she said in surprise, "Edward, you have been promoted to Sequence 1?!"
Edward was a little surprised: "You can see that?"
She said proudly: "Of course, Miss Lilith and Edward are very close-minded and have a tacit understanding." She suddenly stood on tiptoe and patted Edward's arm, and said in an old and frail voice: "Hey, in the blink of an eye you have grown to a higher sequence than Miss Lilith. Time really spares no one. Ouch..."
Edward flicked her forehead unhappily and said, "Hurry up and have breakfast. We will have to say goodbye to Professor Dumbledore soon."
The breakfast ended with curious baby Priscilla's repeated questioning, and the group then went to the principal's office and met Dumbledore.
Dumbledore was not wearing his usual wizard robes today, but a well-tailored suit, and was adjusting his appearance in front of the dressing mirror. Seeing several people coming in, he used magic to conjure up several sofas and said, "Fortunately you came in time, otherwise I would have to go to the Ministry of Magic to find me."
Edward looked at him and smiled, "Professor, I forgot to ask you yesterday, how does it feel to be a minister?"
"Honestly, that's it."
Dumbledore blinked his eyes. "In peacetime, it doesn't matter if a pig becomes the Minister of Magic. As long as Voldemort doesn't show up, I only need to show up every now and then. With Scrimgeour and Moody in the Ministry of Magic, nothing will go wrong."
"That's true."
"Speaking of which."
Lilith took out a box and gently threw it to Dumbledore: "I forgot to give this to you yesterday."
"Oh, what is this?"
Dumbledore adjusted his glasses and wanted to open the lid of the box out of curiosity.
"It contains Voldemort's soul."
"…Oh my god."
Dumbledore's hands trembled, and he almost dropped the box. "Next time you have such important news, you should tell me earlier, Miss Lilith."
Lilith giggled and said, "Hehe, since we can catch him once, we can easily catch him the second time. Don't worry."
Dumbledore shook the box. "Voldemort's soul, does that mean the Horcrux?"
"No, it's Voldemort himself. As long as he is dealt with, Voldemort will disappear completely."
"Oh, that's really good news."
Dumbledore immediately showed a warm smile on his face.
You know, Voldemort has always been a thorn in his heart. From the time when he personally took Voldemort back from the orphanage, to later watching Voldemort gradually "form gangs" and become the dreaded Dark Lord, Dumbledore had deep doubts about himself.
He has been committed to destroying Voldemort, which is actually to make up for the mistakes he made. Although he felt that Voldemort was no longer a deadly threat after learning about another powerful ability system from Edward, Voldemort later escaped into the "abode of the gods", which made Dumbledore start to worry again. If Voldemort appears again one day, will he really become a "god" with powerful power?
And now, he can finally put his mind at ease.
Edward then said, "Professor, we are here to say goodbye to you."
"Huh? You just came back yesterday, and you're leaving again so soon?"
"Well, there are some very important things that must be done quickly, but I am sure we will be able to meet again soon."
Dumbledore was silent for a moment, then gently put the box down and said, "Actually, I was planning to ask you this question in a few days..." He took off his glasses and hesitated for a while, "About... Ariana."
He stared at Edward in a daze: "You have seen her, right?"
The accidental death of younger sister Arianna is a lifelong regret in the hearts of this... no, these three old men.
Chapter 704: Breaking the rules!!!
Edward was a little surprised: "Did Mr. Grindelwald tell you?"
"no."
Dumbledore shook his head. "I only had a vague guess and verified it, and then asked Grindelwald. He said that you had met Ariana and knew everything."
The old man's eyes were filled with anxiety: "Can you tell me about her?"
Edward said gently: "In fact, this is one of the things I wanted to do before I left this time."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and a girl in her twenties, wearing a white robe and with skin as pale as paper, was pulled out of the air.
Dumbledore's pupils trembled violently. Despite the hundred years between them, he could still recognize the girl in front of him at a glance. It was his sister Ariana. Compared to when she died, she seemed to have only matured a little, unlike himself and Aberforth who had already become old people.
Ariana hadn't figured out what was going on yet. She was enjoying breakfast with Luna when she suddenly felt an inexplicable force pulling her body hard. After a moment of trance, she appeared in this strange place. She had no power to resist during the whole process.
She was filled with shock and was about to fight back when she saw Dumbledore staring at her with tears in his eyes. Although Ariana had lost some of her memories, she still recognized Dumbledore and knew that she was his sister. She also remembered that she died because of him!
She turned her head angrily, but saw Edward's familiar face and asked in surprise: "You brought me here?"
Edward nodded and said softly, "Well, you and your sister have been separated for so long, it's time for you to reunite."
Ariana's eyes turned cold in an instant: "Did I tell you that I only have hatred for the Dumbledore brothers? I have been trying to control myself to stay away from them and not cause trouble for them, but you..."
Before she finished speaking, Edward gently reached out and tapped her head. In an instant, Ariana froze in place, and long-forgotten scenes quickly emerged in her mind like a tide - that was the warm scene of their family living in Godric's Hollow a hundred years ago.
At that time, she was still an Obscure, unable to take care of herself and needed constant care from her two brothers...until Grindelwald showed up and an accident completely changed everything.
Ariana felt as if she had had a long dream. In the dream, she had spent hundreds of years after losing her memory. When she recalled everything now, she felt that she had just slept - but her young brother Albus Dumbledore had become a centenarian with white hair and beard.