Secret: The years I served as a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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The members of MI9 could never have imagined that the tunnel, which was originally so spacious that they would not hit their heads, would collapse to a height in less than a minute, requiring them to kneel down to move forward.

What was even more terrifying was that the water was rising faster and faster, and they had to do their best to keep their faces and noses above the water. The water forced them to bend over, and the muddy water with a strong smell of earth and rough gravel kept hitting their faces. In addition, they had to march forward in a line with nowhere to hide. They couldn't even open their eyes and would soon drown in this narrow tunnel.

When the water filled the entire tunnel, they were involuntarily swept down with the current. Just when everyone was in despair, they suddenly flew into the air and then fell into the dark underground water like dumplings.

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The Demon of Knowledge held 0-08 in his hand with his wrist suspended in the air, preparing to write something else, when he suddenly saw that the handwriting of the few words he had written was slightly distorted and the outlines deepened, as if the ink had spread.

He glanced at the highlighted words and turned the blank thread-bound book to a new page, thinking out of sight, out of mind.

"It's really troublesome to communicate with these guys who have the symbols of rulers."

The demon of knowledge complained to himself:
"It's the same with tyrants and emperors. Even if the conditions are made clear, these guys still often don't believe it. The tyrant is okay. He thinks everything can be solved because he relies on his power. But the one who is still in the imperial mausoleum is very suspicious."

"It's the same over there. The imperial court has never given up on making us obey their orders. After all, if we obey one, we might be twisted into surrendering to them. Oh, besides the direct descendants, they only control ordinary people and... wild Beyonders."

The corners of his mouth rose slightly and he shook his head.

"...I just want the characteristics and uniqueness of the 'Reader'. Anyone with a discerning eye can see this. Even the devil didn't bother to ask me more, and just wanted to ask me for benefits after the cooperation was completed. But He wanted to test me again - what's the point of me wanting friendly diplomatic relations and mutual trade between Loen and Intis? I won't stay here."

When I leave the Earth, those who remain will basically become subjects and believers of the Sons of Chaos, and national borders will lose their meaning.

"That's all." After all, judging from His approach and character, He should be so suspicious and cautious.

Moreover, he was tricked by the former Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun. Not only was he separated from the "Uncertain Mist", but he also said goodbye to all his source substances and extraordinary characteristics for five epochs. It is no wonder that everyone wants to harm him now.

These rulers who symbolize "dictatorship" have another problem, which is that they want to recruit everyone they see.

Just like when it comes to "technology", the gods of "knowledge" always have a hobby of collecting or even monopolizing, or are happy to find ways to spread their knowledge in various ways. Life in the universe reveres knowledge as much as power. When they fantasize about being the strongest, they will also create romantic and beautiful myths such as "a huge library hidden somewhere in the world that houses all knowledge."

The gods that symbolize "disaster, destruction, sin, and curse" are more aggressive, while gods like "fate and observation" are more peaceful. This is also an occupational disease of our compatriots.

Of course, the God of Thunder is completely led by God's personality. A tyrant only needs to use fear and force to make others submit. When he was the Lord of Storms, he did not seem to have such a strong dictatorial will - or maybe he had it originally, but he did not have the power to realize it at the time.

God, the omniscient and omnipotent one, is quite special. We are all brothers, but He perseveres in wanting to be everyone’s father.

The Son of Chaos does not have the pillar position of God, but has similar hobbies and instincts.

The more gods one has, the larger the territory, and the more the emperor's power can be demonstrated and enhanced. - However, the law alone is not enough to make his subjects absolutely loyal, and he will not be clearly contrasted with God. One is "a kingdom of gods full of conspiracy, distortion, ambition and undercurrents", and the other is "a religious world of pure faith and eternal holiness".

The emperor is a god, and his ministers are also gods. Everyone has their own ideas, thoughts, and personalities, which in a sense are subtly equal, forming a bizarre and gloomy "court", which is very similar to the structure of human society.

But God is completely different. No matter who you are, you must regard Him as the highest.

If it wasn't impossible, the Demon of Knowledge would be willing to study what changes would occur after different Old Ones occupied the entire world. But due to his own abilities and the special nature of the gods, he was unwilling to sacrifice himself to do a comparative experiment on this project, not to mention that it could only be done once in a lifetime and no records could be left.

After thinking for a while, the Demon of Knowledge put 0-08 aside. He reached into his sleeve and touched Kotal, the "God of Wishes" who was pretending to be dead. He also touched Adam who was pretending to be dead with Kotal. After confirming that these "special properties" were still there, he reached into his other sleeve and confirmed the safety of the uniqueness of the "Moon".

Then, he sat down in his armchair with satisfaction, tilted his head slightly, and looked at the silver mirror on the table.

He stretched out his hand, grabbed a set of data from the air and threw it on the table, forming a set of blue and white porcelain tea set.

The teapot was filled with Pu'er tea, which was emitting hot white steam and a light, slightly bitter tea fragrance. The Demon of Knowledge poured himself a cup, skimmed the tea leaves with a covered bowl, looked at the amber tea, and asked slowly:

"When will your master wake up?"

The silver mirror suddenly lit up as if it had been polished, and a line of colorful, flowing Chinese characters appeared on the mirror:

"Thank you for your question, honorable, great god of knowledge!"

The colorful words disappeared quickly, and then normal red words appeared one after another. It seemed that Arrodes had adjusted his mood from the ecstasy just now.

"I'm very sorry, I can't accurately grasp the master's current state, but His aura is still stable and unfathomable. The city-state He created is still operating normally in the northern land. I can't answer your question about awakening. Please ask me again."

The Demon of Knowledge skimmed off the foam with a covered bowl, blew on it, and took a sip.

"Do you want to return to Him?"

"Honorable God of Knowledge, thank you for your question!" In response to this easy question, Arrodes' handwriting once again became brilliant, and he answered ecstatically, "My answer is: Yes! I really want to return to my great master!"

Why does this thing made by God look smart and yet not too smart... The Demon of Knowledge glanced at it and drank his tea quietly.

Anyway, the "search engine" based on Arrodes has been developed almost to completion. Although it is still in the testing phase, Arrodes' mission has been completed, so it is not a very painful thing to return this guy.

Arrodes didn't know what the Demon of Knowledge was thinking, but he never forgot his original intention:
"Honorable God of Knowledge, now it's my turn to ask you a question!"

"Excuse me, do you intend to send me back to the hands of my great master?"

The Demon of Knowledge held his expression tight and drank another sip of tea quietly. Every time he heard Arrodes mention Klein Moretti in this tone and emotion, he couldn't help but think of the God who wrote the program for Arrodes. When he thought about the other party specially making a prop that was respectful and humble to Weirdness and even served as a servant, and maybe he personally set up such a character, the Demon of Knowledge wanted to laugh.

What? Are you trying to disgust Guimi to death with Arrodes' self-indulgent and embarrassing flattery?

Arrodes' personality of "rushing forward when he sees someone related to Sefirah Castle" seems to be God's design. Well, a magical weapon that descended from the sky, respectfully acknowledged him as its master, knows everything, and is loyal to you as witnessed by heaven and earth... The Western Continent's cool novels also like to write like this, which can perfectly reduce the other party's vigilance, and it is not surprising that he even thinks he is the son of destiny.

But at present, Arrodes really has a pure mind. If God developed such a simple-minded locator, according to His style, without hiding any time bombs such as "when those related to Sefirah Castle are promoted to angels, they will be automatically brainwashed and become my believers", it would be quite strange.

"You are a product of the underground after all. If He is willing to let you go back, I will send you back."

If he took the initiative to send it back, what if there was really a bomb hidden inside? The Demon of Knowledge did not want to fail at this critical moment.

You can also keep an eye on the situation of his followers. When sending him back to Arrodes, hand over the "God of Wishes" to Klein. His life or death will be decided by the high-ranking people on this path. There is no use for me to keep him anyway.

At this moment, 0-08 suddenly stood up from the notebook and quickly wrote a line of words on the white rice paper:

"They were really lucky. In the pitch-black environment, four people were able to use the light of the seal to climb out of the unknown depth of the pool and find the shore."

"The remaining people were swept away by the undercurrent of the pool and hung on the sharp rocks under the water. The blood and the light of the Beyonder Characteristics were obscured by the darkness here, so they did not see it."

"But they soon discovered that the entire underground part of this inverted triangle-shaped mausoleum was submerged in water."

"After arriving here, they could no longer hear prayers, nor could they sense the existence of the top of this sequence. It was as if the water blocked all information, leaving only the emperor's decree. Water was still seeping in from above their heads, as if it was raining. The rippled water in front was probably more than a hundred meters deep - a very alarming number. Even if they could hold their breath and withstand the water pressure to dive to the bottom, they would be unable to move, let alone find the emperor's location."

"There are no demigods among them. The demigods were taken away by the Thunder Church's inspection team on charges of bribery when the royal family was destroyed. They never came back, and even their Beyonder characteristics did not return. It's really pitiful."

After reading these words, the Demon of Knowledge looked away.

He was bored and glanced in the direction of Backlund. Due to the characteristics of the God of Thunder, they often had unpleasant "coincidences" of staring at each other, so the Demon of Knowledge did not often look in that direction. He was surprised to find a strange and mysterious mystical feature in the sky over there. At first glance, it was just an ordinary "infinity" symbol, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that the symbol was composed of two entangled silver-white long snakes. They were trying their best to chase each other's tails, trying to bite each other in their mouths, or even swallowing each other from the back!
"destiny?"

“The two snakes of fate actually found each other? Are they trying to capture each other and compete to become the true god of this path?”

For the first time in five eras... the Demon of Knowledge found it quite interesting. However, the path of "destiny" had nothing to do with Him. Although the "Secret Peeper" could try to spy on the "River of Destiny", He would definitely not be interested in snatching some of the authority and symbols of this river.

One was the "Angel of Destiny" Ouroboros, and the other was the speaker of the Council of Life who had disappeared for several years. He had actually been hiding in Backlund, and now he wanted to fight for a Sequence 0 of the Path of Destiny right under the nose of the God of Thunder? Although he was not familiar with either of these two angels, it seemed that they both had some relationship with Klein Moretti now?
The Demon of Knowledge thought about it and decided to ignore the matter.

……

Why are you chasing me?
Will was sure he could hear Ouroboros' footsteps.

The other party actually gave up looking for uniqueness and chose to find Will Chris's location based on the aggregation of extraordinary characteristics!

"What kind of right time is this? How can catching me be considered the right time to accommodate uniqueness!"

“So that’s how it is. “He” doesn’t want to accommodate the Beyonder Characteristics as early as possible like me to protect himself and gain the opportunity to become a God. His purpose should be to find me first, accommodate my Beyonder Characteristics, and then slowly test the time to accommodate the ‘Dice of Probability’!”

“Klein must know that He is here. He might even help Him create an opportunity for promotion…”

Will felt uneasy, as he always felt that Ouroboros seemed to be separated from him by a thin wall and might appear behind him at any time.

……

"Sir, what should we do?"

A team member spoke hesitantly. He looked upward and saw that the tunnel exit had been compressed to a width of about ten centimeters and became a water outlet. It was obviously impossible to retreat.

The depth of the pool was conservatively estimated to be one hundred meters, and there was no visible flow of the water, and no exit could be found. They were completely trapped here.

The commander frowned as he looked at the dark and deep pool of water in front of him. The light of the seal in his hand cast a deep shadow on his face. After a few seconds of silence, he said solemnly to the remaining three subordinates:
"Do you regret joining this mission?"

"Of course not!" someone answered loudly, and then his voice fell silent, "I'm just worried that our sacrifice is meaningless."

"To work for His Majesty the Emperor is the purpose of MI9. No matter what, the life you sacrifice is not wasted."

After saying a few words of encouragement, the commander saw that everyone was able to cheer up again, so he left the lighting seal behind and turned away: "I'll go over there and look for it again. Maybe I'll find something unexpected."

His adjutant immediately said, "Be careful and stay safe here! There may be dangers everywhere."

"Don't worry, I can see."

He walked away without looking back, out of the light - he had been standing within the range of the seal, and he always felt that because he was carrying an "evil" item, the seal of this "sun" path was less willing to shine.

In the dark, he took a deep breath and took out the small glass bottle from his arms again.

The words written on the paper had disappeared, but seemed to have melted into the corners, staining one-third of the small piece of paper blood-red. He reached into his arms to feel for his pen, but unexpectedly found that he had lost it at some point.

Now he was in a dilemma, but he would not choose to write with his own blood anyway.

"I am heading to the bottom of the mausoleum, in front of the emperor," he said tentatively to the object in a low voice.

Next, he suddenly felt as if someone appeared beside him, as if standing behind him and laughing at him making another dirty decision to sacrifice his own people. Instinct made him break out in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to look back. A line of words slowly appeared on the paper:

"That's two places. Three isn't enough, sir."

TBC
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good night!

(End of this chapter)