Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 198 Dreamer's Nesting Doll

Klein thought back to Mr. Azik's reply, and wondered how to reveal this information without leaving a trace. His first thought was to let Mr. Fool continue to "recall", but this would be very abrupt, so the only solution was to let the "world" speak.

As soon as he thought of this, Klein immediately controlled the World and said in a deep voice:

"I know an elder who personally experienced the Four Emperors' War in the Fourth Epoch. He told me that he had seen the Blood Emperor. He was as tall as a mountain and wore a bright red cloak. However, his eyes were extremely crazy, almost irrational, and on the verge of losing control. There was also the real Black Emperor who had returned from the resurrection. He sat on a huge throne, overlooking everything on earth..."

Klein, through the mouth of the World, repeated Mr. Azik's reply word for word from the perspective of an observer.

However, the Tarot Club members have different emphases on these words.

"Elder? An 'elder' who personally experienced the Four Emperors' War and even lived until now? He must be at least a demigod!"

'The Moon' Emlyn White looked at 'The World' in shock. Among all the people in the Tarot Club, he always felt that 'The World' and 'Lover' were the most mysterious, and now he was even more convinced of this idea!

After all, he was a demigod who had lived for thousands of years. It was conservatively estimated that his family had been passed down for thousands of years, as old as the existing royal families of various countries. Although such a force was not as strong as the blood clan, it was also considered the best among humans.

Unlike The Moon, The Hanged Man was also shocked that The World had a demigod elder, but he knew one thing better than The Moon: among so many people in the Tarot Club, The World was the only one who appeared as a follower of Mr. Fool.

The elders that the World refers to are most likely demigods or even angels under Mr. Fool!

As the follower of the Fool, it is normal for the World to obtain some secret information that ordinary people cannot know from the demigods or angels under the Fool. But why did the World suddenly mention it? This kind of information should not be known to them...

and many more!

Alger suddenly felt a chill in his heart and rethought the matter.

This topic originally started with the 'world'. It was he who guided Yu Jin to the underground ruins, and it was he who brought up the matter of Bansi Island -

The God of Weather, the Messenger of the Godskin, the Medici... so many forces are entangled on the same small island, this is definitely not a simple coincidence! And these powerful beings that appear one after another also make things more confusing. The changes that happened on Bansi Island are as if someone is deliberately stirring up trouble.

At this moment, Mr. Fool's followers also appeared on Bansi Island, and suddenly revealed the information to them in a guiding manner. All of this conveyed a signal:
Mr. Fool had foreseen this! He hoped to spread the word through us!

Alger's pupils shrank and he lowered his eyes in fear.

Why does Mr. Fool want to publicize these things?

No, they don't necessarily want to publicize everything. Only a part of it should be publicized. As for the other secret information, it may be a reward for them to publicize it.

"The real Black Emperor who has returned from resurrection?"

Audrey muttered this word in her heart, and suddenly raised her head to look at her 'lover' opposite her. Wasn't George III trying to become the real 'Black Emperor'? Even if his plan was destroyed, George III was only one step away from Sequence 0 at that time!
As for the "resurrected true black emperor" of the Solomon Empire, does it mean that he once reached the level of Sequence 0?
The Black Emperor is Sequence 0, and the Blood Emperor is suspected to have held a ceremony to become a god, so he is likely to be a true god. Does that mean that the war between the Four Emperors that broke out at the end of the Fourth Epoch was actually a war between true gods?
However, this war ended with the fall of the Four Emperors, and there was no real winner among them. The empires they established also fell apart, and their bloodline descendants were almost extinct...

"Half crazy?"

Yu Jin lingered on the words 'half-crazy Blood Emperor' for a long time, as if he had realized something.

Klein silently observed the reactions of the others. His eyes briefly lingered on Yu Jin, then quickly moved away.

At the same time, Mr. Fool tapped the mottled surface of the long table and said with a leisurely smile:
"That's it for this party."

As the words faded, figures disappeared into the palace, and the eternal silence returned above the gray fog.

"Coincidence, another coincidence..."

Klein pressed his temples on both sides with his right thumb and middle finger and rubbed them with a little force.

From the moment he set out to sea, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

First, he inexplicably forgot about the underground ruins, and then he encountered a pirate group that shouldn't have been here near the coast of Damir Island.

You have to know that the Kingdom Navy patrols around Damir Island all year round. Even the Seven Warlords regard this place as a restricted area and will not enter this sea area unless it is absolutely necessary. How can an ordinary pirate group dare to appear here?
But it was precisely because of the pirate group's abnormal behavior that the captain of the White Agate, Ellan, became suspicious and decided to report the matter to the navy and the church. However, there was no radio equipment on the ship, so they could only return to Damir Island or dock at the nearest Bansi Island and send a message to the navy through the telegraph office there.

The White Agate changed its itinerary. Originally scheduled to depart from Damir Island and reach Tiana Island after three days, they arrived at Bansi Island in the evening of the second day, and then encountered a series of tense and exciting accidents.

On the surface, everything seems to make sense.

But Klein, who had the sequelae of '0-08', had some PTSD about 'coincidences', so he was clearly aware of the massive 'coincidences' that existed in the series of events that were happening now!
A pirate group whose captain's bounty was only 900 pounds, 'coincidentally' appeared in the waters near Damir Island, and coincidentally, because of Danitz, a big pirate with a bounty of '3000' pounds, they were forced to give up the looting.

All this "coincidentally" prompted the White Agate to go to Bansi, and encountered a series of accidents on Bansi Island.

It was on Bansi Island that Klein accidentally learned from Danitz that the ancient name of Bansi was Binsi, and from Binsi he thought of Medici, and then of the underground ruins. He became aware that his memory had been 'tampered with' - someone had changed his memory, causing him to subconsciously forget the existence of the underground ruins.

But what if Danitz's behavior was also a coincidence? He "coincidentally" wanted to show off his knowledge in front of Gehrman Sparrow, and "coincidentally" when he was telling the legend of Bansi Island, he accidentally let slip that the ancient name of Bansi was "Binsi". From this, Klein also "coincidentally" realized that his memory had been "tampered with"!
If all this is a "coincidence", then can he realize that this series of "coincidences" is also based on "coincidences"? Does this mean that he is still in the "story" carefully fabricated by the mastermind behind the scenes?

Even the fact that he realized all this and then passed the information to Yu Jin was also a "coincidence"?
That's why Yu Jin got nothing when he went to the underground ruins, because the other party had already achieved his goal. In fact, letting Yu Jin go to the underground ruins was the other party's purpose, so he needed to use his hand to accomplish all this.

But how is this possible? He was able to do all this entirely because of the special features of the gray fog!
Klein has tried it before, and even a true god would have a hard time invading this space—

This was the conclusion Klein came to based on his personal experience of being invaded by two Sequence 0 True Gods, the Eternal Blazing Sun and the Goddess of Night.

No matter how powerful the person who made up all these "stories" was, he couldn't have included the area above the gray fog in the story!
This is Klein's confidence, but also his arrogance!
And it was precisely because of this arrogance that Klein mistakenly believed that he was able to realize that the "coincidence" was the result of the gray fog. But the reason why he entered the gray fog was because he realized something was wrong when he heard the word "Benxi"!

Crane's 'arrogance' made him ignore this detail, and he was ready to report it to Ember without even thinking about it.

Klein, who had turned around, had already realized the crux of the matter, so he stayed here to sort out his thoughts.

"My connection with Ember is based on the gray fog, but it is impossible for him to influence the gray fog. Otherwise, my behavior above the gray fog would definitely be strictly 'controlled'."

"But the other party will definitely guess that there is some kind of quick communication method between me and Yu Jin. This is not a rare ability. After all, not only Mr. Azik has a messenger, but even Miss Daly, who was only Sequence 6 at the time, can summon a messenger. We don't necessarily need to communicate through the gray fog. We can also use messengers."

After sorting out all of this, Klein finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Even though his experience at sea was really controlled by someone, it did not discourage him from finding mermaids. He did not have the ambition of "I want to never cover my eyes again", but he could not tolerate his life being controlled by someone!
If all the experiences along the way were coincidences, then the person who created these coincidences must be more powerful than Ince Zangwill, and his ability to make up stories must be even better, so it would be difficult for people to notice the inconsistency.

Klein didn't know how much he had to grow to avoid being controlled by the other party, but the stronger he was, the better.

Finding mermaids and becoming a master of secret puppets is his first step to becoming stronger!
"On the way, I may encounter more 'coincidences' and 'accidents', and I may not be able to find the mermaid successfully. But it is not certain. After all, in the eyes of the 'mastermind', I should be just an insignificant pawn. After all, he has always been targeting Yu Jin."

"If I am the one who was kept in the dark, then I am the one who heard 'Binxi' and realized 'coincidence'. And now, I am the one who realized that all this might be a coincidence. I should be in the third level and should have jumped out of the story woven by the other party."

"Besides, we are still above the gray fog. The decisions I made were based on my own thoughts and had nothing to do with 'coincidence'."

"Now that his goal has been achieved, it is unlikely that he will continue to weave 'coincidences' for me. His attention should be focused on the embers..."

Klein rubbed his temples, and he had already revealed all the information he knew, hoping that this information could help Yu Jin. It should be possible. After all, since the "mastermind" chose to use the underground ruins as part of the plan, it means that the other party must be closely related to the existence of the underground ruins, at least closely related to the "Blood Emperor" and the three Sequence 1 angels who were "sacrificed"!

If this is the case, then there is hope that some clues can be found about the "black hand behind the scenes." Although Klein still doesn't know what the other party's purpose is, at least he has done what he should do.

At this moment, Klein suddenly heard a series of illusory prayers...
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Bang! Bang! Bang!

The steam train belching thick smoke ran on the rails, heading towards the west of the continent.

In a luxurious compartment of a train, the girl lying on the bed slowly opened her eyes.

She almost subconsciously looked towards the sofa in the room. Yu Jin, who was originally lying there, slowly stood up, walked to the window, and stared at the scenery outside the window.

Audrey sorted out her words and whispered:
"Ember, do you understand what Mr. World meant by those words?"

Yu Jin withdrew his gaze from the trees flying past the window and said softly:

“He’s reminding me.”

"remind?"

Audrey blinked. When she heard what the World said, all she could think about was the "God War" and the like. The reason she asked this question was to confirm whether Ember also believed that the Black Emperor and the Blood Emperor had both been promoted to Sequence 0 True Gods. After all, Ember should be able to discover more information after exploring the underground ruins.

But now it seems that she can't keep up with Ember's channel.

What does the words of 'world' want to remind you of?
"I didn't hear anything."

Audrey lowered her head silently and muttered quietly in her heart.

She knew she must be missing some crucial information that was preventing her from connecting the dots.

But, why couldn't Mr. World explain it more clearly?

Even if they couldn't explain it too clearly because of some concerns, they could always wait until the others left and then ask Mr. Fool for a private conversation! It couldn't be that he only knew this little bit of information, right?

As soon as this thought popped into Audrey's mind, her thoughts froze in disbelief.

“Isn’t that true? But isn’t Mr. World a follower of Mr. Fool?”

(End of this chapter)