Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 241: We were all taught by the same master, but I can’t break his moves!
"Tsk~"

Carla said, muttering in a somewhat unhappy tone:

"I should have been patient earlier."

"Thank you."

Audrey lowered her head slightly and whispered.

She knew that the reason why Carla didn't "endure" was entirely because of her.

Otherwise, she could have allowed herself to continue to be influenced.

The more deeply he was affected, the deeper Adam fell into trouble, the more thoroughly he was exposed, and the easier it was for him to be caught by Carla.

"You don't have to thank me."

Carla glanced at Audrey and snorted, "I just wanted to get His extraordinary characteristics, so I'm glad He runs fast."

Carla did not accept Audrey's thanks, but the upturned corners of her mouth still revealed her inner joy.

Looking at Carla's appearance, Audrey suddenly had a strong sense of déjà vu and automatically translated Carla's words -

"It's not to save you..."

This kind of person is usually called a tsundere in the works left by Emperor Roselle.

Audrey burst out laughing, and as if sensing Audrey's powerless thoughts, Carla rolled her eyes with a bit of amusement and helplessness, and said unhappily:
"Can you be more serious?"

Audrey blinked. She usually said this to Carla before. But since Carla said so, Audrey sorted out her thoughts and asked cautiously:
"What extraordinary abilities do writers have?"

She had been affected for so long, but she didn't even notice it.

She even attended several Tarot Clubs during this period, and even Mr. Fool didn't notice her abnormality. Even now, when she thinks back on it, Audrey still feels a little scared.

"It's a bit difficult to explain, just read it yourself."

In response to Audrey's question, Carla muttered something, took out a card from somewhere, and threw it at Audrey.

"what is this?"

Audrey reached out to take it, looking at the cards in her hand with some confusion.

The front of the card showed a man dressed as a priest, wearing a simple white robe and a cross pendant on his chest. Audrey almost immediately connected him with the white-robed priest she had just seen, but his appearance was completely different and very familiar to Audrey.

This is Emperor Roselle!
She had seen the portrait of Emperor Roselle more than once, even the blasphemous card that recorded the 'Path to Godhood'.

"Wait! The card of blasphemy?!"

Audrey glanced at the upper left corner of the portrait of Roselle dressed as a white-robed priest, and a line of words condensed in the bright starlight:
"Sequence 0: Visionary!"

Audrey subconsciously poured her spiritual power into it, and the next second the cards suddenly became three-dimensional, like a palm-sized miniature book.

Turning the pages of the book, there is a Russell Gustav on every page. He is either dressed in a white coat as a psychiatrist, or holding a pocket watch with a smile on his face, or holding a feather pen as if writing something.

Audrey's eyes followed the different images of Emperor Roselle and looked at the ancient Feysac language description next to it:
“序列9：观众……序列8：读心者……序列7：心理医生……序列6：催眠师……序列5：梦境行者……序列4：操纵师……序列3：织梦人……序列2：洞察者……序列1：作家……序列0：空想家……

It records in detail the potion formula and extraordinary abilities of each sequence of the 'audience' path, using the simplest and most direct language to allow people to intuitively understand the horror of this path!
Especially 'writer'!
Manipulation: Sequence 1 'Writers' can control the ocean of collective subconsciousness and use it to control 'coincidences', turning the strange phenomena that appear by chance into echoes of the mind, making them appear whenever they want.

Words come true: The story written by the "writer" will definitely become a reality, but if the story is illogical and uses vague reasons such as "inexplicable" and "strange" to make things happen, the cost will be greater.

Whatever is said must be known: when you know Him, He knows you and everyone you come into contact with. The more you know about Him, the more likely you are to be included in the story you weave.

……

Audrey looked at the contents recorded on the Blasphemy Card and finally figured out some things. Her 'abnormal behavior' all stemmed from her ability to 'manipulate', an ability that she actually possessed at Sequence 4 'Manipulator'. However, it had already undergone a qualitative change in the hands of a Sequence 1 'Writer'!

The manipulation of the 'writer' can no longer be called manipulation, because the people being manipulated will not notice anything at all, but will regard it as their true thoughts -

Because under the influence of the writer, that is indeed what they really think.

for example.

If Audrey had a piece of cake in front of her, she would really want to eat it.

The manipulator's manipulation will forcibly change her thinking, making her subconsciously regard the originally delicious cake as a piece of garbage.

The manipulation of the 'writer' is more covert. He will make Audrey naturally think that 'eating cake will make her fat', thus changing her original intention of eating cake. Even if she wants to eat it again, she will not eat it because of the fear of getting fat.

The former has obvious traces of human manipulation, but the latter has no trace at all, because that is indeed Audrey's true thought! She wants to taste the delicious cake, but she is also afraid that eating cake will make her fat. Either way is one of her countless subconscious thoughts.

So when she was influenced by the Writer and gave up tasting the cake, even Mr. Fool could not find any signs that she was influenced!

And the saying "whatever is said must be known" left Audrey with lingering fears.

She originally thought that as long as she didn't pronounce the names of 'Twilight Hermit Order' and 'Adam' in reality, nothing would happen. But now it seems that the moment she learned about the existence of 'Adam' and 'Twilight Hermit Order', her existence had already been known to 'Adam'!

This is also the reason why Carula said that it would be more difficult to catch Adam once she was promoted to Sequence 2.

Audrey couldn't help but ask:

"Nayya...what on earth does He want from me?"

Why would a Sequence 1 'writer' spend so much energy to influence her?
Carla shook her head and corrected:

"It's not you, it's me, and Ember."

Audrey had no objection to this statement. After all, she didn't think she was worthy of the attention of a Sequence 1 angel.

The only reason was that the other party hoped to influence Carla and Ember through her, and at the same time obtain more useful information from them. For example, the information that Carla just revealed was the part that Adam was interested in, otherwise He would not have been lured out. But can this also be understood from the side that in order to lure Adam out, Carla has revealed some very important information?
Although from Audrey's perspective, Carla only said that the purpose of her promotion to Sequence 2 was to dream. Although Audrey didn't know what this "dream" was, the "dream" itself was like a layer of fog to her. However, because she was only a Sequence 5, she couldn't get enough information, and couldn't see the truth behind the fog.

But this may not be the case for Adam, who possesses two copies of Sequence 1 Extraordinary Characteristics and Uniqueness. He may have guessed the truth from a few words, which may cause great obstacles to Carla's plan.

When Audrey thought of this, she couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

"Don't worry."

Compared to the worried Audrey, Carla was quite calm and said with a smile:

"Even if He knew, what would happen? He is not even a Sequence 0, so there is no way he could have any impact on the plan. Not to mention Him, even if His father took action himself, he would not be able to change anything."

"and,"

Carla asked meaningfully, "How do you know that I didn't reveal this information to Him on purpose?"

"on purpose?"

Audrey was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Did you just lie to Him?"

As soon as the question was asked, Audrey immediately denied the speculation.

If it was fake information, how could it have fooled Adam? Before he took the bait, he must have had a certain understanding of what Carla was going to do from many channels, and he also had the ability to distinguish the truth from the false. He just didn't know the specific details, and these could only be learned from Carla, the person involved.

It was precisely by taking advantage of the other party's urgency in this regard that Carla was able to lure Adam into the trap step by step. But the premise of designing this trap must also be to use the truth as bait, at least part of the truth.

So, was Carla confident that even if Adam knew, it wouldn't have any impact? Or... was she actually expecting Adam to do something? Was this also part of her calculation?

"Probably not?"

Audrey was shocked by her own guess and looked a little suspicious.

In any case, Adam is also a Sequence 1 Writer, and he also possesses the Uniqueness, making him the strongest person under the True God. Carla certainly possesses the power of the King's Soul, but she is only a Sequence 2 Insighter.

It was not surprising that Carla could threaten Adam with the power of the King's Soul and make Adam afraid to confront her head-on. But if Carla wanted to plot against Adam, it sounded a little unbelievable.

After all, he is a 'writer'!

The Beyonders of the Audience Path are best at manipulating minds. A Sequence 7 Psychologist can already exert psychological suggestion, and a Sequence 6 Hypnotist can even forcibly hypnotize the enemy during battle.

By the time you reach Sequence 5, you can already travel through and modify other people’s dreams, and thereby control the behavior of the dream owner!
But even if hypnosis and suggestion are used through dreams, it will still leave traces and there is still the possibility of being seen through.

But the Sequence 1 'Writer' is already able to 'let nature take its course'. He can even turn a devout believer of a righteous god into his double agent, and the 'righteous god' himself will not notice anything unusual.

What's more, the other party has the characteristic of "whatever he says, he will be known", so any conspiracy against him will not succeed. After all, Adam can foresee all the actions against him in advance...

"wrong!"

Audrey was a little alert because she suddenly discovered a blind spot——

If Adam could really be omniscient, how did he almost get caught by Carla? He had no idea of ​​this, nor did he see through Carla's plan.

Does this mean that Adam's "whatever is said shall be known" actually has a limit?
“He is not omniscient, much less omnipotent.”

Carla showed an approving expression and explained:

"Although Adam is indeed very strong, he is still only a Sequence 1 'writer', not a Sequence 0 'dreamer', so his 'omniscience' has its limits. For example, he cannot perceive the thoughts of other 'Sequence 0' true gods. Even if these true gods are planning how to kill him, he will only have a faint sense of crisis, but will not know where the crisis comes from."

"As for me……"

Carla raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said with a smile:

"Audrey, have you forgotten something? I am the owner of the King's Soul."

The King Soul can not only "purify" the pollution in the Beyonder characteristics, but it is also a powerful weapon against other Beyonders and even True Gods. Theoretically, the "Writer" of Sequence 1 can be omniscient about any creature, but it is only limited to theory.

This world is huge, so huge that there will always be some things beyond the author's omniscience, such as true gods of sequence 0, and magical items or sealed objects of the same or even higher grade!

Even if the King's Soul is divided into nine parts, any one of them is a 'magical item' that is on the same level as a true God!
If Adam could break through the barrier of the King's Soul power, why would he risk his life to steal Carla's information?
Carla has the King's Soul and knows that Adam cannot be 'omniscient', so she designed a plan to seduce Adam.

Adam knew that Carla possessed the King's Soul, so while he was taking the risk, he also kept a backup plan to avoid being tricked.

And Carula also knew that Adam knew that she possessed the King's Soul, so she had anticipated Adam's successful escape and prepared a second trap for him...

"What a complicated relationship..." Audrey complained silently in her heart.

Is this how all the Beyonders with high sequences in the Audience Path fight? This is clearly a game of tricks, to see who has more tricks, who can make an unexpected move, who will have the upper hand or even win.

This was completely different from the battles between Beyonders that she had known before. Should she say that he was worthy of being a Beyonder of the 'audience' path?

Or are the battles between Extraordinary People from other paths also so unique?
Audrey briefly simulated the Beyonder of the Black Emperor Path:
The core ability of the Beyonder of the Black Emperor Path is to distort the rules.

Therefore, when fighting, they will distort the rules to restrict their opponents and strengthen themselves, but at the same time they also distort the rules that have been distorted by their opponents to avoid putting themselves in a disadvantageous situation.

In a sense, the battles between the extraordinary people of this path are also very unique. And this "characteristic" is also something that the extraordinary people of the "audience" path cannot do.

And because those who share the same path and are Extraordinary are well aware of each other's abilities, the battle between them will probably be quite long. After all, their abilities are exactly the same, and their battle is nothing more than a matter of countering each other's moves. The final result will most likely be a stalemate, with neither being able to do anything to the other...

"Na."

Carla suddenly looked at Audrey with a smile and asked:

"Do you want to dream with me?"

Eh?
Audrey blinked.

(End of this chapter)