Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 42 042 'A Moment of Luck'

After coming out of his father's study, Tang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"But in this situation, on the bright side, as long as there are no sacrifices or large-scale sacrificial rituals, the dark side of the universe will not be able to infiltrate."

If there were other more convenient ways to summon the contaminated part of himself, he would not do this.

It's not unsolvable after all.

"Tingen should be fine. The Never-Ending Theater is now in my hands. If I want to commit a large-scale massacre, I will risk being exposed in a territory where there are powerful people who can seal "0" level seals. If I were the dark side of the universe, I would abandon Tinen and go to other cities."

The Blood Cult might have other "0" level seals, but not too many.

Tang opened the system warehouse while walking towards his room.

The sealed object composed of the twisted magician and the winner was lying quietly inside.

'Sealed Object: [A Moment of Luck] (Variant Niu Hulu Version).'

Item Information: This was once the Beyonder's characteristic, combined with the Beyonder's characteristic that emerged from the Trickster's mental breakdown and death. It now possesses the Beyonder abilities of both the Trickster and the Winner!

'It has some 'alive' qualities.'

Description: This is a wooden cane inlaid with gold. It's smooth and sleek, of moderate length, and ergonomically designed. It's also easy to see a remnant of ancient Hermetic text engraved on the cane, which translates to "a brief moment of luck is not a lifetime of luck." While this ancient Hermetic text is now largely obscured by strange stains, it still suggests that the item's previous owner believed occasional good fortune was quite important.

"But since it stayed with its previous owner through thick and thin, it seems to have changed a little."

"This item can passively store luck. When infused with spirituality again, it will grant the holder a 'surprising' chance encounter. Of course, whether this chance encounter is good or bad, Niu Hulu's cane has no idea. Perhaps, you could tell it about the tragic deeds of its previous owner? I believe it would be happy to hear it."

"Holding this item will enhance the holder's extraordinary abilities in divination, anti-divination and other fields."

"This item, as a cane, also possesses all the functions of a cane. When encountering an enemy, you can raise the cane and, while ensuring you don't blast their heads, transform them into your own puppets. When you inject spiritual energy into it, after three seconds the spiritual line of the person being struck will begin to be controlled. After fifteen seconds, they will completely transform into the item's puppets. However, the number of puppets cannot exceed thirty, otherwise you might end up being the one to get blasted in the head. After all, a cane is just a cane, not a person!"

"Holding this item, the holder can copy their extraordinary abilities to the controlled secret marionette. The maximum number of these special secret marionettes is five, and the secret marionettes can be placed within 800 meters of the cane at most."

'Holding this item, the holder can exchange positions with the Marionette!'

'Possess some low- to mid-level spell-like extraordinary abilities of magicians, faceless men, etc.'

'Negative effects: It will occasionally bring bad luck to the holder. After all, luck always prevails.'

'If you hold it long enough, perhaps you too will become its puppet!'

'Note: This item consumes a lot of spiritual energy, and it seems irrational, occasionally chanting strange knowledge... The best way is to tell it what it likes to hear and soothe its emotions.'

In general, the extraordinary abilities of the Trickster seemed to be inherited, but were somewhat weakened, possibly due to the fusion with the winner's extraordinary characteristics, as well as the weakening caused by his own crazy death.

"As for...what you like to hear?"

This sealed object has been contaminated by "crazy knowledge" and seems to be very afraid of some knowledge that "should not be seen or heard".

If I recite something like "Fu Sheng Xuan Huang Tian Zun" to it a few times, will it die instantly?

Tang threw this extraordinary item into the 'Craftsman' module. He wanted to break it up and re-condense it, but Tang thought about it and asked the system, "Tongzi,"

The system remained silent, sensing that its host was harboring some sinister intentions. "Do you think it's muttering some secret 'above the True God'?"

The kind that would kill you instantly upon hearing it.

"That's...possible," the system said cautiously in a mechanical voice after crunching the numbers.

"Okay, then, help me optimize it. No need to break up the reunion." Tang said, "After weakening the negative impact... it's best to make it talk when you tell it to, and shut up when you tell it to, and the things it says are the kind that others 'like to hear'."

He emphasized the word "love to listen" and Tongzi fell silent.

Are you planning to cosplay yourself? Cosplay the real Creator and play with others?

"Isn't it okay?"

"It's not impossible. We can try to optimize it, but I can't guarantee what we will do."

The system stammered.

"enough."

Tang was also satisfied enough.

As for Tang himself, he could also hear... the mumbling of these 'crazy knowledge' originated from him. Even if the cane got high, it shouldn't cause him to lose control directly. Besides, there was still the system shell. If that didn't work, he would first collect some knowledge fragments and prepare to 'knowledge chase people' before trying again.

"in addition……"

Sitting in his room, Tang looked at the Sequence Four of the Secret Prayer Path, the Black Knight's extraordinary characteristics, which had been purified, dispersed and reunited, and no longer possessed the spiritual contamination of the true creator.

He felt that he was still missing a magical item with strong offensive power.

After all, the Never-Ending Theater is too huge. If it is outside the theater, the "Master's Ring" will not work.

"A powerful offensive extraordinary item is also needed."

The Puppet Master is weak after all, and can only control one puppet at most.

After thinking about it, Tang asked the secret puppet that followed him to travel again. The two returned to the theater. Olson had already sorted out those extraordinary characteristics and was ready to pack them up and send them back to the tribe after leaving the theater.

"I didn't hear anything I shouldn't have heard," Olson said. "I'll write a letter to inform everyone in the clan about this during the day."

"Ok."

Tang didn't share his suspicions about the Blood Cult's activities with Olsson for now. Using the power of his "Master's Ring," he left the area he had temporarily designated as the "square" and entered a special space filled with pitch-black curtains hanging from the sky. Within these countless curtains, tiny glimmers of light, like "stars," flickered continuously.

These 'stars' are extraordinary properties separated from that huge secret doll!
Colorful Beyonder characteristics hung upside down in the sky. The entire special space was blocked by countless black curtains, creating small compartments to isolate each Beyonder characteristic. While rejecting the law of Beyonder characteristic aggregation, it also added a layer of "filter" to prevent low- and medium-sequence people from going crazy and losing control.

The ring on Tang's little finger flickered with a faint white light, and two extraordinary characteristics fell.

That is the extraordinary characteristic of a manipulator, a person without darkness.

(End of this chapter)