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Chapter 32 Light Years Away (Seeking monthly votes and continued reading)
Zhou Mingrui, or rather, the newly appointed tarot reader who had just held his first tarot session, was witnessing this unusual situation for the first time.

Like Miss Justice and Mr. Hanged Man, they entered the Tarot Club after coming into contact with extraordinary items, while Chen Lai, this exceptionally distant star, seemed to be actively responding and wanting to join the Tarot Club.

Without time to think further, Zhou Mingrui lifted up the "star" that belonged to Chen Lai. Before Chen Lai could condense a misty figure, Zhou Mingrui first lengthened the table and added a chair. The black carved pillar behind him also became more majestic and mysterious.

After making these preparations, Zhou Mingrui, the "Fool," calmly crossed his hands, rested his chin on them, and sat down on the black mist chair at the head of the table.

The figures solidified, and Chen could see everything clearly before him.

The temple, the long table, Trajan's column carved with unknown patterns, and the tall god sitting beneath the dome, were all watching him with a leisurely air.

“You have come,” He said.

Anyone arriving for the first time would be stunned by this sight and the attire, but...

Unfortunately, Chen Lai was a player and particularly clueless about romance. In Zhou Mingrui's eyes, he was not intimidated by the Fool's powerful and mysterious appearance at all. Instead, he walked to table number nine with ease and opened the tarot cards that Zhou Mingrui had prepared in advance on the long table.

【"The Hermit" Tarot Card (Gold) (Unique): A small gift prepared for you by the mysterious ruler above the gray fog. Owning it signifies your successful joining the Tarot Club. Value: 500000】

Chen Lai's eyes lit up. This is good stuff!

The next second, he stuffed the Hermit Tarot cards into his pocket and sat down casually.

Zhou Mingrui frowned, and with a wave of his hand, all the tarot cards on the table disappeared. In his opinion, this "uninvited" guest was really impolite.

"Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron?"

Chen Lai casually uttered the secret code.

"Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon!" Zhou Mingrui's guard immediately relaxed. This was the secret code for science students, a tongue twister about the periodic table of elements that they had to memorize from the moment they chose between arts and sciences.

"Zhou Mingrui, are you alright?"

Chen Lai grinned, and the figure formed from the mist actually conveyed a "joyful" emotion.

The Fool stared in disbelief: "You? You know who I am?"

“Of course, Fool, Klein, Zhou Mingrui, lives in Tingen City, Kingdom of Rune…” Chen Lai spoke very quickly, but then he threw out a coded message.

Chen Lai ruthlessly exposed his disguise. As a player, and with no other Tarot Club members present, revealing Zhou Mingrui's disguise would be beneficial for the subsequent conversation.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Zhou Mingrui made a stop gesture. The next second, the magnificent palace disappeared, and the mist around the two people solidified, making their original facial features recognizable.

"My God, I thought I was the only transmigrator! Bro, you came at the perfect time! This world is really weird, with all these superhumans and the idea that we'll all die..."

After Zhou Mingrui removed his disguise, he became extremely agitated. Chen Lai could understand. For someone to transmigrate to another world, a world still in the Victorian steam age, where the mystery of the original owner's suicide remains unsolved, and then come into contact with extraordinary power—the impact on anyone's mind and body would be immense. "Lord of Mysteries" tells the story of Zhou Mingrui's transmigration to this extraordinary steam-powered world, where, through the mutual assistance of the Tarot Society and his own efforts, he gradually becomes the "Lord of Mysteries." However, judging from the current situation, Zhou Mingrui is still in the first step, having only been in the world for a short time.

Seeing Zhou Mingrui's anxiety, Chen Lai could only say that he was powerless to help. The entire book of Mystery has more than four million words, and he only knows the general plot. Moreover, in the mysterious world where "knowledge is power" and "the more you know, the faster you die," letting Zhou Mingrui know too much would only affect his future.

So, while fiddling with the "Hermit" tarot cards in his hand, Chen Lai shook his head at Zhou Mingrui:
"Brother, I know you're happy to meet someone from your hometown, but you're celebrating too soon."

“If I’m not mistaken, we’re not even on the same planet. I’m currently in the French Republic after the overthrow of the empire. It’s very peaceful here, and even if there are superhumans, they are very few in number. But it’s probably not like that where you are.”

Hearing this, Zhou Mingrui calmed down. From the moment he heard the mention of "French Republic," Zhou Mingrui realized that the two sides were not even in the same world. His side was still Earth, but his side was probably very far away from Earth.

“You’re right, we’re probably not on the same planet. No wonder it was so difficult for me to pull you up here; it turns out we’re too far away and outside the service area,” Zhou Mingrui complained.

"Since the distance is so far, my Tarot Club can only provide you with firsthand information... But that doesn't make sense, does it? If you don't have any superhumans where you are, how did you manage to get here using a luck-changing ritual?"

Zhou Mingrui was initially a little listless, but he quickly realized that Chen Lai probably also possessed extraordinary power, though he was hiding it very well.

"The only gods in my world are God and the Virgin Mary. I have never heard any other prayers. This is probably why my world is so peaceful—there is no conflict between the gods, and the path of the extraordinary is relatively safe and uncontaminated."

Chen Lai calmly considered the matter for a while and then offered his own insights.

"I want to go to your world... It's too dangerous here!"

Zhou Mingrui lay on the table with his hands behind his head. Playing the role of a powerful figure every day must be exhausting. It's so good that someone can see through his disguise and vulnerability!
Chen Lai remained silent. He knew that Zhou Mingrui was actually very strong and kind-hearted, and his future achievements were limitless.

After a moment of silence, Chen Lai spoke first: "I can stay in this world for about twenty more days, after which I will leave. During this time, you can ask me any questions or doubts you may have... I am a prophet!"

Zhou Mingrui was startled. Were there even charlatans pretending to be prophets here?

But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. Chen Lai's behavior is completely unlike that of an Earth native. He seems to know a lot, but he can't say it. It seems that he can only reveal it little by little.

Chen Lai also had his own difficulties. As a player, he could say anything and dared to say anything, but he was afraid that Zhou Mingrui would die suddenly after leaving the Source Castle!

What the players do doesn't matter, but Chen Lai remembers that all worlds are real, and everything their higher-dimensional projections do will affect other worlds. Zhou Mingrui is a good person; he just gave him a "Hermit" gift worth 500,000. You can't refuse a gift like that!

"Alright, brother, take care in Tingen City. Be careful with your money, use the restroom often... Remember to spend more time with your brother and sister, and remember to be extremely cautious."

"I'm leaving now. If I discover any signs of supernatural power on my end, I'll contact you immediately. It's still the same password—Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun."

After saying that, Chen Lai turned into smoke and disappeared, along with the tarot card that belonged to the number nine "Hermit".

The Hermit: When upright, it represents solitude; when reversed, it represents loneliness and isolation, requiring interaction with the outside world.

(End of this chapter)