Pirate Sequence: Start with Outlaws.

"Are you sure that your current body can still sustain the price that soul divination requires?"

Rune looked at the octopus wizard with some concern, fearing that this guy would be too anxious and ignore his own physical condition, resulting in the failure of divination, and ultimately losing more than he gained.

The octopus wizard patted his chest confidently and said, "Don't worry, we breed believers. I can't say anything else, but our vitality is first-class. It's no problem for us to do soul divination!"

As she said this, she threw the blood bead she had just absorbed into her mouth and started crunching it like a candy.

Rune could even hear the sound of her teeth crushing the blood beads.

After getting the confirmation from the Octopus Wizard, Rune nodded half-believingly, "Then let's get started."

He was also very curious about what he could learn about his own destiny.

After all, ever since I traveled through time, I have always felt like I was living in a "cage".

The invisible hand behind the scenes controls everything, but never shows up.

"Come and sit here." The octopus wizard pointed to the center of the previous formation. "This formation can be reused. It won't be a waste of the time I spent setting it up. Please wait for a moment!"

The octopus wizard said "wait a moment", but a very long time passed.

Even though there was no rising or setting of the sun or moon in the breeding ground, Rune could roughly guess that it took the octopus wizard nearly three days to transform this formation.

"Finally done!" The octopus wizard wiped the sweat from her head, and the octopus tentacles on her feet danced excitedly. She stretched and came to Rune, "You stay here obediently, and don't be afraid of any movement. After all, it's not that easy to predict fate!"

"Follow my steps, keep moving forward and don't back down. Even if there are any side effects, they will not happen to you!"

"I may have some abnormalities, but don't worry about me. Those abnormalities will at most cause me some pain. We wizards have long been accustomed to it. It is normal to feel some pain!"

When Rune heard the words of the octopus wizard, black lines appeared on his forehead.

Wizards are not normal beings.

After saying this, the octopus wizard began to wave the dead wood staff.

She swung the withered wooden staff hard in front of her, and the tip of the staff pierced into the ground.

Then the vitality of the surrounding breeding land rushed towards the staff frantically.

At the top of the staff, a green bud slowly sprouted, and eventually a bright flower bloomed.

The wizard chanted some mysterious spells, and the petals turned into white mist and drifted away.

Rune could feel that the time and space around him had changed, as if an unknown long river appeared before his eyes.

The octopus wizard waved her short hands in front of Rune.

Suddenly Rune's eyes were blurry, and when he opened them again, the two were no longer there.

He could feel the octopus wizard holding his hand and running in the river.

However, the further they ran, the slower they ran, and various complicated expressions began to appear on the octopus wizard's face.

Rune looked around and saw rapidly playing phantoms everywhere. These were the scenes he experienced after his time travel.

As the moving distance changed, the surrounding phantoms began to change rapidly, and even some blurred images appeared, obscured by an unknown mist.

These images reveal everything that is connected to Rune's fate.

And the unclear and unpredictable future!

Rune opened his eyes wide, trying to see everything around him clearly, but found that he was simply unable to do so.

As they moved forward, more and more complex scenes appeared around them.

An expression of pain finally appeared on the octopus wizard's face, and her steps became as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

At the same time, she kept muttering, "There seems to be something wrong with you! Why are you able to implicate so many terrifying beings?"

The octopus wizard guided Rune to look up. Just in front of him, the thread of Rune's destiny was like a big tree, extending from the long river to the dome of the sky.

The scale of this tree is even more terrifying than the world tree seen in the Dead Land before.

At the same time, there is a shadow behind the big tree.

There are also countless invisible beings hidden behind the shadows.

The octopus wizard was panting, and her body began to shrivele, but countless life forces were quickly injected into her from all around.

She yelled angrily, "I really lost money by taking your order. Who would have thought you would be in this situation!"

But she still had some kind of professional ethics. The octopus wizard gritted her teeth and dragged Rune forward.

Rune looked at the scenes around him, feeling a little confused.

He couldn't imagine that he was involved with so many beings!

Although we cannot see the so-called people in the fog, we can still understand the horror behind them.

As Rune passed by one illusion after another, he suddenly saw a clearer existence.

This existence is extremely special. It is like being in an underground laboratory, with various identical-looking skins conducting certain experiments rapidly around.

And those skins were exactly the people Rune had known before.

"Chris."

Rune whispered the name.

Although he knew that Chris had used clones before, Rune was a little surprised to see so many Chrises for the first time.

Chris in the picture is in a hurry and there is not much expression on everyone's face.

But in the background behind them there is something even more attractive.

Rune's attention was unconsciously drawn to it.

It was like a huge transparent protective glass.

But just looking at its surface you can tell that it is definitely not a cheap material like glass.

The transparent isolation is engraved with dense array patterns.

At the same time, countless branches extended from the container to all directions of the laboratory.

All the Chris around here are there to serve this thing,

Inside the container is a huge, uncovered brain.

It is soaked in green nutrient solution, emitting its unique message in all directions.

Rune stared at the scene for a long time, and suddenly something came into his mind.

All the Chrises in the picture were actually looking at him. Although he didn't know where they were looking at in the world over there, Rune could feel that these Chrises were staring at him!

At the same time, a will suddenly descended from the long river and touched Rune's mind.

"Soul divination. Interesting."

"It seems that everything has been predetermined."

Chris's voice suddenly appeared in Rune's mind.

The familiar voice surprised Rune.

"Don't be surprised, I'm Chris."

"Long time no see, Colonel Rune."

Rune nodded slightly in response.

"I didn't expect you to have the opportunity to come into contact with something as rare as soul divination. You are worthy of being the investor I chose."

"But this is also part of 'cause and effect'. At this moment, fate is revealing something to you that you should be exposed to."

After hearing what Chris said, Rune finally realized that Chris's true form was actually the brain in the vat.

After waking up, he looked at the brain in the jar again and thought with some surprise about the magic of creation.

Chris said in a calm voice, "Now that you have touched the thread of fate, let me reintroduce myself."

"I'm Chris, [Sequence 2: Brain in a Vat]"

"It is the self-consciousness that was born from the mind of a demon god after his death in ancient times."

"After a long period of practice, I finally used this unique method to advance my rank. I have made further progress on the basis of the Demon God's original rank of rank 3 and reached rank 2."

"It's just that due to the limitations of my innate body, I can only survive in this state."

"What I hope for is to advance from Sequence 2 to Sequence 1, to escape from my current state and reach a near-godlike existence, and from then on to have a free body that can accommodate my current spirit body."

"But it is not easy to advance from Sequence 2 to Sequence 1, so I came up with a plan to create countless clones. Each clone has a different sequence, hoping to use them to converge and achieve a breakthrough."

"This method has a very low success rate, so I also activated the cause-and-effect gift plan."

"To put it simply, it is to select some people with the potential to become gods, and provide them with help and guidance for their growth."

"Use the cause I give, and you will receive the result I give you in return."

"Lugade was the focus of training before, and you can be considered one of them in your current situation. There are others besides you."

"So you should now understand that all the manipulations we did to you before were actually part of the plan. It can even be said to be a supplement to Lugard's gift plan."

"You were not qualified to be included in the plan then, and even now you are still somewhat unqualified."

"But today you came into contact with my true self and all of this in such a special way. That was the guidance of fate."

"I admit that you are qualified."

"Now we are face to face, answer me, Rune Graves, do you want to participate in my plan?"

"This is a fair and just transaction without the need for a contract."

"Unlike the contract between the merchant Chris and the pirate Graves, this is a deal between Chris the Brain in the Vat and Rune the Will of the Undead."

“There is no need to use any paper terms to bind you, and participation in the plan is entirely based on causal involvement.”

"What do you think?"

When Chris said these words, Rune could see that the octopus wizard's expression and movements were completely frozen.

Under the power of Chris Sequence Two, the Octopus Wizard was unaware of everything in front of him.

After saying these words, Chris, the brain in the jar, quieted down and waited quietly for Rune's reply.

Rune thought for just a few seconds and then raised his head: "It seems that there is no need to think too much. I agree."

Rune's answer did not surprise Chris.

Its voice remained calm. "It's a wise decision. You and Luke are really similar, but your goals are completely different."

"To be honest, Lugard's talent is much higher than yours."

"It's just that your vision determines the path of the future."

"Lugard is a madman who is willing to do anything to protect others, so he can give up everything for the sake of protection."

"But you are different from him. You are a chess piece. You have an inherent desire to break the game."

"So your road is destined to be longer than his. This is also one of the reasons why I am optimistic about you."

"After all, I am just a chess piece. We still need to walk the road ahead together."

"Lune Graves, my partner, I'm glad you've joined the real plan."

"The deal is done and is now effective."

Chris's voice fades away, and the surroundings return to normal.

The octopus wizard still gritted his teeth and pulled Rune forward, as if everything that had happened before had never happened.

"I can't seem to hold on any longer!" The octopus wizard pulled Rune forward a few dozen steps, his body squeezed like a piece of paper by the surrounding pressure.

If she goes any further, she will definitely die here.

"Let's leave. My ability is really not enough. How about we change the conditions and exchange the snake heart?"

The octopus wizard's voice seemed a little hollow at this time, and it seemed that he could not continue.

At this moment, a force suddenly appeared in Rune's body.

It is like a refreshing rain after a long drought.

He raised his fingertips and moved them forward a little.

The octopus wizard was expelled from the river, but without the octopus wizard, Rune could walk freely in the river relying on the power in his body.

"Is this the 'start of effect' thing? It came really fast."

Rune didn't need to guess too much to understand the source of this power.

Before his eyes, everything began to reveal itself.

Everything that was hazy before began to appear before my eyes.

Ignoring irrelevant information, Rune began to focus on the Beloberg area.

He saw Abern's plan to win over others and Niels' hidden hand.

Did you see the old lord sending people to assassinate you? !

Rune was slightly shocked, then calmed down.

Continuing to walk forward, the same thing happened in Yinsha Port.

In the upper zone, there is a huge leader who has deep malice towards him. He is deeply involved with the Blue Sailboat.

In addition, Rune looked at the roots of the Tree of Destiny again.

Here, little Carter appears.

But even with Chris' help, little Carter was still confused.

But behind her figure, there was another figure.

At the top of the tree, to the left and right of Chris, there is the figure of Hydra, and two other unknown figures.

Further up, there are five figures that seem to have a vague connection with him.

Seeing that their aura could hardly be concealed by the mist of fate, Rune narrowed his eyes.

"The loving father, the blood god, the dream, the reproduction, and the unknown."

"How can I be connected to you by any thread?"

And at the very top of the Tree of Destiny was a thick fog that made everything completely invisible.

There is only one existence.

Countless white lines fell like a tornado, entwining Rune's tree of destiny.

It's like a puppeteer, controlling his puppet with strings.

"So. Who would you be?"

"What is your purpose?"

"Being in your situation, you think highly of me."

Rune took a deep breath. Breaking the impasse was easier said than done!

Everything about fate was revealed here, which brought even greater pressure to Rune.

Countless gods are high above, controlling everything about him, the chess piece.

However, when Rune was about to look away and return to reality, he suddenly made a new discovery.

Not far from the top of the fog, there is another existence.

However, this existence is isolated from the world and cannot be noticed without careful observation.