Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

This series of events was beyond Zhou Ning's expectations, and it gave him an idea:

This may be another conspiracy of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom"!

He looked at the panel showing only 500 agility, 300 stamina, over 3000 spirit, and the negative effect called 'Curse of Knowledge', and didn't know how to complain for a moment.

[Curse of Knowledge: At a critical moment in the war for power, your "curiosity for knowledge" and "authority of knowledge" are severely tested. Which is more important, knowledge or power? This is the backlash of knowledge authority. When facing a powerful enemy, this test will be even more direct. (Duration: One battle.)]

In a sense, this was a complete reversal of fate, transforming him from an agility-oriented profession into a pure mage, which in turn reduced his combat effectiveness by more than half.

Moreover, he was facing an open conspiracy. It was the first time that Zhou Ning knew that the power war could be carried out in this way. This was the backlash after his knowledge authority was tortured, and it cursed himself on the spiritual level.

Otherwise, at his level, even Guarani, no matter how powerful, couldn't do this. Now, "He" was using the authority of knowledge to plot against him. After he received the special mission of "The Meaning of Knowledge," he seemed to have fallen into the other party's trap.

No, His plan was probably made earlier.

Looking at it from another perspective, maybe he gained "curiosity for knowledge" in the simulator world, and then the female member of the Knowledge Council allowed him to obtain that extraordinary item in the field of knowledge through auction, so that he could master the authority of knowledge through sacrifice.

All these coincidences are for this moment, to make him lose this power war and lose the opportunity to sublimate his knowledge authority.

So why did He go to such great lengths to accomplish this? Why did He not hesitate to spend hundreds or even thousands of years to begin planning?

There is only one reasonable explanation, that is, the Guarani also needs this war of power to reclaim knowledge, sublimate the authority of knowledge, and push Him to accomplish the old days.

In fact, the mental state of this god of knowledge and wisdom is a little abnormal. Who would come up with so many convoluted plans... Zhou Ning sighed inwardly, his gaze fixed on the distance, right where the god of war was standing, which was the center of the city-state's dilapidated square.

In the center of the square is a statue of the god of knowledge and wisdom that is over 20 meters tall. He has white hair and beard, a peaceful face, and a heavy, floating book in his palm.

As if sensing Zhou Ning's gaze, a smile appeared on the corner of the statue's mouth.

The players, who were somewhat uneasy about the surrounding environment, saw this scene immediately and couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Holy crap! That statue is alive!"

"Where is it? I'm Kang Kang!"

"Holy crap, it really is! Did any of the hunters bring a dog? Send them to pee on the base of the statue and see if there's any reaction?"

"I'm really lucky to meet this group of players..." Zhou Ning almost laughed. He believed that if he was drinking water at this moment, he would have sprayed it towards the other side uncontrollably.

But now, his "absolute calmness" determines that he will not panic because of this "little scare", nor will he laugh out loud because of this group of stupid players.

After figuring this out, he realized that this was a hand-to-hand fight between him and Guarani, and one of them was bound to fall.

Now Zhou Ning has only one way to go, to win this war of power and defeat the God of Knowledge and Wisdom afterwards.

It seems that the next round of power war should be in the book world related to the God of War. Zhou Ning roughly recalled the space occupied by the God of War in "Genesis". As one of the traditional three royal families, it occupied a full 76 stories. % of the space it appeared in was war, including the dream war he had participated in before.

In those stories, he is not a god with auxiliary abilities. On the contrary, his fighting methods are very brutal, even tending towards close combat.

If I really fight with Him, I will definitely not be able to fight any close combat with my current body that is more inclined towards a mage. The advantage is that my summoning ability and spellcasting ability have reached the highest peak in history.

As a high-end fire mage in his previous life, his spellcasting ability is naturally unquestionable.

Zhou Ning withdrew his gaze calmly, holding the lantern, and walked forward slowly but quickly.

"Do you think Lord Sternwell is becoming more and more like a god?" Leonardo followed behind Zhou Ning and whispered to Jasmine.

"Indeed." Jasmine said in a cold tone.

"You know what? When I first met Lord Sternwell, he was just an ordinary Transcendent, not much stronger than me." Leandro didn't mind Jasmine's coldness. After spending some time together, they were already familiar with each other and knew that Jasmine was just like that. While she appeared cold, she actually had a good temper. She'd never been angry even when the Chosen One played cards every day to cheat her out of money.

"I know." Jasmine nodded in agreement. She was the most qualified person to speak on this point. Having witnessed Wayne Stewell's growth almost from beginning to end, this sincere answer choked Leandro, who didn't know how to continue the conversation.

At this time, XB, who had been secretly eavesdropping on the NPCs' conversation, finally seized the opportunity to interrupt and walked over to Leonardo and said:

"I know this. Boss Wayne was a student at first, and his strength was probably just that of an ordinary transcendent. Hey, Leonardo, why are you silent? Do you want to poop? Or do you want to eat?"

The smile on Leonardo's lips gradually disappeared, and he felt his scalp buzzing.

Along the way, the group was surprisingly not disturbed at all. Compared with ordinary kingdoms of God, the ancient city of Waters was not a traditional kingdom of God. On the contrary, it perfectly maintained the structure of the ancient city-state, with barren fields, dried-up rivers, and collapsed houses.

If it weren't for the books flying wildly in the air and the gray-white book rings reminding me, I would almost think I was on an adventure of meteorological tides.

Zhou Ning walked in front holding a lantern, intentionally strengthening the protection of the players. There were many dark areas on the road leading to the square in front. The Nine-Turn Lotus Lantern in his hand kept driving away the darkness around him and replacing it with light. Pale flames kept igniting on the bodies of dark creatures, and they fled away in all directions.

Zhou Ning had attempted to kill a group of dark creatures, hoping to see if he could survive the "one battle" duration of the knowledge curse, but his attempt had unsurprisingly failed. It seemed there was no shortcut, so Zhou Ning had no choice but to give up.

Before long, everyone had passed through the dark area. In front of them was an area with flickering fire. It looked like a dried-up river valley. What flowed in the river was not water, but ink-black liquid with twinkling stars and a large amount of text in the middle.

"Is this a river of knowledge polluted by the knowledge plague?" Meredith made a preliminary judgment.

"That's probably right. This kind of scene can only be seen in the kingdom of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom." Jasmine nodded slightly and replied calmly.

"Can I drink it?" Jinse asked curiously.

"Yes, but it's not recommended. Drinking this river water might bring you some fragmented and complex knowledge, but it could also cause irreversible pollution or even permanent loss of your attributes."

Zhou Ning turned around and spoke to the crowd. Some players had already curiously scooped out some water to test its saltiness, but now they were eager to spill the black liquid.

The ruined square where the God of War was located was in the center of the valley. Led by Zhou Ning, everyone crossed the River of Knowledge and walked silently towards the square ahead.

During this process, Zhou Ning clicked on the task he had completed before and chose to receive the task reward.