Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

This feeling is a bit similar to the feeling that comes with being a lucky clover when bad luck strikes. I am almost having a stress reaction... Zhou Ning felt an inexplicable sense of unease in his heart.

Should I leave here as soon as possible?

He pointed to the hat on the counter and asked quickly, "How much is this hat?"

"This item can make its holder more intelligent and insightful, but unfortunately, it also has a significant flaw. Wearing it for a long time will cause the wearer to lose their spirituality and body temperature, gradually becoming undead. It's not recommended for purchase. If you really want to buy it, the owner said you can take it away for 900 Vekta."

The price is actually quite high for a piece of equipment with such obvious side effects, but judging by the spiritual aura, it may have other uses. Moreover, for a demigod like himself, such side effects can be easily suppressed. Zhou Ning nodded slightly to the clerk:

"Ok."

I took the hat from his hand and tried it on. Suddenly, a cold chill spread from the top of my head to my whole body, and was immediately completely dispelled by the Sun Ripple Breathing Technique.

He looked in the mirror and it seemed to suit him quite well. The equipment information popped up on the panel:

Mansong's Knowledge

Equipment Level: Set-type unknown item (1/6)

Required Level: 63

Armor Value: 12

Attributes: Spirit +27, Will -3

Equipment Effect 10: Experience is increased by 10%, casting speed is increased by %, and your insight is greatly increased.

Equipment effect 2: ????? ????

Negative effects: Wearing it will cause you to gradually lose your spirituality and body temperature, turning you into a living undead. This process is irreversible.

"It's actually an experience hat?" Zhou Ning narrowed his eyes. Who said there were no bargains on the black market? In his previous life, equipment with experience-boosting properties like this was always priced sky-high, not to mention that this hat also increased casting speed and insight. Only NPCs didn't know the importance of experience.

"Don't you need to think about it again?" Seeing Zhou Ning wearing the hat and not saying anything, the clerk kindly asked again.

"No, I want this one." Zhou Ning shook his head.

"Okay, sir, please come with me to pay over there." Since the other party had made up his mind, the clerk stopped trying to persuade him and led Zhou Ning to the counter.

After pushing a stack of 900-yuan bills to the clerk, Zhou Ning simply put his hat on his head. He was about to ask Elsa to leave together when he suddenly felt a pain in his stomach, followed by nausea and vomiting.

It seems that something went wrong with the dark cuisine we had at the Cemetery Bar earlier. What were the ingredients? They managed to bring down a demigod, and this bar can be proud of it. It's something even some gods and angels couldn't pull off...

Zhou Ning held his stomach, trying to maintain his composure, and asked the clerk:

"Do you have a bathroom here? My stomach is not feeling well."

The clerk pointed to the back of the store and said with an undiminished smile, "Turn left inside and walk to the end, then you'll see the sign."

After squatting on the toilet for 10 minutes in an idol-like manner, Zhou Ning washed his hands and was about to go out when he suddenly had an idea.

"Is it possible that the previous events, including going to the restaurant and this stomachache, were not accidents, but coincidences deliberately created by the little bookworm, wanting me to encounter something or miss something?"

He recalled what Jasmine had just said. Regardless of whether it was true or not, he could try to sever his connection with it by erasing some of his memories. Now he was in the open, while the enemy was in the dark. Only by trying to disrupt its plans would he have a chance of tipping the scales of victory towards him.

Zhou Ning pondered for a few seconds, and the more he thought about it, the more it made sense. He reached out and took out the "Magic Encyclopedia" from the inventory and opened it.

On the first page there is an index of various magics. In addition to the common elemental magic, there are no less than 15 types of magic categories, including iron magic, undead magic, music magic, poison magic, insect magic, magnet magic, etc.

The Oblivion he had thought of earlier was a spiritual magic, but it wasn't a third-order magic, but a first-order magic. He almost forgot that the magic levels of the two worlds were different.

He pressed his hand on it, and the surrounding words suddenly came together as if alive, emitting a brilliant light upwards.

"Everything is forgotten!"

After using this magic, a scroll of memory layers suddenly opened up in front of him, and he could erase or modify it by smearing the contents on it.

Near the front were his memories of this period. Zhou Ning only regretted not having the CTRL+F key to search and modify them in batches.

It took Zhou Ning about 10 minutes to completely erase his memory of the little book bit by bit. He spent another 10 minutes rechecking for omissions, making sure there were no mistakes. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and open the bathroom door.

At this time, he found that Elsa had left. The clerk was looking at him strangely: "The lady said she would wait for you at the entrance of the black market...about 10 minutes ago."

Zhou Ning wanted to explain, but felt it was unnecessary, so he forced a smile and said:

"OK, thanks."

Walking out of the weapon shop, the auction house diagonally opposite had just ended. Zhou Ning raised his head and looked across unconsciously, and saw a slightly familiar figure.

The other person was wearing a fitted dress, with a book tucked between her arms, revealing half of her smooth breasts. Although the other person had changed gender and was dressed completely different from the one in the video, Zhou Ning still found a sense of inexplicable familiarity with his powerful observation Haki.

At this moment, Zhou Ning's pupils gradually dilated, and the expression on his face almost got out of control.

He could already confirm that the other person was the current Vicky West, the former Karl Robbins.

.........

The time goes back half an hour.

Black market, Carandim Auction House, in a separate auction room.

A book was spread out on the table, with lines of handwriting and a lot of smudges on it.

"...As expected, the success rate of an unprepared battle is uncontrollable. Facing the Shaman King Norman Langdon, Wayne Stewell unsurprisingly displayed extraordinary abilities and killed him. However, another of my plans naturally became a reality. This battle failed, but it did define the two camps in the script: Valentine and the Church of Poseidon behind him, the righteous, and Wayne Stewell and the Church of the God of War, the villains!"

(smear)

"I originally wanted Karl Robbins to follow that being directly to the Motley Islands to see if there was a chance to incite the Wolf Worship Cult to participate in this war as a third party. The more chaotic the situation, the better it would be for us to achieve our goal. Unfortunately, Karl Robbins' personal wishes prevailed over the arrangements."

(There are also a lot of traces of handwriting here)

"Because this island was once the headquarters of the Cult of the Cursed, a large number of Cultists still lurk here. Karl Robbins wants to use his position as the high priest to rally them and arrange for them to do something. He also wants to reclaim a so-called Deathly Hallows at an auction—an urn stained with the aura of death and a pair of gloves called 'Will Ragley's Restoration'. These two items were auctioned by the same person, and the latter is related to Wayne Stewell, which is quite unlucky."

"Also, Carl Robbins's self-determination poses a significant risk. Wayne Stewell's target is also Tartarus Island. There's a 19.2% chance that the two will meet, but now is not the time for a true showdown."

"I tried to delay the Thorn's arrival at Tartarus by one day by creating a storm, so that when Wayne Stewell arrived at Tartarus, Karl Robins would have just left. Unfortunately, Wayne Stewell could manipulate the weather directly, and the Thorn was only delayed by two hours. Now the chance of the two meeting has increased to 32.7%." (mentioned in Chapter 613)

(smear)

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