Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 313 The Essence of Luck and Truth/Falsehood
Chapter 312

After several days of trekking, Rosen and his team successfully arrived at the coordinates given by Barry.

Along the way, they never encountered any more Sequence 0 interceptions.

After all, sequence 0s aren't everywhere, so there's only one person responsible for intercepting their team.

However, since the Sequence 0 doctor has self-destructed, where are we going to find a Sequence 0 Ash Life to use for the Torch of Hope?

"Does anyone have the corpse of a Sequence 0 Ash Lifeform?"

Rosen looked at his five teammates and asked.

"No……"

"I do not have either……"

"It seems there aren't any..."

Rosen and the others exchanged glances, realizing that their team was probably just a decoy.

From the very beginning, Rosen knew one thing very well: where would he easily obtain the corpse of a Sequence 0 Ash Lifeform?

If we can't obtain it, does that mean the seal won't be reinforced once we reach the coordinates?
Normally, the world government should proactively provide the corpses of Sequence 0 Ash beings.

As a result, Rosen did not obtain it, which leads to two possibilities. The first is that the body is in the hands of one of his teammates, and the second is that the spatial coordinates that their team arrived at were just a decoy, a bait used to attract the attention of the world's will.

After all, with seventeen teams, it's impossible for the seal to be reinforced at exactly seventeen locations.

It now seems that their team was just there to make up the numbers.

"So, can we go back to the old camp now?"

Rosen suggested.

Barry didn't say he couldn't go back, so if he does, no one can say anything about it.

It's not that he doesn't hunt Sequence 0 Ash Lifeforms, but what can he do if he can't leave behind any corpses?
Since the miracle treasure has already been obtained, only a fool would dare to linger under the nose of the world's will.

That's what Rosen thought, and that's what Black King and the others thought too.

So all six of them took out their torches of hope and activated them to begin the teleportation.

The intense flames enveloped his entire body, and after the teleportation ended, Rosen almost couldn't resist transmitting the data directly.

Because the Torch of Hope did not send him back to the old camp, but instead sent him to the unknown lands deep within the Old World.

Rosen once observed from high altitudes that there are many civilizations and many lives here.

Neither the historical secrets nor the hidden brass book contain any record of this place.

So one thing is for sure: there's definitely a huge pitfall here.

Moreover, this pit was dug by the World Government, who tricked them into coming here for some reason.

Rosen looked at his teammates; everyone except Black King was there.

As expected, the Black King did indeed teleport back to the old camp.

Because Black King is a descendant of a true god, he was excluded from the World Government's list of those who have been deceived.

Those who lacked the support of a true god were all sent here.

However, this doesn't make sense either. He clearly has the God of Pentacles behind him, or is it that the World Government doesn't give the God of Pentacles any face?

Rosen frantically pondered the World Government's intentions. The White King and the others were still unaware of their current location, only believing that the Torch of Hope had been moved from the Old Camp to the outside of the Old Continent. They had no idea that they had already arrived at the deepest part of the Old Continent.

Rosen attempted to log into the deep web of the spirit world, but unsurprisingly failed.

None of the five major networks can cover this area.

As he was wondering whether he should explore the area, a terrifying spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared not far away.

Rosen soon saw several familiar demigods being teleported over.

He immediately went up to inquire, and sure enough, this team had not completed the so-called sealing mission at all.

Over the next half hour, all seventeen teams of demigods were teleported over.

Apart from the true gods' descendants, there were no exceptions.

Moreover, none of the teams completed the so-called sealing mission. Now all the demigods have realized that the sealing mission they were carrying out was a lie, and from the very beginning, the World Government's purpose was to send them here.

Just as Rosen and the others were exploring their surroundings, an even more terrifying spatial fluctuation appeared.

Barry also teleported over, but he was missing an arm and had a wound running through his heart.

"Welcome to the Land of Redemption..."

Barry laughed wildly, completely disregarding his injuries.

Rosen looked at Barry warily. Had he misunderstood the World Government? Was it that the World Government hadn't tricked them, but that Barry was the one who had truly tricked them? Because the residual power of the laws on Barry's new wounds clearly came from the true god of the World Government.

Therefore, it is highly likely that Barry has already betrayed the World Government.

That's why they were teleported here, and that's why Barry was severely injured by the combined forces of the World Government's true gods.

The demigods present almost all knew what laws the true god of the World Government wielded.

Therefore, it's not hard to see the problems with Barry; there's no need to consider that he has already actively gathered.

"Don't be so nervous, coming to the Land of Redemption is a good thing for you."

As he spoke, Barry took out several pre-prepared document bags, which floated in the air and approached Rosen and the others.

No one reached out to take it; at most, divine perception controlled the file bag to hover, and then the file bag was opened to take out the documents inside.

Even Rosen was surprised and shocked to read through the document's contents at lightning speed.

Because this document is related to them, these demigods.

All titled demigods are prospective deities, and all forbidden sequences are prospective true gods.

The forbidden sequence must be the innate destiny of the true god, but conversely, the innate destiny of the true god may not necessarily become a forbidden sequence.

Therefore, there are actually more than thirty demigods in the entire world government who possess the innate destiny of a true god.

The same titled demigods are at least Sequence 0 with innate destiny, and the World Government has far more than a hundred titled demigods.

There are thousands of them, but only a little over a hundred came this time.

Of the remaining titled demigods, some didn't come because their level wasn't high enough to be Sequence 1, while others weren't even summoned, because the World Government had planned from the beginning to sacrifice this batch of titled demigods and forbidden sequences.

More than thirty forbidden sequences and thousands of titled demigods, when fully grown, would amount to thirty true gods and thousands of deities.

Such a huge number is simply not something that could be generated under normal circumstances.

Because luck, in essence, is divided into two parts: Qi (energy) and Yun (luck).

Qi represents the life of heaven and earth and all things, and represents the basic power needed for the operation of the world, which is the origin of all things.

"Luck" represents fortune. People with good luck have smooth sailing, while people with bad luck can choke even when drinking water.

The combined fortune of these two factors is crucial for both life and civilization.

If a person's luck is at Sequence 3, then that person can easily advance to Sequence 3. Conversely, if one's luck remains at Sequence 4 and cannot advance further, then it is impossible to advance to Sequence 3, because the total amount of origin that the world allows them to obtain is simply insufficient to become Sequence 3.

Whether it is innate fortune or acquired fortune, it determines the upper limit of a life's growth.

Humans have their own fortune, and so do kingdoms, civilizations, and even all things in the universe.

The kingdom has strong fortune, and the energy density within its territory and the kingdom's longevity are both strong.

Conversely, if one's fortune is weak, the kingdom will inevitably be resource-poor and will soon perish.

The total amount of Qi in the main world is finite, because Qi represents the limited total amount of the world's origin.

If the main world is a farm, all living beings are lambs raised in the main world, the ancient gods are the farm owners, the world's will is the farm manager, and those with great fortune are the best breed of lambs, receiving special protection from the farm before they grow up.

If the total amount of fortune in the main world is counted as one thousand, then the world's will will allocate one hundred portions of fortune to create individuals with great fortune.

There will definitely not be many, because too many people with great fortune becoming true gods would threaten the main world.

Therefore, the only explanation for the emergence of so many individuals with great fortune in the world government is that they have stolen the total amount of fortune controlled by the world's will.

But if the victim dies, it's fine; but if the victim is alive, it will be taken back sooner or later.

Moreover, possessing stolen fortune will incur the hostility of the aggrieved party. Although the consciousness of the world's will is sealed, it can still exert a certain influence on the main world.

The difficulty of a civilizational catastrophe is extremely high; this is the backlash of the world's will.

The World Government could not withstand all the backlash, so it distributed a portion of the stolen fortune to the entire human race.

Since then, the human race's fortune has soared, giving birth to a huge number of titled demigods and forbidden sequences with exceptionally strong innate fortune.

Naturally, the hostility and backlash from the world's will are borne by these beneficiaries among the demigods.

The World Government's initial intentions were not malicious towards them; after all, their growth would enhance the World Government's foundation.

The world government needs more true gods in order to possibly completely resolve the issue of world will in the future.

However, in recent years, the World Government discovered that the Great True God used to seal the World Will was not dead, and the World Will had instead devoured the Great True God's immortal will. If left unchecked, the World Will would soon be freed.

Once the world's will is freed, the entire world government and all superfluous atmospheric fortuners will suffer a devastating blow.

Therefore, after deliberation, the true gods of the World Government decided to sacrifice some of the Great Fortune Beasts to save themselves.

According to the World Government's original plan, they would fight a series of battles at various coordinates, and by the time they were forced to activate the Torch of Hope, they would be extremely weak. Then they would be teleported to Barry's side, where Barry would kill all the weakened titled demigods and forbidden sequences in front of the Great God.

They are all blessed with great fortune, born to be favored by the main world, like the darlings of the world.

Although this favor was stolen, the favor received remains unaffected.

This is because it is the farm's own operating mechanism, with the rules set by the ancient god, the farm owner. The world's will only has management rights. Currently, the world's will, which is sealed, has limited management rights and can only retaliate against a few forbidden sequences, but it is impossible to retaliate against all seventeen forbidden sequences at once.

Those with great fortune are favored by the main world; killing someone with great fortune will not only result in being rejected by the world, but will also bring all sorts of misfortunes.

If Barry were to kill them all, he would instantly become despised by gods and ghosts, be killed by falling stars while walking, be besieged by a dozen evil gods when he goes out, and even be devoured by the main world if he controls the laws.

The operating mechanism of the main world dictates that it will not allow them to die easily.

Therefore, the main world will mobilize the world's origin from the old continent to protect these people of great destiny to the best of its ability.

However, the total amount of world origin in the main world of the Old Continent is limited. If a portion is suddenly diverted to protect these people of great destiny, the world origin that the sealed world will can mobilize in the Old Continent will be reduced, and the true god of the world government can take the opportunity to strengthen the seal.

After they all die at Barry's hands, Barry will use a miraculous artifact of the level of a great true god to transfer his own misfortune.

Barry will transfer this part of the misfortune to the sealed world will.

If the plan succeeds, it will not only strengthen the seal on the world's will, but may even cause the world's will to be rejected by the main world.

This plan is a double win for the World Government, but a dead end for Barry and his demigods.

So from the very beginning, Barry had already been enslaved by the great true god behind the world government.

Everything was supposed to proceed according to the World Government's plan. However, the World Government did not expect that a true god within its own ranks had already sided with the World Will and secretly helped Barry break free from the slavery of the Great True God.

They even tampered with the teleportation coordinates of the Torch of Hope, sending them to the Land of Redemption, the deepest part of the Old World.

The Old World was divided into three parts, and the influence of the will of the outer worlds was very weak.
This land of redemption is a piece of land that the world's will can still completely control.

Even if a true god were to force his way into this place, he would only face certain death.

Barry sent them here to persuade them to break away from the World Government and join the World Will. In this way, the World Will would recognize the legitimacy of their innate destiny and might even further protect them to become true gods.

The only price they need to pay is to help the world's will escape its predicament after they grow up.

Of course, they can refuse, but refusing will only lead to their death.

While Rosen and the others were still hesitating, Barry had already begun to make an example of them.

He instantly threw a spear, so fast that Rosen could barely react. The titled demigod targeted by the spear was pierced through the head and his sea of ​​consciousness, shattering the divine domain and obliterating his divine origin.

The spear that returned to Barry's hand emitted a law fluctuation even more terrifying than that of a true god.

A treasure of the level of a great true god, combined with Barry's strength to directly kill a true god.

"Don't do anything foolish, or you'll all meet the same fate as those vanished descendants of the true gods..."

Barry made his final threat.

All the demigods fell silent, controlling the floating document to come before them, turning to the last page to begin signing the Ancient God Contract. This was the highest-level contract in the main world, directly witnessed by the sleeping Ancient God, and only those who became great true gods had the power to break it.

Rosen hesitated between signing the agreement and hiding in the mysterious study to escape this dead end.

Just as he made up his mind to leave, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

The God of Pentacles couldn't possibly be unaware of something this significant was happening in the Old World.

The World Government is going to sacrifice a group of people with great fortune, and the God of Pentacles should not stand idly by and watch him get involved.

If he dies in the Old World, how will the God of Pentacles start the King's Game?
Unless the true god of pentacles believes that he could never have died in the Old World.

So Barry is lying; the World Government never ordered him to kill them in the Old World.

So he must figure out what the world government's true purpose is.
Rosen carefully examined the contract in his hand and discovered that it was a contract rooted in his innate destiny.

If you break the contract, your innate fortune will be taken away.

Rosen considered one possibility and lowered his head to sign his name, Rosen Howard.

The contract was established, and then it appeared as a shackle on the ancient tree formed from his divine origin.

After all the demigods signed the contract, Rosen and the others experienced another sudden teleportation.

After the teleportation ended, Rosen and his four teammates saw the God of Pentacles standing on the opposite side.

Just as he suspected, it was a scam targeting people like them who were considered lucky.

It seems the seal on the World Will wasn't faulty at all; the World Government simply tricked them into coming here. Barry didn't betray the World Government at all. The one who truly signed the contract with them wasn't the World Will, but the true god of the World Government.

It is not the will of the world that wants to control them, but the true god of the world government that wants to control them.

The contents of the contract are probably all fake. The real terms of the contract are not to help the world's will escape its predicament, but to make them pledge allegiance to the true god of the world government. Seventeen squads mean that seventeen true gods are involved in this deception.

"Rosen, I look forward to the day you become a true god..."

The God of Pentacles looked at Rosen with a mocking expression.

What are the true contents of the contract?

Rosen asked, feigning suppressed anger.

"I'll tell you even if you don't ask..."

The God of Pentacles smiled and answered, “You can receive my help to become true gods and deities. Once you become true gods and deities, you must do one thing for me, even if it endangers your life, as long as there is no other way out, you must do it.”

"Is it really that simple?"

Rosen asked in surprise.

"It can only be this simple..."

The God of Star Coins said regretfully, "You are all people of great fortune, favored by the main world. An overly harsh contract would bring back the bad luck of your fortune, so the contract's effectiveness can only reach this level at most."

"If we don't sign, will Barry really kill us all?"

Rosen asked finally.

"Of course!"

The God of Pentacles affirmed, "The World Government already has enough true gods. What it needs now are cannon fodder. If you are unwilling, then we will kill you and return the fortune to the World Government, and then wait for the birth of a new great fortune holder."

"You are truly despicable, and the World Government is truly dark."

Rosen sneered.

"Don't you have control over the lives and deaths of your believers within your respective divine territories?"

The God of Pentacles retorted, "Since you can enslave your believers, why can't I enslave you? Such talk of despicable and dark is ridiculous. Do I need to teach you the law of the jungle?"

"Then I really have to thank you..."

Rosen said through gritted teeth.

"You're welcome. Now you can enter my treasure vault and choose treasures that will help you grow."

The God of Star Coins then led Rosen and the others to the treasure vault located in his own divine kingdom.

Rosen pushed open the treasure vault door without ceremony. Violating the contract would result in the loss of one's innate fortune. If he didn't possess the Miracle Flame, he really wouldn't dare to ignore the contract. Rebuilding one's innate fortune requires consuming acquired fortune, so he would definitely not be polite after entering the treasure vault.

(End of this chapter)