Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 234 Audrey: I can’t let my imagination run wild any longer
Audrey stood up soon after, because she suddenly sensed something and turned her head to look at the spacious balcony outside the floor-to-ceiling window and the dark corner of the spacious balcony.

In the shadow, a large golden retriever sat quietly, looking peacefully inside, looking at Audrey, and quietly observing himself, with half of his body hidden in the darkness.

Susie... Audrey's mouth twitched. She wanted to cover her face and sighed deeply.

Did she see what I did just now?

No no no…well, she didn’t do anything just now…right?
Audrey comforted herself like this, and then said seriously:

"Susie, you are also a Beyonder. We are the same kind. Bah, no, I mean, we must help each other better. You should know what to say and what not to say."

The big golden retriever Susie looked at her owner and wagged her tail helplessly.

Then, she felt that this action was a little indecent, so she sat up straight - but when she thought of how her "master" Miss Audrey sometimes did not behave like a lady, she stopped suppressing her instinct.

She howled, shaking the air around her:
"Audrey, your father looked so serious just now."

"Well, I don't know how to put it. Do you understand, or have you observed anything?"

Susie listened quietly, then raised her front paws and pretended to think:
"I think it might have something to do with what happened last week."

Is that so... Audrey nodded and said nothing more - she herself had many confusions.

The room was empty except for the two of them sitting opposite each other.

Then Susie turned and asked:
"Woof, Audrey, you were in a bad mood last weekend? I heard it from the sound of your piano."

Audrey nodded slightly and said:

"Well... I just received news. Fors and Xio told me that all the gatherings in the past few weeks have been cancelled. I was planning to exchange it for extraordinary materials for you."

And go with him… She added silently in her heart.

Then, Audrey turned around and looked at Susie, who she didn't know if she was still her pet, and said:

"Susie, you squat outside and guard the door. Don't let anyone disturb me. I'm going to perform a ritual."

Susie wagged her tail, and then waited until Audrey opened the door and walked out, thinking:

I wonder what kind of ritual Audrey is going to perform. Could she really be fooled by him?
……

After locking the door, Audrey took a breath nervously, her pretty face flushed with excitement, and she looked a little surprised and happy:
What Mr. Wheel of Fortune just revealed was that he believed in the name of that great being?

Judging from the fact that Mr. Fool acquiesced to this matter, is this another ally of His?
Oh my god, is the standard of the Tarot Club so high? In addition to Mr. Fool, is there another person who can be referred to by the three-part honorific name?

Does Mr. Fool, the God, have many friends?
However, Audrey was respectful and did not speculate too much about the spiritual level. She just suddenly thought of one thing:
In this way, she now knows all of Mr. Wheel of Fortune's biggest secrets...

Audrey's brows relaxed, and the corners of her mouth curled up, revealing a smile that was sweet enough to make people stunned.

Or maybe she is just in a daze now?

But it didn't take long for Audrey to come to her senses. After all, Mr. Wheel of Fortune was still waiting for her to perform the ceremony.

She had no doubt that Mr. Wheel of Fortune would harm her, and the ritual did not seem to be able to really harm anyone.

Of course, what if Mr. Wheel of Fortune has bad intentions...

Audrey had this doubt in her mind, but she quickly dispelled it.

If that were true, Mr. Wheel of Fortune could have taken action long ago. Why wait until now?
Also, it always feels a little strange...

"An anomaly from a distant time and space...the intersection of illusion and reality...the endless possibility of tampering with everything."

Audrey, dressed in a pure white dress, silently repeated the three descriptions she had heard.

"Why do I feel familiar with these three honorific names? Have I come into contact with similar beings before?"

Audrey recalled her experiences from childhood to adulthood, and was sure that this seemed to be the first time she heard the name of the existence behind Star.

It's a bit strange...but does this mean that he won't hurt her?
Um~ why would I use him? Was I just thinking of Mr. Wheel of Fortune?

She was suddenly confused.

Audrey just shook her head without thinking too much, and decided not to keep Mr. Wheel of Fortune waiting for too long...

She entered the bathroom and saw a square bathtub that was three or four meters long and wide. There was clear water rippling in it, white steam filling the air, and a phantom mist that was intoxicating.

Audrey cleaned up a rectangular table that was originally filled with bottles and jars, then returned to the outer room and brought in candles, offerings, white robes and other items.

Then she closed the bathroom door.

After doing all this, Audrey breathed a sigh of relief and picked up a palm-sized light blue translucent bottle from next to the four candles.

As a fan of mysticism, Audrey has done a lot of research on similar things and has many homemade hydrosols, flower essences, ointments, essential oils and incense at home.

"How strange... This deity is very casual and doesn't have any requirements for the ritual essential oils..." Audrey muttered softly, "Well, before a ritual magic, you have to cleanse your body and calm your mind. This is to show respect to the deity, um, the object of your prayer."

Recalling the process, she placed the ritual oil on the edge of the bathtub and reached out to take off her light household clothes.

Pieces of silk fabric fell into the laundry basket. Audrey tied up her smooth long hair, tested the water temperature with her hand, then tiptoed, stepped in carefully, and sank her body into the warm embrace.

"Huh..." She exhaled comfortably, feeling warm all over and extremely relaxed.

I really don't want to move even a finger... Audrey forced herself to cheer up, grabbed the light blue translucent bottle next to her, and dropped a few drops of ritual essential oil into the water.

A burst of fragrance emanated, a sweet aroma hidden in the tranquility. Audrey took a few breaths and nodded with satisfaction.

Then, looking at the pure girl reflected in the water, she suddenly felt the absurdity of doing this and dedicating herself to that mysterious existence.

I can't continue to think like this...

Audrey blinked her green eyes, then stood up, took the white bath towel, and wrapped and wiped her body.

After wiping herself clean, she looked at the clear water in the bathtub, stuck out her tongue at herself in the water for fun, then threw away the bath towel and put on the clean white robe.

After closing the bathroom door, Audrey carefully recalled the ritual that Mr. Wheel of Fortune had given her.

……

Backlund, another location in Queens.

Bai Zao looked at Sta who was preparing for the secret ceremony and asked:
"Who did you just reveal your honorific name to?"

Star listened to the doubtful tone from "Bai Zao" and nodded without denying it.

He has tried it before. After chanting this honorable name, he can make the "real and the unreal" appear and respond at any time.

Even if you feel annoyed, you can turn off this function. On the contrary, if someone wants to use this honorific name to influence him, they will risk establishing a mystical connection with "between reality and illusion".

In particular, "Between Reality and Virtuality" has a certain degree of suppressive effect on uniqueness and source quality. Even Star is thinking:

If you don't want to consider advancing to Sequence 1 step by step, and then plan the godhood ceremony.

So, if he simply lets "Between Reality and Void" devour a portion of uniqueness and its corresponding source substance, can he become a god in the corresponding field at no cost?

But when he was thinking this, reason, the balance between reality and illusion, and the sense of danger all told him that it was best not to do this.

"Why? If you won't die? Why can't you do this?"

Star had this doubt - but he soon stopped thinking about it, because -

Even if you don't have to pay the price of death, there are many things that are more frightening than death.

Even if he wanted to become [numb], if he could only be [imprisoned] outside of time and let [everything] happen in the past, all that would be left would be——

"【Endless】 Regrets".

……

"Strange, why am I so sentimental?"

Star woke up with a start, he smiled and thought to himself:
If I regard my own experience as a game, is there really such a thing as a "bad ending"?
It can't be like this... Somehow, this thought came to him instinctively.

Star then put all those thoughts behind him.

Then, he looked at Bai Zao, the former god of the "omniscient and omnipotent" realm, and thought:
No matter what, even if he wanted to become a god, he had to advance to Sequence 1 of the "Tampering" path.

The main ingredient of the potion of Sequence 1 of the "Tampering" pathway is precisely the Sequence 1 extraordinary characteristics of the five pathways corresponding to the "Omniscience and Omnipotence" field's source substance - "Chaos Sea".

This means he can:

"Visionary" Path Sequence 1 "Writer" corresponding to the "omniscience" and "spiritual" side

The "Tyrant" path sequence 1 "Thor" corresponds to the "omniscience and omnipotence", "matter" and "almighty in land, sea and air" sides.

"White Tower" Path Sequence 1 "Eye of All-Seeing" corresponding to the "Omniscience" and "Omniscience" side

The Hanged Man Path Sequence 1 "Dark Angel" corresponds to the "omniscience", "omnipotence" and "fallen" sides

"Sun" Path Sequence 1 "Pure White Angel" corresponding to "Omniscience", "Foundation" and "Purification"

——From these five options, choose one as the sequence for promotion to Sequence 1.

As it happens, there are gods or quasi-gods on all five paths of "omniscience and omnipotence" - this means that the corresponding Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics have been accommodated by the corresponding gods.

For this reason, Star had to make plans early as the gods "Storm", "Fiery Sun" and "Wisdom" had already become gods and their faith had spread throughout the northern continent.

After all, even if it was the only lost "Writer" Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic "0-08" "Alesukhod's Pen"——

There is also Adam, the "1+2" ​​angel king who is the "audience" watching.

And He obviously knew about Star's threat - after all, Star once used the "dice divination method" to find out one thing:
The reason why the "very eccentric" feather pen "0-08" has never "arranged" itself and even dared not peek at itself is because it is afraid that Star will "swallow" it - "swallow" it in the physical sense.

It even seemed that "0-08" had thought about escaping Tingen City, but for some reason, he seemed to see himself leaving Tingen City and did not carry it out.

Even "0-08" could understand the threat when he noticed himself, let alone Adam?

Therefore, Star knew that if he dared to approach them, they would definitely -

Will definitely...

Leave immediately?

After all, Star had never felt that the "Law of Aggregation of Extraordinary Characteristics" had worked on him (the "suction force" generated by "between the virtual and the real" as a "transformer" was not the result of the "Law of Aggregation of Extraordinary Characteristics" taking effect).

On the contrary, if they were to stay away from him at all costs as soon as they noticed him, Star would be helpless.

Although this statement is very strange, he will not eat them - is he a [root existence] at the level of [World-Destroying Evil God], [Unrestrained Demon Lord], [Source of All Things], [Supreme Creator], [Creator God], and [Azathoth]?

This is obviously impossible, he is obviously harmless, right?

He is just an ordinary, unremarkable extraordinary person who wants to hunt gods.

Of course, if they knew of my blasphemous thoughts, they would definitely exile me...

This is also the reason why Star doesn't care about revealing his own name to "Bai Zao".

“Bai Zao” was the one among the “five families” that he felt was most likely to allow him to obtain a Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic—

First of all, his background is clean. In a sense, he can even be said to be "born" by himself. He is not "born" in the way of "giving birth to the offspring of an evil god".

It was "born" from the "people's resentment" in the "Tingen City Incident" that represents the most essential part of human nature, the emotion of "crying out" even in death - although, to some extent, this is also a kind of "pollution"? It's just that for "Bai Zao", it just happens to be "tampered" and revives its humanity...

It was also after the promotion that day that "Between Reality and Virtuality" was used as a "transformation device" to produce the [Mutation] that allowed "Bai Zao" to be "born" - Sta was not sure what was going on - could it be that the [Mutation] was an ability in the subsequent sequence of his path?
Secondly, with the nature of all the members of the "Five Imperial Families" (i.e. the "All Five Families") being traitors and betrayers, Klein only went to the Church of Storms to ask for a Sequence 2 Beyonder characteristic, and the top True God "Leodro" chopped off a "secret doll" for him.

What's more, asking them for a Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic is like asking for their lives, right?
Star couldn't possibly say, "I, the 'Creator', create extraordinary characteristics," right?

After all, they were all used to being traitors, so how could they possibly tolerate a "person" who could ride on top of them - or to be more precise, Star was so terrifying even before he was promoted to Sequence 1 - who possessed a level that could threaten the "gods" and could become the "best assistant" of the "major incomplete high-level beings".

After being promoted to Sequence 1, wouldn’t it be a “big turn”?

How could they obediently hand over the Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics to themselves? After all, this was all for the purpose of maintaining self-awareness, and not wanting the "Creator" to assimilate themselves -

And [establishing churches] [raising people like livestock and lambs to gain faith] [no achievements for centuries] [sitting in office and doing nothing] [expert in civil wars but no expert in foreign wars]
【Top-notch traitor】.

Unless Star wants to provoke them, he would say so.

After all, he is not the "Creator"...

Therefore, Star chose "Bai Zao", the "Creator of Silver City". At least after communicating with him, Star was more accepting of his character and he was relatively easy to talk to.

It is possible for him to truly obtain a Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic from Bai Zao.

However, just as Star was watching "Bai Zao" thinking about these things, he suddenly heard "Bai Zao"'s "confused" tone in the "channel":

"Why do I feel that this name is familiar... Strange, this is the first time I've heard this name..."

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