Ring of Fate

Chapter 1028 Sudden
If it wasn't a coincidence, then it was intentional? Did the original God see a certain scene when he fell and disintegrated, and made corresponding arrangements? Lumian showed a thoughtful expression.

He immediately said in a satisfied tone:

"Thank you for your answer, great Arrodes."

That was the answer he wanted.

This also indirectly confirmed that Tianzun tried to use the "Man in the Mirror".

The surface of the magic mirror rippled, and the blood-red ancient Feysac language was outlined again:

“According to the principle of reciprocity, it is my turn to ask questions.

"If you answer incorrectly, or lie, or refuse to answer, you will be punished."

Lumian nodded slightly, and then saw that the ancient Feysac words on the ancient silver mirror had changed:

"Are you ready to be scared shitless by that guy?"

What a gentle question, no shame at all... Anthony thought subconsciously.

Then he reacted:
“It’s more like a reminder.

"Remind Lumian that the next action may directly confront the Celestial Lord or His consciousness and power?"

"It's done." Lumian replied with a smile.

He also understood the meaning of the magic mirror Arrodes's hint.

Then, he faced the magic mirror, placed his hand on his chest and said:

"The other two questions will be asked later."

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Franka and Janna also arrived at the rental house in Xinhong Community and each found a chair to sit down.

"The 'Mysterious Queen' is maintaining Lumiana's illusion to prevent the police from discovering that I have left the designated residence." Lumiana, who had regained his identity as Li Ming, stood up and looked at each of his companions and said, "We have to hurry."

"Yeah." Franka has been curious about Lumian's plan since yesterday.

Of course, she was inevitably a little nervous and uneasy. After all, if others failed, they would most likely be kicked out of the dream, but she had a good chance of dying.

Lumian smiled and said:
"Yesterday I was thinking about the phrase 'eliminating the interference of complex information and seeing the most fundamental facts', and finally I thought of a few details.

"One of them is that Director Ya only has Mr. Men's spiritual imprint and Tianzun's spiritual imprint on him, and at most a little bit of Amon's spiritual imprint.

“If we are distracted by the complex information, we will infer that Director Ya is likely to lean towards Tianzun at a critical moment, or that he has always been pretending to be neutral, and we must avoid meeting him.

"But I used the things related to the Abraham family and the purpose of our entry into the dream city to stimulate Mr. Men's spiritual imprint, so that I was not completely kicked out of the dream.

“Moreover, the official forces of Dream City have indeed acted very neutral, impartial, and law-abiding before, otherwise we would have been finished long ago.

"So, what are the most fundamental facts in this information?"

Franca, Janna and Anthony fell into deep thought, while Ludwig continued to gorge on a large bag of potato chips, occasionally pulling a mushroom from his body to eat with them.

After more than ten seconds, Janna whispered in a doubtful and uncertain tone:
"Is Tianzun too weak?"

Lumian laughed.
"Yes, unlike Amon, Mr. 'Gate' has long passed away. Director Ya, the only thing left on the 'Gate' path is his remaining spiritual imprint. There is no external help and no subsequent supplement.

"And it is this residual imprint, plus a little bit of Mr. Fool's cognition and a little bit of Amon's spiritual imprint, that actually resists the spiritual imprint of the great existence of Tianzun. Most of the time, it can maintain a balance, and a small part of the time it can gain the upper hand due to stimulation.

"This shows what?
“This means that Tianzun’s current condition is much worse than we imagined, and the restrictions he faces are much greater than what we see in daily life!

“This is the fundamental fact.

"And why is this so?"

Having said that, Lumian closed his mouth, obviously not wanting to talk about his speculations and thoughts.

Hey, you're just going to pique our curiosity and not tell us? Franca felt like she was experiencing the same feeling as when she met some authors or storytellers who left a suspense at the end of a chapter. She felt uncomfortable all over.

But she immediately understood what Lumian meant, which was based on full trust.

"There are some things you can know but you can't say them out loud. You can only hint at them at most?" Franca asked carefully.

Lumian showed a look of relief that made Franca want to hit him:

“Haven’t we already concluded that, except for outsiders, every image in the Dream City is a product of the subconscious cognition of Mr. Fool and the subconscious cognition of the Heavenly Lord?”

Lumian stretched out his right hand and pointed at the green trees outside the window, at the surrounding walls, and at the hot wind blowing from outside:

"What I want to say is that, in addition to the characters in the dream, the birds, rats, cockroaches, earthworms, plants, buildings, and even the air in this city are all a combination of Mr. Fool's subconscious and Tianzun's subconscious.

"That is to say, we have always lived in the thinking, cognition, and consciousness of Mr. Fool and Tianzun."

Franka suddenly realized:
"The dream city is just like the cerebral cortex. Some areas are very active and we have to be careful to avoid them. We can't do anything stimulating to them, such as the dream image of Zhou Mingrui. Most other areas are in a dormant state and will not react normally unless we say a keyword or key information?"

“Once I say it, it will most likely be noticed by the Celestial Lord immediately.” Lumian raised his right hand and grabbed the air.

He smiled and said:

“Not only will this bring about attention and rejection, but it may also stimulate Tianzun and make Him get out of his current bad state.

"Let me give you an example. The fundamental facts revealed by the information on Director Ya are not difficult to guess. But even with Amon's reminders and hints, it took me a long time to figure it out. You and the Major Arcana cards have never even thought of it.

“Suppose there is a person who has been fooled and always feels that he is weak and cannot get rid of the corresponding restrictions. In this case, if someone suddenly tells him how stupid and foolish he is, will it stimulate him and make him sober and strong again?

"That's why Amon and the man from the Aurora Society didn't tell us directly, either in dreams or in reality, but only hinted at it, leaving us to figure it out on our own.

"Some tricks won't work once the key techniques are revealed!"

Janna finally understood what Lumian was trying to say.

This has two layers:

First, everyone who has entered the dream is equivalent to being contaminated by Mr. Fool and Tianzun. It is just that the degree of contamination is different due to the time of entering the dream and the things done. The corresponding influence will continue even if they return to reality.
Second, certain words and certain facts will stimulate the Heavenly Venerable and make Him "wake up" when similar pollution exists.

"Just break down the tasks among us, no need to say anything else." Janna breathed a sigh of relief.

Franca and Anthony also understood and nodded.

Just as Lumian was about to assign the corresponding tasks to his companions, Franka's cell phone suddenly rang.

Franka picked it up and looked at it, her expression changed slightly:

"Roshan's call!"

Is something urgent enough to call?
Franka chose to answer the call, trying to make her voice sound calm:

"Hello, Shanshan?"

Luo Shan's anxious voice came from the receiver:
"Zhou Mingrui suddenly asked for leave. He asked for leave 20 minutes ago, and I just found out about it!"

Zhou Mingrui asked for leave? Janna looked at Lumian.

Lumian couldn't help but frown.

Today is Wednesday, and Zhou Mingrui's sister Zhou Shasha will arrive in Yangdu, but her high-speed train will arrive at the station at 1:40 pm. Zhou Mingrui does not need to take a morning leave at all, and he can still make it there after lunch.

Franca forced herself to remain calm and said to Roxanne:

"Don't worry, use WeChat to ask Zhou Mingrui what happened."

"Yes... I can ask him directly." Luo Shan, who was in the administrative department of Intis Group, quickly hung up the phone.

She quickly sent a message to Zhou Mingrui:

"Why did you suddenly ask for leave?"

A few minutes later, while Luo Shan was praying silently, Zhou Mingrui replied to her message:
"Go pick up my sister at the high-speed rail station."

"Your sister is going to Yangdu? What time?" Luo Shan's heart tightened, as if she had glimpsed some bad truth.

Nearly a minute later, Zhou Mingrui sent a "sigh" expression:

"Originally, the train was supposed to arrive at around 1:30, but she said she arrived at the high-speed rail station in her hometown early and there were tickets left, so she simply changed her ticket and it will arrive at around 11:50."

Why did they suddenly change the flight? Almost two hours earlier... Luo Shan became even more panicked when she heard Luo Fu and Jian Na say that there might be problems with Zhou Shasha's arrival in Yangdu.

She didn't bother to answer Zhou Mingrui and quickly took a screenshot of the chat history and sent it to "True Xiujian".

At this time, repeating is a waste of time!

Franka, who was in the rental house in Xinhong Community, quickly browsed the information on the screenshot and suddenly tensed up.

"Oh no, Zhou Mingrui is almost at the high-speed rail station, and so is Zhou Shasha!" Franca held up her phone and showed it to Lumian and others.

Lumian glanced at it and smiled slightly:

"Don't worry, there's still time. There's still some extra time."

His attitude infected Franca and Janna, calming their minds and spirits a little - Anthony and Ludwig did not need to be comforted.

Lumian then assigned different tasks to each person, only telling them what to do but not why.

When assigning certain tasks, he even deliberately used the "Bottle of Fiction" to prevent his companions from hearing.

Finally, Lumian said to Anthony:

“Before taking Ludwig to the Red Moon Hospital, go back to the real world and relay what I told you to the Major Arcanas. Ask them to be prepared and wait for the Dream City to change. Then, seize the short window of opportunity and complete the task.

"Of course, the mutation may not happen, and our plan may fail."

"Okay." Anthony replied calmly.

Lumian turned his gaze to Franka and smiled again.

"Then let's split up."

After saying this, he placed his hand on his chest and said:
"Praise the fool!"

"Praise the Fool!" Franka stood up and responded with the same gesture.

Then she said in a deep voice:
"You must be careful..."

Lumian nodded slightly, and walked towards the door with Janna and walked out of the rental house.

The action officially begins.

(End of this chapter)