Ring of Fate

Chapter 1033 Face to Face
Half of the Yangdu High-Speed ​​Railway Station collapsed and fell into deep darkness, as if it had been swallowed by the abyss. Although the other half had regained stability and normalcy, the lights had not yet come on and it was dark everywhere. Only a few roads leading to the outside world had bright lights condensing, forming brilliant and clear light gates.

In this environment, Zhou Mingrui, facing the deep darkness, looked at Lumian and asked in a calm voice:
"You knew already?"

Lumian nodded slightly and said:

"yes.

"Theoretically, I should wait for Anthony and Ludwig to wake up An Xiaotian, and hear words like 'Be careful of Zhou Mingrui' from him. After being kicked out of the dream, I should be indirectly influenced by the Major Arcana cards and convey the corresponding information before I can know the corresponding truth. However, Peng Deng's real hint has already told me the answer.

"He is hinting at us that he is a childhood friend of Mr. Fool and Tianzun, but the reverse is also true. Zhou Mingrui is not only a childhood friend of Peng Deng, but also a childhood friend of the original God. The two identities are unified and integrated.

"In other words, Zhou Mingrui is both Mr. Fool and you, the Supreme Lord!"

Zhou Mingrui smiled faintly, raised his chin slightly, and pretended to listen.

Lumian further said:
"This also matches the reminder of 'Be careful at night' given by the magic mirror Arrodes. During the day, Mr. Fool's power prevails, and Zhou Mingrui is equal to Mr. Fool. At night, Tianzun, you become active, and Zhou Mingrui will get closer to you. Therefore, even if you just get close to him without any hints, there will be risks.

"Based on this judgment, any hints, help, and awakening given to Zhou Mingrui will benefit both Mr. Fool and you, Tianzun."

"As the symbol of the original God, Peng Deng does not meet Zhou Mingrui at night because if you two run into each other, there is a high probability that something bad and an accident will happen."

Zhou Mingrui nodded and said:

"He is formed by the little power left in the magic mirror and some of Grisha's spirit and consciousness that he brought into the dream. He cannot compete with me here. If we meet at night, it will be good for me, but it will be a problem for him."

Zhou Mingrui did not deny that he is now Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun.

Lumian showed a look of understanding:

"That person's real name is Grisha?"

Without waiting for Zhou Mingrui to respond, he said to himself:

“Combining Peng Deng’s real hint, Director Ya’s condition, and the root cause of the dream restriction, when I entered the dream for the third time, I actually roughly guessed what happened before and your current situation.

"A few years ago, not long after Mr. Fool fell asleep, he used himself as bait to lure you out, and sealed you into the body of Zhou Mingrui, which was formed by his spirit and consciousness.

"From the perspective of mysticism, this is a symbol of your fusion and confrontation. In reality, you are indeed inside his body and are restricted by him. This is reflected in dreams, where there are similar symbols!"

Having said that, Lumian paused, as if observing Zhou Mingrui's reaction.

Zhou Mingrui said with an unchanged smile:

"Go on, I'm listening."

Lumian smiled and said:
“This also explains why among Zhou Mingrui’s original relationships, only Peng Deng and Zhang Yujia appeared, while the others came from the identities of Klein Moretti, Gehrman Sparrow, etc.

"He doesn't want you to take advantage of the softest feelings buried deep in his heart. Of course, since you already know about it, there's nothing we can do about it."

Zhou Mingrui nodded slightly and said:

"Peng Deng and Zhang Yujia did not exist originally. They were created by Grisha using the Dream Weaver ability and Zhou Mingrui's subconscious cognition."

“I see. No wonder Zhou Mingrui froze when he mentioned the other person. That might be the reflection of the real Peng Deng.” Lumian suddenly realized.

He continued:
"Afterwards, Mr. Fool may have made a wish or used some other ability to make the Dream City lose its extraordinary abilities, allowing Zhou Mingrui to live as an ordinary human. During this process, he may have been fooled by you and forgot who he really was and many things.

“Generally speaking, the status of an ordinary human being is very beneficial to Mr. Fool, because he has gradually become a great being from an ordinary person. Even though he has been inevitably influenced and eroded by divinity, he still retains a part of his humanity, a part that is strong and ardent for him. And you, Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun, are naturally great, and you don’t have that kind of humanity at all.

“When the battlefield of both sides is fixed on ordinary human beings with only human nature and in an urban environment without extraordinary abilities, you will naturally be suppressed, restricted, and weakened, and human nature will temporarily defeat divinity.

"This can also be interpreted symbolically. The fact that Zhou Mingrui is an ordinary person, which is a fusion of Mr. Fool and Tianzun, symbolizes that humanity has the upper hand, and divinity has been suppressed to a corner and can be ignored for the time being."

"Yes, I was affected by that drop of river water at that time. I couldn't do more and could only accept this change." Zhou Mingrui actually admitted this frankly.

Lumian glanced at the dream figures running out of the high-speed rail station and said:

"When you recover, you begin to influence this dream city, either by seeking help from other beings or by summoning the original believers, allowing fully automatic vending machines and other supernatural items to appear on the stage.

"One of their important meanings is to gradually guide Mr. Fool and make him realize that this is a world with extraordinary abilities, from Sequence 9 to Sequence 0 step by step. With such cognition and sequence level changes, divinity will gradually grow stronger and suppress humanity step by step.

"According to this plan, the longer we stay in the Dream City and the more we use our extraordinary abilities to do, the better it will be for you. This is something you didn't tell Zarathustra and other believers because you were worried that it would attract interference from other beings.

“Similarly, you didn’t want to wait that long, so you induced Zhou Mingrui to take the ‘Assassin’ potion and let the Emperor Roselle in the mirror enter here.

"You want to create a stable 'man in the mirror' to split Zhou Mingrui, which is equivalent to opening a gap in the seal that Mr. Fool has constructed with himself. When the 'man in the mirror' is gradually under your control, you can walk out of the mirror and replace the 'body', taking the real as the fake and making the fake become the real. As for the change of gender affecting cognition, it is just a trick.

"But unfortunately, the original God foresaw this before his death and left behind an arrangement that spanned several epochs, and the magic mirror Arrodes.

"One of the functions of the great terror deep in the special mirror world is prepared for you!"

Zhou Mingrui said with a smile:
"When I first woke up and saw the magic mirror, I roughly guessed what would happen."

Lumian nodded in agreement:

“Yes, you should have made extra preparations for this.

"but……"

At this point, he smiled and said:

"Amon said so many things, but the one I agree with the most is:

“Eliminate the interference of complex information and see the most fundamental facts.

"So, what is the most fundamental fact now?"

Lumian stared at Zhou Mingrui's dark brown eyes behind his plain glasses and said:

"The most fundamental fact now is that I stood in front of you and said so many words to you about your real situation, but I was not kicked out of this dream, nor did I feel myself being turned into a secret doll!"

Lumian smiled again.

"You asked Zhou Shasha to go to Yangdu ahead of time. Not only did you want to interrupt our rhythm and prevent the original God's arrangement from becoming a reality, but you also wanted to prevent other beings from interfering. You wanted to make Zhou Mingrui a stable, long-term 'Mirror Man' before they were ready.

"This shows that you attach great importance to this matter and are looking forward to it. If you can avoid making extra preparations, try not to do so. It's not that convenient.

"I watched helplessly as things got worse and worse, watched you find a chance to wake up, and asked Anthony and Ludwig to wake up An Xiaotian, which was actually meaningless. I asked the 'Mysterious Queen' to help redirect the focus of the main consciousness of the dream, and asked Stiano and other gods to help confuse the information world and contain other places, all for the sake of attracting your attention, so that you would feel that you could win, and invest more strength and chips in this matter.

"In this way, when the original God's arrangement breaks out through the medium of the magic mirror Arrodes, you will be weakened to the greatest extent.

“So, the third time I entered the dream, I walked up to you and told you the truth, but I still didn’t get kicked on the spot.

"You don't have this ability for the time being!"

Zhou Mingrui laughed:
"Don't you think you look like a bait now?"

Lumian sighed and said:

“I know you are waiting for your extra preparations to arrive, otherwise, how could I have this opportunity to talk to you?
“But I’m waiting too.”

At this point, Lumian showed a bright smile:

"Didn't you notice that one of my companions is missing?

"So many things happened at the same time just now, which was also distracting you and making you ignore her actions!"

Seeing Zhou Mingrui staring at him, Lumian raised his chin slightly and said in a resounding voice:

"The Major Arcanas' guesses were not wrong, and their attempts were not wrong either!"

…………

In Dream City, inside a movie theater.

Franca was sitting in the second row, looking at the screen in front of her, where "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" was playing.

At this moment, her body was vague, as if a sketch had been erased by an eraser. The few spectators around her had become blurry, but were slowly solidifying and becoming clearer.

Franca had checked before and found out that since "The Pirates of the Caribbean" was about to be taken off the screen, there were only two cinemas showing it during the lunch break, so she took a taxi to the cinema farthest from Yangdu High-Speed ​​Railway Station.

And her search information has been lost in the current chaos and disorder of the Internet.

Hearing the thunder in the sky quickly fade away, and seeing Gehrman Sparrow standing on the bow of the pirate ship appear on the screen, Franka suddenly stood up.

She walked to the front of the theater in a few steps, took a breath, stretched out her right palm, and pressed it on the screen before the few audience members could protest.

Her figure quickly faded, leaned forward, and entered the screen.

PS: There will be updates in the evening~
(End of this chapter)