Ring of Fate

Chapter 917 Monitoring
After stating his two guesses, Lumian added:
"I just felt that entering the underground first floor of Mushu Hospital would be very dangerous. If the problems there were woven by the subconscious in the dream, and originated from Mr. Fool's impression of the Mother Tree of Desire and its subordinates, it shouldn't be to this extent."

What he meant was that he was more inclined to believe that the main consciousness symbol in the dream could not directly confront this inference.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Jian Na looked at the gradually moving Mushu Hospital and frowned slightly.
"However, the police, represented by Mr. Xingxing, only found the body of the messenger and did not seem to find any other abnormalities in Mushu Hospital."

"This shows that although the main consciousness in the dream cannot be confronted head-on, there are ways to conceal and deceive." Anthony expressed his opinion.

"It could also be that there is a traitor." Franka, who was driving, had read many novels and watched many movies about undercover agents and traitors. She muttered, "Part of the main consciousness in the dream must belong to Tianzun. He should be very happy to see the power infiltrated by the Mother Tree of Desire do something, so he deliberately ignored some details."

"This also shows that both Mr. Fool and the Celestial Lord are actually in a deep sleep, with their true consciousness blurred. They can only react when directly stimulated, and only occasionally give certain revelations based on the prayers or spiritual warnings they receive. Otherwise, we would have been discovered and kicked out when we came into contact with ordinary people in the dream." Lumian came to a conclusion based on the things he experienced in the past two days and the many details mentioned in the Major Arcana cards in the data.

Franca took the opportunity to warn her teammates:
“So don’t think about live streaming, and don’t do anything that will become a hot search in public. If that happens, once Tianzun’s dream identity sees the corresponding video, it will be immediately stimulated and kick us out of the dream.

"Well, even if Tianzun didn't get it, his subordinates would still pay attention to it."

After a brief silence, Janna asked:
“What is live streaming?”

Anthony was also puzzled:
“Will this be seen by many people?

"Like a newspaper headline?"

You guys really haven't adapted as well as Lumian... Franka sighed and explained briefly while driving:

"Open your phones and click on the black-and-white app I downloaded for you earlier...

"The hottest thing these days is 'real death metal'..."

Jane and others became focused and serious and continued to receive Internet education.

…………

Nearing midnight.

Lumian took Franka through the mirror world to the Mingyue Shopping Mall they had visited at noon, and arrived at a mirror object inside the monitoring room.

Hiding in the area behind the mirror, they saw through the mirror a large display screen divided into multiple pictures, saw the various scenes corresponding to different areas of the shopping mall, and saw two security guards sitting in front of the display screen on duty.

At this time, Mingyue Shopping Mall had already closed for business, and many of the scenes shown on the surveillance cameras were dark, only partially covered by the bright moonlight.

——In this dream city, the moon is not crimson, but a light silver, occasionally with a hint of yellow.

Franca eagerly but cautiously stretched out her right hand towards the mirror, grasping a relatively large makeup mirror with her five fingers.

The makeup mirror suddenly reflected a large screen, showing different scenes framed by squares.

Then, an illusory light that was invisible to the naked eye appeared on the surface of the makeup mirror.

"Mirror Maze"!
The surveillance area seen by the two security guards and the images taken by several cameras in the room were immediately replaced by a mirror illusion.

Franka had imagined before that she would be able to use her extraordinary abilities after returning to her hometown, and now it was like a preview of her dream.

She walked out of the mirror thing where she was hiding openly, put the makeup mirror in place, adjusted its angle, and came to the monitoring station with Lumian.

The two security guards didn't react to their actions at all, as if they didn't see anything at all.

The scene in their eyes was still the same as before when no outsiders entered.

Lumian turned his gaze towards Franca and said in a low voice:
"hurry up."

He doesn't know how to operate the surveillance system, otherwise he would have done it himself.

While adjusting the mirror images so that there would be some changes in light and dark, Franka studied the mall's surveillance system.

Thanks to the fact that she had searched for information online and made a strategy beforehand, she was able to retrieve the surveillance video of the supermarket area at noon in just two or three minutes.

Soon, the picture froze on the scene where she, Lumian and others turned back from the supermarket entrance.

In the distance of the picture, where imported goods are piled up, a figure in a white dress is walking out of the picture.

The figure has a bright face, small and delicate ears, a white and slender neck, a clean temperament as if spotless, and her hair is loosely tied up, giving her a sense of laziness.

"It is indeed the resurrected female corpse." Franka took out the sketch completed with the help of "dream divination" and compared it carefully.

Without waiting for Lumian to respond, she added:
"This appearance, temperament and charm are more like a demigod-level 'witch', rather than a 'little cupid' of the 'miser' level.

"How could a 'witch' be resurrected in Mushu Hospital?"

Lumian nodded slightly, without making any assumptions for the time being, and asked Franka:
"Can you find out all the movements of this female corpse in the mall?"

"Okay." Franka was busy operating the monitoring system.

Soon, the figure of the female corpse appeared in every picture on the large screen, corresponding to a different scene.

While searching for the female corpse according to the timeline and the situation on the screen, Franca had already browsed through the surveillance videos. She glanced at Lumian who was concentrating on observing the details, and said thoughtfully:

"It felt like she was wandering around aimlessly. She didn't buy anything. She went into a store, looked around for a few minutes, and then came out. It didn't seem like she was following anyone, nor did it seem like she was looking for something."

Lumian compared every passerby in the surveillance screen and found no one else except the female corpse.

“It’s also her first time to see a city like this, touring and experiencing it?” Lumian thought of himself and the others.

"And because you have no money, you dare not buy anything?" Franca joked with a smile.

Lumian immediately shook his head:
“It shouldn’t be that simple.

“We almost encountered this female corpse at noon. After lunch, the body of the messenger of God began to mutate, and the resurrected body of the messenger of God went to Mushu Hospital, which is where the female corpse was resurrected.

"If it wasn't arranged by that person, if it wasn't His script, such a coincidence would be enough to show that there is a close connection between the two."

Franka pondered for a moment and said:
"If this female corpse is really a 'witch', then I have experienced similar situations before:
"When I first became a 'witch', I divined something and got a valid revelation, but it was only about the time and place. So, I wandered aimlessly back and forth in an arcade in Trier for a day, and finally encountered the thing I wanted to encounter."

Lumian, who had just become a "witch" for a while and had no similar experience, nodded slowly:
"You mean, the resurrected female corpse got some inspiration through divination and came to this mall to hang out?"

At this point, Lumian's eyes turned dark:

"What she gained was that she got closer to us and found clues about which mirror the body of the messenger of God was hiding behind. That's why the body of the messenger of God mutated right after lunch?

“She is a subordinate of that Heavenly Lord, searching for the body of the Divine Envoy?
"The Heavenly Lord and the 'Mother Tree of Desire' are working together to use the Mushu Hospital to obtain subordinates to murder certain dream characters?"

Franka said "hmm":
"She was able to meet us indirectly. On the surface, it was a revelation from divination, but in fact, it should be the law of aggregation of extraordinary characteristics at work.

“Only the high-sequence Beyonders of the ‘Witch’ and ‘Gate’ pathways can influence the world in the mirror from a distance and cause the corpse of the God’s Envoy hidden in the area behind the mirror to mutate.

"The female corpse may fit both situations."

Franka meant that the female corpse might be a demigod-level "witch" who had obtained the gift of the "gate" path.

Lumian agreed with Franka's statement and thought for a few seconds before saying:
“But the resurrection of this female corpse was definitely not to find the body of the messenger of God. From what the nurse said, she had already been resurrected before the messenger of God was killed.

"She has a more important role, shouldering a critical mission?"

Franka hissed:
"In the next few days, in addition to observing the people and things around Mr. Fool, I have to find a way to find this female corpse and see if I can hide it from Tianzun and get rid of her secretly."

If it were in the real world, Franka would definitely not say that, because she was not sure whether the resurrected female corpse was Sequence 4, Sequence 3, or higher. She would only suggest asking the Major Arcana for help. However, in the dream city, everyone was currently suppressed to the Sequence 7 level. The demigod-level "witches" only had some more special abilities than her, and there was no essential difference in strength. Lumian was also a demigod-level "witch", and the team was large in number and could fight in a group.

Lumian thought for a moment and said:
"There should be surveillance cameras on the streets outside, right? Can we find out from the surveillance footage where the female corpse ended up?"

"Of course you can, but that would require invading a government department. If you're discovered, it would be like fighting against the main consciousness of the dream." Franka disagreed with taking such a risk now as a lot of information has not been collected yet!

Lumian suppressed his inner impulse, and restored the surveillance footage with Franka, cleared his own traces, and returned to the mirrored object. Then, Franka ended the "Mirror Maze" and took away the makeup mirror.

The two security guards only felt that the surveillance screen suddenly flickered for a moment, and then it quickly returned to normal.

Franka and Lumian returned to the car parked on the next street and met up with Janna and others who were in charge of the pick-up.

As the vehicle drove toward the old town, Lumian and Franka, who was driving, told their teammates what they had learned from watching the surveillance footage and their own guesses.

As he was talking, Lumian suddenly fell silent.

"What's wrong?" Janna asked.

Lumian said in a deep voice:
"We can think of going to the mall to check the surveillance to find the female corpse. Would the female corpse also think of checking the surveillance to see if there are any outstanding-looking women passing by her?"

Anyone who can hide a corpse behind a mirror is most likely a "witch"!
Franka's expression changed and she blurted out:
"monitoring room!"

(End of this chapter)