Ring of Fate

Chapter 929: Turning Falsehood into Truth
At first glance, Franka discovered that the Star Dream Grocery Store really looked like an antique store in the Northern Continent, with very obvious mystical elements.

The only things that don't fit in with this style are the shelves themselves and the mobile phone the store owner is playing with and the tablet computer in front of him.

"Good morning, ma'am, we are here to retrieve the mail." Lumian walked to the cashier counter and said politely.

The shop owner, wearing a black dress and playing with her mobile phone, took out a letter from under the cash register and placed it on the cash register.

“Thank you.” Lumian took it without opening it.

Franka pointed to the brass book:
"Ma'am, can I look through that book?"

"Sure." The shop owner in a black dress didn't look up, nor did she remind Franca not to damage the antiques.

Franka walked briskly to the shelf on the right and picked up the brass-like book.

The cover of this item was cold and hard, and was indeed made of metal.

Franca quickly flipped through it and found that there was still paper inside, and it was blank.

Nothing special... Franka muttered in her heart.

Before she finished her words, she suddenly saw lines of text on the blank pages of the book, but these words disappeared in a flash, so fast that even the "witch's" eyesight could not capture the specific content.

Am I dazzled? Franca waited patiently for twenty or thirty seconds until new words appeared on the brass book, but she still couldn't see any word clearly before the corresponding content disappeared.

In this case, even using the method of "dream divination" afterwards will not allow you to recall the specific scene.

Sure enough, there is something strange... Franka said to herself and put the brass book back to its original place.

At the same time, she caught a glimpse of a dark green figure flashing behind the shelf.

It was a snake with white feathers and small wings!

Franca was startled and instinctively took two steps back, turned sideways, and reminded the owner:

"Boss, there's a snake in your store!"

Be careful!

"Don't be afraid." The shop owner in a black dress raised her head, revealing her beautiful face. "That's my pet."

"Is that so..." Franca heaved a sigh of relief, and followed Lumian out with Janna and Anthony who were wandering around the grocery store, returned to the gray sedan parked nearby, and used frost to forcibly reduce the high temperature in the car caused by the sun.

After sitting in the driver's seat, Franka frowned slightly and said:
"The snake I just saw looked a lot like the feathered serpent from the 'Death' path, well, a smaller and more harmless version.

"The owner of the shop wouldn't keep a mythical creature from the 'Death' path as a pet, would he?"

The complete mythical creature represents the level of angels!

Lumian opened the letter in his hand and said calmly:

"It's not impossible. In addition to people with special items and special connections, the one who can enter the dream is at least a true god."

This... Were we dealing with a true God? And He even answered my question? Franca was shocked when she saw a man with a lot of bags walk to the driver's seat and knock on the window.

"What's the matter?" Franca rolled down the car window vigilantly.

The man had an ordinary appearance and smiled as he handed the item in his hand to Franka:

"Want to buy? The latest eavesdropping devices and pinhole cameras."

"..." Franca's mouth twitched, "Brother, you are breaking the law."

The man wanted to continue selling, but Franca frowned and refused him sternly.

After closing the car window, Franca started the car while Lumian checked the replies from the Major Arcana, most of whom were written by Ms. Magician.

At this moment, Franca was suddenly stunned:
"Don't worry, first check if there are any bugs or pinhole cameras installed in the car."

With everyone suppressed to Sequence 7, relying on the spirituality and divination of the "witches" can indeed effectively prevent occult eavesdropping and peeping, but they have completely ignored the scientific level before!

Lumian and Janna understood the functions of the bug and pinhole camera respectively. One relied on the observation ability of the "hunter" to quickly find abnormal traces, and the other confirmed the situation by asking his own spiritual "magic mirror divination".

"No." Janna gave the result of her divination.

"That's good." Franca breathed a sigh of relief. "We must remember to be wary of scientific methods in the future. Fortunately, the big brother who sold contraband just now reminded me, otherwise I might suffer losses at any time! Uh..."

Having said that, Franka looked towards the rearview mirror.

She saw the man who was selling eavesdropping devices and pinhole cameras turn the corner and disappear at the end of the road.

"Could they be friendly forces? Coming here on purpose to remind us?" Franka said to herself sharply.

Lumian was silent for a few seconds and said:
"should be."

"Who could it be?" Franca looked at the road ahead, focusing more on driving.

Not long after, she parked her car in a roadside parking space diagonally opposite the police department.

Lumian used frost to create a medium-sized screen, and displayed the Major Arcana's reply on the mirror for easy viewing:

"It has been confirmed that the extraordinary characteristics, related materials, and special mirror world fragments of the 'Desperate Witch' that you obtained are all real.

"Don't get excited yet. This doesn't mean that every Beyonder in Dream City can deduce Beyonder characteristics. Only those like you who enter directly with their own consciousness can do so.

"In other words, if you die in the dream city, affected by the 'deception', your body in the real world will also die and release extraordinary characteristics. After this is fed back to the dream city, the extraordinary characteristics will be 'grafted' to the recipient, achieving the deception effect of making the false become true and the true become false.

"You should have understood what I mean. The resurrected female corpse is roughly equivalent to the entry of true consciousness.

“You can ask Ludwig about her name and her origins. I will just briefly explain. She was once the secret doll of the Celestial Lord, and she is still the secret doll now. Don’t ask why. Don’t ask about the high-level things about the ‘Fortune Teller’ and the ‘Thief’. In short, with the help of this connection and the identity that Mr. Fool subconsciously wove for her in the dream, she entered this dream and was given a new life by the ‘Great Mother’. She has humanity and consciousness that is not like a secret doll.

"Back to the question about the Beyonder characteristic. If you use it to mix potions and hold rituals in the Dream City to become a demigod, your body in the real world will also become a demigod. Remember, under the influence of abilities like 'Fool', a false dream may become a true reality, or it may make what you think is real become a false thing.

"Moreover, the Dream City is currently restricted to the Sequence 7 level. The mental effects of the potion and the minimum requirements of the ritual will also be suppressed to this level. For example, a plague that originally needed to infect people and bring them pain and despair may now only need to infect people. Going to the bottom floor of the Mu Shu Hospital and taking a risk may complete the ritual.

"Do you have the thought 'this is also possible?' But I have to tell you that all the gifts of fate have been secretly marked with a price. There are very big risks in using this method to advance to the 'Witch of Despair'. You will need to overcome great difficulties in the future to truly be considered a Sequence 4 Demigod.

"Think about it. In the dream city, all the problems caused by taking the demigod potion were actually limited to Sequence 7, so they were easier to bear and could be promoted using Sequence 7 rituals. However, after leaving the dream and returning to reality, the problems suppressed at Sequence 7 will be freed from the deception and instantly return to the Sequence 4 level. At that time, the corresponding people will probably lose control directly.

“Of course, this is not unsolvable, it’s just more difficult, not as simple as holding a complete ceremony in reality.

"There is only one solution we can think of now, which is to completely digest the Sequence 4 potion before leaving the dream, before this dream no longer exists. This digestion will be grafted into reality, allowing most of the hidden dangers suppressed at the Sequence 7 level to be resolved in advance. When I return to reality, I will be a Sequence 4 demigod in good condition. Reality is truly fooled at this moment.

"The difficulty of this method is that you cannot decide how long the dream can last and when you will be locked by the Heavenly Lord and kicked out. It is full of unknown risks. It is very difficult to get a good opportunity and enough time to digest the potion."

Seeing this, Franca, Lumian and others looked at each other, speechless.

Can you do this?

They originally thought that they and others used the fake angels and the sealed angels to simply act and quickly digest the potion, which was already the limit of taking advantage of the loopholes in the rules. Who knew that after reading these words "fooling" and "grafting", they felt that their brains were fooled.

I can really get promoted in my dreams...

The potion was fooled, the ritual was fooled, the spirit was fooled, the boundary between falsehood and reality was fooled...

Of course, it is also possible that I was the only one fooled, thinking that I had really completed the promotion and really became a demigod, but in fact I was just suffering from hysteria...

Hahaha, we were all fooled! We were all fooled! Franca couldn't help but feel a little crazy in her heart.

"Is this the horror of the great beings?" Janna took a breath.

Lumian chuckled:
“Many things we think are unbreakable and unchangeable may just be the playthings of the greater beings.”

"If you want to roll it into a round shape, roll it into a round shape. If you want to flatten it, flatten it..." Franka muttered a few words.

With the help of this letter, they truly and practically felt what a great existence is.

They continued to read the letter displayed on the ice crystal screen:
"After reading the previous part, did you have this idea:
"In the future, when Mr. Fool wakes up, can we ask him to use similar dreams to help reduce the difficulty of rituals and promotions, allowing those in need to become demigods, and giving them enough time to digest the potion in their dreams?

"First, we must make it clear that it is difficult for Mr. Fool to do this by himself, because such a real dream, which allows Fool to confuse the false and real dreams, comes from other realms.

"Secondly, not every demigod can eventually digest their own potion. They will live in a dream for their entire lives. Furthermore, if their dream cognition is not restored to the Sequence 4 level, their lifespan will be suppressed to the corresponding middle and low sequences. However, if their dream cognition is restored to Sequence 4, the problems that have been hidden in them due to deception will erupt again.

“Again, is it really appropriate to cause Mr. Fool to sleep for a few years, a dozen years, or even dozens or hundreds of years in order to help a Beyonder advance?

"Finally, many potions tend to be evil. If you really create a large-scale plague in Mr. Fool's dream, not to mention that the Celestial Lord will easily detect it, Mr. Fool will be the first to kick you out."

Why do I feel like the "magician" lady is implying something to me... I really never thought about it. This dream is just like reality, not like a game at all. How could I have antisocial thoughts? Even if it's a game, I used to stop being a human because I got tired of playing the normal way... Franca muttered.

(End of this chapter)