Ring of Fate

Chapter 950 Equivalent Exchange
Amon? Janna, who was standing next to the car, was stunned.

She vaguely understood why she was able to arrive at the Star Dream Grocery Store early and get rid of the fatal "illusion" at the most critical moment.

Amon provided help in this matter, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!
She and Franca had estimated the risks to the greatest extent, but they still didn't expect that the actual situation would be so horrible that they wouldn't even have a chance to escape from the dream!
This is based on the premise that as a "witch", she is among the best in the same sequence of extraordinary people in terms of both survival ability and life-saving level.

Sure enough, Amon and his father were on the same side as us in awakening Mr. Fool, but they hoped for different progress, so he had only given us help until now. Well, this help was for the evil god of the Fantasy Society. If I failed in my mission today and died, and the painting returned to Roshan, would there be a development that Amon and his father did not want to see? In a moment, Jana thought of many things, and she did not even have time to be afraid.

"Help me close the door." Amon, with a monocle in his right eye socket, reminded Janna with a smile, just like a real online taxi driver.

Janna then returned to normal and closed the car door.

Watching the white car drive smoothly away from the street, Janna, holding the cliff painting, rushed into the Star Dream Grocery Store without caring about her image.

Janna relaxed immediately after feeling the light dimming a lot.

She then began to feel doubtful:
Why can Amon take my order accurately?
How did He know that we had obtained this painting and were going to deliver it to Star Dream Grocery Store today?
With everyone suppressed at Sequence 7, relying on prophecy or divination would not allow for such accuracy...

Could it be that when a true god arrives in the dream city, he will be a little more special and face different restrictions than us?
So, Amon saved me "coincidentally" with the help of his father?
This also explains why this painting made it so difficult for me to fight against it, and why I couldn't even find a chance to save myself. If we were all at the level of Sequence 7, it shouldn't be like this. Or, in fact, I had a chance to get rid of its influence, but it was my first time to come into contact with this kind of attack, and I made mistakes in my response, and I failed to find the details that could be used in time? Janna looked at the painting in her arms, gathered her thoughts, and walked to the cashier counter at the back of the Star Dream Grocery Store.

"Do you sell items with mystical elements?" Janna politely asked the shop owner who was playing with his cell phone.

The shop owner slowly raised his head, and the scorching sun outside suddenly seemed to be obscured by clouds.

"I received it." She smiled slightly at Janna.

Will they really accept it? Janna was delighted and quickly put the painting in her arms on the cashier counter:
"Do you think it meets your requirements? How much is it worth?"

The shop owner stretched out a hand, lifted the painting in front of him, looked at it for a few seconds and said:
"Thirty thousand."

How much? Janna instinctively doubted her ears.

This is not to say that she thinks this strange oil painting has no mystical value and is not worth 30,000 yuan, but to her and Franca, this painting is a burden, a danger, and something they would give away even if they had to pay for it.

If the shop owner said he would only accept the painting if she was given 30,000, Janna felt that she would grit her teeth and give it to him after discussing it with Franca.

As her thoughts raced, Jana thought of a possibility:
The guy from Star Dream Grocery Store is obviously a friendly force, and his current behavior is to provide more funds to his own team!
Money has a very important symbolic meaning in the dream city.

Not giving it directly, but taking advantage of this opportunity to buy mystical items... Is this because they have to meet certain rules of the Dream City, rules that even gods cannot violate? Equivalent exchange? If this is true, it is already quite difficult for the Major Arcana cards to provide two thousand starting funds for each person... While Jana was thinking about it, she subconsciously wondered whether she should bargain and raise the price a little.

Since they are friendly forces, they should be happy to see such behavior, which means they can provide more help.

After a brief consideration, Jenna gave up the idea.
The person on the other side is the incarnation or projection of the true God, and the price He quotes must be the most suitable, appropriate and least likely to cause any abnormality after careful consideration.

In terms of dream consciousness, every item has an estimated price. If the price is too high, it is a problem and may involve illegal behavior. Will there be stress changes later? Thinking of this, Jana responded to the owner:

"can."

When the shop owner really transferred 30,000 yuan to her, she suddenly regretted letting Ludwig eat up all the other paintings.

Those might be able to exchange for some money!

However, those were just Luo Shan's paintings, so they shouldn't be worth much, maybe just enough for Ludwig's midnight snack...

"Thank you." Janna thanked the owner again and turned to walk out of the Star Dream Grocery Store.

The bright and brilliant sunlight from the sky fell down and shone on her, making her finally feel as if the danger had completely retreated.

It was only then that she began to feel afraid.

She still has a lot of things she wants to do, and there are a few people she's reluctant to let go of.

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At the entrance of the Science and Technology Building.

Franka walked up the stairs carefully in her not-so-high high heels.

The way she dressed now was something she had never done before, and it made her instinctively feel more insecure and ashamed.

This also made her more sensitive to the stares and scrutiny around her. She felt that those who admired her were acceptable, but the ones that she used to think were impolite and a bit disgusting seemed to have become more frequent, or she noticed them more. Some people hurried past her, walked a few steps forward, and then looked back in what they thought was a covert look, with a slightly disappointed expression on their face.

This seems to be because she feels that her makeup, dress, and appearance are different from what she imagined after seeing her figure and clothes.

"You're so disappointed!" Franca quietly raised her middle finger and cursed inwardly.

She walked down the steps and looked towards the security guard at the door, but didn't see Lumian.

I thought we could communicate with each other through eye contact at the door, but pretend not to know each other, just like in some spy dramas... Franca muttered silently, entered the lobby, and walked towards the elevator.

Monitoring room.

Lumian sat in front of several large screens that were divided into multiple scenes, carefully examining each picture from a not-so-short distance - yesterday's small incident gave Security Director Green an excuse to arrange for him to watch the surveillance and patrol the floors in rotation, so he no longer had to guard the gate.

Lumian quickly noticed Franka in the elevator.

Even though she deliberately made herself uglier, wearing old-fashioned black-framed glasses and clothes she had never worn before, he still recognized her.

"It's a pity that 'Lies' is only equivalent to top-level makeup now. It can't adjust the height and figure to a certain extent. Otherwise, the disguise effect would be better. Now it's still too conspicuous..." Lumian commented in his heart.

The other security guard sitting next to him saw that he was watching very seriously, rolled his eyes, and said while holding his stomach:
"Xiao Li, my stomach hurts. I'm going to take a shit. You just watch over me."

Is this what they call paid shitting? Lumian laughed to himself and said:

"Ok."

This couldn't be better. Maybe I'll have a chance to look at yesterday's surveillance footage to see how Zhou Mingrui reacted privately to my joining the company and what he did!

When his colleague really went to the bathroom outside the surveillance room, Lumian found that Franca finally succeeded in squeezing into the elevator after failing twice in a row.

Suddenly, on the big screen, several images showing the situation in the monitoring room turned black.

This…Lumian didn’t move.

Just two or three seconds later, there was another person next to him.

That was Security Director Green, wearing a thin blue suit.

Green stared at the big screen and said calmly:
"Be careful of Huang Tao."

Be careful of Huang Tao? What relationship does Mr. Huang have with a male security guard like me? Lumian was puzzled and asked calmly:

"why?"

Green kept watching the surveillance camera and explained briefly:

"He betrayed his mother and is no longer her child."

No longer... It was before, but not now? Madam Magician mentioned that although Emperor Roselle fell in the Whirlpool incident, he also severely damaged the strongest "broker", got rid of the pollution of the "Great Mother", and retained the hope of resurrection... This is the same as Amon obtaining Mr. Fool's consent and borrowing power from his past self again. It is a different part of the same thing... So, Mr. Fool knew the state of Emperor Roselle, and his subconscious cognition changed accordingly, resulting in Huang Tao in the Dream City no longer hiding the pollution of the "Great Mother"? Lumian initially sorted out the logic.

This also made him discover a problem.

Before, he only knew that accidents and encounters in dreams could be reflected in reality, leading to real death or promotion with hidden dangers. But at this moment, he believed that changes in reality could also affect dreams, provided that Mr. Fool could truly perceive it.

Dreams and reality are not one-way, they can interact... Lumian remembered this discovery and smiled at Green:

"Are you wondering why I, as the Son of God, am not a woman?"

Green showed a puzzled expression:

“A mother’s child can be of any gender, no gender, or multiple genders.

"None of these are important. What is important is the ability to reproduce and bring new life.

"Son of God, why do you ask such a question?"

Green's brows furrowed slightly.

Of course, it was to test you! Lumian replied with a smile in his heart.

He was testing whether Green only sensed that he was the Son of God, or went a step further and knew that the current Son of God was Omybella, like the man with the broken hand.

If Green knew that he "was" Omybella, he would wonder about his gender, but if he knew otherwise, it would mean that he really did not have the necessary wisdom, and was more like the NPC that Franka mentioned, but was influenced by the "Great Mother".

This also proves from another perspective that there is a big problem with the man with the broken hand being able to shout out the name Omibella.

Lumian laughed and said to Green:

"I thought Mother had let you know my true identity."

As he spoke, his hair grew longer and his facial features softened rapidly.

(End of this chapter)