Ring of Fate

Chapter 976: Unexpected Visitor

When Lumian arrived at the Administration Department, there were already several professionals collecting evidence for identification, including but not limited to leftover milk tea, liquid in the automatic water dispenser, discarded takeout, vomited food, swabs from computers, desks, and air-conditioning vents...

When they were done, some other clothing professionals started the whole disinfection process.

During this process, Luo Shan and other administrative staff who still insisted on going to work could only wait in the corridor.

Lumian took a quick look and found that apart from Mr. Ai and Roshan, there were only two people who were not affected by the mystical pathogen. Both their facial expressions and movements were quite normal.

One of them is a man who is relatively tall by the average standard in Yangdu, over 1.8 meters tall. The other is a woman who is about 30 years old, with a round face and is a little fat. She can't be said to be good-looking, but she is not ugly either.

None of them came for Mr. Huang... or rather, they didn't come for Mr. Huang's body... Why did the Beyonders work diligently in the administrative department of Intis Group? Lumian tried to guess the intentions of others with his own heart.

Of course, he couldn't be sure that there were no extraordinary people among the people who went to the Red Moon Hospital. Maybe she was a "witch" who was just waiting to taste Mr. Huang. As a result, she sensed the existence and erosion of the mystical pathogen, so she pretended to have serious symptoms and followed him to the hospital to avoid being discovered that she had a problem?
Luo Shan also saw the security guard who was said to be very handsome, and felt that her expectations were not disappointed.

After a while, Mr. Ai received a call.

"The problems are not serious and the situation has stabilized?" Mr. Ai asked happily.

Then, he heard Zhang Qing on the other end of the phone say:

"The test results showed a mild viral infection, and the doctor told them they could go home after the infusion, and then take medicine for two days and rest, and they would be fine.

"More than a dozen people have asked me for leave, planning to stay at home for two days to recover. They also asked whether this was considered a work-related injury and whether there would be compensation."

Ai Zong's corners jumped a little, and he suppressed his inner emotions and said:

"You should rest at home, but you can't force yourself to go to work and end up with something serious. As for whether it counts as a work-related injury, go ask the Legal Department when you get back."

"Okay." Zhang Qing said, "But there are also more than a dozen people who want to come back to work, but..."

"But what?" Mr. Ai asked.

Zhang Qing answered cryptically:
"They are all those who love to dress up, except Luo Fu."

A sick beauty is still a beauty. When Mr. Huang sees her, he might feel pity for her.

Mr. Ai was speechless for a moment.

Are only new talents going to work actively and seriously?

On the other hand, Lumian used the excuse that something happened in the administrative department and stayed nearby to watch and occasionally provide help.

This was also to prevent Luo Shan from being cleaned up by Tianzun's men during the chaos - as a "painter", she had the ability to protect herself, but she was obviously inexperienced and easily let her guard down in crowded places. And now, because Franca went to the hospital, she couldn't rely on the "mirror substitute" to escape the first attack.

After Franca returned from the Red Moon Hospital and helped Rosanne and others deal with the backlog of matters, Lumian and Lao Xia returned to the security department on the 13th floor.

He continued to think about how to treat An Xiaotian.

He believes that An Xiaotian's becoming a vegetable is a symbol, representing the decline and elimination of Antigonus's spiritual imprint in the uniqueness of "The Fool". This cannot be reversed by normal means, and the only way to solve it is to seek solutions from the essence:

“Find a way to strengthen Antigonus’ spiritual imprint in the Fool’s uniqueness? But Antigonus cannot enter Mr. Fool’s dream now. Even if He is willing to provide the corresponding items, we will have to pollute Zhou Mingrui, the symbol of the Fool’s uniqueness, to achieve our goal. This will destroy our image in Zhou Mingrui’s mind, making all our previous efforts in vain, and it is also very dangerous.

"Franka and Jana's idea is correct. It is possible to awaken An Xiaotian with the power of the Great Mother, but it is not a treatment, nor is it to let An Xiaotian give birth to a child. It is a 'rebirth'. The symbolic meaning is to let Antigonus' spiritual imprint in the uniqueness of The Fool be reborn. As for whether the new An Xiaotian is an enemy or a friend, it is hard to say, but he will definitely interfere with Mr. Fool's awakening...

"The Sequence 7 'Witcher' of the 'Villain' Path can hold a rebirth ceremony. Theoretically, Green and other 'Great Mother's' benefactors can make An Xiaotian wake up, but that involves the reversal of symbols after all. It is estimated that a rebirth ceremony held by a divine being will be effective. In the Dream City, Green and his companions believe that only I, the fake son of God, have it, and others do not. Well, there should be a place that has it, the underground first floor of Mushu Hospital. Sending An Xiaotian there is purely creating enemies for yourself..."

Lumian pondered for a long time and felt that both current ideas had significant problems. The hidden dangers and negative impacts far outweighed the benefits, and they were not the ones he and others would choose.

He began to think about this matter from the perspective of finding loopholes.

Soon, he thought of someone:

Li Keji!
"Mr. Fool's subconscious knowledge of Li Keji's mushroom should come from the relationship between Gehrman Sparrow and Frank Lee.

"At present, it seems that he thinks that Li Keji's mushrooms are relatively dangerous, have various possibilities, and will produce some incredible effects.

"The essence of this city is a dream, and dreams are idealistic. As long as Mr. Fool really believes that Li Keji's mushrooms can do incredible things, then Li Keji can create a kind of mushroom to cure An Xiaotian and wake him up!

"It wasn't the mushrooms that cured An Xiaotian, but Mr. Fool's subconscious mind was guided to reverse the symbol.

"Of course, that kind of waking up would definitely be twisted, evil, and terrifying, but if An Xiaotian can use this opportunity to say everything he wants to remind me, it would be acceptable..." The more Lumian thought about it, the more he felt that using Li Keji's idea might be useful.

He planned to find an opportunity to chat with Li Keji across the ward door.

The prototype of this biology teacher is really "doctor"!
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While observing the corresponding images of Mr. Fool's other incarnations, Janna received a call from Hall Films, asking her to go to the artist department tomorrow to sign an agent contract.

"Huh... I have a job too." Janna breathed a sigh of relief.

She was even looking forward to filming a movie or TV series, but she felt that awakening Mr. Fool would not be delayed that long, and would not be delayed until she joined the crew.

At the same time, she felt that Hall Films was well managed, and she expected one of the interviewers to call ahead and hint that she would have to do something to have a chance at a good contract.

She was ready to use "charm" to make the relevant person lose himself, but who knew that nothing happened.

This was different from some of the things she had seen and heard at the Old Pigeon Cage Theatre.

"As expected, it's a film company owned by Ms. Justice..." Janna felt relieved.

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After dark.

Lumian, who knew the target's itinerary, took advantage of the fact that Zarathustra had not yet returned to the hotel, went through the mirror world and took away the surveillance content stored in the pinhole camera and the eavesdropping device.

After midnight, he returned to the rental house in Xinhong Community and played Zarathustra's activities in the hotel room on his mobile phone.

This was not to spy on what Zarathustra was plotting and how he was going to achieve it. If there was something, that would be even better. Lumian's main purpose was to observe, to observe Zarathustra's actions when no one was around, so as to find out how many puppets he could currently maintain, how often he summoned the Historical Pores Image, how long it would take for the Historical Pores Image to dissipate on its own, and other information.

This was a preparation for the sudden attack and killing of Zarathustra in the near future.

Although Zarathustra was also suppressed at the Sequence 7 level, he had the status of an angel after all, and the effects and ranges of many of his abilities were somewhat different from those of a true Sequence 7.

Just like the number of puppets, a normal "Puppet Master" can only manipulate one puppet when he is promoted to Sequence 5. If he is restricted to the Sequence 7 level, theoretically he will not be able to control the puppet and can only kill people with puppet transformation. However, this ability may change qualitatively at Sequence 4 and Sequence 2, thereby reducing spiritual consumption and reducing the difficulty of manipulation. After that, even if the ability is suppressed to Sequence 7, it essentially still exists, but the effect will not be so significant.

In other words, Zarathustra can still manipulate the secret dolls, but the number is very limited, perhaps two, or perhaps only one. What Lumian needs to confirm now are the details in this regard.

If they did not have the corresponding intelligence, and directly raided and surrounded Zarathustra, they would still have some hope of defeating or forcing the enemy to retreat given their large numbers, but it would be almost impossible to achieve the intended goal. "Fortune Teller" was a way known for its strong ability to save lives!

Lumian stared at the phone screen intently, not missing any details.

For the time being, he watched it in a skipping manner, choosing scenes where people were active.

When the surveillance video reached 11 o'clock last night, Lumian saw Zarathustra, who had changed into a black nightgown, walk to the door and open it.

A man came in from outside.

The man wore sunglasses at night, a black T-shirt and dark jeans that would not attract other people's attention, and was about 1.8 meters tall.

Who could it be? Lumian focused more and more.

After the man entered the room, he looked around and took off the sunglasses on his nose, revealing a face that Lumian was quite familiar with.

He had seen videos online of this person being interviewed and participating in certain activities.

That's Jia Yu, the actor who plays Gehrman Sparrow!
He doesn't look too much like Zhou Mingrui, so there shouldn't be any problem. Why would he visit Zarathustra in the middle of the night? What did we miss? Lumian's pupils dilated and he looked more attentively.

He was very grateful for the help provided by technology, but he was also worried that Zarathustra had already discovered the existence of the pinhole cameras and eavesdropping devices and deliberately staged such a scene.

Jia Yu sat down in the sofa area and chatted with Zarathustra for nearly a quarter of an hour, then stood up and left.

Lumian quickly stopped playing the surveillance video and decided to listen to see if the eavesdropping device had recorded any conversations during the corresponding period.

(End of this chapter)