Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 590 The Essence of the Fate-Bound Potion
As soon as Klein appeared, he turned his gaze toward the moon.

He saw the planet that had been fully activated.

On the surface of that planet, eyes opened and closed intermittently, each eyeball moving within its socket, making it difficult to discern which direction they were looking in.

Klein suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

He is now the old self, the true Lord of Mysteries, yet he still feels threatened by it.

What is this thing? A pillar-level bountiful monster? Or something else?
Klein didn't know, but he instinctively had a feeling that "we should just blow it up now."

Without hesitation, Klein raised his right hand, aimed at the moon, extended his index finger, and placed his thumb on top of it.

He adopted the starting stance for launching "air bullets".

But soon, Klein's hand stopped.

He looked back into the depths of the "earth's core," towards the direction of the ancient sun god.

Klein's raised hand froze in mid-air, making no further move.

It seems the ancient sun god did not enter the dream.

Since He remained in reality without attempting to stop it, then perhaps there really is something wrong with this planet.

“I don’t mind you doing that,” Serres’s voice came from beside Klein at that moment.

Klein readily lowered his hand and turned to look at Serres.

"What is this thing?" Klein asked curiously.

“Who knows?” Serres shrugged. “Maybe He was just thinking about committing suicide.”

“But doesn’t He possess the symbol of the ‘Immortal’?” Klein asked, frowning. “At least without the intervention of the Star God, He shouldn’t even be able to commit suicide.”

“But if the entire universe is destroyed along with it, that’s a different story.” Serres seemed quite pleased, as if the matter was something he found very amusing.

"Huh?" One after another, spirit worms emerged around Klein, twisting themselves into the shape of a question mark.

"What good will this do Him?"

Serres shrugged. "You may have misunderstood something."

"Sometimes death is not the end, but the beginning of a new life."

Serres thought for a moment and said:
"For new life to sprout, its seed must be dead."

"You actually read the Bible?" Klein retorted.

Serres didn't answer, but smiled and said, "Ha, you've kept your humanity well."

Klein then realized something was wrong.

Indeed, his humanity is unusually good.

Logically speaking, he should be struggling under the influence of the "Celestial Venerable's" consciousness, trying his best to stay conscious.

Instead of having a normal chat with Serres.

At that moment, a plate was handed to Klein.

"Want some?" Serres handed a fruit platter to Klein.

The plate contained slices of watermelon, pineapple, apple, and orange, with two forks stuck in a slice of watermelon and a slice of pineapple.

Klein glanced at it, then picked up the fork stuck in the watermelon slice, along with the slice itself, and put the watermelon slice into his mouth.

It tastes quite sweet and has a lot of juice.

"Why did you even cut the oranges into pieces?" Klein asked, looking at the oranges that had been cut into pieces.

"Since it was right next to me, I just cut it up without thinking," Serres replied matter-of-factly.

"No taste," Klein muttered. "Oranges taste best when you peel them yourself." Although he muttered it quietly, he was actually saying it to Serris.

Even if Serres were right beside him, or even if he were currently with the ancient sun god or in the Earth's core, Klein doubted that Serres could hear what he was saying.

Of course, this is on the premise that the words were indeed spoken to Serres.

This is Klein's opinion after he gained the ability of the "useless scholar".

For useless scholars, "since what is said to him will eventually reach his ears, it can be heard directly regardless of distance."

Klein guessed that Serres also had similar abilities.

Perhaps, apart from the "Pleasure Path," the abilities of the "Destiny Path" below Sequence Two were all possessed by Serres himself.

To draw an analogy, this is like a swarm of insects passing on the genes of the queen to her subordinate swarms.

When someone breaks through Sequence Five and advances to demigod, they embark on their destiny.

Serres will receive certain feedback as the "Those with Extraordinary Fates" walk their path in life.

The relationship between the two is like that between "the person who provides the bomb" and "the person who uses the bomb to cause destruction." The latter can certainly go a certain distance in terms of destruction, but "the person who invents the bomb" can also naturally take steps in terms of destruction.

There might be fewer, but there will definitely be some.

If he breaks through to Sequence Two from Sequence Three, then Serres might be able to learn the development techniques he has developed along this path. Or, if someone develops new abilities in the middle or lower sequences, Serres could very well benefit from that as well.

Because the pleasure he enjoys is "change".

Whether it's adding or subtracting something, change is what makes things better.

And "joy" is precisely the ability to turn one's interests and hobbies into reality and make them a part of one's capabilities.

It's an investment.

Serres gives others the ability to change themselves and become "happier," while Serres benefits from this change.

As for why the "pleasure route" was excluded in the first place.

Because the abilities inherent in the entire pathway are most likely inseparable from the methods controlled by Serres himself.

Because he has gone far enough down this path.

Perhaps it is for these reasons that Klein did not feel much "divinity".

Or rather, people who can travel a certain distance in their life's journey don't need to be too afraid of "divinity".

On the one hand, embarking on one's destiny allows one to remain steadfast and not be easily swayed by external influences.

On the other hand, Serres will share a portion of the divinity.

Looking at Serres's nonchalant expression, Klein felt that it might be a good thing if Serres had more divinity.

Unfortunately, Serres also seemed completely unaffected by divinity.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Fruit tastes better when it's cut into pieces," Serres immediately retorted.

“You heretic, I’m going to burn you at the stake,” Klein said, pointing and gesturing.

"I am the archbishop!" Serres declared, asserting that he was the one in charge of church affairs.

"You will regret this!"

"Regretful, huh?" Serres taunted, targeting the Sichuanese. "Today I'm going to eat strawberry-flavored Mapo Tofu!"

"You really are a devil, aren't you? Then a devil should obediently be put on the pyre!"

Serres really needs divinity.

(End of this chapter)