Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 233 Divination
Zhou Mingrui, who gradually recovered from the severe pain in his brain and the confusion about what was happening, could not believe what he thought, saw and imagined.

The crimson moonlight outside the window was still calm and peaceful, reflecting the things inside the window, allowing Zhou Mingrui to see clearly the layout of the study room that was strange, yet felt very familiar to him.

At this moment, familiar yet strange fragments of memory kept popping out from the depths of his brain and slowly appeared in his mind.

Klein Moretti, a native of Tingen City, Ahowa County, Loen Kingdom, Northern Continent, was a recent graduate with a double degree in History and Literature from Tingen University...

My father was a sergeant in the Royal Army, a native of Tingen City. Five years ago, he was injured in the war with the Intis Republic and was eventually forced to retire and return to Tingen City. He currently works for a security company affiliated with Tingen University...

My mother is a believer in the Goddess of Night and is also from Tingen City. However, her health has been poor since she gave birth to my younger sister. She now lives in Tingen City's St. Peter's Hospital year-round...

He also has an older brother and a younger sister. His older brother is preparing for the law entrance exam at Tingen University, while his younger sister is studying at the middle school affiliated with Tingen University, preparing to pass the Tingen University internal exam and enter university early...

Although they had three children to support, the family was not overly poor.

My father lived in a dormitory owned by a security company. His food and drink expenses were all reimbursed by the security company. He received a stable salary every week, part of which was used for daily expenses, and part could be deposited into Backlund Bank to be used for future risk management and as an education fund for the children.

My mother has been in the hospital all year round, but in Tingen, a city with a complete medical insurance system, my far-sighted parents have purchased the new medical insurance that the Tingen city government has been promoting in the early years. After reimbursement, the weekly treatment expenses are completely affordable.

The remaining three children are currently living temporarily in this four-bedroom apartment provided to college students in Tingen City at a huge discount as a benefit. It is close to Tingen University and nearby affiliated schools, has many shops, and is safe enough. It is the preferred settlement for college students and many working-class people.

The original owner of this body is a graduate of Tingen University this year with a double degree in History and Linguistics.

The original Klein Moretti mastered the ancient Feysac language, known as the source of the writing systems of the northern continent, as well as the Hermes language, which often appeared in ancient tombs and was related to sacrifices and prayers. He had a rich understanding of the history of the Fifth Epoch.

Two years ago, Klein Moretti had already obtained qualifications in ancient Feysac and Hermetic languages ​​through the Northern Continent's unified professional level certification exam organized by Tingen University, allowing him to engage in relevant clerical work such as translation and teaching...

Zhou Mingrui:?

Wait, it seemed like something strange was entering his mind in a vicious way.

"Professional level certification exam, Ancient Feysac Language Level 4... As a top student graduating from the Department of Linguistics, I also hold a Level 4 certificate in Hermetic Language..."

Ah this...

Zhou Mingrui still felt dizzy, as if he had not yet woken up from a dream, so all the knowledge he knew and the things he didn't know combined together to develop an absurd and weird dream.

He was tortured by the CET-4 and CET-6 when he was in college, and finally he dreamed about it at night, and the dream was surprisingly real.

Sure enough, when people are speechless to the extreme, they will really laugh.

Zhou Mingrui felt that the dream he had was really weird, but when he raised his hand and wanted to touch his swollen forehead, he found that his palm was covered with dried blood.

A fountain pen and a diary were spread out on the wooden table, and there was a bloody slap mark on the front edge of the table.

Zhou Mingrui was stunned and subconsciously looked to the side. He saw his figure reflected in the full-length mirror next to him.

That was himself sitting at the desk. The flesh and blood at his temples were constantly wriggling and gradually healing. The blood that had already shown signs of drying up explained what had just happened to him.

At this time, Zhou Mingrui seemed to feel the slight discomfort caused by the squirming of flesh and blood in the wound, and that discomfort was so real.

Zhou Mingrui's pupils suddenly dilated.

The diary on the table was stained with some blood and brain matter. The ink that had not yet dried on it and the absorbent pen next to it undoubtedly indicated that the string of words in the diary was the last message left by the original person who committed suicide before his death!

"Everyone will die, including me..."

Zhou Mingrui looked at the words written in Hermetic in the diary, and felt a chill all over his body. He seemed to feel the strange, terrible and unspeakable things that the original body had suffered.

He traveled through time, he really did travel through time!

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From the sudden "time travel" to remembering the luck-changing ritual he attempted before the "time travel", Zhou Mingrui gradually accepted the current reality of "I have traveled through time" and began to carefully examine the remaining memory fragments of the dead Klein Moretti, trying to find the reason for his death and further understand the situation of Klein Moretti and this world.

Outside the window, a crimson moon hung high. Zhou Mingrui was suddenly transported through time, suddenly becoming someone else and taking on someone else's memories. His original self had inexplicably shot himself in the head, only to be strangely resurrected. He couldn't sleep at all.

He didn't feel sleepy, he just couldn't sleep at all!
Countless familiar yet extremely unfamiliar memories kept emerging and were gradually connected together by Zhou Mingrui, who was now gradually becoming familiar with this new body. He soon discovered a problem.

"The Goddess of Night, the Lord of Storms, the God of Craftsmen, the Mother Earth, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, the Eternal Sun, the God of War... The Northern Continent has seven orthodox gods, corresponding to Monday through Sunday..."

This world has gods and so-called "magic".

"So, this is a Western fantasy world with magic, similar to Harry Potter? But compared to Harry Potter, the 'magic' in this world is more widespread?"

Zhou Mingrui looked at the "mineral lamp" embedded in the wall, which he had already turned on and was now emitting clear light, dispelling the crimson moon outside the window.

The "mineral lamp" that emits a clear light burns a mineral called "Sunwell Crystal".

A piece of "Sunwell Crystal" can burn for at least five hundred hours, making it a very good material for solar mysticism and can be used to assist in large-scale ritual magic...

Strings of familiar yet unfamiliar memories flashed through Zhou Mingrui's mind.

Tingen, where he was located, was a city under the jurisdiction of Ahowa County in the Kingdom of Loen. It was a city that was completely different from other cities in terms of humanities, history, geography, and social levels.

The most striking difference between this city and other regions is the countless mystical and scientific intertwinings within it. While other cities, and even other countries, often keep their mysteries relatively secret, Tingen City is full of information and artifacts related to the occult and various mystical matters. Tingen University even has a dedicated occult club dedicated to the study of the occult and various matters related to the supernatural and "magic."

But what puzzled and surprised Zhou Mingrui the most was——

"Bicycles, steam trains, cars, airplanes, all sorts of other modes of transportation, even the concepts and ideas of spacecraft, plus all that stuff about Level 4 and Level 6, medical insurance, pension insurance... The university Klein Moretti once attended, the University of Tingen..."

These concepts, these things, made him extremely familiar!
"Could it be that there are other travelers in this world?!"

Isn't he the first one to travel to this world?!

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Located in the northwest corner of Tingen City, next to the huge circus tent at the end of Golden Rose Street, a young man wearing a black hood set up a small tent. On the table in front of him were mirrors, tarot cards and other things.

At this moment, he was enthusiastically inviting the clear-minded yet foolish college students passing by to try the divination game that Emperor Roselle had once promoted.

College students are one of the most important "living people" in Tingen City. As a well-known university city in the northern continent and a place where higher education institutions are located, people walking in this city are either college students or ordinary people who work in areas closely related to the two universities of Hoy and Tingen.

Apparently, many students from all over the world stopped to watch because of the young man's shouting. After asking around and finding out that this was a free divination by a fortune teller's apprentice, the college students stopped in front of the hooded fortune teller's apprentice, holding hands while munching on their pancakes, waiting for the divination results.

Of course, the results were quite wild and unconventional, from calculating "When will I be single?" to the vicious curse "You'll be single for the rest of your life," to "Will my graduation thesis pass?" to the answer "Leave the trash can unlocked, the trash will definitely be filtered out by sifting it," and finally, "What were the answers to the multiple-choice questions in this year's final exam?" to "Your death star is shining in the sky, that's the invigilator's death star"...

The college students were shocked by every answer and dispersed, leaving the fortune teller apprentice who was trying to hold on with his hand to stay with an embarrassed look on his face.

"It seems like we're going to return empty-handed again today."

The fortune teller's apprentice straightened his clothes and sighed.

When he was about to put away the tarot cards on the table, a man wearing a black vest, a formal suit of the same color, a half-top hat, and carrying a paper bag of bread happened to pass by the fortune teller's apprentice who was about to close his stall.

When the fortune teller apprentice saw the person coming, his eyes became extremely dark for a moment, and one transparent and translucent worm after another crawled out of his hands, but quickly returned to his body.

This abnormality did not attract anyone's attention, and the figure carrying the paper bag of bread also did not notice it at all.

The fortune teller's apprentice's eyes instantly returned to clarity and transparency, with a hint of embarrassment.

The fortune-teller apprentice who had just driven away the university students quietly walked over to the young man with a scholarly demeanor who was standing in front of the circus, seemingly watching the clown show and handing out flyers. He suddenly whispered in Zhou Mingrui's ear in an unusually gentle, yet somewhat hoarse, and slightly creepy voice:

"Want a divination?"

Zhou Mingrui was startled and came to his senses subconsciously, and saw a young man wearing a black hood, whose expression could even be described as somewhat immature and shy, talking to him.

"Divination?"

To be honest, Zhou Mingrui was frightened. He wanted to go home as soon as possible to complete the "lucky change ritual" to try out his idea and return to his original world. But when he heard this word, he subconsciously repeated "divination". It was like opening the keyword of a certain memory, and a memory once again broke into his mind.

The word "divination" reminded him of many things in the world related to divination, prophecy, and fortune-telling, such as Tarot cards and the Pen Fairy...

The young man nodded and asked in an expectant tone, "Yes, I can do divination, tarot card divination, star divination, and mirror divination... Ah, if you want to try divination with the Pen Fairy or the Ouija Board, you can't do it during the day, but we can find a dark environment to try..."

The college students who were not far away and had not yet run away suddenly "booed" and expressed their strong condemnation from the bottom of their hearts for the fake fortune teller who kept saying words like "single dog" and "trash can".

Zhou Mingrui, slightly shocked, subconsciously smiled. He ignored the laughter and scolding of the group of college students not far away and said to the fortune teller, "If the price is reasonable."

"No, no, no, it's free. I'm an apprentice, I don't charge any fees... Hehe, this is also for me to gain relevant experience."

The fortune teller apprentice looked at Zhou Mingrui and hurriedly explained.

Zhou Mingrui smiled, but not far away, the college students who hadn't left yet burst into laughter again: "Don't listen to him! This fortune teller is never right!"

"He really doesn't want money! But he should give us money! This is compensation for our mental damage!"

Zhou Mingrui: ...

Zhou Mingrui felt that since it was free, it shouldn't be subject to such negative reviews, at least not at all...

What on earth did he say to offend those college students?
The apprentice fortuneteller's face flushed instantly. Seeing that the teacher in front of him was about to back out, he quickly said, "Like I said, I'm just an apprentice... Some of them want to divine what the topic will be for this year's final exam. You know, most people in Tingen City have, or have had, connections with Hoy and Tingen University..."

"So, I just said that they are about to face a disaster, and there will be a bloody disaster in the near future."

It's not polite to cheat in an exam.

Zhou Mingrui: ...

He always has a feeling that because he is too normal, he sees others as a little abnormal.

Upside down, this world is really upside down.

At the same time, Zhou Mingrui also felt that maybe, it seemed, probably, possible.

There really is a senior time traveler, and this senior time traveler has a close relationship with the city of Tingen.

(End of this chapter)