Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 314 313 Precognitive Dream

This is a storm made of lightning.

The earth was scorched, and all the trees were chopped into charcoal. Thick bolts of lightning fell densely from the sky, illuminating the entire sky. The shock that reached even the spirits made all those who faced the lightning tremble and unable to walk. They could only stand there, their legs limp, staring blankly at the lightning falling from the sky.

The lightning seemed intent on turning all the blasphemers into charred remains.

"boom--"

The earth trembled violently amidst the continuous buzzing of the sky. Klein and Fors had already grabbed candles before the first lightning bolt struck, using ritual magic to dodge this scene that resembled a natural disaster.

The darkness, which they had prayed to the goddess of night for, barely enveloped them, preventing them from becoming the next targets of this curse.

This is one of the few candles that can still be lit after some simple salvage.

So, these lightning bolts can only strike those monsters; once they strike those monsters, they can't strike them.

Even so, the countless tiny electric snakes darting around them still made Fors and Klein's hair stand on end, their clothes carbonized, and they looked quite disheveled.

After being baptized by two spells, Fors's health points are now reduced to a mere 23, barely passing the mark. Klein is in a slightly better position, but still only has 31 points.

This is a high-risk value where a slight mistake could result in being kicked out of the examination room. Even under the protection of ritual magic, they must leave this area baptized by lightning as soon as possible.

The identical "Anderson Hoods" behind him were the main targets of this divine punishment. Lightning bolts struck down from the sky as if they were free, as if they had a deep-seated hatred for those monsters and wished they could whip their corpses several times after killing them.

Klein seemed to hear a roar, but the sound was too distant and too illusory. He assumed it was just a hallucination caused by listening to lightning strikes for too long.

In fact, once mental energy drops to a certain level, auditory and visual hallucinations are very likely to occur. Pedigru and Cohen had explained this to Klein.

"In the examination room, the numerical mental value represents the level of mental stability of the extraordinary individual. People with a high level of stability are less likely to lose control and are unlikely to experience auditory or visual hallucinations. However, as the mental value decreases, extraordinary individuals will experience various mental problems. They will see things they cannot see normally and hear malicious voices. Don't pay attention to those things, even if they are related to you..."

Even with lightning paving the way, there are still quite a few "Anderson Hood" types getting close to them.

They were either crawling on all fours or running fast, their faces gradually melting in the light of the lightning, with countless buds of flesh growing on their faces, blurring their facial features, and their bodies changing in the flashes of lightning.

Their faces were deformed, their bodies were deformed, and they were still learning, imitating the previous actions and thought patterns of Klein and Fors.

Although these monsters did not find Klein and Fors, who were secretly protected by the power of the night, this shocking scene alone was enough to cause their mental values ​​to drop significantly.

At this moment, Fors's mental value was 41 points, and Klein's was 37 points, both approaching the 20 mark.

“These things are imitating us.”

Fors glanced back briefly, and what she saw sent chills down her spine.

She saw several "Fors" with distorted and bizarre faces, each with a strange smile welded to their lips, being struck by lightning and turned into charred remains. They lay on the ground, convulsing, and died.

Imagine someone who looks exactly like you dying right in front of you. Even if you know that the other person is just a monster that has transformed into your appearance, your feelings would still be somewhat complicated.

I have some phantom limb pain...

Fors felt that her whole body was numb.

"It's somewhat like the extraordinary ability of Sequence 6 of the Diviner's Path."

While protecting the candle in his hand, Klein quickly communicated with Fors beside him.

Sequence 6 of the Diviner's Path, the potion is called Faceless Man.

Faceless Men possess exceptional disguise abilities and are masters of imitation. This sequence of extraordinary abilities helps extraordinary individuals quickly adjust their height, appearance, posture, and possess even better imitation and disguise skills.

Faceless people blending into the crowd are almost impossible to identify by humans. After taking on someone else's face, they can silently disguise themselves and lie in wait, which is something a qualified faceless person is extremely good at.

Given that Faceless Man has a clear understanding of the impersonator's situation, perhaps only a discerning viewer can discern traces of Faceless Man's existence in the smallest details.

Klein took a moment to tell Fors, "Let's try not to separate. If we do separate, and then we meet..."

Boom——!
A bolt of lightning struck the sky, right in front of Klein and Fors.

The candles symbolizing "secrecy" in their hands were completely extinguished by the lightning and electricity. In an instant, the two lost the protection of the secret power. The "Klein," "Fors," and "Anderson" behind them all looked over, then smiled and quickly approached them.

The closer they got to them, the more closely these "Klein" and "Fors" drew their faces, expressions, and figures.

These items are now almost identical replicas of theirs.

"run--!"

Klein and Fors took off running, trying to get out of the area covered by the "vortex" of Black Vortex Town before the monster.

But lightning strikes indiscriminately, and after losing their cover, Klein and Fors also became targets of the lightning.

Therefore, after barely dodging several lightning bolts that were so dangerous they would have been roasted to a crisp if they hit them, they naturally got separated amidst the increasingly dense lightning storms.

The lightning that fell from the sky was wild and violent; compared to the power of the spell Fors used last time, the effect of this spell was clearly more terrifying.

The dense, continuous bolts of lightning in the sky were like awakened wild beasts, striking down indiscriminately, a truly terrifying sight.

Klein and Fors fled separately, having to use rocks, dead trees, and other monsters to fend off the lightning strikes. Even though the main targets were still the more numerous monsters, Klein and Fors still found it difficult and suffocating.

When Klein finally emerged from the edge of the lightning storm, his clothes and exposed skin were completely blackened, making him look utterly disheveled.

Klein's health was stuck at the dangerous and deadly limit of 21.

He was almost kicked out of the exam room, and it's unknown how many points he would have scored if he hadn't escaped.

Of course, Klein wasn't killed on the spot, and he just happened to be there at the perfect moment, perhaps because he's the "King of Yellow and Black who holds the key to good fortune"...

Klein coughed a few times and saw that Fors, who was also covered in charred soot, had already climbed out of the dense storm of lightning before him.

"Moretti, cough cough, you're out too."

Fors's health and sanity were almost depleted, and she looked extremely disheveled.

She gave Klein a strained smile. "Ahead, phew, that's the normal forest. We should be able to leave soon..."

boom.

Before Fors could finish speaking, Klein, who had somehow gotten hold of the revolver in his hand, fired a bullet that struck Fors squarely between the eyebrows as he struggled to approach him.

Fors stared at Klein in disbelief. "You, for..." Before she could finish her sentence, she was met with a barrage of bullets.

The bullet pierced Fors' body, sending up a spray of blood.

Fors slowly collapsed, her smile and astonishment barely forming on her face before Klein killed her on the spot.

Klein panted heavily for a few moments before walking over and kicking Fors' body. Seeing that Fors didn't move, he let out a soft sigh.

The moment Klein saw Fors, he felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

The person in front of them was not Fors, but a monster disguised as Fors Wall, just like Anderson Hood who had appeared before them before.

And this feeling, this sense of déjà vu...

Klein looked at his slightly trembling hands, pursed his lips, and clenched his fist in confusion.

He seems to have always...

For some reason, Klein felt as if he had always been in this kind of environment.
Is it because his mental state has dropped too drastically, causing him to experience numerous hallucinations and be on the verge of losing control?

-

In Euclidean space.

Nikolai nudged Tang, who was fast asleep in the rocking chair.

"The 'Black Vortex Town' examination hall is closed and is about to enter the real world, Tang."

Tang was pushed and mumbled a few words, pulling the blanket over his face. Nikolai pushed Tang again, and Tang muttered to himself, his hair standing on end, before lifting the blanket from his face and sitting up.

Tang, still half-asleep, stared blankly at Nikolai, whose face was full of helplessness. After a few seconds, having obtained the information he wanted from the spirit world, he slowly said, "Ah, it's over."

"In the end, only Klein cleared the game, which is understandable."

He squinted as he sat up from the rocking chair, clutching a pillow he'd somehow gotten his hands on, his head drooping as if he'dn't woken up yet.

I don't know where a Sequence 1 Angel King gets so much sleep.

After rocking back and forth in the rocking chair until Nikolai's smile was about to falter and he was about to sigh and leave, Tang finally stood up. "My Mysterious Servant Potion has been completely digested."

His hair was a mess. He scratched his face and found that there were still marks left on his face from when he had just fallen asleep. He could only rub his face and then snap his fingers to fulfill his wish, making all the red marks on his hair and face disappear.

After finishing all this, Tang glanced at the situation in the Euclid space and looked at the few remaining examination halls still in progress. "And, perhaps because of this, I had a very interesting dream."

"Dream?"

Nikolai looked at Don, his brows furrowing slightly: "A symbolic dream?"

For extraordinary individuals at this level, especially those with authority in the field of divination and prophecy, precognitive dreams are one way they obtain information from the spirit world. However, some precognitive dreams cannot be obtained through ordinary divination and prophecy.

For example, it involves the deeper future, and the dreams of many great beings.

"Yes."

Tang closed his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips, revealing an approachable and harmless expression.

"I dreamt of the moment when this world would end..."

"The stars have returned to their places, and the old days have come."

The dreams of those in high positions are bound to be vague. Even now, he can't remember the specific details of his dream. This dream may be symbolized by the mysterious lord's "beacon of destiny" and influenced by the supreme being's "destiny."

"However, I saw a few people."

"people?"

Nikolai was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, but that's not entirely accurate."

Tang took a mirror out from the cracks in history.

He gently touched the mirror in his hand, and the surface of the mirror immediately rippled like water.

"Arods, prepare yourself, your great master may be coming for you soon."

He casually tossed the mirror back into the mists of history, then looked at Nikolai, who was waiting for him to continue, and smiled as he began to speak:
"Using a few people to describe it wouldn't be enough to explain what I saw... Well, to describe it with my senses, it would be a kind of grotesque Frankenstein's monster that's a bit disgusting."

"It's a Frankenstein's monster, a combination of several people—mentally, spiritually, and spiritually—stitched together. It's mixed with so many things that the main body is also a mess and hard to see clearly. But there's a kind of aura about it that I really dislike. Just like I said before, I see a symbol of destruction in it."

"The fourth pillar?"

Nikolai looked at Tang, a hint of seriousness appearing between his brows. "You dreamed of the birth of the Fourth Pillar?"

This is not a good sign.

"If we interpret this precognitive dream in a broad symbolic sense, it should be this."

Tang looked at the several exam halls that were still not finished, tilted his head, and pondered, "But what I don't understand is, the three paths of Night, Death, and War should all eventually be in the hands of the Goddess of Night, the Red Priestess should be in our hands in the future, and the Witch should be in Qike's hands. Who put all these things together?"

That doesn't make much sense.

"So, Nikola, go and check on Intis afterwards."

He said slowly, "The dream was blurry, but it should be related to Intis... Didn't some puppets find a strange child there before? Find an opportunity to replace everyone around that child with puppets or your clones, and see what's going on."

As a top fortune teller, Tang had a premonition that the Fourth Pillar and Intis were connected to the strange child the Puppets had recently discovered who had the feeling of being the "destined one".

In particular, the emergence of the fourth pillar...

A strange precognitive dream, a strange story unfolding—this future seems to defy any predetermined path of development.

Tang felt he needed to ask about the "future," a question he felt was inextricably linked to the Ring of Fate and the higher-dimensional observers.

Perhaps it's also related to the appearance of this strange "reborn" Triss Chick.

(End of this chapter)