Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

Aside from some everyday musings, Kurt only managed to glean these somewhat useful pieces of information.

A perfect world? Could such a country really exist in the world, unless all its citizens are secret puppets... Kurt felt a headache coming on as he looked at the incoherent handwriting.

So in the end, Cole Bard believed in the existence of this kingdom, and he even found evidence—were those newspapers? Considering that Cole is likely a member of the "Cult of Nothingness," and that the path this cult possesses is related to my Source Material, it's very possible that his Source Material had a previous owner!

Did He or He create this kingdom to play a role or ascend to higher realms? Therefore, history was altered, and a true God appeared, or even an ancient being...

It could also be my past life, and now I am "myself's" backup plan. Of course, I might also be, like Klein, a backup plan from a great being. That would be troublesome…

But if such an existence really existed, and its followers have even survived to this day, the history in Kurt's original memories is no different from the history published in the original work. Moreover, the recent tarot meeting's discussion of history has basically not deviated from the original work. The only discordant element is the addition of two organizations.

However, their size was not even enough to attract the attention of the church, and they first appeared only a hundred or two hundred years ago...

Kurt's breathing became slightly heavy. He was a little scared. Although he had thought of this the moment he learned about the existence of Source Matter and had prepared himself to fight against a great being... but now that the moment had come, he began to feel a deep-seated fear. He didn't want to become cold, insane, and bloodthirsty, nor did he want to be replaced and see everything he loved as ants and lambs...

Kurt instinctively touched the "divine gift," and the warmth of life soothed his somewhat flustered emotions, allowing Kurt to regain his composure.

All of this is just speculation, and we still need to support it with facts. Later, we can exchange history with Little Sun and also actively collect Russell's diary. Maybe the Great Emperor will know something.

It's best not to mention too much hidden history in the diary given to Klein afterward, as the "Fool" might find flaws by comparing the diary entries or mislead Klein.

Kurt, who had planned to reveal some history of the Fourth Age at the next Tarot reading, retracted the idea and decided to write another page of his romantic history instead…

Try to contact the people of the "Cult of Nothingness" or investigate their situation to find out which being they believe in... Of course, this needs to be done very carefully. Kurt silently set a goal, which has a gathering effect, so it shouldn't be too difficult.

He also needs to speed up his promotion. While this might accelerate the possible resurrection of "that person," it would also increase the probability of Kurt winning. Furthermore, the aggregation effect might also kill Kurt. Kurt's intuition tells him that if he doesn't speed up his promotion, he will die even faster!

After making his decision, Kurt began to carefully examine the cut-out newspapers.

"To explore the rationale behind Russell the Great's concept of dimension, Russell Gustave proposed a famous conjecture, calling the space we live in four-dimensional spacetime, consisting of three spatial dimensions plus one time dimension. He also coined the term 'dimension'..."

This is a newspaper article discussing Russell's spacetime theory, featuring discussions and personal opinions from several prominent scientists.

Kurt read it once and remembered a scientist named Perkelami Jimmy, a scientist from Intis whose theory was closest to the "Nihilism Cult".

"Time is like a thread that connects the past and the future. It has always existed, and the passage of time is merely our consciousness crossing this thread. Everything is already predetermined."

Fatalism? Unfortunately, the doctrine of nihilism is that the past, future, and present can be altered.

Kurt then read other newspapers, including one discussing the construction of an ideal world. Some people believed that people should be divided into different classes from birth and have their future plans predetermined, so that society could function smoothly.

Some believe that a world where one can live comfortably without working and only enjoy pleasure is a perfect world...

Another viewpoint is that everyone can develop freely, freely choose the life they want, a world without war, evil, or death, where they can do whatever they want and simply experience the meaning and joy of life. His viewpoint was criticized by several other commentators as wishful thinking and as a term created by Russell that implied insufficient productivity.

Unfortunately, this discussion was anonymous. It seems the newspaper simply collected this information and put it in a column, then invited some so-called commentators to evaluate it.

Finally, there are some reports about the many new species discovered in recent centuries.

Kurt wrote down these details, and after using divination to confirm that the notebook was not too dangerous, he took it in his hand.

I wonder if Lori has seen it... Kurt thought for a moment and checked the bookshelf again. After confirming that there was nothing else unusual, he straightened up and began to observe other places.

Finally, Kurt went to the desk and found a picture frame lying on it. Kurt frowned and picked it up to look at it.

This photo was a gift from a photo studio called Yuanyang Photo Studio, which is not far from here. The support part of the frame is damaged for some reason, so it is lying on the table.

The relatively recent photo features three people: Lori, Kurt, and Cole. The photo was taken when Kurt was 16, to celebrate Lori's coming of age.

In the photo, Kurt, whose face still looked somewhat youthful, placed his hands on the shoulders of his sister, who was only up to his chest, and smiled brightly. Looking at that handsome face with its distinct features, Kurt sighed slightly: "If only I had been this handsome in my past life. It's not very useful in this mysterious world."

Eighteen-year-old Lori had a black ponytail and wore a sky-blue dress. She had the same dark eyes as Kurt, but her expression was indifferent, her pretty face coldly staring ahead. Kurt remembered that Lori hadn't wanted to wear this dress that day...

Cole was a serious-looking middle-aged man, a little shorter than Kurt, with a clean mustache and sharp facial features like Kurt's. He smiled and glanced sideways at Kurt and Lori.

Kurt chuckled, running his fingers along the edge of the photo frame. Both Kurt and Lori had a copy of this photo in their rooms; there shouldn't be any problem...

But guessing it belonged to a role-playing group, Kurt still carefully checked it over. Finally, he noticed a slight bulge in the lower right corner of the photo. Kurt immediately and carefully opened the frame, took out the photo, and found a small note tucked underneath it...

Kurt picked it up and looked at it, then gasped in shock. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his breathing became heavy again.

The note contained a name written in Hermes.

"Variables outside the boundary of a constant,"

"Those who return home against the tide of change."

"You are the reflection of the law, the crack of truth."

"lunar."