Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

On the Future, Frank Lee led Klein to his room while enthusiastically promoting his product:

"Mr. Sparrow, would you like some roasted potatoes tonight?"

"Its texture is like beef, its taste is like beef, but it is definitely a potato."

"Will I get sick if I eat this...?" Klein replied coldly.

"No need, I want to get some rest."

"Alright, sweet dreams then." Frank Lee shrugged and turned away with a hint of regret.

After watching Frank Lee leave and closing the door, Klein couldn't help but sigh:

"Everyone here is talented, and they all speak very nicely."

The captain of the Future, Admiral Cattleya, is backed by the Morse Order. However, this also makes her a target of the Hidden Sages, and like Old Neil before her, she teeters on the brink of losing control.

Even if he hadn't pulled her up, what would be standing in front of him now wouldn't be a beautiful woman with an oval face, fair and smooth skin, and wearing a black classical robe, but a monster with hundreds of eyes and hundreds of tentacles, wriggling like a slime.

Frank Lee, the first mate of the Future, is a 'Toxin Expert' with a bounty of 7000 pounds. A former member of the Church of Mother Earth, he is a 'Biologist' with a 'Cultivator' pathway Sequence 6.

From all perspectives, he is a cheerful and kind person with a very devout faith in the Earth Mother Goddess.

The only problem is that he likes to study hybridization—

It wasn't the kind of hybridization like hybrid rice, but rather crossbreeding bulls, cows, and wheat so that calves could grow like wheat. And because of this "hybridization" philosophy, he almost got sent to trial by the Church of the Earth Mother.

At first, Klein felt some sympathy for him, but after hearing his hybridization ideas, he suddenly felt sorry for the Church of the Earth Mother.

The second officer of the Future, Heath Doyle, a "Bloodless" with a bounty of 7600 pounds, is a Sequence 6 "Rose Bishop".

Although Frank Lee said that Heath Doyle was an ordinary person who was accidentally sprayed with a potion made from the extraordinary ingredients of the "Rose Bishop," he was gradually penetrated and survived, eventually becoming a rather peculiar extraordinary being.

Because he didn't go through the "listener" stage, he wasn't corrupted or went insane. As long as he doesn't actively use his extraordinary ability to "listen," he will always remain a normal person.

Theoretically flawless, but...

Klein rubbed his temples. Could this be considered a case of "like father, like son"? Or perhaps, "one is influenced by one's surroundings"?

The planet Captain is on the verge of spiraling out of control, and each of his subordinates poses a significant threat. Of course, it's also possible that Cattleya, due to her own tendency to lose control, feels sympathy for the Extraordinary individuals who are similarly ostracized and at risk of going out of control, which is why she has gathered them under her command.

Although he hadn't consulted the oracle yet, Klein had a feeling that this journey wouldn't be smooth sailing.

So, how about we do a divination first?

The Earl of Hall's luxurious villa in Queens.

Audrey stood behind the white, gold-trimmed railing on the second floor, watching the servants on the first floor come and go, busy with their tasks.

Carula leaned against the soft velvet pillows, lying on the luxurious bed in the bedroom, holding a glass of red wine in her hand, taking sips from time to time.

Audrey glanced at Carula, her eyes filled with helplessness.

She seemed a little lazy.

Carula took a sip of red wine and suddenly asked:

"You seem conflicted?"

"Um."

Audrey nodded silently and said softly:

"The techniques taught by Mr. Fool are indeed effective, but I still can't defeat Gundyr..."

Audrey felt a pang of resentment. Although the 'spectator' approach wasn't particularly adept at combat, and although her repeated defeats hadn't broken her spirit but instead made her stronger, a sense of bitterness still lingered in her heart.

Carula chuckled softly and said lazily:

"Judging from the sequence, Gundyr is a demigod. And you're only Sequence 5 right now, isn't it normal that you can't defeat Gundyr? Or do you think demigods are so easy to deal with?"

Audrey retorted in a low voice:

"But that was a dream."

Karula shook her head and said softly:

"Dreams are the same."

"A demigod is a demigod; he cannot be defeated by ordinary extraordinary beings, not even in a dream."

"To date, only one person has successfully passed Gundyr's trial."

A hint of surprise flashed in Audrey's eyes:

"Only one? Who could it be?"

Many people enter the dream world, but they can be broadly divided into two categories.

One type is vampires, and the other is members of the Tarot Club.

Audrey's first thought was the Tarot Club, not because she had any prejudice against vampires, but because vampires, without the guidance of Mr. Fool, had a lower success rate than the Tarot Club.

But if it's a member of the Tarot Club, who would it be?

Audrey frowned in thought, first ruling out 'The Magician' and 'The Trial'.

Like me, they didn't have much combat experience, and their methods weren't suitable for one-on-one duels.

Immediately afterwards, the "sun" was also ruled out.

Although the "Sun," residing in the land forsaken by the gods, possesses ample combat experience, its own rank is too low.

Similarly, the chances of "The Moon" and "The Hanged Man" are also slim, since they are only Sequence 6.

Audrey felt that the only things that had the best chance of success were "The World" and "The Hermit".

Mr. World was someone she could never understand; she didn't even know his path or sequence.

The "Hermit" woman also gave her a powerful and mysterious aura, probably a Sequence 5 Extraordinary. Even compared to other Sequence 5 Extraordinary, her strength was among the best.

"all in all."

Carol stretched lazily, revealing her perfectly graceful figure, and said in a languid tone:

"You don't need to underestimate yourself. Although you didn't manage to defeat Gundyr, you're still among the top five of everyone who enters the dream. Besides, whether or not you can defeat Gundyr isn't actually that urgent a need for you."

Audrey remained silent, which was absolutely true, since she didn't need to digest the potion.

In theory, she could even advance to Manipulator right now, becoming a Sequence 4 demigod. She could do it even without Karula's help.

Because she didn't lack the extraordinary properties of Sequence 4, nor did she lack potion recipes; what she lacked was only a ritual—

In a specific setting with at least ten thousand people, one takes the potion amidst a profound emotional resonance with them.

The conditions for the ceremony were not easy to meet, but they were not difficult for Audrey either.

For example, she could easily pay to invite a famous singer to hold a concert in Backlund, which would be free for all attendees. This would make it very easy to organize a concert for tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people.

And when the performance reaches its climax, the audience's emotions resonate with it...

The only challenge in organizing such a concert lies in its extremely high cost, amounting to at least hundreds of thousands of pounds. For most people, this is a fortune they could never earn in a lifetime.

But for Audrey, 100,000 pounds was a lot, but she could barely afford it.

Well, barely.

In theory, the total value of her inheritance is only 300,000 gold pounds, and her annual income is only 20,000 gold pounds.

But Audrey never tried to do that; she knew it wasn't the right time yet, even though she didn't know exactly when it would be.

But for now, once she becomes a demigod, she will be unable to enter the dream world.

This was clearly unacceptable to Audrey, who was eager to uncover the past of the Ember. Her haste to defeat Gundyr stemmed from her desire to know what the Ember had experienced in the past…

Carula seemed to see through her thoughts and said:

"If you're hoping to understand his past through dreams, you don't need to."

"Huh?" Audrey paused for a moment, then hesitated.

"But isn't what the dream shows the past of the embers?"

Carla blinked and said with a smile:

"I never said that."

"In fact, everything shown in the dream was not constructed by me."

"But Karula, aren't you the creator of dreams?"

Audrey was increasingly puzzled and looked at her with some doubt.

"Well, let's put it that way."

Karula, resting her chin on her hand, gave an example:

"I was only responsible for setting up the scene, but the one who actually designed this scene was the King's Soul. Or rather, it originated from a part of history that was reproduced within the King's Soul. But this part of history may not belong to the Ember. Or rather, it may not all belong to him."

Audrey seemed to understand something, and then, drawing inferences from one instance to another, asked:

"For example, the fact that you're the Fire Keeper?"

Carla's face stiffened, and she looked at Audrey expressionlessly, emphasizing:

"I am the Fire Keeper!"

Audrey didn't argue with Carula about this, but hesitated before asking:

"Kalura, where exactly did the Embers go?"

Carla was silent for two seconds, then gently shook her head:

"I have no idea."

She knew Audrey was asking about the embers, but she didn't really know.

If she had known, she wouldn't have needed to wait around for Audrey to come to her.

Audrey became increasingly puzzled:

"Why wouldn't you know?"

Karula said softly:

"I only know he's not in the present, but I don't know if he's in the past or the future."

The girl's bright, jewel-like green eyes suddenly widened.

At this moment, even though she was already a "Dream Walker" of the "Audience" pathway Sequence 5, she could hardly control her expression.

-

in the afternoon.

Klein, aboard the "Future," entered the lavatory and ascended above the gray fog.

The Tarot Club members are summoned on time.

On either side of the mottled, ancient bronze table, blurry figures stretched and lengthened within a cluster of deep red light, then settled into place. The surroundings remained as quiet and empty as ever, as if no living being had ever entered them for millennia.

Good afternoon, Mr. Fool.

Audrey's light and cheerful voice, "Justice," quickly echoed throughout the magnificent palace supported by its stone pillars.

Klein smiled and nodded, watching as the members exchanged simple greetings under the guidance of Miss Justice.

"Mr. Fool".

"Justice," Audrey said respectfully.

"I've also found three more pages of Emperor Roselle's diary."

"The long-awaited diary segment."

Klein raised an eyebrow, his mood suddenly brightening.

Holding the three pages of Roselle's diary, Klein didn't read them as eagerly as usual. After all, he had already touched and used a level 0 sealed artifact, witnessed what the 'uniqueness' of an extraordinary path looked like, and effectively intimidated such a divine artifact. He believed that no matter what Emperor Roselle wrote, it would be difficult to shock him too much.

"Unless he is temporarily transformed into a woman by a powerful individual with unique abilities..."

Klein chuckled to himself, casually reading the tan parchment in his hand:

"On April 1st, He contacted me again, in a dream."

"This time, I finally saw his true form!"

"Well, it's smaller than I expected."

"When I first saw Him in the abyss, He was fighting a life-or-death battle with the dark side of the universe."

"At that time, He was almost like a continuous mountain range, with no end in sight. I even felt like I was seeing the World Serpent! Yeah, I mean Jormungandr, not that bug Kass."

"But when I saw His true form this time, I realized that He was actually very 'small'."

"He hovered in the lava like a small mountain."

"His enormous snake head was pointed at me, looking incredibly ferocious, but I surprisingly felt a sense of familiarity with it."

"Until He turned his head..."

"He turned the snake's head around, revealing a gigantic human face formed by the compressed scales on its back!"

"Damn! That's disgusting!"

Klein's eyelids twitched as he read, and he almost couldn't hold back when he saw this sentence.

That was a god!

So, Your Majesty, this is your first thought? Are you really not afraid of getting beaten to death?

"In short, that face tells me that He is Laqad."

"In the long struggle, He was always suppressed by the serpent's body and could only become its vassal."

"But after He successfully devoured the dark side of the universe, He and the Immortal Serpent achieved a balance."

"That's why I was able to stand before Him and communicate with Him; otherwise, I would have been devoured by Him from the very beginning. It sounds strange, but I don't think He was lying. A god, no matter how ugly, is still a god and has no reason to deceive a mortal like me."

"He told me that He had an enemy from the same place as Him. This enemy had been manipulating and playing with His body, and He had driven Him to destroy countless gods (I think he was exaggerating in this part)."

"And now, He wants to break free from this control, so He has come to me for help."

"Although I don't quite understand why a god would need the help of a mortal like me, I still asked Him."

Who is your enemy?

"He told me that the person was His sister."

"Laney, Princess of the Moon."

"Lani? Lakad?"

Klein frowned slightly:

"The Moon Princess? In my memory, there are only two deities associated with the moon: the Goddess of the Night, who symbolizes the Crimson Moon, and Lilith, the progenitor of the vampires who once ruled the Crimson Moon. Could this Lani be the legendary progenitor of the vampires, Lilith?"

Klein thought it was unlikely, but then another chilling guess suddenly occurred to him:

"No, there's actually another possibility—"

"The Primitive Moon!"