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"Hmm, speaking of which, if Ancient Sun God is really my elder brother, then shouldn't I also call Adam and True Creator 'brother'?"
As Lin Ruo thought, his brows furrowed again.
Honestly, Lin Ruo's favorability towards the Silver City Creator was not low. After all, even if he didn't mention the Creator's healing of him, just the fact that he confronted many Ancient Gods back then, led the Human Race out of the fate of being enslaved and confined, and helped them rise again, was enough for Lin Ruo, who had always firmly stood with the Human Race, to give him a thumbs up.
But Adam and True Creator… Lin Ruo pursed his lips, recalling his experiences in Tingen before his memories recovered.
Although it now seemed that Adam genuinely had no ill intentions—after all, that silly snake, Ouroboros, clearly had a deep relationship with him, and even if summoned, probably wouldn't do anything to him—still… it was really infuriating.
Especially when he thought about how Adam, back then, had declared, "This is a necessary sacrifice," and then, along with Amon and Blood Emperor, stewed Medici, even if he knew there might be hidden reasons, Lin Ruo still felt even angrier.
He truly had no fondness for such individuals who possessed only divinity and no humanity.
As for True Creator, there was even less to say. Although Lin Ruo had taken over True Creator's Aurora Order branch in Backlund and gained the identity of a True Creator Favor, he wouldn't Favor True Creator because of this small Favor.
Because the Aurora Order had committed far too many atrocities over the years, and True Creator had caused many tragedies. You could say this was because True Creator was mad, but… Lin Ruo still couldn't accept it.
You could say Lin Ruo was heartless, or hypocritical, freeloading off True Creator while saying no to him, but Lin Ruo's stance on such matters had always been very difficult to shake.
Or rather, the current True Creator was not enough to make him waver.
Lin Ruo never considered himself a good person, nor did he deny his selfish motives, which was why he would evade the matter of Medici achieving godhood. But he also had his bottom line and principles.
For people whose relationship wasn't good enough to sway him, the maximum extent Lin Ruo could tolerate was probably similar to the Evernight Goddess in the original work, who, for the survival of Earth, tacitly allowed or even promoted war, sacrificing a small number of people.
Lin Ruo was very rational, even ruthless, in this regard. Just as he chose to stand by when facing the matter of Megose, Lin Ruo clearly understood that if a portion of people had to be sacrificed to save more, then unnecessary kindness would only lead to everyone dying together.
And what he understood even more clearly was that he, who thought and chose in such a way, was never a good person.
Therefore, Lin Ruo never claimed to be a good person.
If he had to be categorized into a nine-square alignment chart, Lin Ruo felt he was most likely Chaotic Good or Chaotic Neutral, but definitely not Lawful Good.
Ultimately, he was just an ordinary person, with great love and selfish motives, capable of double standards and favoritism.
He was not a Saint, nor did he want to be a Saint.
"Speaking of which, my biggest dream was clearly to be a happy Xian Yu who could read books every day and occasionally go out with friends…" Thinking of his increasingly distant dream, Lin Ruo chuckled self-deprecatingly, then thought of something else, looked at Klein, and said:
"Also, I'm not very clear about what just happened in the Gray Fog. My memories regarding that haven't recovered yet. I just intuitively felt I should come to this Gray Fog. The only thing I can be sure of is that I've probably used this Gray Fog more than once to suppress my madness and divinity. Perhaps some of my contingencies are left here, too."
Lin Ruo knew Klein wanted to ask about what just happened but was a bit hesitant, so he simply confessed proactively, saving them both embarrassment.
At the same time, Lin Ruo was subtly reminding Klein that he should still be wary of Sefirah Castle.
After all, who knew what schemes his past self had.
Even if his past self hadn't set up any contingencies, Sefirah Castle was, after all, once the Celestial Worthy's. Even in the original work, Amon, in his "Celestial Worthy state," could ascend to Sefirah Castle with its help, let alone now that Lin Ruo had discovered a suspected Celestial Worthy who was a troublemaker. Of course, he had to remind Klein to be careful.
What if, due to his butterfly effect in this world, the Celestial Worthy hadn't completely died and left a hidden hand on Sefirah Castle, just waiting to backstab Klein when his Sequence was high in the future? With a prior warning, he wouldn't be caught off guard in the future.
Lin Ruo had never relaxed his guard against old schemers like the Celestial Worthy, who were dead but not stiff.
"I understand." Klein frowned, clearly receiving the hidden message in Lin Ruo's words.
"Oh, right…" Lin Ruo remembered something else, gave a greeting, and said, "The Unshadowed Crucifix… that cross, if you need to use it, you can always borrow it from me. But don't just randomly divine with it. It was once an accessory of the Silver City Creator, and later, when the Silver City Creator died, it was stained with his blood. Normal divination is fine, but if you really try to trace its origins, you probably can't handle it right now. If you want to court death, at least wait until you're a demigod!"
"Ah…" Klein was stunned for a moment. Hearing the first part of Lin Ruo's words, he instinctively marveled at the cross's origin, no wonder it could trigger Lin Ruo's memories. But hearing the latter part, Klein's expression gradually turned strange.
"You're overthinking it, aren't you? I'm not someone who doesn't know what's important; how could I court death like that… Besides, other than that one time I spied on Eternal Blazing Sun, I haven't courted death, have I? What you're saying makes it sound like I court death every day." Klein said with slight dissatisfaction.
"Heh heh." Lin Ruo merely sneered in response.
He couldn't be sure about other things, but he was certainly sure about Klein's boldness and curiosity.
Don't look at how Klein had only courted death once so far; that was because he was watching, and there was no material. If he had more material on hand, Lin Ruo was sure that if he didn't remind him, Klein would dare to divine True God tomorrow.
Although such divination wasn't entirely a bad thing—after all, he could freeload information and improve his resistance—thinking of the time he was implicated, Lin Ruo still felt that such things should be as few as possible!
If it really didn't work, then a gradual approach, starting from ordinary demigods, then Angel rank, and then True God and Outer Deities, would be fine!
Directly divining True God, who the hell could handle that?!
Lin Ruo inwardly complained, his thoughts suddenly jumping to the previous sentence.
Wait, gradual approach?
Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow, looking at Klein, and suddenly felt this might be a good idea.
Klein would have to contend with the Celestial Worthy in the future, so his mental resistance still needed to be high. Simply stopping him from courting death wasn't a solution either.
Otherwise, why don't I just find him things to divine, from low to high, and properly train his mental resistance?
Anyway, Gray Fog has high resistance. As long as it's not directly divining Outer Deities related matters right now, he can generally handle it.
Lin Ruo pinched his chin, feeling that this matter had some potential.
He suddenly looked at Klein, and under the latter's instantly wary gaze, said with a smile:
"Klein, there's something I want to discuss with you."
He was a democratic teacher; even if he was going to do it, of course, he had to discuss it with his student.
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