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If Lin Ruo had shown such obvious flaws in front of Roselle in the past, it was naturally intentional.
There was no particular reason; to put it simply, it was one word—play!
Lin Ruo was deliberately teasing Roselle, wanting to see Roselle's reaction in such a situation. Anyway, for him, it didn't matter whether he exposed his Transmigration identity in front of Roselle or not. The reason he didn't tell the other party directly was just for the convenience of future persecution. Since it was all persecution, he naturally didn't mind changing the method of persecution; this way, he might even get the best of both worlds.
It could be said that, although they had only known each other for a short time, Roselle truly had a deep understanding of Lin Ruo in certain aspects.
It was under these circumstances that Roselle's Escape from the Small Black Room Operation began, which can be summarized as follows—
July 1st, Roselle didn't escape.
July 2nd, Roselle still didn't escape.
July 3rd, Roselle still didn't escape, and he was beaten by Lin Ruo for maliciously damaging the books in the small black room.
July 4th, Roselle discovered a letter left by a Senior. It was unsigned, and after a quick scan, he found that this Senior who left the diary seemed to be the one who helped Lin Ruo complete the small black room.
The Senior was also locked in the small black room by Lin Ruo for delaying their manuscript. Out of regret, they decided to leave something behind to help future generations, so they wrote this letter, and the method to escape the small black room was attached to the back of the letter.
Roselle fell into thought after reading the letter, and finally quietly hid it.
July 5th, Roselle continued to explore the small black room and discovered a room with a very asymmetrical aesthetic in its decoration style.
His historical knowledge told him that this was a typical construction style of the fourth epoch Solomon Empire. However, what made Roselle silent was that after careful study, he found that given the specifications of the decorations in this room, only the Emperor of the Solomon Empire would be qualified to live here.
Could it be that Lin Ruo had even persecuted an Emperor?
At that time, even though he didn't know that the Solomon Empire had only ever had one Emperor, and he was a Sequence 0, he only thought the other party was an ordinary Emperor. Roselle still couldn't help but tremble, and instantly felt his future become even darker.
If even an Emperor couldn't avoid Lin Ruo's Expediting , what Sequence would he have to advance to before he wouldn't be afraid of Lin Ruo?
Roselle fell into self-isolation.
July 6th, Roselle recovered his motivation and continued to explore the small black room, discovering a room that was suspected to have been occupied by someone who believed in the True Creator.
Are there still cultists writing novels these days?
Roselle felt his horizons broaden.
July 7th, Roselle decided to give up exploring and try to use the Senior's method to escape the small black room.
July 8th, the attempt unexpectedly succeeded, and Roselle escaped from the small black room.
"It… it's actually real?"
Looking at the familiar manor before him, Roselle couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
He hadn't actually expected to succeed, after all, finding a letter left by a Senior in the small black room and obtaining a method to escape—it sounded problematic no matter how you heard it.
Roselle had already prepared for the method to be fake, for his escape to fail, and for Lin Ruo to mock him mercilessly. The reason he still decided to try in such a situation was simply that he truly had no other options, and he was unwilling to actually listen to Lin Ruo and honestly write. So, he tried with the mindset of "what if it really works," and he actually escaped?
"Hahahahahahaha!"
Roselle couldn't help but burst into laughter, laughing until his stomach hurt a little. Just then, someone unexpectedly applauded nearby, and then Lin Ruo's familiar voice rang out:
"Congratulations on escaping!"
His laughter stopped abruptly. Roselle almost immediately looked vigilantly in the direction of the voice, only to see Lin Ruo appear there silently, leaning lazily against a tree. His expression showed neither anger nor surprise, but rather still carried a gentle, harmless smile.
"You said before that if I could escape, you wouldn't be able to catch me back," Roselle said quickly. He didn't want to be caught back into the small black room right after escaping.
"Of course, I'm not someone who would go back on my word. I'll let you off this time," the past Lin Ruo nodded indifferently, smiling.
Roselle immediately let out a sigh of relief, then realized something and asked, "What do you mean 'this time'?"
"You guess," the past Lin Ruo drawled.
Damn it! This guy will definitely catch me back into the small black room again in the future!
Roselle's expression darkened, and he saw Lin Ruo raise his hand and throw something over. He subconsciously reached out and caught it, finding that it was an exquisite ancient silver coin.
"What is this?" Roselle asked suspiciously.
"The Coin of Destiny, a mystical item at the Sequence 5 level. Its usage is to toss the silver coin. If it lands heads up, it will bring you great luck for a period of time. If it lands tails up, you will encounter an ordinary misfortune," the past Lin Ruo explained casually. "If the silver coin stands on its edge, congratulations, your next coin toss will definitely be heads."
"Consider this my advance payment for your manuscript. I think you'll need it."
Roselle's eyes lit up. Such an item that could bring luck was rare even in the Church, a hot commodity that no one would earn too much from.
However, despite his excitement, Roselle still calmly asked, "What is its negative effect?"
"There is no negative effect, or rather, the misfortune brought by tossing tails is its negative effect," the past Lin Ruo did not hide anything, explaining, "Oh, and a reminder, the process of tossing the coin cannot be interfered with by external forces. Don't think about cheating."
"So if I'm very unlucky, won't I have misfortune every time?" Roselle immediately grasped the key point, frowning.
"Yes, so please use it carefully. But don't worry, the misfortune it can bring is not severe, and it's not equivalent to the luck. At most, it's enough to make you unfortunately break your leg while walking on the road. If you are sharp enough, you can completely avoid it," the past Lin Ruo smiled, then waved his hand without waiting for Roselle's reply, saying:
"I still have some things to do, so I'll be leaving first. See you later." And then he actually left.
"He didn't even urge my manuscript… there's something wrong," Roselle, however, didn't feel relaxed at all; instead, he frowned.
...
"The sun shines high, Little Red smiles at me, the crow says 'early, early, early,' today I'm going to urge manuscripts!"
"I'm going to urge manuscripts, Amen doesn't know, one blunt strike, into the backpack, when Amen wakes up, he'll be in the black room!"
Humming a song adapted from a true story, Lin Ruo unhurriedly tidied up the room that once belonged to a Senior who preferred to remain anonymous. Then, he pulled out a stack of envelopes from his spatial equipment, casually drew one, and tucked it into a corner of the room.
—The letter was indeed written by that anonymous Senior, and the method to escape the small black room was not fake; it was personally researched by that person back then.
Lin Ruo had merely added a little psychological cue to these letters; anyone who read the letter and actually implemented the escape plan would be inspired to write.
That was all.
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