"A try."
"Tr… try?"
Xia Ai'er couldn't help but repeat it in his heart.
If he hadn't read Lord of the Mysteries, he almost would have believed it.
No… he was even a little suspicious now, who exactly had the problem?
"Your Excellency, your try is over, can you let us go back now?"
Audrey was equally hurt by this absurd reason. She glanced at the gentleman who sounded a bit flustered, took a deep breath, and tried her best to show an impeccable smile.
In a short period, Xia Ai'er resolved the language issue and checked the plug-in he had installed multiple times. No matter how he perceived it, this plug-in was installed by his own hands, bearing his spiritual aura and divine imprint. Its core revolved around the transfer talisman that connected him to the Gray Mist, even containing Arrodes's power. This couldn't possibly be a forgery.
Xia Ai'er stared stiffly, a deathly silence making the atmosphere, which had been somewhat eased by the 'mysterious person' proactively speaking, become rigid again. Zhou Mingrui was directly held by Xia Ai'er; he still needed to maintain his mysterious persona. Could he continue to explain two more sentences?
If you don't ask, how am I supposed to say it!!!
"Your Excellency, your try is over, can you let us go back now?"
Ultimately, it was the brave Miss Hall who stepped forward. Although she was also frightened by the mysterious person's casual attitude, she still tried her best to show a perfect polite smile, asking with some trepidation.
Although Alger also wanted to ease the atmosphere, seeing a lady speak, he was happy to let her initiate the topic and reduce his own presence.
Zhou Mingrui didn't immediately answer the young girl's question this time, because he suddenly sensed something. The three figures before him were somewhat illusory, like projections of three crimson stars. He could clearly perceive the connection these people had established with the three crimson stars, and he vaguely felt that as long as this connection was severed, they would return.
While Zhou Mingrui gained some insights due to Xia Ai'er's subtle connection with the crimson stars, Xia Ai'er also had some discoveries. That was, when he tried to connect back to himself through the crimson stars, what he saw was actually himself still at Sequence 3?
Where is my Fifth Epoch self?
Did I transmigrate or not?
Are they and I not on the same timeline?
Impossible. How could different timelines appear in a world with Uniqueness?
Even if it really happened, this is above the Gray Mist. I should be able to use the crimson stars symbolizing me to observe myself on other timelines. Why is it still only me at Sequence 3?
Xia Ai'er didn't understand, but he was greatly shocked.
"If you formally propose it, I can let you go back now."
Zhou Mingrui… or rather, Klein, he kindly replied to the blonde girl, showing his harmlessness.
And as he spoke, Xia Ai'er, whose composition was special and status was higher, could feel a kind of bewitchment… no… it was closer to the charm + eloquence of the Error Pathway's Sequence 8 Swindler. This passive Beyonder charm subtly took effect. Even though it was just a verbal explanation, Audrey, and even the old hand Alger, subconsciously tended to believe that these words were truly credible.
Is this the treatment of Sefirah Castle's favored son?
Can you be any more biased?
Xia Ai'er now highly suspected whether Klein's pseudo-status at this time had already reached a near-god level.
So what should he do now?
These three were complete spiritual bodies, only he was a mental projection from the past.
How should he interact with these familiar strangers?
Should he pretend to be old or young?
Compared to the three gentlemen, each with their own thoughts, Audrey's mind was much simpler. After calming her emotions slightly, she couldn't help but ask the gentlemen present how she could become a formal Beyonder.
How to become a Beyonder?
You ask me?
Klein was startled. He now felt that this feeling of being directly questioned wasn't so pleasant. Was there a way to make them feel like they were facing a great figure, with more scruples when asking questions?
Was his current demeanor still too low-tier?
On the other side, Xia Ai'er wanted to continue testing how much the backdoor he installed when Sefirah Castle had no owner could still function now that Sefirah Castle had a 'master'.
He recalled the giant buildings constructed before the Eastern Continent was destroyed, combining them with his own understanding and adding some elf-like elements, actually materializing a magnificent giant palace. Huge stone pillars supported a vast dome, and directly beneath the dome, a long bronze table and twenty-two high-backed chairs appeared.
Wishes coming true? How magical...
Klein sat at the head of the long table, subtly caressing the edge of the table, sighing inwardly.
Cough cough, my spirituality… I lost out…
Xia Ai'er suppressed a cough, subtly hiding his somewhat illusory right hand behind his back.
He looked at the three members who were already seated, then at himself still standing at the edge, feeling a bit speechless.
Before the others noticed the problem, Xia Ai'er subtly moved over, reached out his left hand to pull open the second bronze high-backed chair on his left, and sat down, concealing his illusory right hand. He politely said to the blonde girl on his left:
"It's very simple, I'll teach you."
"This… sir?"
"What method do you have?"
Audrey was a little surprised. If the gentleman beside her hadn't spoken, she would have thought this was a lady, given the long black hair.
Although the other party not sitting down immediately made Audrey feel a bit strange, there were too many things she didn't understand. She didn't even know how this giant palace appeared, and she almost mistook the other party's gender, so she certainly wouldn't care about such a minor detail.
Klein was the same. Compared to everything else here, Xia Ai'er's small matter was truly insignificant. He quietly pricked up his ears, also wanting to know about Beyonders.
"Of course, the most orthodox way universally recognized by humans to embark on the Beyonder Pathway is to gaze upon the profane slate."
Xia Ai'er shared this optimal solution, jointly recommended by Solomon, Abraham, Tudor, Trunsoest, and others. His peers who saw it all said it was good.
"Uh…"
The smile on the originally joyful girl's face became somewhat forced.
Klein chuckled inwardly. He knew it. What was he even expecting? How could he hear any valuable true news 'online'? It was all just playing games…
"This is indeed the most orthodox shortcut to transcendence, universally acknowledged. No one doesn't want to see the profane slate with their own eyes."
"But that has been gone for thousands of years. Legends say it only appeared a few times sporadically after the Great Catastrophe."
"Let's talk about something practical."
Alger chuckled. He withdrew his gaze from Xia Ai'er. As for Xia Ai'er's previous words, Alger only took them as a joke to ease the atmosphere.