I wonder how Wei Gao plans to hunt down Qilangos… Summoning others to hunt him down, could it be members of the Aurora Society? That makes sense, since they should need items from their own path. Seeing that their conversation was over, Klein withdrew the gray mist as before. Audrey and Derrick waited quietly until their exchange ended.
After this private exchange, the participants talked again, bringing the tarot session to a close. Klein then interrupted his spiritual practice, ending the exchange.
Klein opened his eyes, calmly dressed in his suit, and prepared to leave. Before the Tarot gathering began, he had arranged to meet with Wei Gao afterward to exchange information they had gathered from different perspectives. The meeting place was chosen to be Wei Gao's home, and now he wanted to ask Wei Gao about his gains from the Tarot gathering.
The higher-dimensional observer was quite satisfied with Klein's performance.
Although in His memory Klein was indeed a brave, kind, and steadfast person, people change, and He was unsure whether Klein could truly remain consistent and maintain his current consciousness and mindset after experiencing what happened in this world.
In this world, purely good people don't live long. Reality isn't a fairy tale; how could a human's short, decades-long memory possibly outweigh the Celestial's long and maliceful memories? If you want Klein's will to prevail over the Celestial's, then he must endure more hardships, and even amidst those hardships, he must maintain a steadfast and kind heart.
Perhaps only in that way can Klein's will occupy the majority of the consciousness of the future Lord of Mysteries.
The High Dimensional Overlord himself is the best example. When he awoke from his own source matter, he still had some fear and awe that humans should have towards the unfamiliar world. However, after countless years in his own source matter, he had long since become completely different from the High Dimensional Overlord he was when he was still "human". There was very little humanity left in his soul.
The ending envisioned by the true creator and the goddess of night is somewhat disrespectful to the Celestial Venerable. With his own example from the past, the High Dimensional Overlord is well aware of the terrifying nature of the will contained within the Source Matter. After all, when he was accidentally killed by the Super Star Overlord while teasing him, he used this method to resurrect himself from the hand he left behind.
Therefore, He would not rashly place a heavy bet on Klein, and if Klein showed any tendency to be devoured by the Celestial, He would not hesitate to completely erase Klein's existence.
As an Outer God who knows Klein inside and out, the High Dimension Overlord could completely erase the traces of Klein's existence even with just the pollution he left on Earth. He could even wage war against the Fallen Mother Goddess from the stars. He might not be able to defeat the Fallen Mother Goddess, but he could definitely kill Mr. "Door" and accommodate the "Door" pathway, thus completely erasing the possibility of the Celestial Venerable being resurrected and restored to his complete form.
Of course, if things really came to that, the entire Earth would probably be completely finished. Amanisis's "Half-Fool" is a good card; she can awaken the Celestial at any time to intimidate the higher-dimensional observers into cooperating with them. Before the "Source Castle Avatar," even the higher-dimensional observers must temporarily retreat. Furthermore, the higher dimensions themselves hold Klein in high regard, and are therefore willing to bestow upon him a small gift.
After all, such intense aggregation would inevitably trigger the initial awakening, and the "outsider" from the higher dimension did not know whether he would return to the beginning or return to the world before his "transmigration" after the initial awakening.
Moreover, the young Outer God harbored a persistent question, a question that had lingered in his mind ever since he glimpsed a fraction of the truth of this world through the eyes of the Outer God:
Who am I really? Does He truly belong to this world ?
Wei Gao opened his eyes while sitting on the sofa. He heard his doorbell ring, so he smiled and slowly walked to the door to open it for his guest.
"Klein, I think you did a good job at the Tarot meeting just now."
The newcomer was Klein. Hearing Wei Gao's words, he smiled and said to Wei Gao:
"Wei Gao, how did you fare at the Tarot meeting this time ?"
"Very good. Although the participants you chose aren't particularly strong, I can still see that they possess the potential that an outstanding extraordinary individual should have." Wei Gao nodded. "Speaking of which, I've prepared two small dishes. Shall we eat and talk ?"
"Great!" Klein's eyes lit up. Remembering that he still had some time in the afternoon to exchange his gains with Wei Gao, he put the previous request about the "Red Chimney" out of his mind and followed Wei Gao into the living room.
Wei Gao rearranged the living room in the way he was most familiar with. In Klein's opinion, his fellow countryman was very carefree. He never seemed to lack money and hardly engaged in any social activities while in Tingen. Even though he lived in such a large house, he didn't employ any long-term servants, at most hiring some short-term workers to clean the house regularly.
When Klein curiously asked Wei Gao why he didn't hire servants, Wei Gao smiled and said that he wasn't used to being waited on. Wei Gao then reminded Klein that as a "transmigrator" and an extraordinary being, there were some secrets they couldn't let ordinary people discover, and these had to be kept strictly confidential. For example, he never allowed servants to tidy his study.
If these habits made Klein envious and secretly strengthened the secrecy surrounding his occult items to prevent his siblings from discovering them, then the arrangements made by the higher dimension next were a pleasant surprise for Klein.
As a "transmigrator" who "traveled" into the body of a nobleman from the Loen Kingdom, he seemed completely unconcerned about "Loen-style" decor. He decorated his living room in a Chinese style similar to what Klein remembered. He placed the dining table next to the living room near the kitchen and even had a set of iron pots custom-made, striving to recreate Chinese cuisine as accurately as possible. According to Wei Gao, in order to find a bit of the flavor he had experienced while browsing the night market, he even prepared a barbecue grill on the other side of the kitchen to cook some "street snacks."
From that day on, Wei Gao frequently invited Klein to his house for meals, and Klein was happy to do so, going once or twice a week.
Wei Gao smiled, turned around and brought out a steaming dish of minced meat and eggplant and a steamed pea and meat patty made in a clay pot from the kitchen. They were simple home-style dishes, but Klein could find a sense of comfort from his "hometown" in them.
"Alger probably shares some secret with Qilangos, but the gap in strength between them has widened. With the power imbalance, Alger is eager to eliminate this threat." Wei Gao picked up a piece of meat pie, put it in his mouth and savored it, and said to Klein.
"Wei Gao, how are you going to deal with Qilangos ? Speaking of which, you dared to take on this mission... By the way, what sequence are you at now ?" Klein swallowed the meat in his mouth and asked Wei Gao. Wei Gao chuckled, avoiding Klein's question about sequence:
"You can probably guess which people I'll be using."
"Are you really going to send the Aurora Society ? Hmm... can you really get them to work for you alone ?" Klein asked with some doubt. "Or is the status of the Favored Ones really that high ?"
"Because of what I said before, you may have some misunderstandings about the Favored Ones, Klein."
Wei Gao chuckled: "Although being a 'Chosen One' isn't a particularly prestigious title for us, in the eyes of people in this era, a 'Chosen One' is, in a sense, God's 'walking among men.' Those who can become Chosen Ones in the Church of the True God are almost all Sequence Two angels, and they are almost all popes or close attendants of God. Do you think they wouldn't respect the Chosen Ones ?"
Klein nodded, seemingly lost in thought. Wei Gao continued:
"And it's even more so within the Aurora Society, where they are fanatical believers in the true Creator. Whether they approve of you or not, they will offer you help almost unconditionally. I previously demonstrated abilities commensurate with my status as a follower before the Dark Saint, so issuing orders now will naturally be simple. As for an ordinary Sequence Six, even if he's wearing the'Shepherd's Gloves, ha, can he compare to two real'Shepherds' ?"
"I see…" Klein thought about it carefully in the future, if he gets some extraordinary items that are hard to sell, he might be able to sell them through the Aurora Society to earn some gold pounds for himself.
"Don't even think about it." Wei Gao clearly saw through Klein's thoughts and glanced at him: "The Aurora Society is also very poor right now. They don't have a stable source of income, and they're even having a hard time maintaining their own organization."
Wei Gao sighed. "Klein, do you think the original Mr. A from the future was willing to take on your ambassador assassination commission for ten thousand pounds? It was because he was poor..."
At this point, Wei Gao paused, then said to Klein in a serious tone, "Have you encountered any coincidences recently?"
Coincidence ? Klein was taken aback, suddenly remembering Mr. Azik's earlier reminder about "coincidence"! His expression immediately changed, and he anxiously asked Wei Gao, "What's wrong ?"
"It seems you've encountered this kind of thing…" Wei Gao whispered a couple of times, then said to Klein, "Before the True Creator regained consciousness, the Aurora Society had conducted His divine descent ritual in Tingen. However, the Aurora Society subsequently wiped out its entire members, and the True Creator, upon regaining consciousness, ordered the cessation of the divine descent rituals in the Rune region."
"And then ?" Klein asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Heh..." Wei Gao chuckled coldly twice: "The result is that I reported to the Storm Cathedral before, which resolved the incident involving Lanevus the one your captain was involved in last time. Because Lanluus was driven into a corner, the corruption of the True Creator was triggered prematurely. Fortunately, the people who participated in the operation acted cautiously, and nothing serious happened..."
"But don't you find this strange? Why did I happen to discover Lanius at that exact moment? And why did the divinity of the true creator suddenly erupt at that time, attracting all the members of the church in Tingen?"
So Captain Dunn was corrupted because of this? Klein's mouth dropped open as he heard Wei Gao continue, "However, after that, we were preparing to deal with the hidden danger of another divine vessel, but she secretly disappeared... It's very likely that there's a mastermind behind Tingen. And these things are too coincidental; this mastermind is very likely the one who 'triggered' this series of coincidences. Be careful, Klein, you might be being watched."
"this..."
Klein's expression immediately turned serious. He suddenly felt as if a dark shadow was clinging to him, sending a chill down his spine. He swallowed hard, a heavy feeling settling over him.
"We now have another person who was originally intended as a vessel for divine intervention, and they have mysteriously disappeared. This is definitely something someone is up to. To orchestrate such a coincidence, one must either have extremely high intelligence and connections, or possess the relevant abilities. And since they were able to make us lose contact with the second vessel for divine intervention, I suspect they are leaning towards the latter."
"Be careful, Klein. I need to go back to Backlund and ask the Aurora Society if there's any way to find another vessel for divine descent." High Dimension instructed Klein, "Strength is the only true measure of success. Only when your sequence is high enough can you protect those you want to protect. Don't suffer any undeserved misfortune, Klein."
Klein nodded somewhat heavily.
"Aren't you going to help him...? It doesn't seem worth it to use a resurrection opportunity in a place like this." The True Creator sat beside the High Dimensional Overlord and whispered to Him.
"Why should I help him ?" the High Dimensional Overlord retorted. "If Klein can't even handle this kind of situation, why do you think he can defeat the Celestial Venerable ? I'm only helping him because he's 'Zhou Mingrui' and 'Klein,' and moreover, he inherited the Source Castle. If it weren't for that, I'd even like to see what choice that idiot Ince Zangwell will make after he gets what he wants."
"In short, that's it. I need to hurry to Backlund to help you with the next step of your plan." The High Dimension Overlord, manipulating his nascent human form left in the Forsaken Land, made a decision about his actions: "As a god, wouldn't you like to show some miracles to your followers? Or perhaps provide the Aurora Society with a small amount of financial support ?"
"...It's up to you now, ally."
The True Creator said in a low voice, "I think you're better at making money. I'll have the Aurora Club fully support your actions."
"Okay, I knew it."
Gao Wei boarded the train and pursed his lips.
Scholar Approach
Sequence 8 Ranger
The Ranger's extraordinary traits greatly enhance their physical attributes, especially speed. In terms of speed, a Ranger can even far surpass other Sequence 8 Extraordinary individuals, although the improvements in other aspects are not as pronounced. After consuming the Ranger Potion, the knowledge learned during their time as a "scholar" will become the Ranger's combat techniques.
This knowledge, through the Ranger's extraordinary traits, is directly inscribed into the subconscious of the extraordinary individual, granting them rudimentary combat abilities. Therefore, the degree to which a Sequence Nine "Scholar" digests this knowledge and the type of knowledge they acquire determine the combat strength of each Ranger.