Chapter 3: Changes in Fallacies

[T/N: previous chapter retranslated, the world he was in b4 lotm is bungo stray dogs]

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Having said that, without waiting for Klein to react, Lin Ruo manipulated his spirit body to fly to the wall and pass directly through it.

However, after leaving Klein's sight, he did not continue to experiment with the distance he could leave the other party, but quietly began to activate his supernatural ability.

"I don't understand the Loen common language. This is a fallacy."

Lin Ruo said in a low voice, and immediately he received corresponding feedback from his supernatural ability, that this statement had taken effect.

This meant that in the following period of time, he would naturally understand the meaning and writing of the Loen common language that he saw and heard, even if he had never learned it—until he undid the fallacy or his supernatural ability was exhausted and unable to maintain it.

Yes, maintain!

This was also the difference between [Fallacy] and [Truth]. The consumption of [Truth] was immediate. Once the guided fate was determined, regardless of whether it was realized or not, corresponding consumption would occur at the moment of use.

But [Fallacy] was different. In most cases, the consumption of [Fallacy] was continuous, just like what Lin Ruo had just done, whether it was distorting other people's cognition or distorting reality. They were different from the guided fate that could be left alone after guidance, and needed to be continuously maintained with supernatural abilities.

Multiple fallacies could be maintained at the same time, but the consumption would not be reduced as a result, so under normal circumstances, Lin Ruo would not maintain multiple fallacies at the same time, after all, he couldn't afford it.

After temporarily understanding the Loen common language, Lin Ruo then used [Fallacy] to temporarily learn the Hermes script commonly used in the extraordinary domain. This was both an experiment and to ensure that he would not be completely illiterate when he was involved in the extraordinary domain in the future—as for the common languages of other extraordinary domains, he could only slowly learn them later.

Lin Ruo was confident in his learning ability. Having basically achieved photographic memory, he would not find it difficult to learn a new language, given that he could use [Fallacy] to understand the reading and writing of the corresponding language in advance.

"Since languages involving the mystical domain can be acquired through ability, then what about the corresponding knowledge?" After confirming that he could indeed use [Fallacy] to learn the languages of the extraordinary domain, Lin Ruo thought for a while and said again:

"I don't know the potion formula for Sequence 9 of the Seer pathway. This is a fallacy."

The supernatural ability was activated along with the language, and then Lin Ruo received feedback—the [Fallacy] failed to activate.

"As expected…it's impossible to realize this kind of fallacy." Lin Ruo, who had already guessed this, was not surprised, but just pinched his chin with one hand and continued to experiment with his ability.

"I don't have a real body. It's a fallacy."

Activation failed…

"I am not a Beyonder of the Seer pathway. It's a fallacy."

Activation… Huh? It succeeded?

Lin Ruo blinked. He could clearly perceive the aura that appeared on his body at the moment the ability took effect. The knowledge that appeared in his mind along with the activation of the supernatural ability told him that it was the aura belonging to an angel of the Seer pathway.

At this moment, in the eyes of those in the know, he was a Sequence 2 of the Seer pathway, and even if he used Beyonder abilities to confirm him, the result would be the same.

But that was all.

Because Lin Ruo did not really obtain the ability of Sequence 2 of the Seer pathway, but only obtained a kind of disguise that could be said to be a disguise.

If it was just like this, Lin Ruo would not be too surprised, because Lin Ruo had tried to use [Fallacy] to give himself supernatural abilities other than [Truth and Fallacy] in his previous life, but without exception, he failed. The current attempt was just to see if the difference in the world had brought about any changes.

What really surprised Lin Ruo was another piece of information he obtained after activating his supernatural ability—his current supernatural ability could not support him in simulating the ability of Sequence 2 of the Seer pathway, which would drain him in an instant.

This piece of information seemed to be nothing, but it made Lin Ruo couldn't help but swallow.

Could it be…

"I am not a demigod of the Seer pathway. This is a fallacy."

A strange power filled Lin Ruo's body in an instant, that of a Sequence 4 of the Seer pathway.

Sure enough!

The corners of Lin Ruo's mouth couldn't help but curl up as he began to explore the abilities he now possessed by using fallacy.

Divination, combat, Faceless, manipulating spirit threads… basically all the abilities of the Magician mentioned in the original book, Lin Ruo can now use.

This made Lin Ruo couldn't help but be eager to try these abilities, but he stopped after only experimenting with a few.

Because just maintaining this for about ten or twelve seconds, the supernatural energy in his body had already consumed nearly one-fifth. This made Lin Ruo quickly cancel this [Fallacy], and then perceive the consumption of supernatural energy in his body again, and he had some conclusions.

"If I don't maintain other [Fallacies] at the same time, the Sequence 4 state can probably be maintained for 60 seconds, but after 60 seconds, I will basically be temporarily useless, and I will have to wait for most of the day for my supernatural ability to recover…" Lin Ruo pinched his chin, his expression also a little strange, "One minute… if used well, it's not impossible to change the course of the battle, but it always feels like the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique."

However, he didn't have too much dissatisfaction. After all, compared to the situation in his previous life where he couldn't gain combat power through [Fallacy] at all, it was already good to be able to obtain the current [One-Minute Superman] state.

He then did a few more experiments. The results that did not involve the extraordinary were basically similar to his previous life. And those involving the extraordinary, unexpectedly, were related to knowledge, and he rarely could achieve them. And most of those related to Beyonder abilities were achieved. But there was an upper limit, that was Sequence 4. The abilities of Sequence 4 and below could basically be obtained through [Fallacy], but the consumption was really great, the closer to Sequence 4, the greater the consumption. After several experiments, Lin Ruo was almost drained.

If he hadn't restrained his desire to continue experimenting in time, Lin Ruo was afraid that he would not even have the energy needed to maintain understanding the Loen common language and Hermes script.

After experimenting with the [Fallacy] ability, Lin Ruo, who had no energy left to experiment with the [Truth] ability, barely tested how far he could be from Klein. The final conclusion was—the range of his movement was limited to about 100 meters from Klein.

This range of movement was not too small, to be honest, but it was definitely not big. However, considering his current strange state, perhaps staying by Klein's side was a good thing.

Thinking this way, Lin Ruo then returned to the house and saw Klein carefully wiping the blood stains left on the table by the original owner's suicide, and occasionally looking up at the mirror.

After Lin Ruo floated back to the range that the mirror could reflect, Klein naturally saw him and immediately asked, "How is it?"

"I just experimented. My current range of movement is limited to a distance of about 100 meters from you. Any further and it won't work. It's like there's a wall of air blocking my progress." Lin Ruo said with a smile, but this passage was no longer spoken in Chinese, but in the Loen common language.

Klein naturally didn't think much about Lin Ruo's sudden switch of language. After all, although their previous communication was in Chinese, Lin Ruo did say the specific place name of Backlund, which people in this world knew. This also made Klein subconsciously regard him as a senior transmigrator, and as a senior transmigrator, Lin Ruo naturally couldn't not understand the language of this world.

"Doesn't that mean you're imprisoned by my side?" Klein said with a frown. Although there were still some doubts in his heart, such as why the other party stayed outside for so long with a distance of only 100 meters, Klein at this moment really felt that being tied to his side within 100 meters was undoubtedly imprisonment for Lin Ruo.

Moreover, for himself, it was actually very inconvenient to have such a spirit behind him.

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