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Chapter 1: Crossing
This is a wilderness that looks like countless pixels stacked together. There are obvious signs of tearing on the wilderness, as if it has just experienced an earthquake. The ground is crisscrossed with bottomless dark gullies.
Luo Yang felt that he was an obviously discordant existence in this wilderness. In this world that looks like a stack of pixels, Luo Yang is the only high-definition portrait.
Luo Yang looked at his left hand palm that gradually turned into countless tiny pixels in a daze. Fear gradually filled his chest. At this time, Luo Yang felt that he was dull and breathless.
Obviously, he was just curious and tried the luck-transfer ritual that Zhou Mingrui performed before crossing in the Lord of Mysteries. He came to this strange place inexplicably, as if he had really crossed over.
Luo Yang did not remember the process of crossing, but he felt that his head was in a trance for a while. When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in this wilderness that looked like a stack of pixels.
Fear and curiosity about the unknown made Luo Yang reach out and touch the weeds on the ground. He did not feel the touch of real grass, which made Luo Yang think that he was hallucinating.
He stood up and shook his hands, and some pieces of flesh fell out of Luo Yang's body.
Luo Yang's heart, which had just been relieved, was lifted up again. He took his left hand that had just touched the weeds in front of his eyes and looked at it repeatedly. He found that the entire palm of his left hand had turned into a pile of pixels in a short time, and flesh and blood kept falling off his palm. What Luo Yang threw out when he shook his hand just now was the pieces of flesh on his palm.
In just a short time, Luo Yang found that nearly half of his left palm had disappeared. Luo Yang looked carefully at the place where the flesh and blood fell on his palm. There was no blood flowing out. It seemed that the blood in the palm had stopped flowing after the palm turned into a pile of pixels. In
this short time, the pixelation had spread to the entire forearm. There was no feeling during the pixelation process. Only when the flesh and blood fell off, there was a feeling of something falling on the hand. Other than that, all other senses disappeared.
The pixelation of his left hand became more and more. Luo Yang was filled with panic and fear. The panic made him want to escape from here immediately, away from this strange wilderness, but the fear made his body tremble uncontrollably, and he could not make any movements to escape or call for help.
The fear and panic made Luo Yang stand there in a daze. The pixelation began to spread from his left arm to his body. During this process, Luo Yang finally regained a trace of reason. Recalling the reason why he appeared here, Luo Yang repeated the steps of the previous transfer ceremony. At this moment, Luo Yang was somewhat glad that the pixelation did not start from his feet, otherwise he would not be able to walk four steps in reverse.
Without sacrifices and rituals, Luo Yang walked four steps in reverse according to the steps of the ritual, while reciting the honorific name of the Fool: the Fool who does not belong to this era; the mysterious master above the gray fog; the yellow and black king who controls good luck.
There was no response after the first attempt. The pixelation had spread to Luo Yang's neck. Without thinking or hesitation, Luo Yang recited the Fool's Honorable Name for the second time and took four steps backwards again. There was still no response, so Luo Yang started the third attempt.
This time, Luo Yang did not recite the Fool's Honorable Name again, but changed his words: Goddess of the Night, who is higher than the starry sky and longer than eternity; you are the Lord of Crimson, the Mother of Secrets, the Queen of Disaster and Fear, the Lord of Sleep and Silence.
Regardless of whether there was a response or not, Luo Yang continued to recite: You are the eternal light, the embodiment of order, the god of contract, and the guardian of business.
The pixelation process had spread to the edge of his mouth. Luo Yang could no longer feel the existence of his chin. The instinct for survival made Luo Yang continue to recite: You are the embodiment of essence, you are the protector of craftsmen, you are the glory of technology.
Unsurprisingly, the pixelation process did not stop. Luo Yang felt that his consciousness had begun to blur. His last instinct for survival made him recite the only honorific name he remembered that pointed to the Outer God: the unique Red Moon, the symbol of life and beauty, the mother of all spiritual powers.
Luo Yang recited the last part of the honorific name silently in his heart. At this time, the pixelation had spread to Luo Yang's face. His mouth could not make any sound, and Luo Yang's consciousness also fell silent after that.
I don't know how long it had passed, and the tearing pain was transmitted to Luo Yang's consciousness again. This tearing pain also awakened Luo Yang's silent consciousness. "Hiss~" After his consciousness gradually became clear, the tearing pain in his head became clearer and more intense.
After Luo Yang gradually adapted to the severe pain, he vaguely felt the existence of his body. At this moment, Luo Yang had only one thought in his mind: "I'm not dead yet!"
"Hiss~~" "Ah!"
The tearing pain lasted for a long time before it began to subside. At this time, Luo Yang truly felt the pain from all parts of his body, and his head, which was torn by the pain, was also beginning to heal.
That's right, it was healing. Luo Yang clearly felt that his head was really torn apart in the tearing pain just now, and it seemed that something was growing out of it. However, as the pain subsided, the torn wound on his head was also rapidly creeping and healing.
"Hiss! It's a tearing pain in the true physical sense!" Luo Yang couldn't help but complain about himself.
After the pain in his body subsided to a level that his body could bear, Luo Yang struggled to get up from the ground. The surrounding scene was no longer the wilderness that was like countless pixels stacked up and torn with many deep and invisible gullies, but a study room that looked a bit old and unknown.
Except for a door and a window, the rest of the room was filled with bookshelves. There was a large and wide desk in the middle of the room, with a chair on each side. It looked like one of the chairs was used to entertain guests, but who would entertain guests in a study?
Luo Yang continued to look around the room. There was a full-length mirror between the two rows of bookshelves on the side with the door.
When Luo Yang saw the mirror, he was stunned. In the mirror appeared a man with a thin figure, blond hair and blue eyes. His face had clear contours, thin lips, thick eyebrows, and a straight nose. His light blue eyes were very lively, as if there were tiny dots of light flowing in them. His facial features were handsome but a little immature. It was obvious that he was a boy between a teenager and a young man, about 18 or 19 years old.
The clothes on his body were also very strange. He didn't look like that kind of dress. The upper body was a white shirt, a dark brown jacket and a long brown windbreaker. The lower body was black wide-leg pants with dark brown boots. The overall style was a bit like the European nobles in the Middle Ages, but it was closer to the modern aesthetic style. But why there was a windbreaker, Luo Yang didn't know.
Luo Yang looked at the figure reflected in the mirror, and turned his neck in a daze. The figure in the mirror also turned his neck. Luo Yang took heavy steps to approach the mirror, and the figure in the mirror did the same. It was not
until Luo Yang's hand touched the surface of the mirror that he was finally sure that the person in the mirror was his current appearance.
"Am I traveling through time again?" Luo Yang said with confusion and joy of being reborn.
Before, when he was in the wilderness made up of countless pixel blocks, Luo Yang was sure that he was still the same at that time, until his body turned into countless pixel blocks and disappeared, and his consciousness fell silent.
Now that he has woken up from another body, as Luo Yang thinks, many memories gradually emerge in his mind, and he feels a familiar tearing pain in his head, but this time the pain is not as severe as before and is completely bearable. Chapter 2 Rebirth
As Luo Yang gradually accepted the memory, the pain in his head dissipated again. Luo Yang only then thought about his current situation.
His current body is Renekton Soth, a Fenaporter, living in a small city called Madan at the junction of Fenaport, Lenburg and Segar.
Because it is located at the junction of three countries, although it still belongs to Fenaport, there are also many people from the other two countries.
The mainstream belief here is the Mother Earth, and some people also believe in the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.
Renekton's father is a grain merchant named Pachi Soth who believes in the Mother Earth, and his mother is a scholar from Lenburg, Isabel Eli, who believes in the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.
Because the beliefs of both parents are not consistent, they did not interfere too much with Renekton's beliefs, as long as Renekton did not believe in evil gods.
However, with a mother who is a scholar, Renekton will naturally have more contact with knowledge, which also makes Renekton a shallow believer in the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.
Recalling Feynaport, Lenborg, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, and the Mother Goddess of the Earth, Luo Yang naturally understood that the place where he was now was no longer the original world but the world in the Lord of Mysteries.
Luo Yang couldn't help but recall some plots in the Lord of Mysteries in his mind. Luo Yang subconsciously covered his head with force, trying to use the pain to divert his attention. Luo Yang clearly remembered the setting in the Lord of Mysteries. Knowledge itself has power. The more you know, the more dangerous it is.
The expected horror did not come. Luo Yang relaxed and rubbed his head that was hurt by his own massage.
"What a disaster-ridden head!" He complained.
Luo Yang then carefully recalled his memory and found that the dangerous part was blocked. At the same time, there was a lot of mystical knowledge in his mind, not the general descriptions described in the novels he had read before, but more specific and detailed mystical knowledge.
In Renekton's memory, there was no memory of these mystical knowledge, which made Luo Yang's heart, which had just been put down, lifted up again.
Putting aside all the doubts in his heart for the time being, Luo Yang continued to sort out Renekton's memories so that he could better integrate into this world.
"It's the end of 1348, and there is less than a year left before Mr. Fool appears. Time is really tight!" Renekton couldn't help but sigh after knowing the timeline he was in.
Renekton's parents were not around all year round. One of them was running around for business, and the other was studying academics. They would go around to investigate and collect materials when they had nothing to do. Luo Yang didn't know how the two of them became husband and wife. As far as their daily lives are concerned, it can't be said that there is no intersection, it can only be said that each does their own thing.
But as their child, Renekton Soth is completely different from his parents. Renekton likes a stable life. Although as a young man, he has a yearning for the outside world, compared to the wonderful life described by his parents, Renekton still prefers the quiet and leisurely life in the small town.
Renekton's personality made his mother, a scholar, always think that Renekton only inherited the appearance of him and his wife, but his personality had changed. If Renekton's father hadn't diverted Isabelle's attention, perhaps she would have had another Renekton in her research target.
"Fortunately, it's not the crocodile Renekton in the Alliance. I don't have a brother named Nasus!" Luo Yang used the way of complaining to relieve his tense emotions.
"No! From now on, I am Renekton." Renekton adjusted his expression while tidying up his clothes in front of the mirror, making his temperament look more in line with a young man who is still a little immature.
"In addition to me, there is a housekeeper and two servants in the house, but fortunately today the housekeeper took the two servants out to buy things, otherwise the previous noise would not be concealed at all." Thinking of this, Renekton breathed a sigh of relief.
"Knock, knock!"
There was a knock on the door outside, and Renekton's mood suddenly tensed up. "Relax! Relax! The housekeeper has the key to the house, so it should be someone else who came. I should not be exposed as long as I pay attention." Renekton comforted himself in front of the mirror.
He tidied his clothes again, adjusted his expression, and then went out of the study.
After arriving in the hall, the knocking sound stopped, as if he knew that someone in the house was coming to open the door. Renekton was a little surprised, but it was not strange when he thought that this was a mysterious and extraordinary world.
After all, Klein in the original book could see the appearance of people outside through the door during the clown stage, so it was not strange for people outside the house to know that he was walking towards the door.
Try to make your expression look natural and your movements more coordinated. Thinking that this is a mysterious and extraordinary world, Renekton became more cautious. Even through the door, people outside may know his current expression and movements.
Renekton walked to the door with a skilled posture. He wanted to say "Who is it!", but then he curbed his idea that was completely inconsistent with his character, and then opened and quickly opened the door in accordance with Renekton's consistent style in his memory.
Standing at the door were two people that Renekton did not recognize. One was a middle-aged gentleman in his thirties or forties, with meticulously groomed dark brown hair, some wrinkles on his forehead, a well-groomed beard, light blue and deep eyes, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He was tall and straight, estimated to be about 1.85 meters tall, wearing a brown trench coat, an off-white patterned shirt underneath, brown trousers and black leather shoes on the lower body. His clothes were also meticulously groomed, and his tough features gave people the impression of a stubborn and serious university professor.
Behind this gentleman, half a body away, was a young man in his twenties, with some natural curls of light blond hair, which did not seem to be taken care of seriously, and looked a little messy. His
facial features were soft and smart, and there was always a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, which made him look humble and polite, like a young man who had just entered society. He was thin, about 1.8 meters tall, and wore the same style of brown trench coat as the older gentleman next to him. He wore a white shirt with simple patterns inside. There was a decorative pocket on the left chest of the shirt, on which hung a pair of round gold-rimmed glasses. The lower body was a pair of black trousers with black leather boots. The simple outfit was not deliberately matched or taken care of, but it looked more natural. With the gentle and handsome features, it was easy to leave a good impression at first sight.
"Sure enough, gold-rimmed glasses are the standard for every Renburg person. As long as you wear glasses, you are a scholar, right?" Renekton couldn't help but complain in his heart while looking at the two people standing in front of the door.
"Hello! Is this Mr. Renekton Soth?" The middle-aged gentleman who took care of himself meticulously asked first.
"Looking for me?" Renekton was surprised in his heart. Originally, Renekton thought that the two people were friends or colleagues of his mother in Renburg. He
was just a little surprised, and then Renekton suppressed the doubts in his heart, and tried to behave like the original Renekton.
Madan borders Lenburg. The two people are dressed in such a way that Renekton has no doubt that they are believers of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. If the two people in front of him are extraordinary people, then they are very likely to be extraordinary people of the Reader Path.
The Reader Path is definitely a path that is good at observation and reasoning. Even if extraordinary people are only a minority after all, Renekton dare not bet that the two people on the other side are not extraordinary.
After all, the people of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom basically only have this path. Perhaps the church also has the formula of potions of other paths. At least all five families must know a lot, but the church only chooses the Reader, which belongs to the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. Perhaps it is a group of scholars who despise the barbarians of other paths! After all,
other paths related to knowledge have corresponding high-ranking people. Even the Secret Voyeur Path without the True God has an evil god hidden sage, and they are not adjacent paths.
Now Renekton can only act more like the original Renekton as much as possible. After all, he has no way of knowing whether the two people in front of him are familiar with the original Renekton.
But the middle-aged gentleman just mentioned Renekton's name directly, so he at least knows some information about Renekton. Chapter 3 The Lucky Man Who Swallowed the Potion
"It's me! What can I do for you two? I don't remember knowing two such recognizable gentlemen." Renekton nodded slightly in response to the middle-aged gentleman's words.
"Then we are acquainted now. I think we will have many opportunities to meet each other in the future." The middle-aged gentleman's voice was a little low.
He seemed to want to make his voice sound more friendly and less serious, but he failed. Instead, his low voice seemed more majestic.
Renekton did not answer but looked at the other party, waiting for the other party to continue.
The middle-aged gentleman frowned slightly, turned his head and signaled the young gentleman who was half a body away to take over his words.
The young gentleman next to him nodded slightly, as if to cover up the smile that was about to be suppressed at the corner of his mouth, and immediately opened his mouth to continue what the middle-aged gentleman had just said.
The other party coughed twice and said, "Ahem! We originally came here to deal with the out-of-control and monsters that may exist here."
At this point, the young gentleman paused for a moment, staring at Renekton carefully with a look of curiosity and doubt that was not concealed.
Renekton responded by looking into the other person's pale blue eyes. The young gentleman, who felt that he was being rude, looked away embarrassedly.
The other person coughed twice to ease his embarrassment and then said, "But we didn't find any signs of losing control after we came here. After observing for a while, we planned to contact you because you look really normal, without any signs of losing control. Maybe you are really the lucky one in a million."
The words of the young gentleman opposite made Renekton a little confused. When he heard the other person's words that he had been observing him for a while, his emotions suddenly became tense, but the other person's subsequent words made Renekton feel that the other person should not have discovered the secret of his crossing. The other person should be talking about the secret that belonged to Renekton.
However, Renekton can now be sure that the two people in front of him are extraordinary people. Judging from their dress, they should belong to the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. Of course, it is not ruled out that they are members of the Church of the Mother Earth who likes this kind of dress.
"What do you mean by losing control?" Renekton asked carefully.
"The madness contained in the potion itself, if the person who takes the potion cannot withstand this madness, he will lose control and become a monster." The middle-aged gentleman explained simply.
"And you, you swallowed the Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 8 without even taking the potion. This behavior can basically be regarded as suicide, and the probability of success is so low that it can be ignored!" The middle-aged gentleman added in a serious tone, and pointed out that Renekton swallowed the Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 8.
Renekton was already stunned. Renekton thought that things involving loss of control were not simple, and perhaps he was contaminated by something or an unknown existence without knowing it, but he never expected that he would swallow the Beyonder characteristic.
Moreover, it was the Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 8. Although it was only one sequence higher than Sequence 9, the contamination in the Beyonder characteristic was not as simple as one plus one. At this moment, Renekton felt that the word "ill-fated" could no longer describe himself.
"Among all the Beyonders and various materials I have come into contact with over the years, you are the only person I have seen and know who has swallowed the Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 8 and survived. Your luck can be regarded as one in a million." Seeing that Renekton was stunned and did not speak, the middle-aged gentleman thought that the other party was frightened by his serious words just now, and then added.
"No! I also know a fierce man who swallowed the Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 6. That is the real lucky man." Renekton complained in his heart, thinking of the Rose Bishop on the Future in the original book, who accidentally swallowed the characteristics of Sequence 6 and survived.
"If we take the path of destiny, what will happen to the big snake and the small snake!" Thinking of the lucky man Renekton couldn't help but think of the two unlucky angels on the path of destiny.
They have both been angels for thousands of years. Their former colleagues, friends and later generations have all achieved true gods, but they are the only ones who are still playing the cat and mouse game.
"Beyond characteristics? How do you know that I swallowed the Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 8?" Renekton asked with some doubts. Renekton remembered that the existence of the Beyonder was concealed by the seven major churches. Ordinary church members would not know the existence of Beyonder at all. And how did the two people opposite know that Renekton swallowed the Beyonder alive?
"The light blue thing you once took from the body of one of our colleagues has now been swallowed by you. As for more information, you will not know until you join the church and obtain certain permissions." The middle-aged gentleman paused here, and
after observing Renekton's reaction, the middle-aged gentleman continued: "As for why we know the Beyonder of Sequence 8, the cultist who secretly lured you to pick up and swallow the Beyonder has been caught by us. More things cannot be told to you now, unless you are willing to join the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom and become one of us."
"We are official Beyonders. All wild Beyonders who become Beyonders for various reasons will be controlled by us." The young gentleman next to him added.
"So I don't have any other choice, right?" Renekton was not angry. At least he did not reject becoming an official Beyonder.
"No, you can also choose to join the Earth Mother Church. You are a Feynaporter, and your father is also a devout believer of the Earth Mother. It is reasonable for you to join the Earth Mother Church." The middle-aged gentleman denied Renekton's words.
Then he said, "Similarly, your mother is a devout believer of my Lord, and you are also a believer of my Lord. Moreover, the extraordinary characteristics you have swallowed originally belong to the Knowledge Church. Only in the Knowledge Church can you better master the extraordinary characteristics you have swallowed, so as not to lose control and other problems in the future, and even continue to be promoted, if you are willing to continue to be promoted after understanding the world of extraordinary people."
He gave two different choices, and explained the reasons and benefits of choosing the Earth Mother Church and the Knowledge Church one by one, and finally concluded that choosing the Knowledge Church was the best choice.
"As expected of a person from the Knowledge Church, the way he speaks is very similar to my former university professor!" Renekton complained in his heart.
Then he nodded and said, "That makes sense. Well, how can I join the Church of Knowledge?"
"You can join now. No additional conditions are required. We have already done a background check on you. Of course, before that, you need to go with us to the Nasossi Library, the headquarters of the Church of Knowledge in Madan. We also need to carefully check whether there is any residual pollution on you. If there is, you need to purify it, otherwise it will affect you, especially since you did not take magic potions to advance. If there is no residual pollution, just register and you will join us." The middle-aged gentleman still answered in a full and serious manner.
At the end, he added, "But you are not joining us as an ordinary member, but as an executor, joining the official extraordinary team of the Church of Knowledge. At that time, you should be a member of my team. By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Ikonton Tice, and the person next to me is your future teammate, Josie Siegel." "
Okay, Captain Ikonton. But why is our headquarters the Nasossi Library instead of the Church of Knowledge?" Renekton nodded.
"The church is a place for daily prayer and the spread of the glory of our Lord. It is not suitable for frequent office work. The Nasossi Library is not far from the Church of Knowledge. There are also enough books there for church members to study on a daily basis. Moreover, the houses in that block are all owned by the church. The library has a back door that leads directly to the Church of Knowledge." Captain Ikonton explained in detail the details of why the church chose the Nasossi Library as its base in Madan.
"Is that so?" Renekton nodded thoughtfully.
In fact, Renekton couldn't help but wonder if he would also be infected with this habit of answering questions in a long and dense manner whenever someone asked a question. After all, the extraordinary people who appeared in this path in the original book, Detective Esinger Stanton of Backlund and Vice Admiral Edwina Edwards of Iceberg, both have personality preferences in this regard.
Inexplicably, Renekton's mind flashed with the image of a talkative old dragon wearing gold-rimmed glasses and holding a book. As soon as this image appeared, Renekton shook his head twice to drive the image out of his mind. Although the God of Knowledge and Wisdom is not a spectator channel, He who is omniscient and omnipotent may not be unable to do such a thing. It is better to be cautious.
"What's wrong? Do you have any questions?" Renekton's sudden head shake made Ikonton ask seriously.
"Ah? No! No, there is a problem. Are we going to the Nasossi Library now?" Renekton denied it reflexively, but felt that there was something wrong with this answer, so he asked a question casually.
"Well, it's better if you don't have any other questions." Ikonton nodded and said. Chapter 4 Knowledge is Power
Renekton followed Ikonton and Josie on the carriage to the Nasossi Library. In the carriage, Renekton kept asking various questions related to the mysterious world in order to act more like a newbie who had just received the Beyonder world. However, most of Ikonton's answers were knowledge that Renekton already knew.
"Captain Ikonton, can you tell me about potions?" Renekton thought about it and decided to ask a simple question that was in line with his identity as a newbie in the Beyonder world.
Every Beyonder in the Reader Path seemed to like answering questions for others, and Ikonton was no exception. Ikonton answered Renekton's questions very carefully.
"Potions are how we become Extraordinary and advance to a higher sequence. Normally, potions are made of several main ingredients and several auxiliary ingredients mixed in a certain way. You only need to take the successfully mixed potion to advance to the corresponding sequence. Of course, there are normal situations and abnormal situations."
"For example, you are promoted abnormally. You became an Extraordinary by directly swallowing the Extraordinary characteristics, rather than by mixing a prepared potion. This has great hidden dangers. Compared with the Extraordinary who are promoted normally, you will be more likely to lose control. At the same time, you will be unfamiliar with the control of Extraordinary abilities, and it will take some time to adapt."
"Of course, you don't have to worry too much. Since you don't show any signs of losing control now, it means that you have successfully been promoted to a Extraordinary of the Reader Path Sequence 8 and are a reasoning student."
"The church will help you master your own abilities. Once you are familiar with your own Extraordinary abilities and understand the corresponding rules, the probability of losing control will be much smaller."
"Of course there is still a risk of losing control, but this is inevitable. It is not a problem caused by the way you are promoted, but a problem of the Beyonder itself. Whether it is you, me, Qiao Xi, or any Beyonder, we all have the risk of losing control. This is the fate of every Beyonder."
Ikonton answered Renekton's question carefully one by one.
"Do all Beyonders have the possibility of losing control?" Renekton tried his best to make his expression show fear and worry that the mysterious world he longed for was so terrible and dangerous.
"Yes, this may be the price we pay for becoming Beyonders!" Ikonton said with some emotion.
"Although every Beyonder has the risk of losing control, as long as your spirit is strong enough to bear it, you will not lose control, especially since you have swallowed the characteristics and become a Sequence 8 Beyonder. With your luck, I don't think you need to worry about losing control at this stage." Qiao Xi said with emotion.
Hearing the comfort in Josie's words, Renekton nodded slightly, but thinking back to the heart-wrenching pain when he woke up in Renekton's body, he couldn't help shaking his head again: "I don't want to experience that feeling again in my life."
But at the same time, Renekton also thought of a problem. When he woke up from Renekton before, he had many wounds on his body, but later these wounds healed by themselves, and it seemed that the characteristics of the reasoning student had been absorbed by him.
"Who helped me suppress the loss of control and absorb the extraordinary characteristics? At that time, Renekton should have failed and was in the process of losing control and becoming a monster, and I came through. There are big problems here!" The more Renekton thought about it, the more problems he felt.
No matter why he crossed over or why Renekton, who had lost control later, was replaced by himself and successfully absorbed the extraordinary characteristics of the Sequence 8 reasoning student.
Renekton felt that everything he encountered since he started the luck-changing ritual was wrong.
"In a sense, my luck has indeed become weird. Is this the so-called luck-changing ritual?" Renekton thought with a smile in his eyes.
Seeing Renekton's unwillingness to recall his previous experience, Ikonton thought that the previous experience had left a serious shadow in his heart, so he suggested again that Renekton could choose to stay at the current stage and stay away from the dangers brought by extraordinary powers.
"If the previous experience of swallowing extraordinary characteristics has brought you a bad influence, you can choose to stay at the current stage. You can still live a peaceful and tranquil life. Even if you join the church, you, a Sequence Eight, will not participate in overly dangerous missions." "Thank you for your suggestion, Captain, but maybe I will change my mind after I adapt to the life of a Beyonder." Renekton nodded and replied.
He did not reject Captain Ikonton's suggestion, but just said that he might continue to be promoted after adapting to the life of a Beyonder. Renekton felt that such an answer would make him look more like a newbie who had just come into contact with the Beyonder world.
"Yeah!" Ikonton nodded and did not go into the topic any further, but said: "Do you have any other questions?"
"Well, Captain, what are the Sequence Eight and Reasoning Students you mentioned before?" Renekton fully demonstrated his curiosity about the mysterious world.
"I thought you didn't notice this information! It seems that you have a good grasp of your Beyonder abilities. Even though you have just experienced the impact of swallowing Beyonder characteristics, you can quickly sort out your thoughts and pay attention to some details of the words. Perhaps you are very suitable for this path, so you did not lose control after directly swallowing Beyonder characteristics." Ikonton stopped narrating after realizing that the topic was digressed again.
"Back to your question, Sequence Eight refers to a stage of advancement after taking potions. The initial stage is Sequence Nine, then Sequence Eight, and so on, until Sequence One. As for the reasoning students, it is the name of our path, Sequence Eight. The name of this path, Sequence Nine, is called Reader, so we usually call this path the Reader Path. My core understanding of this path is that knowledge is power!" Ikonton brought the topic back.
"Knowledge is power!"
"Knowledge is power!"
One voice came from Renekton's repetition, and the other was from Josie's repetition.
Renekton looked at Josie, who was sitting on his left side, in confusion.
"Don't be so surprised. I'm just a Sequence Eight reasoning student who was promoted not long ago. I don't know much more than you." Josie shrugged and explained, as if she saw Renekton's confusion.
"You are also Sequence Eight? Then what sequence are you, Captain?" Renekton looked at Captain Ikonton, who was sitting opposite him, with great curiosity. Renekton was really curious about this question.
He looked at Renekton deeply and paused for a long time. When Renekton thought that the other party would not ask this question, he spoke: "Sequence 6: Scholar. The characteristics of this stage are versatility due to erudition. It can identify, see clearly, remember and imitate what it has seen."
"So cool!" The first one to exclaim was Josie.
Josie's face was full of shock and longing, and it seemed that he was already imagining the scene of becoming a scholar.
Renekton knew this information and even knew more than Captain Ikondon. His emotions were not as quick and obvious as Josie's. However, when Josie exclaimed, Renekton realized this problem and quickly adjusted his expression to show surprise and expectation.
"Is this the reason why knowledge is power?" Renekton said as if he was describing himself and wondering. Chapter 5: Executioner Team (I)
Ikonton is indeed a polymath of Sequence 6. He is truly knowledgeable and talented. Even with the influence of the potion, it cannot be denied that he is truly knowledgeable. In other words, if one is not knowledgeable, he cannot be promoted to the polymath sequence.
"I have traveled through time, but I still have to study! Is there any other traveler who is more miserable than me?" Renekton complained in his heart.
Knowing that he would have to come to the Nasossi Library every day for a long time to learn knowledge, not only knowledge of mysticism but also knowledge of astronomy, geography, language and other aspects, Renekton felt that he was not feeling well.
Renekton recalled his experience in the Church of Knowledge more than ten minutes ago:
"Your Excellency the Bishop, are you sure that there is nothing wrong with me? Do you know everything just by looking at me?" Renekton looked at the kind-faced old man in front of him with some doubt.
The old man had white hair and beard. Although his face looked a little old, he was in good spirits and had a kind face. He was wearing a simple gray-white robe, the uniform style of the Church of Knowledge, but compared with the gray-white robes of ordinary church members, there were more golden outline patterns in the style of flipping books. The
old man had a strong bookish temperament. Compared with the priests in the church, Renekton felt that he was more like a retired professor.
This old man was the bishop of the Church of Knowledge in the city of Madan - Angerman King.
Bishop Angerman King did not get angry because of Renekton's doubts. He still spoke in a warm tone: "I don't know everything at a glance, but in this church, under the gaze of my Lord, it is still easy to tell whether you have any residual power pollution."
"Then? I don't have any residual pollution?" Renekton asked uncertainly.
"Yes." Bishop Angerman King's answer was brief and unexpected.
"Ah?" Renekton was a little confused about what Bishop Angerman King meant.
Bishop Angelman Jin answered Rekton's doubts: "It's gone now, but because you became a Beyonder by directly consuming the Beyonder characteristics of a Sequence 8 Reasoning student, although you didn't lose control, you lack the accumulation of the Sequence 9 Reader stage, so your foundation will be very weak, which is also a hidden danger." "
So for the next period of time, you need to go to the Nasoxi Library every day to read the books there. The best way to master power is to master more knowledge. This not only makes up for your weak foundation without Sequence 9, but also allows you to better master your own abilities. When you fully master your own abilities, you don't have to worry about losing control." Bishop Angelman Jin gave a detailed explanation very considerately.
"Okay, the next arrangement is up to you, Ikonton." Bishop Angelman Jin turned to Ikonton who was standing next to him and said.
"Yes, Your Excellency." Ikonton nodded.
Then Rekton was taken by Ikonton to the Nasoxi Library not far from the Church of Knowledge. The third floor of the library is a closed area, and generally only people from the Church of Knowledge will appear here.
There is a lounge on the third floor of the library. Ikonton took Renekton to the lounge to meet other members of the Executor Team.
It can only be said that he is worthy of being an executor of the Church of Knowledge. Even in the lounge, everyone is basically reading books or discussing some problems. It can be said that the learning atmosphere is very strong. Renekton even felt that he was not in the Executor Team of the Church of Knowledge, but attending a learning salon.
"Ahem! Ahem! This is Renekton Soth, a Sequence 8 reasoning student, and he will be a member of our team in the future." Ikonton brought Renekton to the lounge, coughed twice to attract everyone's attention, and then introduced Renekton to the other members of the Executor Team.
"This is the lucky guy who swallowed the potion raw! He went straight to Sequence 8 in one breath!" Josie, who had been waiting in the lounge, stood up first and answered.
Then he introduced himself to Lake again: "As for me! You already know me, Josie Siegel, you can just call me Josie, just like the captain, we usually call him captain directly, and only call him Captain Ikonton in a few important occasions. Although the captain himself is very easy-going, after all, we still need to pay attention to these in some external occasions."
Laketon nodded. From the previous contact, Ikonton is indeed a very easy-going person, except that he doesn't look very easy-going.
Sitting at the desk on the left side of the entrance is a lady with shoulder-length chestnut hair. She wears the same brown trench coat as Josie and the captain, but it is a female version. Her eyes are light gold, which is rare in Renburg and Feyneport. She has an oval face and delicate facial features, which are closer to Asian looks. She wears a round-neck sky blue shirt with lace patterns, dark blue wide-leg pants and black boots. She is about 1.65 meters tall.
Following Renekton's gaze, the lady stood up naturally and saluted, showing a gentle smile and said, "Hello, my name is Jessica Daishan, you can just call me Jessica like Josie and the others."
Then she continued, "I'm the team's psychologist, and also a spectator sequence seven psychologist. We've just heard about your situation from Josie. If you need help, you can come to me at any time. It's my responsibility to provide some psychological help and treatment for my teammates." "Audience path? Sequence seven: Psychologist? Thank you! This is very necessary for me!" Renekton tried his best to restrain his thoughts and not think too much. Renekton had
never thought of having a psychologist from the audience path in the Executioner Team. Performing in front of a Sequence seven Beyonder from the audience path was undoubtedly a show of force in front of Guan Gong. Renekton could only hope that the other party didn't know much about him and would have other interpretations of his performance.
"I should have thought of it earlier. They are also all-knowing and all-powerful. Although the Knowledge Church rejects these paths because of the arrogance of intellectuals, it is normal for such a large church to have some Beyonders from adjacent paths. This can largely make up for the problem of a single Beyonder ability." Renekton realized at this time that his previous idea that most of the people in the Knowledge Church were readers was a bit naive.
In order to make his behavior seem less deliberate, Renekton turned his gaze to another team member sitting in front of Jessica after he finished speaking.
The other person was also a lady, with flamboyant red hair as red as the red moon at night. She was wearing tight leather clothes and leather pants, and a standard brown long windbreaker was draped loosely on her body, revealing her unruly and flamboyant nature.
When Renekton followed the captain into the lounge, he happened to see the back of this lady. Renekton's first reaction was that she was a real-life version of Katarina.
However, when the captain spoke, the other person turned around, and Renekton finally saw the appearance of this lady who looked like Katarina. Her eyes were a rare dark gold in Madan, her eyebrows were sharp, her lips were painted with dark lipstick, her chin was pointed, and her figure was very good. The exposed arm had obvious muscle lines, which were not exaggerated. The only flaw on her body was probably the scar on her left eye.
"Why are you staring at my eyelids? Does it look like someone you know?" The other person noticed Renekton's gaze, slightly tilted her head, and said with a little smile and confusion.
The other party's voice was very clear, and Renekton subconsciously felt that the other party was not a local, but more like a traveling adventurer or bounty hunter.
"Well, I can't say I know him, but I really look like him." Renekton did not deny it. Knowing him in the game is also considered knowing him, and he really looks like him.
"Hehe! Little boy, if we were at sea, I would think you were teasing me, or pursuing me! Unfortunately, I am no longer at sea, but I am very interested in you now! My name is Xia, and I don't have a surname. You can just call me Xia. Of course, if you want to call me more intimate, it's not impossible!" Xia, who looked very much like Catalina, spoke in a playful tone.
Her tone seemed to be true in every word, but it didn't sound true, making it difficult to distinguish.
"Hello, Miss Xia! My name is Renekton. Have you been at sea before? Were you a pirate?" Renekton did not dwell on the question of why the other party had no surname, nor did he think about which of the other party's words were true and which were false.
It was just that when the other party mentioned the sea, Renekton subconsciously thought of the pirate kings and generals at sea, and asked this question casually.
Renekton regretted his words the moment he finished speaking. Regardless of whether Miss Thea was a pirate before, it was not a good idea to ask such a straightforward question when they first met, as it would easily anger her.
"Pirate? Why not an adventurer or a bounty hunter?" Thea's tone did not sound like any ups and downs.
Renekton breathed a sigh of relief, showing a shy smile that was appropriate for his age and said, "It's just that when I talk about the sea, the first thing I think of is the legendary pirate kings and generals, so I mentioned pirates instead of other things."
"Pirate kings? Pirate generals? Kids know a lot about them, right? But unfortunately, I'm not a pirate, but a bounty hunter, who kills pirates." Thea's tone was still so unhurried.
"Wow! Sister Thea, you've never talked about these things! Bounty hunters! I've only seen them in novels! Sister Thea, when will you tell us about them!" Josie's voice, filled with surprise and curiosity, interrupted the topic.
Josie seemed to be very curious about everything she had never come into contact with, fully demonstrating her thirst for knowledge as a scholar, although she didn't use it in the right place.
"Xia is a Sequence 6 scholar like me. She is not from Feynaport or Renburg or Segar. You should have noticed the color of her hair and eyes. Xia is from the southern continent, so many of her habits are different from most of our extraordinary readers." Captain Ikonton also spoke up to explain Xia's situation. Renekton
felt that the captain was worried that he would make unnecessary interpretations of Xia's personality and her style of doing things that were different from the locals.
"Why do I like to interpret other people's words and actions in my mind so much, and analyze the characteristics of everyone around me? I'm not a spectator? Is this the influence of the reader's path? I have to pay attention and can't be affected too seriously, otherwise there will be problems." Renekton nodded to show that he already knew it, and he was thinking about some changes in himself.