Looking directly at the ancient gods for a whole year

Chapter 2585 The Fool and the Lake
Fooling is a dangerous game.

They say reading can increase wisdom, and at that moment, Fu Qian seemed to have touched upon the trace of a certain special title—Fool.

On a snowy night, I found myself playing the role of a young "Mr. Wolf," with the body of an ordinary person, wandering through a series of chaotic holiday celebrations, as if I had fallen into a clichéd horror movie.

The transitions in the middle are also completely disregarding time and space, and there are even a total of five acts.

This number alone makes it hard not to compare it with what we are experiencing now.

Not to mention the containment conditions for the mission at the time, which was to "correctly complete all the scenarios".

Considering the heavy notebook in my hand, which only has five lines written on it, and even two of those lines only have numbers and no content, it is too difficult to believe that it is purely a coincidence.

That's right, aside from Act I and Act IV, only Act II has any content in the remaining three lines—

Light and shadow cannot judge each other.

This sentence is undeniably artistic, solidifying the essence of a story-driven work.

After all, anyone who writes a lab report like that is bound to receive a severe scolding from their supervisor.

In conclusion, although there are many differences upon closer examination, the connection between the Wisdom of Etching and Fools' Day can no longer be ignored once the current script is presented.

Then there's the unavoidable superior, "The Fool," whom he himself had even impersonated in front of the greedy insects.

It is uncertain whether this is an official name or just a bandit's nickname like "tyrant," but this mysterious ruler has appeared more than once in his career as a street sweeper.

The authority and power involved appear to be related to deception and extraordinary power.

The reason for saying this is partly due to the "Four Fools' Day" that young men and women love and celebrate.

I won't mention the name of the festival, but the extraordinary gifts that appear and disappear cause a group of restless minds to completely lose their balance, ultimately resulting in an unbelievable drama that is quite absurd.

On the other hand, there are two other missions with more significant rewards: the "Blood and Wine and Blood" reward from that mission and the earlier "Fool's Idol".

The former's effect is to directly confuse the concepts, making it impossible to distinguish between blood and wine.

Later, he even used it against Yu Hun, slowing down Yu Hun's efficiency in "understanding" everything during their fight.

The latter effect is almost the most unique to date—if you are exposed to it for a sufficient period of time, your extraordinary abilities will be completely eliminated, and you will be transformed into an ordinary person.

If this doesn't involve the extraordinary essence, what does?
Furthermore, with just a little recollection, one can realize that the two powers mentioned earlier are also quite evident in the play before us.

For example, the beginning of the world and the extraordinary end, topics that at a glance involve the extraordinary nature of things.

There's also the Creator's ability to "weave the truth," correcting errors and allowing extraordinary power to be expressed in a more primal and pure form... This seems to have a more direct connection to the essence.

As for fooling—isn't the wisdom of etching fooling?

At least the boys and girls live in reality, but I am now directly in the Time-Space Error Theme Park, and I even have its script in my hand.

……

Of course, there are also some areas where they don't quite match.

For example, at first glance, it seems to be much more relevant to the fourth act, while the earlier Fool's Day elements are not so obvious.

Could it be that, like the judges, the Fool merely left a trace here, and manifested himself briefly in Act V in this way? Rather than being the absolute mastermind behind the Etching Wisdom?

To be honest, this is indeed a more prudent idea, and it can't be completely denied.

However, there is a detail that greatly reduces this possibility—this is Act Five, not Act Four. As analyzed earlier, the "title" of Act One matches perfectly with his experience during his last visit.

In other words, the content of the script is not limited to these four seamlessly connected scenes of Etching Wisdom, but also includes the previous one.

Don't underestimate this small difference; it's a kind of act that breaks down the dimensional barrier.

This means that the power behind the script is either based on the Wisdom of Etching itself, or on the Inverted Lake, or on his own understanding as the King of the Mechanical Abandoned Prison...

Regardless of the type, they all seem to have gone beyond the simple legacy of superior elements.

This is actually why we paid so much attention to the numbering issue earlier; the devil is in the details.

The most important question is: which of the three factors is the script's power to fool people based on?
"tyrant--"

Unfortunately, the brainstorming session, which was in full swing, was interrupted by a shout.

……

Needless to say, it was Rom from below.

The same title, but as if waking from a dream, there was less confusion than before, and the hatred was clearer.

Unfortunately, this kind of emotion is so commonplace for those who are dealing with it that they only give it a token glance and a little attention.

I must say that compared to before, not only has my mental state improved, but even my physical body feels a little more invigorated.

Not only did the blood color of the crystallized parts of his body become increasingly intense, but blood actually started to flow out.

The unfilled parts are bursting open with hideous wounds, exposing deformed flesh that causes physical discomfort at first glance.

More importantly, these wounds, just like childbirth, produce "spider-like creatures" that struggle to emerge from the mother's body.

There are dozens or even hundreds of them, and at a glance they are absolutely one-to-one replicas, even the parts filled with crystals are exactly the same.

Even the hatred seemed to have been inherited; the newly born Roms clung tightly to their mothers' bodies, baring their teeth and claws at them, their "eyes" filled with the same bloodlust.

However, this is human nature. Fu Qian did not mind the exponentially increasing hatred, but instead focused his attention on them and continued to find more wounds.

As it turns out, tiny Roms keep sprouting from the little Roms...

And with the same blood-red eyes, the same menacing fangs.

Then came little Rom...

Is it a true animal fractal?

The phrase "sons and grandsons will be endless" seems to have been demonstrated most directly at this moment.

Although, in dealing with the situation, considering that Lord Rom wields a certain degree of authority over the "Blood Order" and has always engaged in various underhanded tactics.

So while this scene is bizarre, it's still not hard to understand—slap!

With a crisp sound, Fu Qian reached behind his head and casually flicked something away, then lowered his head again and ignored it.

"That's not enough, we need to think more."

(End of this chapter)