I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 33 Weird Numbers

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The stone door was slowly opened, and everyone's eyes suddenly became clear.

This is a garden built in an underground cave with ancient ruins remaining.

The cave was unusually vast, like a small forest. There were multiple exits at the top of the cave, and light poured down from the upper openings, forming columns of Tyndall light in the deep forest.

This is the "Garden of Suffering", the sealed place where the Lord of the Abyss regrets.

The baron told everyone that the seal was here, but it was hidden by the Passion. If they wanted to reveal the seal, they needed to adjust the magic arrays in various places in the garden first.

The eight people were divided into three groups to adjust the formation: Catherine, Roland, Nar, and Anna in one group, Wallace and the freshman in a three-person group, and Hall and Leonard in a two-person group. After the adjustments were completed, everyone would regroup at the garden center.

After the discussion, the eight people began to act separately.

Roland knew that if they wanted to get out alive, they had to unite, or at least he and Catherine had to trust each other.

So it was time to have a chat with Katherine.

Roland used telepathy to quietly touch the spiritual world of the senior sister, and then a powerful spiritual force invaded Roland's mind.

Then, Catherine's voice appeared in Roland's mind: ["Did you find anything?"]
Roland responded: "Master Mentor, let me ask you first: if that thing has already escaped, are you confident you can deal with it?"
Catherine said: "The Abyss Lord never truly descended, otherwise the Valeria Territory would have been destroyed. Therefore, what our ancestors dealt with was merely his projection or incarnation—not to mention that this incarnation was already extremely weak. Even if the Abyss Lord descended in person..."
Before she could finish her words, Roland interrupted her: "Senior! Stop bragging at this moment! Even if that incarnation has become this weak, you four still might not be a match for him, right?"
Roland's repeated calls of "senior" infuriated Catherine, but she suppressed her anger and said, "Whether we can deal with Him or not is not your concern. Just tell us who He is."
After a pause, she added: "We should still have a 50% chance of dealing with Him."
Roland sighed inwardly. How could he not know that Catherine's claim of a 5% chance of winning was just a way to appease him? Their actual chances of winning were definitely less than 5%.

But Roland could tell that Catherine and Baron Hall were prepared to die. That was enough.

Since my teammates are all so determined, there is no need for me to hide it.

Roland said: ["There's one more person among us. This person is the incarnation of the Lord of the Abyss."]
Catherine said: ["I guessed it. Is that all you can see?"]
Roland sneered: "Okay, now take out the tools you usually use to monitor me, check the members of the team, and count our number."
Catherine frowned and took out a crystal ball, checked everyone in the team, and then said their names.

After counting, she said: [“That’s eight people in total. What’s wrong?”]
Roland closed his eyes, sighed deeply, and said, "Senior, you counted wrong. There are nine of us in total."
"How is that possible?" Teacher Catherine was stunned. She looked into the crystal ball and counted again: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and me, a total of 8. There are 1 numbers between 8 and 8. There's nothing wrong with my understanding. There are indeed eight of us, not nine."
Roland said: [“Catherine, I am a prophet. You must believe what the prophet says.”]
Catherine's expression became a little interesting, she still remembered her previous conversation with the Baron.

In her eyes, the Baron was a fool with all brawn in his head.

To Roland, she was no different from Baron Hall.

Catherine suddenly asked with a strange expression: "Is there something wrong with my perception? Or is there some underlying logic in your words?"
Roland replied: ["Yes, are you sure you want to listen?"]
Catherine was in a dilemma. After a moment, she uttered a word: [Speak.]
Roland said: ["Okay, be mentally prepared."]
Roland's next words began to cause Catherine to lose SAN.

He said: [“We are indeed 8 people, but now 8 people are 9 numbers - before we entered the ruins, there were 1 numbers from 8 to 8, but after we came in, there was an extra number between 1 and 8! So, the 8 of us are now 9 people!”]
Catherine was confused. She said: "Roland, either you are crazy or I am crazy."
Roland's words were like telling people that there was an integer between 3 and 4. Most people would definitely not accept that.

As we all know, the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is equal to 180 degrees, but in non-Euclidean geometry, the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is greater than 180 degrees.

In the surface world, there are indeed no integers between 3 and 4. However, in the underlying world, there are integers between 3 and 4.

The regret of the Lord of the Abyss is the integer inserted between 3 and 4.

For creatures in the surface world, they cannot count numbers between 3 and 4. So for Catherine and others, God is indescribable.

So no matter how many times they count, they will always count it as 3 or 4. Therefore, there are clearly 9 people in the team, but they say there are only 8.

Roland said: ["Let's not discuss which of us is crazy yet. Count our number again."]
Catherine had been with Roland for some time, and she knew that this guy would never have any problems with his cognition.

If you feel that he has said something unusual, it must be because you are not intelligent enough and do not understand.

Her face flushed red as she put away the crystal ball. She angrily said, "Counting, what are you talking about? Stop talking nonsense. I don't understand what you're saying. I only know how to kill! Tell me who 'He' is, and I'll kill Him. Then we can go back to the academy!"
Roland nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll tell you now. Instructor Leonard is the demon."
Teacher Catherine looked stunned. She believed Roland's words, but she couldn't understand why Leonard was a demon.

"Roland, this is impossible. Leonard and I have known each other for many years. How could he be a demon?"
Roland continued, "Okay, I'll tell you why he's a demon. Every time you count the number of people, you count them like this: Roland, two freshmen, and Wallace, a total of four assistants."

——Catherine, Anna, Gnar, Baron. 4 main players!
You never considered Leonard to be part of the team! Yet you thought he was one of ours! There's something wrong with your understanding! There's something wrong with Leonard!
Previously, "Ayelai's Notebook" gave two prophecies in "The Prophet's Choice".

In prophecy A, if the prophet Roland chose to remain silent and not identify the werewolf, the result would be the annihilation of the entire group.

In prophecy B, if the prophet Roland stood up to identify the werewolf, he would be in danger of death.

The choice Roland made now was option B.

He directly identified the devil and gave a clear logic, but his logic was not accepted by his teammates.

Mentor Catherine said: ["Roland, we have always included Leonard in the team."]
To prove her words, she took out the crystal ball again and counted each one in front of Roland.

She said, “Look, these are two freshmen—two people.

This is Wallace, this is you - four people.

Next up were me, Anna, Nar, and the Baron—eight of us.

You see, I just counted Leonard, and he's among the eight of us—there's always eight of us, not nine."]
Roland nodded deeply: "Go back and take some medicine, Senior Sister."
Catherine: [“.”]
At this moment, Roland finally understood why people could not describe many indescribable things even though they were in a strange place.

Because even if some people use clear logic to describe indescribable things, others will not understand.

Anyone who has not witnessed the underworld will never be able to count the numbers between 3 and 4.

People with trichromatic vision will never be able to see the colorful world that people with tetrachromatic vision can see.

I am such a person who has a four-color vision system.

In your own eyes, others are blind.

But in the eyes of others, am I not also a lunatic?

Roland stopped arguing with the senior about the abyssal demon. He said, "Senior, I can't say any more. Let's end this conversation here. If you believe me, then believe me. If not... I've tried my best."

Catherine was very smart. She understood almost instantly why Roland couldn't say any more.

Because only beings from the lower world can understand these logics!

So, is Roland a werewolf?

Catherine closed her eyes and thought carefully, then she shook her head deeply.

Roland could indeed see things in the lower world, but that didn't mean he was an evil god—even if he was, he wasn't the evil god of this relic.

The time, place, and identity were all wrong. Even the Alayeh Notebook was given to him by me!

At this time, others can doubt him, but he cannot doubt him!

Catherine opened her eyes and said, "Roland, I really don't understand what you said today, but I believe you!"

(End of this chapter)