Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 149 148 New Secret Marionette
The system glanced inexplicably into the distance, as if something dirty had just looked at it.

However, this strange feeling soon disappeared. Nothing strange was seen, and the system began to be excited about the extraordinary characteristics that its host cricket was about to obtain.

Tang was holding a piece of slightly sweet bread with jam, and a small amount of fat house happy water made with the miracle of the theater. He squatted in the Euclidean space and watched the hunting sequence 4 action through the connection between the secret doll and the main body.

"Indeed, all five poisons are present."

Putting down the fat otaku happy water, Tang carefully savored the mystical knowledge involved in this mystic.

The ancient sun god, the remains of the war between gods, Mr. Men, the true creator… If this mystic hadn't used the blood of the Hanged Man's Angel in the ritual to advance to Sequence 4, he would have collapsed and lost control long ago.

"Perhaps there's a blessing from the true Creator? The kind that's hidden deep down?"

Tang thought.

But he died in the end.

It has to be said that a mystic who has not lost control and has mastered enough mysteries has a much larger number of spells, quasi-spells and witchcraft than those of the same sequence in other ways.

This is the characteristic of the Mystery Peepers' Path. As long as they are not crazy, then after reaching a high sequence, the Beyonders of this Path will always create various incomprehensible magics.

Of course, facing a well-prepared demigod, facing a "0" level sealed object, with many demigods such as ancient scholars and war bishops hiding in the dark waiting to finish them off, even without the remote command of the Puppet Master, this luxurious configuration can easily kill a demigod in seconds.

Ah, he has become so arrogant that he uses the word "instant kill"... Well, no, no, at least he should add "it takes some careful handling".

"As for the matter of arguing with the church people next... I'm not in Backlund anyway."

The Church of Evernight had a tacit understanding with him. Although he didn't know what kind of deal they had made with the Goddess, in the absence of an extraordinary revelation that caused widespread panic, it wouldn't be difficult to resolve with the Church's mediation.

"But I have to say, it feels really good to be a hands-off boss."

The War Bishop's Marionette is really quite good. Perhaps I can try to find a Weather Warlock's potion to help him advance to Sequence 2 first?

As long as one has the 'Repair and Cultivation' module, even if one fails to be promoted, one can still spend a certain amount of knowledge fragments to preserve the War Bishop himself, thus preventing the puppet from being damaged during the ritual.

"But after advancing to Sequence 2, do Marionettes need to use anchor points to stabilize themselves?"

"They are essentially dead, but after being equipped with the Bionic Marionette module, they have the characteristics of life. Will the original spiritual imprint awaken within the Bionic Marionette module?"

"Emm, good question, I'll study it later."

Not long after, through the connection between the system and subsystems, the Sequence 4 Mystic's Beyonder Characteristics had quietly lay in the system warehouse.

After receiving permission from its host, the system waved its hand and majestically "ate" the Sequence 4 Mystic's Beyonder characteristics.

"Upgrade, upgrade~"

It needs to incubate for a while, and try to use part of the main system's energy to complete the remaining parts of the 'bionic marionette' module, hide it, and imitate the spiritual lines of the marionettes, so that they can truly approach perfection. Even high-level fortune tellers and angels cannot see any abnormalities.

'I'll physically reincarnate that dirty thing later~' Electrocute him to death!
Amon: 'Tsk.'

This thing really holds a grudge.

Tang turned his gaze away and looked towards Silver City again.

At this time, he had already left Silver City and walked eastward for a long time.

Based on the current speed, with the effect of shortening distance in Euclidean space, it will take about two months to reach the easternmost point and collide with the western continent.

However, I have left a secret doll in Silver City, so it is relatively easy to check the situation there and adjust my plan in time.

As expected, the six members of Silver City's current council attach great importance to the fate of the former chief.

Being able to enter the round tower unnoticed and ignore the blockade of the seal, the sequence level of the person who came may be so high that it is unimaginable for the Silver City.

"Sequence 2, or even Sequence 1."

"Chief, are you saying that he calls himself 'Amon' and the 'Angel of Time'?"

The six-member council members had not changed their tune and continued to address the experienced demon hunter as 'Chief'.

"I'm still unsure whether the other party is the 'Angel of Time' mentioned in the scriptures."

Through the perspective of the round tower, several members of the six-member council could easily see a person sitting on a low house in the distance.

It was a young man wearing a monocle. He seemed to realize something. He raised his head and looked towards the round tower. He adjusted the monocle in his right eye and smiled at several members of the council, as if to say hello.

Several members of the six-member council withdrew their gazes, and the room fell silent again.

After a long while, one of the six-member council members finally said quietly, "Is it really okay to let... Him stay in Silver City forever?"

The other party did not deliberately conceal his whereabouts, and even wandered around Silver City casually.

What was strange was that the residents of Silver City, who were extremely wary of outsiders and monsters, actually acquiesced to the appearance and arrival of this outsider, without even a trace of vigilance or curiosity towards him... Him, as if they were facing their own relatives or friends.

High-Sequence Beings always possess various strange and terrifying Beyonder abilities. This might be one of them... Several elders with a deep understanding of the Beyonder world thought so in their hearts.

A member of the six-person council pondered, "Judging from the current situation, this kind of anomaly can only be detected by Beyonders who have been promoted to the Demigod level..."

Another member then added: "It's also possible that the other party is deliberately showing it."

"I have tried the Crown of Glory and the Gift of the Earth, two divine seals, but they had no effect on Him." The current chief glanced at the former chief and then said.

The demigods in the round tower fell silent again.

"...Perhaps?" A two-meter-tall female demon hunter murmured to herself, "Perhaps He really is the 'Angel of Time', the Lord's agent, who has come to save us from the darkness..."

The other council members were quite clear about the demon hunter's thoughts.

The Lord did not abandon them.

But according to the description of the former chief, Gar Bray, this is not the case. "Why did the Lord..."

"Refuse to answer. This is your problem. It has nothing to do with me."

Said the outsider and former Chief Gar Bray.

"We can't be sure, so let's try to communicate with Him. At least from the current situation, the other party's attitude is friendly." said a member of the council who was inclined to communicate.

For Silver City, as long as it does not cause any impact on Silver City and is not a terrifying existence in the monster camp, it is friendly and can be negotiated with. It may even be one of the few ropes that can pull people together.

Even though they had no way of knowing what the other party had done in Silver City or what they wanted from them.

Even if it's a poisonous snake disguised as a rope.

"This would be extremely dangerous," someone objected. "Without knowing the other party's intentions, any potential disaster would very likely cause indelible casualties to Silver City."

The female demon hunter who had spoken earlier and was also inclined to communicate couldn't help but say, "But we have been entrenched in the darkness for over a thousand years, and the Lord has long been unable to respond..."

"Ava!" The current chief scolded the female witcher.

The witcher known as Ava hesitated and said, "Sorry, Chief, I'm a little excited."

Seeing that the members of the council had calmed down again, the current chief looked at the former chief who had been silent since the beginning and said, "Chief... Bray, what do you think?"

"We can try." Gar Bray seemed to have made plans. "I think, if the two divine seals are ineffective, even if the other party wants to do something..."

They were all powerless to resist.

It would be better to try to dig out something valuable from the other party.

However, the person to communicate with...

"I'll go," Gar Bray said calmly. "I think a witcher on the verge of losing control, a former chief, might be the smallest price I can pay."

Even if the other party really had ill intentions, at least he could emit a little faint light in this final period of time to illuminate the already dark future of Silver City.

The room fell silent again, but no one agreed with this matter, but no one opposed it either.

They shoulder the future of the entire Silver City. If possible, even if there is only a slight chance, then no matter who they are, no matter which resident of Silver City, they will generously welcome the arrival of death.

The former head of the Council of Six left the Round Tower and found the young man wearing a monocle.

After noticing the approach of the former chief of the six-member council, General Tang, who was still tracking the trail of the Dark Demon Wolf with a lantern in the distance, focused most of his attention on him and temporarily took over the control of the secret puppet.

No one knew what they talked about. After the former chief of the six-member council returned to the round tower and underwent inspection by the divine seal, and other demon hunters confirmed that there were no signs of contamination, they gathered together again.

"Prepare a room," Gar Bray said, still maintaining his composure. "After I go in and come out..."

"Don't trust me anymore, even a little bit."

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"The 'Bionic Marionette' module, created by the system, can, under certain conditions, perfectly inherit the marionette's thoughts, emotions, memories, experiences, and extraordinary powers from its previous life."

In the round tower of Silver City, one mystical symbol after another floated out of Tang's hand, forming a twisted, clustered forbidden knowledge that made the brain go blank and chaotic just by looking at it.

This is the carrier of crazy knowledge and the embodiment of the self when the 'Bionic Marionette' module is not combined with the marionette.

The system is currently working diligently to improve the Bionic Marionette module's ability to conceal the spirit line. Once fully empowered, the system should be equivalent to a minimalist version of the Knowledge Wasteland. Being able to disguise the spirit line, making the marionette appear more human than inhuman, is not surprising in the world of occultism.

After all, this is a subjective world, isn't it?

"However, this is also the first time I've encountered someone who actively wants to cooperate in becoming a secret puppet."

Tang casually raised the Bionic Secret Doll module in his hand. "Well, according to the agreement, I will provide you, no, Silver City, with some information that is urgently needed. And according to the principle of equivalent payment, you must also pay a certain price."

Former Chief Gar Bray sat before the young man who moved freely within the Round Tower's seal and asked gravely, "Why do you say the Giant King's Court is the key to everything?"

"Isn't this obvious?" Tang manipulated the spiritual thread of the former chief, and through the authority of Euclidean space, he was gradually digging out the former chief's past, experience, knowledge, way of thinking and other extremely personal things, and filling the corresponding things into the "bionic marionette" module through the system.

"If we want to leave this cursed land, the Giant King's Court is the key," he said casually. "Ah, of course. With your current level of exploration, and the surrounding environment already altered, it would take a thousand years? Or two thousand years? In short, it would take quite a while."

The spiritual thread was being manipulated, and the madness in the eyes of the former chief was gradually being replaced by numbness, because the puppetization was constantly suppressing the signs of him losing control, but the puppetization also meant that the former chief would become a puppet of others, which was why he warned the other six members of the council.

After this, he was no longer himself...

What the other party needed was a demigod-level secret puppet. Gar Blay originally thought that what the other party needed was one of the two god-level sealed objects in the City of Silver.

"What do I need that for?" he heard the young man with the monocle ask back, "For me, a Sealed Artifact isn't absolutely necessary."

Of the Sequence 2 from the Warrior Path and the Sequence 2 from the Cultivator Path, the former can provide Owen with a Death Archon who has reached the transition stage of Sequence 2, while the "0" level seal from the Cultivator Path has already been obtained from the Secret Order, and is currently growing mushrooms in the theater.

If we take away any one of them, it is hard to say whether Silver City can survive the next thousand years.

"And a demigod-level puppet is also something that is dispensable to me."

Tang continued, not even shying away from mentioning the Sequence 4 Demon Hunter, "It's just because of a prophecy... ah, as for what it is, guess what it is?"

His thoughts grew increasingly rigid as the former Chief of Silver City's recollections came to an end. He continued, "You, why..."

The words he was about to say suddenly paused, and it seemed that the hand controlling the spirit thread also stopped turning into a secret puppet at this moment.

I only saw the young man in front of me raise his hand and say with a smile, "Look, does this look like you?"

The crazy knowledge evolved into a brand new Gar Bligh. This Gar Bligh, who was supposed to be just a manifestation of some mysterious power, opened his eyes. The two demon hunters looked at each other, and surprise and even greater fear of the mystery burst out of their eyes.

(End of this chapter)