Mystery: At the start, you gain the uniqueness of the thief.

Chapter 159 Rosen: The Hearts of Parents Are Full of Love

The shelter plan that Rosen mentioned was not just a pie in the sky; it was the result of his discussions with Zhou Mingrui on "how to shelter more people in the apocalypse."

The plan is both simple and complex. It is mainly divided into two parts. The first part is to use the Source Castle to shelter as many other people's spirits as possible during the apocalypse. The Celestial Venerable has proven the feasibility of this shelter. After the apocalypse ends, Rosen will reshape their bodies.

Since the capacity of the Source Castle is limited and it cannot shelter everyone, the second part of the plan was developed.

The second part of the shelter plan is to establish shelters in the real world, so that when the apocalypse comes, Zhou Mingrui can use the power of the Lord of Mysteries to protect as many people as possible.

The first part is simple, but the second part is more complicated. Firstly, there's one crucial point:

The destruction of Earth's civilization, though seemingly completed in the instant of the Creator's awakening, actually occurred after a long period of chaos on Earth following the initial awakening of the Creator. Not to mention, God and the Lord of Mysteries fought so fiercely during this time that their brains practically popped out of their sockets.

As the new master of the mysterious, can Zhou Mingrui really remain uninvolved under these circumstances?

It's hard to say about Rosen.

But he wasn't too worried. After all, Rosen believed in himself. By then, he estimated he would have become an existence at the level of the ancients. When he joined forces with Zhou Mingrui, the Lord of Mysteries, he wouldn't be afraid of the God of Heaven attacking from the other side.

Therefore, compared to the above, Rosen was actually more troubled by the series of problems that needed to be faced in establishing a real-world shelter. He believed in the brilliance of humanity and was more aware of its fragility, which was why Rosen was not in a hurry to have Zhou Mingrui contact the authorities.

While might makes right, Little Zhou's weaknesses are too obvious. Rosen is really not comfortable handing Little Zhou over to the authorities. Who knows if they'll use him like a donkey?

It would be ridiculous if, after all that hard work protecting humanity, Xiao Zhou ended up morally blackmailing him for not doing enough.

Therefore, rather than going directly to the authorities, Rosen prefers to first establish his own organization, then find a few reliable people to serve as the organization's leaders, and only after everything is ready will he consider cooperating with the authorities to establish a shelter.

This is why Rosen recruited Huang Tao and Amanisis to his team. These two are much more shrewd than Zhou Mingrui, and they are both smart people. Moreover, because of the future, they naturally stand on the same side as Zhou Mingrui. With them around, Rosen can feel much more at ease.

"My son, your father has really worried himself sick over you!" Thinking of this, Rosen suddenly looked at Zhou Mingrui and said with a sigh.

Zhou Mingrui: ?

A question mark slowly appeared above Zhou Mingrui's head, wondering what Rosen was going on about this time.

Rosen flew to Zhou Mingrui's head, lovingly patted his head, and said, "The hearts of parents are always full of love and concern!"

"No, what's wrong with you now?" Zhou Mingrui was really confused.

"It's okay, go play by yourself!" Rosen shook his head and said.

Although Xiao Zhou isn't stupid, everyone has their own area of ​​expertise. Let Amanisis and the others worry about certain problems!

Rosen did not stay in the Old Age for long this time either. After assigning Amanisis the task of developing a reliable organization of employees and leaving her with sufficient funds, Rosen returned to the Third Age.

Upon returning, Rosen had just opened his eyes when he saw Klein looking at him thoughtfully.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Rosen asked curiously.

"I was just wondering what kind of image I have in your eyes." Klein didn't try to hide anything. He looked at Rosen and said, "So much so that you'd worry that I was foolish enough to be taken advantage of in the past."

Zhou Mingrui from the old era was young and inexperienced. Even though he had synchronized his memories with the future, he still lacked experience and couldn't see the intentions behind Rosen's actions. However, Klein, who had been in the workforce for several years, had some guesses.

"An extremely altruistic fool?" Rosen replied uncertainly.

Klein was silent for a few seconds, then said with a mixture of speechlessness and amusement, "I'm not a saint, I have my own selfish motives too, in terms of power—"

I will help others when I can, but if I'm in a situation where I can't even protect myself, I'll prioritize protecting myself. That doesn't exactly make me an extreme altruist, does it?

"But you will indeed feel sad for not being able to save others, won't you? Even if it wasn't your responsibility or your obligation at all." Rosen looked at him calmly and said, "Zhou Mingrui, I'm not a very moral person. I won't feel sad for not saving others, but I know what kind of person you are. If you could save the world simply by sacrificing yourself, you would struggle, hesitate, and be afraid, but in the end, you would still become that sacrifice."

Zhou Mingrui remained silent, but did not refute.

Would he do that? Probably, since it's better for one person to die than for the whole world to perish together.

Zhou Mingrui loves this world and his friends and family. He fears death, but if it is truly necessary, he will stand up.

"You're the same kind of person as the Sun God, no, you're even more soft-hearted than Him," Rosen continued, gazing at Klein, and also at the future fool whose humanity was almost completely exhausted. "I won't stop you from saving them, but I don't want you to burn yourself out in the process, and I certainly don't want you to be blamed after you've given your all to save the world. So you're responsible for burning yourself out, and I'll be responsible for clearing away the noise. Heroes deserve the treatment of heroes, and if anyone doesn't appreciate it—"

Rosen paused here, still smiling, but with a hint of coldness in his smile: "I don't need them to pay any other price, I just need them to return to their original fate."

Zhou Mingrui stared blankly at Rosen in front of him. After a long while, he finally exhaled and said, "This doesn't sound like something a good kid would say—" His tone wasn't accusatory, but rather helpless, containing a more complex emotion.

"What's wrong with it?" Rosen raised an eyebrow and immediately said with dissatisfaction, "Hoping that good people will be rewarded and bad people will be punished is a very basic value."

He glanced at Zhou Mingrui again, shook his head with disappointment, and said, "It's because of you that I'm worried you'll be treated like a donkey."

"Don't talk as if I have no temper. If someone really criticized me in that situation, I would definitely make them pay the price." Zhou Mingrui disagreed with Rosen's speculation about him and immediately retorted, somewhat amused and annoyed.

"For example?" Rosen gestured for Zhou Mingrui to talk about his revenge plan.