Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

"Reiner, to you, an ordinary life or a brilliant life like mine, which one is more attractive?"

"Perhaps every step I take now is being pushed by a pair of hands from behind, and even my entire life is being calculated by someone."

"But, so what?"

"His calculations allowed me to appreciate scenery that I could never have otherwise, and gave me a lifespan and strength that ordinary people don't possess."

"It even made me one of the few strong people in this world."

"Even if I knew from the beginning that this was a plot, even if I knew from the beginning that I was facing the problems now, even if I had a hundred or ten thousand chances, I would still choose the life I have now."

Seeing Reiner's touched expression, Ciel drank rum in big gulps, "Perhaps everything I know is a lie."

"The One Creator does not distinguish between good and evil. Even now, what I am doing is not to prevent greater disasters from happening, but to guide the arrival of those disasters."

"In fact, I am the disaster."

"But compared to this conjecture, I am more afraid of what I am facing now."

"Guessing is just guessing. I've been to that world, but I've truly witnessed the power of the One Creator and the resolve of the Ocean Goddess."

"From that moment on, I knew my mission, or who should ignite the fire in my heart."

"Even if this path is wrong, even if it brings me greater disaster, I will risk everything to continue on this path."

"Because this is the path I chose, and it's the only way to possibly defeat that guy!"

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Chapter 435: Lines and Nets

Charles is a bit lazy, but he is always decisive at critical moments.

Perhaps his existence is just to achieve a certain purpose.

Perhaps following the steps to become a true god could avoid many things and allow him to escape for longer.

But this kind of life is definitely not what he wants.

There are some things that when you take a step back, there is no way to move forward.

While he still has the idea of ​​resisting him in his heart, Charles will do his best to defeat him.

Otherwise, if he took a step back now, one day, the unmatched power of the only creator of the dark side of the world would become a demon that eroded his heart.

A demon that will grow stronger day by day, drawing all of his courage from him.

"That sounds like your style."

"But it's not as simple as you think."

"You said before that you wanted to forge two extraordinary characteristics of the true god level. With me, that makes three."

"Are you sure you can gather so many materials?" Reiner asked.

Shinji Kirihara was stunned.

Materials are indeed a big problem.

Even though the two of them have forged extraordinary characteristics at the level of true gods, they still have a lot of materials left.

But all these materials combined may not be able to match the consumption of the extraordinary characteristics of the God level.

Not to mention three copies, now that Ciel has spent all his fortune to make one copy, he is already considered wealthy. Add to that the demigods he had dealt with before and part of Reiner's fortune, he can barely make up two copies.

As for the third set of materials, unless Shinji Kirihara is willing to kill all the Pandoras, otherwise... it is almost impossible to collect them all.

"Extraordinary things are forbidden!" Charles said through gritted teeth.

"Ban all the extraordinary powers in this world, gather all the extraordinary powers into one, and then forge them."

"If it really doesn't work... I'll go to the star realm." Because of his previous help, Charles didn't want to cause trouble for Pandora.

But if they really can't gather enough, Shinji Kirihara will not hesitate to seize some of Pandora's power.

With Pandora who controls the power of existence, the other Pandoras can be resurrected quickly even if they die. They will probably agree to just borrow her power for a while.

Reiner looked at him helplessly.

The prohibition of transcendence is almost a world of difference from his expectation that everyone would be transcendent.

If someone else did this, he would stop them no matter what the reason.

But Ciel and what he said made Reiner feel a little conflicted.

"forget it."

"Forge two for your own use first."

"As for me...it's enough to retain the power of Sequence 2 for the time being." Reiner scratched his hair helplessly and said.

"Who knows what will happen in the end? Perhaps I'll die after absorbing those extraordinary characteristics, or perhaps the Sole Creator will be revived in me. In that case, Sequence 2 power won't be enough to protect you."

"If you still want to live and fulfill your ideals, you must never refuse to become a true god."

"After all, I can guarantee to help you realize your dream now, but do you really believe in me after I become a true god, or even after I gain the power of the sole creator?"

Reiner was about to nod casually, but Ciel spoke before him, "Don't be so quick to nod. The me of today doesn't even want to believe in the me of tomorrow. You'd better keep a little bit of doubt."

"The impact of extraordinary characteristics has never had any impact on you or me. But that doesn't mean that becoming a true god, or even gaining more power, won't have any impact on me."

"Even if the Sole Creator doesn't resurrect within me, perhaps the me who has gained such powerful strength will become so unfamiliar that you won't recognize me at all."

"If you don't have the ability to protect yourself by then, you won't be able to realize your dream, let alone survive."

This is not something that is impossible to happen.

Just like Floyd, who had died long ago, he was not a madman at first.

But under the influence of supernatural powers, he not only killed his family, but also became more crazy. Although he gradually found himself because of Mernade, he lost a lot in the process, and in the end, only pure faith was left.

Floyds and Mernadette awaken.

If he really went crazy and hurt the people around him, no one would be able to wake him up. After all, no one had the ability to wake him up, as he contained the power of five righteous gods.

"Let's forge it first."

"The True God succeeded, but whether the Righteous God can succeed is still a question."

"Don't you think we are ridiculous now?"

"The thing hasn't been made yet, but we are so sure that we can forge it. At the same time, we are arguing about something that hasn't been forged yet." Reiner sighed, not wanting to argue about this matter with Ciel anymore.

Ciel glanced at him, then nodded.

"That's right, let's continue the experiment."

"Although we have some data, it is still uncertain whether we can produce the extraordinary characteristics of a true god."

Just because the true God’s extraordinary characteristics are easy to create doesn’t mean that the righteous God’s extraordinary characteristics are also easy to create.

Although they have data from the level of true god to the level of righteous god - Pandora who is stronger than the average true god, Pandora who is close to the level of righteous god, and Mernade and Diana who are at the level of righteous god.

The data on their powers have basically been collected by Ciel and studied with Reiner.

Essentially speaking, there is not much difference in power between a true god and a righteous god.

If the power of a true god represents complete mastery of one or two rules in the world, then the power of a righteous god is a web, with each line weaving this web representing a similar rule.

To say that the difference is not big is indeed not that big, after all, both are lines composed of rules.

The difference is indeed huge, and this difference is not simply caused by "more" or "complete".

Moreover, after the two are combined, the web woven by various rules continues to interweave and give birth to new and strange powers.

This power was still essentially rules, but it had been sublimated to the utmost. Originally merely representing the power of the world, it sublimated, vaguely transcending the world itself and reaching another, unattainable realm.

Therefore, although the true gods seem to be at the same level as the righteous gods, several true gods who are good at fighting are often no match for a righteous god who is not good at fighting.

After all, the power of the "line" will be eliminated under the influence of the "net".

"I told you that we can't keep succeeding." After a long time, Reiner said quietly as he looked at the power of the true God that was constantly disappearing before his eyes.

When they created the power of the true God, they encountered almost no trouble, but when they wove the power of the true God into a net, they encountered many difficulties.

To knit a sweater you just have to put the yarn together.

To weave a net using rules, the lines need to be constantly integrated.

The power of rules is not put together, but integrated together, or in other words, they are one and the same.

It’s okay if the force is similar, but if the force is a little farther away, the two people will not be able to integrate it into the “net”.

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Chapter 436: Chapter 106 I Seem to See the Truth...

"This isn't a big deal." Ciel pondered for a long time before speaking. "The forms in which the power of rules manifests itself are not unrelated."

“Even seemingly dissimilar rules can have some strange things in common.”

"If we can find those commonalities and then fuse the two together, then we can create an important foundation for a web of rules."

"You talk as if those points are easy to find." Reiner looked at Ciel speechlessly.

Although they previously described the rules as a line, in fact, the rules are as broad as the Yangtze River, and the points that are similar to other rules may be as small as pebbles and grains of sand.

There is obviously no way to weave the two lines together with such similarity.

They can only complete the first step by first screening out the same "points" that occupy at least a small section of the long river of rules.

After that, they will continue to look for similar "points" in the two connected rivers of rules, and repeat this process until the power of the rules slowly blends into a network, which will be considered a success.

If you say this kind of work is difficult, it is actually not that difficult, but if you say it is easy, it is definitely not easy either.

"There's no time for complaining. Perhaps we've already woven a web, or tied a knot."

"Okay, let's get started." Charles smiled and inserted his hand into the void. He began to slowly arrange the rules condensed by the Dream City, and tried hard to perceive the points where those rules blended with each other.

In a sense, this is a special kind of practice.

Especially for the two people who are in the [Truth] stage.

While sorting out the rules, they also gained a new understanding of their own abilities and even a new understanding of the world.

In a trance, they seemed to sense the composition of the world, the origin of everything, and even they could see the pair of eyes looking at them.

The half-woven "net" was scrapped again.

"You see..." Reiner muttered to himself, with a smile on his face and his body slowly twisting.

He had an urge to dance.

"Truth... really exists..."

"The truth that contains everything...the origin of the end of the world..."

"Just one more look...it's as if the world has no secrets for me anymore." Reiner smiled foolishly, his hands reaching out towards the furnace of rules created by the City of Dreams, as if trying to catch the pair of eyes that had just appeared in front of him.

Like him, Charles' hand also slowly reached inside, but when his hand was about to approach the furnace, a stream of cold water that seemed to be able to freeze his soul gushed out from his chest.

In an instant, he woke up.

Looking at Reiner who had half of his body merged into it, Ciel made a quick decision and cut his body in half in an instant, and then used the power of time to reshape everything of his.

However, despite his power, Reiner did not fully recover and was still only half of his body.

Ciel could feel that in the previous moment, half of Reiner's power of rules, extraordinary characteristics, and even his soul had disappeared.

This disappearance was a unique one that he couldn't feel at all.

It was as if he had always been like this, with only half of his body and soul.

This gave him a chill.

"What happened to me just now?" Reiner was a little confused, and then he realized his condition. He gathered his strength and then returned to human form again.

"You are attracted by the truth." Charles said while exhaling.

Reiner was stunned for a long time, and slowly he realized what he had just experienced. Then a strange expression of crying and laughing appeared on his face.

Charles narrowed his eyes and looked at the other person warily.

He was sure Reiner would never show such an expression.