Although Byers had witnessed Phil's severed hand, Weber's hanging, and Mr. "Magician"'s insects gathering into a palm, and had a certain understanding of the terrifying changes brought about by "0-02", after all, he was not at a high enough level and had not seen enough. He did not have a very clear grasp of the horror hidden behind these things, and he understood them more as ghost stories that had become reality.
So, at this moment, although he was afraid, under the gaze of the magical "magician" and the angels on earth, he still mustered up his courage and quickly approached the rectangular table. Of course, this was also influenced by the "sailor" path itself.
In just two or three steps, Byers was within reach of the brass book.
Without thinking, he stretched out his right palm, grabbed the brass pages in front of "0-02", and flipped through them quickly.
During this process, the back of Byers' hand was always placed on the unfilled brass page to prevent it from being blocked, so that he, Mr. "Magician" and Ms. Angel could observe the changes on it in time and respond in advance.
Amid the rustling sounds, the "sailor" saw the clause "Touching the 'Brass Book of Trunsoest' will result in a death sentence." He was horrified at first, and then he was filled with strong doubts about his current state.
However, this did not affect his movement of turning the pages, and different brass pages appeared in Klein's eyes one after another, each with different rules and regulations.
The projections of these brass pages do not appear one after another, but exist side by side and gradually increase.
In the end, Klein's two eyes retained images of a different number of brass book pages. They were neatly arranged, row after row, just like "0-02" was split into individual pages and placed on a glass table in the sun.
This is the "dream divination" technique at the angel level. Klein reproduced everything he had just seen before his eyes.
As time went by, the brass pages began to rotate in his dark brown eyes, and one of them stood out:
"…The 'Brass Book of Trunsoest' originates from the 'Uniqueness' of the 'Judge' that was contaminated by the 'Land of Disorder'…"
Just as I expected, since the "Trunsoest Brass Book" can present all the underlying rules, the corresponding content must contain a description of itself! This is determined by its nature. Unless it is fully awakened or activated, and has sufficient wisdom to know how to hide selectively... Just as Klein had a happy thought in his mind, he saw new mercury words begin to emerge on the brass page that had not been filled before.
This means that "0-02" has finally separated some of its strength from the vicious circle and is preparing to add clauses, make explanations, and fix loopholes.
“Leave!” Klein shouted without hesitation.
Biles strictly followed the order of the superior, immediately withdrew his right hand, turned around, and ran out of the floor-to-ceiling window.
"Pretend to attack me." Seeing that the "sailor" with dual attributes had left the city library, Klein suddenly added another sentence.
Biles was confused, but he still raised his right arm, pulled his shoulders back, and made a gesture as if he was about to swing his fist at Klein.
At this time, the new article finally took shape:
"The 'Brass Book of Trunsoest' and the people it allows are exempt from enforcing the above rules..."
However, even though the provision was successfully enacted, Biles was not punished.
Obviously, the "Brass Book of Trunsoest" will not pursue problems that arise when there is an endless loop or unclear definition, just like it did not add any charges to "Magic Mirror" Arrodes after it fixed the loophole in the rules.
Based on the same reason, Byers, who actually came into contact with "0-02", did not encounter the contamination of the source material - before the supplementary clause was introduced, Byers was a part of Belldan and could not be destroyed in any sense, so he would not be contaminated. After the supplementary clause was introduced, his previous behavior would not be "held accountable".
In fact, after Byers left the city library, he violated the "curfew order" again, but Klein had noticed a problem before, that is, the citizens of Beldan were not restricted by the "curfew order" when chasing outsiders, so he made Byers pretend to attack him and avoid the corresponding punishment.
Then, he took the opportunity of "0-02" to fix this loophole and quickly recalled the detailed information of "Trensost Brass Book":
"... this book has a living quality, but it is mostly at a very low level...
"…the first half of it presents almost all the major underlying rules, while the second half is blank and needs to be written by yourself…
“…Once it is unrestricted, it will naturally formulate biased laws for the surrounding areas and strictly enforce them. During this process, it will modify and revise them at any time based on the feedback received.
"...As the laws become more and more strict, His living characteristics will deepen...When a strict law that can interfere with all aspects is formed, the 'Brass Book of Trunsoest' will come to life completely, possessing true wisdom and the ability to modify the underlying rules of the first half to a certain extent...The specific extent that can be achieved is as follows...
"…If there are inconsistencies between the laws that cannot be corrected, or if the pages have been filled but a sufficiently strict system of rules has not been formed, the 'Brass Book of Trunsoest' will add a new clause 'The following rules are invalid' at the junction of the first and second halves after one hour.
"As this clause takes shape, the rules written afterwards will gradually disappear, leaving the page blank again...
"...After the second half is completely blank, the clause "The following rules are invalid" will be erased, and the "Brass Book of Trunsoest" will repeat its previous behavior until a strict law that can interfere in all aspects is formed...
“… The rules it sets must be publicized or announced before they can take effect… When an action does not have clear provisions, whether it is illegal depends on the general understanding of the surrounding creatures…
"...The 'Trunsoest Brass Book' hates twisted, aesthetically pleasing rules, and hates being found to have loopholes..."
What a detailed description... This should contain a method to seal "0-02"... Klein's thoughts raced as he tried to find useful information from every paragraph of text.
At this moment, Arianna, the leader of the Ascetic monks of the Church of Night, whispered:
"I tried to fill the pages after '0-02' with clauses, but it's not tight enough."
Right! In this way, the "Trensost Brass Book" will declare the following rules invalid and start over. At that time, its restrictions on the surroundings will temporarily disappear, giving us the opportunity to touch it, take it away, or pray directly to the gods... But how can we do this? The "Trensost Brass Book" hates twisted, aesthetically pleasing rules, and hates being found for loopholes... Klein's mind moved, and he had an inspiration.
Without hesitation, he stretched out his hands forward, as if embracing the air.
The next second, in the Belldam City Library, whose building area had shrunk to one-tenth of its original size, a hall paved with dark black stone slabs and hewn patterns everywhere came into reality.
There were eight black stone pillars standing in this hall, and metal rods hung from the high dome one after another. The bottoms of their rods were connected to candlesticks carved into different creatures, 41 on the left and 40 on the right.
This was the ruling hall of the Tudor-Trensost United Empire that Klein had seen before. At that time, both consuls were Sequence 1 "Prince of Order-killing" of the "Black Emperor" pathway. Therefore, this place was filled with twisted rules that did not conform to normal circumstances and lacked any aesthetic sense.
In addition, when Klein summoned this historical scene, he also used his abilities in this field to add many details of the Quaternary Epoch that he had mastered, making the order that originated from the "Black Emperor" more detailed and complete, as if it were real.
Bang!
Both of his hands were broken off at the wrists and fell to the ground, with blood gushing out from the wounds, just like an ordinary person.
This is the second time Klein has committed fraud!
The two hands and the gushing blood fell to the ground one after another, and quickly disintegrated into transparent, twisted worms and slightly sticky, almost invisible liquid.
As these "Spirit Bugs" twitched and died, Klein's expression twisted in pain as he caused numerous bugs to crawl out of the broken parts and gather into a new palm.
At the same time, he tried to maintain the scene he had constructed through multiple summons and prevent it from dissipating.
On the rectangular table, inside the brass-bound book, many new clauses appeared:
"…all buildings and layouts must follow the golden ratio and symmetrical beauty…"
"... no outlandish clothing is allowed..."
"…The following crimes must be punished by death…"
“…”
The "Brass Book of Trunsoest" flipped through the pages, revising one order after another at intervals regarding the orders that originated from the "Black Emperor". The new articles appeared faster and faster toward the end, without even a pause of tens or even dozens of seconds.
Inside the hall, first the candlesticks hanging from the ceiling broke and disappeared one after another, and then various changes occurred in other places, causing the details that could reflect the original order to be wiped out one by one.
In the end, the hall could no longer be maintained and simply collapsed, returning to the void of history.
At this time, the "Trunsoest Brass Book" had turned to the last two pages by itself, lying there, without any movement.
Seeing that the last page was also filled with clauses and could not form a strict system with the rules previously formulated by "0-02", Klein exhaled silently, relaxed a little, and then felt that his spiritual power had been almost exhausted.
"Let's go to the Byers' house and wait for an hour." He turned around and said to Arianna.
If they stay where they are, they will suffer increasingly severe punishments for repeatedly violating the "curfew order", up to and including the death penalty.
As for the task of monitoring the "Brass Book of Trunsost" to prevent any accidents, it was of course given to Arrodes. Although this magic mirror could not directly see "0-02", it could pay attention to the notice board and judge the progress of things from the disappearance of the decree on it.
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