In the middle of the original island, inside the tomb of the "Black Emperor".

After seeing Bernadette off, Roselle did not fall asleep immediately. He slowly raised his head and looked toward the infinite height once again.

Klein sighed silently above the gray fog, put down the Star Staff, grabbed a paper figure, and shook it casually.

With a "pop" sound, the paper man quickly thickened and expanded, and flew into the translucent vortex composed of illusory mysterious symbols beside the Fool's seat.

- Although Bernadette had been moved to the edge of the original island, Klein could no longer see the situation inside the Black Emperor's mausoleum through the prayer light that represented her, but he could use the "Fool" symbol that had been integrated into Roselle's figure to maintain contact with the emperor to a certain extent.

After penetrating the slowly rotating vortex, the paper man descended into the dim interior of the mausoleum, where the light source came from nowhere, and turned into a human being in front of the central platform.

This human with black hair and brown eyes is somewhat similar to Gehrman Sparrow, but his outline is not strong enough, his lines are not deep enough, his temperament is not cold enough, and his facial features are also different. There is a little fat on his chin and stomach caused by society. This is exactly Klein's original image of Zhou Mingrui, the Zhou Mingrui who has been hanging inside the "Source Castle" and has been "roommates" with Roselle Huang Tao Gustav for thousands of years.

Russell was not surprised at his appearance. He placed one hand on the armrest, leaned forward slightly, looked at him and said:

“You’re here.”

“I’m here.” Klein nodded imperceptibly.

"You shouldn't have come." Russell sighed.

"I'm already here." Klein naturally picked up the joke.

Russell was completely sure of the origin of the guy in front of him. He sat back to normal and chuckled as he said,

"I was originally planning to ask where you are from to see if there is any need for regional discrimination, but after thinking about it, I feel that there is no need. You are all poor people who do not belong to this era and have no hometown."

Without waiting for Klein to respond, the emperor asked in a deep voice:

"Do you know the truth about the end of the world?"

“Got it.” Klein nodded slightly.

Russell continued to ask:

"You know this is Earth?"

“Yeah.” Klein answered frankly.

Upon hearing this, Russell laughed at himself and said:

"You actually knew it so early. I didn't dare to confirm it until I went to the moon and saw the true appearance of this planet from a high altitude."

At this point, the emperor sighed and said:

“The moon was so strange. I clearly felt the terror, but I didn’t think about whether I would be contaminated. Then, I became more and more radical.

“However, I would occasionally gain some clarity from the opinions of those around me, but I didn’t dare to write a diary in that state, for fear of revealing the secret and losing my last chance.

"I finally decided to use all the preparations I had made before and switch to the 'Black Emperor' path. Not only because the end of the world is coming, only Sequence 0 can protect the people I want to protect, take them to other planets in the vast universe, and use the corresponding authority to rebuild a complete order for human survival in the desolate and silent place, but also because the 'resurrection' miracle of the 'Black Emperor' gave me hope of getting rid of pollution.

"As long as I can be truly killed after becoming a Sequence 0 'Black Emperor' and going half crazy, I will have a chance to be resurrected in the mausoleum or in the astral realm. At that time, what will return to me will be pure 'uniqueness' and three copies of Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics, without any contamination or uncontrollable madness.

"Come to think of it, the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' and the 'God of Steam and Machinery' were also used by me to some extent.

“However, the horror of the Old Ones is beyond my imagination. Along with my resurrection comes the reborn pollution... Perhaps, only the Old Ones can fight against the Old Ones.

"I have no choice but to stop the resurrection process and live in this last mausoleum in my current state. I don't want the old man to be reborn in the real world with my body. That would bring about a devastating disaster."

Combining what he had learned before with what had just happened, Klein had already made some guesses about Emperor Roselle's condition. He was not surprised at all and responded calmly:

"The Outer God that polluted you is called the 'Fallen Mother Goddess'. She used the avatar of 'Original Moon' to deceive many believers."

The faint features on Russell's face suddenly changed slightly.

He was silent for a few seconds and said:

“I knew the ‘Original Moon’, but I didn’t know that its true name was the ‘Fallen Mother Goddess’.

"Now that I think about it, it might not be a coincidence that I found Mr. Door asking for help..."

Hearing this, Klein was startled and instantly remembered the various situations on the island outside. He already had some foreknowledge of what Emperor Roselle wanted to say.

Russell laughed and sighed:

"My biggest problem in the first half of my life was being too confident. I always felt like I could start over at any time, and I didn't pay enough attention to many details.

"Back then, Green was contaminated by the strange power on this island. After his death, he returned here and was reborn. Isn't this the influence of the 'original moon'? After I underwent various examinations and carried out the corresponding purification, I felt that there was nothing wrong with me. But in fact, my fate may have changed a little at that moment, which led to my 'accidental encounter' with Mr. 'Door' and his guidance to the moon step by step...

"This cannot be blamed on Mr. Door. His condition may be even worse than mine right now."

The emperor meant that he had been targeted by the Fallen Mother Goddess since he discovered this primitive island? Klein sighed:

“At that time, who could have imagined that the problem would be so serious?”

Before Sequence 2, knowing about the "Starry Sky" and the Old Ones would itself bring about terrible pollution. Without knowing about them, when encountering certain situations, one would not be able to accurately judge how serious the problem was, and what kind of compensation would be needed afterwards. This led to Roselle treating this primitive island as his own secret base, and not telling those who were qualified to understand the existence of the Outer Gods, the Old Ones, and the "Starry Sky" about what happened here.

"Yeah." Russell seemed pleased that he made a mistake that almost everyone would make.

He then said:

"That ancient and secretive organization hardly ever mentions the Old Ones and the Outer Gods."

At this time, Russell paused and said:

"You should have read my diary and know that the ancient secret organization is a metaphor."

Klein nodded and said:

"I know which organization it refers to. I didn't expect that you, even though you have a Sequence 0, would still not dare to mention the name of His organization."

"I always feel that 'He' is not simple. He may have an understanding of the outside gods that we cannot imagine. So it is better to be cautious. After all, I am not a complete Sequence 0 True God now." After Russell said this simply, his faintly visible brows suddenly frowned, "How many of my diaries have you read?"

If the atmosphere wasn't so depressing and sad, Klein would definitely have replied, "The witch tastes really good," to tease his fellow countryman Roselle.

Finally, he answered in a calm voice:

"a lot of.

After uttering those two words, he added casually:

"I also collected a few 'blasphemous cards'."

"Which ones?" Russell asked.

Klein controlled the paper man's expression above the gray fog and said in a flat tone:

"The 'Black Emperor', the 'Tyrant', the 'Red Priest', and the 'Fool'."

“Huh…” Russell exhaled, and the frown on his face loosened. “Fortunately, it’s not the ‘Witch’ card, the ‘Moon’ card, or the ‘Mother’ card.”

You were the one who brought it up... Klein didn't respond, just staring at the emperor.

After Russell finished speaking, he realized something and coughed and said:

"You've all watched the live broadcast, so you should know clearly how normal this is..."

As he was speaking, he coughed again and then sighed:

"Which path of Beyonder are you from?"

"Fortune teller." Klein answered concisely.

Russell was silent for a moment, and after a few seconds he said:

"What a pity! If everyone were in a normal state, you should have taken out a large-screen TV and a game console from the historical gap, and everyone could play and chat. This is the romance of a man."

It's a pity that there's no electricity, so I have to rely on you to invent something... Klein didn't say what was in his mind, and said in the same tone:

“I hope there will be such a day.”

Then, he brought the topic back on track:

"I'm curious, why is it that the 'blasphemous card' you made is so difficult for even the gods to find? This level of anti-divination and anti-prophecy is amazing."

Russell chuckled and said:

"Because knowledge can bring power, power can also give knowledge, this is the authority of the 'Knowledge Emperor'.

"After I attached power to the potion formulas of the twenty-two paths, they naturally generated the aggregation power of extraordinary characteristics and had a certain degree of anti-divination and anti-prophecy effect.

"Then, then..."

As he was talking, Russell suddenly paused, as if he realized something was wrong.

After a second or two, he said in a vague voice:

"I made the 'Blasphemy Card' a year before I performed the 'Black Emperor' ritual. At that time, I had already encountered the pollution of the 'Original Moon' and I had no corresponding awareness of it most of the time.

"Why are these twenty-two cards so difficult to find even by the gods?"

Klein, who was above the gray fog, tensed up when he heard this rhetorical question, and his scalp felt slightly tingling again.

Before he could control the paper figurine to respond, Russell's voice suddenly rose, carrying a hint of indescribable fear:

“Don’t collect all twenty-two cards!

"Watch out for the 'Mother' card!".

These two sentences echoed deep inside the "Black Emperor's" mausoleum, and did not subside for a long time.

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