While taking the "Star Staff", Klein took out a gold coin from the air with his other hand and it bounced up with a clang.
As the gold coins rolled, the revelation he gained from "divination" naturally emerged in his mind:
It was an extremely deep ravine, at the bottom of which stood a thick and broad building constructed in layers of "gray and white".
Every detail recreates the Chernobyl that Klein saw at the beginning, but the source is not the spiritual world, but Klein's own subconscious.
He used the technique of "dream divination" to reproduce the scenes he had seen in his mind.
As soon as the scene was outlined, the gems inlaid on the "Star Staff" glowed faintly, and the image of Klein's historical pores disappeared instantly, and then floated above the gray-white building.
In just one second, Klein returned to Chernobyl from the easternmost part of the God-forsaken Land!
This is one of the main abilities of the "Star Staff": if the corresponding scene that emerges in the holder's mind is real and still exists, then the "Star Staff" can allow him to overcome all obstacles and no matter how far the distance is, and directly descend to the destination.
Of course, the prerequisite is that the outlined picture must be absolutely correct and there cannot be any visible difference from the original.
The reason why Klein chose the deep ravine where Chernobyl was located instead of the wasteland filled with gray and yellow fog was because he knew that after the youngest son of the Giant King, "God of Honor" Bradl, got rid of the curse and passed away completely, that place would definitely undergo major changes. The only place that would not be affected might be the mysterious Chernobyl, which was valued by the ancient sun god and Amon and his son.
This is not to say that the deep ravines and gray buildings will not have visible changes. Klein has actually been prepared for the possibility of "teleportation" failure and unknown destination. After all, the person is fake, and the items in his hands are also fake, so it is not a pity to lose them.
In mid-air, Klein, who was holding the "Star Staff", had no time to examine his surroundings before he suddenly sank and fell downwards.
Without the Creeping Hunger, and without transforming into a bird-like creature, he currently has no ability to fly.
Therefore, even though the demigods of the "Fortune Teller" path are so strange and terrifying, they actually have the side of ordinary humans.
As his thoughts raced, an extraordinary ability materialized in Klein's mind.
The "Star Staff" then lit up with lights of different colors, causing violent gusts of wind to blow around it.
The wind entangled Klein, causing his black windbreaker to flutter and his body to slowly fall.
During this process, Klein shook his right hand, causing the historical aperture projection of the "Star Staff" to return to its normal position, in order to avoid any unexpected events caused by his own instinctive imagination.
Then, he pressed down the half-high silk hat on his head with his left hand, and just as the lightning in the sky disappeared, he dragged out a lantern from the void.
Under the dim light of the lantern, Klein's feet in strapless leather shoes stepped firmly on the ground at the bottom of the deep ravine. It seemed that there were monsters hidden in the endless darkness around him.
In front of him was Chernobyl, which was built layer by layer of "gray and white".
With the combined effects of the lightning in the sky and the lantern in his hand, Klein quickly discovered a situation:
This heavy and spacious gray and white building has no doors!
Well, every place is sealed... I remember that the ancient sun god came out through an illusory crack in the gray and white wall... Klein thoughtfully found the location in his memory and began to recite the honorific name of "The Fool".
At the easternmost part of the God-Forsaken Land, next to the solidified fog near Moon City, Klein, who was hiding in the cracks of history, immediately entered the Source Castle. With the help of the prayer light spot, he used "real vision" to scan the situation in Chernobyl.
There was no Amon in that deep ravine and the wasteland shrouded in gray and yellow fog.
As for Chernobyl itself, even with the "real vision" provided by the "Source Castle", Klein could not see clearly what was going on inside:
Beneath layer after layer of "gray and white" there seems to be absolute nothingness, without any color.
It’s really not simple... It’s worthy of being the place where the ancient sun god and the creator of Silver City walked out... Klein sighed in his heart and quickly left the "Source Castle" and returned to the historical fragments before the First Epoch.
Klein regained consciousness outside Chernobyl and reached out to take out "Lemanno's Travel Notes" from the air.
He quickly turned to one of the pages, ready to use the "Apprentice"'s "Open the Door".
Such an action was actually a bit reckless for Klein, but considering that this was just an image in the gaps of history, he felt that there was no problem.
As expected, the Beyonders of the “Fortune Teller” path possess both cautious and reckless attributes. They are cautious when preparing, and reckless after being prepared, showing a dual nature of caution and recklessness... While Klein was complaining to himself, he passed through the obstacles silently and entered the interior of Chernobyl.
After "opening the door" again and again, he finally left the "gray and white" pouring place and saw a half-open heavy iron door in front of him.
This iron gate is not high, only about two and a half meters, and is obviously prepared for humans.
In front of it, there are two dark traces and two guns that are more sci-fi than any weapons of the current era.
These two guns were somewhat similar to the ones Klein had seen in some magazines in his previous life, but he was not a fan of this and could not be sure.
Klein did not pick them up, nor did he try to study them, because his spiritual intuition told him that the two gun-like weapons had been completely corroded, and any touch would cause them to instantly disintegrate and turn into foam.
After taking a look, Klein put away "Lemanno's Travel Notes" and, holding a lantern, passed between two dark traces and came behind the iron gate.
There is a very wide corridor here, with rooms of different sizes on both sides. Some of the tables, chairs and utensils inside are overturned, some are intact, and some are half missing. There are black marks everywhere on the walls and the floor.
"It looks like a research institute..." Klein made a preliminary judgment based on the remaining objects and the overall layout.
Without having to look for it specifically, he soon found a room with collapsed machines and a few yellowish papers on the table.
It looked as if someone had collected them and put them there casually.
The ancient sun god, or Amon? Klein hesitated for two seconds, but finally stepped into the room.
The dim light from the lantern dispelled the darkness inside. He picked up the pages and glanced through them quickly.
Ten seconds later, Klein put down the paper with a slight smile on his face.
He didn't recognize almost any of the words on those pages!
I could barely pass English in my previous life, let alone other languages? Klein suddenly felt the feelings of the other Beyonders in this world when they read Russell's diary.
He exhaled slowly, stretched out his hand into the void, and took out an object.
This was the translator Zhou Mingrui had bought when he had saved up some money to travel abroad. It was in the computer bag next to it during the luck-changing ceremony.
For Klein, the biggest advantage of this translator right now is that it can translate offline—as long as it does not exceed the built-in vocabulary.
After some manipulation, he finally understood what was written on those pages:
"…research on the re-production of oil from dried-up oil fields…why should we build a research institute for this kind of thing in a place where no one would think of it?"
"…Oh my god, they found something deep in the oil fields…"
"...These are some wonderful materials..."
"…What on earth happened? The doctor just turned into a pool of black oil right in front of me!"
"...More and more people have turned into oil. The outside world has blocked this institute...No one can leave, no one can leave..."
"...crazy, everyone is crazy. We are the only ones who are normal. But our food is running out..."
“…I seem to be hallucinating. There seems to be a voice coming from underground. It is calling me. “He” is calling me!”
Reading these simple and straightforward texts, Klein felt an inexplicable chill down his spine. He felt as if he was also heading towards madness and death step by step.
At the same time, a thought naturally came to his mind:
Pollution from underground.
Did everything start with the discovery of some strange geological materials while studying the dried-up oil fields, and unnecessary in-depth experiments? Then, the world was destroyed? But if it was a disaster caused by such an accidental event, then it doesn't make sense that Emperor Roselle, the Great, and others would have obtained items that helped us "travel" in advance... Perhaps, there is an accident in the inevitable, and there is an inevitable in the accident? The pollution underground has actually been affecting the human world, but it is not obvious, and it can only bring some mysterious events intermittently. When this research progresses, "He" will completely wake up? Klein swallowed subconsciously.
Holding the lantern, he left the room and walked deeper into the institute, keeping a close eye on anything else around him that might be worthy of attention.
After walking for dozens of seconds, the scene in front of him suddenly became much darker.
The dim light of the lantern was mostly swallowed up by the area ahead!
Klein took a closer look and found a "cliff" two steps away.
That part of the research institute collapsed into the ground, and it was dark, deep and empty, with no end in sight.
Faintly, Klein seemed to hear a silent cry, coming from deep underground, echoing directly in his mind.
Klein had experienced this feeling before. It was brought by the bronze door in the Hall of Honesty.
He frowned slightly and took several steps back, ready to release the maintenance of the historical pore image at any time.
At this moment, a hand that was so shriveled that only skin and bones were left reached out from the dark and grabbed the edge of the "cliff".
Then, a figure jumped out and landed in front of Klein.
He wore a pointed hat, a classical black robe, and a monocle in his right eye socket. He was none other than the "Angel of Time" Amon.
But this Amon's condition was not very normal, like a skeleton covered with skin.
Klein subconsciously took a few steps back and watched Amon's flesh and blood quickly fill up in front of him.
He pushed his monocle and said with a smile:
“There’s a visitor.
"Who are you?"