Jiang Ran could see a hint of fear and confusion in Lin Zhi's eyes, emotions that shouldn't appear in the eyes of an SS-level ghost storyteller.
Is this a side effect of being a "beggar"?
"Lin Zhi, can you sense any positive enhancements on your body?"
Lin Zhi instinctively shrank back, then stammered, "No, no, but I'm a little cold right now..."
"You two, stop dawdling, or I'll kick you out of the game right now!"
Octopus Head was brimming with confidence. Although he had lost the rage that came with the "Prisoner" form, after experiencing the strength of the two, it was hard for him not to be confident!
Lin Zhi is just an ordinary person, and his actual combat strength is probably not even comparable to that group of dwarfs outside. Although Jiang Ran gives him a slightly more dangerous feeling, he is probably only at the [Elite] level in terms of combat strength.
Therefore, he could manipulate these two people at will without any psychological burden, and directly treated them as his underlings!
Jiang Ran was too lazy to pretend to be humble. He just wanted the octopus-headed guy to take them to that important location. If the guy didn't know what was good for him, he had many other ways to deal with him.
There was no need to act subservient, but he still made his expression slightly more angry, which was more in line with the logic of holding a [prisoner].
The two followed behind the octopus-headed man. Seeing that they had caught up, the octopus-headed man didn't want to say anything more, so he quickened his pace and headed towards his destination!
Soon, they arrived at a room on the second floor. The room contained 22 tables arranged in a circle, each with a candle burning with a blue flame.
Five large characters were painted on the wall with some kind of black and red paint—
The Fool's Journey.
Upon seeing these five words, Jiang Ran finally understood the pattern of change between the identity cards in this game!
The identity cards are not randomly changing; on the contrary, they are quite orderly, repeating in a specific cycle!
22 tables, the Fool's journey!
Everyone initially has only two identities: a "successful person" or a "failure person." However, strictly speaking, neither of these identity cards can be considered true identity cards!
Only after the first change can one be considered to have truly participated in the game!
Lin Zhi's identity changed from "loser" to "beggar," which corresponds exactly to the zero position of the Tarot cards—"The Fool"!
The Fool represents the beginning of a journey, chaos, and the start of everything. Therefore, the corresponding identity is the Beggar, representing having nothing and starting from scratch.
Of course, this is the identity of the "loser". If it were Jiang Ran, the "successful person", his first identity would definitely not be a "beggar"!
Tarot cards have a total of 22 positions, from position 0, "The Fool," to position 21, "The World," each corresponding to one of two identity types, meaning there are a total of 44 identities!
If Lin Zhi can successfully get through this round, she will become the corresponding first-rank [Magician] in the next round!
The octopus head was previously a "drunkard," but this time it's a "prisoner"!
The Prisoner represents restraint, so it corresponds to Tarot card number fourteen – Temperance!
Working backwards, the "Drunkard" corresponds to the "Grim Reaper"! Of course! If someone is passed out drunk and unable to act for even a single round, and then encounters someone with murderous intent, they're doomed!
So this is already the 14th identity of the octopus head. This guy is no ordinary person to have made it this far!
His earlier statement about how he "drawn" the "Drunkard" role was clearly misleading. He didn't want to reveal that the identity changes were systematic, so he wanted the two to mistakenly believe that the identity changes were random.
What a cunning old fox!
“I add ‘Temperance’ to my journey.” The octopus-headed man stood in the center of the round table, surrounded by flickering candlelight, his hands clasped together. “I offer you ‘Prisoner’!”
The door to the room slammed shut! The candlelight flickered, transforming into a venomous snake in the air, lunging fiercely at Jiang Ran!
"Haha! I really have to thank you!" The octopus-headed man turned around and laughed heartily. "Thanks to you for lending me a hand!"
Jiang Ran had initially thought that the octopus-headed man had brought him here to exchange their identity cards later, but he hadn't expected that this guy was up to no good and planned to sacrifice him!
"No, no, I think you should take another look."
Jiang Ran gave a wicked laugh.
Octopus Head sensed something was amiss, because Jiang Ran was already in such a predicament, yet he could still laugh—this was definitely not something a prisoner should do!
He immediately pulled out his ID card, staggered, and fell to the ground!
"This...this...this is impossible!"
Because the identity card in his hand had changed from "Successful Person" to "Prisoner"!
Jiang Ran used the [Water Mirror] to record the [Remnant Dream], which directly changed the positions of the two identity cards, so the holders simply swapped them!
Then, he imitated the octopus head from before, putting his hands together and silently reciting those two sentences.
"I add moderation to my journey."
"Here is a [prisoner] for you!"
The fiery serpent in the air fixed its gaze on the octopus head, sending chills down his spine!
"What kind of trick did you pull?! No! You're not a newbie who just entered the game; you stole this identity card, didn't you?!"
"You possess special items belonging to the [Magician]!"
"Aaaaah!" The octopus-headed man charged forward, his eyes red. "You've got me killed, and you're not getting away with this!"
But before he could actually make a move, the fire serpent in the air had already devoured him!
All that remained at the scene was a pile of ashes and an identity tag that could not be destroyed.
At the same time, twenty-two candles lit up in Jiang Ran's mind, and the 14th candle changed from blue to bright red.
Congratulations on officially beginning your Fool's journey!
Turn all 22 candles into a bright red color to win.
At the end of a round, if your current identity and the identity from which you first changed your candle belong to the same element, you change the candle corresponding to the order of your current identity.
When another player is eliminated because of you, you can change the candle corresponding to their identity position.
[If he is eliminated because he is consumed by the candlelight in the Fool's Room, you can choose one of the following: 1. Obtain a special item corresponding to his current identity; 2. Transform two additional candlelights.]
So this is the game rule: you have to transform at least one candle flame to get it?
You need to collect 22 candles to pass the level... that's a lot!
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