Mystery: Start with the Reader

After getting rid of the "evil spirit" that "Lust" Owen had become, Abner held the strange sealed object "Proof of Lost Heart" and glanced at the corpse on the ground, feeling a little embarrassed.

After all, the ones who contributed the most in this incident were "Arrogance" who kept Owen trapped in the dream and Vera who used a precious scroll...

As for our side, in fact, we only grabbed a head in the end... but got almost all the spoils. This kind of distribution is a bit unreasonable...

But if I want to use Owen's identity to act in the future, the sealed artifact "Proof of Lost Heart" is also indispensable, otherwise it will be easy to be suspected.

Seeing Abner's hesitation, Vera immediately guessed what he was thinking, so she smiled and said, "We had an agreement in advance. The spoils of war and Lust himself are yours."

"But when we made the plan, we didn't expect you to be so well prepared... It can be said that without me, you would not be in any danger..." Abner shook his head, not wanting to take advantage of this.

He had put forward such excessive conditions before, firstly to test Vera's attitude, and secondly because he felt that his intervention could save Vera and prevent her from suffering a tragic fate...

But it turns out that his role is not big, and what he does is more like "stealing credit".

But he didn't want to give up Owen's identity, so Abner thought about how to compensate Vera in other ways.

At this time, Vera pointed at "Greedy", "Lazy" and "Black Knight" around Abner, and said sincerely: "Without you, they would all be my enemies... I will definitely not be as good as I am now. So calm!

"So, you deserve the conditions I agreed to at the beginning."

Can it still be explained this way? This princess is so generous! After listening to Vera's words, Abner thought about it and stopped worrying.

But he secretly made a decision. If Vera has any appeal in the future, he will definitely help if he can.

I remember that she once asked Xio to find the "Magic Wishing Lamp"... Although I know where it is, that thing is very dangerous and involves many things... I can't tell her yet... After all, that thing doesn't belong to me yet. …

As his thoughts swirled, Abner walked to Owen's body and began to arrange rituals around him, experimenting with a "half-finished" secret technique.

This secret technique does not have a name yet, but it is extremely important because it is likely to involve the continuous "experiments" of time travellers!

Abner discovered this when he controlled the body of the senior "Wanderer" in the Kingdom of Darkness. Coupled with the metaphors "decrypted" from the first four questions in the "Answer Maze", he roughly guessed It’s time to figure out what kind of “secret technique” the seniors have been trying to develop.

That is the secret technique that allows him to control and even directly turn the bodies of his predecessors into clones, or the secret technique that allows them to resurrect... It mainly depends on their essence...

"The first four questions of the 'Answer Maze' are metaphors for 'miracles', the technology developed during the period of the Blood Duke Rhine and the Death Archon Vicente, and finally the secret technique was integrated...

“I initially thought that ‘miracle’ meant that I was required to control the body of senior ‘Wanderer’ Alvin to become a ‘Miracle Master’…

“But later, after buying the resurrected ‘Miracle’ on the first floor of the ‘Dream Maze Tower’, my previous thoughts were overturned.

"The real metaphor of the first question is that this newly developed secret technique requires a 'miracle' of resurrection!

"In addition, the secret technique speculated by Senior Alvin during his time is obviously incomplete, missing an important step...that is, 'pollution'...the pollution from the 'Pure White Eye'!

"The later Master Dennett obviously used the pollution of the 'source' to make up for this link, and also created Baron Kangva.

"Well, only pollution can allow me to turn their bodies into clones...or maybe allow the senior 'travelers' to be resurrected through this, right?

"I don't know exactly what it is. At least I can't be sure until I have a preliminary understanding of the 'Unknown Land' from the demigod queen..."

"But that doesn't stop me from doing some experiments on other people's bodies first!"

While thinking about it, Abner had drawn a series of complex symbols and magic patterns according to his "rehearsal" in the "learning" space, and asked Crossfia to put the power of "Dream Weaver" into one place. inside the altar;

On the other side of the altar, the "magic mirror" was used to imbue the black knight level with the "herding" ability.

Then, Abner summoned the "Bone Dragon" and used another secret technique to fuse it with Owen's body.

arsenic

——Owen is not a senior time traveler after all, and his mental characteristics are completely different from Abner, so he needs to fuse with the "Bone Dragon" to "match" Abner.

The "Bone Dragon" itself is transformed from the bones of a "Dream Weaver", and there is no barrier to fusion with the "Manipulator" of the same sequence.

Although this will result in the loss of the "Bone Dragon" as a trump card, once successful, the value of a demigod clone will obviously be greater.

In fact, using the spells recorded in the "Necronomicon" to synchronize the spirit of Owen's body is the best option, but that will take at least a few months. Abner simply can't wait, so he "sacrifice" the bone dragon.

After the fusion secret technique was completed, Abner asked the "magic mirror" to release Owen's soul and place it on the other side's altar.

At this point, the preparations were completed. Abner took a deep breath and solemnly began to pray for strength from the "Unknown Land". He contacted the "Answer Maze" and released the two copies of the "Resurrection Miracle" he had previously purchased from Zaratul. one!

Of course, Abner only recited the mantra to pray to the "unknown land" silently. After all, he had a close relationship with it, so communication was not difficult and there was no need for troublesome rituals.

Soon, as this secret technique that brought together "miracle", "manipulation", "grazing" and other abilities, as well as the high-level pollution of "Pure White Eyes" was released, "Owen" in the center of the ceremony opened his eyes.

He...is resurrected! But he is who he is, and he is no longer him!

In other words, in his current cognition, he is already a clone of Abner, and there is no barrier between him and his original body.

Abner was silent for a few minutes, absorbing all of Owen's memories, but his heart was filled with heaviness instead of any joy of success.

Because he had actually experienced this feeling...at the beginning of his time travel, when he became "Abner Brain"!

The effect of this secret technique is almost exactly the same as his "time travel", just a little rougher... For example, Owen's current clone is really just a clone, and there is no way to continue the promotion sequence; for example, Owen's clone cannot open the pure white eye.

But even so, it made Abner think deeply:

"It requires multiple channels of ability to integrate the secret technique, and it requires mental 'multi-threading' operations... The final perfection of this secret technique seems to require a 'reader'..."

"So they and the gods related to them have already prepared the materials for the promotion of 'Reader', waiting for me to meet the 'conditions' step by step?

“The essence of traveling through ‘unknown land’ is ‘pollution’…

"Could my time travel...be part of the so-called experiment?"

With a wry smile, Abner shook his head and abandoned some unfounded guesses. At the same time, he took out a piece of clothing from the "maze" and asked Owen...actually himself to wear it.

He is now Owen, and under dual "thread" operation, there is no conflict with Abner's body.

But since Abner is not yet the demigod of the "Reader", his current mental "multi-threading" only relies on the "Pure White Eye", so once the "Pure White Eye" is turned off, Owen can only be handed over to the virtual Personality "trusteeship".

Fortunately, the time that Abner can turn on "Pure White Eyes" has been extended to 8 hours a day, which can ensure dual-line operation most of the time.

At this time, Vera felt the changes in the resurrected Owen and was the first to speak: "Did the secret technique succeed?"

Abner came to his senses after hearing this, and let his two selves say in unison: "It was a success!"

Seeing this, Crossfia was also amazed and tried to recall the steps of the secret technique just now, but she always felt that something was missing and could not be reproduced.

"We need to lift the blockade as soon as possible and leave here... We have already wasted some time. If we delay it any longer, my brother will become suspicious." Vera paused here, glanced at Abner, and then continued. , "If anything happens, we can discuss it in detail after we get to the embassy."

"To the embassy?" Abner didn't react for a moment.

"With his 'lustful' temperament, since he has 'successfully' controlled me, I will definitely go to the embassy to stay overnight...otherwise it will arouse suspicion." Vera looked into Abner's eyes and smiled. said.

"..." Abner was speechless, because he who inherited Owen's memory, although he was the same as Abner, only had memories and no emotions, he knew that Vera was right...

Although Owen has other intentions for Vera, he is indeed greedy for her body.