LRAB Chapter 107 The Risks of Manipulating Time and Space
Chapter 107 The Risks of Manipulating Time and Space
Chapter 107 The Risks of Manipulating Time and Space
"Hmm, I woke up to find myself painlessly transformed into a mysterious servant, and I still have several memories to receive. The worst part is that the Celestial Venerable is making a huge racket, and my head is buzzing right now."
Zhou Mingrui nodded. He had indeed just woken up, but because of the memories he had received, he understood the current situation with a single click without needing Rosen to explain anything, and he felt no unfamiliarity with Rosen at all.
After all, for Mr. Fool, all of this was equivalent to his own personal experience.
"I thought you'd wake up a few days earlier. Hmm, so it seems that although the changes we caused in the past will be synchronized to the future, it won't be a direct synchronization. Instead, it requires certain triggering conditions, like my arrival?" Rosen stroked his chin, saying with interest. Then, as if remembering something, he took out the cotton doll and asked, "When did the cotton doll's effects synchronize to you?"
"The moment you met me," Zhou Mingrui said without any attempt to hide anything, rubbing his temples, "that's why I'm in such a bad state."
Rosen understood instantly, sighed, and said, "I knew it! Poor kid!"
Although the cotton doll has the effect of ignoring time and space and proving its validity forever, even across time and space, the premise is that it has already established a connection with Zhou Mingrui in that time and space and its corresponding function has been activated.
When Rosen last came to the Fourth Era, he did not make contact with the sleeping Zhou Mingrui, so he did not activate the Cotton Doll.
Therefore, although Zhou Mingrui in this timeline awakened prematurely due to the changes in the past and even became the Mysterious Servant at the same time, he did not possess the Heavenly Venerable rank before activating the Cotton Doll. After all, this was not something that Mr. Fool truly possessed, but rather something he obtained through the enhancement of props.
In other words, Zhou Mingrui would be finished if he failed to withstand the Heavenly Venerable's counterattack through sheer willpower, at least until Rosen arrived at the Source Castle.
"Luckily I came to find you right away, otherwise you would have been in big trouble." Rosen shook his head, his tone carrying a hint of relief and contemplation.
Manipulating time and space does indeed carry risks.
"The risk is indeed quite high, but there's no need to worry too much. After all, I have ample experience in fighting against the Celestial Venerable, and it won't be so easy for the Celestial Venerable to retaliate." Zhou Mingrui could naturally see what Rosen was worried about, and he reassured him.
Although his initial ability to defeat the Celestial Venerable was indeed aided by his immortality, preventing him from being instantly killed by the Celestial Venerable at the start, he only achieved victory after figuring out how to fight against the Celestial Venerable and truly relying on his own willpower to withstand the Celestial Venerable.
Otherwise, even if they had the same rank, if their willpower couldn't withstand it, Zhou Mingrui could at most achieve the ending of "Zhou Mingrui was resurrected in the body of the Heavenly Venerable".
Therefore, even if Zhou Mingrui loses the bonus of his rank for a while, he will not fail immediately. He can still hold out for a period of time. However, once he fails, the risk increases greatly, unlike before when he could start over even if he failed.
"You guys seem to be talking about something interesting," Medici, who had been listening in, finally couldn't help but say, his expression somewhat strange.
Are these things truly something He can hear?
"I'm not treating you like an outsider!" Rosen grinned, glancing at the two of them before finally saying, "I probably don't need to introduce you, right?"
"Good morning, Medici." Zhou Mingrui smiled and nodded at Medici.
He certainly remembered Medici as well.
"That's truly my honor!" Medici shrugged, but didn't really ask any further questions. Instead, he casually nodded at Zhou Mingrui and said, "Good morning, fool!"
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Rosen turned to Zhou Mingrui and asked, "Klein, are you still in good enough condition to come with us to find Antigonus?"
"Okay!" Zhou Mingrui nodded. Of course, considering that when in Rome, do as the Romans do, there were no other Zhou Mingruis here, so from now on, he would still be called Klein.
Klein smiled and said, "After synchronizing with the cotton doll's status, my condition has improved a lot."
The cotton doll brings not only the shared Celestial Venerable status, but also the anchor points brought by Zhou Mingrui's individuality in other timelines.
This naturally greatly improved Klein's situation. Although his condition was still not very good, it was not to the point where he could not fight.
"Okay!" Rosen could tell that Klein wasn't forcing him, so he didn't refuse.
However, before visiting Antigonus, Rosen's first task was naturally to find a reliable person to ascertain An Banyu's current location.
"So that's why you came to arrest me?"
Amon's clone raised a hand to adjust his monocle, smiling slightly as he said, "What if I say I don't know?"
"I will carefully compile all the messes you've made over the years into a book and then hand it over to Big Uncle," Rosen said with a smile.
He knew that Ammon in the Fourth Age was already a seasoned veteran, and ordinary things could not threaten Him. But as a child who had never left the past, Ammon certainly did not want the sun god to know about the current depravity of the sun god.
"—You win." Amon's clone gritted his teeth. He really didn't want the Sun God to know those things. Even though Amon didn't think he had done anything wrong, he knew that the Sun God wouldn't want him to do these things.
Thinking of this, Amon's clone lowered his eyes and said after a long while, "Antigonus's true form is not easy to find. You know, the Gou family always has all sorts of ways to hide their true forms. Oh, except for Bethel, they never hide themselves."
"So you can't find it?" Rosen asked rhetorically, pushing up his monocle.
"I—I really can find it." Amon looked up and met Rosen's gaze. He also raised his hand to push up his monocle before smiling and saying, "Antigonus's biggest mistake was that he shouldn't have let Adam and me help accommodate uniqueness."
Although it is incredible, Antigonus did indeed contain the Fool's uniqueness with the help of Adam and Amon, and Adam and Amon naturally had many reasons for doing so.
"You talk as if He has a choice." Rosen glanced at Amon and shook his head.
"The weak naturally have no choice." Amon didn't deny it, but simply said matter-of-factly, "Don't you think so too, brother?"
"At least I don't intend to keep that stupid dog as a pet."
"But treating Him like a reserve food supply isn't much better!" Rosen smiled at Amon, then, not continuing the topic, he casually asked, "By the way, do you still have the gift I gave you?"
"I threw it away a long time ago," Amon replied without hesitation.
"That's a pity." Rosen didn't say whether he believed it or not, just as he didn't reveal that Amon was now in his true form.
Rosen simply snapped his fingers, transforming himself from a cub into an adult, and said with a smile, "Let's go see what the cute big dog is up to."
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