Cheng Wuji sent Gu Tu an address to meet him. It was an internet cafe. It was quite novel to talk about things in an internet cafe.
Gu Tu went to the internet cafe and found the innermost single room according to the instructions. There was a note on the computer desk in the single room with a website address written on it. Gu Tu turned on his computer and logged into the website. Cheng Wuji's face appeared on the screen.
"I'm at home now. It's too tiring for me to go out, so I video called you.”she explained.
"…Since it's a video call, there's no need for us to meet here.”Gu Tu said.
"It's necessary. I can't sense 'spiritual energy' anywhere else, so the accuracy of my divination will be affected.”she said.
What kind of weird reason was this?
On the screen, Cheng Wuji was still wearing his round-rimmed glasses, looking like an immortal. However, she had obviously let herself go at home. Her hair was a mess, and the gray T-shirt she was wearing was loose, revealing half of her shoulder and a black strap.
"Did you just get up? If it's not convenient now, let's make an appointment for a later time.”Gu Tu said.
"No need. No matter how late you make the appointment, I won't go out.”She was stirring the milk in her cup with a spoon. "My house is deep in the mountains and forests. There's no access. I thought of a way to pull the water and electricity pipes myself. It's too torturous to come out.”
The window of her house could be seen on the screen. Outside the window, there was indeed a dense forest. The room was filled with instant noodles, rolls of paper, and various daily necessities. It seemed that it was not easy to go out to replenish his supplies.
"Why are you staying here?”
"To keep a distance from people. I have social barriers." She said this with confidence, not blushing or jumping.
"I don't think there's any problem with you communicating with me.”In reality, Gu Tu had never seen anyone who was less shy than her. She didn't even show any restraint in front of people she met for the first time.
"Communicating with you is my job. Of course, there's no obstacle for me to work.”Cheng Wuji said. "I just refuse all interpersonal relationships other than work relationships.”
"Oh, then what's your relationship with your parents now?”Gu Tu asked.
"We're cutting ties." She took a sip of milk. "I don't have any work dealings with them.”
Gu Tu wasn't mistaken. This woman was indeed a space shuttle among the weirdos.
"By the way, what kind of work relationship do I have with you?”
"Are you getting to the point so quickly? You still don't understand the ways of the world.”she said.
…You have the cheek to talk about me?
"To put it simply, I know about you traveling back and forth in the Otherworld. And my job is to assist you." she continued.
…You're making it sound too simple. Did he have to unfold it so quickly?
"So, the astrologers lied to you about everything. Actually, I already knew about you.”she said. "Sorry."
"No need to apologize. I didn't believe it anyway.”he said. "Then, why are you not planning to lie to me now?”
"Because acting is very tiring." she said. "The leader said that you passed the test and can tell you the truth. Of course, I won't act.”
"No, don't progress so quickly. I haven't figured out the situation yet. Since you know what's going on, then explain to me from the beginning. What do you know about me? What's the principle behind my transmigration every day? What's the conspiracy behind it? And who's your leader?”
Cheng Wuji scratched his head. "I don't know how to start from the beginning. Simply put, your transmigration was not a coincidence. It was arranged by our leader. You went to that base, so you should know that other than you, there is a group of transmigrators. They are all bad people and are plotting something unspeakable. As good people, our goal is to stop them. Do you understand?"
"…I don't understand."
"I think I've said it quite plainly.”Cheng Wuji said innocently.
"It's simple enough, but the problem is that you didn't mention any of the key details.”
" The details. The details are that a pathway has appeared in the Multiverse's Symbiotic Nest. Although this pathway can help us achieve an unbalanced information flow across worlds, it also creates the possibility of the collapse of the Primal Commandment. We are currently unsure of the risk factor of the collapse, but we can be sure that when the factor is between 3.4 and 4.4, there is a specific group that can benefit from it…"
"You're too detailed. Who can understand it? Isn't there a better compromise?”
"You're really troublesome." Cheng Wuji complained. "Do you want to know your situation, or do you want to know the principle that led to this situation? If it's a situation, I've already said that our enemies are using transmigration to cause destruction. We have to stop them. If it's the principle, I'll explain it too, but you won't understand.……Forget it, I'll give you an example. Oh right, when you were in the Rushan Empire, did you encounter any supernatural things?”
"The world view of the entire Rushan Empire is quite strange. What non-supernatural things are you looking for in a magical world?”
"Is there anything particularly supernatural? For example, encountering an incomprehensible enemy, or something that did not belong to that world?”
Her words awakened some memories that he did not want to remember.
"You are an apostle who controls souls. The body is just a vessel."
He recalled the soul of Greengrass that was as large as the universe.
"…You don't know the darkness of the Holy Rustan Empire.”
He recalled Bruncina's filthy and resentful body.
"…Congratulations on destroying the Holy Rustan Empire! Congratulations on seeing the darkness of the Empire!”
He recalled the black beasts that suddenly appeared on the battlefield at the end of the final battle.
"Looks like you remembered." Cheng Wuji keenly sensed Gu Tu's thoughts. " You're thinking about 'that thing'. It's the thing our enemies are trying to awaken, and it's also the thing we're trying to erase.……Do you understand?"
"Understood." Gu Tu said.
"At that time, you were the only one there. So we guided you and made you stand against that thing.”
"So, that black drop of Saint Devil's medicine was placed there by you?”It was that drop of medicine that caused Goodwin to break off with the apostles.
" No, it was left there by a brave First Born. We only guided you to it.”Cheng Wuji said. " Just like how we can't summon you to that world, we can only try to prolong the time you stay in that world.”
"So, the string of fate that has been pulling me was all set up by you?”
Cheng Wuji finished the milk in his cup. "Yes, I am."
"Can I punch you along the internet?”Gu Tu asked politely.
"I don't have a network cable here, so I'm using the base station signal.”Cheng Wuji replied politely.
"…Who are you people?”Gu Tu asked again.
" We are the Dream People, travelers of the Multiverse.”Cheng Wuji held the spoon in his mouth. "Do you want to join us?"
"What benefits do I get from joining you?”
"There's no benefit. It's just that we were guiding you in secret. After you join us, we can openly assist you.”Cheng Wuji spat out the spoon and it fell back into the cup accurately. "You're going to fight those people anyway, aren't you?”
"…Who are those people?”
" They call themselves the Founders. They're also a group of travelers, but they're very evil.”Cheng Wuji said.
" Since they have mastered the means to travel to another world and can use magic, they can already live a good life. Why must they come up with such a shocking conspiracy?”
"Because desire is endless." Cheng Wuji shrugged. "Humans will always quickly get bored of what they get.”
" In that case, you summoned me to Omnitheins High School to fight the Founders?”Gu Tu asked.
"Omni…what? We haven't guided you to any other world recently.”Cheng Wuji said.
"... You didn't summon him?"
"Didn't I tell you? We can't summon you." Cheng Wuji twirled the spoon in his hand. "Only the inhabitants of your original world can summon you. Back in the Rushan Empire, the Founders had to make a deal with the natives to send the apostles over.”
"Then why was I summoned to the Otherworld?”Gu Tu asked.
Cheng Wuji spread his hands and revealed an expression that said," I don't know."
She thought for a moment and then said,"Maybe someone in that world simply wants a Summoned Beast."”
"That's the problem." Gu Tu said. "First, I went to that world, but I didn't find the summoner. "Secondly, I'm not a Summoned Beast in that world. I'm a living person.”
"Then I don't know either." Cheng Wuji said.
"Is there something you don't know? Aren't you an astrologer?"
"Didn't I tell you that I was lying?”
Gu Tu was speechless.
"However, I suddenly had some inspiration.”Cheng Wuji said. "There's a drawer under the table in front of you.”
Gu Tu pulled open the drawer. There was a black card in the drawer. On the card was a drawing of an old man holding a lantern. This was the Hermit card of the tarot cards.
"You didn't throw away the cat card I gave you, did you?”Cheng Wuji said.
"I didn't throw it away."
"Then bring this card with you. When the time comes, it will answer your questions.”
"Did you put this card here in advance?”Gu Tu asked.
"Of course." Cheng Wuji said.
"You knew I would need this card?”
"After all, I am an astrologer." Cheng Wuji said proudly.
"Didn't you say that the astrologers were lying?”Gu Tu asked.
"You believe me?" Cheng Wuji asked.
Gu Tu was speechless again.
"Alright, since you have the cards, my job is done.”Cheng Wuji said. "I still have seven more games to work on, so that's all for today.”
"I still have many questions for you.”Gu Tu did not intend to let her go.
"You have to learn to find the answer yourself. Don't ask others all the time.”Cheng Wuji said righteously. "If you really want to know, study the cards I gave you.”
Then, she ended the video call. He refreshed the webpage several times, but he could no longer find the page. Naturally, she could no longer get through to her phone.
He could only look at the card again. He found a line of words written on the back of the card:
"That drawer just now, there was a compartment at the bottom. There's a deck of cards in there. If you can't decide, draw three. Remember, don't smoke too much."
He checked the drawer carefully and found a deck of black cards in the middle. He took out three cards from it.
There were no drawings on these three cards, but different words were written on them.
"I can't tell you who my boss is because I signed a confidentiality agreement and I've never met him.”
"I don't know that red-lipped man either. I can only tell you that he's not my boss.”
"You can only find the answer to your questions about the second Otherworld in that world. That area is not under my jurisdiction."
These were three cards that he had randomly drawn, but they answered the question he wanted to ask-although they did not provide any useful information. He wanted to crack the mystery of this deck of cards, so he turned all the cards over to see what was written on them.
He realized that other than the three cards he had drawn, there was only one word written on each of the remaining cards. Linking them together was:
" I said. too. not. much. smoke. you. are. not. listening. you. are. not. worthy. of. astrologer."
Then, the deck of cards spontaneously combusted.
Only the Hermit Card was left in Gu Tu's hands.
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