Path of the Troublemaker

Looking at the crimson moon outside the window, Luo Lin spent three minutes receiving information and confirmed a few things.

First, he had transmigrated. He had transmigrated into the world of "Lord of Mysteries" and was now named Luo Lin Soroyastor, suspected to be a descendant of the Old Master Pallez from the original work.

Second, the power fragments of the legendary Thousand-Faced God Nyarlathotep within him had been cut and reshaped by Yog-Sothoth, whom he had summoned. Utilizing the special rules of the Lord of Mysteries world, these fragments were transformed into something akin to Beyonder characteristics, creating an entirely new divine pathway called the Path of Chaos.

Although Luo Lin didn't know why that entity had helped him, the fact was that as long as Luo Lin followed the rules, prepared these Beyonder characteristics into potions one by one, and consumed them, just like the humans in this world, starting from Sequence 9, he could normally act, digest, and advance. In doing so, he could completely master the power belonging to Nyarlathotep and turn it into his own strength.

Third, Luo Lin's innate skill, "Shadow of Time," could still be used. This was a time-related skill, similar to the historical projections of ancient scholars in the Lord of Mysteries world. It had two methods of use: the first was that if Luo Lin's favorability with that entity was quite high, he could summon its "Shadow of Time" to merge with himself, thereby borrowing its power. The higher the favorability, the more power he could borrow.

The second method was to directly use an existence related to that entity, or the entity itself, as a medium to summon its "Shadow of Time" and seek its help.

At first glance, the second method seemed simpler than the first, but there was a rather tricky aspect to it. The Shadow of Time summoned by the second method would indeed project the consciousness of the summoned person's past into the Shadow of Time it pulled.

Because of this, the Shadow of Time pulled by the second method would not necessarily help Luo Lin. If there was a favorability bonus, it would be fine. Without a favorability bonus, although the Shadow of Time could not harm him, the summoner, it might not be willing to work for him.

It could be described as a very powerful yet very tricky ability.

The former Luo Lin had diligently worked to increase his favorability with great figures to summon their Shadows of Time. Now that he had changed worlds, all that previous favorability was wasted.

"Forget it, it's good enough that I can still use my skills in a new world. What more could I ask for?" Luo Lin comforted himself, but he was also a bit confused. "But why did I transmigrate in the first place? Did Yog send me here..."

Luo Lin wasn't actually familiar with the existence named Yog-Sothoth. He only knew of it from ancient texts, understanding it to be the only Outer God that didn't harbor malice towards humans, and might even have goodwill towards them. Furthermore, its relationship with Nyarlathotep seemed to be poor.

So, when they encountered a clone of Nyarlathotep, the Troublemaker God, in their world, and all resistance failed, with the world on the brink of destruction, Luo Lin, adopting a "might as well try anything" attitude, used the connection between Nyarlathotep and Yog-Sothoth to summon the Shadow of Time of this deity.

Then, with the appearance of billions of rays of light, Luo Lin almost lost consciousness, but he also witnessed the demise of that Nyarlathotep clone and saw the time of his homeland seemingly rewind, restoring everything to before its destruction.

Finally, Luo Lin saw Yog look at him. To be honest, it was difficult to say whether this indescribable deity, like a radiant glow or a fleeting bubble, possessed eyes. But in that instant, Luo Lin felt that it was looking at him.

It seemed curious, surprised, and perhaps sighed.

The entity seemed to have said something to him, but Luo Lin didn't hear it clearly.

After that, Luo Lin lost consciousness. When he opened his eyes, he was already in another world, and the power of the eliminated Nyarlathotep clone was sealed within him.

"So what does this great being mean? Does He know me?" Luo Lin was genuinely confused at this moment, but he really couldn't recall ever having any connection with such a powerful entity. After racking his brain, he could only attribute it to the possibility that the great being found him pleasing to the eye.

In any case, Luo Lin felt that the entity probably didn't intend to harm him; otherwise, he would already be dead.

Luo Lin suppressed the doubts in his heart, then sighed, muttering to himself, "I wonder how my old home is doing, but at least based on the situation before I transmigrated, it should be fine..."

"I did my best anyway. If the world is still destroyed after this, then there's nothing I can do." Luo Lin showed a wry smile. He wasn't exactly a good person in the conventional sense, but regardless, he still had some feelings for his homeland and naturally wouldn't wish for his world to be destroyed.

"Forget it, no matter what, I should focus on myself first. This world isn't peaceful either." Luo Lin shook his head. Thinking about the state of the Lord of Mysteries world, he felt like complaining for a moment.

He had just resolved the problems of his homeland and now arrived in a world facing impending doom. What was the difference between this and his eyes closing and opening again, rendering all his previous efforts useless?

"The only thing worth celebrating is that I'm finally not the savior in this world. Honestly, who would have thought that I, a Troublemaker, would be the one to step up and save the world in the end? Is that appropriate?"

Luo Lin said this with a hint of complaint, then couldn't help but smile, "It's great. This way, I can just be a pure Troublemaker."

After indulging in a moment of silly joy, Luo Lin began to plan his future goals.

First, naturally, he needed to find a way to advance to Sequence 9, embark on the Beyonder path, and convert Nyarlathotep's power within him into his own as soon as possible, lest this ticking time bomb detonate one day.

Second, he needed to get to know more great figures and increase his favorability with them, so he could leech off their combat power for free.

Finally, naturally, he needed to find some fun for himself in the process.

"Hmm, let me see, the Sequence 9 of the Path of Chaos is... Troublemaker?" Luo Lin blinked in surprise. But recalling Nyarlathotep's personality, he understood it for a moment, then continued to read other information about the Path of Chaos left by Yog-Sothoth.

"The main material for concocting the Troublemaker potion can be directly made from cut characteristics. As for auxiliary materials, let me see. Besides common spiritual materials, it also requires any item related to the 'Three Families' or 'Five Families' of high Sequences..." Luo Lin raised his eyebrows at this point, stroking his chin in thought:

"Preferably a Spirit Worm, Time Worm, or Star Worm... Hiss, this is a bit tricky."

Luo Lin then searched through the memories of his current identity and confirmed that the current timeline should be the very beginning of the Lord of Mysteries' plot. If nothing unexpected happened, Mr. Fool should be currently marveling at his own imaginative self in the mirror.