Klein listened carefully to Abner's discovery, then chuckled softly. "So, even if you had refused to trade with the High-Ranking Overseer at the time, It would have deliberately revealed Its cooperation with the Hidden Sage to coerce you into complying?"
"That's right!" Abner nodded, then said after some deliberation, "And I suspect that isn't the only card It holds... It may be the Outer Deity that understands the Unknown best. If I refused, I would likely have faced an endless stream of Its methods afterward...
"So, after weighing things up, I felt that agreeing to It while retaining certain means of restraint was the best choice... After all, having It test the Unknown's true capabilities isn't bad either, is it?"
Klein fell silent. Several seconds later, he said, "The High-Dimensional Overseer appears very methodical in Its actions, nothing like madness at all. But why is It so obsessed with the Unknown? It feels as though It would pay any price just to get closer to It..."
He did not know that Liu Bo was a true Transmigrator, from a higher dimension, and possessed an immense attraction for the High-Dimensional Overseer.
"Perhaps It can't help Itself..." Abner did not elaborate. For now, he was not prepared to tell Klein about his true origins.
Can't help Itself... Klein gave Abner a thoughtful look but did not pursue the matter. Instead, he said:
"I remember you saying before that the final missing piece for the Hidden Sage's ascension, that Knowledge Emperor Beyonder Characteristic, had been deliberately handed to It by the Goddess. There must have been a scheme behind it...
"And you guessed that the Hidden Sage's godhood ritual might require the Authority of Secrecy, and that It would attack the Goddess at an opportune moment, only to fall into her trap.
"But