Worth it

Inside the movie theater.

Franca made a sound of "Huh?" because she felt her "Despair" Potion had been completely digested.

Lumian's plan succeeded? Franca suddenly had this thought.

Although she didn't know exactly what Lumian wanted to do or how he would do it, she remembered that Lumian had said that once her "Despair" Potion was digested, it would mean that the operation had achieved its intended purpose, Mr. The Fool would wake up to some extent, and the Dream would completely collapse in a few minutes.

Franca glanced instinctively at Gehrman Sparrow to her side and saw the roof of the movie theater collapsing inch by inch, but the corresponding heavy objects did not fall onto the seats and the floor, but instead fell into the void and disappeared.

At the same time, white light emanated from the few Spectator present and flew into Gehrman Sparrow's body.

Franca suddenly realized what these white lights were:

It reflects the different impressions, perceptions, and understandings of the character Gehrman Sparrow among different Spectator!

As the Dream nears collapse, these Spectator reveal its illusory nature, and the corresponding memories then disintegrate on their own, becoming the nourishment for enriching the character of Gehrman Sparrow in the form of anchor points and information.

Unlike the Dream City, many more similar white lights rushed towards it.

It really worked... Franca happily raised her head and looked up at the height that was no longer obscured by the movie theater roof.

The previously gloomy sky had collapsed in large sections, revealing a hideous, terrifying deep black and a thin, Gray-White mist.

It's like a house whose walls have collapsed due to Earthquake, but the beams and pillars remain, and the framework is still intact.

Inside Yangdu High-Speed Rail Station.

Standing on the edge of profound darkness, Zhou Mingrui smiled gently after hearing Lumian say that he had completely digested the "Despair" Potion.

"That's good."

Lumian paused for a moment:

"Mr. The Fool?"

Zhou Mingrui nodded:

"It's my turn now."

He smiled and said, "You did a great job."

Lumian smiled and said, "If you hadn't sealed away most of the Celestial Worthy's power, including His thought processes, we would have had no chance of succeeding."

Lumian is still cautiously using the word "seal" to describe Zhou Mingrui's original state, but the truth may not be so.

He had been saying this all along, mixing truth with falsehood as he told the Celestial Worthy his guesses, judgments, and plans. Besides trying to buy time, he also had the hidden intention of strengthening the Celestial Worthy's understanding in this regard.

Of course, whether it's true or false, after today it will be true!

Zhou Mingrui shook his head and smiled, "It was already extremely difficult for me to restrain the Celestial Worthy on my own. Without your help, the outcome might have been completely different."

"For example, if you hadn't expelled Zaratul beforehand, today's operation would definitely have encountered setbacks, and the awakened 'world' might have pointed towards the Celestial Worthy."

"But without the help of those friends from the Western Continent, the Celestial Worthy might still have had a chance to turn the tide."

It turns out that the Celestial Worthy's contingency plan, the preparation made in response to the arrangements left behind by That One Primordial Witch God, was intercepted and prevented by certain beings in the Western Continent... My original plan was just to buy time, to use the Concealment of the "Goddess of Evernight," and to complete the fusion of the three Gehrman Sparrow figures before the Celestial Worthy Venerable's contingency plan truly came into play... Celestial Master, or Underworld Daoist? Lumian hummed in agreement and said with feeling, "Yes, without the efforts and groundwork laid by the Major Arcana beforehand, even if we deciphered the true meaning of all the symbols today, we wouldn't have had time to create the character of Gehrman Sparrow, and could only watch helplessly as the situation tilted in the Celestial Worthy's favor."

"Similarly, without the hints from Peng Deng and Amon, we might still be searching for the right direction, while the Celestial Worthy's fatal blow is about to arrive..."

Seeing that Lumian had clearly and Rationality recognized this point, Zhou Mingrui nodded with satisfaction.

Lumian didn't continue recounting the contributions of Stiano, Leodero, Anderson, and other gods and men, but asked eagerly, "' The Fool,' Aurora, my Older Sister, can she really Resurrection?"

Zhou Mingrui looked at Lumian and said in a calm voice, "If you are Beyonder has passed the ' Seer ' path and has advanced to the ' Miracle Invoker ' Pathway, and your Soul Fragments are sealed within you and have not dissipated, then with my help, I can ' Grafting ' one of my Resurrection onto your Older Sister's Soul Fragments, allowing her to truly return."

"But now, you can only rely on the ' Witch ' Pathway of Resurrection to separate your Older Sister in the future."

Seeing Lumian lost in thought, Zhou Mingrui added, "You can no longer change your Pathway. Moreover, after you advanced to ' Witch of Despair,' Aurora's Soul Fragments have already merged with you to a certain extent. If you use the ' Sun ' Pathway to regress to the Primordial One, her Soul Fragments will not be able to withstand it and will completely dissipate."

Lumian paused for a few seconds before saying, "Will the Resurrection achieved through the ' Witch ' Pathway in the future be Resurrection in essence, a true Resurrection?"

"Yes," Zhou Mingrui sighed. "But Wish are often Distortion, and the way they are fulfilled may not be what you want. Just like when you saved my believer, I noticed you and had a premonition that you would play an important role in matters of Dream in the future. So I gave you the aura of the Gray Fog and my Brand. But I didn't expect that this Prophecy would be fulfilled in such a tortuous way. My actions are also part of the Prophecy."

"So that old man was one of your followers." Lumian suddenly realized.

He chuckled calmly.

"Without the scent of the Gray Fog, perhaps I would never have met Aurora, never had that life in Cordou Village, and Aurora would still be the target of ' April Fool's Day ' Day,' still be troubled by Roche Louise Sanson, and might not even have a chance to Resurrection."

At this point, Lumian took a breath and said, "I understand."

"As long as it's a genuine, essential Resurrection, I can accept any form of implementation."

Zhou Mingrui nodded slightly and extended his right palm:

"You can give me that bottle of ' Samaritan Woman Spring ' spring water that Mr. Azik treated."

As Lumian took out Golden Vial from his "Traveler's Bag," he asked doubtfully, "' The Fool,' Gehrman Sparrow has already been 'born,' so you don't need to drink this spring water anymore, do you? The Celestial Worthy Venerable is sealed within you; if He drinks it, it's the same as you drinking it. Besides, it only has a very weak effect on even Sequence 0 True God."

The Golden Vial suddenly appeared on Zhou Mingrui's right palm, while Lumian's hand was now empty.

"I need to sleep for a while longer," Zhou Mingrui said with a smile. "Now is the perfect opportunity to merge with the Celestial Worthy and better confront Him, and this bottle of spring water is the medium."

"Gehrman Sparrow will become the ' The Fool,' embodying a fraction of my will, until I fully awaken."

"Do you want to merge with Tianzun?" Lumian asked doubtfully.

Zhou Mingrui nodded

"Yes, both integration and confrontation are the only way forward at present."

"Doesn't that mean..." Lumian suddenly shut his mouth, remembering a certain Mysticism knowledge he knew.

The Primordial One Creator's Mental Brand within the Beyonder Characteristic is indelible, as are That One Primordial Witch God and the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth!

Zhou Mingrui smiled and said, "No matter how many victories I win, no matter how much you help me, in the long run, the one who will ultimately win this confrontation is the Celestial Worthy."

Seeing Lumian fall silent, Zhou Mingrui continued gently, "Most humans know that they only have a few decades to live and are Predestination to pass away in the not-too-distant future, but that does not prevent them from enjoying their lives, from doing meaningful things, from experiencing happiness, Pain, sorrow, emotion, satisfaction, and longing."

"As you've seen from Rosanne's experiences during this time, there's a lot of reality in Dream; hope may lurk at the end of Despair, and a fleeting moment of brilliance may point to eternity."

Lumian was speechless for a moment.

After a pause of more than ten seconds, he sighed and said, "Every day you fight against it, are eroded, and try to merge, continuing for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, or even longer. Isn't that exhausting?"

"Will it be like before, where you still maintain self-awareness, but suddenly find yourself with an unfamiliar smile in the Mirror?"

"Yes," Zhou Mingrui sighed and smiled, "When I fully wake up this time, apart from the strongest and most passionate emotions and Humanity Klein Zhou Mingrui, everything else will likely be different from who I am now."

This is not expressed in a speculative tone.

"As for whether it's tiring or not..." Zhou Mingrui's tone became slightly more lively, "It's definitely tiring, but there's no other way, someone has to do this, right?"

Lumian were a jumbled mess. He opened his mouth and asked, "Is it worth it?"

Zhou Mingrui looked at him, then suddenly took a step back, disappearing into the deep darkness.

Unlike other Dream figures who quickly dissolved into the darkness, he sank slowly, as if in the sea.

Zhou Mingrui raised his right hand, brought the bottle of "Samaritan Woman Spring" water to his lips, and drank it.

Then, as he slowly descended, he looked at Lumian outside the deep darkness, a gentle smile appearing on his face, and replied in a calm voice, "Worth it."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly winked at Lumian with his left eye, looking neither composed nor serious, much less like the aloof "The Fool".

Lumian watched as Zhou Mingrui sank into the Depths of Darkness, until even his blurry figure disappeared from sight.

He muttered to himself:

"Worth..."

Inside the movie theater, as the beams of white light merged into the darkness and Zhou Mingrui disappeared into the deep darkness, Gehrman Sparrow, who had been standing there blankly as if Slumber, suddenly raised his head.

He opened his eyes, his sharp gaze seemingly able to pierce through his Gold-Rimmed Glasses.

The sky of the Dream City was completely stripped away, all the houses collapsed with a crash, and the figures of Green, Zhang Qing, and others became blurred and completely disintegrated.

Franca was dazed for a moment, then woke up.

She saw a room full of people, the genuine, bright smile on the face of the "Justice" Lady, the "Magician" Lady drinking Red Wine, and a clear and radiant glow.

The Sunlight outside the window is just right.