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Anthony didn't draw the curtains in the room because he wanted to keep an eye on the situation outside.

This is used to compare with his own situation.

After sitting for a while, he stood up, walked to the window, and admired the city lights that were still dazzling even in the Late Night.

Just then, he felt a strong dizziness.

He immediately realized that the air around him had been sucked out, or more accurately, he had been "thrown" out of the world and isolated from the air.

At the same time, his thoughts began to become confused and sluggish, and his hands involuntarily reached for his throat, wanting to pull out the trachea and insert it back into his original world.

"This is very similar to Franca's description..."

"Contact with Peng Deng will also lead to being kicked out of the Dream..."

"More importantly, I made contact with the target during the day, without implying the existence of supernatural powers or the presence of strange events..."

"Contacting Zhou Mingrui in this way will not cause any problems..."

"Is Peng Deng more special than Zhou Mingrui?"

Anthony calmly examined his own condition and reflected on the process of this experiment.

When he felt he could no longer resist the tendency to become Marionette, he used the force that was trying to kick him away to voluntarily exit the Dream.

He opened his eyes and saw a dark ceiling and Crimson Moonlight shining through the thick curtains.

This kind of scene is not found in the Dream City.

After hearing Franca's account of the situation, Anthony quickly checked his belongings and physical condition before getting out of bed and heading towards the Washroom.

He had originally planned to go to the restroom in the Dream City.

After a while, Anthony heard a knocking sound at the door.

Without asking, he naturally knew that it was Lady. "Justice" and Lady. Susie outside.

Anthony opened the door and, unsurprisingly, saw the holder of That One Major Arcana and the gentle, intelligent Golden Dog.

Before he could greet her, the "Justice" Lady asked in a gentle voice, "Why did you suddenly leave the Dream?"

"I was kicked out," Anthony replied, slightly puzzled.

The "Justice" Lady shook her head:

"Although I can no longer influence Mr. The Fool's Dream, I have been monitoring the Change in his Dream."

"I haven't noticed any signs that you're being rejected by your Dream."

"But..." Anthony did not question the "Justice" Lady's statement, and recounted in detail how he came into contact with Peng Deng, how he self-isolated, and what had just happened.

The "Justice" Lady did not interrupt Anthony. She listened patiently and attentively to his statement, and then nodded slightly, saying, "I think what you are feeling is inner fear. Your fear has made the description of the ' Two of Cups ' real, making you mistakenly believe that you are being kicked out of the Dream, so you choose to leave on your own."

"As ' Psychiatrist,' you and I both know very well that this level of fear, fear without warning, is not normal at all. This is the abnormality you experienced during your initial contact with Peng Deng earlier in the day."

"Fear... My contact with Peng Deng triggered my fear of being kicked out of the Dream, reaching its peak in the early morning hours, evolving into an almost tangible hallucination?" Anthony recalled, acknowledging Lady "Justice's" speculation. He murmured thoughtfully, "Is this also a manifestation of being watched by That One Celestial Worthy, a symbol of some of His power? Or, is Peng Deng's special nature not directly related to That One Celestial Worthy, but has another Source?"

"We're not sure either, because Peng Deng's role and position in the Dream City are too special. We put him in the last few steps of confirming the situation. Unfortunately, we couldn't influence the Dream anymore before we got to the corresponding part of the process. This is the first time our ' Tarot Club ' has truly come into contact with Peng Deng..." At this point, the "Justice" Lady's emerald green Eyes, like gemstones, shifted slightly, her mouth slightly open, and she stopped speaking.

After a two-second pause, she said thoughtfully, "Perhaps there's something wrong with 'testing Peng Deng at the very end,' but there are too many possible reasons. ' Fooling ' is perfectly feasible..."

"Whether That One Celestial Worthy can unconsciously induce your deepest fears and make them erupt at a specific moment, we also do not know. We know very little about the Authority of the ' Seer ' Pathway Sequence 0 and its corresponding symbolic existence, especially the latter."

Although Lady. Justice didn't finish her speculations, Anthony roughly understood her possible line of thought and said thoughtfully, "We need to design a more detailed experimental plan specifically for Peng Deng to determine the source of the problem."

"What is now certain is that he and Zhou Mingrui are somewhat different; the abnormalities they exhibited under the same conditions due to contact with them are different."

"Justice" said Lady a smile, "Your contact with Peng Deng this time has been very fruitful for me."

"Hmm... Don't rush back to the Dream. Stay outside for three hours, take a walk around the Villa, and have something to eat."

"This isn't to say there will be problems going back now. You weren't kicked out, so we don't have any concerns about that. This is just a simple adjustment to your mental state: staying in the Dream City for too long can easily make it hard to distinguish between reality and Dream. Now that you've left, it's best to re-experience reality and deepen your corresponding psychological understanding."

"Yes, Lady. ' Justice '." As a "Psychiatrist," Anthony naturally understood the meaning behind these words.

To use a phrase he had just learned in the Dream City:

Nip danger in the bud.

After returning to the Technology Building, Lumian continued patrolling the floors with Old Xia until they finished work at 12:30.

He Teleportation directly to the vicinity of Crimson Moon Hospital, then used the Mirror World to reach the outside of Li Keji's ward, waiting for a possible attack.

Of course, he didn't stay in the same position all the time, nor did he remain at Crimson Moon Hospital indefinitely.

He selected three time periods that he felt were the most suitable for the assassination, and only lay in ambush during these three periods, spending the rest of the time at home sleeping or playing on his phone.

During those three time periods, he would randomly choose one of the six hiding places each time, and the two consecutive choices could not be the same.

This was to guard against Zarathustra and the other Celestial Worthy's Subordinate suspecting that someone might use Li Keji to ambush them and launch a targeted attack.

As dawn broke, Lumian went out to buy breakfast.

On the way, he deliberately turned into a quiet alley and met Jenna.

This was agreed upon by both parties.

Jenna handed Ludwig over to Lumian; she had an interview at Hall Film Company today and couldn't bring the child.

Lumian looked around and told Jenna what had happened last night, asking her to share it with Franca.

Lumian concluded, "It seems that contacting Zhou Mingrui during the day and alerting him to the existence of supernatural power also carries risks, but it avoids Precision attacks. However, being remembered by Zhou Mingrui and aware of the corresponding dangers will result in rapid Marionette-ization at night, which is a possibility to avoid. It's currently impossible to determine whether this is an isolated attack. I'll observe Zarathustra's situation again tonight."

"Have Rosanne find Zhou Mingrui and remind him about Zarathustra again. See if he's forgotten anything. Don't worry, after I bluntly mentioned Zarathustra yesterday, Zhou Mingrui should have already guessed that I, Franca, Rosanne are in cahoots. What he doesn't know yet is about you and Anthony."

Jenna had barely hummed in agreement when the two of them received friend requests from "An Reid" almost simultaneously.

After exchanging a glance, Lumian gestured to Jenna not to rush into adding him, and then approved the application herself.

After "An Reid" recounted the events of the previous night and "Justice"' Lady speculation, he confirmed the other party's identity and sent a voice message with a smile:

"Let's go back to the Rented Apartment and discuss it in detail. I've also gained quite a bit here."

"Peng Deng seems to be more special than we thought..." Lumian then turned to Jenna and told her about Anthony's experience.

Jenna listened attentively, added Anthony back, and waved goodbye to Lumian and Ludwig.

Inside the Administration Department of the Technology Building.

When Franca and Rosanne went to the restroom together, they took advantage of the fact that no one was inside or in the Library to tell each other the request that Jenna had conveyed.

Rosanne asked, a little nervously but also excitedly, "How should I give you a hint?"

Franca, using her talent as an "Instigator," helped come up with a set of arguments.

More than half an hour later, Zhou Mingrui, wearing Gray Shirt, came to the Administration Department again and asked Rosanne if there was anything going on at the company recently, and whether there was anything going on or not, he would work overtime for a while.

"Good question!" Rosanne praised Zhou Mingrui in her heart and said with a smile, "The merger negotiations between the group and a large company have entered the formal process."

"The Boss of that company is Zarathustra, who visited twice."

When the name "Zarathustra" was mentioned, Rosanne looked at Zhou Mingrui, trying to read the Change in his expression.

Zhou Mingrui suddenly realized and said, "President Huang even asked me to pick him up at the airport, to be his translator and guide, but unfortunately I didn't get to."

"He came to visit the company, but you weren't there. It seems like you were on sick leave? He came yesterday, but he stayed on the Sixteenth Floor the whole time and didn't visit any other departments. You didn't see him at all," Rosanne said deliberately.

This was the story Franca made up for her.

Zhou Mingrui paused for a moment, then said thoughtfully, "Perhaps there's some unseen force preventing me from meeting him."

After chatting for a few more minutes, Zhou Mingrui left Rosanne's workstation and walked towards the door.

As he passed by Franca's spot, Franca suddenly spoke:

"Careful!"

Zhou Mingrui scrambled to the side and looked at Luo Fu.

Franca pointed to the wet patches on the ground and said, "I spilled some water on the ground just now, it's a bit slippery, be careful."

"Oh, you startled me," Zhou Mingrui replied with a laugh.

He walked around the damp patch, left the Administration Department, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

"Luo Fu warned me to be careful? Rosanne just mentioned Zarathustra..."

"Are they all telling me to beware of Zarathustra?"

"Yes, they are indeed in cahoots with Li Ming..."

Inside the Administration Department, Rosanne sent a message to Franca:

"He's quite wary of that enemy; he shouldn't have forgotten your warning."