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Insufficient Authority again...
Lycus was somewhat perplexed. He had personally modified the [Scepter System] himself. He possessed Administrator privileges, so in the vast majority of cases, such problems should not occur. Could there be an issue with the [Scepter System] itself?
Lycus had no leads. Furthermore, aside from that, who was that man appearing beside Tiresias?
Lycus suddenly recalled the two Nameless who had just entered Amphoreus not long ago. One of them had received the gaze of [Destruction]. Logically speaking, they should be considered on the same side.
Lycus fell silent for a moment, then decided to pull up the recorded data of the interaction between Tiresias and Fu Zhu to take a look. He wanted to confirm certain things, but the result remained the same.
[Insufficient Authority]
This time, Lycus fell completely silent.
"Just who exactly are you?"
Lycus decided it would be better to find a suitable opportunity to personally go and make contact with Fu Zhu. At the very least, he needed to confirm the other party's identity.
Before that, he would observe in secret!
After Fu Zhu handed the [Gateway] Tinder to Tiresias, he watched with his own eyes as she completed the [Gateway] trial.
It was called a trial, but in reality, after Tiresias began the trial, Fu Zhu only saw her holding the Tinder and standing still without movement. By the time she opened her eyes again, she had already completed it.
"Let's go."
Tiresias stood up carrying her short knife. The weak and fragile feeling she gave off before had vanished completely, and even her name display on the [Minimap] had changed.
[Gateway Demigod: Tiresias]
Fu Zhu followed Tiresias as they walked out of the treasury together, tilting his head to ask her a question.
"What do you plan to do next?"
"Jump off the cliff."
"?"
Before Fu Zhu could wait for Tiresias's explanation, a burst of chaotic footsteps rang out from outside the treasury, accompanied by the angry shouts of guards.
"Quick! Thieves have broken into the treasury to steal the Tinder! Arrest them immediately!"
When the crowd of guards rushed in and discovered that the person stealing the Tinder was actually the Saintess, every single one of them froze in place.
Seeing them, Tiresias sighed silently, then tightened her grip on the short knife in her hand.
"Do it..."
In the next second, Fu Zhu's figure rushed out from behind her. Clenching his fist, he threw a punch at one of the guards. The armor on that guard instantly shattered, and the man flew backward like a cannonball, knocking down several of his colleagues behind him.
"Audacious thief!"
Seeing this scene, the remaining guards couldn't help but reveal looks of horror. Immediately after, faces filled with anger, they raised their weapons and slashed at Fu Zhu.
But Fu Zhu's figure moved through them like a ghost. Every time he brushed past someone, a few guards would be sent flying.
In just a short ten seconds, the guards who had been blocking Tiresias were all embedded in the walls, their life or death unknown.
Fu Zhu clapped the dust off his hands, turned his head, and raised an eyebrow at Tiresias.
"Done. Let's go."
Tiresias's mouth twitched, looking somewhat helpless.
"Actually... I wasn't asking you to do it... I was thinking of saying a few words to them. I didn't want to increase senseless fighting."
Fu Zhu glared. "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Tiresias shook her head, laughing and crying at the same time. How was she to know Fu Zhu's movements would be so fast? He hadn't even given her time to speak.
"...Never mind. Let's go."
The two walked out of the treasury, planning to take the small path to the cliff outside the temple. However, just as the two stepped onto the large bridge, countless guards flooded out, completely blocking the path for the two of them.
"Quite lively, isn't it?"
Fu Zhu turned around to face the pursuing soldiers and spoke to Tiresias behind him without looking back.
"Tiresias, you go first. Don't forget our agreement. Leave these people to me."
"You be careful."
Tiresias didn't hesitate and turned to run directly.
After she left, Fu Zhu looked at the hundreds of pursuing soldiers in front of him, rolled his neck, and stretched his limbs.
"Let's resolve you lot quickly. I have other things to do."
A snapping sound rang out. Fu Zhu utilized the power of the [Harmony] Envoy, intending to use a Command to dispose of these people.
Although he could use the power of [Observer Mode] to break through, doing so would waste Experience Points, but it was slightly annoying to deal with them physically. It was better to just use a Command directly.
The guards opposite him watched Fu Zhu muttering to himself alone, but for some reason, an inexplicable fear rose in their hearts.
It was as if what they were facing was not a human, but a deity.
Fu Zhu suddenly spoke a sentence.
"By the way, do you guys like fireworks?"
What is this guy talking about?
The guards couldn't understand, but in the next second, they knew what the 'fireworks' in Fu Zhu's mouth referred to. Thousands of blocks of TNT flashing with white light appeared out of thin air around them, completely surrounding the guards.
And in the next instant—BOOM! A violent explosion blew the large bridge directly into segments. Everyone within the temple felt a tremor.
Fu Zhu glanced at the severed bridge and nodded in satisfaction.
With this, even if there were pursuing soldiers, it would be difficult for them to catch up to Tiresias in a short time.
Fu Zhu turned around, planning to go meet Tiresias and watch her jump off the cliff to see what that was all about. But inadvertently, he glanced at the stone bricks beneath his feet, lowered his head to look, and froze.
He didn't know when it started, but the stone bricks beneath his feet had turned into [Grass Blocks], and they were slowly spreading outward continuously.
It was as if they intended to assimilate the entire bridge.
"Grass Blocks?"
Fu Zhu was slightly startled. He immediately canceled the power of [Harmony], and the assimilation of the Grass Blocks slowly stopped.
Was it because of the power of Harmony?
This thought was quickly dismissed by Fu Zhu. This wasn't the first time he had utilized the power of [Harmony] to use Commands, but this situation had never occurred before when using Commands previously.
The only time a similar situation had occurred was in... the Simulated Universe!
A slightly crazy thought appeared in Fu Zhu's mind.
"Amphoreus... could it be a data world?"
Otherwise, there was no way to explain why a situation identical to the Simulated Universe would appear here.
Fu Zhu pondered for a moment, planning to investigate this question after sending Tiresias off. For now, he would go find Tiresias first.
Not long after Fu Zhu left, Lycus's figure appeared on the broken bridge. With his hands behind his back, he walked onto the area that had turned into Grass Blocks, squatted down, and touched them with his hand. A trace of astonishment appeared on his emotionless face.
These square blocks... he actually didn't have any authority to modify them!
And why did he seem to perceive a trace of life in these blocks?
Is this place not a false world? Why would such a thing appear?
That man, just what is he?