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"Ah?"
Klein felt like he'd heard some incredible gossip, and the lofty image of a Snake of Mercury, a Sequence 1, that he had imagined in his mind, crumbled considerably.
To be honest, because of Lin Ruo, his teacher, who was occasionally unreliable but truly effective, Klein had encountered quite a few High-Sequence beings during this period. Even the most venomous Medici among these High-Sequence beings basically met Klein's expectations and imagination for High-Sequence powerhouses.
So, when he suddenly heard Lin Ruo's gossip about the Snake of Mercury—although liking to pretend to be a child and eating ice cream couldn't be called a strange hobby, when these two hobbies were attributed to a Sequence 1, Klein's first reaction was still: ?
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"Hmm… if that Snake of Mercury's hobby is ice cream, should we prepare a gift? I know a dessert shop with delicious ice cream." But Klein was Klein after all. As someone whose unconventional actions were always abundant, he quickly calmed the urge to complain in his heart and suggested half-jokingly, half-seriously.
Lin Ruo pinched his chin, showing a thoughtful expression, then shook his head and said, "Given His current state, He probably can't eat it."
"Hmm?" Klein was a little confused.
"If I'm not mistaken, Will Auceptin should have already restarted, and His parents after this restart are Dr. Aaron and his wife," Lin Ruo said with a smile.
"Ah?" Klein froze for a moment, then looked at the unconscious Dr. Aaron with a strange and curious expression.
He remembered Lin Ruo saying earlier that he saw an acquaintance in Dr. Aaron, and now he was saying that Dr. Aaron would be Will Auceptin's father after another restart…
So where was Will Auceptin now?
Although he knew it was impolite, Klein couldn't help but look at Dr. Aaron twice more.
"Stop daydreaming… Let's go, if we delay any longer, it might be dawn." Lin Ruo glanced at Klein, easily discerning what he was thinking. Although Lin Ruo himself was very curious about this question, as a mature teacher, he still patted Klein's shoulder and used a "Dream Charm" with him.
As a deep, tranquil black enveloped the three, the world also seemed to turn black, with the only light source remaining being the oval light sphere representing Dr. Aaron's dream.
Lin Ruo looked at the light sphere, then urged his spirituality to touch it.
The world seemed to suddenly invert at this moment. Lin Ruo, who had experience entering dreams from simulating nightmare abilities, calmly waited for the changes to unfold and found himself standing on a desolate plain, with Klein, who had also entered the dream, beside him.
He looked around and didn't see Dr. Aaron, the owner of the dream, only a black spire standing tall in the center of the plain not far away.
Lin Ruo could see the silver-white long serpent coiled around the black spire. It was undoubtedly a giant serpent, and a beautiful one. Its body was covered in dense patterns and symbols, forming interconnected wheels, and each wheel had different markings around it.
The only flaw was probably that the wheels at the tail and head of this silver-white great serpent were each only half complete, to the point where someone with OCD would be driven mad by a single glance. However, Lin Ruo knew this was because the Snake of Mercury had not bitten its own tail; when He bit His own tail, everything would be Perfection.
By the way, what did it feel like for Will Auceptin to bite His own tail normally? Was this equivalent to a human biting their own feet?
Lin Ruo's thoughts wandered again, producing some impolite and strange associations. He curled his lips and said, "Let's go, it seems He's already waiting for us."
Hearing this, Klein quickly withdrew his gaze from the silver-white giant serpent and walked towards the black spire with Lin Ruo.
Unlike the original novel where Klein first met Will Auceptin and the silver-white giant serpent still feigned an attacking posture when he entered the black spire, when Lin Ruo brought Klein through the decaying door into the spire, the silver-white great serpent didn't even move, only staring coldly at the two with its crimson eyes.
"Actually, I've always been curious, are you purely a decoration, or an illusion with Will Auceptin's will?" Lin Ruo, who could feel that the silver-white great serpent had no ill will towards them, paused his steps, looked at the silver-white great serpent, and asked with a smile.
He was genuinely very curious about this question, having been curious since he read the book back then.
—Since Will Auceptin's human form was inside the black spire, what exactly was this silver-white great serpent?
Then, Lin Ruo saw the silver-white great serpent freeze for a moment, clearly not expecting Lin Ruo to ask such a question.
After all, what normal person would ask such a question in this situation!
Lin Ruo's smile became even brighter as he said, "It seems it really is you, Will Auceptin."
Silver-white great serpent: …
"Hmm, let me guess, the reason you're like this is, firstly, to observe us, and secondly, to add a sense of mystery to our first meeting? To enhance your prestige? To make yourself look like a proper Snake of Mercury?" Lin Ruo still had a smiling expression. He even reached out and patted the silver-white great serpent's head, which was close at hand, not at all worried about annoying a certain Sequence 1.
Lin Ruo indeed wasn't very worried. After seeing this silver-white great serpent, Lin Ruo felt a sense of ease and joy emanating from the bottom of his heart.
This meant that a certain Snake of Mercury must have been an object of his mood adjustment (persecution) for a long time.
And this itself was a sign of close relations.
Because Lin Ruo understood himself, although he had a strong mischievous streak, unless he was facing recognized, close friends, he generally wouldn't persecute people he wasn't very familiar with.
Just as he had instinctively started persecuting Medici more and more after becoming increasingly familiar with him recently, this was a privilege only familiar people could have.
So, having seen through this point and with the urge to persecute already stirring, Lin Ruo patted the silver-white great serpent's head and said earnestly, "Actually, you don't need to be like this. Although I don't remember most of my past, I still know a little about you."
"My image of you in my heart has long been solidified as a crying baby wanting ice cream, and even amnesia hasn't changed it in the slightest. Prestige? Mystery? Terror?"
"Non-existent!"
Silver-white giant serpent: …
He was wrong; He shouldn't have come to see this bastard!
What fate's revelation! What good things, they were all bullshit!
If fate was truly that reliable, why would He have ended up in His current state!
Will Auceptin was a little annoyed.
The silver-white great serpent opened its crimson maw in a show of defiance.
"Good boy!"
However, a certain person not only showed no fear but also gently patted the great serpent's lower jaw as if coaxing a child.
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