Chapter 47: The Key to Everything

As the Mechanical Tome was placed in the recess of the altar, the entire floating city vibrated as if it were cheering for its return.

The "Helios Furnace" at the top of the tower was also running at full power again, filling all the spare energy bins in an instant, forcing Olmos to order his mechanical assistants to urgently launch dozens of high-energy-consuming experimental projects, so that he could maintain the "balance" and not blow up the furnace.

Eleanor also increased the strength of the "daylight" in the botanical garden by several levels, and used the ability of the "seal" that merged with herself to shorten the growth cycle of various plants, while also producing and storing energy-rich "honey" without stopping - although this caused her a great burden.

At the same time, the "Gear Book" turned over on its own, skipping the recipe pages from Sequence 9 to Sequence 3 to the last three pages that Abner had thought were "blank".

Immediately afterwards, a large amount of information was displayed in front of Abner's eyes, which was easily received by his "information extraction" ability.

"So that's it!

"In the first of the last three pages of the 'Gear Book', what is sealed is actually the power from the 'All-Seeing Eye'!

"It was the 'Omniscient Eye''s ability to 'create' that when 'Morning Star City' fell to the earth and fell apart, in the nightmare of 'Afternoon Town', he 'created' an identical 'Floating City' again, so that the residents here could gain a glimmer of hope for survival in such a harsh environment.

"It is precisely because the 'Floating City' was created by it, and the people who believe in the 'Machine Emperor' are also sent into the nightmare by it, that the 'Machine Sacred Codex' itself did not follow into the nightmare afternoon town, but remained in the ruins of the floating city in reality.

"Well, this kind of 'creation' is like the 'exchange' in the 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' and the items I created from the 'Broken White Tower' of my 'incomplete mythical form', and it cannot exist in reality for long...... It's just more advanced.

"By the way, when I first opened the 'Gear Book' under the 'Harvest Church', I also played the whole process of 'Floating City' from construction to fall.

"I thought it was a record and a tribute to a civilization that was looking for hope in the dark...... Now that I think about it, that is actually the 'information' element necessary to 'create' the floating city!

"It's essentially the same 'existential information' that I faked when I created that fake diary page at Professor Michelle's house in East Chestershire...... Again, it's just more advanced, more 'real'.

"For people living in this nightmare, they probably won't notice the difference at all...... Only those three 'alchemists', because of their divinity, might have noticed some clues when they fell into nightmares.

"Next, on the second page of the blank page, there is the power of the 'pure white angel'!

"It was supposed to be used to provide energy for the 'created' Floating City, but for some reason it was not successfully completed when the 'Morning Star Falls', resulting in the 'Morning Star City' has been in a state of energy shortage for more than 200 years.

"However, I may have foreseen this when I left this 'gear book', otherwise I would not have given a prophecy that 'when He returns, the morning star will shine and the calamity will be far away.'"

"Hehe, with the 'pure white' supplementary energy, most of the functions of Morningstar City will naturally be able to operate in good condition, can it shine vigorously?

"As for the calamity...... I'm afraid it's referring to those monsters in the town in the afternoon, why are they staying away? Isn't it because I have a goddess on me? In the dark night, the monster naturally can't jump up in front of the 'night' itself.

"And on the blank page of the last page of the 'Gear Book' is an authority, or 'pardon'...... This 'pardon' allows the followers of the 'Machine Emperor' in 'Morning Star City' not to return to the underworld after death!

"In other words, all the newborns in 'Morning Star City' are actually reincarnated after the death of their predecessors...... Although there are no memories of the past, the belief in the 'Machine Emperor' will not change, because this is the prerequisite for reincarnation!

"Therefore, the total population of 'Morning Star City' has not changed for so many years, it is 10,000 people, and in addition to energy restrictions, the total number of 'souls' is also constant!

"Oh, it sounds like this city is like the kingdom of the 'Machine Emperor'......

"Such a 'pardon' clearly has the characteristics of a 'death consul'...... Could it be that Evans, the 'Emperor of Machines', allowed the 'Gear Book' to go deep into the 'Unknown Land', and came into contact with the soul of Vicente Miranda, the 'Lord of the Dead', and reaped the benefits from it?

"Well, it's not impossible, after all, the 'Machine Emperor', as a 'Demon of Mysteries', is no worse than a 'reader' in playing with 'information'!

"Moreover, the power of the 'All-Knowing Eye' and the 'Pure White Angel' on the first two blank pages of the 'Gear Book' is also likely to come from the 'Unknown Land'!

"Looking at it this way, in Evans's life, the illusory 'Pure White Angel' and 'Omniscient Eye' already exist at the entrance of the passage connecting the 'Unknown Land'...... This is one of the results of Dennett's experiments with Erwulong in that life?

"In the end, in Evans's life, or earlier, I should have decided on the current path of 'reader'!

"After all, the information left in the 'gear book', in addition to the 'information extraction' ability of being a 'reader', it is not so easy to obtain it in other ways.

"Even if Klein used dream divination, the information he got would not be so complete."

As his thoughts flickered, Abner thought of an important question, that is, why Evans, the 'Emperor of Machines', that is, his former self, kept this information here, and what benefits he could get from it.

"Could it be that this city is the kingdom and anchor of God that I have prepared for myself?

"But it obviously can only exist in 'nightmares', and once it gets out, all that can be left behind is some remnant souls...... And without the Floating City, the pardon of the 'Archon of Death' will be invalid.

"Similar to the items that are 'exchanged' in the 'Dream Labyrinth Tower', it is no problem to use them in the 'Dream Scene', but when you get it to reality, you will only disappear in minutes without a physical object to rely on...... The same is true of the things I created in the 'Broken White Tower', which still exists if there are realistic materials, such as the armor I have now, and those that have no reality to rely on, such as the demigod charm, are gone within seconds of taking them out......"

Thinking of this, Abner was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes widened, because he suddenly realized one thing, that is, the "Floating City" is not without physical support in reality!

"That replica of the 'Floating City' built by 'Alchemist' Klaus in Nas!"

Abner's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and he thought with some excitement in his heart:

"I see!

"The one who guided Klaus to build the Floating City was, as I had guessed before, myself! It's the 'Calamity Seal'!

"I didn't expect that I would do good things with all my scheming?

"Well, I still can't jump to conclusions, maybe he has other calculations...... Moreover, some of his behavior patterns are actually very similar to Lao Huang's later years, and they all have many contradictions.

"Back to the point, Nath's replica, Eight Achievements was prepared to bring this nightmarish floating city back to life.

"As long as they coincide in a certain place, the virtual can be turned into reality, so that this 'creation' is no longer just an image in a dream.

"Most of these difficulties have been solved by the 'Machine Emperor' using the illusory 'All-Seeing Eye', and the only problem at the moment is how to make that imitation and the current Nightmare Floating City establish a connection and overlap somewhere......

"This requires a place where dreams, reality, spirits, and astral realms are intertwined without much estrangement...... Wait a minute! ”

As soon as he thought of this, a flash of inspiration seemed to flash through Abner's mind, and he blurted out the name of a place:

"Divine War Relic Sea!"

Yes, except for the God's Forsaken Land, only in the relics of the Divine War, the barriers of the three worlds will be blurred, and dreams and reality will intersect...... Of course, the most important thing is that it is possible to get there with the replica floating city in reality!

"Klein mentioned before that Master Klaus had the idea of imitating it when he witnessed the 'Floating City' in a dream in the Divine War Ruins Sea.

"So, as long as you get the actual floating city to the sea area of the Divine War Ruins, and then switch the 'Morning Star City' here with the floating city in the dream of the Divine War Ruins...... It should be possible to achieve the conditions that reality 'creates'.

"After all, all the information in the Floating City is recorded in the Mechanical Sacred Codex...... What is lacking now is only physical support.

"And to complete this 'handling' and 'transfer', what is needed is ...... 'miracle'!

"Not the miracle of the 'resurrection' that was 'bought' from Zarathu, but a 'miracle' of another type!

"Therefore, if you want to get this 'miracle', you either have to wait for Klein to be promoted to Sequence 2, or you need to use Zarathu's 'miracle' with secret techniques to resurrect Alvin and let him ...... No, it's to let 'me' be promoted to 'miracle master'!

"Is this why the Goddess gave me the black gem on my chest and allowed me to explore the ruins of the 'God of Luck' and came here?

"'Miracles' are the key to everything!

Of course, I can also ignore these people and things, and not the so-called kingdom of God, believers, and anchors......

"But I'm afraid the people here won't last that long...... Even if the Mechanical Sacred Book returns, they won't be able to hold out for long......

"After I got so many preconditions, I can already vaguely see the 'river of destiny' of some people......

"As the Silver City squad explores deeply, sooner or later they will be discovered...... And since Silver City has Elder Lovia here, it is equivalent to the 'True Creator' once again casting his eyes......

"When the darkness of the night can no longer be hidden...... There's a good chance they won't be able to wait for Klein......

"This is the calamity in their 'tributaries of fate'!

“…… When He returns, the morning star shines and calamity is far away......

"For their sake, will I follow the path designed by my previous self, study the secret arts, resurrect Alvin as my doppelganger, and rescue them?" Abner asked himself.

But soon, he gave the answer:

"I will!

"Because it's all you can!"

Thinking of this, Abner closed his eyes and couldn't help but sigh: I know me best, or myself!

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