The Captain's Room of the Future off the coast of the Rorsted Islands.

Gardelia opened her eyes from meditation, their purple eyes filled with deep worry and doubt.

As an extremely high-profile covert organization, everyone knows that the people of the Aurora Society are crazy. But this madness is not because they are in this way, but because the path they take is the path of the 'secret prayer'.

Any extraordinary person in the path of the 'Secret Prayer Man' will be aware of some mysterious and terrifying existence. Once promoted to Sequence 8 'Listeners', they will be able to hear directly from the true Creator, further tainted by it.

It is precisely because of the influence of 'true creation' that most of the extraordinary people in this path will have distorted cognitive views and are prone to get out of control.

Therefore, for the official extraordinary, any extraordinaire in the 'secret prayer person' path is a potential criminal, and they have a completely different treatment from other wild extraordinaries - once discovered, they will definitely be captured or even exterminated on the spot by the official extraordinary.

And compared to the extraordinary ones of the 'Secret Prayer Man' path, the 'Secret Man' path is better, but it is only 'some'.

Because just as the extraordinary people of the 'Secret Prayer Man' path will hear the whisper of 'True Creation', the extraordinary people of the 'Voyeur' path will also inevitably be affected by the existence of the high sequence of the 'Voyeur' path, the 'Hidden Sage'.

And the earliest surviving secret organization, the Morse Ascetics, has mastered the path of the 'voyeurs'.

Originally, the Morse ascetics believed in an impersonal deity, the 'Hidden Sage'.

This is described as a deity, but it is closer to an idea, a law of nature, such as that everything is numbered, and the hidden sage is the embodiment of the spiritual number, such as the supremacy of knowledge, and the hidden sage is knowledge itself, so the early Morse ascetic is a very respected organization and has a good relationship with the major churches.

But one day, the god of the Morse ascetics, the Hidden Sage, lived!

He became a personified god!

From that day on, just as the 'True Creator' who likes to indoctrinate his followers, the activated 'Hidden Sage' is equally keen to instill 'knowledge' in the extraordinary beings of the 'voyeur' path.

But for most extraordinary, this 'knowledge' is more like a poison, a poison called pollution.

Russell the Great once said that it is not we who are chasing knowledge, but knowledge who is chasing us. The Hidden Sage is knowledge itself, He is chasing us, chasing every member of the Morse Ascetic, when a lot of knowledge is infused but cannot be digested and mastered quickly, there are only two situations, either let go of the spiritual defense line and accept the transformation of the Hidden Sage, or with perseverance support, if you can't hold on, it will get out of control.

As long as it is an extraordinary person in the path of the 'voyeur', no one can escape this dilemma of being chased by knowledge. Whether it is the 'Voyeur' in Sequence 9 or the 'Astrologer' in Sequence 5, no extraordinary person in the 'Voyeur' path can avoid the fate of being chased by knowledge.

Even Gadelia, who has now been promoted to Sequence 4 'Occultist' and is already a demigod, cannot avoid it.

In the past, she was chased and tormented by the knowledge of the 'Hidden Sage', and almost lost control, but it was Mr. 'Fool' who saved her.

Now that she is a demigod, she has been able to resist the knowledge instilled by the 'Hidden Sage'. This resistance is not a rejection of knowledge, even if she has become a demigod, it is difficult for her to refuse the 'gift' of a god, but it means that she has been able to 'contain' and 'understand' this knowledge, so that this knowledge will no longer become 'poison'.

As long as she doesn't actively ask the Hidden Sage for knowledge, the knowledge that is just passively chased won't affect her too much.

But no matter what, the pursuit of knowledge never stops. Only when she goes to the gray fog will these 'knowledge' temporarily stop chasing her because of the barrier of Mr. Fool''s kingdom.

But now, suddenly, the situation has changed.

Because since last week, Gadelia has not sensed the pursuit of knowledge.

The Hidden Sage, who was keen to instill knowledge in all the Peerless Paths, suddenly stopped instilling knowledge in them, as if he had suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Gadelia didn't understand what this change meant, and she wasn't even sure if it was a good thing.

Although the Hidden Sage stopped instilling knowledge in her, she would be protected from the risk of losing control, and she would no longer have to spend a lot of energy digesting it every day, as she used to, lest the 'knowledge' accumulate into poison that would make her lose control.

But Gadelia always had a sense of foreboding, which was more like the calm before the storm for her, and the temporary disappearance of the hidden sage did not necessarily mean liberation, but more likely a precursor to destruction!

As an 'animate' deity, the essence of the 'Hidden Sage' was influenced by the original 'Morse Asceticism', which means that knowledge is person-by-person. As long as the Hidden Sage is alive, He will not cease to instill knowledge into the extraordinary beings of the Voyeur path.

And in a situation like now, where the 'Hidden Sage' suddenly disappears and no longer chases the Hidden Sage, there are only two possibilities:

Either the Hidden Sage has fallen and he can no longer chase others.

But it is impossible for a god to fall silently, and when he falls, its power will be unreservedly tilted towards the whole world, and all will feel it, especially the extraordinary ones in the same way.

But Gadelia doesn't feel like that, so it can only be the second possibility-

The Hidden Sage is trying to storm the higher levels, so He stops chasing others for the time being!

Gardelia was well aware that the Hidden Sage was not a true god, and that he was closer to the King of Angels with a unique nature, such as Adam and Amun. And if He wants to storm a higher level, then there is only the throne of the true God!

"The 'hidden' sage is about to be promoted to Sequence 0!"

A crazy thought came to Gadelia's heart, and fear came over her irrepressibly.

Just the 'Hidden Sage' of the 'King of Angels' made her almost out of control, if he became the true god of Sequence 0? Moreover, the Hidden Sage has existed for thousands of years, and he has not shown any signs of promotion in the past for thousands of years, so why is he promoted now?

What does this mean?

Gadelia did not dare to think about it any longer, and she immediately recited the name of the 'Fool' and informed the Great Being of her guesses.

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Above the gray mist, Klein, who listened to the prayer of the 'hermit' lady, was a little surprised:

"The 'Hidden Sage' wants to become a god?"

The Hidden Sage is not a true God, he is so sure of that!

Because more than a hundred years ago, Russell the Great took the 'Perfecter' path, but because the 'Sequence 0' at the apex of the 'Perfecter' path had been occupied by the God of Steam and Machines, he had to move to the adjacent path, that is, the 'Hermit' path, and be promoted to Sequence 1 'Emperor of Knowledge'.

However, due to Russell's uncertainty about hunting the 'Hidden Sage', and the pollution of his trip to the moon, he had to take the risk of switching to the 'Black Emperor'. Therefore, at that time, Russell had one Sequence 1 'Emperor of Knowledge' extraordinary characteristics, three Sequence 1 'Prince of Killing' extraordinary characteristics, and the uniqueness of the 'Black Emperor' path.

And since Russell the Great eventually fell to the White Maple Palace, there is a high probability that these extraordinary traits will eventually fall into the hands of the Church of Steam and the Church of the Eternal Sun - theoretically.

Any adjacent pathway is beneficial for the extraordinaries of the middle and low sequences, as they can switch freely between the adjacent pathways.

But for those who are at the apex of the adjacent path, there is only one relationship between them, and that is immortality!

This is true of the Goddess of the Night and the God of War, as is the Lord of the Storm, the Eternal Sun, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, Adam, and the True Creation.

So there is no doubt that the 'Lord of Steam' and the 'Hidden Sage' as adjacent paths will also be no exception.

Then, if the extraordinary trait of the Sequence 1 'Emperor of Knowledge' is in the hands of the Steam Church, then the 'Lord of Steam' will never give this extraordinary trait to the 'Hidden Sage', which is a naked act of hostility.

The Hidden Sage who has not yet become a god has already made the Lord of Steam anxious, so once the Hidden Sage becomes the true god of Sequence 0, will he still have it?

So before that, the Hidden Sage would only be the King of Angels with the uniqueness and the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Emperor of Knowledge' at most. As long as He does not attain the extraordinary qualities of the last 'Emperor of Knowledge,' He is doomed to never become a god!

And if that last of the 'Emperor of Knowledge' extraordinary traits were in the hands of the Steam Church, the Steam Lord would try to contain this last extraordinary trait even at the risk of getting out of control, rather than giving it to the Hidden Sage.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the Lord of Steam holds the idea of 'casting a long line to catch a big fish' and puts the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Emperor of Knowledge' in the Steam Church to lure the 'Hidden Sage' to snatch it, this will inevitably cause great movement, and it is impossible not to react at all.

But the problem is that since the 'Hidden Sage' is preparing to become a god, it means that he must have obtained the last of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Emperor of Knowledge'.

Where did his extraordinary qualities come from?

Peeling back all the information, Klein quickly locked the answer -

"The Dusk Hermit, Adam!"

Crane took a deep breath, something he should have thought of a long time ago.

After Russell's death, his extraordinary properties should theoretically be acquired by the Church of the Eternal Sun and the Church of Steam.

But the case of George III shows that this is not the case.

The three copies of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Prince of the Killers' and the uniqueness of the 'Black Emperor' obtained by 'George III' were obviously provided by the Dusk Hermit Society, by Adam. This is enough to show that when Russell fell, the Dusk Hermit Society also intervened, at least they took away Russell's extraordinary characteristics at the last moment.

And since even the uniqueness of the Black Emperor's path is in the hands of the Dusk Hermit, the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Knowledge Emperor' are naturally no exception.

This would explain where the last Sequence 1 trait of the 'Hidden Sage' came from, which Adam gave him.

And since Adam has started again, it means that he has now become a god. Only by becoming the true God of Sequence 0 can He start a new round of planning without any worries.

And the 'Hidden Sage' may be the key to his new round of planning.

As the embodiment of 'Far Lady', Adam is not alone among the gods, but at least alone.

Needless to say, the Eternal Sun, the Lord of Storms, and the Gods of Knowledge and Wisdom had an unending relationship with Adam. And the relationship between the goddess of the night and the mother earth goddess and Adam is far from harmonious. Even the god of war, even if he started the war with the help of Adam, could only be regarded as a mutual use at best, not a firm ally.

Even with the 'True Creation' who is the embodiment of 'Far Too', the attitude towards Adam is not friendly - their fusion is doomed, but neither side will give up the dominance after the fusion, and with the support of the embers on the 'True Creation' side, Adam's chances of winning are slim.

Therefore, although Adam has become a god, he is not in a hurry to find the 'true creation' fusion, but is trying to cultivate his own allies.

And there is no doubt that the 'Hidden Sage' is the most suitable person.

For one, the Hidden Wise is only one foot away from Sequence 0, and Adam can help him cross it.

Second, the 'Hidden Sage' is also a lonely person, and the alliance between them will be very close.

Of course, it could all be Adam's calculation.

His purpose in cultivating the Hidden Sage may have been to enable Amun to replace him in the Hidden Sage's godhood ceremony.

But in any case, the purpose of cultivating allies remains the same.

While it is highly debatable whether Klein feels Amon is more reliable than the Hidden Sage, Adam clearly has his own agenda.

And if it's really the latter, then Klein has to plan ahead.

After all, if Amon became a god before him, the other party would most likely come to snatch the Source Fort.

Although there are embers in the source fort, it can be said to be foolproof.

But Adam must have expected this and lured the embers away in advance, which is not difficult, after all, Adam also has the existence of the 'First Fire' on his side.

At that time, Crane could only rely on his own strength to defend the Source Fort.

Then, it is very necessary to get promoted to sequence 0 before Amun.

"Utopia is nearing completion, and I'll soon be able to move up to Sequence 1."

"Next, just wait for the completion of the "Sacred Word", plus the cooperation of a certain Orthodox Church, the ceremony of sequence 0 is not a problem."

"In contrast, whether the Hidden Sage wants to become a god or Amun wants to become a god, the premise is that the Hidden Sage first prepares his god-becoming ritual. But judging from the current situation, the Hidden Sage should still be digesting the extraordinary characteristics of the Emperor of Knowledge. ”

"Even if Adam and Amon are helping to prepare for the ceremony, it will take a long time."

"So, at least for now, there's plenty of time."