Chapter 22: Key Information (Asking for a Monthly Pass in the Last Two Days of February)
Although Biles has witnessed Phil's severed hand, Webber's hanging, and Mr. "Magician's worms" gathering into his palms, he has a certain understanding of the terrifying changes brought about by "0-02", but after all, the level is not enough, he can't see it, and he doesn't have a very clear grasp of the horror hidden behind these things, and he understands it more as a ghost story turning into reality.
Therefore, at this moment, he was afraid to be afraid, but under the gaze of the magical "magician" and the angel on the earth, he still mustered up his courage and quickly approached the rectangular table, of course, this also had a certain effect on the "sailor" path itself.
In two or three steps, Biles was at the point where he could reach out and touch the brass tome.
He didn't think about it, he directly reached out his right palm, grabbed the brass pages in front of "0-02", and quickly flipped it.
In the process, the back of Biles's hand rested on the unfilled brass page to prevent it from being obscured, so that he, Mr. "Magician" and Ms. Angel could observe the changes on it in time and respond in advance.
In the midst of the uproar, the "sailor" saw the clause that "touching the 'Trenthorst Brass Book' will be sentenced to death", and his heart was first frightened, and then strong doubts swelled up, doubts about his current state.
However, this did not affect his movement of turning the page forward, and Crane's eyes reflected different brass pages one after another, each with a different rule.
The projection of these brass pages does not appear in the form of one disappearing and one complementing, but exists side by side, gradually increasing.
In the end, there are different numbers of brass pages in each of Klein's eyes, neatly arranged, row after row, as if "0-02" had been split into single pages and placed on a glass table to bask in the sun.
This is the "dream divination" technique at the angel level, and Klein recreates the things he just saw in front of his eyes one by one.
As time passed, in his dark brown and almost black eyes, the brass pages began to rotate, highlighting one of them:
"...... 'Trenthorst Brass Book' stems from the 'Judge' 'Uniqueness' ...... tainted by the 'Land of Disorder'"
As I had expected, the "Trenthorst Brass," since it could present all the underlying rules, must contain a description of itself in its corresponding contents! This is determined by its very nature, unless it is fully awakened or activated, and has sufficient wisdom to know how to selectively hide...... No sooner had Crane than a thought of joy flashed through his mind when he saw new mercury words begin to emerge on the unfilled brass page.
This means that "0-02" has finally separated some of its forces from the endless loop, and is ready to add provisions, make explanations, and patch loopholes.
"Leave!" Klein shouted without hesitation.
Biles strictly obeyed the orders of the high-ranking man, immediately withdrew his right hand, turned around, and ran wildly out of the floor-to-ceiling window.
"Make a gesture of attacking me. Seeing that this "sailor" with dual attributes had left the city library, Klein suddenly added.
Biles was puzzled, but he raised his right arm, pulled his shoulder back, and made a gesture that was about to throw a fist at Klein.
At this time, the new provisions finally took shape:
"For the above rules, the 'Brass Book of Trenthorst' and the groups of people it allows are exempt from the enforcement of the law......"
However, even though the provision was successfully enacted, Biles was not punished in any way.
Obviously, the "Brass Book of Trenthorst" does not pursue the problems that arise when there is an endless loop or ill-defined situation, just as it did not add any charges to the "Magic Mirror" Arodes after patching the loopholes in the rules.
For the same reason, Biles, who had real contact with "0-02", did not encounter essentia contamination - before the supplementary clause was introduced, Byles was part of Berdan and could not be destroyed in any sense, so it would not be contaminated, and with the supplementary clause, the previous behavior would not be "held accountable".
In fact, after Byers left the city library, he violated the "curfew", but Klein had noticed a problem before, that is, the citizens of Berdan were not restricted by the "curfew" when chasing outsiders, so he let Byers put on a posture of attacking himself and evaded the corresponding punishment.
Immediately afterwards, he seized the opportunity of "0-02" to patch this loophole, and quickly recalled the detailed information of the "Trenthorst Brass Book":
β...... The book has the quality of being alive, but most of the time it is of a very low standard......
β...... The first half of it presents almost all of the big underlying rules, and the second half is blank and needs to be written on its own......
β...... Once unrestricted, it will naturally make biased laws for the surrounding area and strictly enforce them, revising and revising them as they go on to the feedback in the process.
β...... As the law grows tighter, His living nature deepens...... When a strict law is formed, which interferes with every aspect, the 'Brass Book of Trenthorst' will come to life completely, with true wisdom and the ability to modify the underlying rules of the first half to a certain extent...... The specific extent that can be achieved is as follows......
β...... If there is a contradiction between the provisions of the law that cannot be amended, or if the pages are filled but not sufficiently coherent, the 'Brass Book of Trenthorst' will add a clause after an hour that the following rules are invalid at the junction of the first and second halves.
As this clause takes shape, the rules that follow will fade away, leaving the pages blank again......
β...... When the second half is completely blank, the clause 'The following rule is invalid' will be erased, and the 'Brass Book of Trenthorst' will repeat the previous act until a strict law is formed that interferes with every aspect......
β...... The rules it sets must be publicized or communicated in order to be effective...... When an act is not clearly defined, is it illegal to follow the general perception of the surrounding beings......
"...... 'Trenthorst Brass Book' hates distorted, unaesthetic rules, and hates being found ...... loopholes"
Good detailed description...... There should be an implicit way to seal "0-02" in this...... Klein's mind raced, trying to find information in each passage that could be used.
At this moment, Arianna, the leader of the ascetics of the Church of the Night, spoke in a low voice:
"Trying to fill the pages after '0-02' with the text is not tight enough. β
In this way, the "Brass Book of Trenthorst" will declare the following rules null and void, and start all over again, when the time comes, its restrictions on the surroundings will briefly disappear, giving us the opportunity to touch it, take it with us, or pray directly to the gods...... But how can this be done? The "Brass Book of Trenthorst" hates distorted, unaesthetic rules, and hates to be found loopholes...... Klein's heart moved, and he already had inspiration.
He didn't hesitate, and immediately stretched out his hands forward, as if embracing the air.
In the next second, the floor area of the Beldan Municipal Library was reduced to one-tenth of its original size, and a hall covered with dark black stone slabs and chopping patterns everywhere came to reality.
The hall was lined with eight black stone pillars, and from the high dome hung one metal rod after anotherβeach of which had a candelabra carved into different creatures attached at its bottom, on the left41 and on the right40.
This is the Tudor-Trenthorst United Empire Consulate Hall that Klein had seen, and at that time, the two consuls were still Sequence 1 "Prince of the Order" of the "Black Emperor" pathway, so this place is full of twisted, normal, and unaesthetic rules.
In addition, when Klein summoned this historical scene, he also used his ability in this field to add many Quaternary details that he had mastered, making the order that originated from the "Black Emperor" more detailed and complete, as if it were substance.
Syllable!
His hands were broken at the same time and fell to the ground, and the wound, blood sprayed thinly, just like ordinary people.
This is the second time Klein has committed fraud!
The two palms and the thin spray of blood fell to the ground one after another, and quickly disintegrated, turning into one transparent and twisted worm after another and a slightly viscous and almost invisible liquid.
As the "spirit worms" twitched and died, Klein's expression was twisted in pain, and he let a large number of worms crawl out of the fracture, coalescing into new palms.
At the same time, he struggled to maintain the scene he had built up through multiple summons, not letting it dissipate.
On the rectangular table, inside the book bound with brass pages, a number of new articles appeared:
β...... All buildings and layouts should follow the golden ratio, symmetry and aesthetic ......"
β...... Fancy dresses are not allowed......"
β...... The following offences must be punishable by death......"
β......β
The "Trentost Brass Book" flipped in a clatter, making one correction after another to the order that originated from the "Black Emperor", and the further back on, the faster the new articles appeared, and there were no longer even tens or tens of seconds of pause.
Inside the hall, first the candlesticks that hung from the ceiling broke and disappeared, and then the rest of the room changed in a variety of ways, so that the details that reflected the original order were erased one by one.
In the end, the hall finally could not be maintained, and directly disintegrated and collapsed, returning to the pores of history.
By this time, the "Brass Book of Trenthorst" had turned to the last two pages on its own, and it was spread out there without any movement.
Seeing that the last page was also full of provisions, and that it was impossible to form a coherent system with the rules established before "0-02", Crane let out a silent breath, relaxed a little, and then felt that his spirituality was almost depleted.
"Let's go to Biles's house and wait for an hour. He turned back to Arianna.
If they stay where they are, they will be punished more severely for repeated violations of the "curfew", up to the death penalty.
As for the monitoring of the "Trenthorst Brass Book", the task of ensuring that there are no accidents is, of course, given to Arodes, although this magic mirror cannot directly look at "0-02", but it can pay attention to the bulletin board and judge the progress of the matter from the disappearance of the law above.
PS: Ask for a monthly pass for the last two days of February~