nownovels Chapter 388: Need!
Chapter 388: Need!
Federal Calendar 7708, December 29th, late at night.
Inside the Illusion Space.
Loren's soul arrived at the very center of the field crossroads.
Having not been here for a long time, he instinctively looked up.
Above the hazy sky, that massive, illusory “Golden Scales” still hung suspended...
Loren gazed at his eighth ability for a while before withdrawing his gaze.
Was it an illusion? He felt the “Scales” had grown a bit stronger again...
Did completing an “probability modification” event cause the eighth ability to grow a little each time?
Interesting...
As an ability Loren had only gained when he was truly on the verge of death — “The Scales of Fate” — it was currently the most unreasonable and most mysterious ability in Loren’s arsenal...Previously, due to the immense cost of using it each time, he didn’t often resort to this “trump card”...
His understanding of his eighth ability had always just been knowing the basic operating mechanism.
But after acquiring the “Slab,” when Loren first entered the Illusion Space, he unexpectedly discovered the hidden mechanism of his eighth ability...
[Every time a probability modification event is completed, the ability grows. The extent of growth depends on the difficulty of the modified event.]
Realizing this, a faint, somewhat ironic smile involuntarily appeared on Loren’s lips.
No wonder I hadn’t encountered the opportunity to advance to Legendary yet — turns out I still don’t fully understand my own power...
I thought it was because the power of “Fortune” wasn’t strong enough...
Turns out, I’d only completed the first condition...
[40 million Spirit Stones + comprehension of one’s own Psychic Ability (complete mastery of one’s power) + opportunity = Legendary]
Not fully understanding your own power, huh? Interesting...
Thinking this, Loren silently shook his head.
It looked like he needed to spend some time getting to know himself...
He’d already been at the Ninth Tier for two months now — he was getting a bit bored...
Having decided on his next course of action, Loren cleared his mind and looked towards the center of the crossroads where he stood.
There was an old, worn signpost there, with an illusory Raven perched on top of it.
Beside the signpost, an ancient-looking Earthen Yellow stone slab stood in perfect harmony, its edges covered in faint, indistinguishable marks.
“Mr. Slab, are you getting used to the accommodations these past few days?”
Loren greeted the slab with a rather indifferent tone.
At that moment, the illusory Raven perched on the old signpost suddenly flapped its wings and landed on the shoulder of Loren’s soul.
“Master, I want to file a complaint!”
“That slab guy is a total chatterbox!”
“It’s been harassing me nonstop, and I’m fed up!!”
Before the Slab could even respond to Loren’s greeting, Raven’s plaintive complaints rang out first!
“Mr. Loren, thank you for your concern. I am very satisfied with the environment here!”
A somewhat deep, overlapping voice emanated from the Earthen Yellow slab...
Hearing this, Loren was momentarily stunned.
He stared at the slab standing before him and asked in surprise:
“You can talk now?!”
Then!
Raven’s accusatory voice rang out again!
“Master, you have no idea what kind of days I’ve been having!”
“That slab guy, just to harass me!!”
“It went completely insane and used its Authority of Omniscience to learn a sound vibration spell!!!”
“And do you know what its shameless excuse was?!”
“For the sake of neighborly harmony and better communication with me! It wants to talk too!!!”
“And on top of that! That thing! Just to be able to talk to you, it’s currently learning a psychic telepathy spell!!”
“It says that in the future, when you’re outside, it wants to use this psychic telepathy spell to chat with you anytime it wants!!”
After listening to Raven’s complaint, Loren’s expression turned a bit strange.
Stupid bird, you’ve finally met your match...
Facing Raven’s ruthless accusations, the Slab spoke up again, its tone even carrying a hint of apology:
“Uh... Mr. Raven, please forgive me...”
“You should know, when you first gain consciousness, you always want to say something, just like you did back then...”
At this point, Loren couldn’t help it and burst out laughing...
Raven: “...”
Master, you have no sympathy!!!
Seeing Raven’s deeply resentful gaze, Loren smiled and stretched out his big hand for a symbolic gesture of comfort. It took a while, but he finally managed to soothe the somewhat agitated Raven.
After smoothing down Raven’s feathers, Loren finally turned to look at the quietly standing slab and stated the purpose of his visit.
“Mr. Slab, I think it’s time we had a detailed talk...”
“Can you explain to me, to what extent can the one-fifth fragment of the Authority of Omniscience that you represent accomplish things?”
Hearing Loren’s question, the Slab thought briefly before its deep, overlapping voice sounded again:
“I understand your meaning...”
“Unfortunately, Mr. Loren, I cannot locate her soul...”
“A fragmented omniscience is no longer omniscience.”
“I also cannot know most things related to you. I can only know what you allow me to know.”
“As for other matters, as long as they don’t involve certain powerful entities, I have a probability of knowing one-fifth of the things within the Star Realm.”
Hearing this, Loren couldn’t help but let out a sigh.
After a long pause.
Unwilling to give up, Loren asked the Slab another question:
“‘I can only know what you allow me to know’ — what does that mean?”
“I don’t know. I can’t describe it. I am incomplete.” The Slab’s sonorous voice involuntarily carried a hint of respect.
Then, a long silence ensued...
Loren just stood quietly at the center of the field crossroads, calmly staring at the slab before him.
The Raven perched on the old signpost also sat there quietly, not uttering a single word...
After a long while.
Loren spoke again.
“What can you tell me?”
“Honorable Mr. Loren, regarding what I can know, I will tell you everything without reservation.” The Slab’s deep voice rang out once more.
This time, its tone was full of respect and sycophancy, even carrying a hint of pleading.
Loren, standing at the center of the field crossroads, sighed again.
Then, he asked extremely casually:
“Do you know where the other four stone slabs are?”
“I can only sense their general positions very vaguely...”
This time, the Slab’s deep tone carried a noticeable hint of joy.
It knew it wouldn’t be thrown out of this Illusion Space; it was still useful...
Finally hearing an answer that satisfied him, Loren, standing in the middle of the crossroads, nodded gently.
Then, he turned around, casually picked a path, and left the Illusion Space...
His voice trailed off distantly:
“Mr. Slab, you know, I don’t keep idle items around here.”
“Compile a list of inheritance paths I can concurrently pursue after becoming a Legendary.”
“Also, any spells I might need to use...”
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