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After returning Arrodes to the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, Lin Ruo wandered around outside Backlund for a while, finally finding the auspicious location he desired.
He looked around, confirmed there was no one nearby, and then Lin Ruo took out the makeshift items he had gathered to set up the ritual to communicate with the True Creator.
Originally, Lin Ruo certainly didn't understand these things so well, as he hadn't thought about communicating with the True Creator before. But due to recent interactions with Aurora Order members, he had passively acquired a wave of knowledge related to the True Creator, and now he was naturally familiar with how to set up this ritual.
—Although theoretically, if you are being watched by a god, you can get a response even without a ritual, just by chanting their honorific name, Lin Ruo still decided to give the True Creator some Face.
After all, the other party wasn't Little Red; casually chanting an honorific name and then asking them to do something would be too undignified. They weren't that familiar.
At least, Lin Ruo insisted on believing this.
After quickly setting up the formal ritual, Lin Ruo, who had tried to follow the proper procedures as much as possible—except for the offering, which, lacking special procurement, he simply used plant essential oils usually used in Evernight Goddess-related rituals—watched the slowly burning candles, but didn't rush to pray. Instead, his expression gradually became subtle.
He suddenly covered his Face and murmured, "Oh my god, I'm actually a little nervous… When I first woke up, I never thought that one day I would actively seek help from the True Creator."
"Is this what they call plans not keeping up with changes?"
Initially, he had even considered the True Creator as an imaginary enemy.
Although even now… tsk.
Lin Ruo suppressed his various emotions, took a slight breath, and still adopted a praying posture, beginning to chant:
"The Lord that Created Everything,
"The Lord who Reigns Behind the Curtain of Shadows,
"The Degenerate Nature of all Living Things"
After respectfully chanting the honorific name of the True Creator, Lin Ruo began to describe the matter of City of Silver in the most concise language possible, and also explained some of his own thoughts, such as whether the people of City of Silver could be left untouched, and whether he could communicate with Lovia of City of Silver.
After Lin Ruo finished speaking, he followed the procedure and threw the parchment into the copper basin. As the flames suddenly surged, Lin Ruo almost held his breath, and saw that as the red-tinged-with-black flames extinguished, the ashes in the basin, without any wind, spontaneously condensed into a line of words:
—Oh, okay.
A very simple reply, simple and direct, with no emotional words, yet these two short words made Lin Ruo suddenly fall silent.
Lin Ruo looked at the words condensed from the ashes, just quietly watching, the emotions in his eyes so complex that he himself couldn't understand them.
"Lin Ruo…"
Lin Ruo suddenly called his own name softly, then gently patted his cheek.
He said, "He is not the Ancient Sun God, nor is he Sasrir."
"He is merely the product of a tragedy, a counterfeit."
"You can clearly distinguish, can't you?"
Lin Ruo closed his eyes, and all emotions settled into the deepest part of that accumulation of unknown feelings, as always.
When Lin Ruo opened his eyes again, his gaze had returned to its usual state. Looking at the words condensed from the ashes in the basin, he pinched his chin with a slight look of distress and said:
"Although I can understand that this means agreement… how am I supposed to contact Lovia? It didn't say."
"Or did the True Creator already issue a divine oracle there?"
Lin Ruo thought of the method Lovia used to contact the outside world in the original work, a method that even Rose Bishop couldn't use, and his expression became even more subtle.
After some thought, Lin Ruo decided to go ask Mr. A.
In the original work, Mr. A and Lovia should have had contact, so asking him wouldn't be a problem. Perhaps that's what True Creator meant.
Lin Ruo simulated the Traveler ability and then set off.
…
Facts proved that Lin Ruo's guess was correct; the True Creator's intention was indeed for him to use Mr. A as a tool to communicate with the people of the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
Because when Lin Ruo found Mr. A, Mr. A had already received a divine oracle from the True Creator and was very willing to serve as this tool.
Lin Ruo: …
So, since he could issue a divine oracle to Mr. A, and most likely also to Lovia, why didn't he just make it clear?
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Completely unaware of why the True Creator acted this way, Lin Ruo could only conclude that He was, after all, insane, and His thought process might not be normal. Lin Ruo didn't dwell on this question for long and soon happily used… oh no, with the help of Mr. A, he wrote a small note to Lovia in the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
The content of the note certainly wouldn't mention Little Sun Derrick so early. In fact, because the size of the note that could be transmitted at one time was limited, and because this communication itself was more difficult than Lin Ruo had imagined, Lin Ruo only wrote one line on the note:
"The temple is extremely dangerous, stop the operation."
Lin Ruo believed Lovia would understand his meaning, and he didn't care if she would have doubts because of it.
And honestly, with the True Creator's followers' filter for the True Creator, perhaps when his note was transmitted, Lovia would instead interpret it as a manifestation of the True Creator's benevolence?
Thinking of the usual behavior of the fanatical believers of the Aurora Order, Lin Ruo felt that he should stop trying to guess what Lovia would think.
"By the way, the Loen Royal Family has started contacting you recently, right?" Lin Ruo suddenly thought of something else, looked at Mr. A, and asked.
"Yes, Your Excellency Blessed, everything is as you predicted." Mr. A lowered his head, respectful yet fervent, "I have already agreed to the cooperation as per your instructions. The glory of the Lord shall descend upon this world."
Translated into plain language, this undoubtedly meant, "We have agreed to conspire with the Loen Royal Family, and will later attempt to bring the Lord into the real world."
This was indeed something Lin Ruo allowed. The Loen Royal Family would always seek cooperation with hidden organizations, and these guys from the Aurora Order also needed to be appeased and express their demands to the Loen Royal Family. So, it was better to let them conspire together as they did in the original work.
Anyway, the Aurora Order was under his control. Letting them cause trouble and then suppressing it in advance was better than giving this opportunity to other unknown secret organizations.
Lin Ruo had sufficient contingency plans for this, basically ensuring that the Aurora Order would not cause problems.
So he smiled and said, "That's very good."
"After this, it's the usual: all intelligence related to the Loen Royal Family, the Demoness Sect, and the Psychology Alchemists must be reported to me."
…
At the same time, in City of Silver, Forsaken Land of the Gods.
Lovia, who had finished reading the contents of the note, was clearly deep in thought:
"An order from Blessed…"
She suddenly showed a devout expression and said:
"I understand. Thank you for your benevolence. I will obey your will."
"Praise be to you, great Lord."
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