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Just like every time Klein was promoted, Lin Ruo's extraordinary ability and his mystical connection with Klein naturally changed again after Klein was promoted to Faceless.
Leaving aside the changes in his extraordinary ability, what Lin Ruo first noticed this time were the changes in his mystical connections with Klein.
Compared to the emergency rescue function that was added last time when Klein was promoted to Magician, the new function that appeared this time was not as clear in its effect, but more like a concept.
That concept was—Anchor!
Lin Ruo wasn't quite sure how his past self managed it, but based on the information that appeared in his mind, he roughly understood what he wanted to do.
He probably wanted to use the future Lord of the Mysteries as his anchor, and at the same time, have the Lord of the Mysteries use him as an anchor.
"Mutual anchoring... I can understand using Klein as an anchor. On one hand, we have a very good relationship, and people with good relationships can serve as anchors. Moreover, Klein's humanity is among the best in this world," Lin Ruo pinched his chin, unable to stop himself from thinking and muttering to himself.
"On the other hand, the Lord of the Mysteries' authority includes Destiny Beacon and King of Space-Time, so perhaps using him as an anchor could have some special effects for me."
"But having me as Klein's anchor, from the perspective of relationship and humanity, I can understand that. However, I seem to be fighting against a certain Outer God, and whether I win or lose, I'll most likely become an Outer God... Can this also serve as an anchor?"
Lin Ruo pinched his chin. The above views were, of course, his speculations after the last "XX awakening within me" incident. Although there was no definite evidence, Lin Ruo felt that it was probably 90% accurate.
"Or is it that after I anchor myself to Klein in the future, I can in turn help Klein stabilize his humanity?"
Lin Ruo didn't quite understand, but he didn't reject it. He simply reached out and patted Klein's head, saying:
"Son, whether Dad can stabilize his humanity in the future depends on you. You must work hard!"
Klein: ...
Klein's mouth twitched, and then he expressionlessly slapped Lin Ruo's paw away, deliberately saying coldly: "I don't want to work hard, thank you."
"Then we can only become madmen overwhelmed by divinity together," Lin Ruo suddenly said seriously, his expression showing genuine melancholy and sadness.
Klein, who had expected Lin Ruo to perform a "My rebellious son breaks my heart" act, was stunned. Looking at Lin Ruo's serious expression, which didn't seem like acting, even though he guessed that the other party was probably still acting, he still sighed and said:
"Although I don't know what to do, I will try my best to be a good anchor."
"Son, Dad knew it, you're still Dad's good boy," Lin Ruo's expression immediately returned to normal, and he said with a smile.
Klein: ...
Klein didn't want to bother with Lin Ruo and decided to try out his new Faceless ability.
Watching Klein bury his head in front of the mirror, pinching his face, Lin Ruo couldn't help but smile and softly said:
"Although I don't know what to do either, just being an anchor point is fine."
As for what his true self is, or what an Outer God is, he'll think about it later.
Lin Ruo decided to temporarily put these thoughts aside and instead began to study the changes in his extraordinary ability this time.
First, his extraordinary ability was strengthened again. Although Fallacy still couldn't simulate angel-level abilities, the time it could simulate Sequence 3 had reached 5 minutes—he no longer had to time his extraordinary ability to the second when hunting Sequence 4s in the future.
Five minutes of Sequence 3, not to mention other Sequences, just being able to maintain the Scholar of Yore state for five minutes was enough to surprise Lin Ruo.
After all, the angel projections he could pull out were more than he could count on one hand. Even if he could only maintain three at a time, three angel-level historical projections would be enough to give most people a run for their money.
It could be said that in his current state, even if he encountered a Sequence 2 from a non-Gou Sanjia pathway, he wouldn't be unable to fight. He might still not win, but escaping shouldn't be a big problem.
Of course, facing existences like Adam and Amon was still basically a death wish—but then again, how many people facing these "brother" level existences aren't a death wish?
Even a Sequence 1 like Pallez was still chased all over the place by Amon.
In addition to Fallacy, Truth was also strengthened. Besides the main ability [truth] becoming more powerful, the branch ability [truth · Subversion] could negate an event for up to 30 seconds.
In addition, the Truth series also gained another branch ability—[Truth · Reality]. This ability is quite subtle; its effect is that it can temporarily bestow a certain characteristic upon a person or object.
For example, if Lin Ruo used Truth to write "This is a dog" on a male cat, then as long as the activation was successful, during the duration of the effect, that cat could truly turn into a dog.
It sounds terrifying, doesn't it? It even counts as a type of [Fallacy] that can affect others, but [Truth · Reality] has a fatal flaw: it cannot bestow any Beyonder Characteristics or abilities upon the target.
Simply put, the phrase "He is very smart" can be realized, but the phrase "He is a Cognizer" cannot.
Also, just like when using Truth, [Truth · Reality] is not 100% successful when used. Whether a characteristic can be successfully bestowed depends on the compatibility between the recipient and the characteristic.
For example, it would be difficult to successfully bestow extremely high intelligence on someone with an intellectual disability, but if it's just to restore them to normal human sanity, the probability of success is very high.
But even if the characteristic is successfully bestowed, the duration it can be maintained still depends on compatibility. For example, bestowing a cat with a "docile personality" might last for a long time, but transforming a cat into a dog would generally only last a few minutes at most.
If the characteristic of being alive is bestowed upon a dead person, even if successful, it would most likely only allow the person to say a few last words.
"Overall, it's an ability that looks very useful but also seems somewhat useless..." Lin Ruo pinched his chin, making an assessment in his mind, "But my ability is constantly evolving. If this ability continues to evolve, its prospects seem considerable."
"This should all be considered a form of reality rewriting in some sense... No, rather, all my abilities have more or less a taste of reality rewriting and fate interference. Is this 'my' authority?"
Lin Ruo pondered. He certainly wouldn't take it for granted anymore that [Truth and Fallacy] was merely a pure extraordinary ability. According to his guess, even if his extraordinary ability had no problems originally, it must have merged with some strange authority by now.
He was more concerned about what he truly was and what kind of authority he possessed...
"No, no, I can't think about it anymore. If I do, something bad will happen."
Before he could delve deeper, Lin Ruo suddenly shook his head violently, throwing the conjectures in his mind into a corner.
Lin Ruo, intending to distract himself, then looked at Klein and raised an eyebrow.
He wasn't mistaken, was he? Klein seemed to have grown taller?
Tsk, Faceless.
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