Chapter 264: Lynn Thinks It's Reasonable

"Or perhaps you need the Knowledge Emperor's Characteristic more?"

"No need." Lynn shook his head without much hesitation. He had only planned to become a Paragon with his second identity. Becoming a Hermit was a task for his first identity, and merging the paths of the Paragon and Hermit was a goal for his main body.

It wasn't that the smurf accounts couldn't help each other, but collecting the Characteristics of the Knowledge Emperor in the Fourth Epoch was too foolish. By the time his second smurf account in the Second Epoch became a Hermit, the Characteristics of the Knowledge Emperor would likely vanish.

'Does this count as scamming the Moses Ascetic Order?' Lynn thought for three seconds and decided it didn't.

Even if it did, it was the Evernight Goddess who was scamming them, not Lynn.

Lynn thought confidently, looking at Amanises with a smile, "Although I would love to tell you I can retrieve your family immediately, I currently can't."

"Perhaps you wouldn't mind accepting something else as compensation?" Lynn suggested unhurriedly, "Like some information about the Mother Goddess of Depravity, her abilities and powers, her weaknesses, or maybe you're more interested in the Mother Tree of Desire?"

Information about the Mother Goddess of Depravity came from his True Self's glance, and since Lynn had defeated the Bitch Tree in an enhanced state, he naturally had plenty of information about it.

Making deals required sincerity. Since the other party had already paid a deposit, in the absence of being able to provide the product, Lynn had to offer some valuable bonuses to ensure smooth future transactions.

After all, Lynn would eventually have to deal with both outer gods.

The Evernight Goddess' gaze sharpened slightly upon hearing this, but she soon nodded, "I would be happy to receive such compensation."

In the mysterious world, information was very important. Sometimes knowing the enemy's information, understanding their abilities, meant half the battle was already won, even in divine wars.

For Amanises, information about outer gods was extremely valuable. Normally, an ordinary Sequence 0 would find it very difficult to obtain such information due to the vast power disparity with the outer gods.

"Then, happy cooperation!" Lynn was unsurprised and smiled while raising his cup.

"Happy cooperation!" Amanises raised her teacup in return.

...

'Indeed, reaching a cooperation with the Evernight Goddess was a wise choice. This is much faster than collecting it myself.'

In the Fifth Epoch, Lynn stood in front of a mirror, adjusting his clothes while muttering to himself, 'Once I get the Characteristics of the Illuminator from Amanises and finish digesting the Knowledge Emperor's potion, I can set up the ritual and attempt a promotion…'

'But does it make sense for a naturally mythological creature like me to have to digest a Sequence 2 potion?' Lynn suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but complain.

Lynn's complaint was justified. He realized that as a naturally mythological creature, Medici from the Second Epoch didn't need to digest the Weather Warlock's potion.

Although Medici still needed to gradually master his abilities like a regular Beyonder to become a qualified Sequence 2, theoretically, giving Medici a Conqueror potion and helping him complete the corresponding ritual could make him advance to Conqueror on the spot.

Moreover, this applied not only to Medici but also to other angelic mythological creatures. They still needed to digest higher Sequence potions, but they didn't need to digest the Sequence they were born with.

Lynn: ...

Right, the original story had this setting.

When Lynn discovered this fact, he naturally recalled some scenes from the original, like how Emlyn White didn't need to digest Vampire potions, which made him want to complain.

Theoretically, his two identities were also naturally mythological creatures, so why did they need to digest the corresponding Sequence potions?

Does this make sense?

Lynn felt it didn't, but there was no choice. This was the flaw of his identities, not being truly mythological creatures but rather shells directly fused from Characteristics. So, besides complaining, Lynn could only continue to diligently digest the Sequence 2 potion.

Fortunately, he wasn't in a hurry and had plenty of time for this task.

'Speaking of which, the second identity has already been somewhat digested the potion. Is it because I founded the Eye of Secrets and taught those young students in the Second Epoch?' Lynn perceived the potion digestion progress of his identities. Although they were in different time periods, his identities undoubtedly influenced each other in potion digestion, with the main identity having the fastest progress.

After officially establishing the Eye of Secrets and starting to teach its first batch of students, preparing to take on the heavy responsibility of education in the divine kingdom, Lynn indeed saw signs of the Emperor potion digesting.

'If the Emperor potion is digesting, it means the role-play direction is at least not entirely wrong. Is it because my reputation isn't sufficient yet, not leading the entire divine kingdom's education sector, becoming a highly respected figure, thus the slow digestion?' Lynn pondered.

'Or perhaps the general direction is correct, but the emphasis is wrong. For example, the Wheel of Fortune pathway leans more towards the mysterious side. Should my teachings as an Emperor focus more on this aspect?'

'Or from the reverse role-play of the Knowledge Emperor, does being an Emperor emphasize leading knowledge? Should I learn and absorb more knowledge, conquering more in the realm of information rather than merely governing a real-world knowledge system, or advocating knowledge, teaching students, and developing technology, which should be the work of the Knowledge Emperor?'

Lynn thought, feeling he was getting some clues. For someone already akin to an informational being like an Emperor, this world comprised streams of information and groups of knowledge. Perhaps to role-play as an Emperor well, one had to become a sage both in reality and in the informational domain.

From a certain perspective, this aligned with the potion role-play characteristics—using the respective abilities when role-playing a certain Sequence.

For Lynn, this wasn't a difficult task. Other Emperors might face dangers, possibly getting lost in the vast information flow while becoming informational beings.

But for Lynn, the information streams constituting this world seemed friendly and charming compared to the knowledge transmitted from his unknown True Self. However, Lynn usually dealt with gods and angels using his time domain abilities, and for lower Sequences, it wasn't necessary to turn himself into information, so he overlooked this aspect.

—Indeed, although he hadn't asked his True Self for knowledge, Lynn had this feeling, as if he had been blown up for similar reasons many years ago.

And maybe, this wasn't an illusion.

(End of Chapter)

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