Devil's Bible

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Avis had used that communication ability before, and since the Fate Mud could not be observed indirectly, it was impossible for it to be placed elsewhere; the mud must still be on Avis's person.

While searching his memories, a surge of holy power erupted, beginning to incinerate Avis's entire body.

Clothes and skin turned into invisible ashes under this force.

Memory exploration and visual observation together led to the location of the Fate Mud.

On Avis's chest, where his heart used to be, a stone had been placed.

Through this strong connection, Avis strengthened his bond with the stone, allowing it to sustain his life.

The moment he saw it, the saint reached out without hesitation and tried to pull it out.

The goddess of discipline became focused at that moment.

Once he succeeded, he immediately used deflection force to transfer it from the material plane into his own hands.

Apart from the saint who seized the Destiny Mud, the other saints were all on guard.

Although the Goddess of Discipline, being a mind-sharing being, did not discover that Nemus had any other plans, but... minds are unreliable.

If Nemus had no information at the beginning and was tricked by the Goddess of Discipline, resulting in the exposure of all his secrets.

So, given that so much time has passed, and Nemus has been actively maintaining the existence of shared thoughts, it's impossible that he's completely helpless about all of this.

After all, sharing thoughts is just sharing. Although you can obtain relevant information by thinking, there is still a step of searching with your thoughts.

If the search terms are incorrect, some information may be missed.

This is not impossible. Even if you keep the idea of ​​'getting all of Naim's thoughts' at all times, and ensure that Naim can exploit any loopholes in Naim's thoughts every moment, it is still possible for Naim to do so.

For example, if a 'normal' thought suddenly appears in Naim's mind, then if you only look at this seemingly normal series of thoughts, then Naim doesn't seem abnormal at all.

However, the Goddess of Discipline sensed something was wrong. Combining this with Nemus's past memories, she discovered that the string of 'thoughts' was just a code.

If we correlate it with Nems' past experiences and memories, then we can form a new set of 'ideas'.

This new idea is the Dragonborn's plan to rescue Avis, which includes using a specific release of divine power to create a wave that is meaningless to the Goddess of Discipline but understandable to the Dragonborn, in order to notify them.

Throughout the entire process, Nemus's thoughts were being read by the Goddess of Discipline. However, if the Goddess of Discipline were to be even slightly negligent, she would not be able to detect Nemus's scheme, and Nemus might actually succeed in obtaining the Destiny Mud.

And this is only what has been discovered; whether there are others yet to be discovered, the Goddess of Discipline is uncertain.

Nems is perfectly capable of making multiple interpretations based on his memories without having to recall them.

While this way of thinking may not be able to devise complex plans, it is perfectly capable of employing simple methods.

Nems must have some other arrangements in the shadows, and these arrangements, combined with his current thoughts, are what he truly wants to achieve.

Everything right now is 99% real, with only 1% hidden.

But it is precisely this hidden thought that is the truly fatal flaw.

Chapter 913 Extraterrestrial Existence

The saint's fingers touched the outer shell of the stone, and at that moment, he could feel a strong causal power within it.

The divine power, mediated by the saint, spread rapidly and was about to fall on the stone.

As expected, divine power enveloped the stone within it.

Through the connection between divine powers, a passage from the material plane directly to the location of the Goddess of Discipline in the astral plane was instantly constructed.

To ensure everything went perfectly, the Goddess of Discipline had even prepared the deflection force, ready to be used at any time.

However, at this moment, the goddess of discipline felt increasingly uneasy.

She had been on guard against Naimus's backup plan, but now that she had succeeded, she wouldn't be surprised by any backup plan Naimus might use. What she didn't understand was that he had no backup plan at all.

"Is there something I've overlooked?" the goddess of discipline couldn't help but reflect on herself.

She went through Naim's various thoughts over and over again, rearranging and combining them in an attempt to find the information Naim had hidden within them.

However, the action did not stop for a moment. In any case, the Fate Mud was real. As long as they could obtain it, there would be many more things they could do next.

In an instant, the Destiny Mud was pulled by divine power into the Astral Plane.

The goddess of discipline held it in her hand, feeling the causal power within it, but her face showed even more confusion.

The item was real, but it was precisely because it was real that the Goddess of Discipline felt suspicious...

Aside from sending the Dragonborn, Nemus seemed to have made no other move to contest this piece of destiny.

This is really not right.

The Goddess of Discipline discovered that even though she had acquired all of Nemus's memories and was familiar with all his past ways of thinking, acquiring and being familiar with them was not the same as truly possessing them.

When new things happen, she still can't accurately predict what Nemus is going to do.

"There's no way Nemus wouldn't want the Fate Mud..."

The goddess of discipline pondered, but did not stop moving, immediately beginning to manipulate cause and effect with the power of the mud.

For example, the shared thoughts she has with Nemes at this moment represent a strong connection.

Connection is cause and effect. By manipulating it using causal means, it is entirely possible to achieve the same result. She can continue to read Nemus's thoughts as before, while Nemus cannot do the opposite.

What was originally a two-way sharing has become a one-way acquisition by her.

In addition, the power of connection allows for even more maneuverability, giving her a variety of special abilities in the upcoming battles.

For example, severing one's connection with other things and manipulating cause and effect to make oneself a person isolated from the world.

Just like Nemus's characteristic of "external existence"...

At that moment, the Goddess of Discipline's mind was instantly connected. She suddenly realized something and looked at Nemus again.

"External Existence" is a characteristic of Nems, and its effect is similar to that of the Tablets of Fate. It cannot be observed by any other means except through direct observation.

Nemes rarely used this characteristic, because it was merely a basic feature of things from the outer universe in this world.

Furthermore, the intensity doesn't seem to be particularly high; it's just observation. During a battle of gods, it's not necessary to see Nemus himself.

The key is to observe the opponent's divine power and the changes in their strength.

The existence of the entity can also be observed through other methods.

But at this moment, the Goddess of Discipline felt that there was an absolute flaw in her thinking.

She was fully aware of Nemus's characteristics, but when considering what methods Nemus might have, she naturally regarded it all as 'normal' and didn't need to pay too much attention to 'external existence'.

Therefore, the goddess of discipline naturally overlooked this characteristic.

It wasn't until this moment, when the mud of cause and effect served as a reminder, that she finally remembered that characteristic.

All of this indicates that Nemus's "external existence" has been upgraded and has become even more terrifying.

The 'external existence' no longer only affects Nemus's physical body, but can also 'conceal' anything according to his will.

This concealment does not even affect the existence of shared thinking.

The goddess of discipline shared this part of the information, but still ignored it.

This thing, which seems to be outside of cognition, can only be slightly deciphered by forces such as the 'unknown' and 'cause and effect'.

"This power... is somewhat similar to that of the Sun God..." The Goddess of Discipline made another connection, and through cause and effect, she remembered even more things.

The sun god possesses the ability to 'normalize' everything; under that ability, all problems are masked, making everything appear normal.

At this moment, through the connection of cause and effect, the goddess of discipline remembered some problems that had been covered up by the sun god.

No… I don’t remember it completely, but rather it’s a kind of cognition. There’s definitely something wrong with that matter. I used to remember the problem clearly, but now my memory might not be wrong at all. However, she can’t correctly recognize the problem.

Because cognition has been forcibly hijacked by the notion of 'correctness'.

Once the goddess of discipline realized this, the emotion deep within her heart, after fear, was defeat.

Her cognition was also forcibly hijacked. Even though there were problems and she had relevant memories and information, she was unable to recognize them correctly. This was a complete 'contempt' for her existence.

However, these emotions were quickly dealt with by the Goddess of Discipline. She held the clay of fate in her hand and pondered what Nemus had quietly done as an "external being."

This time, perhaps due to causal connections, the goddess of discipline quickly noticed something was wrong.

“Mind sharing…!” The Goddess of Discipline suddenly looked toward the grid.

At this moment, the 'thought' of destiny no longer exists there.

The unease of the past was finally recognized by the goddess of discipline at this moment.

The sharing of thoughts was initiated by her. As long as the clod of earth related to her thoughts was still in her hands, the switch for sharing thoughts was in her hands.

However, not long ago, she had already obtained all of Naim's secrets, and when Naim in turn began to obtain her deepest memories, she should have proactively turned off mind-sharing...

However, at the time, Naims, in turn, maintained the existence of mind sharing to ensure that she would not actively sever the connection.

Although gods are stronger than mortals and can remotely control mud with their divine power, they need to attach something closely related to themselves to the mud.

It was at that moment that Nemes transferred his strongly related items to the clay of fate through his thoughts.

Subsequently, when Nemus seized the causal destiny clay block, he turned around and took away the thought destiny clay block.

They just took it right in front of her!!

Chapter 914 Winning and Losing

The feeling of picking up sesame seeds but losing watermelons was a painful reminder for the first time in the heart of the Goddess of Discipline.

The 'thought' of the clay she possessed was about one-ninth the size of the complete clay tablet.

However, this piece of clay representing 'cause and effect' only represents about one-twentieth of the original.

The above maxims on cause and effect are not complete; they only contain about half of them.

This is not just a two-for-one exchange.

The more complete the tablet of fate is, the stronger its power to manipulate the rules.

"If Nemus had already obtained the mind tablets, then in the process, was my mind corrupted or altered?" The Goddess of Discipline was startled.

Facing the ancient gods who have existed since ancient times... no, Nemus has not existed since ancient times.

This strange creature that emerged from change... no, Nemus is an extraterrestrial being, and he was once an ordinary human...

The thoughts in my mind are constantly changing, although each time I can find the essential understanding and then correct it.

But this kind of thing is like guarding against thieves.

Each time you correct your perception, it only takes a single thought.

But if you waste every single moment thinking about this, the difference will quickly become apparent.

The thoughts of the gods seem to turn exceptionally fast, and countless ideas can emerge from this flow of thought.

However, every thought is also extremely important. Every thought process wastes a certain amount of time to correct one's erroneous perception of Nemes.

This behavior itself is a great weakening.

And most importantly, even the Goddess of Discipline cannot be certain that this level of modification is already the limit of Nems.

The potential of the Tablet of Fate is extremely high; how one controls it after obtaining it is entirely up to the individual's skill.

In this upheaval, the Goddess of Discipline has arguably ruined herself completely.

When she used the Destiny Clay, she chose a 'Discipline' style of play to share her thoughts, and this sharing itself was very much in line with the expression of discipline.

In exchange for sharing, we enjoy change.

The essence is to transform change by remaining constant.

Nemus, on the other hand, used the 'change' of thought, using the characteristics of his own 'external existence' to constantly cause the Goddess of Discipline to make mistakes in her thinking and cognition.

Under normal circumstances, the Goddess of Discipline would not have much trouble dealing with this kind of change in mindset.

Unfortunately, this is not the normal situation now.

The concept of shared thought was constructed by the Goddess of Discipline herself, and she has been unable to unravel it throughout this process.

In other words, the current situation combines the strengths of both sides, which is why the Goddess of Discipline appears so passive.

"I was too distracted by that muddy clod of earth that seemed to be carrying the weight of cause and effect!"

"And all of this was orchestrated by Nems..."

Once their shared understanding reached a certain level, they established a 'consensus': acquiring more Fate Mud would determine the victory in the next battle.