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Chapter 224: Chapter 194: Weaving Festival and Resonator

Chapter 224: Chapter 194: Weaving Festival and Resonator

“The ‘Gospel Book’ is All-Knowing Weaver’s blessing, a marvel unreachable by mortals, a powerful wish machine, and the foundation upon which the Kingdom of Gospel operates.”

“But ultimately, it is just a tool.”

“No matter how great a tool, after torrential passage of time, all its sanctity inevitably fades. Utilizing tools is an expression of wisdom, and even more so, the instinct of a Mage.”

“If you say the ‘Gospel Book’ is a spider web that spreads across the country, then the Funeral Service Office is like an insect weaving through the web’s eyes,” Purple Moth chuckled. “The Gospel Book does not make mistakes, it is just somewhat… slow.”

“By moving talent before the ranking evaluations, you can influence the standings of two cities, and there are many more rules like this that can be exploited. For example, the Gospel Book doesn’t allow us to directly obtain someone’s specific information and current location, but if you slightly tweak your question when asking, you can achieve your goal—you can’t ask for someone’s location, but you can ask for the location of their car.”

“The work of the office is to utilize known loopholes in the rules to complete various assignments,” Hanna lightly flicked the glass rim. “It’s a very dangerous profession because the Gospel Book does not err, it’s only slow. When it realizes an abnormal vibration coming through the web, the audacious insects will receive the fate they deserve.”

Igula frowned and said, “If the Gospel Book despises you loophole-exploiters, then why allow you on the list?”

“Because the net still has eyes,” Hanna whispered. “As long as there are eyes in the net, places like our office can exist. When the offices are completely wiped out one day, that means reality is becoming a Heavenly Kingdom.”

“Everyone participates in intense competitions, continually striving for rankings—a Heavenly Kingdom?” Ash pondered and felt goosebumps all over. “Sounds more like hell!”

“I think it’s not too bad,” Harvey said. “Corpses of suddenly deceased Mages make superb materials.”

Hanna looked at Igula and pointed at Ash, “Are conditions so harsh in the Kingdom of Blood Moon that even those who disdain competition can become Two-winged Mages?”

“… As I said before, do not elevate personal behavior to that of the realm,” Igula replied helplessly. “So, can we, as foreigners, become tools for your loophole exploitation? The contract is for 101 days, during which there’s an important ranking evaluation?”

“Exactly,” Hanna nodded in satisfaction. “Mr. Bokin, if it were before, I’d have loved to invite you to join the Funeral Service Office, but unfortunately it’s no longer feasible.”

Igula’s expression slightly cooled, “Miss Hanna, I don’t think it’s wise to expose the intent to kill 101 days in advance.”

“You misunderstand me deeply,” Hanna spread her hands. “What I mean is, by participating in my plan, not only would I gain indescribable benefits, but you too would transcend the mundane and ascend to rule over this world.”

“I’m not afraid you’ll retaliate against me, because 101 days later, you will only be endlessly grateful to me.”

“Because our goal is not the usual list but the once-in-fifty-years Weaving Festival!”

Our goal is to ring the bell at NASDAQ… Ash suddenly remembered when he submitted his resume and his boss had plainly outlined such prospects. Just graduated, he was nearly stirred passionately, but ultimately got defeated by the advanced flexible work system (no overtime pay) and excellent learning platform (multiple duties yet single salary).

But now they had all signed a take-it-or-leave-it tyrannical contract, so why was the new boss still wasting effort painting a rosy picture? Even with dominative tactics in play, still engaging in flirtatious foreplay, really too meticulous.

“The rankings in the ‘Gospel Book’, as well as the information that can be redeemed are all things of the past,” Hanna said. “If you want to exchange for future information, it’s not only costly, but also highly unlikely—unless it involves security information about foreign visitors. ‘Gospel Book’ has raised its predictive resources for national defense needs for foreign visitors, decreased the cost of exchanging information about you, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to welcome you three so appropriately.”

“The lists introduced in the Weaving Festival are different, because those are futures still being woven.”

“The future,” Igula’s eyes shimmered, “Do you mean…”

“For instance, if a ‘Four-winged Mage Combat Power List’ is introduced in the Weaving Festival, the listed individuals are likely not the well-known Legendary Mages of today but the new legends who will rise and dominate in the next fifty years!”

“Perhaps some listed individuals are currently unknown Mage apprentices, or some might have just been born, but under the full weaving of ‘Gospel Book’, their destinies will become definitive history, and we will be able to hear the echoes of the future.”

“In order to distinguish from the ordinary ranked chosen ones, those who make it onto the list during the Weaving Festival are referred to as ‘Resonators’—Echoes that the Gospel Book sends back after observing the future.”

“The Weaving Festival begins on May 10 and ends on August 10, rolling out a future list every ten days, totaling ten future lists. Unlike the common lists’ points rewards, the future lists provide tailor-made rewards for those ranked, including but not limited to Experience Treasure Orbs, rare Technique Spirits, precious items, and even Eternal Life blessings!”

Harvey suddenly realized, “If we make it onto the list, do you want us to give you our rewards?”

Hanna smiled slightly but did not immediately respond, continuing to explain, “There is a hierarchy among the lists, you understand, right?”

Everyone nodded, the national list undoubtedly ranked above regional lists, organizational lists above personal ones, Mage lists above non-Mage lists, Four-winged Mage lists above One-winged Mage lists. Simply put, the harder it is to make it onto a list, the higher its status.

“Among the ten lists of the Weaving Festival, except for the tenth list which is fixed, the other nine are completely random; the last Weaving Festival even featured a ‘Rope Twisting List’,” Hanna tapped the long table lightly with her fingertips, “Thus, each list ranking has ‘Hidden Points’ to differentiate the hierarchical ranking of the Resonators. And the Resonator with the highest Hidden Points will receive the blessing of the All-knowing Weaver.”

“What blessing?”

“Wish.” Purple Moth’s beautiful green eyes sparkled as she raised a finger pointing upwards, “A universal wish.”

“Bringing back the dead, eternal life, surpassing Four-winged, or even… traveling through time!”

Igula’s pupils dilated sharply, Harvey stopped biting his finger, Ash slightly narrowed his eyes.

After a long silence, Liss suddenly propped her cheeks with her hands, staring at the scarlet gold lizard on the table said, “That sounds nice, Liss has a wish too—I seem to remember having a sister, I really want to meet her.”

The mood suddenly lightened, Igula stroked his ring and asked, “Is this wish your goal?”

Purple Moth nodded, “Exactly, I won’t require any other rewards you gain from ranking, but this highest Hidden Points wish, it must be given to me.”

Ash suddenly said, “Why are you so sure that we can become Resonators who make it onto the future lists? Aside from being single and lazy, I’m not confident in other areas.”

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“People from the Exotic Realm.” Igula spoke calmly, “Whether or not we can be Resonators is unrelated to our current abilities but is related to our identity as people from the Exotic Realm.”

Ding.

Hanna flicked her earring and said with a smile, “What do you think the Gospel Book bases its future predictions on?”

“The past.”

“Family, environment, resources, genetic heritage…actually, it’s quite simple. A child born into a privileged family with loving parents knowledgeable in education and well-educated neighbors in the upper class, anyone can see at a glance his superior life development.”

“Similarly, someone of humble origins, whose parents died early, who is timid and unremarkable in appearance, his future is also evidently clear.”

“The Weaving Festival is about converting the vast past into threads and weaving an absolutely certain, uninterrupted, inevitable future. If a person has lived in the Kingdom of Gospel since birth, even if he hasn’t cried out his first cry yet, the Gospel Book can absolutely weave his future to a hundred percent certainty.”

“But we are from the Exotic Realm.” Harvey looked at his nearly bleeding fingers, gently licked the wounds with his tongue, and said calmly, “The Gospel can only encompass this kingdom; even though the Void Realm passage briefly connected to Blood Moon, it couldn’t possibly know our distant past.”

“Without sufficient past to rely upon, the Gospel Book’s predictions of your future are almost based on everything that’s happening ‘now,’ which means…”

Hanna’s fingertips produced a moth-shaped Two-winged Technique Spirit, “You can use the ‘present’ to deceive the Gospel Book into weaving a more spectacular ‘future’ for you.”

“You are the most dangerous insects in the web of the Kingdom of Gospel.”