Back at the castle, Tang lay on the bed for a long time, unable to move.
The sun scepter had been stuffed back into the System's storage. After cleaning up the other effects in the theater caused by the clash of the two indescribable beings, Tang felt that most of his energy and spirit had also been lost.
Damn it.
He just wanted to lazily bask in the sun now, then eat some biscuits and do nothing.
He really wanted to regress into a maggot, wriggling and crawling darkly on the ground.
Alas, his mental state was still a bit too good.
"However, now is really not the time to relax."
Rolling over twice on the bed, Tang opened his eyes, staring at the dark cyan stone brick ceiling, his eyes somewhat hollow.
Thinking of Amon he had seen in that state, Tang felt that Amon might also exist within his territory.
Why was this thing everywhere like a maggot?
"However, if the last sentence I heard was said by that Amon avatar, then it's highly likely that he didn't appear because of the Never-Ending Theater... no, that's not accurate. It should be said that he didn't appear entirely because of this Miracle Worker's Sealed Artifact."
He was chasing the Dark Side of the Universe, the ancient god of the Second Epoch, Demon Monarch Fabaoti.
Whether it was because of the one who controlled the Dark Side of the Universe above the starry sky, or other reasons, this was temporarily unknown.
And the reason why the other party appeared here was also because the Never-Ending Theater had appeared here... no, perhaps not just that.
Tang, having recovered a little spirituality, suddenly twitched, making him notice and suddenly think of something.
Once in the Never-Ending Theater, when he fought that Trick Sorcerer, the Trick Sorcerer's state was clearly wrong for a moment.
"It was as if he suddenly lost the ability to manipulate spirit threads, forgetting how to manipulate spirit threads." (Chapter 023)
It was very much like a high-sequence powerhouse of the Thief pathway being able to steal the thoughts of a Sequence Four Trick Sorcerer, at least a demigod of the same level or a higher Sequence Three, or possibly a corresponding Extraordinary item.
Amon hunting all Extraordinary individuals of his pathway, and the other party appearing in a place where a high-sequence Extraordinary individual or Extraordinary item of the Thief pathway had once appeared, was not surprising.
"But no matter the reason, Amon's appearance is never a good thing."
It was just a bit of a pity that he couldn't use it like he had once thought, to deal with the Blood Sect by writing a report letter to eliminate Amon's avatar.
One reason was that the other party was just an avatar. Eliminating it wouldn't affect the main body at all; it would just be cleaning up a Time Worm, which was useless.
The second reason was that clearing Amon's avatar would reveal that there was still an anomaly in Tingen, or even that the Never-Ending Theater was still here, and that the high-sequence Extraordinary individual of the Death pathway who had attracted the Church's attention was just a smokescreen.
Amon might send an even stronger avatar!
Thus, even with the help of the System and a bunch of Sealed Artifacts, Tang, who was only Sequence Five, would still choose to avoid Amon's avatar if possible, even if he didn't write a report letter.
"Even if this Amon avatar stays in Tingen for a long time and can serve as part of my Sequence Five to Four advancement ritual..."
How many Amons were there secretly? He was completely attracted by the one who appeared openly and didn't see clearly at all!
That area must have been contaminated by Amon. It was difficult for him to investigate how many Amons were there with his current abilities, let alone launch a hunt based on that.
Would he advance from Sequence Five to Four or Sequence Five to One then?
Hmm, it was indeed a troubling question.
"What did you update?"
Thinking of this, Tang turned his attention to the System.
Ever since the System reconnected with its host, after a few nagging words, it had fallen silent. When Tang tried to talk to it, a warm reminder popped up: 'System is upgrading, please dial later.'
That's right, after this manipulation from a Great Being, the System also absorbed some power from the 'main system,' allowing it to update and evolve itself, successfully stepping into a brand-new version 1.1 from 1.0.
This was the first time the System had undergone an update iteration, and Tang was somewhat looking forward to it.
He speculated that the Knowledge Wilderness had poured some of its power into the System, which would cause the System to update some new content.
It seemed that the content wasn't too much, and the System's upgrade speed was fast. After Tang cleaned up the mess in the theater and returned to the castle, the System's upgrade was complete, and it sorted out the new content it had upgraded.
'A new module has been updated,' the System's electronic voice sounded, 'called the 'Observer' module.'
"'Observer'?"
Tang sat up with interest, hugging the quilt, listening to the System say: 'However, Sequence Four is required for normal use. Normal circumstances do not support the use of this module.'
"Sequence Four?" Tang pondered for a moment, then understood, "As expected, divinity is very important."
The 'Observer' module should correspond to the state where his spirit body left his body and the entire world unfolded before him.
The System had solidified this state into an internal module, which should have been done by the Knowledge Wilderness.
'But well...'
"But what?"
'The main system sent some upgrade compensation.' The System said very 'righteously' and proudly, 'The excess upgrade energy and some residual energy collected by this System can be used to create some practical things and send them to you, host.'
In other words, the residual power of the Knowledge Wilderness was recycled and reused by the System, and then it gave him special treatment?
Although it was compensation sent by the main system, how much and what was sent depended on how much energy the System could actually save.
Very high operability.
Tang raised an eyebrow, quite surprised, "System, you've actually become so powerful."
The host's praise made the System's electronic voice slightly rise, 'Naturally, this System has always been very powerful... Wait a moment, let me check the specific compensation information.'
Tsk, upgrade compensation? Why did it feel like playing a game? Well, with something like the System, getting some upgrade compensation was normal enough.
Soon, the System gave him a reply.
In addition to some appraisal attempts, craftsman attempts, and knowledge fragment compensation, there was one thing Tang hadn't expected.
'Mosaic Glasses for Observing Stars.'
'Quality: System Exclusive.'
'More sublime than the starry sky, more eternal than... ahem, wrong channel. The former wanderer Gonzalo Calderon Abraham once said that only eternal stars can illuminate the sky. It is conceivable that humanity has never stopped its exploration of the starry sky. So, in order to cope with the eternal yet ever-changing, extremely dangerous astral world, perhaps you, as an adventurer, should also think of other ways to find safe ways to traverse the astral world. After all, stars cannot be looked at directly.'
'Children cannot see things they shouldn't see! Put on these glasses, and everything that might affect a child's mind will be completely pixelated!'
(End of this chapter)