CHAPTER 305: CHAPTER 264: THE DEEPEST FEAR (4K)_2

Fear?

But he is currently the global god of science, who could make him feel fear?

Nevertheless, Lin Ke suddenly put down his pen.

Suddenly, he looked up at a national emblem not far away, the sickle and hammer on the crimson design shimmered brightly.

Red!

Red!

Red!

Crimson!

His pupils were suddenly occupied by crimson, and a faint crimson light emanated from his eyes, his lips moved involuntarily, finally uttering two words, like a grand bell:

"People!"

As soon as the words were spoken, this library shattered like fragments of a lens.

"What is this! What is that thing!" a scream rang out: "Stop it, stop contemplating those things! Stop! Hurry up and stop!"

The crimson in Lin Ke’s eyes faded, and the world spun around him.

This is a wooden house.

He is Lin Ke.

He is... Linke Azen.

"I..." Lin Ke didn’t know what he had just experienced, but that feeling of a century in an instant was incredibly real.

But now, he is Lin Ke again!

It turns out everything just now was just a dream!

"Count Linke, what on earth is going on in your mind!" Not far in front of him, an old man with sharp features and bloodshot eyes, his gray hair like a clump of wild grass.

The old man sat rocking in a chair produced by Azanen, holding a jet-black crystal ball in his hands, with tiny lights on it like a starry sky.

Except, this "starry sky" had eight terrifying cracks in it.

"You’re... you’re the legendary [Astrologer] Derbius? Where’s Rica?"

Lin Ke reacted instantly.

The legendary [Astrologer] Derbius had woven an environment and plunged him into it!

"Count Linke, rest assured." Derbius gently stroked the crystal ball from top to bottom, and a human figure suddenly shot out from it, gradually growing larger.

It was Rica!

At this moment, Rica was still with her eyes closed, her brows furrowed.

Lin Ke immediately understood, Rica was trapped in an illusion much like he was.

Experiencing such an environment, there are benefits to be had.

For example, Lin Ke realized through that illusion that everything he liked from his previous life was nothing but illusions.

He had spent six years forgetting everything, afraid of becoming sick with longing.

But now he found...

Going back to the past was his deepest fear.

Fear of losing! Fear of returning!

He had attachments and bonds in this place.

He loved the feeling of charging into battle, the feeling of being followed to the death by his followers, he loved all the extraordinary here!

If he returned to his previous life, limited by weak physique and just indulging in the internet and electronic devices, it was so uninteresting, he didn’t want it!

Thus, the astrologer’s actions are clearly a help.

Helping him to truly see himself.

He never knew what he was afraid of.

Afraid of a powerful entity like His Majesty Insomnia.

Afraid of sudden crises, like Ove’s death.

Afraid of the Naseng’s resources being depleted like in his previous life...

But through this, he realized his deepest fear was his previous life,

He was afraid!

Afraid that upon waking, someone in a white coat would tell him that everything in Naseng was just a dream.

Afraid it was all just an illusion.

Afraid of returning to that aimless, clueless life of the past.

This was Lin Ke’s deepest fear!

"Young one, do the current nobles think about such profound questions..."

Derbius tapped his own head, affectionately rubbed the crystal ball in his hand, a crystal ball with eight cracks: "My astrology sphere was only once damaged by that little girl of the Five Colors, but with you, it got seven..."

The seven great unsolved problems in mathematics.

Lin Ke felt slightly embarrassed.

Before that false moment, he hadn’t really experienced anything and felt a sense of unreality.

In his imagination, even if he became the only and most outstanding scientist of his previous life, hailed as the god of science,

He still felt empty.

After all, in Naseng, many gods are not powerful.

Even gods like the Four Seasons God, assimilated by rules and divine duties, could only become tools.

Yet, in the last moments of the dream, those mathematical problems brought him back to reality.

Derbius had only gazed at him twice in total, once was when he was riding, stabilizing the dream so that he couldn’t remember he was a [Knight].

The second time was when he began solving problems.

Because of Derbius’ gaze, it uncovered something remarkable.

"Those questions of yours, after viewing them, even my Soul Space became unstable, stay here and wait for young Rica to wake up."

Saying this, Derbius cradled his astrology sphere with heartache, casually opened a portal from his personal plane, and stepped in.

At this moment, Rica slowly woke up, tears still in her eyes, and the first thing she did after seeing Lin Ke was hug him.

"Lin Ke, Lin Ke, Lin Ke..." Rica clung to Lin Ke, crying with tears streaming down her face: "Dead, they’re all dead..."

"It’s all a dream." Lin Ke hugged Rica, gently patting her back.

After a while, Rica calmed down and began to narrate her dream sobbingly.

In the dream, she met Lin Ke, but after the magical beast war in the Lava Swamp, Lin Ke didn’t wake up after sleeping for two years, but rather died during the process.

Afterward, Rica’s life returned to that of the noble Princess of Tree Shepherdess.

Eating the bland and tasteless red dragon sirloin ribs, bickering with the Mist Princess, listening to the pointless conversations of the nobles at the juice bar, tasting icy fruits nurtured by the Ice and Snow Goddess’ divinity...

Living through years like days.

Not needing to fight in secondary planes, not needing to deal with noble socialization, not needing to earn money.

She only needed to be a princess.

Life was luxurious, free, but also tediously boring and lonely.

Until the noble council arrived, another main plane invaded in full force, countless nobles perished...

Her elder brother died in battle, her elder sister died in battle, her siblings died in battle, the Moon Goddess died in battle, her mother died in battle...

Ultimately, even the Naseng Continent was shattered by the full-onslaught of His Majesty Insomnia.

In a grand explosion, Rica saw the explosion of the planet, saw the scene of His Majesty Insomnia perishing together with ten strong opponents.

Only then did she wake up.

"It’s a dream, it’s all a dream." Lin Ke gently patted the back of Rica: "See, I’m perfectly okay? His Majesty Insomnia and the Five-Colored Dragon Mother are also very strong, nothing will happen..."

"No, Lin Ke, it was a dream woven by the [Astrologer] for us!" Rica sobbed: "That’s something that might happen in the future, I glimpsed a corner of destiny!"

A corner of destiny?!

Lin Ke’s pupils contracted.

He quickly reviewed Rica’s account, pinpointing the crucial parts.

The key point was another powerful main plane?!

But there was another key point...

Which was there was no Lin Ke!

Lin Ke died at the age of six!

"Rica, listen to me." Lin Ke sensed Rica’s fear, she feared not the world’s destruction, but losing her dearest and most beloved.

"In the future you saw, I wasn’t there." Lin Ke said in a deep voice: "I don’t know what kind of change I can bring to Naseng, but I know I will definitely bring a change to Naseng! You must believe in me, no matter who the enemy is, I will certainly lead the charge."

Rica gazed at Lin Ke, seeing the confidence brimming in his eyes, and unconsciously nodded slowly.

After a while, Derbius reappeared.

Clad in robes that emitted the magnificent light of stars, with the astrology sphere in his hand still having eight cracks.

"Young one, take it out." Derbius looked at Lin Ke, his expression not pleasant at all.

Lin Ke awkwardly touched his nose, then took out the scale of the Five-Colored Dragon Mother and handed it to Derbius.

"Now, tell me what you want to divine..." Derbius looked at Lin Ke with no love lost, also warning: "Mathematical problems cannot be divined, neither can those beyond my capacity."

Lin Ke, smiling wryly, how could he divine mathematical questions?

He opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Derbius, I want to divine the true identity of the person behind my teacher Ove’s murder."