The mausoleum was already built... There's no turning back... Klein held the diary in his hand, his mind seething with thoughts, various notions emerging and shattering.
In his view, this diary entry from Emperor Roselle almost proved his earlier guess: that in his later years, Roselle had chosen to forcibly switch to the "Black Emperor" pathway, attempting to become a Sequence 0 True God at the cost of half-madness.
What exactly drove the Emperor to make this decision? The agitation, impulsiveness, and loss of composure in that previous diary entry—what had he discovered? And compared to that, the emotions in this diary seemed calm and restrained on the surface, yet gave a more extreme feeling... It was hard to imagine what the Emperor had encountered and experienced in his later years that caused his personality to become alienated... Was it the madness inherent in an Angel, or was there a problem with the faith of the living beings that anchored His rationality? Hmm, normally, shouldn't he have been more cautious and steady, waiting for an opportunity to devour the "Hidden Sage"? Klein thought of many things in an instant, but had no way to find evidence.
On this parchment, there were only two short lines, seeming to indicate that this was the last diary entry of Emperor Roselle's life, at the end of this year or the beginning of the next. He was suspected to have fallen in the White Maple Palace.
The final words of a great emperor, a transmigrator? Klein sighed inwardly, and without any change in expression, turned to the next parchment.
This diary page had no date, but at the top was a line written in ancient Feysac: "Directly attached to the previous one."
The handwriting of this line was beautiful and neat, clearly different from Emperor Roselle's hand; it was obviously added by someone else.
It should be a note made by the "Mysterious Queen"... To indicate that this was truly the end of the diary, written after the Emperor had shot the arrow with no turning back? But why was there no date? With deep doubt, Klein read the corresponding content, and his gaze froze:
"I think transmigrators in this world are not only me.
"If anyone else can understand my diary, remember: carefully choose your Beyonder pathway.
"Once that is determined, it also roughly means your allies and enemies are also determined.
"I can't give specific suggestions, because I can't see the Seven Gods clearly, nor the true faces of those evil gods. This might be related to part of the content of the second 'Blasphemy Slate' hidden by that ancient organization. Unfortunately, I only roughly guessed there was a hidden part but couldn't confirm it.
"Similarly, I don't know what the first 'Blasphemy Slate' records.
"A useful piece of advice: do not choose a pathway whose Sequence 0 seat is already occupied, and be careful of the Sequence 0s and Sequence 1s of neighboring pathways. I suffered a great loss in this regard.
"As for what Sequence 0 represents, if you don't know yet, remember to collect my other diaries.
"Heh, this page is equivalent to the afterword of my life. If I succeed, what follows will be a divine life, another story; if I fail, there will be no afterwards, probably... yeah, you get it.
"Go, friend who can understand my diary, explore the secrets of our transmigration and the truths buried within. I will watch over you, if I am still alive.
"One final reminder, you must remember:
"Beware the Moon!"
About the fact that there was more than one transmigrator, Klein was not surprised; after all, he had long known about the existence of this "predecessor", Emperor Roselle.
What puzzled him was, from what events and details did the Emperor discover that transmigrators are not alone?
This point was very important, of incomparable significance to Klein in finding the way home compared to other issues!
It was like an equation with several unknowns; if examples and conditions were insufficient, no matter how you solved it, you would not get a definite answer. Only with enough equations was there hope to find the correct solution.
Hmm... The Emperor must have recorded findings in this regard in his previous diaries, but unfortunately, I couldn't know which part, so as to specifically request and search for them... Klein sighed silently and then turned to think about the other contents of the so-called "postscript":
"Does the second 'Blasphemy Slate' shown by the 'Twilight Hermit Order' have hidden content?
"Did they deliberately conceal it, or did they themselves not acquire it... The second 'Blasphemy Slate' is actually divided into two parts, with the other half having fallen into the hands of another force?
"My pathway has already been determined, and it was chosen based on the exclamation in Emperor Roselle's diary... From the meaning of those words in the Emperor's 'postscript', I can rest assured about one thing: that the 'Seer' pathway has no Sequence 0, because Zaratul, the mad Sequence 1, still exists. According to the law of conservation of Beyonder characteristics, heh, this subdivision might also be called the law of incompatibility: where there is a Sequence 1, there is no Sequence 0.
"I need to be careful of Zaratul, Mr. Door, the 'Blasphemer' Amon, and Pallez Zoroaster, as well as any other Sequence 1s that may exist within these three pathways.
"What does 'Beware the Moon' mean?
"Beware the 'Primordial Moon'?
"If so, why not just say it directly...
"Wait, the Emperor seems to have had ideas about exploring the crimson moon. Did he finally put it into practice and discover something on the moon, thus warning other transmigrators to beware the moon?
"Is the moon related to transmigration?"
"Hmm... The Emperor's tone indicates that He seems to have some backup plan, and may not have completely fallen; He might be watching over me... This matter should also have clues in some of the previous diaries..."
Conclusions and doubts flashed through Klein's mind, eventually settling down one after another.
He made the diary in his hand disappear, and turned his head to look at "The Hermit" Cattleya: