The constantly pulsating heart seemed to sense something, and the marionettes approaching the dome also rapidly slowed down their speed.
The marionette demon obtained through the exchange wanted to leave when the Trick Sorcerer in front of it died, but its spirit threads were also invaded by Tang using the Extraordinary ability of the Master of Marionettes.
In terms of the control of marionettes, he was definitely no match for this theater, but what he wanted now was not the control of this demigod-level marionette, but to increase the channels and speed of knowledge transmission.
After entering the 'Knowledge Follows the Person' state, Tang discovered that his current sequence was much higher than that of a Sequence Two Miracle Invoker.
"Because of my transmigrator status and the System's own sequence."
And the principle of the special BUFF 'Knowledge Follows the Person' in the System was the penetration of a higher-sequence being into a lower-sequence being.
Those who have gone to school probably know that osmosis refers to the phenomenon where water molecules move from a region of high water potential to a region of low water potential across a semipermeable membrane between two solutions of different concentrations.
If sequence was likened to concentration, the side with more water molecules, the higher sequence, would naturally move towards the side with fewer; similarly, knowledge, thoughts, and behaviors are the same.
From a certain perspective, the process of glancing at those high-sequence Extraordinary individuals and then gaining knowledge; or the phenomenon of high-sequence Extraordinary individuals consciously influencing low-sequence Extraordinary individuals of the same pathway, can all be understood as a simplified version of 'Knowledge Follows the Person.'
However, most of those high-sequence beings cannot control this behavior or do not utilize it thoroughly.
And from a mystical perspective, the speed of osmosis depends on the difference in sequence and the controllable channels.
The greater the difference and the more channels, the greater the speed and size of this transmission.
Based on channels like 'seeing,' 'hearing,' 'thinking,' and 'understanding,' the rate of knowledge osmosis is relatively slow.
Relying on the speed of spirit world transmission is faster.
And for higher-level, more convenient methods, there needs to be a certain connection with the object being permeated.
For example, spirit threads.
Knowledge began to pour in.
"Perhaps I can't make this theater lose control, but just making it 'close' for a short while is enough."
He forcefully stuffed the information he knew and understood, supplemented by the System, about 'the cosmos,' 'original substance,' 'True Gods,' 'Outer Gods,' etc., through the four spirit threads.
Countless spirit threads, one end extending to the infinitely distant dome, and the other supported by countless marionettes below.
In the eyes of the Master of Marionettes, this was a perfect 'medium.'
Sure enough, at the moment the knowledge poured in, Tang saw that the marionettes in one area had already shown abnormalities.
They began to lose control.
After receiving the knowledge that also contained some of the System's 'private goods,' the theater core was affected by the mad knowledge.
Every piece of knowledge carried sequence, and every piece of knowledge entered in succession. They irresistibly compressed the 'living' characteristics of the theater. The power, extremely polluting and destructive, that made people fall and lose control caused the theater to differentiate into spirit worms.
Those countless shriveled and dried worms, like puppets lifted by thin threads, crawled rapidly in Tang's vision, burrowing into some of the marionettes.
They took away a portion of the knowledge and also made those marionettes that accepted the spirit worms completely mad.
They no longer shouted miracles; each of them had been a powerful being at the demigod level in life.
Some grew feathers on their bodies, some collapsed, and some sprouted fresh flowers one after another...
They were already dead, and the dead spirit worms brought about another mutation in their bodies.
"...After being made into marionettes, they still have to be whipped."
And the other marionettes that did not accept the spirit worms also lost control because the core had fallen into madness.
"Now!"
Following the spirit threads, Tang's body transformed into the pure white knowledge itself and crawled over.
The novel experience was indeed very interesting.
Appearing before the crystal clear, heart-like pulsating core, Tang still cautiously added another 'knowledge osmosis' before reaching out to touch it.
The heart-like theater core felt very soft to the touch, like pudding, and he could feel the surging 'blood' inside.
And getting closer, Tang could see that in the most central position were dry insect corpses, wrapped by the outer 'pudding,' wriggling.
"Recycle."
Seven seconds left.
'Recycling a Sealed Artifact corresponding to 'Miracle Invoker', corresponding sealing method already set.'
The System's storage, this was the item on him that had a 100% chance of sealing it.
Even if the Uniqueness was inside, it had to stay put!
And the theater core, which was undergoing the baptism of mad knowledge and frozen in place, could no longer escape Tang by switching the position of marionettes, as it had done before in the Trick Sorcerer's hands.
Soon, an item appeared in the System's storage栏.
'Item Information: Never-Ending Theater'
At the same time, the surrounding scenes were withering and decaying.
Owen and Olson, who had simultaneously received a low level of 'knowledge follows the person' in mid-air, also fell down.
The miracle that had supported them in mid-air had disappeared, and the ancient bell that had originally been following the 'death decree' also vanished. Countless iron chains caught them, hanging them upside down.
It looked more like cured meat waiting to be dried.
Tang stood in place, the pure white coat on his body slowly disappearing.
"Next—"
Before Tang could react, a greatsword slashed down from above.
"Die!"
That was, the banished Black Knight?
Crack crack—
Transparent white bones emerged from the void, and the greatsword struck the countless bones, making a crisp sound.
At the same time, the Black Knight seemed to see something extremely terrifying. He didn't even let out a roar. His whole body trembled, and the body hidden behind the cold armor began to decay, rot, wither, and meet its final death.
Sequence Four of the Secret Suppliant pathway, Black Knight, killed with one blow.
"Looks like I came at the wrong time."
A gentle voice came from not far away, from the entrance of the circus that was now constantly disappearing and changing.
"No, Father."
Just right, the 'Knowledge Follows the Person' BUFF ended. Tang turned his head and saw Baron Ramd, with his bronze skin.
He smiled, "You came at just the right time."
Seeing his second son, the Death Magistrate softened his gaze and walked in.
At the moment he stepped into the theater, the endless dome, the stitched monsters, the mad marionettes, the 'audience' shouting miracles, rapidly began to fade, swept away like a whirlwind, and were collected into the System's storage.
"Didn't expect you to be quite useful."
Tang complimented the System.
'Hehe.' The System was also very happy because there was something it wanted among the marionettes.
A big profit, a big profit.
"By the way, let's chat when we go back about what exactly you are."
System: '...'
Not hehe.
Owen and Olson, hanging upside down like cured meat: Aren't there any voices for us?
(End of this chapter)