(Revised)
“Why don’t I appear in any of these futures?”
Nous said nothing and merely stared at Fu Mo.
Only after a long while did the synthesized voice finally sound in Fu Mo’s mind.
[Question One: Who are you?]
[Question Two: Why can I calculate nothing related to you?]
“First of all, I’m Fu Mo.
Second, buddy, you’re a god.
If you can’t calculate anything about me, shouldn’t you consider whether the problem lies with you?
And yet you’re asking me…”
If he’d had any redstone on hand, Fu Mo would’ve tried shutting down this idiot machine head.
All it did was ask questions all day without answering any of his.
[Recorded.
You have passed.]
After abruptly leaving him with those words, Nous vanished.
Fu Mo’s surroundings began changing rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, he was back in the guest room, still seated on the sofa in the same position as before.
The orb of light that remained in his hand proved that what he had just experienced wasn’t an illusion.
“What the hell was that…?”
Fu Mo muttered before looking down at the orb of light in his hand.
Examining it with Create Mod (Ponder) had shown him glimpses of the future.
Combined with what scholars online said about Nous…
Could all the scenes inside this orb be possible futures calculated by Nous?
The thought filled Fu Mo with delight.
Although Nous’s “surprise attack” had startled him, the other party seemed friendly enough and had even left him a generous gift.
With these glimpses of the future, he would no longer be completely blind to this world as he had been before.
“I’ll forgive that idiot machine head’s rudeness for now.”
Clutching the orb of light, Fu Mo got up and walked toward the bed, planning to watch the future scenes inside it like a television drama before going to sleep.
Before he could lie down, however, someone suddenly knocked on his door.
Fu Mo had no choice but to put the orb away for the moment and walk over to open it.
Outside stood an anxious, breathless Fu Xuan and a frowning Jing Yuan whose hair was slightly disheveled.
“Hm?
What are you two doing here so late at night?”
Fu Xuan didn’t answer.
Instead, she reached out with both hands and gripped Fu Mo’s arms tightly, her gaze sweeping over him again and again.
Only after a moment did she ask worriedly,
“Fu Mo, are you all right?”
“I’m fine, but I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Fu Mo was utterly baffled.
He couldn’t understand why these two had suddenly come looking for him instead of sleeping.
Only after hearing that did Fu Xuan let out a long sigh of relief.
She then explained,
“The Third Eye between my brows sensed Nous’s presence descending upon this place.
Perhaps he never intended to hide it, which was why we could detect him.
We rushed over as quickly as we could.
Fu Mo, why did Nous suddenly seek you out?”
Fu Mo didn’t answer immediately.
Instead, he invited them inside and led them to the sofa.
Once they were seated, he explained what had just happened.
“I don’t know.
I was thinking about something when Nous suddenly appeared.
He said something about a test, then asked who I was.”
“Was that all?”
Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan frowned.
Nous had suddenly sought Fu Mo out over something so trivial?
Could Fu Mo possess such an extraordinary background that even Nous had taken notice of him?
“Yeah.”
Fu Mo didn’t mention the Light Orb.
Until he knew whether the future scenes inside it were real, he didn’t want uncertain information affecting the course of other people’s futures.
He wouldn’t believe it blindly even if a god had calculated it.
After all, Nous couldn’t calculate his future.
Once he confirmed that the information in the Light Orb was accurate, there would still be time to tell Jing Yuan about what would happen on the Luofu.
After all, there was still some time before Jing Yuan’s decisive battle with that woman.
There was no hurry.
Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan were both shocked by Fu Mo’s explanation.
They hadn’t expected Nous to come directly to him simply out of curiosity.
They didn’t know what kind of background Fu Mo possessed to make even Nous so curious, but there was one thing they were both certain of.
They had to win Fu Mo over!
The fact that Nous was so curious about him proved that Fu Mo was immensely valuable!
“I see…
It seems Nous has high hopes for you, Fu Mo.
Perhaps you’ll become the Genius Society’s next member.”
Worried that Fu Mo might fear something bad would happen now that Nous had taken notice of him, he offered a few more reassuring words before leaving with Fu Xuan.
After all, they had only come to make sure Fu Mo was safe.
Since he was unharmed and nothing had happened, there was no reason for them to stay and disturb his sleep.
After seeing Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan off, Fu Mo returned to the bed and lay down.
He took the Light Orb out of his Inventory and used Create Mod (Ponder) on it again.
After watching for several minutes, Fu Mo ended the pondering with a headache.
He didn’t know whether Nous lacked sufficient computing power or had done it deliberately, but the futures recorded in the Light Orb only involved major events.
Not a single minor detail had been included.
Fu Mo had wanted to see what Jing Yuan or Fu Xuan would eat for breakfast tomorrow morning and how they would eat it so he could verify the information, but none of that had been recorded.
There weren’t many scenes of Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan in the more distant future.
Instead, a group of men and women traveling aboard a train appeared constantly throughout the futures calculated by Nous.
For some reason, this group always ran into trouble whenever they reached a new place.
Curious, Fu Mo searched for them online.
He couldn’t find information on most of the individuals, but he did find something about the train they traveled aboard.
“[Trailblaze]…
the Astral Express.”
It seemed he would need to make contact with the Astral Express someday.
Conveniently enough, the Astral Express would arrive at the Luofu in the near future, and then—the Luofu would suffer a catastrophe.
After viewing this portion of the future, Fu Mo couldn’t help wanting to laugh.
“They’re practically like that elementary-school grim reaper next door.
Wherever they go, trouble follows.”
Fu Mo didn’t continue watching.
He put away the Light Orb, closed his eyes, and rested.
Before verifying the future, he needed to make sure he could hold his own in a fight.
Trading with Tingyun to obtain diamonds had to be moved up the agenda.
Without a full set of diamond armor, he didn’t want to fight anyone.
He wouldn’t feel even the slightest bit safe otherwise.
Although diamond armor might not amount to much in this world, it would at least ensure he had a fighting chance.
He also hadn’t worked on vanilla Enchantments yet.
If he saved up his remaining Achievement Points, he could purchase the Slash Blade MOD as well.
Once he had all that, he would even be able to square off against an Emanator.
“Fuck it.
Time to sleep.”
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T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me!
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Shilling time!