Lord of the Mysteries

Painful!

How painful!

My head hurts so badly!

A gaudy and dazzling dreamworld filled with murmurs instantly shattered. The sound asleep Zhou Mingrui felt an abnormal throbbing pain in his head as though someone had ruthlessly lashed at him with a pole again and again. No, it was more like a sharp object pierced right through his temples followed by a twist!

Ouch… In his stupor, Zhou Mingrui attempted to turn around, look up, and sit up; however, he was completely unable to move his limbs as though he had lost control over his body.

From the looks of it, I’m still not awake. I’m still in a dream… Who knows, perhaps the next scene will be of me thinking I’m already awake, but in fact, am actually still sleeping…

Zhou Mingrui, who was not unfamiliar with similar encounters, tried his best to focus in order to escape the shackles placed upon him by the darkness and confusion.

However, while still in his reverie, whatever will he could summon was ethereal like a fleeting fog. He found his thoughts difficult to control and introspect. No matter how much he tried, he still lost his focus as random thoughts surfaced in his mind.

Why would I suddenly have such an excruciating headache in the middle of the night?

And it’s really painful!

Could it be something like a cerebral hemorrhage?

F**k, don’t tell me I’m going to die young?

I need to wake up! Now!

Eh? Why doesn’t it seem to hurt as much as before? But why does it still feel like a blunt knife is slicing through my brains…

From the looks of it, sleep is impossible. How am I to show up for work tomorrow?

Why am I still thinking about work? This is some authentic headache. Of course I have to take time off! I don’t have to worry about my manager’s grumblings!

Hey, putting it that way, it doesn’t seem too bad. Hehe, I can end up getting some spare time for myself!

Throbbing pain inundated Zhou Mingrui, allowing him to slowly accumulate immaterial strength until he was finally able to move his back and open his eyes. He finally broke free from his reverie.

blurred before it was screened by a faint crimson red. All he could see was a study desk made of burly wood in front of

eight. The wall on their right was inset with grayish-white pipes with wall

classical Western style to it. It was about half the size of an adult’s

a black ink bottle shrouded in a

bottle and to the right of the notebook sat a dark-colored pen with a fully circular body. Its tip shimmered with a faint glint while

revolver? Zhou Mingrui was completely taken aback. The things laid before him were alien to him.

feeling shocked and confused, he discovered that the desk, notebook, ink bottle, and revolver were covered in a layer of crimson ‘veil,’ a result of

shifted his gaze up

hung high above the

his brain protested with throbbing pain. It made him temporarily lose his strength as he fell uncontrollably. His buttocks slammed heavily

Pa!

pain did little. Zhou Mingrui stood up again by propping himself up. He turned around in a fluster as he began to size up the environment he was

room was not very large, with a brown door on each side of the room.

a cabinet. Its two doors were swung open and

the side of the cabinet, there was the same grayish-white pipe on the wall at the height of a person. However, it was connected to a strange mechanical device with exposed gears and bearings in

coal stoves sat in the right corner of the room near the table, along

Its bottom was made of wood and the patterns were

gaze, Zhou Mingrui noticed

linen shirt, thinly built, average-looking features and

gasp as many helpless

European style and the crimson moon that looked different from Earth’s moon could

transmigrated? Zhou

web novels and had often fantasized over such scenes. However, he momentarily found it hard to accept the situation when

meant to love a fantasy 1 ? In a minute, Zhou Mingrui had already cursed himself while trying to make the best out of his

his thoughts high strung

After taking a few deep

moment, as his mind and body calmed down, memories began flooding him as they slowly appeared in

Awwa County, City of Tingen. He is also

had sacrificed himself during a colonial conflict with the Southern Continent. The bereavement allowance gave

devotee of the Evernight Goddess. She passed away the

brother and a younger sister. They stayed in a two

could even be described as somewhat wanting. At present, the family was supported solely by the elder brother who worked at an import

of the ancient Feysac language—deemed the origin of all languages in the Northern Continent—as well as the Hermes language which often appeared in ancient mausoleums