Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 550 - 268: Revelation 3

Sword Star rubbed his temples, beginning to doubt the Sword Heart’s ability to discern truth. Why did Wu Chang’s words sound so absurd, yet so convincing in his ears?

There must be something wrong with either him or Wu Chang. If neither of them was the problem, then it was the world itself!

Wu Chang didn’t give Sword Star much time. After all, with the Sword Heart skill, Sword Star would convince himself.

He called out to Sword Star, then picked up the White Conch Shell and quickly walked toward the interior of the relic.

Because he had seen Fujita Hideyuki’s grudge, he was more than familiar with the structure of the relic. Initially, he pretended to examine two frescoes, then simply followed his own inspiration and, coincidentally, arrived at a sealed chamber.

After all, what he said was true, and Sword Star would convince himself.

On the door of the chamber was a groove. He inserted the White Conch Shell into it, and the door sank underground, revealing the chamber behind it.

Inside the chamber was a black stone slab. But unlike Wu Chang had imagined, the Prophetic Stone Slab, which detailed methods to survive the apocalypse, was already shattered.

The moment the broken stone slab emerged into reality, the entire Night Island area shattered along with it. However, instead of ending the dungeon, it resulted in a time freeze.

From Johnson and Pei Taiheng, the dungeon’s native residents, to Sword Star and Director Gao, the players, everyone froze in place, as if time had stopped at that moment.

Except for Wu Chang.

Wu Chang opened his personal space, and the All-Knowing Crystal, flickering with a faint glow, flew out.

It hovered in front of the stone slab, and the Prophetic Stone Slab turned completely to dust, merging into the All-Knowing Crystal.

The Prophetic Stone Slab was exactly what the All-Knowing Crystal craved.

As the Prophetic Stone Slab merged into the crystal, a soft light emanated from it, giving it a touch of sentience.

「Item Name: All-Knowing Crystal」

「Item Type: Unknown」

「Artifact Level: Unknown」

「Item Effect: Revelation」

「Skill Description: The All-Knowing Crystal will randomly provide you with revelations relevant to the answers you seek.」

The All-Knowing Crystal flickered twice and flew back to Wu Chang’s hand from above the slab.

Wu Chang looked at the frozen world around him and asked, "Did you do this?"

Perhaps because it had absorbed what it needed, the All-Knowing Crystal didn’t require the completion of a Soul Binding process but answered Wu Chang’s question.

"No, what triggered all this is the remnants of the shattered plane."

Upon hearing about the remnants of the shattered plane, Wu Chang thought of the previously broken Prophetic Stone Slab. "Do you mean that the original Trembling Icefield Plane had already shattered due to the will of the world?"

All-Knowing Crystal: "Yes."

Wu Chang’s expression turned peculiar. The scenes he had seen through Fujita Hideyuki’s grudge—could they be actual events and not illusions?

If so, then what exactly was the Night Island where they currently stood?

Sensing the question in Wu Chang’s mind, the All-Knowing Crystal answered:

"This area is only temporarily separated, not truly independent. When the original plane shatters, the split sub-planes will also shatter, leaving only a portion of the projection."

"What you have experienced is merely a projection of events that have already occurred."

Wu Chang pursued, "But according to the Abyssal Game’s rules, only True Dungeons would transform into Erosion Dungeons. Can Projection Dungeons also erode reality?"

All-Knowing Crystal: "Under certain conditions, these special Projection Dungeons can also realize erosion."

Wu Chang asked, "What conditions?"

All-Knowing Crystal: "The reality you are in has already been excessively eroded and is merging with the Abyssal Game."