novelraw Chapter 139-2: Touching the Divine, Child of the Stars (2)
Chapter 139-2: Touching the Divine, Child of the Stars (2)
Lin Xun finished reading through the lengthy plot sequence.
Shamara, unable to purge the chaotic knowledge, had simply given up entirely on being human.
After turning herself into a monster, she didn’t hesitate to violate the greatest taboo of this world, to observe and come into contact with a real star, all to immerse herself in the ocean of knowledge.
Judging by the astrologer’s final memories, Shamara had succeeded.
Which meant that this place Lin Xun was currently in, the Celestial Prison of Captive Stars, was truly imprisoning a real star?
He manipulated the astrologer’s shell to begin his exploration.
[You walk to the edge of the holding cell to observe. The Knowledge Barrier is composed of countless hair-thin threads of light, twisted into massive pillars the width of two people embracing. On their surfaces flicker densely packed points of light like flowing sand. Looking closely, they are actually countless flowing characters.]
[The Knowledge Barrier before your eyes is without a doubt thousands of times stronger than the one you encountered in the basement of the Smelting Plant, an overwhelming force utterly beyond mortal reach.]
[Your gaze pierces through the Knowledge Barrier. Beyond the holding cell is a darkness as deep as the night sky, with only a few distant stars struggling to emit faint glimmers of light.]
[The holding cell floats in a vast, deathly silent space. Countless once-brilliant stars have here dimmed and lost their radiance.][You look around the interior of the cell and notice something strange. You walk to the opposite side of the cell and look outward…]
[You see a thick chain of knowledge formed from characters, extending outward from your current cell, linking it to another floating prison cell…]
[Floating within the vast void are countless holding cells, all interconnected by chains of knowledge, forming an enormous net, or rather, an impossibly vast arched cage.]
[At the very center of the cage floats a star. You narrow your eyes and observe closely. That colossal star turns out to be a massive, twisted entity…]
[The immense figure is spherical, resembling an eternal celestial body. Its spherical form is covered in countless twisted tendrils, and each tendril bears a massive eyeball!]
[Your gaze appears to have drawn its attention…]
[The many tendrils of the Child of the Stars writhe, and the eyeballs upon them all turn to look at you…]
[You behold the form of the Child of the Stars for the first time. The countless giant eyes make your soul tremble. Your ears ring with a chaotic torrent of maddened whispers and shouts as a surge of disordered knowledge floods into your soul.]
[You have acquired knowledge. Your Knowledge stat increases by 9999999! Current Knowledge: … / 1100]
“What the hell is this thing?!”
Lin Xun never imagined that the so-called true star was a massive, star-sized twisted monstrosity.
Just from the flood of 9999999 Knowledge gained, he knew at once that the power of the Child of the Stars was utterly beyond mortal comprehension.
And to imprison such a powerful being here. There was no way a weakling like Astrologer Grandmaster – Shamara, who got one-shot by a Valkyrie, could have done this.
The only ones capable of imprisoning the Child of the Stars must be beings bordering on divinity… or perhaps gods themselves. Only such divine might could accomplish such a monumental feat.
[Your knowledge has exceeded the critical threshold. You have touched the extraordinary. Once again, you glimpse…]
Damn. Knowledge overload. Head explosion imminent.
After death, he would respawn at the Resting Page in the transplant clinic.
Trying to find the Astrologer Tower again in the fog would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
But the next line of text shocked Lin Xun.
[In this place, you are unable to glimpse the Omniscient True Knowledge…]
[Chaotic and disordered knowledge continues to flood into your soul. You gradually lose yourself in the ocean of knowledge.]
[Your rationality fades, and madness overtakes your mind.]
[Your head explodes with a loud bang…]
[You have died!]
Though he still died, the text indicated that in this place called the Celestial Prison of Captive Stars, he was unable to glimpse the Omniscient True Knowledge.
Lin Xun let out a long sigh.
This damned game left him no room to maneuver. Just seeing the Child of the Stars was an insta-head explosion and death.
[An ordinary wandering soul is reborn in the ancient holding cell…]
[You have entered the Celestial Prison of Captive Stars!]
???
Lin Xun slowly typed out three question marks.
The text should’ve displayed: [An ordinary wandering soul is reborn on the second floor of the transplant clinic…]
Why was he still in this cursed place?!
Could it be that this area truly lived up to its name, a prison with no escape?
[The ordinary wandering soul is filled with chaotic knowledge and cannot move freely.]
[Would you like to consume 9 points of Soul Strength to purge the chaotic knowledge from your soul?]
[Current Soul Strength: 1/3]
Lin Xun’s eyes widened.
What the hell was going on?
Was this a bug in the cursed game?
The cost to purge disordered knowledge had skyrocketed from 1 point to 9 points.
Where was he supposed to find that much Soul Strength?!
Could it be that the knowledge injected by the monster known as the Child of the Stars was so overwhelming and disordered that it had exceeded the upper limit?
So much so that even 1 point of Soul Strength could no longer cleanse it?
As Lin Xun was pondering this, the game text suddenly began flashing rapidly.
[A twisted tendril slips through the gap in the Knowledge Barrier and yanks you out…]
[You are wrapped in tendrils and pulled from the holding cell, flying rapidly toward that star-sized twisted entity…]
Lin Xun’s mouth twitched.
Great. He could move again. Or rather, he was flying like a rocket.
[As you rapidly approach the Child of the Stars, the oppressive aura radiating from its colossal form makes your soul tremble in terror.]
[You stare at the immense form of the Child of the Stars, as insignificant as a grain of sand gazing upon an endless desert.]
[The Child of the Stars opens a massive eyeball on its spherical body. A consciousness as vast as an ocean presses into the depths of your soul.]
[The chaotic knowledge within your soul has been completely purged!]
[Your Knowledge cap has increased. Current Knowledge: 0 / 1200]
[You receive the effect of Blessing of Knowledge +3. Your Knowledge cap increases again. Current Knowledge: 0 / 1900]
[A soul-piercing will transmits the intent of the Child of the Stars…]
[It asks you: you are not one of the spirits of the stars, why have you been imprisoned here?]
[Tiny Apostle, how will you answer?]
The moment Lin Xun saw the word It capitalized, he knew he was face-to-face with a true god!
No wonder this Celestial Prison of Captive Stars was built with such grandeur, because what was imprisoned here was an actual god!
[1. “O mighty divine being, I stumbled into this place unintentionally. I hope I have not disturbed you. If it’s possible, could you kindly send me away from here?”]
[2. “I came to visit you. I heard you’ve been imprisoned for a long time. A god must get lonely and cold. I came to keep you company.”]
[3. “I’ve come to submit myself to you, Child of the Stars, ringed and radiant among the stars. I’ve had enough of the Omniscient True Knowledge and wish to devote myself wholly to your cause.”]
Lin Xun stared at the three options before him. All three glowed blood-red and trembled slightly.
This all-too-familiar scene made a thousand stampeding alpacas gallop through his heart.
The Librarian had mentioned some kind of special mission and tricked him into opening a treasure chest beneath the Astrologer Tower.
He had even said that the instructions for the special mission would be given after the chest was opened.
The moment the chest was opened, however, Lin Xun was teleported into this god-imprisoning dungeon.
And now a god had grabbed his soul and was interrogating him.
One wrong answer, and he’d lose a point from his Soul Strength cap.
“Damn it, next time I run into that old man, I swear I’ll beat him to death!”
“Which option do I choose?! I’m online right now, please hurry, this is urgent!”