novelraw Chapter 400-2: Summons from the Servant of Knowledge, Who Is the Evil God? (2)
Chapter 400-2: Summons from the Servant of Knowledge, Who Is the Evil God? (2)
[Your Blessing of Knowledge +6 has been raised to Blessing of Knowledge +7. After overloading your Knowledge stat, the upper limit of Knowledge you can obtain has increased again.]
[There are still portions of shattered characters that are not absorbed by you. They gather together into a single giant character that flashes with white light.]
[You vaguely remember the origin of this mysterious character. It is exactly the one you saw on the chest of the Servant of Knowledge’s robe when you previously entered the Temple of Knowledge.]
[You have received a summons from the Temple of Knowledge.]
[Do you wish to step forward and touch the character to teleport to the Temple of Knowledge?]
“Damn, if I do not go to see you, you actually come to find me on your own.”
Similar scenes had occurred before. Sometimes the appearance of Beast of Disordered Knowledge was to correct Lin Xun’s errors, and sometimes it was to summon him into the Temple of Knowledge.
But now there was only one person inside the Temple of Knowledge, and that was the Servant of Knowledge who had usurped the authority of Omniscient True Knowledge.
He frowned in thought. The selection option was right in front of him. Should he go or not?
[The Direct Vision Grand Scholar who had been sent rolling to the side struggles to get up and stares at you in disbelief with the monstrous eye on his chest.][He says in panic, y you… that was Beast of Disordered Knowledge just now. You have received the Lord’s blessing?]
[You are not a heretic who chases the stars. You are the Lord’s envoy? You are actually True God’s Envoy?!]
[The Grand Scholar hurriedly drops to his knees, kissing the ground at your feet. He says that he failed to recognize your noble identity just now and, acting under a misunderstanding, offended True God’s Envoy. He begs the Envoy to forgive his offensive behavior…]
[If the Envoy is willing, please follow him back to the Direct Vision Association. The entire Association will certainly receive you with the highest rites.]
[Lost Apostle, will you teleport to the Temple of Knowledge, follow the Grand Scholar to the Direct Vision Association, or continue on toward the Polar Star Society temporary stronghold?]
The reappearance of Beast of Disordered Knowledge meant the Servant of Knowledge had already noticed that he had returned to this world.
If he did not go, that would be ripping the facade right off in the most direct way possible.
But if he did go, he could very well face an enormous unknown danger.
Lin Xun weighed the options before his eyes for a long time in secret.
“I already chickened out once last time. I cannot be a coward again this time… if it is a blessing, it is not a disaster. If it is a disaster, I cannot dodge it. If we really do rip things wide open, the Servant of Knowledge will certainly have other means to deal with me.”
He clenched his teeth and pressed the first option, teleporting to the Temple of Knowledge.
[You step forward and touch the character. Under the Grand Scholar’s stunned gaze, the mysterious character blooms with pure white radiance, enveloping your entire body…]
[Your form grows translucent and colorless, fading into nothingness…]
[Teleporting…]
[…]
[Teleportation successful.]
[The powerful wandering soul awakens beside the ancient obelisk…]
[The world before you seems to contain only this eternally unchanging towering obelisk and the very familiar pure white temple behind it.]
[In front of the stone steps at the temple entrance, a Beast of Disordered Knowledge whose body is almost as tall as the temple itself lies there lazily, dozing.]
[It seems to sense your arrival. It lifts its eyelids a little and snorts loudly as a greeting, then closes its eyes again in a pretend sleep.]
[It shows no hostility toward you, yet you can feel an extremely powerful force within it. That kind of power absolutely surpasses the demigod level and is far from anything you can contend with now.]
[Do you wish to enter the Temple of Knowledge?]
“Even the guard dog is this strong… if we really fall out completely, the Servant of Knowledge does not need to do anything. Next time he only needs to send down this big dog’s true body and I will be finished.”
Lin Xun shook his head and pressed ‘Yes’.
[You sidestep the Beast of Disordered Knowledge, climb the stone steps, and enter the temple…]
[The sight within the grand temple is exactly the same as what you saw before, with no changes whatsoever, as if the flow of time itself cannot inflict the slightest wear upon the temple.]
[On the left and right sides of the temple stand two neat rows of statues. These statues of characters in various forms seem to contain vast and complex Knowledge that no mortal mind can fully comprehend.]
[You look toward the far end of the temple. Below the pure white divine throne formed from countless characters, a familiar elderly figure is prostrating himself.]
[He senses your arrival and stands up. The Servant of Knowledge in white robes smiles and greets you…]
[It says, after an interval of twenty five years, one chosen by the true Lord, you have finally returned to this world to meet with him again.]
Lin Xun froze. Twenty five years?
Had a full twenty five years truly passed since Chapter Four?
[The Servant of Knowledge still wears the same kindly expression. He beckons you over with one hand, telling you not to feel strange or afraid and to come closer to talk…]
[You hesitate for a moment, then still move your feet and walk forward, coming to stand beside the white-robed old man…]
[Light flickers in the clear eyes of the Servant of Knowledge. The way he looks at you is like an elder looking at a junior who has made a mistake, unwilling to scold or punish, filled only with boundless fondness and love.]
[He lets out a long sigh and speaks to you…]
[Under the guidance of the true Lord, you went to Hidden Canyon and witnessed the fall of the loyal Hermit Progenitor…]
[But it seems that you misunderstood the Hermit Progenitor’s intentions and also misunderstood the guidance of the great true Lord.]
[In fact, the truth is completely different from what you imagined…]
[All of these experiences were meant to show you how terrifying and how dreadful Disorder truly is.]
[Disorder is actually the strongest and most irresistible enemy.]
Lin Xun recalled the Hermit Progenitor’s warning, a sentence of only a few short words: Unless the true Lord can free himself from Disorder, never set foot in the Temple of Knowledge again.
He furrowed his brows. Was there still some hidden story within? Had the truth been that the Servant of Knowledge had not usurped the authority of Omniscient True Knowledge at all and that he had simply overthought everything?
[The Servant of Knowledge continues to speak to you…]
[As for all of your questions and doubts, you will gradually unravel them one by one in your future journey.]
[He has a very strong premonition that, at the end of this journey, you may be able to see the first glimmer of dawn of the true Lord’s imminent awakening.]
[Yet no one knows whether the awakening of Omniscient True Knowledge will be the beginning of everything’s rebirth or the final destruction of all.]
Lin Xun’s heart trembled and a deeply absurd feeling surged up within him.
The rebirth of everything was still easy enough to understand, but what exactly did the final destruction refer to?
Could it be that when Omniscient True Knowledge awakened, that would be the very moment when this world greeted doomsday and was destroyed in the end?
He could not help recalling the Source of the Apocalypse he had obtained in Chapter Four, whose name was Omniscient True Knowledge.
It seemed that all of the clues lined up.
The radiant stars were not outside invaders. The greatest evil god in this world was not the radiant stars at all, but Omniscient True Knowledge itself.