Chapter 156: Witnessed Firsthand
Bailu quietly left on her own. Her cousin and her classmates, whom her friend had asked her to look after, still didn’t know how they were doing. Given the chaotic battle situation at the time, they were lucky to have survived if they were still alive. She figured this part of the story should be over, so after saying goodbye to Li Wen, she quickly left.
Hearing Moria’s question, Li Wen glanced at him, ignored him, and instead looked at the ancient being that had transformed into a cocoon.
The Void Beyond was the world that the gods of ancient mythology would go to after they were lost. Regardless of whether it truly existed, this ancient being was not one of the gods, so naturally, it was impossible for it to go there.
Moreover, if there was a place that the Doomsday Twilight could not reach, Li Wen didn’t know about it, but could the Strategy Team not know?
Therefore, Li Wen did not fully believe what this being said.
As for its true purpose, Li Wen didn’t care. Whether it wanted to fight the Doomsday Twilight or try to escape the Mortal Realm to survive, as long as the other party did not block her path, nothing else mattered to her.
However, there was one thing Li Wen had to know from the other party: the whereabouts of the Original Text of the Creation Genealogy.
It was a witness to miracles and an experiencer of the first rebirth. When the Sage created the supremely perfect Gold from the furnace, it was also the impurity left in the furnace.
Legend had it that the furnace, shaped like a stone egg, was inscribed with the method for refining the Sage Stone. In the notes of some ancient alchemists, this method was considered the key to the Sage’s ascension to a Pillar God, the ultimate manifestation of his path, the Original Text itself. In other words, besides the gods who created the Creation Genealogy, it, also born from the furnace, might be one of the beings in this world who knew the most about the Original Text of the Creation Genealogy and its whereabouts.
The only problem was, how could Li Wen persuade it to tell her the whereabouts or the method of obtaining the Original Text?
Li Wen’s brain was still running at full speed, but her words had already fallen:
“Trying to escape the Doomsday by going to the Void Realm is utterly impossible.”
Her voice was extremely calm, but her mood was not as peaceful as she appeared. After all, the other party was a being from the mythological era, and she didn’t know what kind of retaliation and blow she would suffer if she angered it.
However, it did not react at all. The deep black, egg-shaped stone cocoon seemed to isolate everything from the inside and outside. Neither sound nor anything else could reach its interior. But this was impossible; the other party must be observing the outside world, looking at this new future like a newborn infant observing an unfamiliar world.
Li Wen didn’t know whether to feel relieved or worried about this. What was certain was that if the other party continued to adopt this attitude of not accepting any form of communication from others, it would be difficult even for her.
So she changed the subject.
“Nothing or no one can stop the Doomsday Twilight.”
The other party still did not react. Instead, Moria raised an eyebrow slightly, his expression changing a little.
Li Wen didn’t pay attention and continued, “Even the Pillar Gods themselves would likely fall silent before the Twilight.”
At least in her previous life, within Li Wen’s range of vision, none of them had done anything.
The ancient mythological life form seemed to finally lose its patience. With the sound of rocks shattering, a crack appeared in the deep black stone cocoon. Its scorching, furnace-like pupils and their light and heat overflowed, revealing bone-chilling coldness and indifference within.
Immense pressure descended from the sky like a falling celestial body. The air instantly solidified. Within a range that could not be accurately determined, all objects stopped moving, breathing, heartbeats, and even thoughts were almost frozen. An extremely indifferent grayish-white spread from the cocoon, covering all matter within a certain range.
Fortunately, this situation only lasted for a moment before abruptly dissipating. What followed was its indifferent yet confused voice:
“Doomsday worship? The Cataclysm Cult?”
This was the second time it had expressed confusion.
Li Wen’s frozen thoughts began to flow again, her heart beating violently due to physiological reasons. Her mood remained unchanged; at least she had passed the first hurdle.
Li Wen had heard of the Cataclysm Cult in her previous life. It was an evil cult that worshiped the doomsday and preached destruction. Most of its members were irrational, complete lunatics who believed that the doomsday was invincible. In later times, on the eve of the Doomsday Twilight’s arrival, the Cataclysm Cult’s influence grew unprecedentedly.
Li Wen claimed that even the Pillar Gods could not resist the Doomsday Twilight. It was normal for it to mistake such statements for those of the Cataclysm Cult.
“I am not one of those lunatics,” Li Wen said. “I am merely stating facts.”
Moria wanted to speak but stopped, unsure whether to stop her or let her continue.
A faint, gray, deathly Mana intruded silently. However, the moment this Mana came into contact with Li Wen, it vanished without a trace as if swallowed by a deep, void-like hole.
“Huh?” It expressed confusion for the third time, but this time, compared to confusion, its tone clearly contained other emotions, such as surprise.
Players were not affected by some magic or abilities that targeted the soul, including the infamous mind invasion technique. What this being used was by no means a mind invasion technique, but some kind of related but more ancient and primitive thought-stealing spell, but this spell could not achieve any effect in front of players.
It might not have deliberately tried to steal Li Wen’s thoughts, but as soon as the idea of probing Li Wen’s thoughts or information arose in its mind, the spell was naturally triggered, and then it failed.
Few beings could keep their thoughts secret in front of it, let alone a mortal who had not even reached Stage Two.
Having slept for countless years, this was the first time it had encountered such a situation. It couldn’t say it was interesting, but it had indeed stirred its withered curiosity a little.
“Who are you?” it said, with no one else in its eyes. “A follower of the Sun, an envoy of Chaos, or something else.”
“Does it matter who I am to you?” Li Wen retorted.
“Indeed.”
The world today had long since changed dramatically for it. The things it was familiar with had long since vanished or been lost in the endless years, except for the inevitable Doomsday.
“You seem to understand the Doomsday Twilight very well.”
Understand?
Li Wen’s ability to stand here now was entirely thanks to the Doomsday Twilight. To merely say “understand” was too one-sided. At the very least, the Strategy Team had made every effort to collect and research various intelligence to resist the Doomsday Twilight.
“You can consider me to have witnessed the Doomsday Twilight firsthand.”
Li Wen said vaguely. As for how the other party would interpret it, whether they would consider it gibberish, or a natural prophet of the path of destiny, or something else entirely, she would let it be.
“I see,” it said, seemingly without questioning, but also without believing.
