Chapter 48 Resolution
Perhaps, attempting to ascend to a pillar deity by means of the lineage codex and thus resist the Doomsday Twilight is an impossible endeavor in itself.
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“Li Wen, the discussion is concluded. Everyone agrees that you should be the one to safeguard Urd’s Sting and use it at the critical moment. Regarding the various situations and action plans after using Urd’s Sting, the fourth team has prepared the strategy. You just need to follow the procedure.”
“I still don’t understand, why me?”
In the dimly lit room, only two people sat at the large round table. Li Wen said absentmindedly, his head bowed.
Across the table, the figure of the leader of the Strategy Team was completely hidden in shadow, only his steady and calm voice came through.
“Because you are the most suitable person.”
Li Wen looked up, not even believing his own words.
“In terms of personal strength, I’m at the bottom of the Logistics Team; in terms of strategizing, anyone in the fourth team is better than me; in terms of understanding the Game, I, who have barely logged in a few times, am not qualified at all… I can’t figure it out. Everyone is more suitable than me to bear this important responsibility. If this were just an ordinary operation, I would do it without hesitation. But this concerns the Doomsday Twilight, this entire world, and the lives of everyone…”
“You also said it’s a heavy responsibility…” The leader chuckled, adjusted his glasses, and his eyes beneath the thick lenses were exceptionally sharp. “Perhaps giving Urd’s Sting to someone more capable would create greater value and secure more hope. But… Li Wen, have you ever considered whether Urd’s Sting truly possesses such ability?”
“Urd’s Sting is a Divine Artifact that symbolizes the past, possessing the ability to alter the past and fate. This has been confirmed by the prayer divination technique.”
“What if the prayer divination technique is wrong?”
Li Wen was astonished. “Prayer divination technique is the highest-level divination spell. It’s the closest to the accuracy of the Fates themselves. How could it possibly be wrong?”
The leader looked at Li Wen meaningfully, clasped his hands under his chin, and said in a low voice, “Even the Fates can make mistakes. How can we fully trust the divinations made by mortals?”
The empty conference room fell into silence. After a long time, the leader continued, “Even if Urd’s Sting really has that ability, how can you be sure that you can become a pillar deity just by obtaining the Original Text? The Original Text records the secret to ascending to a pillar deity, but that is, after all, just a legend. No one has ever witnessed what the Original Text looks like.
“Moreover, as it is, ordinary paths are already so arduous. How difficult and unimaginable were the paths walked by those pillar deities? If that’s the case, let’s take another step back. If you do obtain the lineage codex and arduously become a pillar deity according to its methods, how will you then contend with the Doomsday Twilight?”
“Indeed, the sacrifices of the entire second and third teams have allowed us to establish a mathematical model. According to the model’s derivation, the Doomsday Twilight is not insurmountable. As long as one possesses power that is sufficiently strong, unimaginable, and beyond all cognitive scope, one can contend with the apocalypse. This world… only pillar deities possess such power. But have you ever thought about why the apocalypse has arrived, yet those still existing pillar deities are completely inactive? Perhaps… it is precisely because even they are helpless.”
“Everything we are preparing, all our efforts, seem perfect, but in reality, they are full of fatal flaws and uncertainties. This is our limitation; we can’t do any better. And all the arrangements based on Urd’s Sting are the most chaotic among them. It’s more like a crazy delusion, without any basis in reality. This is why it’s being used as a trump card for the final moment, instead of being used from the start—because no one can be sure that all these efforts are correct.”
Li Wen was silent for a long time. He wanted to retort, and so he did: “Since no one can be sure that this is correct, then it cannot be necessarily wrong either. As long as there is hope, it is worth a try.”
“This is why we chose you, because you have resolve.” Hearing this, the leader pushed his glasses. “You desperately wish to save everything, even if the spark of hope is indiscernible. But as long as there is a sliver of hope, you will give all your effort. This is your resolve.”
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“Every promotion requires other Original Texts…”
Li Wen muttered to himself, as if back at the round table where the Strategy Team members were discussing, his thoughts churning wildly.
“This may be a very difficult thing, but not impossible. Besides the four deceased pillar deities, the remaining eight pillar deities have all established sects, temples, and even nations in the human world. For the spread of their path, the Original Texts must also exist in the human world, perhaps being enshrined in the churches or temples of those churches…”
Since they are in the human world, then there are clues to be found. As long as he visits those temples renowned among Transcendants one by one, he will find clues.
“The Original Texts of the remaining three pillar deities can be set aside for now. Once I get the others, finding these will just be a matter of time… I can do it.”
Yes, she could do it.
Li Wen hugged “The Primordial Codex of Ending” tightly, contemplating his next step.
She already had one Original Text, enough to take the first step on The Path—Witch Disciple.
The Path, like the Path of Eternity, is a path belonging to the Witch, meaning only females can complete the promotion. This is not a secret. Li Wen already knew this in his previous life, and the strategy within the team also suggested creating a game character with a female appearance.
“The Primordial Codex of Ending” contains a ritual to convert gender to female, but it’s clear that Li Wen no longer needs it.
Her gender in the Game was female. And a year later, the Great Convergence event would break out. All Players would cross over to the异世界 with their in-Game avatars, including those who used other people’s identity verification for game accounts. Li Wen would naturally no longer be Li Wen.
Is it worth it?
So far, she hadn’t considered this question.
“The next step is to transfer to The Path and promote to Witch Disciple using ‘The Primordial Codex of Ending’.”
After confirming this goal, Li Wen put on his Emerald Star Cloak and walked straight towards the distant Blazing Firestorm.
1% of her life did not even last half a second in the scorching storm and was directly reduced to zero.
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Ark Town, Holy Candle Mass Church, Nun’s Dormitory.
Li Wen woke up from his bed. This was the resurrection location he had set up last time.
She checked her equipment and items. Players have a chance to lose equipment and items upon death. In his previous life, there was an unfortunate Player who put all his items into a magic pocket. After accidentally dying, the magic pocket was lost…
Fortunately, perhaps due to it being her first death, all of Li Wen’s belongings were still there, with nothing lost.
