Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 974 - 454: The Winner of the Third Divine War, Deciphering the Final Stele_2

Chapter 974: Chapter 454: The Winner of the Third Divine War, Deciphering the Final Stele_2

The worst-case scenario was that Omniscience did not awaken, and the Knowledge god servant, after gaining control of a small part of the "Omniscient Authority," was enslaved by Chaos and unable to stop Abyss and Stars.

"Given the current situation, the terror of Chaos far exceeds everyone’s expectations, so the last and worst-case scenario is most probably the future that will happen."

"Since the worst-case scenario is likely to happen, is the Servant of God fighting a desperate battle with no alternative? Or does he have some hidden plan that I’m not aware of?"

"Right, what role do I play in this, and what role does the True God’s Messenger fulfill?"

Lin Xun suddenly realized that if one were to deduce based on that result, the Abyss wouldn’t need to turn the ’True God’s Messenger’ into the ’Son of the Abyss’ at all.

It didn’t need a Son of the Abyss to carry out its plans to the end.

"Could it be..."

A bold conjecture arose in Lin Xun’s heart.

"Could it be that the hidden card the Servant of God has left is me, and the Abyss doesn’t want the Servant of God to have the potential to turn the tables because of my existence, which is why it wants to tempt me to their side, creating an absurd ’Son of the Abyss’?"

Thinking about it, it seemed very reasonable.

After all, both prophecies are related to the True God’s Messenger; he is very likely the last resort left by the Servant of God.

And the Abyss doesn’t need him at all; the Abyss just doesn’t want him to become the ’nail that causes the kingdom to fall.’

If he truly is the contingency prepared by the Servant of God, the Abyss must certainly eliminate this unpredictable element that might affect the final plan, especially since the Abyss was unaware of the specific plans of the Servant of God.

But now the Abyss hasn’t revived, and the Star Gods dare not show themselves. With the help of the Knowledge god servant, although he is but a ’nail,’ as long as no beings of Divine Level are dispatched to battle, they cannot easily remove him.

In that case, why not lure him with benefits, letting the ’True God’s Messenger’ switch allegiances to become the ’Son of the Abyss’?

That’s why the Abyss tentatively offered a one-time ’small part of authority’ tool—if the True God’s Messenger could be bought with this, great, but if not, they’d slowly offer more favorable conditions.

The Abyss didn’t throw out its trump card right away and didn’t show enough sincerity because it simply didn’t need him; the Abyss only needed him not to side with the Servant of God to prevent any possibility of the Servant of God’s hidden plans from turning the tables.

Otherwise, if the Abyss indeed urgently needed the ’Son of the Abyss’ to deal the fatal blow, it would have shown enough sincerity, even betting all its assets, instead of parsimoniously offering just a little benefit.

"The inference drawn now is very close to the truth, but still lacks the last one or two key pieces of the puzzle."

"What exactly is the backup plan of the Servant of God, and why is the Abyss so certain that Almighty True Knowledge cannot awaken..."

"Where is that piece of the puzzle?"

He suddenly thought of something.

[You quickly tell Rona that the Demon Clan has a divination stone tablet inscribed with oracles, and that a new segment of the tablet’s oracles has been deliberately obscured by the Abyss.]

[That segment might contain critical information, and it’s estimated that you need to achieve some merits loyal to the Abyss and clearly position yourself as the ’Son of the Abyss’ to unlock the remaining oracles.]

[Now with ’Rona’ present, you could attempt to use the ’Analysis Power’ and see if you can decrypt the tablet information prematurely.]

The content recorded on the tablet must be very important, and moreover, it’s something the Abyss doesn’t want the demon populace to see—only meant for him, the ’Son of the Abyss,’ to unlock and interpret when his loyalty is high enough and he has definitively sided with the Abyss.

After Lin Xun’s last encounter with the chaotic state of the Abyss, his ’Analysis Power’ was amplified by the Abyss, unlocking part of the tablet.

Now that Rona possesses near-divine strength and authority, wouldn’t such a bug-level, cheat-like power be perfect for the task?

[Upon hearing this, ’Rona’ shook her head, telling you not to get your hopes up. If it’s like you said, deliberately obscured by the Abyss, with its control over Analysis Power, it would be impossible to be successful.]

[Even though ’Rona’ says it’s impossible, her body is very honest. She comes to your side, appearing curious to have a look at the tablet with you.]

[Even though she has embraced the Stars Clan, she still maintains a fervent thirst for knowledge—perhaps this devoted faith and habitual quest for understanding, ingrained deep into her marrow, can’t be easily forgotten just by changing loyalties...]

[You brought ’Rona’ to the Abyss Sacrificial Ground...]

[...]

[At the entrance to the Sacrificial Ground, the ’Demon Shaman’ awaited silently...]

[It was taken aback when it saw you approaching with ’Rona’ to the sacred land of the Demon Clan.]

[You immediately reacted, silently wrapping your arm around Rona’s slender waist and putting on a stern, solemn expression as you walked and spoke to Rona...]

[By following you, the ’Child of the Abyss,’ it will become one of the Abyss’s people. Now, you are showing it the history of the Abyss Clan, having it swear an oath to the great Abyss.]

[You could feel the moment your hand touched Rona’s waist, it tensed up, only to relax quickly after.]

[The ’Demon Shaman’ was extremely shocked; it hadn’t expected that within just a few hours, you would have subdued the ’Star Realm Envoy’ who could arm-wrestle with three Great Demon Lords.]

[Could it be that ’Child of the Abyss’ is not a ’Horned Demon’ but a ’Greater Succubus’? Or, maybe, an incredibly powerful one?]

[It could only give you a silent thumbs-up. After you gave it a couple of meaningful glances, the ’Demon Shaman’ wore an expression of ’it understood’ and then quietly left.]

[Although it didn’t know what it had understood, it figured as long as it didn’t disturb the ’Child of the Abyss’s’ pleasure.]

[After the ’Demon Shaman’ left, ’Rona’ came to the tall stele next to the altar and spoke to you...]

[You hadn’t explained to it why you had come to the Abyss, or how you went from being a ’True God’s Messenger’ to the ’Child of the Abyss’... But that wasn’t very important, as long as it could be sure you were a ’True God’s Messenger.’]

[’Rona’ carefully perused the text on the stele, deciphering the history of the Abyss...]

[The last section of the divine inscriptions on the stele was still as obscure and vague as last time, indiscernible.]

[You recounted the first half of the new divine decree, which had already been clearly deciphered, to ’Rona,’ and then pointed to the latter half, indicating that the final part was what needed the Authority to analyze.]

[’Rona’ looked at you, then back at the stele, seeming to make up its mind, it began to use its Authority to decipher the divine decree.]

[It was surrounded by a multitude of twinkling characters, those dense characters acting like a Magic Robe engulfing its entire body, characters running at full force—you could even feel the powerful magic fluctuations emitting from Rona...]

[Somehow, when you saw its eyes and the shimmering characters, an unsettling premonition rose within you.]

[You remembered Rona telling you that its ’Analysis Power’ was nearing the Divine Level and that it was only a hair’s breadth away from breaking through that boundary.]

[Frequent use of Authority was one of the ways to improve the control over it.]

[At this moment, it needed to use its Authority to decipher the seal set by the Main God, and whether it succeeded or not, this act was akin to testing the edge of the boundary between man and god.]

[If it accidentally broke through the boundary, it would become a God on the wrong path, governed by horrific Chaos.]

[You finally realized what was happening and were about to stop ’Rona’ from continuing the analysis, only to see the characters around it suddenly extinguished.]

[And ’Rona,’ with a look of astonishment, exclaimed...]

[The analysis was successful...]

[It had actually succeeded!]

[’Rona’ gazed at the newly deciphered text on the stele, and told you that you might have been mistaken—the seal on the stele was not set by the Abyss, as it felt a very familiar presence in this kind of seal.]

[Someone else had set the seal, definitely not the Abyss, and when it was analyzing the stele, its analysis efficiency had skyrocketed to an unimaginable extent...]

[It was as if the analysis was completed instinctively.]

[’Rona’ looked at the text newly revealed on the stele, its expression growing more and more disturbed, and from within, you discerned a deep... sense of fear!]