After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 379 - 139: Seems Like the Incorrect World

"Unlike the description of the creation of the world recorded by the God of Omniscience," Xi Mu withdrew his hand from caressing the mural, "the humans here encountered the God of Omniscience only after their civilization had developed to a certain extent."

In the game setting of Mysterious Gate, the concept of gods does not predate the birth of human civilization; rather, the concept of deities arose after the establishment of human civilizations.

However, different from the gradual development required in reality, after the descent of the God of Omniscience, civilization underwent a drastic transformation, bypassing the process of technological accumulation and ignoring resource constraints; civilizations no longer needed to be developed and accumulated by humans themselves.

Rather, it was obtained through praying to deities.

"Isn’t the God of Omniscience the creator?" Suna pursed her lips, she had wondered as a child whether the world had always existed and was not actually created by the God of Omniscience, but rather the history had been altered by the original God of Omniscience.

However, she subsequently forced herself to abandon this line of questioning, realizing it was very dangerous to harbor such thoughts. Yet now, the content of the mural revived her childhood skepticism.

"The being in the mural might not necessarily be the God of Omniscience," the white-haired spouse stepped away from Suna’s body and personally reached out to touch the stone wall, "It might just be an Angel Envoy sent by the God of Omniscience, not the God of Omniscience himself."

"That might indeed be possible," Suna nodded lightly. If it was an Angel Envoy guiding humanity after the creation of the world by the God of Omniscience, that could explain everything depicted in the mural.

"Moreover, the God of Omniscience is the only deity who cannot be looked upon directly; no one has ever known what the God of Omniscience looks like," the white-haired spouse added, "We cannot definitively identify the being in the mural as the God of Omniscience."

All other deities possess physical forms, having clear appearances and genders, only the God of Omniscience lacks a definite form and gender. Neither the statues in churches nor the descriptions in books reveal anything about the God of Omniscience, mentioning only that one cannot look directly at the God of Omniscience.

"Finding out whether it’s the God of Omniscience is quite simple," Xi Mu turned his head, his gaze meeting Eden’s. Their eyes overlapped in a line before tacitly moving away, without delving deeper into the topic.

Suna, witnessing this, wore a conflicted expression. Such a topic, related to the secrets of the God of Omniscience, could be confirmed with just a few exchanges between Ahtal and Eden. However, the mere exchange of a glance between Ahtal and Eden was enough for an unspoken agreement to halt the discussion, which made her feel as if her heart was being scratched by a kitten.

The Three Goddesses of Fate watching from behind also cast their gaze upon her, hoping to learn the secrets of the God of Omniscience through Eden.

But the two of them would not speak further on the matter.

"... What is this?" Suddenly a cry of astonishment rang out, drawing the attention of everyone in the cave. The white-haired spouse covered her mouth with her hands, standing at the cave’s exit, seemingly extremely shocked by everything outside.

Xi Mu hastened to the white-haired spouse’s side, and the first thing that caught his eye was a tree, its vast branches covering the sky, spreading towards the ends of the world, and its shimmering branches and leaves casting brilliant light in place of the sun.

Beneath the tree was an expanse of buildings, constructed and spread out from the tree’s center. On closer inspection, many humans clad in gray were taking three steps before bowing down, edging closer toward the tree.

"Is that the Tree of Omniscience?" Suna asked a question, her gaze subconsciously falling on Eden. Though she had never seen the Tree of Omniscience, Eden would surely know whether the tree that covered the world was the Tree of Omniscience.

"Knowing too much isn’t always a good thing," the white-haired spouse shook her head gently. Despite being just a dragon, she was aware that uncovering too many secrets was not a good thing.

Hearing this, Suna also withdrew her gaze, suppressing her curiosity. She knew the white-haired lady’s words were very sensible.

And at that moment.

"There’s a gate on the tree that leads to the lower levels of Hell," Eden’s slender finger pointed towards the great tree at the far end of their sight.

"Understood," Xi Mu subconsciously caressed his ring, seemingly preparing to summon his little mare, but then he abruptly abandoned the thought.

He knew that Eden would not prevent him from summoning his little mare, but he also knew that Eden had the power to take him directly to the Tree of Omniscience instead of bringing them to the cave, where they happened upon the mural by chance.

Since Eden deliberately mentioned it and didn’t take him straight to the tree, he naturally took it as a hint that he should explore the concealed layers of Hell in person.

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Before long,

On the path to the Tree of Omniscience,

"Did you also receive a divine blessing?" A man blocked their path, his face revealing jealousy, "Why do such disingenuous believers like you receive a god’s blessing?"

Xi Mu, following his usual protocol, asked, "Who are you?"

"Leviathan, the most faithful believer of the god," the man proudly declared his name, but his expression soon turned cold:

"Running straight towards the Tree of Omniscience, neither bowing nor praying, aren’t you taking the god too lightly!"

"Why should we bow and pray?" Xi Mu countered, and Leviathan answered as if it were self-evident.

"Of course, to show sincerity. Only by that can we obtain the god’s favor; the more sincere the prayer and supplication, the more blessings one will receive from the god."

"That’s truly foolish," Xi Mu coldly responded, gazing at the bewildered expression on Leviathan’s face, "That’s just self-indulgence, what if the conditions for receiving a blessing don’t involve displaying piety?"