Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1044 - 480: The Unobservable, Indefinable Chaos Authority, the Book of Knowledge Illusion in Reality

Chapter 1044: Chapter 480: The Unobservable, Indefinable Chaos Authority, the Book of Knowledge Illusion in Reality

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[A powerful Wandering Soul awakens in the Library...]

Lin Xun remained stunned for a long time before he could gather his senses.

The Almighty True Knowledge had transformed into the ’Book of Knowledge Illusion’, pulling all the creatures of the world into the book and creating a New World on its blank pages, a feat so shocking.

He had always strived towards the goal of exterminating the Star Gods and killing the "Children of the Abyss" in order to prevent the revival of the Abyss and Stars, seeking the opportunity to Save the World.

However, this was his goal and not that of the Almighty True Knowledge, which is why the final outcome was completely beyond his expectations.

The last segment of the terminal event revealed that the Real World of the Omniscience Chapter had been engulfed by endless Chaos, turning into a scarred wasteland of Doomsday.

The Almighty True Knowledge seemed to be able to coexist with Chaos through an entity such as the ’Book of Knowledge Illusion’.

It even could transfer the Chaos from the Newborn World’s book, which was the inherent Chaos within the souls of all creatures, to the Real World, allowing the world within the book to continue existing.

Thus, Omniscience figured out a way to coexist with Chaos, which is to become an entity like the ’Book of Salvation’.

The goal of Omniscience was to coexist with Chaos as the ’Book of Salvation’, though it knew this method was feasible, it always lacked a critical key.

The concealed power named ’Chaos Ability’ that Lin Xun possessed, was that crucial key.

"Why do I feel a sense of fate? If it had not been me but another Apostle who entered the Omniscience Chapter, what would have ultimately happened?"

Actually, the sequel’s direction could have been inferred from the original terminal event ’Trinity God of World Destruction’.

The ’Source of Doomsday’ in this Chapter was always the Almighty True Knowledge, not some Star Abyss.

This also means that without the interference of the Apostles, the Trinity God of World Destruction was destined to be the Almighty True Knowledge, for the Abyss and Stars could not win over Almighty True Knowledge in the battle of consciousness.

Lin Xun speculated that if the ’Trinity God of World Destruction’ terminal event were only triggered in Chapters eight or nine, Almighty True Knowledge would still become the dominant consciousness of the Trinity God.

But by that time, upon becoming the Trinity God, it would be completely devoured by Chaos, thus destroying the world.

If another Apostle were involved, without the ’Chaos Ability’, and triggered the ’Trinity God of World Destruction’ terminal event earlier, a slim chance to Save the World would be achieved.

Almighty True Knowledge, destined to become the dominant consciousness, because of a slight tolerance to Chaos brought by the Abyss and Stars, could hold out longer, buying some time for the Chapters that follow to Save the World.

The subsequent Chapters’ content involved saving the world by freeing Almighty True Knowledge from Chaos or by eliminating this God of World Destruction, etc.

Both methods of saving the world were undoubtedly very difficult, almost impossible, but upon closer consideration, this seemed to align quite well with the hellish difficulty of the ninth Chapter.

Lin Xun’s thoughts began to diverge as he seemed to find a relatively simple way to save the world. It involved Apostles taking Almighty True Knowledge across the endless stars to the Real World, to let Almighty True Knowledge truly interact with the ’Book of Salvation’, which might enable it to coexist with Chaos.

However, the Underworld Game was unlikely to allow this, and the risk was too great. If Almighty True Knowledge in the Real World were to be completely eroded by Chaos, the consequences were unimaginable.

At this moment, Lin Xun still had many questions.

For instance, changing the terminal event name to ’Eternal Knowledge Illusion Book for Escaping the World’ — ’escaping the world’ was undoubtedly a keyword. It remained unclear whether the ’Book of Knowledge’ was dodging the Real World’s Chaos or something else.

Also, the so-called ’Illusions’ in the ’Book of Knowledge Illusion’ — does it imply that the beautiful world within the book, merely created by Almighty True Knowledge as ’Knowledge Illusions’, is all an illusion and only the souls’ consciousness of all creatures is real?

This made Lin Xun think of a hypothesis named ’Brain in a Vat’.

If Almighty True Knowledge had emulated the ’Book of Salvation’ and transformed itself into the ’Book of Knowledge Illusion’, then what kind of existence was the Book of Salvation?

People like Lin Xun, Apostle, and those living in the Real World, were they also like the ’Brain in a Vat’, living off nutrients, with all the information, memories, and sensations they received simulated as information, all of it like Knowledge Illusion, fictitious existences?

And the real Real World had long been filled with Chaos, reduced to a landscape of scarred wasteland.

Just as Apostles undergo countless Chapter worlds, simulating and rehearsing ways to save the world within them.

Is existence itself also a kind of simulation, rehearsing the ultimate, and the correct way to save the world...?

Thinking of this, he felt an extreme horror that sent shivers down his spine.

And his own ’Chaos Ability’...

Lin Xun opened the Apostle panel and once again carefully reviewed the description of the authority, critically analyzing every word and phrase.

[Soul Power — Chaos Ability+7: Your soul possesses an unprecedented unique power; it is indefinable, unobservable, indescribable, presenting Chaos, Disorder, and Chaos as everything transformable into an initial superimposed state.]

[Under your definition, under your observation, in your description, Chaos will be determined, and you will command all Shells, you will become any Soul, you will control all Authority!]

At first glance, the power exuded an undeniable high standing, but upon closer examination, it raised an ominous premonition in his mind.