Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 955 - 447: The Authority of the Abyss and the Authority of the Stars, The Visit of the Polar Star Association

Chapter 955: Chapter 447: The Authority of the Abyss and the Authority of the Stars, The Visit of the Polar Star Association

[Once again you arrived at the Abyss Sacrificial Ground. The hall was empty, and the circular altar still bore the giant egg-shaped bloodflesh that bred your birth. But the bloodflesh had turned a grayish white, clearly having lost all its vitality.]

[Next to the altar stood a stone stele with new characters appearing on it, still hazy and indistinct...]

[You strode up in front of the stone stele, and after the Abyss’s will was imbued into you, you somehow understood how to interpret the new prophecy.]

[The special attribute you possess, ’Knowledge,’ is a power bestowed by Almighty True Knowledge. Although it is far from reaching the status of Authority, it contains a hint of ’parsing’ capability.]

[Under normal circumstances, you would not be able to use this sliver of ’parsing’ power, but with the help of the Abyss, you might be able to employ this power to glimpse the true content of the prophecy.]

[...]

"Is that it?"

Lin Xun waited for a while but saw no sign of the so-called help from the Abyss.

[As you stood before the stele at a loss, a black light burst forth from your body...]

[In that instant, the majority of the new characters on the stele became clear and visible...]

[You quickly focused on the stele, perusing its content...]

[...]

[The Abyss wandered through the Stars, devouring a lost Evil God exhausted of Divine Power, thereby ascending to even greater strength.]

[Having suffered defeat in the previous Divine War, It knew full well that even so, It could not defeat Almighty True Knowledge.]

[Still, the Abyss returned to the world with the ’Stars’ Authority, launching a second Divine War against Almighty True Knowledge.]

[The war’s outcome was unsurprising—once again, the Abyss became the vanquished. Yet, despite Its failure in the war, It had taken the first step towards victory in the quest to annihilate Almighty True Knowledge and reclaim the world...]

[Because Its Abyssal Authority, combined with the newly controlled Stars Authority, could deal the most fatal blow to Almighty True Knowledge!]

[And the key to all this lay with the ’Abyss’s Offspring,’ for it wasn’t the Abyss who would deliver the fatal blow—it was the Abyss’s Offspring...]

[The Abyss’s Offspring would control the Abyss and Stars Authority in the unknown, slay Almighty True Knowledge, and become the new ’Abyss’!]

[...]

[As you quickly scanned this far, you noticed half of the new prophecy remained blurred and indecipherable.]

[Maybe your Knowledge is insufficient. Even with the Abyss’s power amplifying your ’parsing’ capacity, you cannot glimpse the final segment of the prophecy.]

[Perhaps only when your Knowledge exceeds a certain threshold, or when you truly control the ’parsing’ Authority, will you be able to interpret the last fragment of the prophecy.]

"Knowledge..."

There was one peculiar matter: facing the new name, or should say, a new category of Scholars, Lin Xun was able to gain Knowledge through ’first encounter’.

He could also obtain Knowledge from plot characters or Star Spirit Monsters from the Stars side in the same way.

But when facing Demons, whether in Chapter four or the now seventh Chapter, he was unable to gain Knowledge.

Logically, Demons and the Stars should both belong to creatures created by the Abyss; it made no sense for this to happen.

The logical scenario should be either unable to gain Knowledge from either side or to acquire Knowledge upon encountering either type of creature.

He pondered carefully.

The most obvious difference between Demons and Star Spirits was that one had a prefix in their name while the other did not.

The ’Abyss’ that Demons worshipped had died and had not yet been revived, hence the lack of a related prefix.

And the Star Spirits... it was knowable from the Servant of God in Chapter four that the Main God of the Stars side, ’Bright Stars,’ had also met its demise long ago, with only a group of skulking remnants of the divine left.

"Strange, since the Main God of the Stars side has also perished, why do those creatures still have prefixes before their names?"

"Could it be that ’Bright Stars’ hasn’t died like the Abyss... No, that’s wrong, the Abyss and Stars should be of one and the same entity; it’s just that It changed Its guise after gaining control of the new Authority."

"Even if ’Bright Stars’ is also awaiting resurrection, the Star Spirits should be prefix-less just like the Demons."

"Could this be a unique effect of the Stars Authority?"

The new prophecy clearly stated that the Abyss was prepared upon return before the second Divine War; the Abyss knew It would surely lose before the war even started, what It sought was not victory in battle...

The ace up the Abyss’s sleeve was the Abyssal and Stars Authority, and to wield the Authority, delivering the final blow, was he, the Abyss’s Offspring.

"It’s like you said nothing at all. If you want me to do the work, at least give me the Authority first..."

Lin Xun complained reflexively. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

To be honest, he had a positive impression of the Omniscience faction, whether it was the dormant Main God or Its Servants, they had treated him rather well.

Lin Xun had no reason to betray the Omniscience faction and defect to the Abyss faction.

He stayed true to his initial thought—faced with a sugar-coated shell, he would strip off the candy coating to eat and send the shell back where it came from.

The Abyss tempted him with two types of Authority; he planned to counter the strategy and take them both... As for killing Almighty True Knowledge, he would have to be witless to wage war against such an Authority and a monstrously powerful Main God.

[Seeing no way to decipher the last part of the prophecy on the stele, you were about to pull out the ’Summoning Horn’ and summon a ’Demon Shaman’ when you suddenly caught sight of something atop the altar.]