Chapter 1959: Ghost Skull Mystery 20

Then I'll go first."

"I feel this message is more like letting us fill in the background of the event, letting us know what to do next and what to pay attention to."

"You see, I think the most important thing in this diary's information is not b, but rather the words that b revealed that a told him."

"Everything imagined exists; the ancients left behind text, but a not only wanted to find that book, but also wanted to record it, to film it."

"Combined with the previous message, I actually have something I'd like to add."

Hai Yao hesitated a bit, but still intended to say something he had thought of earlier.

"Everyone knows our civilization is an oceanic civilization; in our civilization, communication is done via vibrations and ultrasound. But no matter the communication method, we also evolve writing. And due to the environment, recording some things is very difficult for us."

"In the early days of our civilization, we could only leave information by carving it on the seabed, or even on shells, for posterity to know."

"You should be able to imagine how hard it is to preserve information recorded this way; thus our civilization's history is fragmented, and even a complete knowledge system took several 'civilizations' to build."

Hai Yao let out a bitter laugh, paused a moment, then noticed Qing Kai showed some impatience.

Seeing that, he had no choice but to hastily put away his nostalgic feelings and state his conclusion.

"Um, okay, actually I don't know how what I'm saying relates to the mission; I just think it's useful."

"Because leaving written records is difficult, every character we leave is crucial. In our evolved writing, a single character can represent many meanings—basically it's a whole story!"

"We hardly ever waste any shells writing down imagined things that don't affect us much!"

"The text that manages to survive is 100% real! To be frank, during the early outbreak of our civilization's apocalypse, I was studying history."

"Perhaps like that guy in this incident, I also discovered many incomprehensible things while studying history!"

"For example, words like fear, sublime, ultimate, supreme, god, etc. They seem unremarkable, but back then I wondered why our civilization would create such words."

"What are they describing? What exactly did my ancestors see that made them not hesitate to waste shells to leave this information?"

"In my civilization's system at the time, there were no special powers, so these words were regarded as mere metaphors, things that don't exist. My people generally believed that much of what was recorded was nonexistent. But I always felt that was illogical! Back then I craved power and wanted to use this as a breakthrough, trying to seek the unknown entities that these words once described."

"To be honest, even after reaching the Fifth Stage, I have never felt anything like sublime or ultimate; this makes it even harder for me to understand."

"But after joining this mission, I suddenly felt I understood something. I think we should really start from the background of this world; maybe we can..."

Without waiting for Hai Yao to finish speaking seriously, Qing Kai frowned, let out a sudden snort, and waved his hand to signal him to shut up.

"Looks like I overestimated you, Hai Yao; you've been talking half a day just to say these things?"

"You think this mission has enlightened you, you think the madman in this special event is right? How so, do you also want to become 'him'?"

While speaking, Qing Kai glanced at Hai Yao with some impatience, and also didn't plan to listen to the guy's nagging any further.

"You've encountered too few civilizations; this point you thought of has occurred to most powerful civilizations. I'll tell you the answer directly: all civilizations have created similar words, at different times, in different star systems, among different species."

"This means that every civilization, in its ignorance, even at the very moment of its birth, has glimpsed reality. This could be high-dimensional information, leaving an indelible mark deep in our genes."

"So every life instinctively seeks the world's truth, seeks truth. Because we really have seen it, we just don't remember."

"Forget it, there's nothing to say about this; it's a topic for super-civilizations, and we're not qualified to think about it."

"Trace this world's history? Do you think we have that kind of time?"

Being scolded by Qing Kai right to his face, Hai Yao startled, not giving him a chance to defend himself, the Divine Archer beside him also chimed in with a cold laugh:

"What Lord Qing Kai said is correct. Hai Yao, haven't you hardly experienced any special events? Whether you believe it or not, you'll still become that thing."

"Haven't you encountered any memes? Some things can infect the mind; with good luck you successfully restore and find a solution, with bad luck you become a meme carrier."

As the words fell, Lin An raised his eyebrows; he actually didn't think Hai Yao was talking nonsense.

In fact, this question Hai Yao raised has also occurred on Earth. He once pondered what those legends and records left on Earth were all about, and for that he even interrogated the fugitives.

According to the fugitives, only an extremely small portion of those things were made by them. And according to what Qing Kai hinted, much of the information left on Earth was not created by the Creator.

Including the Creator themselves, they also don't know what secret lies behind this information.

(Does this involve the truth behind all civilizations? The cause of this mission comes from exploring the essence of the world?)

With brows tightly furrowed, for some reason Lin An suddenly felt that the secret behind the Ghost Skull was far more terrifying than he imagined; perhaps the difficulty isn't just between the Fifth and Seventh Stages.

If that's really the case...

Unlike Lin An, who was deep in thought, at the same moment the Divine Archer, after finishing speaking, couldn't be bothered with Hai Yao's embarrassed expression and directly voiced his own speculation.

"Everyone, you should have noticed that the diary vaguely mentions observing the world from different angles, right?"

"Including in both rounds of information, they explain the source that triggers the special event, and its relation to myths and legends, or the mystical side. As for this, I happen to recall a mission I once carried out."

"About two years ago, I participated in a cleanup mission issued by the Overseer. The target was a Fourth Stage civilization that had violated system rules and exploited many loopholes."

"The Overseer couldn't be bothered to deal with such trash civilizations, so we carried it out."

"I originally thought the mission would be simple—a bunch of worms whose strongest were only at Fourth Stage Peak; I could crush them with one hand."

"But to my surprise, that civilization's Fourth Stage repeatedly escaped my pursuit; he could actually anticipate our actions."

Saying this, the Divine Archer's face showed a strange expression; he still seems to find it somewhat absurd.

"That civilization's power system was divination."

"They could even divine what tasks the continuous system issues!"