Chapter 892: Investigation

Inside the Elf Temple, Lingyun looked at the rows of massive bookshelves before him and couldn't help but rub his brow with a headache.

As a race that has survived since the Ancient God Era and possesses a complete heritage, the Spirit race places great importance on recording history. Driven by this, even the most trivial matters might be recorded in books. This has made the library within the Elf Temple increasingly vast, while also potentially leading to the discovery of some information that leaves one unable to decide whether to laugh or cry.

"Then now, Ancient God Era!" Lingyun spat out the first keyword.

Numerous bookshelves trembled, but only a portion disappeared. After all, the Spirit race existed for a very long time in the ancient era; in a sense, they could be called one of the first races to appear on the God-Given Continent.

"Top-tier powerhouses who have transcended the gods!" Lingyun spoke the second keyword.

The abilities of the gods in this world are not enough to break through the world. As an existence capable of breaking through the world, and one who also took away a vast amount of the God-Given Continent's foundation, Moqi must be an existence that has transcended the rank of gods.

After Lingyun spoke this keyword, a large section of the bookshelves in front of him vanished instantly. After all, powerhouses who have transcended the gods were extremely rare, even in the Ancient God Era. Even the Ancient Dragon God, who once held great prestige and bore the entire Great Destruction for the Dragon Race single-handedly, only reached the pinnacle among gods and was still half a step away from transcending them. Since the Great Destruction, it seems that due to the influence of the world's drastic changes, no powerhouse who has transcended the gods has appeared to this day.

"Wait, since the Great Destruction, this world has no longer seen powerhouses who have transcended the gods. Could it be that the Great Destruction caused some impact on this world, making it unable to produce powerhouses beyond the rank of gods anymore?" Lingyun couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

Looking at the bookshelf in front of him, Lingyun reached out, took a book from the shelf, opened it, and began to read.

Upon seeing the content of this book, a smile of disbelief couldn't help but appear on Lingyun's face. The book in his hand was actually a novel from before the Great Destruction, and the author's name was clearly written on it. And the protagonist in the novel was an existence who had transcended the gods.

Seeing this, Lingyun couldn't help but shake his head, then placed the book back onto the shelf.

Aiweier, who was to the side, also picked up a book from a shelf and began to read, wanting to see if she could find any useful information. After all, there were quite a few bookshelves in front of Lingyun; relying on Lingyun alone to look through them, there was no telling how long it would take.

Just as the two were reading, Andiya walked out from a burst of light.

"Andiya, has Daiweina been notified?" Seeing Andiya appear, Aiweier put down the book in her hand and asked.

"She has been notified. Now Luweisi has already taken her to Dragon Island, hoping to find clues related to the mastermind in the shortest possible time," Andiya said.

"That's good. Andiya, come over and help too. If the three of us work together, we might be able to find clues in less time."

"Yes!" Andiya nodded, then also took a book from a shelf and began to read.

Lingyun put down the book he was holding and returned it to the shelf.

He discovered a very interesting phenomenon among these books: on the God-Given Continent, the races that have survived from the Ancient God Era to the present basically all had an extremely glorious phase. And one of the representatives of this phase was the possession of existences who had transcended the gods.

Whether it was the Human race, Orc race, Spirit race, Dragon race, or God race, there had been more than one existence in history who had transcended the gods. As for the Dwarf race, they were descendants of the Giant race from the Ancient God Era, but the Giant race seemed to have suffered heavy losses during the Great Destruction, causing the bloodline of the surviving members to become thin, which then gave rise to the Dwarf race.

However, the Ancient God Era was very long, and there were quite a few existences who transcended the gods. Just from what Lingyun had seen so far, there were dozens of them. And as for who the mastermind this time was, there were still too few clues.

"Hmm, no, there is one more clue!" When Lingyun recorded the thirtieth name in the book in front of him, he suddenly remembered something.

When Moqi left this world, he must have taken away a large amount of the God-Given Continent's foundation. Such an act would inevitably cause a huge impact on the entire God-Given Continent and might even invite a great catastrophe.

"If I add this condition, I should be able to rule out quite a few people," Lingyun said, and added this condition.

After adding this condition, two-thirds of the names in front of Lingyun disappeared directly. It was clear that after these people whose names were crossed out fell, the world did not undergo any major changes.

"Are these the only ones left?" Lingyun looked at the dozens of names in front of him and muttered slightly in his heart.

"Giant King, a powerhouse of the rank transcending the gods. After he fell, the entire God-Given Continent suffered a huge catastrophe; Heaven and Earth Origin Qi was lost in large quantities, and many races were pushed to the brink of destruction. Even the Spirit race suffered a huge blow," Lingyun looked at the first name.

"But it shouldn't be him. According to historical records, the reason for that loss of Origin Qi was that the Giant King, before dying, exhausted his heart's blood to set up a massive Array, wanting to extract the power of the God-Given Continent to resurrect himself. However, in the end, this guy fell short of success; a powerhouse of the Light God Clan discovered this secret and destroyed the Array set up by the Giant King, allowing the Origin Qi to return to the God-Given Continent, so the Origin Qi did not disappear..."

As Lingyun investigated the information on these powerhouses who had transcended the gods bit by bit, one name after another began to be ruled out by Lingyun. When the last name was crossed out by Lingyun, Lingyun couldn't help but frown, then turned toward the direction of Aiweier and the other.

"It looks like things aren't that easy!" Lingyun turned to Andiya's side.

However, this time Lingyun still came up empty-handed; most people were ruled out by Lingyun because they did not meet certain conditions, and in the end, only three names remained on Andiya's side. But Lingyun's intuition told him that perhaps none of these three people were the true mastermind.

Finally, Lingyun turned to Aiweier's side. On the paper in front of Aiweier, there were only a few names, and it was clear that these names were all people Aiweier considered possible.

Just at this moment, Lingyun's gaze suddenly fell upon one of the names, and his brow couldn't help but knit slightly.