Chapter 149: Knowledge Wilderness

"I think you should have already realized his power."

After the founding of Balam, Salinger returned to the imperial palace built for himself and sat upon the throne crafted from the skulls of various living beings.

He looked expressionlessly at Adam, who seemed to have always existed there.

Adam had arrived here long ago, only he had remained hidden, not even casting a glance toward the depths of the Spirit World when the God War occurred; he had long anticipated the outcome of this battle and was waiting for Salinger to return.

Unless Chumen probed this world with the Authority of Empty Imagination, no one would be able to discover his existence.

"I have said it before, all your plans targeting him are doomed to fail."

"He possesses the Authority of Empty Imagination, sufficient to converge any situation and guide it toward the future he expects."

After Chumen became sufficiently powerful, no plans or conspiracies could easily take effect anymore.

"We can call this special state of his half an 'Oldest One'; he has initially transcended the Sequence, but there is still a long way to go before he becomes a true 'Oldest One'."

Adam's gentle voice echoed in Salinger's palace.

"Only an 'Oldest One' can contend with an 'Oldest One'." Adam's pale golden eyes looked calmly at Salinger.

"Of course, we need time to make certain attempts."

Salinger was as cold and silent as a sculpture; he did not agree to Adam, but he did not stop him either.

He dared not trust Adam completely, but he did not doubt Adam's knowledge.

Chumen left the Balam Empire by boat the next day; Amon did not follow, and it was unknown where he had run off to.

He was still lying on the lounge chair, yet he felt inexplicably restless.

This kind of thing had not happened for a very long time.

The last time was when he was in his Angel period and was spied upon by a certain "Snake of Fate"; it was after that incident that he summarized "Causality" and wrote it into the Dream Book.

And now that he was comparable to half an "Oldest One," what could possibly make him restless?!

Chumen took out the Dream Book, flipped to the "Causality" page, and his fingers lightly traced a certain symbol.

It was as if a great web extended from his body, weaving into a network connecting countless causalities, covering every place he had ever been.

Chumen closed his eyes to sense it like a spider in a hunting state; any movement of the causal threads would make him aware.

He was not just marking time in place either; the application of the Authority of Causality was also constantly improving.

In just a few moments, Chumen locked onto the source of his unease.

"Hermit"!

Its Authority included the concealment of knowledge and information itself, sufficient to become invisible in Fate, similar to the situation with the "Snake of Fate" back then.

"Something happened on the 'Artisan's' side!" Chumen immediately thought of something.

The "Knowledge Wilderness" had finally bared its fangs while he was locked in a secret struggle with the gods and unable to attend to other matters!

He had not forgotten his promise and had been keeping an eye on the "Artisan's" side, but when facing four True Gods, it was inevitable that he had to put his focus into that God War, which was how a monitoring vacuum state had appeared.

Looking at the situation now, the "Hermit" Unique might have already fallen into the hands of the "Knowledge Wilderness," and it had even set its sights on the "Scroll of Civilization" in the "Artisan's" hands.

In this way, the "Knowledge Wilderness" must have already activated to a certain degree, almost equivalent to an "Oldest One."

"But this is my territory!" Chumen's eyes flashed with the shimmering Dream Sea, and with a push of his hands, he directly Roamed away along the causal connections.

"Hum!"

In that void where location could not be determined, wave after wave of complex information descended in a phantom state.

A terrifying torrent of information like a flood directly cut off Chumen's Roaming.

"Something is here!" Chumen stood in the void where up and down could not be judged; the torrent of information sweeping toward him already possessed roughly the combat power of a True God!

It was not targeting Chumen; anyone who approached would be subjected to a True God-level strike.

But these were secondary; the important thing was that the root of this power was the status of an "Oldest One."

"Knowledge Wilderness"!

Chumen's eyes, glowing with Dream Phosphor, looked over, and gradually, his pupils were also stained with a brass-colored luster.

Under the blessing of the two powers, Chumen's gaze pierced through the rolling torrent of information and saw the illusory grey-white fog.

That was the Seal Barrier set by the "Lord of the Mysteries" to seal the Source Quality aura of the Western Continent.

Only after the Banquet of Betrayal, this seal was actively weakened by the "Lord of the Mysteries," and the power of the Source Quality could relatively easily pass through the seal and affect the North and South Continents!

"Let me see what exactly you are!" Chumen held the Dream Book, his right hand forming a blade with his fingers held before him.

Under the effect of the Authority of Reality, his fingertips seemed to transform into an incomparably sharp blade, cutting through the torrent of information before him as he walked forward.

Gradually, Chumen approached that seal.

The grey-white fog connected the sky and the earth, extending upward to an endless height, without end.

At the same time, this fog also extended to both sides, boundless.

This was the seal set by the "Lord of the Mysteries," almost dividing the entire planet into two halves.

Even Sasriel during the Creator's era could not forcibly break it.

This grey-white fog actually did not count for much; one could enter the depths of this fog by casually "Opening the Door" or dispersing the fog before one's eyes.

But the fact was that no matter how far you went into this grey-white fog, you might only be marking time in the Real World, or if you took a step out, you might appear in any corner of the North and South Continents.

This was the most brilliant application of the Authority of "Door"; in the hands of the "Lord of the Mysteries," this was almost unsolvable.

But at this very moment, this patch of Grey Fog was stained with other things; those were streams of illusory light representing information itself.

This kind of light made Chumen uncontrollably raise his guard, just like seeing the Chaos Sea or seeing Sefirah Castle.

This illusory stream of information was a type of Source Quality aura!

Hum... After Chumen saw this Source Quality aura of the "Knowledge Wilderness," the "Knowledge Wilderness" likewise saw him.

The sensing of the Source Quality aura caused the Dream Sea in Chumen's eyes to churn with terrifying waves, and a certain impulse that Chumen had forgotten for a long time reappeared in his mind.

That was slumber; that was eternal silence!

The Divinity Badge on Chumen's chest flashed with radiance, instantly triggering the powers of "Sleepless" and "Eternal Day," which invigorated Chumen's spirit and suppressed that urge to fall into a deep sleep.

Afterwards, the brass-colored light in Chumen's pupils faded, becoming tinged with the pale blue representing starlight.

This is the Authority of "Door."

The reason for abandoning the "All-Knowing Eye," whose status had reached the True God level, and choosing "Door," which is still only a King of Angels, is naturally because of the mastery of Space by the Authority of "Door" and the compatibility between the Authority of "Door" and this expanse of gray-white fog!