Chapter 283

Sharp, the voice of truth is too sharp.

What do you mean your life level isn't high enough?

You're just a piece of crystal, yet you dare to mock us to our faces—isn't that a bit much?

Wu Chang took a deep breath to calm himself, then asked, "So you mean, one must reach the level of the third layer of the Abyss to perceive the so-called Primordial Pivot, right?"

Earlier, when he mentioned entering the third layer of the Abyss to study the Sun Immortal Seal himself, the All-Knowing Crystal stopped playing dead.

Looking at it this way, the third layer of the Abyss, or perhaps truly mastering authority, should be the threshold for perceiving the Primordial Pivot.

After flickering a few times, the All-Knowing Crystal responded: "If it's you, yes."

Wu Chang's eyes narrowed; according to the All-Knowing Crystal, for others, even reaching the third layer of the Abyss might not be enough to perceive the existence of the Primordial Pivot?

In other words, the All-Knowing Crystal in his hand, if it were in its prime, would have the level of the peak of the third layer of the Abyss, or even the fourth?

*Hiss. *

Wu Chang really gasped this time; for the sake of Schultz, is it too late to call you "Foster Father" now?

Virtual Time Singularity, Primordial Sea, Creator's Legacy, and Primordial Pivot.

Once these four names are laid out, you can feel the weight of them.

The energy in the Sun Immortal Seal is extremely precious, but this energy is even harder to drive than the Erosion Core; it's impossible to form combat power in the short term.

Rather than letting it gather dust in his personal space, it's better to feed it to the All-Knowing Crystal as an investment.

When the All-Knowing Crystal mentioned the function of the Primordial Pivot, it specifically mentioned "recreating everything and healing impossible wounds."

It is seeking this energy, likely to repair itself.

The All-Knowing Crystal asking him for the Primordial Pivot now is like saying, "I, Qin Shi Huang, send money."

Unlike the trolls on the internet, the All-Knowing Crystal is the real deal; if you send it money, it might actually become a great general in the future.

Even if the investment fails, it's normal; look at how many people are trapped in the stock market, yet they still add to their positions every year, don't they?

If it's a loss, so be it; no great general is fine, as long as it doesn't make him play Zhao Gao.

Wu Chang brought the All-Knowing Crystal close to the Sun Immortal Seal; the All-Knowing Crystal lit up, and the flames on the Sun Immortal Seal began to dance, emitting an indescribable warmth.

The All-Knowing Crystal was also decent; it didn't hog it all but guided some of the warmth toward Wu Chang and Ailin.

That warmth wasn't heat in terms of temperature, but a warmth of life growing, like spring flowers blooming and all things recovering.

Under the radiance, Wu Chang's Life, Strength, Agility, Endurance, and Energy each increased by five points, equivalent to half a top-tier psionic activation surgery.

These were just the stats reflected on his panel; besides simple attributes, he also gained more benefits that couldn't be quantified.

The power brought by his various talents and titles all received a small boost; in the boundless warmth, his inspiration exploded positively, and the insights from using his abilities in the past kept flashing before his eyes, making his Chaos Authority more stable and easier to use.

Setting aside these benefits that couldn't be displayed as specific numbers, the biggest improvement from the positive explosion of inspiration was that he could choose one of his frequently used skills to enhance.

Wu Chang didn't have many skills in his skill bar, which saved him from the headache of choosing; he directly chose to enhance his core skill.

As the warmth gathered toward his elbows, the enhanced skill panel appeared before him.

"Skill Name: Mamba Iron Elbow"

"Skill Level: B"

"Skill Description: Unexpectedly swing an elbow to strike the target's face; before your first elbow strike, the enemy will not be on guard against you. Hitting the target will cause effects such as blindness, dizziness, bleeding, weakness, and poisoning; if your Willpower value is higher than the target's, the elbow strike is guaranteed to hit and cannot be blocked;"

"Enemies you have elbowed will receive a Mamba Mark; while the mark lasts, the damage they deal to you is reduced by 10%, and this effect can stack up to three times; elbow strike damage and status effect duration are influenced by Inspiration and Willpower attributes."

Wu Chang looked at the skill description, so excited he wanted to pick Ailin up and kiss her a few times.

The improvement gained by the Mamba Iron Elbow was huge; the first qualitative change lay in the "unexpected" aspect.

Troublesome guys like Huanxi, the Painter, and Mercury kept appearing, and more and more people were able to survive after taking his Mamba Iron Elbow.

With their rich combat experience, they would soon discover the weaknesses of the Mamba Iron Elbow; if they met again, they would definitely control the distance, and it wouldn't be easy to elbow them again.

After the upgrade, there was no such worry; meeting Huanxi and the others again, as long as he hadn't thrown the first elbow, the opponent wouldn't guard against his strike—only after eating an elbow would they recall the fear of being elbowed.

This is probably what "life is like first sight" means; with such a practical effect, no wonder so many people can't forget this phrase.

Besides the first elbow being free, the various negative effects attached to the elbow strike also had the "brief" prefix removed, meaning the duration of control after being hit by him would increase.

The increased control time was enough for his follow-up pursuit.

Combined with the newly added Mamba Mark effect, three elbows at the start meant he could stack a 30% damage reduction right away, greatly increasing his strength in head-on confrontations.

This level of improvement for the Mamba Iron Elbow was far more exciting to him than obtaining an A-level item.

Ailin, who was also affected by the Primordial Pivot, received a significant boost as well.

Ailin's passive skill, Light Magic Master, advanced to Light Magic Grandmaster, giving her an ability in the field of light magic similar to the Eye of Law-Breaking.

As long as it was an ability related to light, whether it belonged to the magic system or not, one glance from her could replicate it using light magic, and she could even improve upon it, increasing its effect.

At the same time, Ailin's divine status had also improved, getting very close to the higher-tier Dominion Angel; with one more small upgrade, she would successfully ascend to Dominion Angel, reaching the pinnacle of lower-tier gods.

Wu Chang and Ailin gained huge benefits, while the All-Knowing Crystal, which absorbed the most Primordial Pivot, had the smallest improvement, gaining only one new effect.

"Item Name: All-Knowing Crystal"

"Item Effect: Revelation"

"Skill Description: Omitted."

"Item Effect: Weakness Insight"

"Skill Description: Lock onto an enemy target; after observing the target's combat for 30 seconds, you can discern one key weakness of the target. Cooldown: One hour."

Schultz had used the Weakness Insight ability when fighting Mercury and Perun.

Combined with the various abilities of Schultz's Hymn state, facing opponents of the same level or one tier lower, it could be called dimensionality reduction combat.

But Weakness Insight also had weaknesses; facing Huanxi in his prime, it didn't find Huanxi's weakness for Schultz.

I don't know if Huanxi's "Flawless Buddha Body" truly had no weaknesses, or if in the face of absolute stats, weaknesses simply weren't worth mentioning.

As the Primordial Pivot was absorbed completely, the dancing flames on the Sun Immortal Seal gradually solidified; it maintained its previous appearance, with no cracks and no rust.

If the previous Wu Chang were to identify it, he definitely wouldn't see the difference between the two, but after absorbing the Primordial Pivot, he could vaguely see that the Sun Immortal Seal had lost a certain divine charm.

What exactly that charm was, it was hard to describe in words, and it didn't even leave a clear feeling in his mind.

Only by experiencing it personally could one know what it was; no wonder he and Ailin had stared at the Sun Immortal Seal until their eyes almost sparked, yet still couldn't see the mystery within.

Just as the All-Knowing Crystal said, their life level wasn't high enough.

Even if the treasure was placed right in front of them, they couldn't perceive it.

Putting away the now-useless Sun Immortal Seal, Wu Chang turned his attention back to the All-Knowing Crystal.

Every time it absorbed the Primordial Pivot, the satiated All-Knowing Crystal would have a limited-time experience period where he could obtain some intelligence or seek solutions to problems, provided they weren't too complex.

For example, when he tried to ask about the true cause of the Wasteland Realm crisis and the function of using the Pillars of the Present World and the power of faith to construct a secret Divine Kingdom, the All-Knowing Crystal couldn't answer, prompting him that he could only obtain relevant answers by completing a soul bond or further unlocking its abilities.

A soul bond was impossible; he had felt the All-Knowing Crystal's origins were mysterious before and hadn't dared to soul-bind with it, let alone now that he discovered its main body had the level of the fourth layer of the Abyss.

With such a large gap in life levels, if they were truly soul-bound, it wouldn't necessarily be his body that was in charge.

Wu Chang couldn't be sure how long the "limited-time experience period" would last, and the All-Knowing Crystal didn't answer either; keeping the idea of not wasting it, he asked the All-Knowing Crystal for intelligence regarding the Primordial Pivot and why it appeared more frequently in the shallow layers of the Abyss.

The Primordial is the second stage of the universe's origin, located after the absolute void and chaos of Taiyi, and before the Tai-shi where all things have form and substance; it is the time when the universe goes from nothing to something, and heaven and earth are about to be divided but haven't yet.

The Primordial Pivot, as the name suggests, is a type of energy that guides the birth of planes.

In the endless void, large masses of Primordial Pivot appear first, and only then do planes emerge within them.

Just as birds eat their eggshells to replenish calcium after hatching, the Primordial Pivot, as the shell that hatches a plane, also provides nutrients for the plane's growth.

The growth, development, and rule-setting of a plane consume the vast majority of the Primordial Pivot.

Of the remaining Primordial Pivot, the vast majority exists in a free-floating state, distributed in the core areas of the plane; only a small portion is influenced by faith or special environments, attaching itself to certain special items.

For example, the Revelation Tablet and the Sun Immortal Seal.

Regarding the origin of the Primordial Pivot, how to apply it, and its further substance, the All-Knowing Crystal didn't answer further.

It wasn't that the following answers were paid content; it was simply that the All-Knowing Crystal didn't know either.

From this point of view, the All-Knowing Crystal wasn't actually that "all-knowing."

But that's how it should be; if it could truly answer all the secrets in the world, either its life level would already be higher than all planes, or it would be like ChatGPT, fabricating literature when encountering difficult problems.

Now it seems that since the All-Knowing Crystal would say it doesn't know, there's no need to worry too much about the authenticity of its answers.

As for why the Primordial Pivot appears more frequently in the shallow layers of the Abyss, there are two main reasons. The primary reason is that the more a plane ascends toward the deeper layers of the Abyss, the more it consumes the remaining Primordial Pivot.

The most important condition determining a plane's level is the degree of influence of extraordinary power on the plane, and the main driving force for plane ascension is Abyss Erosion.

But even so, when a plane ascends, in order to match its own rules with the post-ascension state and make the plane more solid, it will consume the Primordial Pivot remaining within the plane.

This also leads to the fact that in planes in the deeper layers of the Abyss, natural Primordial Pivot is rarer and harder to attach to objects.

The secondary reason is that there are many powerful beings in the deeper layers of the Abyss, and they are influenced by even deeper powerful beings.

Once an object containing Primordial Pivot is discovered, it is quickly divided up and hard to retain.

Combining these two situations makes it easier for accessible Primordial Pivot to exist in the shallow layers of the Abyss.

After hearing the All-Knowing Crystal's intelligence, Wu Chang couldn't help but think of his top donor, the Jinxiu Chamber of Commerce.

Their large-scale acquisition of antiques produced by dungeons looks very much like they are searching for the Primordial Pivot.

Why the four major organizations didn't see the clues can also be easily explained: the third layer of the Abyss is completely cut off from the lower realms; a group of second-layer Abyss players wouldn't be able to perceive the Primordial Pivot even if it were placed right in front of them.

But why would the Jinxiu Chamber of Commerce search for the Primordial Pivot?

!

Wu Chang asked the All-Knowing Crystal: "Do you have siblings scattered in the Wasteland Realm, controlled by others?"

With the Jinxiu Chamber of Commerce's acquisition strength, they must have tasted the sweetness; if they had an All-Knowing Crystal in their hands, its state would definitely be better than the one he had.

The All-Knowing Crystal flickered several times, as if sensing something, and after a moment, responded:

"I cannot sense the existence of other All-Knowing Crystals."

Wu Chang showed a thoughtful expression—is it that it can't sense them, or that they don't exist?

The background of his top donor is becoming more and more intriguing.

But for now, he had another thing to do.

He partially snake-ified his body, activating the Abyss Python transformation, raising his Energy attribute to 240 points.

He stretched out his scale-covered arm, his fingers tracing in the air, energy flashing at his fingertips, using the air as a canvas to draw complex runes.

Once the runes took shape, they flew to all corners of the cave, interlocking with each other, forming a cycle, and composing a whole.

This was the class-change talent brought by the Strife Knight: Mystical Mastery.

Relying on Mystical Mastery, Wu Chang could bypass mystical items and materials, using energy to directly construct mystical rituals.

Combined with his Eye of Law-Breaking, it allowed him to set up mystical rituals anytime, anywhere, without restriction.

The ritual he was setting up now was an extension of the Divine Kingdom on Earth, a small second Divine Kingdom.

As a solo player, Wu Chang had always been frugal and couldn't stand waste; with this mountain of faith power, how could he bear to waste it?

Half an hour later, Wu Chang exhausted all the energy in his body and even drank a bottle of Energy Activation Potion, finally completing the setup of the mystical ritual formation in the cave.

He gasped for breath, leaning against the altar in the center of the cave, looking excitedly at the runes spread throughout the interior of the cave.

The Divine Kingdom on Earth is worthy of being one of the pinnacles of Wasteland Realm mysticism; even for an entire organization to build it, the time spent would be counted in years. Even a small second Divine Kingdom isn't something one person can complete in a short time.

Fortunately, the second Divine Kingdom was already a plan of the New Universe Sect, and the Zheng father and daughter had already laid the foundation; all he did was complete and modify it. If he had to build the Divine Kingdom on Earth from scratch, I'm afraid four or five energy tanks wouldn't be enough for him to squander.

He slapped the last mystical rune onto the altar, and all the runes in the cave lit up simultaneously; faint light shot out between the runes, intertwining with each other to construct a complex web with the altar as the core.

The brightness of the light web grew higher and higher, the light gathering on the altar, turning into a pillar of light that shot into the sky, passing through the body of Tianshan and disappearing into the heavens.

A few breaths later, the second Divine Kingdom in the Tianshan cave connected with the Divine Kingdom in the terminal sea area in the deep ocean.

The two Divine Kingdoms echoed each other, using the power of faith in Tianshan as energy, and the two-point-one-line Divine Kingdom expanded rapidly.

When the power of faith in Tianshan was exhausted, the entire Wood Nation, and even the sea areas around the Wood Nation, had already been enveloped by Ailin's Divine Kingdom.

Thanks to the New Universe Sect boss for sending the Divine Kingdom; I will complete the plan you prepared well for you.

Wu Chang walked out of the cave, passed by Cui Cui Chengze, casually tossed the now-useless Sun Immortal Seal to him, and shouted to the row of Star Fall Society leaders led by Qinglong standing outside the Tianshan cave:

"Work's done!"

The subsequent development was just as Wu Chang expected, or rather, just as he had operated it.

Although the "Mount Mount Baiyuan Running Man" caused a big stir, the starting point of the action was absolutely righteous; the government's characterization, combined with media and public opinion guidance, not only didn't let the Star Fall Society get a negative impact but instead took the opportunity to gain a wave of popularity.

As for the props in the Mount Mount Baiyuan Running Man and whether the extremist cultists suffered too much damage, let's just say no one cared.

The extremist cultists were completely destroyed, and the New Universe Sect became a scattered mess; under the joint promotion of Wu Chang, Cui Cui Chengze, and the government, in less than a month, all thousand-plus lecture halls of the New Universe Sect across the Wood Nation turned into a new emerging religion—the Eternal Light Sect.

The deity worshipped in the church was none other than the Eternal Light of Purity that protected the hero of the Great Wood Nation's return.

Within a month of eating the New Universe Sect, Wu Chang took Ailin to travel while striking at illegal religions everywhere, bringing the cult leaders who deluded people to justice, and incidentally leading the believers to abandon darkness for light.

Relying on a powerful intelligence network, combined with the Star Fall Society's strong hard power, at least four or five a day, and as many as a dozen—and this was just the number of those taken down; many timid sects would run away and disband as soon as they heard the wind.

Passing by his own church, Ailin would occasionally show off a few miracles to gather lost believers whose religions had just been wiped out and were in urgent need of comfort.

In one month, he almost transformed the Wood Nation, a museum of cults, into a graveyard for cults.

The faith war of the new era is just that simple and unadorned.

By the time the New Universe Sect was fully renamed a month later, it instantly became the largest religion in the Wood Nation.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Central Cathedral of Light in the capital was attended by the President himself, who was trying to win back public support, and he publicly declared that he would be the first official believer of the Eternal Light Church.

The momentum of the Eternal Light Church was three parts stronger than the previous New Universe Sect, and nearly 70% of the national population became officially registered Eternal Light believers.

With the faith harvesting of the Silent Route plane completed, it was time for Wu Chang and Ailin to leave.

One hour before leaving, Li Li Yubin arrived outside Wu Chang's office as if she had timed it perfectly.

Meeting again, Li Li Yubin had changed a lot; she didn't carry the huge camera that was almost never off her, her work clothes had turned into exquisite suits of the upper class, and she wore a pair of rimless glasses on her face, covering up some of her piercing, sharp gaze.

She seemed to have matured a bit, but Wu Chang could feel that deep down, she was still that pure and passionate female reporter.

The first sentence of their meeting, Li Li Yubin said: "After this operation, I thought for a long time; to change the status quo, simple exposure is not enough. Only by truly controlling power and violence can we truly clear out those blood-sucking vermin."

"So, I'm preparing to enter politics and strive to run for President in the next term."

Wu Chang clapped without sarcasm and said, "I will help you."

A smile appeared on Li Li Yubin's face, "Thank you."

"It's only right."

One second they were talking about business, who knew the next second, Li Li Yubin suddenly asked: "Are you leaving?"

Wu Chang skipped a beat; he controlled his eyes not to look behind him and said with a straight face: "The Wood Nation is too small and no longer suitable for me. I'm planning to go abroad to take a look, and incidentally bring the Eternal Light Church to the whole world."

Li Li Yubin said: "Will you come back?"

Wu Chang: "I suppose so."

Li Li Yubin said softly: "I will wait for you."

After Li Li Yubin left, Wu Chang turned to look at Ailin, laughed dryly, and said: "It's getting late, Miss Ailin, we should go."

He remembered that during the time he spent with Ailin, Ailin had mentioned one thing: after the Sage's Legacy Face was upgraded, the connection between the two became closer, and Ailin inherited some of his non-talent abilities.

For example, the ability to see emotions.

Just now, Li Li Yubin's emotions seemed a bit intense; he hoped Ailin's attention was on the computer and she hadn't looked over.

Ailin tilted her head slightly and asked casually: "Leave early, return early?"

*Tsk*, this sentence had a bit too much aggression.

Wu Chang pretended not to understand and said: "It is time to return to the Blue Star early."

The time flow ratio between the past dungeon and the real world was 1440:1; they stayed in the Silent Route for forty days, traveled around the Wood Nation more than three times, and less than an hour had passed in reality.

At this moment, it hadn't been long since "Current Hotspot" interviewed the True Self, and the Administration Bureau's actions had just begun to be executed; it was the calm before the storm.

It can be foreseen that whether it's the world dungeon information revealed by the True Self or the intelligence from the Inner World brought for Xu Xu Dejun, it will make the Wasteland Realm restless.

Regarding the impending upheaval, Wu Chang stretched and lay down on the bed.

Hide for two days first, wait for things to ferment, then go watch the fun.

(End of chapter)