Chapter 170

Another Vivid History Lesson

"And we, the Fire-Keepers... granted by Him yet hidden from the world, were naturally promised the right to borrow these most mysterious and arcane... mirrors in the eyes of mortals."

Cheng Shi's emotions were thrown off by the mirror that suddenly appeared behind him. He hastily ended his speech, reached out toward the mirror, and said:

"Please, everyone, we are in a hurry.

Before the Iron Hooves of the Bell-Knight Order trample down the Wall of True Knowledge, let us go ahead and meet those scholars who fought desperately to guard beneath the Conjugate Whisper Tree.

Ask them whether the Whisper Petals in their hands are for sale."

"..."

The crowd, whose thoughts had been in chaos, instantly burst into laughter at these words. Everyone looked at Cheng Shi with expressions of helplessness and amusement, wondering how this "Fire-Bringer" managed to think so erratically.

Ji Yue shook her head and smiled helplessly. She could see that Cheng Shi was trying to relax everyone, wanting them to be less tense before stepping toward the unknown end.

Yet even seeing through this, the friendly atmosphere of exchange and the serious attitude toward history made her "refute" him with a sentence:

"As a history enthusiast who has joined the History School, I must correct your statement, Cheng Shi."

The black gauze scarf turned to face the Spider Web and said with meticulous precision:

"The Wall of True Knowledge has never been trampled down by the Bell-Knight Order."

"?"

Cheng Shi was choked by Ji Yue's words. He thought for a moment and realized Ji Yue had no other intention; it was purely the habit of "debating for truth" that had struck her.

Every believer of a 【God】 develops such and such little quirks due to the influence of their respective Patron.

Just as the believers of 【Folly】 look at people sideways, the believers of 【Truth】 often unconsciously argue with others.

They uphold the belief that "the more truth is debated, the clearer it becomes," and hold an intolerant attitude toward any error regarding knowledge.

So, after Cheng Shi spoke those words, Ji Yue's urge suddenly surged.

She had to let everyone know that Cheng Shi was wrong; history was not like that.

Cheng Shi felt no embarrassment at being questioned; instead, he found it very amusing.

Although he did not know where Hu Wei had heard this history, after all, even if the history known by the 【Chosen】 was wrong, it would not be wrong too wildly.

So at this moment, he truly wanted to know where Hu Wei was wrong.

Yes, exactly where Hu Wei was wrong.

I, Cheng Shi, am merely a mover of history, not a witness to history; how could I possibly be wrong?

If there is an error, it is the error of the source.

Seeing Cheng Shi waiting silently for her next words, Ji Yue organized her logic and calmly began her history-correction lesson.

Thus, in the depths of the Void, amidst 【Mockery and Derision】, another vivid history lesson began.

"First, I need to correct a concept for everyone: the Wall of True Knowledge was never built to resist external enemies..."

Before she could finish, Cheng Shi interrupted.

"But to destroy True Knowledge and resist the mockery of 【Deceit】."

As soon as he said this, the expressions of everyone present varied.

The Fire-Keepers widened their eyes, their faces filled with shock.

Even Fang Fang Shiqing, hearing such an anecdote at this level, had truly never heard it before.

She turned to look at Ji Yue, but saw the black gauze scarf twist twice, "seemingly nodding" as it said:

"Impressive!

No wonder you are a Fire-Bringer!

You even know such secret news. Could it be... He told you in the form of a jest?"

Cheng Shi smiled without speaking, and Ji Yue raised an eyebrow to continue.

"Correct, the Wall of True Knowledge was indeed created to resist 【Deceit】.

Therefore, these Bell-Knights, flying around like headless flies, could never possibly trample down this creation used to defend against 【Gods】 by their own power."

By their own power?

Cheng Shi keenly caught this detail and couldn't help but wonder in his heart: Did these believers of 【Chaos】 borrow His power?

Just as he was wondering if a believer of 【Chaos】 with higher status was walking among them, Ji Yue had already given the answer.

"The reason they were able to break into the experimental field and recklessly sweep away everything related to the Reality-Void Conjugate Experiment is because:

When the army of 【Chaos】 arrived at the city gates, the Great Scholars themselves...

Closed this creation capable of defending against 【Gods】, and willingly placed the most brilliant experimental results of hundreds of years before the Bell-Knight Order!"

"Pfft—"

Cheng Shi couldn't hold it back and spat.

"Sorry, sorry, the history is too absurd; I couldn't hold it back."

Cheng Shi quickly wiped his mouth, and the Spider Web reconnected a strand again.

Ji Yue looked at Cheng Shi with a smile, her expression unconcerned.

"You don't believe it, right?

That's normal; I didn't believe it either when I first learned this history.

But after long-term historical comparison and reviewing records from the Void Mass-Energy Department across various periods, I discovered that the true history is exactly like this!"

Her words carried certainty and confidence, as if this history had been verified countless times in her hands.

"Perhaps you will find it incredible; perhaps you will find it incomprehensible.

But you will never know how important this experiment, which lasted for hundreds of years, is to a Great Scholar who has spent a lifetime pursuing truth and seeking breakthroughs!

Its result has even surpassed the Great Scholar's devotion to 【Truth】, becoming more important than everything else.

The Great Scholar who led the abandonment of resistance was named Kui, the last Great Scholar of our Void Mass-Energy Department.

He could have secured a position in the Council of the Learned by leveraging the accumulated legacy of several generations of the Void-Reality Conjugation experiment, but he gave it up.

He did not wish to leave Gasmela; he only wanted to stay at Experimental Site No. 69, waiting for the day the Conjugation Whisper would bloom and bear fruit.

And indeed, this World Tree, born of both Void and Reality, casting its shadow over the sky, did bloom and bear fruit within the time scholars had earnestly hoped for.

But unfortunately, the time scholars arrived to receive the fruit was slightly too late.

At that moment, which is the present of our trial, the Twilight Church had already broken into Gasmela, besieging the scholars and their experimental results within the experimental site behind the Wall of True Knowledge!

Having lost the support of the Tower of Rational Substance and severed contact with the Council of the Learned, the Void-Reality Conjugation experiment could no longer continue, even though it had already borne fruit, but...

The current environment was no longer sufficient to support Grand Scholar Kwei in conducting deeper research.

To prevent the fruit, waited for by several generations over hundreds of years, from being destroyed and trampled by the followers of 【Chaos】, and to prevent the most brilliant experimental results regarding the direction of 'Void and Reality' from being annihilated by history, the Grand Scholar compromised with 【Chaos】 alongside all the scholars of the Department of Void Energetics.

They closed the Wall of True Knowledge, abandoned all resistance, and allowed the Bell-Death Knights to slaughter themselves, solely to satisfy the frenzied desires of the 【Chaos】 followers!

Thereby making them spare that fruit, not to destroy the experimental results, even if...

Even if they took it away.

As long as that brilliant pearl, born from the crown of the World Tree, was not destroyed, even if it no longer belonged to the Tower of Rational Substance, even if it no longer belonged to the Department of Void Energetics, even if it no longer belonged to all the scholars...

It did not matter!

Grand Scholar Kwei only wanted it to continue existing.

He always believed that knowledge never belonged to one person, one organization, one nation, or one period of history.

As long as the research of the Department of Void Energetics could exist in the world, even if the most brilliant conclusions were deduced by later generations, even if the 'true wall' between Void and Reality was broken by someone else's own hands...

He felt it was right so, and he would share in the glory.

Because in his heart, the construction of 【Truth】 could never be accomplished by one person.

These were the most sincere and simple scholars within the Tower of Rational Substance, and it was they who truly cast the radiance of 【Truth】 into every corner of Zhizhou."

Ji Yue spoke with sighs, and the crowd listened with emotion.

If the history she spoke of was the true one, then this most humble wish of the scholars had still been shattered under 【Chaos】.

Grand Scholar Kwei did not have his wish granted, nor did anyone continue his research after obtaining this heavy experimental result.

Regardless of how much bitterness and unwillingness was condensed behind this Void-Reality Conjugation experiment, at the moment it bore fruit, all history concerning this experiment came to an abrupt halt.

Not a single historian could pick up even a line or two describing its whereabouts from that chaotic history, nor could anyone even determine if someone had taken that "pearl."

After hearing this, Cheng Shi's heart was not as mixed as others; instead, he began with great interest to compare the two versions of history.

The history in Hu Wei's mouth carried a trace of conquest in the direction of 【Chaos】.

This is easy to understand, for he accepted the gaze of 【Chaos】, perhaps using this method to please Him.

And the history in Ji Yue's mouth carried a thread of steadfastness in the direction of 【Truth】.

This is also not hard to accept; after all, she is a junior scholar of the Department of Void Energetics, and her sense of identity with the department made her subjectively more inclined toward Gasmela.

The histories described by the two people were obviously different due to the issue of the angle of "faith."

Cheng Shi suddenly had a realization in his heart; he felt that, probably, this was the most "true" history.

Or rather, there is no "true" history in this world to begin with.

Everyone only saw one side of history, then "faithfully" recorded that moment before their eyes.

But whether it was faithful or not did not matter, because...

History will always be rewritten into the form later generations like.