Chapter 173: The

The "Truth" of History

As Ke Wei finished speaking slowly, a roar like ten thousand thunderbolts exploding at once erupted in Cheng Shi's mind.

No result?

How could there be no result?

The Yu Hui Church had already breached the inner city, and the Funeral Bell Knights had even surrounded the Void Experimental Field!

This fruit, nurtured by the World Tree for over 500 years, was about to be snatched away by unknown believers of 【Chaos】, and you're telling me it hasn't borne fruit yet?

Huh?

No, old man, you're joking, right?

This is not what the history books say at all!!

Whether it's the history of 【Chaos】 or the history of 【Truth】, it's all different!

"..."

Looking at Ke Wei's eyes filled with expectation, Cheng Shi realized he was wrong.

Dead wrong!

This Great Scholar was summoned here by 【Truth】 not to let him take away the fruit, but was actually waiting for him to bring the fruit for him, for this unfinished experiment!

Fine! Really fine!

Where am I supposed to get a fruit?

You can't expect me to hold off the Yu Hui Church alone for half a year until this iron tree blooms and bears fruit, right?

Do you want to see how much time I have left in my trial?

One day!

Forget one day; if I could hold out for half a day under the carpet bombing of the Doomsday Corporation and the endless charges of the Funeral Bell Knights, 【War】 would have to clear off His own divine throne and polish it clean for me to sit on!

In this incomprehensible confusion, Cheng Shi suddenly remembered that sentence:

History is always painted into the shape that later generations like.

Therefore, whether it was Hu Wei or Ji Yue, the history they spoke of was wrong.

Because what is before Cheng Shi is the true history.

For the players, this might just be a trial, but for the Void Mass-Energy system and the Great Scholar Ke Wei, it is the cruelest reality!

And it is a reality already recorded in the long river of history, carved into the rings of time!

No wonder no one knew where that World Tree fruit went; because there was no fruit on the World Tree of Gasimela at all, damn it!

The fruit passed down in history was merely the imagination of both sides for different purposes!

They used imagination to complete that incomplete history burned away by the great fire!

The believers of 【Chaos】 wanted nothing more than the destruction of order and the trampling of truth.

And having that non-existent fruit "lost" to the hands of 【Chaos】 believers was undoubtedly most in line with their will.

The believers of 【Truth】 wanted to maintain the reputation of the Tower of Reason and Quality.

So in the limited official records, this experiment succeeded, only this success was stained with a bit of tragedy.

But this "tragedy" allowed the Tower of Reason and Quality, and the Void Mass-Energy department, to be revered and sympathized with for countless ages in later generations.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi's heart was filled with mixed feelings, and his expression was extremely complex.

He suddenly understood what Ji Yue had said about the Great Scholar Ke Wei's compromise.

He did indeed compromise, but his compromise was not towards 【Chaos】, but towards 【Truth】!

He had stumbled forward on the road of seeking truth his entire life, only to suffer unstoppable external interference right when he was about to see the answer at the end.

This forced him to seek help from the One already inside the door before he could push open the door of truth, just to catch a glimpse of the scenery behind it!

This absurd scene was no different from a wise man who could have discerned the answer on his own being gagged the moment before he could speak it, forcing him to ask the questioner to make the answer public to verify his own correctness.

But after this, everyone only knew the questioner announced the answer; who would still remember that there was such a person, no, a group of scholars burying their heads in solving the problem day and night?

For a scholar, this was too cruel.

But Ke Wei still did it.

In the final time of his life, he was too curious about what was hidden behind the door, so much so that this curiosity had long since surpassed his persistence in the original heart of seeking truth.

The Great Scholar saw a hint of understanding in Cheng Shi's eyes, but to him, this understanding felt like pity.

Ke Wei revealed a miserable smile and said mournfully:

"I am just a scholar, not a saint.

I cannot accept that when the experiment was about to yield a result, all the heart's blood of dozens of generations was washed away by external interference...

Fortunately, you have come.

I know the Scholarly Chair Assembly has already abandoned Gasimela, and I know I have nowhere left to go.

But to be able to see the true mystery behind void and reality with my own eyes before I die is already His greatest tolerance for me.

Young man, I do not expect you to continue researching according to our methods, nor do I expect you to use it well.

I only ask you to let the world know that the scholars of the Tower of Reason and Quality did not lie, and the researchers of the Void Mass-Energy department did not deceive; they really grew a World Tree.

And this World Tree really did bear a... fruit containing the most mysterious power between void and reality!"

Ke Wei's tone was somewhat agitated, yet also somewhat lonely.

The pride and self-esteem of being a scholar did not allow him to be so humble, but the helpless situation forced him to bend his waist.

His words carried pleading, and although this pleading wasn't exactly "mournful," he had indeed used all his strength to "beg."

"If...

If it is possible, I also ask you not to tell anyone about my begging to see 【Truth】.

I can bear all the criticism from later generations, but I cannot accept my predecessors, my teachers, and my students, who dedicated their lives to this, being treated as jokes after death, talked about for eternity..."

Cheng Shi listened silently, not saying a word.

Not until Ke Wei had finished pouring out everything did he say in a deep voice:

"I have indeed felt your love and persistence for truth.

However, Great Scholar, I want to tell you...

I do not have the result you want in my hands.

I have never seen its fruit, nor have I ever carried any fruit on me.

You...

Might be disappointed."

"No, you misunderstood.

The moment I saw you, I knew He was merciful.

He wanted to use this method to allow me to personally complete the final step of the experiment."

Ke Wei looked straight at Cheng Shi, reached out and pointed to his chest, saying word by word:

"【Prosperity】!

With the 【Divinity】 of 【Prosperity】 as nourishment, I will be able to catalyze the Conjugate Whisper to maturity in a short time.

And at that time, you and I will witness with our own eyes this experiment we have waited hundreds of years for bloom into the greatest experimental result."

Cheng Shi was stunned.

He had never thought that the 【Prosperity Divinity】 sealed in his body that he had never used would actually be used here.

So, Lord Benefactor, You have also entered the game, haven't You?

【Fate】 might be generous with others' wealth, but for You, who also belongs to 【Nothingness】, You probably wouldn't let Him take away the "assets" on Your believer.

I can guess that the stake You entered the game with is this 【Divinity】 personally sealed into my body, but what is the bargaining chip You want to win?

Cheng Shi furrowed his brows and fell into deep thought. ===== CHAPTER 174 =====