Chapter 154: 112: The Secret of the New Gods and Corruption_2
"Now you tell me to spend a lot of Advanced Points to buy your information, isn't that inappropriate?"
"Especially since I didn't participate in the recruitment, if the Advanced Points on me suddenly decrease, then I'd have no way to explain it to the intermediary."
"After all, the 'pseudo-feature' you gave me—Unstable Financer, must only take effect after the recruitment is over and I have gained Advanced Points."
Doctor A had encountered an opponent.
It was his first time meeting such a stingy yet clear and organized customer:
"You... can't just freeload, right?"
"I can promise to spend a bit more with you next time."
Once the intermediary was simply regarded as a "shop owner who counts on customers to spend", as a customer with a lot of money in hand, it seemed that the initiative was suddenly grasped.
Doctor A could suddenly understand why this guy was able to obtain his notes, why he was able to survive An Ya's hands.
He indeed needed a large amount of Advanced Points, even though he had only one follower, Zhou Baiyu.
Compared to other intermediaries, his efficiency seemed to be much slower.
In fact, Zhou Baiyu was also very curious about this—what did Doctor A need Advanced Points for?
What was the true meaning of Advanced Points?
After all—other intermediaries are in charge of the old god's inheritors; one old god may have thousands of inheritors.
Just like Sister Lin, Lin's tavern actually has many "instances". Each Mutator occupies one alone, including herself.
Even if these Mutators perform poorly, the Advanced Points they earn would definitely be more than if she were alone.
In Zhou Baiyu's view, intermediaries need a large number of Advanced Points because they can certainly obtain freedom or unlock some ultimate mission-like mysteries.
But Doctor A had only one follower, and that catalyst was his only work...
Just relying on one believer to collect Advanced Points doesn't seem like it's for completing any grand task...
But the reality was, Doctor A really lacked Advanced Points, and after being silent for a while, he said:
"Alright... since you've said so, then I'll tell you. This is my current understanding of the apocalypse, of the twilight of the gods."
"Of course, all the information I have obtained has been through constant soul conversion. I can't guarantee that the content is absolutely true."
"Just like how I once thought I had found the truth, wrote down the notes, but those notes also misled you, didn't they?"
Seeing that Zhou Baiyu had no reaction, Doctor A felt a bit bored, and then he began organizing his language:
"Among the corrupted species, there were many top-tier powerful beings, stronger than any corrupted kind you've encountered in the Advanced World, including Seamstresses. Of course, these top beings have all completed Divine Endowment."
"There are many theories about the origins of the corruption, but I will only talk about one that I am inclined to believe for the time being—before the twilight of the gods, there were two major events."
"The first event—the fall of the King of Gods, or rather... the disappearance of the King of Gods."
"The King of Gods is said to be the ruler of the nine ancient gods. If we speak from a scientific perspective, the nine ancient gods are like nine rulers who command the laws of order. And the King of Gods, is the one who ruled them, created them."
The King of Gods...
Zhou Baiyu didn't speak, feeling that what he was hearing now was probably some ancient history of the Advanced World.
He could understand that the so-called gods are beings of a higher civilization.
Humans explore rules, discover rules.
And gods, they make the rules.
This is actually quite common. Humans have been gods to many species.
In the eyes of many animals, humans set the rules, humans shattered their cognition.
The nine ancient gods are "humans" of a higher degree. The King of Gods, is the one who nurtured them.
"In the earliest civilization, there were only the nine ancient gods."
"But with the fall of the King of Gods, well, this is an official statement, whether it's a fall or disappearance has always been a controversy. Anyway, the fall of the King of Gods was the first major event."
"After the fall of the King of Gods, it is said that the early forms of corruption appeared."
"Black filaments, crimson eyes, and the countless huge black tentacles that can be seen in the A-level corruption zones..."
"These things only appeared after the fall of the King of Gods. Some say that the King of Gods was the being suppressing them, and with the King's fall, there was no longer suppression, and they began to emerge."
"Of course, this theory may not be correct, after all, there are quite a few people who believe—The King of Gods is the source of corruption."
"Anyway, thereafter, corruption appeared in the Advanced World. In the world governed by the nine ancient gods... there were some variables."
"Strange creatures, strange rules, strange abilities... the world gained many variables, and initially, the ancient gods tried to suppress the spread of corruption."
"But as you know, the spread of corruption ensued, the whole world rotted."
"The second major event after the fall of the King of Gods—The Night of Divine Endowment."
Doctor A said:
"Hmm, it's complicated to explain, and it involves the treasures of the gods, which is not what I intend to tell you now. Anyway, you just need to understand one thing—after that night, the Mutators launched a coup."
"The Saints were brutally slaughtered by the Mutators. The world became turbulent and unstable, and the inheritors of the ancient gods kept dying."
"And after the Night of Divine Endowment, the new gods—were born."
"Those most powerful of the corrupted kind transformed, becoming great deities!"
"They went from monsters despised and driven away by the ancient gods to, for a time, standing at the same height as those ancient gods."
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