Free Web NovelChapter 444: Chapter 61: Duel with Jing San
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He had always felt that the Black Tower was familiar, and now that he thought about it... the Black Tower did indeed resemble a plug for a hole.
Cain had not lied, or to put it another way, Cain’s speculation was somewhat reasonable.
In a certain sense, this was not some kind of divine power; after the isolation of technology, it was a communication technology that conformed to the Era of the High Tower. It’s like having one signal transmitter and one signal receiver.
Many strange symbols were carved on the stone towers in the Stone Forest.
Bai Wu had seen these symbols before.
So much so that the moment he saw these symbols, Bai Wu immediately confronted Cain:
"Don’t think for a moment that I have forgotten these things. Cain, if you don’t explain clearly, I will kill you right now, and you know very well that I can do it easily."
"Have we already fallen into a crisis of trust just after we started exploring the sixth layer?"
Cain showed a somewhat helpless expression.
The next second, Bai Wu’s hand was directly on Cain’s neck, pinning him against the stone tower.
Cain realized that he couldn’t see Bai Wu’s speed at all.
His neck was grasped tightly by Bai Wu’s hand, making it difficult to breathe, and he started coughing.
"Cough cough cough... take it easy, take it easy. You have a good memory, still remembering this kind of symbol, hahahaha... This is actually a Sequence language, a means of communication... Killing me, cough cough... wouldn’t lead to my death, and it would be a waste of time wouldn’t it?"
Cain’s expression remained calm.
Bai Wu’s gaze was sharp; he had seen these symbols carved on the stone towers before at the Ninth Psychiatric Hospital, in Dandelion’s stomach acid jungle, and in Violet’s Manor.
Wherever Cain laid his plans, these symbols could be found. Bai Wu didn’t understand their meaning at first.
But he forcefully memorized them anyway.
In Bai Wu’s estimation, Cain could communicate with others across distances through these symbols.
"I have been trapped here for a long time, I have seen that creature, though I couldn’t make out its appearance, but that didn’t prevent me from communicating with it... During my imprisonment, I kept observing it. Gradually, I mastered this language."
"Sequence language?"
"Yes."
"You can translate the contents on these stone towers?"
"You could say that. But if you kill me, I won’t be able to do it... cough cough cough... cough cough..."
Bai Wu didn’t let go, although it didn’t make much difference, maintaining control like this allowed him to appear more dominant.
"What are the characteristics of Sequence language?"
"You could think of it as an information transfer array; for instance, I left some Sequence language in the hospital where Elijah was, and after I constructed the corresponding Sequence language in another part of the High Tower, I could talk to the hospital outside the Tower at a certain time, in a specific place."
Bai Wu understood.
In a certain sense, this was not some kind of divine power; it was a communication technology that conformed to the Era of the High Tower after the isolation of technology.
It’s equivalent to one signal transmitter and one signal receiver.
"This might be a force beyond Sequence, but I still call it Sequence language. I have a bit of talent in languages, so if you keep choking me, cough cough cough... I might forget how to parse it."
"Parse? Isn’t this just a communication structure?" Bai Wu asked like a curious child.
Cain was very proud, feeling that there was something even Bai Wu didn’t know.
Of course, Bai Wu knew.
The moment these things appeared, he understood their meaning.
[Although the first time I went to Little Pitiful’s hospital, I couldn’t recognize... Ah spit, I pretended I couldn’t recognize, but now I have advanced, I know, my strength doesn’t allow me to stay low-key anymore.
This is a kind of Sequence symbol, which can convey messages, but the arrangement of the symbols itself can also express certain meanings.
"For instance, the stone tower you see now has this sentence inscribed on it: ’The High Tower cannot be destroyed from within.’"
Bai Wu remembered; when he first went to the Ninth Psychiatric Hospital, the symbols, according to what his eyes told him, said:
"What are you looking at? Am I mentally ill? Are you mentally ill? Since neither of us is, what makes you think I can decipher these damn symbols?"
It appeared that after evolving, the things he could cover had become more extensive.
Of course, he still looked very confused:
"Then congratulations, you’ve found your value for exploitation, but you’d better not deceive me."
Cain could see that Bai Wu needed him, because this guy didn’t understand the language, which provided him with ample "room for fraud."
In this world, whenever someone says to you, "Don’t you cheat me," in the eyes of a cheat, it’s as if they’re saying, "I’m easy to fool, come fool me."
This gave Cain a glimmer of hope.
"Of course, we are now grasshoppers tied to the same string, why would I deceive you?"
Bai Wu’s acting skills were impeccable; he radiated a ’dare to deceive me, and I’ll kill you’ kind of determination.
And Cain was confident; it was impossible for Bai Wu to master this language in such a short time.
So, the two began decoding the first scene of the sixth floor—the Stone Forest.
They passed by the first stone tower.
Cain was not using his own body but that of Jiang Xuan. His goal was to retrieve something he had lost here.
"I trust you unconditionally; of course, I will do as you say," Cain said with all apparent sincerity, and Bai Wu shook his head and said:
"Alright, there’s nobody else here. Are you performing for the ghosts of the sixth floor?"
Bai Wu took the lead. Jiang Xuan followed behind, silently calculating various things. Soon, he helplessly realized that Bai Wu seemed to have surpassed him in every sense of the word.
Wanting to take Bai Wu as a vessel here was very unrealistic and even somewhat foolish. freёwebnovel.com
The vast Stone Forest resembled those often hyped as ancient ruins in past lives, but Bai Wu knew very well that this thing was definitely not an ancient ruin.
Like the Pyramidal Black Tower of the fourth floor, these gigantic white stones were arranged in a seemingly chaotic and patternless manner.
As soon as Bai Wu stepped in, instinctively, due to the Guardian Spirit within him, and the inherent abilities of the Angel Envoy, he felt a "malice."
In the Supernatural Tale Apartment, a Guardian Spirit allows Bai Wu to gain the trust of persons with malice toward him more easily.
The Angel Envoy can sense and temporarily capture some abilities from persons with malice toward him.
Both were malice detectors, so Cain did not notice anything amiss upon entering the Stone Forest, but Bai Wu always had this feeling.
That a pair of eyes... or even many pairs, were greedily staring at him from all angles.
"It seems you are puzzled by the shape of these stones?"
"If you know some clues, you can tell me now."
Bai Wu knew that Cain was referring to why the stones in the Stone Forest were pyramidal in shape.
Just like the Black Tower of the fourth and fifth floors.
Cain said:
"It’s not so much a clue, just some speculation. You’ve been to the levels below, but I can tell you, these stones, including the structures beneath, why they are all this shape."
"Then don’t beat around the bush, just tell me."
"It’s a key, you really are impatient."
"A key?"
"When I once reached the sixth floor, I saw countless lock holes... huge depressions. I suspect these steles, these buildings, they are some kind of key designed to fill those depressions."
They passed by the first stone tower.
Bai Wu indicated with his eyes, and Cain began to interpret, "The symbols on this stone tower convey the following message, ’The High Tower cannot be destroyed from within.’"
[The lies of an honest person, and the truths of a liar, both come with a price.]
Cain was not lying, but Prayle’s Eye reminded Bai Wu very attentively that the most clever lie is to tell nine truths and one falsehood.
But Cain could not wait that long; seeing that Bai Wu truly believed in what he had said, he began to display his traditional artistry.
They passed the second stone tower.
Cain said:
"This sentence means, ’Under that big tree, I’ve hidden a secret.’"
[Oh! This impatient liar! The meaning of this sentence is clearly that the hardest substances can also become extremely soft. But it doesn’t matter.]
Bai Wu was not surprised, and even felt like laughing in his heart. He naturally asked:
"What big tree?"
Cain shrugged his shoulders, and just as naturally performed:
"Who knows? Maybe we have to keep exploring. The clues in this stone tower are probably just some babble, not very valuable."
Cain couldn’t help but think, could that tree be related to his true form?
Was it possible to intercept it?
Bai Wu calculated silently in his heart, while Cain’s face showed a sincere smile, and Bai Wu continued to maintain an appearance of "don’t deceive me, but I am easy to fool, and I completely do not understand what these things mean."
"Some significant clues are hidden in trivial details. The sixth floor is a mysterious space, what we are studying might just be the ultimate secret of the apocalypse’s origin. I don’t want to miss any information," Bai Wu said earnestly.
Cain became even more sincere:
"As you wish."
The two arrived at the third stone tower, and Cain took the initiative to translate:
"I cannot create a stele."
[I created the Teleportation Stele... but it can only deepen my imprisonment!]
Cain was cutting corners, and he had cut too many corners; in Bai Wu’s eyes, it had already become a lie.
The fourth stone tower.
"Find that tree! Find that tree!"
[Get out, get out, get out! Get out... I must get out!]
The fifth stone tower.
"I can’t leave this place, and there is nothing I can do."
[I can’t leave this place, but I will certainly find an alternative way to leave.]
Bai Wu had to admit, Cain was a very good liar, so far not betraying any hints through his expressions.
Bai Wu would echo him, even occasionally bringing up the topic of this "tree."
Cain was thrilled within, with just a little guidance, Bai Wu really took the bait. The Angel Envoy can’t handle you, but I can!
The difference in information is the gap between you and me. A qualified liar should implement a strike from a higher dimension of information!
I will slowly lead you to that tree! Reclaim everything of mine, and take everything of yours!
Suppressing the agitation in his heart, Cain continued to patiently interpret the "ancient language" on the stone tower with Bai Wu.
Bai Wu guessed that this must be the unique language of the monster on the sixth floor; it was hard to imagine that Cain was able to interpret it.
Bai Wu did the math; even for himself, it would take at least ten days or half a month, along with some comparative references, to figure it out.
It seemed that at the beginning, Cain... must have communicated with the monster on the sixth floor.
Perhaps it was an invasion of consciousness, perhaps it was something else, or even thinking more broadly, perhaps half of Cain’s soul was here, causing Cain to gradually learn this "ancient language" over the past seven hundred years.
The next stone tower.
Cain continued his patient translations:
"I will expand upwards, finding higher levels."
[But I cannot go to the lower levels. Damn you, Sealer! You only allow me to move upwards! We were of the same origin! We were of the same origin!]
Bai Wu pretended to analyze for a while and asked Cain a few questions, such as whether expanding upwards to higher levels meant that the High Tower would have even higher levels in the future.
The more Bai Wu asked, the more Cain believed he had Bai Wu under his control.
Meanwhile, Bai Wu wondered if the phrase "We were of the same origin" could hint at the relationship between the High Tower and the Well.
The High Tower contained the monsters that the Jing Family wished to release, one of them being an Origin.
And were the High Tower and the Well of the same origin?
The next stone tower.
"Seventy-two people have become eight... too boring, I want to lure them up."
[Seventy-two people have become eight... too boring, I want to lure them up. Although I cannot go down, those who come up can take my belongings and leave!]
Many of the inscriptions on the stone towers in the Stone Forest were just Cain’s idle ramblings—a prisoner who has been confined for too long, unable to leave and dissatisfied.
But some stone towers provided information that aided in making deductions.
Bai Wu thought about the original seventy-two ruler candidates, with Cain and Lilith among them, both active participants. But could there be others?
Cain was the only one to reach this place in seven hundred years, but could someone else have arrived at the fifth level, and then secretly progressed to the sixth level during those years?
Bai Wu and Cain continued deciphering the stone towers.
Soon, Bai Wu found a piece of key information. Cain said:
"The Soul Tree is my masterpiece, I will definitely unravel the logic behind my sealing."
[The Soul Tree is my masterpiece, I will definitely unravel the logic behind my sealing. My six children will find me! One day, I will return to this world and dominate it!]
Six children... Bai Wu found it hard not to think of the six Well Level candidates.
He slowly took note of the content within the stone tower.
Now Bai Wu was certain that indeed someone had reached the sixth level and unlike Cain, had obtained an item from the monster of that level.
This item, according to the description on the fifteenth stone tower—[Distortion can be measured, I will give you the most precise assistance, help me escape the High Tower.]—led Bai Wu to believe that the monster of the sixth level had created some sort of instrument.
This instrument might perhaps measure the concentration of distortion?
Considering what Bai Yuan had said, that the High Tower appeared only at a certain concentration, Bai Wu surmised that the monster of the sixth level hoped the distortion concentration would soon return to a certain value.
And through the instrument, they would be the first to know when the High Tower reappeared.
The last stone tower clarified another piece of information, the next destination for both Bai Wu and Cain—
"The existence of the Soul Tree makes me believe that the High Tower’s control over me is not absolute, I still have some authority. Pouring fresh blood on the Soul Tree will grant me its power."
[The greatest deception is here—the existence of the Soul Tree makes me believe that the High Tower’s control over me is not absolute, I still have some authority. If I pour the prey’s fresh blood on the Soul Tree, I can obtain his soul!]
After dozens of stone towers in the Stone Forest, a red path emerged.
The white stone forest in front suddenly turned blood red as soon as one walked out, evoking fear.
Cain said:
"There indeed is a treasure, it seems that tree... is a gift to us."
"Perhaps it is."
At the end of the red path, a plant that appeared to be a World Tree, larger than the Pyramidal Black Tower building, had come into view for both Cain and Bai Wu.
Bai Wu guessed that he and Cain were about to have their final confrontation soon.
