Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 460: Chapter 77: Revelation of the High Tower Creator

No matter what, it was impossible for someone who knew the Sequence language to be born out of thin air.

Even if the rules of this region were magical, they wouldn’t include such a plot setup.

Yet this child was indeed a character from a certain story scene, and this scene, along with the entire Magic Tower, only came into existence a few days ago.

Even Bai Yuan and Jing Liu might not have been able to predict this step.

In this world, there were only a few who understood the Sequence language, and Bai Wu initially thought this child came from the sixth floor.

But now it seems that his thinking was too superficial.

"If the monster sealed within the High Tower knows the Sequence language, then wouldn’t the creator of the tower, being two sides of the same coin, also possess knowledge of the Sequence prophecies?"

Bai Wu was a person who held absurd imaginations about the future, but this absurdity also had some basis.

Cain’s obsession was to leave the mist, which implied that Cain couldn’t leave Hei Wu.

On the sixth floor of the High Tower, even that monster couldn’t penetrate the tower with its consciousness, so it was likely that those afflicted by Hei Wu couldn’t either.

Then who else could impart such complex knowledge to a child that had only recently come into being within a scene?

This felt as though someone had purposely been waiting here for me.

He asked:

"Who was it?"

"I... I don’t know."

"What did they look like? Were they handsome?"

"Not handsome... I can’t see clearly."

The little boy responded truthfully to all the questions.

The High Tower Creator, once the strongest entity in this world, divided the monster in the High Tower into several parts, sealing its will within the tower.

Using the Rule Binding and Reverse Dimension, two powerful Sequences, the monster was sealed away.

Of course, these were only the two Sequences that Bai Wu knew of, and why the High Tower could completely isolate the distortions caused by Evil Fallen was unclear.

Bai Wu was just very much looking forward to meeting the creator of the tower.

Having already encountered the sealed monster, it was time to learn about this creator.

[The outside is empty and deserted, you think this is the perfect time to leave, you decide to——]

Damn...

A choice suddenly appeared at this time. I’d only give this damned freedom four points.

Bai Wu’s mindset was slightly upset by the rules, but he was relieved after seeing the options; it was a false alarm.

[A: Leave decisively.]

[B: The patient knows you have been here, kill the patient to silence them, then leave.]

[C: The patient knows you have been here, but he is on your side, take him with you as you leave.]

[D: The sickroom is safe, but you don’t need two people to stay together, the surplus person can go die.]

[E: The sickroom is safe, you decide to stay a little longer.]

As expected of the deranged master, Bai Wu had already noticed that some options seemed quite insane.

Of course, he couldn’t leave decisively at this moment, he was in dire need of information, and the little boy couldn’t die. He decisively chose E.

As for why not take the child with him, Bai Wu had his own considerations. Although the Sequence Hidden Dragon couldn’t be observed by others, bringing another person along was bound to cause some issues.

Especially since the other party was still very safe in this room, taking him along would actually pose a risk.

[You have made your decision, and you will spend the next night here.]

An entire night?

Bai Wu pondered for a moment; that didn’t seem too bad. His thoughts returned to the little boy:

"You can’t see his appearance clearly, but you must remember what he said, otherwise how could you possibly believe that I am the person you were talking about?"

"There’s no mistake. Because I saw what you looked like!" the little boy was very certain.

Instead, Bai Wu became calm.

"This child has already entered the farm in history. Even if I go to save him, assuming he is still alive, it would still be unknown how long that would take."

Bai Wu speculated that the person the child had seen must have been using the child to pass on some messages.

"What else did he say?"

"He said, there are two weapons in Denglin, and a battle happened in Denglin City. You will need those two weapons."

"Two weapons... Seven Sins?"

"I don’t remember, it seems so." The little boy nodded.

Denglin City... It’s Denglin City again.

In Bai Wu’s mind, Denglin City was Professor Tao’s place, where Jing Si did something awful.

And that thing has caused Jing Si to feel guilty ever since.

Bai Wu had also promised Jing Si to go to Denglin City. But why would Denglin City have two weapons?

"The Seven Sins... from the moment I came into contact with this weapon, I could feel its immense power... Even a replica has strength that could be described as a bug."

"Jing Si also has one? That’s not surprising... But why would there be two in Denglin?"

Bai Wu’s mind began to recall various clues, and suddenly he remembered something — The First Generation had one on him...

"That’s right... I once saw The First Generation carrying a weapon. But he didn’t use it when he was dealing with the principal."

"The next time I saw him, he had a fateful reunion with Lin Rui... but at that time, he was close to death."

"Who exactly inflicted such a severe injury on The First Generation?" Bai Wu naturally thought of Jing Si.

"Could it be that The First Generation and Jing Si had fought each other?"

This thought seemed somewhat incredible to Bai Wu, because Jing Si was just too powerful...

The battle between Lin Rui and Jing Wu clearly showed they were weaker compared to the Well Level, let alone Jing Si?

But it was not impossible either.

Bai Wu’s intuition was very strong, as if he was nearing the truth.

"So far, Xiaoyugan has shown power far beyond my understanding, even the Split Body is terrifyingly strong..."

"But in the trio of Bai Yuan, Xiaoyugan, and The First Generation, The First Generation was the one with the strongest combat capability... Maybe I have underestimated The First Generation."

Of course, The First Generation couldn’t just trifle with Jing Si, but he might have had the power to fight.

Many thoughts were constantly being pieced together in his mind, but the conversation between Bai Wu and the little boy did not stop:

"My name is Bai Wu. What’s your name?"

"I am Lu En."

That name was really... both like a name from Sheng Country and like one from other countries.

"Lu En, I will save you, but it might require you to wait a bit. Are you willing to trust me?"

"I trust you... That person said, you would change many things. He said you have a unique power."

Things were becoming absurd.

"Unique? My eyes? Or is it the negative emotions in my heart that can transform into some kind of law force?"

Bai Wu was confused once more.

Could that person really be the High Tower Creator? If he really was, why would he use such a concealed method to assign tasks to me?

"What else did he say?"

"Let me think... Oh, I remember, he said you are destined to experience a failure... but don’t try to circumvent these causalities."

"What about the rest?"

"After that... he disappeared, as if he vanished before he could finish talking."

Revelation.

Bai Wu felt it sounded very much like some sort of prophecy. Failure was not something he feared, but what about after failure? freewebnσvel.cѳm

Would it be utter dejection, or would it be a situation of through adversity comes strength? What scale of failure would it be? On what event would he fail?

Frustratingly, at this most crucial point, the mysterious person disappeared.

"Lu En, think carefully, is there anything you’ve missed?"

An NPC in a game scenario indeed tends to be an overlooked character.

In the causality of Lu En, he most likely had already fed it to some monster.

While Bai Wu thought the situation was bizarre, he didn’t choose to completely disbelieve. All this could be part of the Magic Tower’s storyline.

It was also possible that... truly, some extremely powerful being was bringing him some sort of revelation.

Lu En pondered seriously:

"He said, there are some things, it’s too early to tell you, and what you will save is the real me."

"The real you?"

The real Lu En was at the farm, a mysterious place, a place that most likely exists in a special space that belongs neither Inside the Mist nor outside it.

Seven hundred years ago, the farm where those children seemed to live cheerfully, but what the farm looked like seven hundred years later, Bai Wu did not know.

If what this person said was true, then had Lu En not died yet?

Did that mean, was Lu En also among the Eternal Beings? Or had he become Evil Fallen?

Too many riddles, too few clues.

Even for Bai Wu, it was impossible to anticipate where things would go from here.

"Okay, I understand now, thank you Lu En, no matter which you it is, I’ll find a way to save you."

Pondering the information he gathered in this scene, Bai Wu always felt that the person delivering the message to Lu En did so in this manner to avoid something.

But Bai Wu really couldn’t speculate any more, and so he started chatting quietly with Lu En about the past, mainly wanting to understand what was special about Lu En.

The long night was about to begin, and the number of challengers was dwindling. Soon, only four remained.

Inside Bai Wu’s Inner World.

Bai Yuan was watching the sunset.

As a person who knew a vast deal about Bai Wu’s various "parameters", and often helped Bai Wu at crucial moments, Bai Yuan was of course very clear on Bai Wu’s experiences and memories.

Many years ago, someone had said the same thing - that he was destined to experience failure.

Therefore, people like Bai Yuan simply chose to enjoy themselves before failure struck, living life however they pleased.

Since failure was imminent anyway, why not live out the remaining days assuming the identity of one doomed to fail?

Of course, without that revelation, it seemed that Bai Yuan’s behavior wouldn’t have changed much either.

Now, that same revelation had fallen upon Bai Wu, and clearly, the giver of this revelation was no longer capable of providing gifts as he had when giving Bai Yuan his revelation.

Bai Yuan still remembered that back then Xiaoyugan, K, and he himself, had all received gifts.

But now, Bai Wu had lost that opportunity.

As the second round of the dragon-slaying game commenced, the resources for the Heroes became ever scarcer.

So much so that the revealer of prophecies had no choice but to have the Heroes find a way to inherit the legacy of players from the previous round.

In more dire circumstances, failure naturally became more commonplace.

However, knowing that failure was inevitable, Bai Wu and Bai Yuan’s mindsets were completely different.

Bai Wu, though puzzled and contemplative, did not seem to feel too much about the notion of failure itself.

The tasks that needed to be done would still be carried out, and life... was no different than before. Or perhaps Bai Wu was simply unaware of what this failure signified?

But after a moment of thought, Bai Yuan wasn’t clear on what this failure signified either?

It was as if at this instant, father and son shared the same puzzle—what comes after failure?

Will it be a downfall, or a narrow escape from death?

Bai Yuan walked in the small town of the Inner World, his expression no different from any other day, showing no signs of sorrow or joy.

...

...

The next morning.

All social media platforms and various group chats were abuzz discussing the Magic Tower.

Workers and students were avidly discussing it on their cell phones.

Because today, in that mysterious forum, there were only 99 messages from the deceased. This was something that had never happened before.

Usually, by the afternoon of the previous day, all challengers would be dead.

The forum would quickly compile 100 messages from the deceased.

By the second day, another hundred people would be forcibly transferred into the Magic Tower.

People had gradually adapted to this situation, but today was different.

Today’s forum showed that one challenger was still alive—Splitter Bai Yuan.

People speculated whether this person was Light Arrow Knight and pondered what the mystery behind his name could be.

But thanks to Splitter Bai Yuan, at least a hundred lives were spared for one day.

"Do you think Splitter Bai Yuan is Light Arrow Knight?"

"It must be. I can’t believe anyone else could survive in there, although I’ve never experienced what’s inside..."

"But why would he choose that name?"

"Will he be able to clear it?"

"I will always believe in Light Arrow Knight!"

"I believe in him too!"

"Agree with the above!"

"+1."

Yesterday, the news reported many death cases.

Children in schools died mysteriously, and in wells that had been dry for ages, drowned students were found.

At midnight, a taxi driver inadvertently glanced at a late-night bus passing by and got so scared that he lost control of the steering wheel, crashing into the shutter door of a roadside store.

Because on the bus windows, a group of people with pale faces were all staring out in unison.

Explosions occurred in factories, bodies were discovered in residential building water tanks; a series of bizarre incidents all happened densely yesterday.

Someone in the forum left a message—choices affect reality.

Some speculated that all these outrageous incidents might be the result of challengers making the wrong choices.

If this fear continues to spread, it will only make those who temporarily deceive themselves into having no negative emotions—when their emotions explode, the negativity will become even more tumultuous.

But now, the spread of this fear has been successfully suppressed.

The chain of death has been halted by the mysterious "Splitter Bai Yuan," which has indeed greatly inspired the people of this world.

Many have guessed that Splitter Bai Yuan’s identity is related to Light Arrow Knight.

Based on Light Arrow Knight’s previous performances, it can be said that the people of this world have absolute confidence in him.

Even though the Magic Tower is seen as a tower of death in people’s hearts, if it’s Light Arrow Knight, he will certainly solve this crisis.

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