A bold guess rose in Lin Xun’s heart.

“Could it be that I am the backup plan left by the servant, and the Abyss did not want the servant to have any chance of turning the tables because of my existence, so It wanted to poach me, which is why It created this inexplicable ‘Abyss Child’ thing?”

Thinking about it that way, it actually seemed very reasonable.

After all, both of those prophecies were related to the True God’s Envoy. He was very likely the backup plan left by the servant.

And the Abyss did not need him at all. The Abyss only hoped that he would not become that ‘horseshoe nail that topples a kingdom.’

If he really was the backup plan prepared by the servant, then with the Abyss not knowing the servant’s exact plan, It would definitely want to erase him, this unstable factor that might affect the final plan.

But the Abyss had not yet revived, and the star gods also dared not show their heads. With the help of the Servant of Knowledge, although this horseshoe nail of his was small, as long as god-level powerhouses were not dispatched, he could not be removed easily.

Since that was the case, why not tempt him with benefits and turn the True God’s Envoy into the Abyss Child by changing his allegiance?

That was why the Abyss had tentatively given him the one-time small portion of Authority item. If the True God’s Envoy could be bought off with that, all the better. If not, It could slowly offer more generous terms later.

The Abyss had not thrown out its trump card from the start or shown enough sincerity because the Abyss did not need him at all. The Abyss merely needed him not to side with the servant, lest the servant overturn things with some possible backup plan.

Otherwise, if the Abyss truly needed the Abyss Child desperately to deliver the fatal blow, then It should have shown enough sincerity, even staked all Its assets, rather than being so stingy and giving only this little benefit.

“The answer I’ve reasoned out now is already very close to the truth, but it’s still missing the final one or two crucial puzzle pieces.” 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

“What exactly is the backup plan left by the servant, and why is the Abyss certain that Omniscient True Knowledge cannot awaken…”

“Where is that puzzle piece?”

He suddenly thought of something.

[You quickly say to Rona that the demon race has a stone stele recording a prophecy, and on it a section of new stele inscription prophecy was deliberately obscured by the Abyss.]

[That section of stele text likely contains important information. It is estimated that only after you achieve some deeds of loyalty to the Abyss, clarify your stance, and truly become the Abyss Child, will the remaining stele inscription prophecy be unlocked.]

[Now that Rona is here, you can try using Analysis Authority and see whether the stele information can be analyzed out in advance.]

The contents recorded by the stele were definitely very important information, and moreover information the Abyss did not want the demon people to see. It only wanted him, this Abyss Child, to unlock and interpret it once his loyalty was high enough and he had clearly sided with the Abyss camp.

Last time, after Lin Xun met the Abyss in its chaotic state, the Abyss amplified the Analysis Authority on him, allowing him to unlock part of the stele inscription.

Now Rona happened to possess powerful Authority close to the level of a god. This sort of bug-level, cheat-level Authority was exactly suited for use here.

[Hearing this, Rona shakes her head and tells you not to hold too much hope. If it is really as you said, and the Abyss deliberately sealed the stele prophecy, then with her level of control over Analysis Authority, it is impossible for her to analyze it successfully.]

[Although she says with her mouth that it is impossible, Rona’s body is very honest. She comes to your side, looking curious as she clearly intends to go see the stele with you.]

[Even though she has thrown herself into the embrace of the stars, she still preserves a vigorous thirst for Knowledge. Perhaps this habit brought by devout faith has long sunk into her bones and is far from something that can be forgotten merely by changing oath factions…]

[You bring Rona to the Abyss sacrificial plaza…]

[…]

[At the entrance to the sacrificial plaza, the Demon Shaman silently stands guard here…]

[From afar, seeing you bring Rona to the holy land of the demon race, it cannot help but freeze.]

[You react at once. Your hand silently wraps around Rona’s slender waist, and with a stern and grave expression, you speak to Rona as you walk…]

[Since she has followed you, the Abyss Child, from now on she is one of the Abyss’s people. Now you are taking her to see the history of the Abyss race, so that she may swear an oath to the great Abyss.]

[You can feel that the instant your hand touches Rona’s waist, her whole body tightens, but then quickly relaxes again.]

[The Demon Shaman is greatly shocked. It did not expect that in only a few short hours, you would conquer this Starrealm Envoy who could wrestle strength with three great Demon Overlords at once.]

[Could it be that Lord Abyss Child is actually not a goat-horn demon but a great succubus? Or an especially great succubus?]

[It can only silently give you a thumbs-up. After you give it two meaningful looks, the Demon Shaman wears an expression of it understands, then quietly leaves.]

[Although it does not know what exactly it understands, in any case, not disturbing the Abyss Child’s pleasure is the right thing to do.]

[After the Demon Shaman leaves, Rona comes to the tall stone stele beside the altar and says to you…]

[You still have not explained to her why you came to the Abyss and changed from the True God’s Envoy into the Abyss Child… but this is not all that important. As long as she can be certain you are the True God’s Envoy, that is enough.]

[Rona carefully reads the text recorded on the stele, interpreting the history of the Abyss…]

[The final new prophecy on the divine stele remains hazy and blurred just like last time, impossible to see clearly.]

[You recount to Rona the upper half of the new prophecy that had already been deciphered in your memory, then point to the lower half, indicating that this final section is what needs to be analyzed using Authority.]

[Rona looks at you, then at the stone stele. As though having made up her mind, she begins using Authority to analyze the stele prophecy.]

[A large number of flashing Characters emerge around her body. Those numerous dense Characters are like a robe wrapping her entire body. With the Characters running at full power, you can even feel the powerful spell fluctuations emanating from Rona…]

[For some reason, seeing her eyes and seeing those many flashing Characters, you suddenly feel a bad premonition rising in your heart.]

[You remember that Rona once told you that her Analysis Authority was already approaching the god stage, that she only needed to reach out and poke through that layer of boundary.]

[And frequently using Authority is one of the ways to improve one’s degree of control over Authority.]

[Right now, asking her to use Authority to analyze the seal set by a main god means that regardless of whether she succeeds, what she is doing is equivalent to probing and testing at the edge of breaking through the boundary between human and god.]

[If she accidentally breaks through the boundary, she will become a god through the wrong path and thereby be dominated by terrifying Disorder.]

[You finally react and are just about to stop Rona from continuing the analysis when you suddenly see the Characters around her body go dark in an instant.]

[And Rona, with a face full of astonishment, says…]

[The analysis succeeded…]

[She actually succeeded in the analysis!]

[Rona stares at the newly deciphered text, reading through it, and as she does, she tells you that you may have made a mistake. The seal on the stele was not set by the Abyss. She senses an extremely familiar aura in this kind of seal.]

[Someone else set the seal. It definitely was not the Abyss. And just now, when she was analyzing the divine stele, the efficiency of her own Authority’s analysis rose to an unimaginable level…]

[It was as if she had analyzed it successfully by instinct.]

[Rona looks at the newly deciphered words on the stone stele. The expression in her eyes becomes more and more wrong. From it, you can actually read a deep… sense of fear!]