Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead-Chapter 508 - 254: Are You Really Opposed?
Perhaps due to the lack of a host, the voice of the All-Knowing Crystal sounded like a speaker about to run out of power, a weak electronic voice said:
"I don’t know."
Wu Chang was somewhat skeptical, "Your name is All-Knowing Crystal, yet you don’t know what you are?"
The humor in this statement was comparable to Schultz’s resentment of having a targeted weakness marked above his head without knowing it, while still claiming to be omniscient and omnipotent.
The All-Knowing Crystal said:
"I am not a complete individual, just one among many of me. My preset task is to find collaborators, prompting them to explore the truth of the world and gather sufficient energy. Hence, I cannot answer the question you posed on ’what I am’."
Wu Chang pondered the response of the All-Knowing Crystal, interpreting it literally, the All-Knowing Crystal is part of something or someone powerful that was divided or created.
That entity disseminated many All-Knowing Crystals, letting them collect energy and seek out so-called collaborators.
Wu Chang didn’t know how the truth of the world mentioned by it was related to its core darkness, but he could be certain that the creator of the All-Knowing Crystal must possess a high level of power.
It should be from the Abyss Fourth Layer, or at least a top existence from the Abyss Third Layer.
He continued to ask:
"What is the Soul Binding program?"
The All-Knowing Crystal said:
"The Soul Binding program means merging my existence with your soul, combining into one. I will act as your second information processing center, helping you to remember, think, analyze, learn, and based on your current situation, formulate the most appropriate action plan."
Wu Chang nodded noncommittally, it sounded impressive, like obtaining an external brain, Schultz was able to learn all the knowledge of Ma Province University of Technology in one year, with the help of the All-Knowing Crystal.
Because of this, Schultz was not worried about his not-so-smart brother not being able to fully receive his research results.
The temptation to instantly transform from a learning slacker to a scholar was great, but there is no free lunch in the world.
He asked: "Then what is the cost?"
The All-Knowing Crystal answered: "The collaborator only needs to help me collect energy, gather the special items I need, and allow me to temporarily gain control permissions over the body at critical moments."
Wu Chang showed an ’I knew it’ expression, you covet the hidden knowledge of the All-Knowing Crystal, while the All-Knowing Crystal and its creator covet your body.
Collecting energy and special items was not a big deal, allowing temporary control over the body was the key issue.
Schultz wasn’t afraid, but he couldn’t allow that.
The All-Knowing Crystal was precious, but he had a lot of precious things, and there would be even more in the future.
As long as the creator of the All-Knowing Crystal is not the creator of the Abyssal Game, when he and the opponent’s talents are digitized, reset to an initial state, the opponent’s potential may not be stronger than his.
Even if the opponent starts without any bad intentions, once they realize his secret, they might develop some ideas.
"What if I refuse the Soul Binding program?"
The All-Knowing Crystal said:
"Then it would be difficult for you to get my help."
"Difficult? Then don’t bother." Wu Chang shrugged, tossing the All-Knowing Crystal into his personal space.
What a joke; can he be cajoled by an item?
To him, the All-Knowing Crystal was just a bonus, it’s good to have, but it’s fine without.
But the All-Knowing Crystal was different, it couldn’t act independently, and without him as a collaborator, its mission couldn’t be completed at all.
Now it needed him; as it procrastinates, inevitably a time will come when it cannot bear the situation anymore.
By then, he would teach it what kind of attitude one should have when asking for help. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Putting away the All-Knowing Crystal, with Schultz’s complete death, the instance plane was reaching its end.
「Player has completed Main Quest One: Become an employee of Hymn Company and achieve one promotion or pass three weekly performance assessments.」
「Player has completed Main Quest Two: Investigate the hidden secrets of Hymn Company.」
「Player has completed Main Quest Three: Maintain the Peace Value of Wildo City, ensuring it does not fall below 30 points, current Peace Value: 80 points.」
Previously, during the final combat, Wildo City’s Peace Value had once dropped below 30 points, but when Schultz transformed into an Artificial God, his virtues and sins resonated with all the citizens, covering the chaotic wills of the citizens with his own will, instantly stabilizing the Peace Value of Wildo City.
When Schultz created the Child of Sin, he treated all the shareholders as material and integrated them into it, eliminating these unstable factors effectively alleviated the social contradictions of Wildo City in the short term.
Additionally, since Wu Chang did not plan to continue implementing the Praise Poem plan, intending to stop releasing Disqualified Monsters into Wildo City, a long period of peace would ensue after the battle.
Several factors combined, allowing Main Quest Three to be completed smoothly.
According to Abyssal Game Rules, after completing all main quests, players can only stay in the instance for a fixed time limit; exceeding the time limit results in forced ejection from the instance plane.
But at this moment, the Hymn Company plane had already become a Pillar of the Present World, Wu Chang, as the "legal heir" of Schultz, smoothly turned the Hymn Company into a private plane entirely his own.
「Player recognized by Wilderness-67254 Plane Controller, Wilderness-67254 Plane becomes player’s private plane; player holds management rights within this plane, targets not allowed by the player cannot enter this plane.」
「As the controller, the player anchors with the Wilderness-67254 Plane and opens a fixed entry path to the plane.」
