Chapter 935 - 935
Chapter 935: The World and the Three Great Long Rivers
They waited for a long time.
Although objectively only a few seconds had passed, Tan Han and the others felt the torment as if each second were a year!
Before they could wait for a response from the colossal figure in front of them, they simultaneously received a pop-up message from “Little Han.”
“The trouble inside the Secret Realm is more or less solved. You don't need to be afraid.”
When their gaze was attracted by this sudden “rogue pop-up” message, and they subconsciously wanted to read it out, another icy-clear voice also repeated this sentence.
“The trouble inside the Secret Realm is more or less solved. You don't need to be afraid.”
Word for word.
But when this King of the Ancient Glacial Ice race finished saying this sentence, Tan Han felt something far more terrifying than the pressure from the King itself!
Was this a coincidence?
How could it be!
In that instant, Tan Han thought of ten thousand possibilities but never expected it to be like this!
Could this also be in Little Han's plan... the entire Ice Throne Secret Realm was just a setup by Little Han?
But the Ice Throne Secret Realm was a gift from the academy to the Witch's Secret Realm Club.
If Little Han could influence the academy's decision, why go to such lengths to create an opposition?
“You are... Little Han?”
Forcibly suppressing those almost uncontrollable thoughts in her heart, Tan Han finally asked this question.
At this moment, Shi Ruizhi and Lucianne were still shocked by the pop-up message.
As for Xiao You, she only had the Seed of Knowledge, so her information was half a beat slower than the Seed of Great Knowledge.
“Not too dumb. We should go.”
I extended my huge palm in front of Tan Han and her group of four, signaling them to come up.
“Fate has arranged everything, and there is no need for us to let down this kindness.”
I continued.
Tan Han had already told me about Ming Xueming's actions earlier.
Even if she hadn't said it, I would have known about it before long.
And the so-called arrangement of fate naturally referred to that group of people who had gathered all the remaining fragments.
They were pitted by a contract to excavate at the laboratory ruins.
For me now, wiping them out was as easy as turning over my hand!
After obtaining “all - 1” fragments, I would be qualified to explore the essence of Transcendent power.
It could be said that because of my one attempt, fate bestowed upon me two gifts.
First, it was to understand life, to understand the process of the birth of deep-level life, and even to “experience” it through a clone.
This was absolutely a rare opportunity!
Second, it was to cognize power.
Taking the Ancient Glacial Ice and the Great Snow Throne Spell as an opportunity, it allowed me to understand the application experience of [Transcendent Knowledge] power, and the opportunity to understand its essence.
There was even another point: gathering all fragments to form a Grand Spellbook would inevitably tear open a Void Crack!
And this was even more an opportunity for me to cognize the Void Crack!
“Wait! You are Little Han?!”
At this moment, Shi Ruizhi fully exerted her role in the team, speaking out the dilemma that everyone was confused about but dared not ask.
Even though Tan Han had asked this, they still couldn't quite believe it.
Especially Lucianne!
If this big guy in front of her was Little Han, that is, the Yang Yuehan in her cognition... then what kind of means was this to... possess the King of the Ancient Glacial Ice race?
But actually, she understood wrong.
This was not possession.
Without the accidental addition of this consciousness, the Ancient Glacial Ice would not have had the chance to see their King at all.
It should be known that in this Secret Realm laboratory back then, so many Witches guided the Ancient Glacial Ice so precisely, using their race as a carrier, accompanied by the limit utilization of [Transcendent Knowledge], to create their King.
Wanting to replicate the past success with this rough ritual this time?
Impossible!
In the ritual, even the fragments of [Transcendent Knowledge] were incomplete.
In the beginning, I used the method of ritual transfer to graft this power onto that Royal Clan chief priest.
Otherwise, why did I forcibly change this ritual halfway?
Because I came, the subsequent ritual was no longer applicable to me.
“Brain turns a bit slow.”
I lowered my head to look at the four people already standing on my palm, then slightly bent and gathered my fingers.
The four of them held onto my fingers like railings to prevent themselves from falling.
The sudden change in height also brought them a lot of pressure.
After all, among the four present, only Shi Ruizhi was boosted by Witchified Body Cultivation because of her higher grade; the other three were all lower-grade students.
“Is it really you, Little Han! How did you become the King of the Ancient Glacial Ice race?”
At this moment, Shi Ruizhi asked the question that everyone else was curious about but dared not ask again.
They suddenly found that this Shi Ruizhi seemed a bit airheaded... but having such a companion, sometimes it did feel... not bad?
“Oh, because a small experiment failure led to this.”
“Then... can you still change back?”
“Change back?”
I looked at Shi Ruizhi and the others hesitantly.
“You understood wrong. You can understand this form of mine as a clone, just like Moon. My main body is fine in the experimental area.”
“Clone! Wow... what experiment failure can have such terrifying means? I remember you shouldn't have entered this Secret Realm, right?”
“Not being in a place doesn't mean I can't influence things in that place.”
“Then... then isn't this like a mastermind behind the scenes manipulating everything in the dark?!”
Shi Ruizhi got more excited as she asked, as if she herself had participated in this behind-the-scenes planning throughout.
“Yes, so don't talk nonsense if there's nothing, and don't let it slip, understand?”
“Oh oh! Understood, understood! Then... what about the academy? If you do this, won't the academy hold you accountable?”
“Academy... heh... the Academy Head is right beside my main body, so not a big problem.”
I used the most direct way of persuasion, which also completely dispelled their doubts and worries.
I had to say, this was the first time they glimpsed the gap between them.
As if there was already a layer of mist between them that could never be seen through.
At this moment, the other party gently spread some vision.
Even though it was very blurry, it was enough for them to see how huge the gap between the two was.
At this moment, Shi Ruizhi also barely restrained her curiosity under Tan Han's hint.
Feeling that if she continued asking, Shi Ruizhi really dared to ask anything, but if Little Han really dared to say anything, they might not dare to listen!
So after Shi Ruizhi quieted down, Tan Han also spoke on her behalf.
“Little Han, you just got rid of those people, so what are we going to do next?”
“Next? Next is naturally going to the laboratory ruins. Isn't there a big gift left for us by Wan Shi Wu there?”
I said as a matter of course.
“There... alright, indeed a big gift. So Little Han, you plan to gather all the fragments to synthesize the Grand Spellbook, right?”
“Why not? This is very interesting, and also a very marvelous experience.”
I responded very lightly.
Although I became the King of the Ancient Glacial Ice race because of this accident, it didn't mean I would inherit all this.
I remembered what I wanted from beginning to end.
If asked: between understanding [Transcendent Knowledge] and obtaining a piece of Transcendent Knowledge, which one do I want?
I would definitely choose the former.
I didn't lack [Transcendent Knowledge].
There was still one waiting for me to harvest in the Game World, and there was still a portion of Academy Head Mei's [Transcendent Knowledge] in my main body that hadn't been utilized until now.
Although this was nominally Academy Head Mei's, it didn't mean the fact that it was on me right now could be denied.
After gradually resonating with this power with this clone, I also gradually gained a lot of special understanding of this “Great Snow Throne Spell.”
Its existence was just like the Transcendent item “Tear of Frenzied Growth” held by Qiu Ruxin in the Game World back then.
It had strong Destiny intervention, so it couldn't belong to me.
And it was more complex than the “naturally formed” Tear of Frenzied Growth.
It also involved the bloodline resonance and racial concept of the Ancient Glacial Ice, equivalent to making an entire race one of the components of this Grand Spellbook, and also had the blessing and connection of the Faith of all clan members.
So I saw it very clearly.
Even if I acknowledged this clone, this clone was just a thug that could only show off in the Main World.
It wasn't a pure, unrestricted power mastered by myself.
But as a temporary handy tool, or a bargaining chip later, that was absolutely enough.
And just when I made the next decision in the Secret Realm.
Here at the Primal Dream State Laboratory.
“You mean you have now become the King of the Ancient Glacial Ice race? Is that right?”
“Yes, at least for now. I think this is a unique opportunity. Limited by the influence of my clone's Soul Mimicry technique, this clone cannot become a real life yet, but I have enough confidence that with the Soul Depiction technique...”
“Alright, alright, no need to say more.”
Mei Linde quickly stopped me.
She didn't want to expose all of Little Han's trump cards.
After all, there were still many Witches listening here.
Each of them was a little gossip expert.
Even if they promised not to tell, what if one slipped up?
“So what do you plan to do next?”
“Next is naturally gathering all fragments, and then trying to piece together a Grand Spellbook to play with.”
I said as a matter of course.
“Hah? Play with? Are you sure you said play with?”
“Mhm, I have already obtained a large amount of laboratory legacy data through Tan Han and the others. Being broken is just an unconventional posture of this Grand Spellbook. It's not like the Grand Spellbook was really destroyed. Just piecing it together, isn't it easy enough to do with hands?”
“No... is this really still the Little Han I know? Little Han's subconscious is actually so arrogant?”
At this moment, some Witches whispering quietly leaned over to their besties and asked quietly.
“She has the capital to be arrogant. I think such a Little Han is very frank, communication is comfortable!”
“I also like such a Little Han.”
While these Witches were gossiping, at this moment, the topic between me and the Academy Head and the others had jumped to another level.
“Academy Head, with such a sudden accident, by the way, why don't you take this opportunity to conduct Destiny Gazing Technique observation? I only roughly know the function of the Destiny Gazing Technique until now. As for how exactly to lock the Umbilicus Mundi through the Destiny Gazing Technique, I don't understand it very well yet. Could it be that now is not a very good opportunity?”
“It's useless, at least not yet at this stage.”
Academy Head Mei shook her head and said somewhat helplessly.
Actually, speaking of the debugging of the Destiny Gazing Technique instrument, at this stage, it was actually mostly completed and about to succeed.
“The opportunity hasn't arrived yet.”
“Then what kind of thing is called an opportunity?”
I asked puzzledly.
Previously, the Academy Head and the others wanted to lock the Umbilicus Mundi using the Ancient Glacial Ice and the Great Snow Throne Spell as a medium.
Now with the same timing, and even having the Destiny Gazing Technique instrument that didn't exist back then, there should be at least some value in trying, right?
“Remember what I told you, what is the Umbilicus Mundi related to?”
“Related to what? Uh... this is very broad... what specifically are you asking?”
I asked.
“Let me ask this way, do you understand the Three Great Long Rivers of the Void?”
Mei Linde was not in a hurry at this moment either.
After dispersing the Witches watching the excitement and gossip, she also began to explain to me.
“I know this.”
I had come into contact with the Earth Vein River when researching Earth Veins before, and later learned about the Three Great Long Rivers of the Void in detail due to some reasons; it seemed to be learned from that Destiny Alchemist.
“In that case... the Umbilicus Mundi is related to the Earth Vein River, right? Big Sis Mei, what exactly did you want to ask me?”
“Yes, the Umbilicus Mundi is related to the Earth Vein River. Then let me ask you, can you guess which sources a complete world system belongs to and from which concepts it was born?”
“Uh... I remember Big Sis Mei, you told me a metaphor, the world is the fruit borne by the Void Earth Vein, so... the world is the product of the Earth Vein?”
“You got one-third right.”
Mei Linde laughed and then explained: “The source of the world originates from the Three Great Long Rivers of the Void, not one of them, but all of them. Can you understand if I say this?”
“Th... Three Great Long Rivers? All of them?!”
“Yes! So let me explain it to you.”
Mei Linde paused and then continued: “First is the most fundamental Time River. Of course, what flows in the Time River is not time, and time is not a specific concept, nor is it a characteristic that can be manipulated by power. You, having Time Sense, should understand the concept of time better than me, right?”
“Mhm, time is irreversible and cannot be objectively manipulated. It can only be a concept that is deconstructed, applied, and deepened to assist understanding.”
“Very profound, making it a bit hard for me to understand. But the Time River is a specific concept used to measure the depth of True Time. Its essence is the truly existing True Time. Its existence and application even made everyone recognize the concept of ‘Transcendent,’ used to completely divide the boundary between True Time and the visible world.”
“And True Time, which is the so-called Time River, is the cradle of the world's birth, and also the foundation for the world's birth.”
“Then comes the Earth Vein River, constructing the framework of the world's operation within True Time.”
“What about the Karma River?”
I opened my mouth and asked.
I learned from the Destiny Alchemist that the Karma River was the most mysterious, unobservable and incomprehensible.
Only its tributaries could be observed, and that was the so-called “Destiny River.”