After saying that, the figure of light scattered into countless sprites of light and disappeared.
The world only calmed down for a split second.
The black market seemed to have exploded as quite a few people loudly discussed among themselves.
Even more people ran to the bookstore without making a sound.
The 7 Holy Bibles!
Each Holy Bibles recorded the words and actions of the Gods, as well as their views on all things in the world, as well as their teachings to their believers, as well as their prophecies of the future.
To find the labyrinth, one must rely on the 21 poems of prophecy from the 7 Holy Bibles!
Fortunately, the Holy Bibles of the 7 Gods had always been the most widely circulated reading material, and many times, the Holy Churches would even give out Holy Bibles to their believers for free.
In the Strife Zones, regardless of the time, the 7 Holy Bibles were the most common books available in any bookstore.
After a bit of chaos, everyone managed to obtain enough Holy Church books from 7-8 bookstores.
A certain Combatant was tempted to confiscate all the books, but quickly gave up on that idea.
He realized that if he dared to do that, everyone would probably band together to kill him regardless of the cost.
Because this was a Divine Prophecy!
Aside from the issue of faith, the figure of light had already said that he was only buying time for the living beings.
If they couldn't find the labyrinth in the end, the Divine Armament wouldn't be activated, and the evil wouldn't be sealed away again.
If his obstruction caused the search for the Divine Armament to fail, then he would die together with everyone else at the hands of the monster!
The Combatant took a deep breath, took out a Holy Bible from his chest pocket, and quickly flipped through it.
This was the Holy Bible of Death, which recorded many of the God of Death's deeds and words, as well as several poems of prophecy about the future.
Each poem had at least a few thousand lines.
And this was only one Holy Bible.
There were a total of 7 Holy Bibles …
He shook his head and began to seriously read through the poems.
This was a huge undertaking, but no matter how hard it was, he had to find a suitable poem for the current situation as soon as possible!
The entire black market fell silent.
A path to becoming a Demigod was right in front of everyone's eyes.
No one was willing to fight and kill for the sake of normal treasures in the world anymore.
At the edge of the floating port.
Gu Qing Shan served Little Dusk a cup of steaming hot tea while she leaned back on her chair, reading a newspaper.
This was the Guardian Association's newspaper.
After a long period of silence, it was finally updated just now.
"Aren't you going to decipher those poems?" Little Xi asked while sipping her tea.
Gu Qing Shan read the newspaper seriously and answered casually, "Ah, I'm not going. I've already given up my faith."
"Don't worry, you can give it a try," Xiaoxi encouraged.
"Why?"
"Because according to those words just now, the gods actually don't care if you're a believer or not. After you obtain the divine artifact, they'll help you ignite all the light on the Tree of Divinity — you'll become a demigod."
"Are Gods that kind?" Gu Qing Shan was still reading the newspaper and asked.
"Trust me, I understand the Divinities" Little Dusk replied: "They are obsessed with sealing away all unknown and powerful sins, and living beings who help the Divinities achieve this goal will indeed receive the Divinities' favor and reward"
Gu Qing Shan was a bit hesitant. "But isn't becoming a Demigod all of a sudden a bit too much for a living being?"
Little Dusk smiled: "Becoming a Demigod isn't much, it's just the beginning of becoming a Divinity, it's even harder to become a Divinity"
"Are there Demigods in the Strife Zones?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Little Dusk replied: "The Deities who serve the 7 Holy Churches in name are all Demigods"
Gu Qing Shan muttered: "Deities who serve the Deities …"
According to the military officer's memories, Gu Qing Shan knew that every Divinity has a Deity who serves the Deity.
The Deity who serves the True God takes care of their daily affairs and loyally carries out all of their orders.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly recalled the Black Dog that accompanied Anna at the time.
— — -how strong was it?
"Demigod huh … do you think I should give it a try?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Little Dusk replied: "That's right, becoming a Demigod will greatly increase your strength. Your cultivation will most likely directly leap to a very high realm, your Card rank will also directly surpass the rank of a Grey Card and jump several ranks at once"
"Hm … that's possible" Gu Qing Shan mused.
To be honest, he was also a bit tempted.
Little Dusk stood up: "Let's go, we're going to find the 7 Holy Bibles to study the poems of prophecy — — I know the 7 Divinities very well, so I should be able to find the corresponding 21 poems"
She continued: "We can decipher the poems and find out where the labyrinth is"
"Then we'll go to the Divinities' labyrinth together, take out the Divine Armaments and seal away the evil"
Gu Qing Shan silently looked at her and asked: "You've already been sealed away by the Divinities once, why do you still want to help them with something like this? Don't you want revenge? "
Little Dusk was confused: "Revenge? What do you mean by revenge? "
Gu Qing Shan hesitated for a bit before answering: "It's … when someone did something bad to you, you want them to feel the same thing"
Little Dusk smiled faintly: "The Divinities are only afraid of me"
Gu Qing Shan asked: "But they sealed you away"
Little Dusk looked at him: "That was in the past, what I'm doing now has nothing to do with them, I just want to help you become a Demigod"
Gu Qing Shan fell silent.
He slowly put the newspaper back on the table.
— — unlike before, the newspaper this time wasn't white with black text, but completely black, almost like the curtain of night that shrouded everything.
Lines of burning text appeared on the black paper.
[The final announcement]
[The 900 million World Layers alliance has been destroyed]
[Billions of worlds have fallen into darkness]
[That monster is currently fighting against the [Demon King Order] for the Authority of Destruction]
[Regardless of who wins or loses, the only thing that awaits living beings is slavery or death]
[Attention, this is the final message from the Spire Keeper Association before it collapsed]
[Everything has come to an end]
"Farewell, friend."
When Gu Qing Shan no longer looked at the newspaper, the burning text began to spread across the black paper.
The flames devoured the entire newspaper.
Within the intense flames, the former glory of the Spire Keeper Association was reduced to ash, disappearing from the 900 million World Layers.
The 900 million World Layers alliance had also been destroyed.
An era had ended.
The curtains of the Apocalypse were slowly rising.
At this point, only the Strife Zones that were hidden by the power of the Old Gods had temporarily survived.
But there was no telling how long this luck would last.
Gu Qing Shan sighed deeply, clenched his hands, and formed a hand seal.
"I have something I need to ask you"
He told Little Dusk.
A flash of light appeared from his hand and manifested into a terrifying face.
This face made entirely of light was half male, half female. Their eyes were filled with madness and hysteria, displaying both male and female expressions of pain, their mouths were wide open as if they were silently wailing.
Indeed, this was the entity from God Institute.
— — -the eerie monster that no one could fight against!
"Do you know about this thing?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Staring closely at the monster, Little Dusk's expression slowly turned serious.
She spoke with a slow and cold tone: "It has many names, the Predator, the Enemy of Gods, the Demon King that eats Gods, the Desolate Terminator"
Gu Qing Shan was shocked and asked: "You know about it?"
"I do" Little Dusk nodded: "This thing came from the Age of Desolation — — the era before the birth of the Old Gods"
"This thing once ended the Age of Desolation. After the birth of the Old Gods, even though the True Gods all had immense power, they could only become this thing's food"
"The reason why the gods are constantly creating all living beings and even breaking all taboos in search of power that is far more powerful than themselves is partly because of this thing."
Gu Qing Shan asked further: "Did the Old Gods ever win against this thing?"
Little Dusk replied: "The Old Gods and that thing once fought a decisive battle — — I was also there at the time"
"Did you fight against it?"
"It wasn't just me, every powerful force created by the Old Gods participated in that decisive battle, some of them were even more powerful than I am"
"You won?"
"Yes, but it was extremely difficult to win, the majority of the Old Gods died, even those that were so powerful that even I found it hard to believe died in that decisive battle"
"What about the monster?"
"We couldn't destroy it, so we could only seal it away — — although that was the only thing we could do, this way, the Old Gods would be temporarily safe"
Gu Qing Shan silently nodded.
Little Dusk was curious: "How do you know about this thing?"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "It appeared again"
Little Dusk didn't say anything.
This was the first time Gu Qing Shan had ever seen her show an expression of fear and worry.
"Now that the Old Gods aren't here, it can't be defeated?" Gu Qing Shan tried asking.
"No" Little Dusk shook her head, "the Old Gods would never allow such a terrifying situation to happen again"
"After sealing that monster away, they studied it for countless years and finally found a way to deal with it"
Gu Qing Shan's eyes lit up and asked: "What way?"
"It's a secret, a secret of the Old Gods" Little Dusk looked at her and shook her head.
Gu Qing Shan spoke with a serious expression: "Listen to me, Little Dusk, you have to tell me, otherwise, more and more people will be killed by the monster, the entire world will be destroyed"
"It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that the Old Gods had already defeated that monster at that time, so they were no longer confident in a powerful weapon like me, so I don't know about that secret" Little Dusk replied.
"Are there no clues at all?" Gu Qing Shan asked in disbelief.
"Of course there are, I know where the Old Gods hid their secret" Little Dusk replied.
"Where?"
"It's a unique number, it represents endless death in Divine Language — — 944, that's right, the # 944 coin"
"Coin? The Old Gods hid their secret inside coins? "Gu Qing Shan asked in disbelief.
At this point, he recalled the # 109 coin in his hand.
This coin can open a fridge.
In other words — — -
Many coins have all sorts of unique uses?
Little Dusk replied: "That's right, the # 900 and above coins don't represent wealth, nor do they circulate. These coins were forged by the Old Gods using Eternal materials, hiding the truth and secrets that they didn't want to talk about"
Gu Qing Shan lowered his gaze and pondered for a bit before asking: "Are these coins the same as the # 900 and below coins, where they're classified according to how important they are?"
"No, you can't measure the truth and secrets with the same attitude you use to measure wealth. Every number on the # 900 and above coins has a unique meaning, you can't tell which one is more important than the other"
Seemingly recalling something, Little Dusk's voice became faint and indistinct:
"All the # 900 and above coins are equal, except … for the last # 3 coins, only a single one was forged …"
Gu Qing Shan didn't notice the difference in Little Dusk's tone.
His mind was currently filled with thoughts of how to defeat that monster.
Only one was forged — — the fewer there were, the more precious the secret was. For Gu Qing Shan, this was something he could easily understand.
"# 944 …" Gu Qing Shan muttered. "Alright, I'll keep that in mind, I'll find this coin"
He stood up: "As for now, let's find those three Divine Armaments and leave this world as soon as possible"
Little Dusk also stood up: "We're going to the bookstore?"
"No, we're going to the desert" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Little Dusk was confused: "But we haven't found the 21 poems of divination yet, and we don't know where the labyrinth is"
Gu Qing Shan said: "Come with me"
"You have a way?" Little Dusk asked.
"Hm" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"You can bypass the Old Gods' prophecies and find the Divine Armaments?" Little Dusk couldn't help but ask again.
"Hm" Gu Qing Shan continued.
"I can't believe it, what kind of method is it, can you tell me?" Little Dusk pursued.
"Hm, it should be the method that the Demon King Eater used when he hunted the Old Gods"
Gu Qing Shan replied.
He had just spent several thousand Soul Points on the War God UI.
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