Chapter 75.1 - Tower of God: The Dragon’s Cave. (1/2)

Chapter 75.1 – Tower of God: The Dragon’s Cave.

After hearing Du Ze’s question, Soth was slightly dazed. The true essence of the world?

Soth immediately thought of the elements – the foundation of the world. But this answer is too simple since it only speaks of the composition of the world, not its essential nature.

Essence means the origin of a thing and its inherent nature.

This man was able to ask the question, which means that “the rules” recognizes his knowledge of the answer. Looking at the impassive face of Du Ze opposite him, the human god’s heart beat irregularly; from that man’s question, he knows the true essence of this world that Soth knows nothing about?

The Temple of Knowledge was strangely silent. Du Ze didn’t look behind him but he could feel everyone’s eyes boring into his back. He stared at the god who was deep in thought, but he wasn’t worried at all since he is cheating – only he knows that this world is a novel called “Mixed Blood.” Most importantly, even if Soth knows the answer, he will be stopped from speaking it out loud. Therefore, there is no way that Soth can answer the question.

One cannot know; one cannot say. This is the truth hidden outside of this world.

As Du Ze waited, Lord Soth finally sighed.

“I can only think of ‘elements’ as the answer but I know it is not accurate.”

The god had just finished speaking when the crystal ball at the top of his wooden staff suddenly exploded. A white light descended to the floor and became a white pillar that rose to the sky – it’s the exit portal.

“It really was wrong …” He congratulated Du Ze and others: “Congratulations on passing the test of the Temple of Knowledge.”

They were able to pass customs through the shameless and despicable actions of the silly, cute reader. Enoch pumped his fist in a silent “yes!” gesture. Violet pulled Alice into a hug and jumped up and down with her. Ariel signed “very awesome!” to Du Ze.

Then Xiu came to Du Ze’s side and held his hand tightly. Du Ze saw that although Xiu smiled at him very gently, Xiu was actually not very happy.

Why are you unhappy? He was finally able to help a little.

Before Du Ze could open his mouth, Xiu closed his eyes and fell into a coma, perhaps because they had already passed the trial and he had relaxed. The moment the crystal ball exploded, the darkness came rushing in from all directions and started swallowing up this reading room that was floating in a void. The Tower of God was once again forcing them to rush forward. Muir carried Xiu and when Du Ze was about to leave the Temple of Knowledge through the white light, Soth suddenly spoke.

“If you can, could you tell me the answer to that question?”

Du Ze was silent, not because he didn’t want to speak, but because he couldn’t speak at all. Soth thought it was because there was no benefit in speaking and Du Ze would not make an effort without a reward so he continued: “I can speak freely now. If you wish to, we can exchange information.”

Du Ze was immediately excited. There is something that he wants to ask about – the God of Creation. The people who were living in the world today can only know the legends about the creation of the various races, but the gods who have lived for thousands of year are likely to know more than ordinary folk.

What is more, the god in front of him is the owner of the Temple of Wisdom. For the Moe Lord’s future, even if he knows that he won’t be able to answer, Du Ze still doesn’t want to give up this opportunity.

“Have you ever seen the Creator God? I want to know more about him.”

The god was surprised when he heard this but he replied seriously: “No. When I became a god, there were only legends about the God who created the world.”

Before Du Ze could be disappointed, Soth went on: “But I was interested in this topic, so I found some information. Before the first era, the world was created by the God and all living things lived together in harmony. However, after some time the Creator disappeared – legend says that he fell asleep but I think the phrase ‘went missing’ is more appropriate.”

In the original plot of the “Mixed-Blood” novel, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu first wrote about the Creator God when he made the “trade” with the eight races. Du Ze had thought that the god was part of a fable meant to illustrate the pros and cons of each race but now he has a conjecture – perhaps this was something that really happened?

“Not long after the Creator God disappeared, the war between the angels and demons broke out during the beginning of the first era. This was a time when there was no god and the creatures who had been alive during the creation of the world had all died off. Only the gods of the first era could have seen the God of Creation.” A complex expression flashed through Soth’s eyes: “For example, the god of light, or … the demon god Bael.”

The god of light and Bael?! Du Ze almost coughed up blood. One is an irreconcilable enemy; how can they possibly have a friendly conversation with him?! The other one was already overthrown; how can they find the truth?!