Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 501: Chapter 252: Why Do You Trust Me? (Part 2)

At least during the initial period after entering the Realm of Reason, he had to avoid Joy.

But despite losing in the fight, he responded, ”You know my name, but you’ve never introduced yourselves. Are you hiding something?”

Joy chuckled and said:

”Remember this, we are the Bright Society, and we will be waiting for you in the Realm of Reason.”

As Joy finished speaking, his entire body dissipated and disappeared.

Wu Chang shifted his gaze from Joy to Mercury and Aksu. The two were straightforward, without much struggle, exchanged a glance, and directly left the instance plane, leaving behind only two burning contracts and two withered leaves.

As for Fei Guang and Chiba, Joy did not protect them during the battle like he did for Mercury and the others. Affected by the Chaos Authority, they fought fiercely but ultimately were slain by the Authority.

With Fei Guang’s death, the item sealing off the instance was lifted.

Wu Chang took advantage of the remaining time of the Knight of Strife, looking towards Booker and the other two.

The three understood that after Wu Chang’s battle with Joy, he would be weakened, making this a clearing scene to prevent any conspiracies.

They exchanged glances, proficiently took out the instance escape item, and ended the instance prematurely.

Sigh.

Finally, it was all over.

Wu Chang relaxed his tense muscles, gazing at the Golden Giant Sword in his hand slowly dissipating, a trace of heartache flickering in his eyes.

The enchantment obtained through false miracles had a powerful effect, but its side effects were equally immense.

Wu Chang opened the Attribute Panel and saw in the item’s attribute of the Golden Throne, the ”Treasure” skill had turned gray.

In the short term, the Treasure Skill of the Golden Throne would be unusable. Due to the lack of detailed descriptions on the side effects of the false miracle, he was unsure whether the Treasure Skill would recover.

The silver lining was that Schultz, relying on the resonance of Virtue and Sin, had gathered enough and sufficiently steadfast faith, significantly reducing the side effects of the false miracle without impacting the skills of the Golden Country, so the loss wasn’t too severe.

Speaking of Schultz, Wu Chang shrank his size, concerned about his cheap cousin, observing how he was faring.

He looked at Schultz lying on the ground, discovering the black and white Praise Poem had completely lost its life force, becoming a dead object.

Schultz was dead?

No.

Wu Chang didn’t see the All-Knowing Crystal, which would scorch his gaze, in the center of Praise Poem’s forehead.

While he and Joy were fighting intensely, Schultz had slipped away. Where could he have gone?

Just as Wu Chang was about to search for Schultz’s whereabouts, his expression suddenly turned peculiar; he had found where Schultz was.

Inside the 100th floor of the Hymn Building, Wu Chang’s true self was watching the spectacle when suddenly he heard noise from the elevator.

He hurriedly stored the champagne and snacks into his personal space, repositioned the chair he was sitting in, his actions resembling a student hastily turning off the TV upon hearing their parents return home.

The elevator door opened, and the extremely weak Schultz staggered in. Wu Chang quickly went over, assisting him to sit down.

Wu Chang said:

”Schultz, are you alright? Don’t sleep yet, let me go open the medical pod first.”

Wu Chang was just about to get up when he noticed his wrist being grabbed by Schultz. He looked at Schultz, finding Schultz slowly shaking his head.

”It’s useless, there’s no time.”

Wu Chang furrowed his brows; he could feel Schultz’s body growing increasingly weaker. It wasn’t from injuries but from the soul, originating from being forcefully broken by Joy’s balance of good and evil, resulting in being struck by tens of thousands of wills.

The Four-sided Age Fire Lamp could only give him a moment of life return, but could not save his life.

He originally thought Schultz’s black-tech laboratory could save him, but now it seemed Schultz had no way either.

Schultz spoke hurriedly, ”I don’t have much time. You listen to me finish speaking first, and ask questions last if you have any.”

”First, do you see that console over there?” Schultz pointed to the innermost side of the laboratory.

Wu Chang nodded. 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

Schultz said, ”This isn’t actually a floor structure but is a flying vehicle, or rather, a spaceship. After I die, ownership will automatically transfer to you, and you can pilot it to escape. The Hymn Hunter outside won’t catch up to you.”

”They are outsiders who cannot stay in our world for long; you just need to wait in the skies for a month, and there’ll be no more danger.”

Wu Chang was somewhat stunned; previously hearing conspiracy theories about aliens regarding Hymn Company often appeared in rumors, claiming Hymn Company’s cooperation with the Federation Government had dismantled an alien spaceship, resulting in gaining various black technologies.

He had thought it was a joke, but hadn’t expected Schultz to actually make it a reality.

Schultz noticed Wu Chang’s misunderstanding and added, ”This spaceship was made by myself and is unrelated to those outsiders.”

Then he pointed to his own forehead and said:

”After I die, the All-Knowing Crystal will detach. I’ll give it to you, trusting that you can use it better than I do. Our world is now connected to higher-level worlds. I haven’t completely severed this connection.”

”This act is risky, but it also harbors the future of our world. I’ve come as far as I can; the remaining journey I can only entrust to you.”

Schultz coughed twice and continued, ”The core technology of Hymn Company is recorded here. Once you grasp the All-Knowing Crystal, it will help you understand this knowledge. I’m done speaking; now you can ask any questions you have.”

There were so many questions he wanted to ask, yet when given the chance, Wu Chang didn’t know where to start.