Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 239 The Eternal History Book and the History Museum
Chapter 238

The chaotic shop contains only one thing that looks like a donation box.

There's a coin slot on top; just insert the random currency and tell the box what you need.

However, it's important to note that if the demand is too high but the amount of Chaos Currency invested is insufficient, this box does not offer a refund. Therefore, to use this box correctly, you need to invest a small amount of Chaos Currency beforehand and ask clearly.

Rosen tossed in a chaotic silver coin and then asked his first question.

"How much Chaos Currency do I need to invest to find out exactly who is harming me?"

After Rosen asked the question, the money box did not react at all.

"How much Chaos Currency is needed to answer my question?"

As Rosen spoke, he tossed in another chaotic silver coin.

The money box reacted immediately, spitting out a slip of paper with the words "96 Chaotic Silver Coins" written on it.

Rosen immediately threw in 96 chaotic silver coins, then asked the first question again.

The money box still spat out a slip of paper, which read 31 Chaos Coins.

Rosen deposited the chaotic gold coins according to the amount on the slip of paper, and this time the money box spat out several photos before he could even ask.

The front shows the true faces of the demigods who attacked him, while the back shows their respective identities.

Rosen glanced at the cash box, then turned and left the chaotic shop.

The chaotic store wasn't large, only a few dozen square meters, and it was divided into inner and outer sections.

While others were trading inside, those who came later could only wait outside.

When Rosen pushed open the door to the inner room, he was almost bumped into by the three people who were waiting anxiously outside.

Rosen clearly sensed that the three people's first reaction upon seeing him was abnormal.

As expected, these three people were likely subordinates sent by the three people who were tasked with killing him.

Rosen smiled, closed the door, and threw in the chaotic silver coins again to ask questions.

"How many Chaos Gold Coins did the three outsiders bring?"

"How do the three people outside plan to use these Chaos Coins?"

"How many Chaos Coins would I need to permanently prevent others from using Chaos Currency to kill me?"

Rosen finally spent all two thousand-plus Chaos Coins in his hand before leaving the Chaos Shop with a dark expression.

Although it's heartbreaking, there's no need to worry about anyone using Chaos Coins to buy his life.

However, it's not permanent; it just means you don't have to worry about it for at least a thousand years.

He can't afford to mess with the Chaos Shop right now, which is at least a Sequence 0 Miracle Treasure. But once he's strong enough, we'll see if he'll smash this box or not. This damn box must have calculated the amount of Chaos Coins he has before quoting that number.

After returning to the hotel, Rosen went into his mysterious study and began to draw while looking at the three photos in his hand.

We can't solve the two Sequence 2 problems for now, so let's deal with Sequence 3 first.

However, in a moment of thought, Rosen put down his paintbrush again.

He'd gotten so used to cursing people with his drawings that he'd killed them if they offended him that he'd forgotten he was Su Lei now.

Su Lei is a historian; if he wants to kill someone, he should use the abilities of a historian.

In fact, he not only lacked a history museum, but he also used Sulei's copy of the Eternal History Book.

Because creating an eternal history book is indeed quite time-consuming.

However, considering the value of the Chaotic Coins, Rosen was in no hurry to leave the Chaotic City.

Although frequently using data transmission to seize the chaotic currency of the outer city might cause the superhumans in the outer city to give up creating chaos because it becomes unprofitable, the random occurrence once a month will prevent the working people in the outer city from completely giving up.

Having made up his mind, Rosen began to create an eternal history book.

Since it is a history book, the first thing to do is to create a blank book.

This step is actually similar to creating a virtual picture book, except that the paper used for the picture book is very different from that used for a physical book.

Rosen took out the human skin paper cloned from the Void Gallery, adjusted the papermaking process to make the paper more durable and suitable for writing, and then used bones as the cover to quickly bind a book made from his bones and skin.

Since historians don't have their own pens, Rosen decided to use a magic pen instead.

Turning to the first page, Rosen began to write his own history.

Every historian's timeless history begins with writing their own personal history.

Everything that has happened from the moment of birth until now should be written down.

Historians believe that time cannot be permanently altered, and history cannot be permanently rewritten.

What has happened cannot be permanently changed by future generations.

Initially, this view of historians was scoffed at by many deities.

The reason is simple: there are too many ways to distort time and change the past.

Rosen's painter sequence's time-sealing technique can capture fragments of the past, and historians are even more adept at rewriting history.

If historians themselves can distort history, why do they still believe that history cannot be altered?

The reason is simple: the butterfly effect.

In ancient times, a beggar died. If he hadn't died, he might have become a king, conquered the world, ascended to the extraordinary through the faith of the world, and gradually become a god, influencing countless people in the process.

Therefore, even slight changes to the past can have a catastrophic impact on future generations.

Therefore, even if a great true god wanted to bring this beggar back to life, the backlash from the historical timeline would be enough to kill this great true god.

This is the theoretical reason why time cannot be altered.

However, in reality, the methods of tampering with time are not few, though not many.

Beings who reach the level of true gods can even distort time and resurrect dead demigods.

In theory, the resurrection of a beggar would be enough to cause the great true god to perish and fail, but in reality, the true god can resurrect demigods.

It seems contradictory, but the two are actually two different things.

The key lies in whether the word "permanent" is present. Have the demigods who were resurrected by the true god through time distortion truly come back to life permanently?

The answer is no; a true god once resurrected a demigod.

This demigod was theoretically supposed to live for another six thousand years, but he only lived for a little over a thousand years before suddenly dying.

There are many similar examples, and historians later solved the mystery.

The past and history cannot be permanently altered. The true god may seem to have resurrected a demigod, but in reality, he only caused some interference with the past, distorting the fact that the demigod died in the past, thus causing the demigod to be briefly resurrected in the present.

When the true God's distortion of past time is corrected by time and history itself, the demigods resurrected in the present time will die.

Therefore, historians have concluded an ironclad rule: extraordinary individuals can distort, interfere with, and alter the past, but time and history have the ability to self-correct, and future generations can never permanently change them, only temporarily distort, interfere with, and alter them.

The past cannot be changed at will, the present can be changed at will, and the future holds countless possibilities.

Historians record their own history in eternal history books primarily to solidify their past and prevent others from altering it through various means, while simultaneously making it easier for them to alter their own past.

Rosen hesitated to put pen to paper, pondering whether to write about this life or his past life.

After much contemplation, he wrote down the history of each day since his birth in his previous life, like writing a diary. In addition to the words, there were also lifelike illustrations. The combination of words and pictures can greatly enhance the authenticity and power of history.

Once he started writing, he couldn't stop. It took him five years to finish writing down 35 years of memories.

Because it's written in such detail, it also needs to be accompanied by countless illustrations.

Fortunately, there's the Time Tower acceleration feature, and Time Drawing can increase the speed of drawing.

After finishing writing his past life's history, Rosen began writing his present life's history.

From the moment he traveled through time, from the moment he returned to the age of 18, from the moment he merged with Little Rosen, from the moment he awakened to the extraordinary, the moment he uttered his first word, the nascent Eternal History Book in his hand underwent a mysterious change that even Rosen did not notice.

Compared to memories of his past life, memories of this life are more complex and longer-lasting. Over two hundred years of memories—by the time Rosen finished writing them down, several decades of reality had passed. Only when he continued to write these years of writing the Eternal History into his personal history, and the last stroke of the pen fell, was the Eternal History truly complete.

The eternal history book begins to integrate the power of time contained within the personal histories written in it.

Rosen thought the transformation would be over soon, but it turned out to be a year in the end.

However, the moment he saw the Eternal History Book attribute, he instantly felt that he had not wasted these past few decades.

[Eternal History: Miracle Treasures]

[Level: Sequence 3]

[Miracle Attribute: The Eternal History Book can record history, making it easier for historians to revise and falsify it.]

[Miracle Traits: Historical Records, Unique in Heaven and Earth, Eternal]

Rosen fell into deep thought. What made his eternal history book a miraculous treasure?
By perceiving the unique miracle characteristic history, he gradually understood what was going on.

History is something that is harder to pass down the older it is, and the older the history that remains, the more likely it is to deviate from the true history.

His previous life, which lasted only 35 years, is the oldest and most complete history in existence.

This proves once again that Rosen did not time travel or reincarnate, but rather came to the future after sleeping for countless years for unknown reasons. His past life's history had long been forgotten, and even if some of it were retrieved through the spirit world, it would be incomplete.

Because it is the oldest, because it spans countless years, its eternal history has become a miracle.

The unique wonder property of historical records is special. Whatever it sees and knows will be automatically recorded in the eternal history books to form a series of historical events. At the same time, even if the recorded history is incomplete, this wonder property will gradually fill in and correct the missing history.

Rosen's divinity is infused into the Eternal History Books, and he attempts to manipulate the other Eternal History Books through the unique nature of the universe.

However, it failed, unable to influence other mental canvases in the same way as the mental canvas.

After careful consideration, Rosen quickly understood why he had failed.

The canvas of the mind can influence all other canvases of the mind because the canvas of the mind itself is a skill. Although different painters may develop their canvases of the mind in different directions, they all learn them in the same way at the beginning.

Unlike eternal history books, each eternal history book is born from historians recording their own history.

Therefore, there are no two identical eternal histories, and its unique nature in the universe naturally cannot affect other eternal histories.

Regretting it, Rosen began to record the history he knew through the Wonders History Record.

The history known to the ancient dragon gods, the part of history known to Sulei when revising the history of the dragon race, the history of the God of Fire, his understanding of the ancient god civilization, and finally the human history of the World Government, all these histories are incorporated into the Eternal History Book, enriching the history in the book.

The history formed from the memories of the ancient dragon gods is the strongest, because this part of history is composed of both text and painting.

Since it involves revisiting memories, the accompanying images for historical issues are often much more authentic.

With a thought, Rosen turned to a page in the Eternal History Book. This page recorded the day when the eldest son of the ancient dragon god became a titled demigod. On the left was the text, and on the right was an illustration. As divinity infused the text and illustration, the hellish red dragon in the illustration came to life.

Whenever needed, Rosen can summon the eldest son of the ancient dragon god from history.

Directly summoning historical figures and objects is one of the methods historians excel at.

The more authentic and comprehensive the recorded history, the less the cost of summoning will be.

Decades later, as Rosen left the mysterious study and stepped out of the hotel, he instantly felt malice everywhere he went.

This is normal, though. For the past few decades, he has plundered every last penny of the outer city's resources every month. Now, he can be said to be an enemy of the world in the chaotic city. Countless people have tried to raise chaotic coins to kill him over the years.

Rosen now understands how worthwhile it was to buy a thousand-year protection period back then.

At this moment, that mysterious donation box must be regretting it terribly!

Rosen walked to the mysterious shop and came out a moment later with several Soul Gems in his hand.

There is only one sequence 3, and the rest are sequence 4.

The Chaotic Shop, which claims to be omnipotent, actually has things it can't do.

Back at the hotel, Rosen used the Soul Gem to upgrade all the extraordinary buildings—the Stage of Destiny, the Gates of Heaven, the Demon's Lair, the Ash Castle, the Glorious Lighthouse, the Divine Stables, the Ash Hive, and the Slime's Lair—to Sequence 4.

For the first time, his extraordinary buildings were on par with the ranks of the nobility.

This is probably the last time, because Soul Gems become increasingly difficult to obtain as time goes on.

The purchasing power of Chaos Coins is still very strong; Rosen even has the thought of not wanting to leave Chaos City.

However, the inner city is too safe; if he leaves the inner city, he will likely be killed by more than one Sequence 1.

So this place isn't really suitable for him to grow up in, but it might be a good option for retirement or vacation in the future.

Back at the hotel, Rosen treasured the remaining Sequence 3 Soul Gem.

Then, from the divine realm, take out the history museum that was just exchanged using chaotic currency.

This is a history museum that he commissioned Luke Cruise to build. Although the real Luke Cruise has been writing eternal history books in his mysterious study for decades, his self-portrait clone did not forget to go out and pay the bill. He never expected that Luke Cruise would try to double-cross him.

Being in the inner city, Rosen couldn't kill Luke Cruise, or even rob him.

He had no interest in spreading rumors and ruining Luke Cruise's reputation. He had simply used Chaos Currency to directly exchange for the History Museum that Luke Cruise had hacked, and then teleported Luke Cruise to the Chaos Sea.

At this point, Luke Cruise was already being hunted down by the directors of the three major corporations.

Rosen took control of Paradise Pharmaceuticals early on, and the Glory Foundation fell into Daisy's hands. As for Titan Heavy Industries, the last remaining company, it has gradually come under the control of the Hill Dwarf King, who is not far from becoming the chairman of Titan Heavy Industries.

Rosen picked up the history museum in his hand, infused it with divinity and the bloodline of the bronze dragon, and began to complete the recognition and refinement process.

It's definitely better to cultivate something from scratch, but any building can be destroyed, and the original extraordinary building might be cultivated in the wrong direction. So, while acquiring a new extraordinary building is not common, it's not rare either.

[History Museum: A Divine Architecture]

[Level: Sequence 3]

[Functional Buildings: Exhibition Display Area, Collection Storage Area, Artifact Restoration Area, Relics Protection Area]

[Extraordinary Characteristics: Time-Space Transformation, Historical Seal, Perfect Art]

After carefully exploring the history museum, Rosen felt that his trip to the chaotic city had not been in vain.

The relic sealing zone inside the functional building, combined with the extraordinary historical seal, allows him to leverage the power of some archaeologists through the history museum, while also laying the foundation for his future archaeological museum that is compatible with Qinong.

Then there is the extraordinary property of spacetime conversion, which can not only passively conform to the spacetime authority.

Actively activating time-space transformation can also allow history museums to transform between the real and virtual worlds, and even better remain in the past timeline.

Ultimately, perfect art is not something Rosen demands to be bespoke.

This extraordinary quality was born from Luke Cruise's exceptional work when he was building the history museum.

It is precisely because of this extraordinary trait that Luke Cruise is willing to ruin his own reputation to double-cross others.

With this characteristic, the history museum is a perfect work of art from any angle, and the antiques on display inside will be arranged in the most perfect way on their own, and all the collections will be full of artistry through lighting and other means.

This is only a passive effect; the active effect is that it can absorb artistic beliefs and grow autonomously.

Extraordinary buildings capable of autonomous evolution are far more valuable than those of Sequence 3.

If Luke Cruise only asked for a price increase, Rosen would definitely raise the price without hesitation, given this characteristic.

But if someone wants to double-cross someone, then it's no wonder they resort to ruthless tactics.

Historical museums, strictly speaking, are complementary to timeless historical records.

The history recorded in timeless books, if a history museum has a large collection of artifacts corresponding to that period of history, then these artifacts can greatly enhance the power contained in that history. Therefore, being a historian is also an extremely expensive profession.

Rosen had anticipated this, and he immediately began filling the empty history museum.

In writing timeless history over the years, he has not forgotten to prepare his collection.

The self-portrait clone harvests the chaotic currency of the outer city for one day each month. The rest of the time, he uses data transmission to steal antiques from different historical periods left by the dragons. Over the decades, he has stolen a lot of antiques and treasures from the dragons.

Rosen was very careful; when stealing, he never targeted just one person.

Because once things go too far, there are no secrets that stay hidden forever. If the dragons in the Dragon Realm have a large number of treasures and antiques stolen from them, it will be easy for all races to know that a mysterious master thief has appeared in the main world.

By then, probably no one will display the treasures outside anymore.

(End of this chapter)