Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 329 The Main World of Light and the Main World of Darkness

Chapter 328

"Too powerful, so much so that even its attributes are difficult to detect..."

Rosen looked at the Miracle Stone Man before him with a complicated expression.

This miraculous being is not a great true god, at most just a true god, because what is inside is spirituality, not divinity, much less the will of a true god. However, this stone man of true god level, as long as he can complete the qualitative change of his spirituality, will not have difficulty becoming a great true god.

This miraculous stone man's memory is so vague and simple, perhaps because it possesses a certain spirituality but lacks quality.

It's like stuffing a child's soul into a giant's body. Being able to control the body's movements is already quite an achievement; gaining powerful wisdom would be very difficult, because a child's soul is already struggling to drive the body, let alone accommodate more memories, let alone give birth to powerful wisdom.

But this is for the best, otherwise he wouldn't be at ease with this miracle stone man.

Rosen continued to study the small World Tree stone carving, which itself had nothing special about it and was also made of God-quality stone.

It should be the work of the Miracle Stone Golem. However, the small World Tree inside the Spirit Realm, where hundreds of thousands of stone golem corpses kneel in worship, is made of stone that surpasses that of a true god. It is very likely that it was carved from stone at the level of a great true god.

Judging from the marks of time, it should not be the work of the stone man, but the work of the rock, which is why the stone man regarded it as a sacred object.

Rosen tried to break off a section of the rocky branch, but he couldn't break it at all, let alone crush it.

However, he soon discovered a new find behind the stone book: a map showing the migration routes of hundreds of thousands of stone men over countless years. This map allowed him to pinpoint all the remaining ruins, which contained abandoned spirit realm stone carvings made from remnants of true god stone.

If we find all of them, it won't be difficult to make the miniature World Tree grow to 100%.

However, since the item is there, it can be retrieved at any time. Rosen is now more interested in studying the Miracle Stone Man.

Although the attributes were difficult to see, the methods the Miracle Golem had mastered were quickly figured out.

First, the Miracle Stone Golem can carve, and its carving skills surpass those of a Sequence 0 sculptor.

Then the Miracle Stone Golem possesses terrifying mining abilities; otherwise, it would have been impossible for it to have almost dug to the very top of the Tower of Babel all by itself.

Furthermore, the Miracle Golem possesses terrifying defensive capabilities, making it difficult even for a true god to harm it.

Finally, the Miracle Stone Golems cannot fight. Hundreds of thousands of stone golems were created by Shi Yan using ancient divine stones. There were no enemies inside the Tower of Heaven, so these stone golems never developed any means of fighting. Therefore, the Miracle Stone Golems can hardly defeat ordinary gods.

Rosen expanded his world domain and temporarily placed the Miracle Stone Man in the realm of the gods.

As for the small World Tree stone carving in the basket, he also tried to put it into the Divine Realm to see if he could isolate the darkness from the erosion of the spiritual realm inside the stone carving. Sure enough, the darkness outside the spiritual realm disappeared, but the spiritual realm inside was still collapsing.

Clearly, the Miracle Stone Man is not good at creating worlds.

Rosen also took away a large number of replicas of the Ancient God Stone Chisels made from the Stone Golem's heart. Without the suppression of these, the stone walls of the mine immediately began to grow. He carefully observed the growth of the rocks, left behind a Death clone, and then escaped into the rocks to return the way he came.

It took more than half a year to get here, and a whole year to go back.

Because along the way, we need to search for the ruins left by the stone men according to the map, and collect all the stone carvings made of the true god's stone.

Among the Miracle Stone Man's collection, there are actually quite a few stones of true divine quality.

But Rosen tried, and the Little World Tree showed no interest whatsoever in the powder ground from these True God Stones.

It is obvious that it does not contain the origin of the World Tree.

This means that the true divine stone will only reveal the origin of the World Tree when it is transformed into a stone sculpture.

Rosen guessed that the rock growth at the core of the Heavenly Pillar must have enveloped the stone carvings made of True God Stone. Over countless years, these stone carvings accumulated some of the World Tree's essence, whereas ordinary True God Stone could not accumulate the World Tree's essence at all.

If the origin were so easy to extract, then the one who would be ruling the Floating Empire would probably be a great true god.

They collected all the stone carvings indicated on the map, totaling more than ten thousand.

This is an enormous treasure. The World Government had worked hard for many years to acquire the Stone Man ruins within a vertical range of 300,000 miles, and he had already acquired the remaining nearly one million miles of Stone Man ruins in just one year. One can imagine how valuable these stone sculptures are.

However, these things cannot be exposed to the light of day, at least not under one's real identity.

Rosen entered the mysterious study and then sensed the Death God's clone that remained on the upper floor.

Soon, the Grim Reaper clone reopened the Mysterious Study and changed the anchored spatial coordinates. Rosen walked out of the Mysterious Study and returned to the mine. After a year of growth, the rocks in the mine were almost filling it up.

The ancient god stone chisel that Rosen materialized once again disappeared into the rock and rose straight up.

He wanted to see what was at the very top of the towering stone pillar.
And why are the rocks near the top still growing, while the rocks at the bottom have lost their ability to grow?

Two weeks later, Rosen approached the very top of the towering stone pillar.

If you go up another few dozen miles, you can leave the Heavenly Stone Pillar and stand on it.

However, it was endless darkness outside, and he dared not go out rashly.

The stone man's perseverance over countless years to reach the top of the towering stone pillar was definitely not just for survival.

To be on the safe side, Rosen did not use the self-portrait clone to go out and test the waters.

Some damage can spread directly from the clone to the main body.

Instead, it opened the Void Album and released an angel and a shadow demon, both manifestations of the spiritual paintings of Sequence 3. The two exploratory pieces were enveloped by the power of the ancient god's stone chisel and passed through the last rock, thus truly stepping onto the top of the towering stone pillar.

Nothing happened for half a day, and then the angel began to flap its wings and fly into the darkness.

The boundless darkness did not pose any danger, but at first, the location of the angel could still be sensed. However, suddenly the connection with the angel was severed. The feeling at the moment of disconnection was not like death, but more like being lost after being teleported.

Rosen tried many times, but each time he disappeared after a certain period of time in the darkness.

No matter how far away you are from the Tower of Heaven, as long as you are shrouded in darkness for a certain period of time, which is about a quarter of an hour, you will definitely disappear into the darkness suddenly. As long as you return to the interior of the Tower of Heaven and escape the darkness within a quarter of an hour, you will not disappear because you entered the darkness.

Next came the formal exploration, with Rosen anchoring the Mysterious Study in a Sequence 2 Shadow Fiend's Shadow World.

Then he released the Shadow Fiend, letting it remain in the darkness for a quarter of an hour.

Rosen's bronze dragon clone hid in the mysterious study. Through the World Window and the Shadow Fiend's vision, he clearly saw the Shadow Fiend being enveloped by a sudden, seemingly alive darkness. A moment later, the darkness dissipated and he reappeared in a mountain forest.

The connections that had been severed between the angels and the Shadow Demon that had disappeared earlier have now been reconnected.

The furthest they meet is thousands of miles away, while the closest is less than a kilometer.

It seems that the teleportation in the darkness ultimately lands randomly within a certain range.

Rosen sensed the outside world through the Shadow Fiend, and his first impression was that this unknown world was full of problems.

First, the laws governing the universe are clearly different from those of the main world.

The rules and authority he wields will likely have little effect here.

However, not all of them are useless. The three laws of flesh and blood, life and death can unleash their full power here. And these three laws have one thing in common: they are all old laws from the previous ancient god era.

Rosen suddenly thought of a possibility: could the outside world be the main world of the previous ancient god era?

Although it is said that the main world of the previous Ancient God Era was gone, which led to the birth of the new main world of the current Ancient God Era.

However, nothing is absolute; perhaps a part of the main world from the previous ancient god era has survived.

Whether this judgment is correct or not, we'll know once we explore this world thoroughly.

Rosen immediately released a group of Shadow Fiends to begin a thorough search within a radius of 10,000 miles.

He also tried it out. His true form could change the spatial anchor of the mysterious study inside the towering stone pillar. With a way out, he had no worries. Under the unbridled exploration of a large number of shadow demons, he quickly made quite a few discoveries.

Because of the surrounding mountains, he was not the first visitor.

The World Government knows that the upper part of the Tower of Babel is shrouded in darkness, so it must have come into contact with and studied the endless darkness. There were quite a few sent to explore it, but those who entered the darkness all disappeared, and the World Government cannot even determine whether they are alive or dead.

If no news gets back after a long time, the World Government will assume that these people are dead.

In reality, none of the scouts sent by the World Government died; instead, they all fell into the nearby mountains.

These people have no secret study, and they can't find their way home.

There's no other way but to take it one step at a time in this unfamiliar world.

So in the end, they all left this strange mountain range where no life could survive except for plants. However, before leaving, they considered whether the World Government would send more people to eventually find their way home, so they left various clues in the mountains to indicate their destination. But Rosen also noticed something: none of the clues for leaving had been updated.

This means that after those people left these mountains, they never came back to update the clues. They may have died outside, or it is possible that these mountains are only accessible from the outside and not accessible from the inside.

Regardless of the possibility, following these clues that point the way is the best option.

Rosen dispatched Shadow Fiends in all the directions indicated by the clues, and then he himself focused on heading in the direction with the largest number of people.

After traversing tens of thousands of miles of mountainous terrain, we finally left the mountains behind.

We stopped frequently along the way, constantly discovering new clues to guide us.

Rosen even sent Shadow Fiend back the way he came after walking a distance. Now that they have finally left the mountains, the mountains did not stop Shadow Fiend from returning. Logically, there should be clues left at the exit of the mountains, but no clues were found after searching the surrounding area.

Having lost their target, Rosen could only disperse his troops and explore the surrounding area.

In fact, over the past few days, he has discovered many unusual things about this world.

First of all, it's always daytime; the sun in the sky doesn't move at all.

Secondly, every time I look up at the sun for even a little while, I get a feeling that something terrible is about to happen.

In the end, this world was clearly full of life, but no life other than plants could be seen.

Let alone intelligent life, you can't find ordinary wild animals or even bacteria.

Several days later, Rosen was still controlling the Shadow Fiend, which was running around aimlessly like a headless fly.

Suddenly, it got dark that day.

The sun in the sky was no longer visible, and everything around was shrouded in darkness.

But a moment later, light appeared deep within the mountains.

Rosen immediately directed Shadow Fiend to return to the mountains along the same route, discovering that the mountains in the darkness were completely different from those in the daytime.

During the day, the mountains are covered with plants but no living creatures. However, at night, all the plants disappear, and various wild animals roam the mountains. When some wild animals are captured and their spiritual memories are read, it is discovered that these wild animals only have memories of darkness and no memories of day.

In less than half an hour, the Shadow Fiend of Sequence 2 had traveled tens of thousands of miles back to the depths of the mountains.

Ahead lay the lights; Rosen saw a city that didn't exist during the day.

The entire city, strictly speaking, is a Sequence 2 divine territory.

However, the master of the divine realm is dead, leaving only the lord's castle and various buildings within the territory. The light emanating from the city is the light emitted by a lighthouse within the territory, dispelling the darkness that shrouded the city.

Rosen immediately understood why there were no clues left at the exit of the mountains.

He was a Shadow Fiend with Sequence 2, and he wasn't worried about danger while hiding in the Mysterious Study, so his movement and exploration speed were extremely fast. He quickly traversed tens of thousands of miles of mountains, while those who left clues before him were not as daring as him.

They must have been exploring this world cautiously and step by step.

Before they could even leave the mountains, the world had lost its light and entered darkness.

Once you enter darkness, it's like entering a parallel world to the daytime world. Otherwise, the beasts wouldn't have no memories of the daytime. Since the people who came before them hadn't left the mountains and had already entered darkness, they naturally couldn't have left any clues at the mountain's exit.

The city has a small population, less than 10,000.

Under the lighthouse's glow, the city's residents carefully left the inner city and went to work hard in the outer city's farmland, as if finishing their work sooner would reduce the danger.

As a beast's roar echoed from outside the city, residents working in the outer city frantically fled back to the inner city, carrying their farm tools.

Rosen sensed that the creatures gathering outside the city were just ordinary wild beasts.

Even a random Sequence 9 could easily wipe out all the beasts outside the city.

So, does this city not even have a single supernatural being?

Rosen manipulated the Shadow Fiend to silently infiltrate the lord's castle, and sure enough, everyone there was just an ordinary person.

Deep within the lord's castle, he discovered a secluded area.

They easily broke in and discovered that it was a castle dungeon.

Inside the cells lay skeletons, all of whom appeared to be extraordinary beings. It seemed that all the extraordinary beings sent here by the World Government to explore had died in this dungeon.

In the outermost room of the dungeon, Rosen discovered the skeleton of a suicide victim.

Judging from the skeleton, the remains were sequence 2 before death.

Rosen manipulated the Shadow Fiend to pick up an Eternal History Book from beside the corpse, and began to read it carefully.

The owner of this book is Maurice Turner, a historian belonging to Sequence 2.

When they explored the mysterious darkness shrouding the upper part of the Towering Pillar, Maurice was the leader of the expedition.

Having suffered from a terrible curse in his early years, Maurice didn't have many years left to live.

So he volunteered to explore the darkness. If he could return alive, the World Government promised to help him heal his injuries at any cost. Thus, Morris led the superhumans of various sequences to almost clear out Asgard territory, taking only a very small number of believers deep into the darkness.

Upon arriving in this world, Morris quickly discovered that it was a remnant of the previous ancient god era.

After finding no way out, Maurice led his men away from the mountains with great care.

Then, just like him, they were suddenly pulled into a dark world.

They never saw daylight again, and at this time, the team led by Maurice gradually began to have disagreements.

Some wanted to leave the mountains in the darkness and continue exploring, while others wanted to stay within the mountains.

Most of them left at that time, and Maurice was also a strong advocate for leaving.

After leaving the dark mountains, the superhumans in the group began to have problems one by one.

They began to exhibit strange behaviors, making bizarre gestures and uttering strange, incomprehensible words. Realizing that the spiritual consciousness of the superhumans might be corrupted by external forces, Maurice imprisoned all the superhumans in the lord's castle.

Then gradually, Maurice realized that something was wrong with him too.

With no other option, Maurice retreated deep into the mountains.

Morris then discovered that it had nothing to do with where one was; all extraordinary beings would gradually become increasingly strange due to unknown contamination of their spiritual consciousness, while ordinary people were unaffected.

Before he completely lost control, Maurice solidified his divine domain deep within the mountains.

Then he went to the dungeon, and in despair, killed all the superhumans before committing suicide.

"Darkness corrupts spiritual consciousness..."

Rosen fell into deep thought.

It seems he was right not to leave the mysterious study; now he needs to carefully observe the changes in the angel and the shadow demon.

The entire lord's castle was searched, and the study contained a large number of documents.

Rosen manipulated the Shadow Fiend to look through the records. It turned out that after Morris died, his loyal followers survived and continued to record the research on darkness, the exploration of this world, the changes in population, and most importantly, the inheritance of knowledge.

The city's residents today are descendants of those faithful believers for thousands of generations.

The faith of the past has long since vanished, and now the city's tens of thousands of inhabitants are divided into two camps: nobles and slaves.

All the nobles possessed extraordinary artifacts left behind by Maurice.

They can use some supernatural power, while slaves have no ability to resist it.

After social classes emerged, the living standards of ordinary people declined significantly.

However, it's not to say they can't survive, because with such a small population, even the nobles in the city dare not leave the protection of the outer walls of the divine territory. At most, they can only rely on the inner city walls and use extraordinary artifacts to defend against attacks from wild beasts in the darkness outside the city.

Rosen clearly couldn't rely on his predecessors and had to explore this dark world on his own.

However, before exploring this, we need to figure out how extraordinary beings have their spiritual consciousness corrupted.
(End of this chapter)