Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 399 The Goddess of Wisdom's Severe Strike and Forbidden Knowledge
Chapter 398

Outside the forbidden zone, the Sky Emperor reluctantly ended the modification of the game data.

Before Him, the Emperor of Judgment and the Emperor of Burning Eyes were resurrected at the same time.

The cost of resurrecting an emperor is staggering, especially resurrecting other emperors, which only creates more trouble for oneself.

However, the Sky Emperor did it this time. These two emperors had only recently died at the hands of the Grail Emperor, and the Sky Emperor had not yet fully digested the gains from killing them. Reviving them now would be the least costly option, and they could even join forces with them to hunt down Rosen.

However, it wasn't long before the Sky Emperor was disappointed again.

The two kings who were condemned could be resurrected, but the various treasures they possessed would not be resurrected with them.

One of the reasons the Sky Emperor resurrected them was that he hoped they, as the owners of the treasure, could use their connection with the treasure to find the hiding place of the Holy Grail Emperor. However, these two useless people couldn't provide a single useful clue.

Finally, having no other choice, the three Sky Emperors had to conduct a thorough search of the Fallen Forbidden Zone.

Every part that has been explored, down to a single speck of dust, must be confirmed to be free of any alternate dimensions.

In the mysterious study, Rosen casually glanced at the Sky Emperor with his Omniscient Magic Eye, too lazy to bother with him.

Instead of fighting, why not enjoy a bath together?

Soaking in ordinary spring water was boring, so Rosen thought of the Wisdom Relic.

This treasure, integrated into the sequence of miracles, can transform spiritual essence into the fountain of wisdom. Over the years, it has greatly helped his self-created skills. Now, he no longer wants to continue his arduous cultivation, and the fountain of wisdom is perfect for bathing.

Rosen took out a large number of divine essence crystals, which were valuable items that could only be obtained by hunting down gods.

He used to be as frugal as possible in his parallel cultivation, but now he has transformed it all into a fountain of wisdom of extremely high quality.

The Wisdom Relic, in the form of a statue of the goddess of wisdom, holds a Wisdom Bottle that absorbs the mountain of divine essence crystals. Soon, golden water shimmering with rosy light begins to flow from it, which, after being slightly heated, transforms into a hot spring.

Rosen grabbed Alicia and jumped into the pool, splashing water everywhere as they enjoyed themselves.

Perhaps because the scene was too exciting, the statue of the goddess of wisdom closed its eyes.

However, some things can be tolerated for a while, but not indefinitely.

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, the statue of the goddess of wisdom opened its eyes, raised the bottle of wisdom, and smashed it down on Rosen's head. Even the Star-Shooting Crossbow could not kill him instantly. Faced with the heavy blow of the bottle of wisdom, Rosen instantly lost consciousness and collapsed into the pool.

Rosen fainted quickly, but regained consciousness even faster.

He wiped the water from the Fountain of Wisdom that had dripped from his hair onto his face, and stood up from the pool with lingering fear, looking at the statue of the goddess of wisdom.

He could only refine the Wisdom Bottle from the relic of wisdom; he could never fuse his extraordinary source essence with the statue of the Goddess of Wisdom.

Now he knew why: the statue was alive.

The fact that even the All-Knowing Demon Eye couldn't discern its true nature meant that this statue of the Goddess of Wisdom was at least at the level of an immortal god or demon.

This time, if it hadn't provoked the statue of the goddess of wisdom, I wouldn't have been able to resist giving it a heavy blow with the Vase of Wisdom.

He might not even be able to regain consciousness and be aware of the effects of the Eternal Fallen Source on his own consciousness.

By nature, no one likes to work hard; they prefer to be free and enjoy life to the fullest.

However, the prerequisite for enjoyment is strength; without strength, talking about liberating oneself and enjoying oneself to the fullest is meaningless.

He was able to have Alicia and Li Shiqing not because of eternal depravity and liberation of his true self, but because of his arduous cultivation under the accelerated passage of time year after year, and because of the corpses of enemies beneath his feet. Without these, how could he have everything he has now?

Rosen gave the statue of the goddess of wisdom a deep look, and with a snap of his fingers, time stopped, sealing Alicia and the others away.

Although they weren't as severely depraved as he had been before, they were still affected by his moral decline to some extent.

He must take advantage of his current lucid state to completely control the Eternal Source of Corruption and break free from the effects of the Corruption on himself.

As for the statue of the goddess of wisdom, there's no need to worry. If something were going to happen over the years, it would have happened long ago.

This time, the statue of the goddess of wisdom had no intention of killing him; it merely wanted to awaken his self-awareness, which had fallen into a state of depravity.

Rosen quickly realized one thing: the Eternal Fallen Source had no way to completely eliminate its side effects.

Because abandoning morality and responsibility to completely unleash one's true self may seem like depravity to others, but to oneself it is a return to one's true self. Therefore, while eternal depravity may appear evil and negative to others, it actually has only a positive impact on oneself.

Therefore, it is impossible to completely get rid of these side effects that stem from positive influences.

There is only one way left: to avoid prolonged contact between one's divine consciousness and eternal depravity.

After careful consideration, Rosen decided to extract the Eternal Fallen Seed and seal it into Horror Paradise.

This is intended to create the most terrifying scene in King's Amusement Park, while also giving the horror park the opportunity to transform into an immortal god-like being.

The eternal source is good, but not all eternal sources are suitable for sentient beings to grasp.

If the source of eternal corruption were controlled by those emotionless mechanical lifeforms of the Machine Race, then the negative effects of eternal corruption would certainly not have a chance to take effect. This incident can be considered a lesson learned by Rosen.

Having escaped his corrupt state, Rosen began to carefully study the corrupt imperial capital.

He soon discovered some historical documents located in the palace that he had previously overlooked: the royal history of the fallen empire.

The establishment of the Fallen Empire originated from the discovery of the corpse of an immortal god by the Fallen Emperor.

This immortal god-demon died by suicide, leaving behind the seed of eternal depravity.

After the Fallen Emperor merged with the Source Seed, he did not lose control and fall into depravity like the original.

This doesn't mean the Fallen Emperor was stronger than him, but rather that the Fallen Species were newly born at that time and their power was far less than it is now. It was only after the establishment of the Fallen Empire and the emergence of the Fallen Scholars that the power of the Fallen Species grew stronger and stronger.

Through these royal histories, Rosen gained experience in cultivating and expanding the Fallen Empire's source species.

In the future, when he cultivates the rootstock, he can avoid many detours.

Despite the Fallen Empire's reliance on corruption as its source of power, the Fallen Empire itself deeply despises and rejects the power of corruption.

On the contrary, the entire corrupt empire held all positive and progressive forces in exceptional high regard.

The Fallen Empire believes that depravity is the inherent weakness of life, and only by confronting and overcoming depravity can one achieve growth.

Upon seeing this, Rosen understood that the Fallen Emperor had realized the danger posed by the Fallen Species.

Therefore, they tried to use the opposite force to counterbalance the power of the corrupted source species.

Of course, the purpose of restraining the source species of corruption is to truly unleash their power.

The fallen emperor disliked the depravity of life revealing its true nature; he believed that the decline of civilization was the true decline. Because if a person indulges in pleasure due to depravity, the damage they can cause is very limited.

Even if a person falls into depravity and takes pleasure in killing, how many people can they kill in their lifetime?

However, the decline of civilization is different. The decline of a country or a race can lead to the death of countless people and the overthrow of countless civilizations. The most famous murderers in history have killed far fewer people than the number of people who die during the decline of a civilization.

Based on this idea, the Fallen Emperor created the first Fallen Scholar.

This is a kind of extraordinary profession, somewhat similar to that of historians. Fallen scholars do not study normal history, but rather the history of depravity, the history of the decline of civilizations, the extinction of races, and the overthrow of kingdoms, believing that depravity led to the destruction of these civilizations, races, and kingdoms.

True scholars of depravity are not simply adept at inducing people to fall into depravity.

Instead, it directly leads a civilization, a race, and a nation down a path of depravity through the very flame of civilization.

Although the Fallen Empire was very powerful, it could be said to be the most powerful empire.

However, the Fallen Empire was still unable to withstand the catastrophe of civilization because it was too small.

Therefore, the Fallen Empire, together with all empires and kingdoms, decided to create a special battlefield. This battlefield is essentially a product developed by simulating the Twilight Battlefield, based on the immortal world attached to the immortal god and demon corpses that coexist with the eternal Fallen Source Species. The initial purpose was for all kingdoms and empires to unite through war.

When two kingdoms go to war, the victor takes possession of part of the loser's wealth, and the loser is not completely wiped out.

The ultimate victor will become the sole human emperor.

As for the kings and emperors who were defeated during this period, they built a powerful dominant civilization around the human emperor.

Everything was normal until four mysterious kingdoms appeared.

These four kingdoms brought the source seed of the eternal game's origin, directly integrating it into the world's origin of the immortal world, which served as the battlefield. This caused the battlefield to become the King's Game, and these four kingdoms gained control of the King's Game.

The fruits of their hard work were stolen, and naturally, many emperors and kings were unwilling to let it go.

War broke out between the two sides. At first, the Empire and Kingdom factions had an absolute advantage, while the four kings who held the King card were at a significant disadvantage. However, as the war continued, the subjects of the four kingdoms could kill to level up, and the subjects of the four kingdoms could be resurrected after death.

The tide has turned, and the alliance between the kingdom and the empire is being pushed to the brink.

Finally, the Fallen Emperor unleashed the power of the Fallen Source, killing four King Card holders and seizing some game privileges. Everything should have returned to normal by then, but at this moment, the King's Game transformed into the World of Miracles for unknown reasons.

The Fallen Emperor had originally planned to use the game privileges he had seized to heal himself.

Although He achieved victory by detonating the corrupted source, He also paid a heavy price and was on the verge of death.

At this point, the King's Game becomes the Miracle World, and the Fallen Emperor's game privileges are greatly reduced.

The remaining authority was insufficient for the fallen emperor to survive; his last chance of life vanished.

In the end, with no other option, he could only despairingly transform his empire into a forbidden zone.

Before his complete downfall, the Fallen Emperor used the power of the Fallen Scholars to corrupt the history surrounding the birth of the King's Game.

Therefore, even a king like Richard the Lionheart was affected by his memories of this forbidden history.

The Fallen Emperor that Rosen encountered in the Fallen Palace was actually nothing more than a corpse whose divine essence had been obliterated.

"The power of miracles is a little terrifying!"

Rosen sighed deeply.

The game's original species and the corrupted original species were both severely damaged, and in the end, the power of miracles took advantage of the situation.

Rosen began to tally up the spoils. The Fallen Emperor had left nothing of value. The war had nearly exhausted the Fallen Empire's resources, and all the extraordinary artifacts he possessed had been destroyed. The only thing left was a corpse.

Even the corpse that was still able to fight was barely repaired with the help of the last bit of game privileges.

Compared to the Fallen Emperor, it was the Judgment Emperor and the Burning-Eyed Emperor who left behind all the treasures they carried with them.

It's a pity that the person was resurrected by the Sky Emperor, otherwise the most valuable thing would be the emperor's corpse.

Rosen dismantled the Fallen Emperor's corpse; the parts other than the divine essence could be used as materials to upgrade Horror Park.

Only then did he leave the mysterious study, preparing to face the Sky Emperor in the final battle.

According to the distorted rules of the King's Game, the last surviving emperor can control the game.

The Fallen Emperor was already a loser, and the forbidden zone of corruption did not affect his control of the King's Game at all.

The Sky Emperor must have known all along, which is why he wanted to use the Fallen Forbidden Zone to eliminate him.

Now that Rosen is alive and has mastered the Eternal Fallen Seed, it's time to deal with the Sky Emperor.

Rosen took out the Fallen Emperor Godhead and planted the Eternal Source there.

Soon the divine essence in his hand took root, sprouted, blossomed, and bore fruit, and the final root fruit merged into the eternal divine essence.

By fusing the divine essence of the Fallen Emperor with the Eternal Source, Rosen obtained two extraordinary powers wielded by the Fallen Emperor: the Fallen Scholar and the Fallen Emperor. With the Fallen Emperor's power, he began to reclaim the Eternal Fallen Source scattered in the Fallen Forbidden Zone.

Like a malignant tumor that has seeped into the core of the King's Continent, the forbidden zone of corruption began to shrink visibly.

In the end, only a wisp of eternally corrupted essence remained, which fell into the hands of Rosen, who appeared out of nowhere, under the fearful gaze of the Sky Emperor.

The moment Rosen obtained these eternal sources of corruption, he used the forbidden knowledge, the core power of the Fallen Scholar.

This forbidden knowledge can consume the eternal source of corruption to contaminate any knowledge into forbidden knowledge.

If it's historical knowledge, this knowledge will be transformed into taboo history.

Everyone who knows this taboo history will lose all related memories.

Anyone who forcibly learns about this forbidden history will be subject to eternal corruption. If they cannot withstand it, they will be forcibly transformed into corrupt scholars. What Rosen is now trying to corrupt is all the knowledge related to the King's Game.

The Sky Emperor was horrified to discover that he was gradually forgetting everything he knew about the King's Game.

Forcing memory will immediately corrupt the divine essence with the power of depravity.

If you choose to resist, you must part of your strength to bear the corruption of the fallen, and then use the remaining strength to fight the Holy Grail Emperor to the death.

Choosing not to resist, while allowing Him to fight the Grail Emperor with all His might, will cause Him to lose the memories of the King's Game and even forget how to use Game privileges to modify game data, thus losing the ability to resurrect using Game privileges.

The Sky Emperor could not give up his resurrection ability, so he had no choice but to resist.

Fortunately, the corrupting power's contamination of memories is ongoing. As long as the Grail Emperor is dealt with before the contamination spreads and intensifies, the Sky Emperor can win the King's Game, and then even the corrupting power can be suppressed.

(End of this chapter)