I'm not just human!

Arthur smiled kindly and said:

"It's normal. You've already expended too much energy, and your intuition is a bit off. It's good to take a break now, or you can continue choosing. In short, trust your deepest inner judgment."

Xia Fa nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly remembered something and asked:

"By the way, Mr. Arthur, is it true that at a certain whale watching festival, someone dissected something that attracted an Outer God to approach the real world?"

Since she needed to relax a bit, and with such a kind old man as Arthur beside her, Xia Fa decided to inquire about these secrets.

Arthur nodded slightly and said in a very certain tone:

"Hmm... Of course it's true. It really happened more than 1,700 years ago, and I was there at the time."

Even knowing that a transcendent monarch could live for a very, very long time, Xia Fa was still taken aback:

Were you there at the time?

Arthur smiled faintly:

"Yes, but actually that time wasn't as dangerous as today's."

Xia Fa was somewhat puzzled:

"But Mr. Fukuzawa said..."

Arthur smiled meaningfully and said in a tone instructing a junior:

"As the person in charge of the whale watching event, of course he has to say that. Otherwise, how can the whale watching event continue?"

After a pause, Arthur changed the subject:

"Actually, if it weren't for Lord Dionysius being present today, Patriarch Osius alone might not have been able to deal with that mad god. The main problem is that He alone, as a transcendent ruler, couldn't activate the [Pocket Universe], this sacred treasure."

Xia Fa pondered:

"So that means..."

Arthur smiled and said:

"However, you don't need to worry. After all, the Pope of the Church of Nature has not shown up since then, which means that the situation has actually been under control."

Xia Fa exclaimed in surprise:

"Pope Carrot of the Church of Nature has also arrived?"

Arthur smiled:

"Of course, almost everyone of importance on the entire planet Caligia has come to this whale watching event, and they're mostly gathered at the Dominator-level whale watching house."

"The contents of a traveling whale's belly may attract various powerful beings wandering in the Protoss realm to approach reality, and there have been many such cases in history."

"So you think Patriarch Osius and Pope Carrot wouldn't come to oversee things?"

As He spoke, He sighed with considerable emotion:

"However, in order to bring out the [Pocket Universe], Patriarch Osius will not be able to show up for quite a while, which is tough on the Gold Miner's Guild. Fortunately, neither He nor His Outer Mystic Treasure suffered any losses."

Xia Fa, however, became puzzled:

"Then why... is this situation more dangerous than the one more than 1,700 years ago when the Outer Gods were attracted here?"

A hint of reminiscence welled up in Arthur's gleaming old eyes as he looked up at the seemingly unchanging dome inside the Dominator-level whale-watching room:

"The reason is simple: the one who came this time... has gone mad, while the other god who came last time was in a normal mental state."

Upon hearing this, Xia Fa felt an overwhelming surge of curiosity:

"Can even gods and outward gods go mad, because they lose control?"

Arthur shook his head:

"No, being out of control is being out of control, and being insane is being insane. Of course, gods and outer gods can also be out of control, but in that case, even in the Star Spirit Realm, it would cause great harm. Therefore, whenever a god or outer god is out of control, the nine great gods will take action to eliminate them."

He sighed softly, as if remembering something:

"As for going completely insane... such things can only be determined when gods and outer gods intervene. The extent of the harm varies, and this time it is relatively serious."

Xia Fa hesitated and said:

"They've all become gods, so why are they going mad?"

For some reason, he thought of the question of whether the Nine Great Gods were real or fake.

Arthur shook his head slightly, his tone becoming wistful:

“I don’t know about that, but I did see a deduction in the ‘Silent Scrolls’.”

Xia Fa immediately said:

"What conclusion?"

Arthur suddenly wore a mysterious expression, and his voice was very low:

"Whether they are mad gods or mad gods from beyond, it seems they have all seen... the truth of this world."

Rumble!

Just then, a strange traveling whale covered in lightning was ripped open, and a deafening thunderous roar echoed throughout the entire Dominion-class whale watching room.

Xia Fa felt as if a thunderbolt had struck him, and he suddenly remembered a sentence that the mysterious Levimir had said to him inside the shell of the Red Silver Star.

"I hope you can truly grow up, survive, and become stronger."

"Next time, when you are qualified to see me, I will tell you..."

"...the truth of this world."

What is the truth of this world...?

Why can beings of divine status, such as gods and outward gods, go completely insane?

But if that's the case, why would Levimir, who is suspected to be a wisp of thought or a cell transformed from [Absolute Defense], be willing to wait until he becomes stronger before telling him?

After calming himself down, Xia Fa realized that now was not the time for him to delve into this mystery.

So his attention returned to that similar "accident" seventeen hundred years ago, and he pondered:

"So, if a mentally sound Outer God were to approach the real world..."

Arthur's enigmatic expression vanished, replaced by a beaming smile.

"Then it's not too dangerous, as long as you don't get too close to that Outer God."

"Back then, I was just a transcendent monarch. Of course, I am still a transcendent monarch now. I said that to show off that I was already a transcendent monarch more than 1,700 years ago."

"However, I was quite young back then, and I didn't sign twenty secret contracts like I do now, but only nine."

"That whale watching event wasn't as lively as the one we have now, but without a doubt, it was a whale watching event that will go down in history! Even today, many scholars are still using the various materials from that time to study questions related to Outer Gods."

"I remember that time very clearly. It was originally the ancient whale-hunting family that Nerva belonged to, and the ancient whale-hunting family that Trik belonged to, competing for the prize of that year's whale-watching competition."

"However, there was an incredibly lucky nobleman who, as a hobby, bought a rare traveling whale for a little over a million gold pounds and actually cut out..."

"...a watermelon-sized piece of absolutely cut copper!"

A watermelon-sized, perfectly cut copper piece?

Xia Fa's eyes widened suddenly, as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard.

You should know that a pure white, light-seeking silver crystal the size of a soybean would cost at least five million gold pounds, and the Star Whisper Secret Titanium the size of a cherry that I cut out earlier would cost at least nine million gold pounds.

Of course, this is because titanium is much lighter than silver, so although the Whispering Titanium is larger, its price is only about twice as high.

Yes, absolutely cutting copper... that's a sacred metal that weighs about the same as pure white light-seeking silver in the same volume!

A watermelon that big, how many gold pounds would that cost?

Hundreds of billions of pounds?

Even... tens of billions of pounds?

Arthur seemed quite satisfied with Shafa's reaction; this made him, an old man, feel like he was telling a story to a young person. He continued with a smile:

"A watermelon that big could definitely cut copper, so it could only possibly have fifteen colors."

"I still remember the scene. The entire dominant whale watching house was almost submerged by the fifteen-colored light surging out of the belly of that traveling whale."

"But before anyone could react, all the fifteen colors of light vanished in an instant."

"To be precise, we were completely sucked in by an oval-shaped light gate that suddenly appeared."

"Back then, I was young and impetuous, fearless of anything. Seeing this strange phenomenon, I naturally looked inside out of curiosity."

"Fortunately, that glance... didn't have any consequences for me, so I don't regret it."

As Arthur spoke, his tone involuntarily became tense, which made Xia Fa tense up as well.

The veteran transcendent monarch continued:

"Inside that oval-shaped portal lies an ocean desert."

"That's right, it's not an ocean of deserts, but an ocean of deserts."

"It's a terrain that could never exist in the real world. It's a desert with a scorching sun hanging high in the sky, yet all sorts of fish swim in it, and even giant whales leap out of the sand, kicking up countless clouds of yellow sand."

"I also saw the desert undulating like ocean waves, one wave higher than the next, with many fish, shrimp, crabs and shellfish drifting in the sand waves."

"It's as if the desert environment gave rise to a group of peculiar creatures that can treat the desert as an ocean."

"And that Outer God... stood on a small wooden boat in the ocean desert."

Xia Fa listened with increasing surprise, his expression filled with longing, as if he wanted to go to such a place and see it for himself.

Arthur smiled and continued:

"That must be some peculiar area in the Protoss Realm, occupied by that Outer God."

"I still remember the image of that Outer God very clearly. He was like an English gentleman, wearing a half-high silk top hat and a black double-breasted tailcoat, but with a black smiling mask on his face. The eyes and the corners of his mouth on the mask were curved."

"It seems that in order to get closer to the real world, He deliberately covered himself up completely, not revealing a single thing, so that we lowly humans would not lose control on the spot if we saw Him."

“He stood very politely in that small boat in the ocean desert, far, far away from the oval-shaped light hole, holding a colored paper magic wand with a hook in his hand, and actually bowed slightly to all of us very politely.”

"Then, the moment He stood up, even though He didn't say anything, everyone present understood what He meant."

"He wants that watermelon-sized piece of absolutely cut copper, and is willing to exchange it for a life-bearing planet, an outer mystic treasure, and... the friendship of this Outer God."

This……