Lin Huang looked lost as he stood before the stone tablet. The effect of the heart-glimpsing rune felt like he had just been given an opportunity to relive his life. He had been aware in the beginning and kept reminding himself that it was a virtual world that the heart-glimpsing rune had created. However, he completely fell for it on the night he and Zhang Yan got married. He forgot about what had happened in reality and could not pull himself together as he drowned himself in the virtual world.
As his family pa.s.sed away one by one, the truth was revealing itself but was soon covered by the heart-glimpsing rune quickly. The death of Zhang Yan was actually the best time for him to break free from the heart-glimpsing rune. However, he had been in too much pain that he thought the images that flashed through his mind were just some hallucinations as a result of not resting. He realized that he was trapped in the world that the heart-glimpsing rune created when he realized that he had no recollection of his memories before the age of 25 when he was dying.
Those realistic memories were a paradox to prove that the virtual world was not real. When Lin Huang realized that, the virtual world started to crash in, revealing the true reality that Lin Huang was in.
"Was I in the dream or was the dream in me?" Lin Huang forced a grim smile. The heart-glimpsing rune was terrifying. The script that it had written for him was the kind of life that he had been dreaming of on Earth, a life without any regrets. He had fallen for it completely and almost lost himself.
"You pa.s.sed?!" The large face was shocked. "I"ve always thought that no matter how powerful you are, you"d definitely fail this."
"The heart-glimpsing rune is really scary. I fell for it without even realizing it." Lin Huang had gooseb.u.mps as he thought about it. The soft approach from the heart-glimpsing rune was much more terrifying than powerful monsters as one would fall into the trap without even knowing.
"Do you know that n.o.body has ever broken through the ninth level of the Sorcerer G.o.ddess Tower since the tower was built? n.o.body in our epoch could do it," the face told Lin Huang truthfully.
"The Sorcerer G.o.ddess herself wrote this heart-glimpsing rune on the ninth level, not only does it reflect a person"s deepest fear, but also their greatest regrets. As soon as the rune is activated, n.o.body can get out from the trap. Well, you"re the first one who has ever gotten out of it."
"Actually, I fell into the trap too…" Lin Huang moved his lips, but he did not say that out loud. He then smiled forcefully while shaking his head and changed the topic.
"I was told that once a person pa.s.ses the test on the ninth level, the Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s Shrine will be activated? And that I"ll also get a reward from the Sorcerer G.o.ddess?"
"Yes, you might be able to obtain the Sorcerer G.o.ddess inheritance as well," the face added.
"If you manage to obtain the Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s inheritance, you might help us to get out of here."
"But the world will perish from the monsters coming out of the abyss, so wouldn"t it be more dangerous for you guys to leave this place?"
"You might not understand that freedom is more important than life to us. We"ve been trapped here for more than 30,000 years. We"re always looking out at a piece of land with snow," the huge face sighed as he said.
"Not everyone has the patience to stand the loneliness of 30,000 years. Some people decided to kill themselves, and some went crazy while others started wars…"
Lin Huang became silent and only spoke again a while later.
"I understand now, so what should I do next?"
"The golden glow that went in between your eyebrows was the key to the Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s Shrine. As soon as you insert your energy into the key, you"ll activate the Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s Shrine," the face continued, "But I hope that you don"t activate it now. Give us a day or two to prepare ourselves and activate it after that."
"Why?" Lin Huang could not understand. He did not have much time left there, so it made sense for him to want to activate the Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s Shrine earlier to get his reward.
"As soon as the Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s Shrine is activated, it"ll be open to the public for ten days. According to their combat levels, all of the holy fire- and immortal-levels will come in. We hope that you only activate it after we"ve prepared ourselves so that we can enter right away without wasting any time." The gigantic face requested in embarra.s.sment. "Then again, of course, you can activate it if you"re in a rush."
"Since it doesn"t really make any difference as it"ll be open to the public after activation, I"ll wait two days." Lin Huang thought it was necessary to decline his request, but he had his doubts.
"Since anybody can enter the Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s Shrine after it"s activated, does that mean that it doesn"t matter who holds the key?"
"Of course, it"s different. The person with the key will be sent directly into the shrine to pick a Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s treasure of the person"s choice as well as to look at the Sorcerer G.o.ddess tablet. Not only that, the person will be able to control some of the doors in the shrine while the rest will have to enter from the entrance."
"Alright, I understand now. Prepare yourself as well as you can within the next two days and inform me once you guys are ready. Then, I"ll activate the Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s Shrine." Lin Huang nodded since Bai Gu, and the rest had taken such good care of him during his visit.
"Thanks, I"ll inform the leader. You can practice on this level within these two days. We"ll inform you as soon as we"re ready." The face was glad to find out that Lin Huang was a grateful person.
As the large face disappeared, Lin Huang sat down with his legs crossed on the ninth level of the Sorcerer G.o.ddess Tower. The thick spirit energy had accelerated his Army Attack Tactics rotation in his body, so he focused on that since he had nothing to do for the next two days. The rotation speed was tens of time faster than before. If the speed had been like a flowing stream before, it was now like an angry, flus.h.i.+ng river. His collection of skill card pieces accelerated at a pace that could be seen with the naked eye.
Meanwhile, the face had contacted Bai Gu outside the Sorcerer G.o.ddess Tower.
"You mean the young man really pa.s.sed the test on the ninth level of the Sorcerer G.o.ddess Tower?" Bai Gu was shocked to find out about that. He did not expect that to happen at all. He thought he would just let Lin Huang try to break through the Sorcerer G.o.ddess Tower and had never expected him to get beyond the third level and above. However, Lin Huang was a living miracle who managed to pa.s.s through again and again. To be honest, he was surprised to discover that Lin Huang had broken through the seventh level, but he did not expect the young man to go all the way to the ninth level. Now, he had even broken through the ninth level which was out of everyone"s expectations.
"I saw the Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s Shrine key go in between his eyebrows with my own eyes. It has to be real." The gigantic face was sure of it.
"He"s agreed to give us two days to prepare. Should we inform the other tribes? They"ll realize something"s happening if we don"t move quickly.
"The Sorcerer G.o.ddess"s Shrine being activated is something huge. There"s no way that we can hide it. It doesn"t matter if we enter the shrine one or two days before the others do. They"ll lose hope in us if we do that. Let"s just inform them and work together. If they want to fight, then we shall entertain them. It"s not like we"ve never done that before since we"ve been here tens of thousands of years." Although Bai Gu nonchalantly said that, he still sounded upset.
"I"m afraid this Lin Huang kid might be targeted by many. We"ll have to try our best to protect him…"