Chapter 1023 - 1023 122 The Answer

Chapter 1023: Chapter 122: The Answer Chapter 1023: Chapter 122: The Answer The concept of the “Black Tower World” was introduced into Han Dong’s brain, and a series of speculations and deductions slowly formed in his mind.

Seeing that the Black Tower World governs countless worlds,

it allows some of the lifeforms in these worlds to act as ‘participants’, traveling through other worlds, assigning them various tasks, and enabling them to [level up] from them.

Therefore, Han Dong speculated whether his own world could also possibly serve as a ‘landing node’ for other participants, coming to this side of the world to carry out tasks? To undertake a major event of Fate?

It was entirely possible.

Moreover, Han Dong had realized that, in the world plane he had been reborn into, ‘humans’ had never been the masters of the world since ancient times.

They were merely a group of intelligent species with exceedingly weak physical bodies.

The true rulers of the world were the [Demons].

By the ‘World Level’ Han Dong had come to understand,

his world possessed universal-level space, a quantity in the trillions, and numerous beings with divine nature—even fully deified Old Kings.

A world like this would definitely correspond to extremely difficult events of Fate… Of course, it was also possible that within a limited scope, a medium-sized event would take place.

For example, in a city under the Demons’ Land Deed, or in some labyrinth under the cover of Eternal Night, even in one of the three main cities occupied by humans.

…Additionally, Han Dong had certain speculations about the situation of the previous civilization.

Perhaps, in the last generation of civilization,

humans had been servants to the Demons from their very inception.

Because they possessed higher intelligence, creativity, and malleability,

humans, as ‘Believers’, held not low positions among the Demons, even being leaders of various churches… Even though the human body was weak, its high malleability allowed them to learn the knowledge of Demons, and become strong in a ‘Fallen’ way.

This was Han Dong’s speculation, and the specifics would have to be answered by the Toad Ancestor.

…

The Night Demon Waterfall of the [Dreamlands-Lake Ubos].

In the ice-cold and damp stone chamber, where even the air couldn’t penetrate,

the portly Toad Ancestor sat opposite Han Dong at a stone table.

Even in such a closed, deep-layer setting, the Toad Ancestor still communicated via sound transmission:

“If seen from the perspective of humans, the last generation of civilization… can be considered a rather distant matter.

[World Disaster] directly caused the complete extinction of your human race.

Even some of the Old Kings were involved in it and fell, the world’s rules were thoroughly, and even the current universe suffered a degree of destruction, falling into an unstable state.

At the end of the disaster,

to stabilize the world, various Upper Beings went to different regions of the universe to fill the gaps caused by the disaster.

Those of us associated with the Dream formed a coalition with the master of the Deep Sea slumber, spending a great deal of energy, effort, and resources to create a completely independent [Dreamlands] with a complete set of rules and a healthy ecological chain.

Even if the original world could not be repaired, being completely shattered,

we could move to the [Dreamlands], and continue to survive.”

Han Dong’s entire head buzzed upon hearing this.

“What kind of disaster could lead to the extinction of the entire human civilization, the fall of the Old Kings, and even the destruction of the universe?”

“A special squad of participants.”

The Toad Ancestor continued:

“In fact, we had long anticipated that such a day would come… but due to the vile nature of you humans, you brought forth the [Disaster] prematurely.”

Belonging to a certain Old King.

With exceptional talent and skill in preaching, he was favored by the “Mad King,” who was difficult for even us to deal with.

In the end, this person actually inscribed his name behind the Door using a “human form,” becoming the first Old King evolved from a human.

Upon his ascension.

His own desires were infinitely amplified, and he began to establish a city-state exclusively for humans, gradually recruiting humans who served other demons.

In this way, about 90% of human believers scattered among the powers of different Old Kings were separated out… It could be considered the first-ever independence of your human race in history.

The separated humans went to this new human city-state, becoming his citizens, carrying out his will and desires.

After hundreds of years of evolution, this human emperor created a powerful army, intending to drive out other Old Kings and control the planet he was on.

Even later on, he aimed at conquering the entire universe.

Desires were being generated without limit inside this human,

Day and night, he was drawing on the faith of all humankind,

Using mad methods to extract the power of chaos from the universe,

ultimately leading this person into a state of chaos that could not be restrained by universal treaties, thus being marked with the “Black Tower.”

This was the origin of the Disaster…

The mark upon him brought that special squad to our world, and disaster descended.”

With this, Han Dong’s first question was answered.

Such an answer plunged Han Dong into deep shock; so exaggerated was the answer that Han Dong hadn’t even guessed at it.

“Humans from the previous civilization actually became one of the Old Kings through the ‘Demon Road.’

And even managed to separate humans from different powers, creating a human empire capable of rivaling demons?”

Setting aside the later questions.

Just this feat alone made Han Dong very eager to have contact with this human ruler.

“However… the ‘Demon Road’ is filled with madness, chaos, and disorder, this person may seem to have become king ‘in human guise,’ but in reality, his heart had long rotted away and fallen, even more so than some demons.

So, the human city-state he built must not be any good place, right?”

Han Dong could already imagine a city overflowing with desire, filled with chaos, brutality, evil, lust and sin… among other negative emotions.

With the influx of a vast amount of information, Han Dong fell into deeper reflection, and the Toad Ancestor did not disturb him.

“It seems, the ‘Stone Slab’ that allows us to understand demons must also come from this human city-state.

Since this human emperor wanted to conquer his planet and eliminate unrelated demons, collecting information was necessary…

There must be some intelligence department within the human city-state, specifically for collecting and researching the special traits of different demons.

Recorded onto indestructible stone slabs, under the premise of abiding by the “World Rule,” organize the relevant armies for efficient subjugation.”

“No wonder, three hundred years ago, when the ‘Door of Fate’ reopened around the world, the slumbering demons from the corners of the universe, located in the Dreamlands, converged on Earth at the same time.

To occupy the appearing ‘Door of Fate,’ interfere with its operation, and set up military fortresses around it to prevent the reoccurrence of disasters.

As for why the demons, upon awakening, carried out mass slaughter against the new era’s ignorant humanity, it was the bitter fruit sown by the previous civilization.

Fortunately, some Old Kings maintained a Neutral stance, which allowed 1% of humanity to survive and live in the three main cities.

Indirectly helping demons guard the ‘Door of Fate.’

Perhaps it was an Upper Old King, willing to give humanity another “chance”… It might also be because they saw the potential for humans to enter the ‘Door of Fate,’ intentionally preserving a portion of the population to explore Fate.

Phew… No wonder Mr. Black White repeatedly cautioned me that some deep secrets should wait to be unearthed when my own powers are sufficient.”