Void Archive

An ancient carriage slowly left Spirit City, its wheels rumbling and dust billowing as it carried the newly freed Gu Shenggo away from Spirit Hall.

Inside the carriage, Gu Shenggo used some of the measures he had once left behind in Spirit Hall, allowing him to depart safely without any pursuers following him.

"Freedom feels so good. Senior Sister tastes amazing!"

Gu Shenggo lifted the carriage curtain and watched the ever-changing scenery outside. A smile appeared on his pale face. After being imprisoned in that pitch-black underground chamber, he had finally gotten out!

Bibi Dong had made him understand many things. The prettier a woman was, the less she could be trusted. The reason he had trusted Bibi Dong so much in the first place was that he had been bewitched by her cold, breathtakingly beautiful face, which had led him to this fate.

Still, Gu Shenggo had to admit that Bibi Dong was amazing!

His next destination was the Star Dou Great Forest.

Kekeddi's twelve abilities consumed Soul Power. Each time he used a bullet, it consumed the Soul Power contained within one soul ring.

Once the Soul Power in a soul ring was depleted, it needed to be replenished. Naturally, that meant hunting soul beasts and absorbing soul rings.

The Soul Power contained in Gu Shenggo's eight soul rings was still fairly abundant. This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest was to add soul rings to his second martial soul.

Kekeddi was an initial martial soul given to him by the system and did not occupy Gu Shenggo's own martial soul slot. After all, Gu Shenggo was a reincarnator, so he naturally had a martial soul of his own.

Thus, this effectively made him possess Twin Martial Souls.

However, after obtaining Kekeddi, Gu Shenggo had naturally neglected his other martial soul. He had never added any soul rings to it and had simply left it idle.

But now, Kekeddi could not be used freely. After all, Bibi Dong had set him up and turned him into a "dead man" taking the blame. Using Kekeddi would expose his true identity and create many unnecessary problems.

That was why he needed to use his second martial soul to conceal his true identity.

Of course, he could still use Kekeddi when necessary. As long as it was a complete [Perfect Assassination] with no witnesses, it would be fine.

Gu Shenggo simply disliked trouble and did not want Kekeddi to bring a whole heap of nonsense down on him.

"Never thought there'd be a day when I'd need you."

Gu Shenggo raised his left hand, and an icy-blue thorned soul mark emerged.

An icy-blue thorn vine that gave off faint wisps of cold air wound around Gu Shenggo's arm. Like a small snake, it coiled and twisted, covered in tiny thorns that were incomparably sharp.

This was Gu Shenggo's second martial soul, the [Ice Thorn Vine]. It could not be considered a particularly high-grade martial soul, so after obtaining Kekeddi, Gu Shenggo had never thought of developing it.

Vines were highly versatile. They could bind and restrain, coil around things, and probe caves, and they possessed great flexibility. With the addition of the Ice Attribute, it was not too bad either.

As long as it was paired with suitable soul rings, it would not necessarily be inferior to those top-tier martial souls.

Gu Shenggo was now Rank 89. Given the age of soul rings he could absorb, there would be no problem stacking eighty- or ninety-thousand-year soul rings onto the Ice Thorn Vine.

Why not choose Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts? Did he really think they were like the leeks described in other fanfiction, sprouting batch after batch after being harvested?

There might not even be twenty Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in all of Douluo Continent.

Moreover, with Gu Shenggo's current strength, even dealing with a single Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would be difficult.

"Almost forgot. I still haven't used the lottery draw from the mission reward."

Gu Shenggo recalled his mission reward and immediately began communicating with the system.

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[System Host: Gu Shenggo]

[Lottery Draws: One]

Looking at his one lottery draw, Gu Shenggo willed it into use.

No flashy roulette wheel appeared. Instead, a spatial black hole emerged before Gu Shenggo. Faced with this method of drawing prizes—

he was not particularly surprised. He directly reached into it and soon touched a spherical object, smooth and jade-like. Gu Shenggo then took it out.

What appeared in Gu Shenggo's hand was a glowing blue sphere. He crushed it with force, and a dazzling golden regular hexahedron appeared in his palm.

"What is this?"

Looking at the golden regular hexahedron, Gu Shenggo found it somewhat familiar. He had definitely seen it before, but too much time had passed, and he had forgotten what it was called.

Gu Shenggo opened the system and checked the information on the golden regular hexahedron.

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[Name: Void Archive]

[Source: Honkai Impact 3rd]

[Description: The First Divine Key, developed in the Previous Era using the core of the Herrscher of Reason. It can replicate weapons and items whose construction principles are understood by the user. Within lies a nearly infinitely expanding space of knowledge, containing the knowledge of the previous era's civilization collected by the Herrscher of Reason.]

"No wonder it looked familiar. It's actually this thing!"

Looking at the Void Archive in his hand, Gu Shenggo was stunned. He had not expected to be so lucky as to draw the Key of Revelation, Void Archive, from Honkai Impact 3rd on his very first try.

This was an ultimate weapon. The knowledge contained within was enough to overturn the entirety of Douluo Continent and usher in a technological age!

Didn't Douluo Continent have Soul Tools ten thousand years later? Before Void Archive, any level-ten or god-level Soul Tool was utter bullshit. Even the gods of the God Realm would not be able to withstand a simulated Star of Eden created by Void Archive.

He could create a black hole with Simulated: Star of Eden and swallow the entire God Realm whole.

After all, Douluo's gods were nothing special. If gods could be killed by hidden weapons, then he could kill them with black technology too.

Looking at Void Archive, Gu Shenggo closed his eyes and tried to send his consciousness into it.

Very quickly, Gu Shenggo's spiritual body entered a pure golden world, like an enormous museum. Countless books were displayed there, while an immensely huge whale drifted through the vast golden world, its booming voice echoing throughout the entire realm.

"Is this Void Archive's world of knowledge? It's really enormous!"

Gu Shenggo looked over the incomparably vast library world and sighed in admiration. With the knowledge here alone, he could create a new era—a new age.

"Visitor, it is our first meeting. I am Prometheus."

Just as Gu Shenggo was marveling, a blond, golden-eyed boy appeared before him. He was Void Archive's super AI—Prometheus.

Gu Shenggo nodded at Prometheus in greeting, then introduced himself.

"Hello, Prometheus. My name is Gu Shenggo. I am Void Archive's current holder. I hope we can work together happily in the future."

"The holder... A happy cooperation, then."

Prometheus was slightly taken aback. Everyone who had possessed Void Archive before had called themselves its master. Gu Shenggo was the first to call himself its holder.

Gu Shenggo smiled faintly and pointed at the countless books as he asked, "You don't mind if I take a look at those books from the Previous Era, do you?"

"You are Void Archive's holder. You may freely browse the knowledge here. If there is anything you do not understand, you may ask me. Or if you need a particular kind of book, you may ask me as well."

Prometheus replied. Gu Shenggo nodded, then picked up a nearby book titled "Honkai Energy-Powered Firearm Manufacturing" and began reading.

(Skywater Academy Teacher—Gu Shenggo!)