Cheat, Come On!

Chen Fan shook his head and turned his attention back to the chronicle before him.

He lowered his head and gently flipped through the pages, which were somewhat stiff and smooth from being oiled, resuming his study of this relatively recent history.

...In Varrela Calendar Year One, with the Church's assistance, Varrela City gradually began to get back on track.

After bestowing the last batch of miracles, the Goddess left the mortal world and returned to her God Kingdom.

After the Goddess's departure, a plague suddenly broke out within the city, causing countless deaths and injuries. The Archbishop prayed to the Goddess.

The Lord answered the believers' prayers.

The Goddess descended into the world and personally blocked off the foul air outside the city.

In Varrela Calendar Year Two, the Church...

Chen Fan began turning the pages faster.

As time passed, he gradually realized the true nature of this chronicle.

Other than the opening passages describing the arrival of the apocalypse, all Chen Fan saw throughout the book were praises of the Goddess and the Church's achievements!

What chronicle? It was practically a merit book fabricated by the Church itself!

One, what do you think?

Looking at the Varrela Chronicle before him, wrapped in decorations made of various precious metals, Chen Fan asked One in his mind.

Clearly, the authenticity of this chronicle was questionable.

Of course, that did not mean it was useless.

As One's voice sounded, lines of holographic annotations attached to the chronicle appeared before Chen Fan's eyes: At the very least, some of the disasters it recorded still had reference value.

Chen Fan understood.

In fact, while reading this chronicle, he had already noticed a key piece of information—disasters.

According to the Varrela Chronicle, when the Goddess first descended into the world, this world suffered from extremely severe natural disasters!

But...

Countless fireballs appearing in the sky—what kind of natural disaster was that?

After thinking it over, Chen Fan felt that only a meteorite impact barely matched the chronicle's description.

It also happened to barely explain the speculation that gods came from other planets—perhaps these so-called gods were an advanced civilization stranded here?

Having watched plenty of science fiction movies in his previous life, Chen Fan immediately imagined an absurdly elaborate plot.

An advanced civilization's starship was struck by meteorites and was forced to land on this backward planet.

To return home, they had no choice but to seek help from the local natives, though their methods were a little intense.

And those intense methods just happened to trigger the protagonist's rebellious spirit, leading the protagonist and his companions to rise all the way to the top.

They tore away the gods' facade, slammed those lofty gods to the ground, and freed their people from the gods' control...

It had to be said, it reeked of a flop.

This unit recommends that you rein in your imagination.

One interrupted Chen Fan's wandering thoughts: In fact, for an Interstellar Civilization with Interstellar Navigation Capability, meteorites were basically no threat at all.

Whether through active interception or passive interception, an Interstellar Civilization had countless ways to deal with these space vagrants.

Furthermore, according to the chronicle, the Goddess extinguished the fireballs in the sky. That was enough to prove that the fireballs were objects "suspended" in the upper atmosphere.

Then what do you think it was?

Having had his theory completely rejected, Chen Fan asked helplessly, A volcanic eruption? An earthquake? A tsunami?

Or fucking three suns in the sky?

This unit does not know either. Theoretically speaking, such natural disasters should not occur on a planet's surface.

Chen Fan sighed inwardly.

It seemed he would have to look for the truth in historical records with more objective descriptions and more distant origins.

But...

Did the Church library really have books like that?

Chen Fan reached out and closed the pages made of pure gold, then looked solemnly at Gao Yuan.

"Old Gao, are there any earlier historical records here?"

Afraid that Gao Yuan would misunderstand, Chen Fan added, "I mean books that record history before Varrela Year One."

"Chronicles from before Varrela Year One?"

Gao Yuan raised his head and looked at Chen Fan blankly. "Why would you want to learn about that?"

He slowly rose to his feet and began feeling around the bookshelves behind him.

"There should be."

"The Church library has collected every kind of classic text. I just don't know which corner they were placed in..."

"I'll help you look."

Seeing this, Chen Fan also rose from his chair and followed Gao Yuan as they carefully searched the enormous library.

Half an hour later.

"Strange..."

Gao Yuan stood blankly between two rows of bookshelves, scratching the back of his head. "How could the Church library not have those historical records?"

"Th-this is impossible!"

Standing behind Gao Yuan, Chen Fan, who had found nothing as well, felt his heart sink.

Had the Church destroyed all those texts?

If that were true, where was he supposed to find the truth Xu Huai had spoken of?

"Old Gao, has the Church ever introduced us to the history before Varrela Year One?"

Gao Yuan's eyes filled with recollection. "...I don't think they ever mentioned it."

"No one ever asked about it?"

"Asked? Why would anyone ask?"

"Wasn't anyone curious about what happened in the past? Aren't you curious?"

Watching Gao Yuan slowly shake his head, his eyes filled with confusion, Chen Fan let out a soft sigh.

It should be the influence of that fragrance.

One reminded him in his mind: After cognitive ability and logical thinking decline, a significant decrease in curiosity is normal.

Chen Fan clenched his molars and cursed inwardly.

What the fuck...

Search for relevant descriptions among all the existing books.

That girl Xu Huai was right. History was history. It seeped into every corner, and it could never be concealed or erased by human effort.

Chen Fan raised his head and swept his gaze across the densely packed books of every kind in the library. Three question marks appeared over his head.

???

Fuck, listen to that. Did that sound like something a person would say?

Before he even finished a few books, he would probably be sent to the God Kingdom to serve the gods, wouldn't he?

When did this unit say it wanted you to read them?

Having noticed Chen Fan's thoughts, One's voice sounded again: The basic scanning function can quickly scan the contents of books. As for the subsequent analysis, that is this unit's specialty.

Chen Fan's eyes lit up.

If that was what it meant, then he was wide awake!

After transmigrating for so long, he could finally experience the thrill of having a cheat!

Cheat, come on!

Next...

Under Gao Yuan's astonished gaze, Chen Fan stretched out his right hand and swiftly brushed it over every book on the shelf before him.

"Chen Fan?"

Gao Yuan stared blankly at Chen Fan's unusual movements. "What are you..."

"Shh."

"Keep quiet. I'm reading."

Gao Yuan: "?"