As he thought, Chen Cheng picked up the purple Crystal Pendant hanging around his neck.
Other than the knowledge from his previous life, the strongest cheat Chen Cheng had possessed since being reborn in this life was this pendant his mother had given him.
Ever since he discovered in Baron Kekebor's territory that he could break the slave magic restraint collars, Chen Cheng had known that this pendant was more than merely a keepsake his mother had left him when she departed.
Had it been at another time, Chen Cheng might have used the pendant's abilities to make something of himself, but he had not possessed such thoughts back then.
As a result, he had used the pendant passively most of the time.
However, through these passive uses, Chen Cheng had gradually discovered that the pendant was connected in some way to the Ancient Civilization and this world.
It even possessed the highest level of direct control authority over the Ancient Civilization.
But if this pendant was truly so powerful, why had his father and grandfather never used it?
It was only today, only now, that Chen Cheng finally understood.
A world. A highly advanced civilization utterly different from the present one. If this pendant was a control key, and using it opened Pandora's box, then what it released would probably be nothing but destruction and enslavement.
"The Codex."
Chen Cheng gazed at the pendant in his hand and murmured.
Hearing Chen Cheng's murmur, Samlet frowned and said, "Your Highness, you'd better not believe it. There is no such Codex in this world. What they did back then was merely because the Empire's reforms touched upon their own interests."
Samlet was genuinely afraid that Chen Cheng would lose his way and start thinking about some Doomsday Codex capable of destroying