Master of the Secret Witch
Chapter 851

A Contract with the Furnace

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Experimental Giant Tower. Tang Qi watched the swaying Ship of Fools, his gaze moving across the Wooden Boat's frenzied reliefs that seemed to contain some kind of profound truths.

Omniscience had never been deactivated, but perhaps because it was not the original version, the fragments it analyzed were still those from when he had first seized it. There was no major change.

Fuck's voice continued in his mind.

"Humans are not a particularly outstanding race within the Boundless Mystery. They are merely latecomers among the Myriad Races. Whether in wisdom or talent, they are considered innately lacking. Even some open-minded and benevolent races occasionally discriminate against humans."

"But many civilizations and deities have to admit that wise men and philosophers often emerged among humanity, especially the First Batch of Wisemen Group during the early Dark Age. Even now, many deities still remember their names."

"They were all great explorers, lights in the darkness... They could not have died so easily. Perhaps they merely ventured deeper into the darkness and continued their dangerous explorations... or perhaps they met other ends."

"As for why the deities sought them and collected Ships of Fools, it was because of that First One, the 'sage.' Including the Old Master, many deities guessed that the maker of the first Ship of Fools was not human. That sage had merely been its recipient."

"A human sage so frail that he could not even resist a demigod, yet after receiving a Wooden Boat, he was able to obtain the spark of fire for humanity amidst countless spirits... The Ship of Fools must conceal an even greater secret."

"As for the truth?"

"Throughout the long Years, no one has ever unraveled it. This included the Old Master and his sworn enemy, the God of Peeping, a deity of curiosity

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