Pelaya's Experiment
Teleportation array?
Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi and Da Yi were both shocked.
Cheng Shi was surprised because the so-called "deconstruction" of the Doom Herald sounded like the methods of "Truth" and "Folly," which meant that the other party's arrival was likely related to the Tower of Reason of Reason and Matter, which advocated "Truth" in the Civilization Era, or the Tower of Civilization Isolation, which believed in "Folly" in the Chaos Era.
What shocked Da Yi was that he suddenly understood why Ultraman had made them work in vain at the teleportation array before... Now it seems that it was not a waste of time at all. Every step of Ultraman's plan had a reason. The teleportation array was not useless. It was just that the time was not right at the time!
And now, look, someone has returned through that teleportation array!
As expected of Ultraman!
His gaze toward Cheng Shi held even greater respect.
Cheng Shi felt Da Yi's intense gaze, but he had no time to think about what Da Yi was imagining. Instead, his curiosity was burning, but he remained outwardly calm as he asked Doom Herald:
"Go on, in more detail."
"Tell me about your Trials. What did you do? What did you experience? And why did you come here? If you explain clearly, I can let you go."
The Singer of "Annihilation" was very cooperative, almost too cooperative. He was clearly confused about Cheng Shi and Da Yi's identities and even about everything around him, but he didn't ask a single question. He answered whatever Cheng Shi asked, and he answered them crisply and clearly.
"I... prayed for a Trials to witness the feat of [Annihilation], and then got myself into the game of [War]."
Our Trials took place at the Tower of Reason during the late Civilization Era, coinciding with the rebellion of Pelaya, a member of the Scholarly Council. We..."
"Damn it, who?" Da Yi was confused for a moment, but then suddenly realized, "You came back through Pelaya's Experiment?"
Doom Herald seemed unsurprised by the fact that high-level players were well-versed in these historical matters; he nodded hastily, but then Da Yi started cursing again:
"Damn it, how could you few possibly replicate her Experiment?"
The only chance in that period of history was to seize the initiative before the Scholarly Council. To snatch food from a tiger's mouth, you need the strength to fight the tiger. At best, you few are just food for the tiger. How are you going to snatch it?
"What's wrong with your heads? Did you break a tiger's front teeth?"
"..." Da Yi's disdainful words choked even the Doom Herald. Cheng Shi didn't say anything, but there was a lot of information in those words.
Pelaya!
It's Pelaya again!
What kind of Experiment is this Grand Scholar of the Tower of Reason conducting?
Cheng Shi was indeed unaware of this history, so he chose to remain silent. He couldn't reveal his ignorance, so he simply pretended to be mysterious and didn't speak.
"..." Doom Herald wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly explained, "No, no, although we replicated the Experiment, the opportunity was seized by that Grand Marshal and his men. We were just..."
"Damn it, Old Hu!?" Da Yi's voice rose three points higher. "You guys actually got matched with Old Hu? What's Old Hu's rank? Even if this game mechanic is ridiculous, how could he be matched with trash like you?"
"..."
Hey bro, can you please not be so irritable? I still want to hear the story.
Cheng Shi curled his lip slightly in disdain and coughed lightly as a reminder. Upon hearing the cough, Da Yi immediately realized that he had interrupted the adult's questioning rhythm. He shrank his neck and fell silent.
Despite his fear, Doom Herald hurriedly turned to Cheng Shi and continued to explain:
"We didn't get to meet that Grand Marshal. We stumbled upon his Trials. No, no, he led his men into our Trials."
Our Trials was not going well. The Grand Scholar Pelaya overturned the table and launched an attack during the meeting of the Scholarly Council, directly sending the Bellicose Knights into the heart of Tusnat through spatial deconstruction.
When we first stepped into the research institute of the Tower of Reason, we were trapped inside by a large number of Bellringer Knight. Fortunately, one of us was a Scholar of Desire Master, who transformed fear into control and used it to fight against the Bellringer Knight. With everyone gritting their teeth and fighting to the death, we managed to survive.
But the scene was too chaotic for us to handle. We even suspected that it was a Special Trial rather than a Prayer Trial.
Staying in the research institute was a death sentence, so we ran away and fled towards the Tusnat City.
Just as we were planning to find a place to hide until the Trials ended, the Grand Marshal, along with several others, cleaved through the Void and jumped down from above us.
I don't know how they found this place, but their appearance definitely relieved the pressure on us. He truly deserves to be Chosen of God of War; he's too strong, he..."
Wait a minute, young man, do you know what you're saying? How did you end up becoming a fanboy of the Grand Marshal?
"Ahem, get to the point."
"Oh, oh, the important point is that he led his men and charged straight through the Bellicose Knights. We were afraid of dying, so we followed behind and charged out together."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi and Da Yi's expressions turned strange. Clearly, they both knew that regardless of Hu Wei's Faith, he should at least be aligned with the Bellicose Knights.
How could a chaotic henchman like you kill his own people?
Da Yi glanced at Cheng Shi with a strange expression, afraid that the adult would have a problem with it. Cheng Shi couldn't possibly blame anyone for such a trivial matter, so he raised his chin to signal the other party to continue.
"But who knew they weren't trying to escape at all, but had another purpose. They stormed into Pelaya's Experiment. This Grand Scholar in the Department of Existential Origins was famous for deconstructing spacetime, and she possessed..."
"Damn it, we already know all that. We're asking you to get to the point!"
Wait a minute!
Brother, you know I don't!
That's the point for me, so shut up right now!
Cheng Shi was furious. He glanced at Da Yi with displeasure. Da Yi immediately sensed the adult's gaze, shut up, and looked down at the ground, behaving like a primary school student being punished.
The Doom Herald was also stunned. He seemed to sense that the person in charge wanted him to continue speaking, so he nervously swallowed and tentatively continued his train of thought.
"The great Grand Scholar Pelaya possesses the corpse of the [Desolate Walker], which was left behind after the failure of the Faith Experiment in the underground of the Tower of Reason. It is because of this Subgod body that she has a great deal of influence in the Scholarly Council."
Meanwhile, the team of Scholar she leads has been exploring the origin of the [Desolate Walker]. They want to find His soul, the [Gift of Scars], by deconstructing its related spatiotemporal connections, so as to stitch this [Decay] Emissary back together and create an artificial Emissary.
The Grand Marshal led his men to her Experiment, and we followed behind and saw the body of the [Desolate Walker]. Unfortunately, the Grand Scholar Pelaya had lost interest in conducting these Experiment and was focused on [Chaos]'s resistance against [Truth], so the Experiment were put on hold.
Those around the Grand Marshal attempted to restart the Experiment, but then several Scholarly Council Grand Scholar Tower of Reason arrived, wanting to reclaim the Experiment materials—no, not reclaim, but confiscate them. They believed that Pelaya had betrayed the Tower of Reason, and that her Experiment resources needed to be redistributed.
"..."