Silence, and Silence Again

Everyone present was stunned.

This scene was so unbelievable that they had to admire the Tower of Reason's ingenious ideas and bizarre methods in its study of gods and Divinity.

"These wispy, thread-like things are... Divinity?"

To be honest, this was Cheng Shi first time Cheng Shi had ever seen Divinity state beyond the light. Morabik nodded, slightly raised the Abyssal Crystal in his hand, and gestured to his companion that it was his turn to take action.

The person in charge of this Experiment was clearly not Morabik, who cut open the ore bag, but Allen Doyle, who had been standing aside and not saying much. His expression was complicated, but after looking around, he resignedly went over.

As Morabik said, they had no choice.

With a solemn expression, he took Zainjil's finger and began to manipulate the power within it, transforming it into a thread far finer than the Divinity filament, tentatively probing into the mist to sense and peel away the entangled Divinity.

Allen Doyle remained serious and silent during the procedure, while Morabik, more like Scholar of Truth than Wise One of Folly, patiently and earnestly explained to everyone as the "Experiment scaffold":

"When the existence of the Abyssal Crystal was first discovered, the Creation Alchemy Department tried various methods to approach the Divinity within. However, Divinity is sacred and cannot tolerate the slightest pollution from mortal filth. Once any ordinary power enters this mist, it will cause the Divinity to instantly collapse and turn into the dust of reality."

So don't be fooled by how easily Allen Doyle has now sent in the 'tool to strip away Divinity '; this one step alone took the Tower of Reason over a hundred years to explore.

Until one day, a Scholar learned that Zainjil had completed the Dagger of Stars Experiment and was stealing their Divine Authority. At that time, the Scholar in the team had a bold idea. They set their sights on Zainjil himself. After waiting for many years, until Zainjil turned into the Hanged Man of the Apocalypse due to the backlash, our fathers made their move.

Zainjil was no longer Mortals by then. Under the catalysis and tempering of Divine Authority, he was getting closer and closer to "He". However, the Experiment eventually went wrong. What was a disaster for the Dagger of Stars was a one-in-a-million opportunity for us.

So they bypassed the oversight of the Scholarly Council, opened the gates of the Dagger of Stars, and nearly lost an entire team to cut off Zainjil's finger.

But who could have imagined that their initial plan wasn't just to take that small finger, but Zainjil's entire arm...

Morabik's recollections were also filled with regret. He chuckled, seemingly mocking his fathers' overestimation of their abilities, but also as if he were mocking himself, lamenting that he would never have the chance to accomplish the same glorious feats as his fathers.

"They miscalculated. Even in its weakened state, the Hanged Man of the Apocalypse is still a being beyond the Mortals realm. Without any help or the support of the Scholarly Council, they couldn't do anything to Zainjil. So they took the finger and retreated."

However, it is too difficult to complete the operation that should be done by one arm with only the strength of the fingers, so they spent a long time trying to train the strength of their fingers.

During this time, they were banished underground with nowhere to go, but the Experiment continued until... we took over the Experiment and repeated it for decades before we finally saw hope.

Although Allen Doyle was a fool when it came to interpersonal relationships...

Before he could finish speaking, Cheng Shi's Scalpel trembled slightly. He was afraid that this untimely disdain would interfere with the operation of the Experiment, but Allen Doyle's hand was very steady and his state was extremely stable. He seemed to have blocked out all external sounds, and his whole mind and body were immersed in stripping away Divinity.

"But he is a genius in the study and practice of Divinity, a genius who is no less than our fathers!"

He successfully developed a method for extracting Divinity, completed all stages of the Experiment, and extracted a small portion of Divinity from the last piece of Abyssal Crystal in our hands. However, at that time, we lacked the means to store Divinity, so that invaluable Divinity vanished into the wind...

Now that we have designed Experiment equipment for storing Divinity, I believe that with the help of you all... I will have sufficient resources and conditions to refine a large amount of Divinity!

He had barely finished speaking when Allen Doyle suddenly reacted. He shuddered violently, then sighed, his face as black as ink:

"It failed."

"???" Cheng Shi was stunned. Wasn't it your brother who bragged to us for so long about how awesome you were, and you failed right after he finished?

You're not trying to embarrass him on purpose, are you?

But wouldn't it hurt even more if the slap landed on your own face?

But soon, before the other party could explain, Cheng Shi discovered the reason: the two Wise One seemed to be too tired. Their energy and spirit were obviously somewhat depleted after the long journey and the fright.

"It turns out I didn't think this through," Cheng Shi muttered, and casually unleashed a Mental Technique on the two of them.

Allen Doyle's spirits lifted, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes once more. He seemed to want to try again, but this Cheng Shi refused him.

"Forget it, there's no need to waste time at this point. Once we've dealt with Arad and taken ownership of the mine, we'll have more time to deal with these Abyssal Crystal."

What do you two think?

Of course, Cheng Shi's question was not directed at the two Wise One, but at the two Fire Keeper present. Qin Xin and the Blind Man also felt that it was enough to know that the extraction Experiment was feasible at this moment. They were not in a hurry to obtain the first batch of Divinity here before more resources were "income".

So the Blind Man nodded and looked at Allen Doyle's hand.

Although the Wise One failed, his failure did not seem to be a complete loss. He had clearly extracted a small portion of Divinity, and this Divinity seemed... somewhat familiar.

"It is a chaotic and useless Wild God's Divinity. I sensed that it contained the Divinity of [death], [Decay], and [Order], but I was too exhausted to extract them. I only extracted this small piece of Wild God's Divinity."

But believe me, I can now completely extract that Divinity again, not long, just one night.

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"..."

"..."

The three people present fell silent again, not because they felt the time was too long, but because of the Divinity of the Wild God the other party was talking about...

It's not some Wild God at all!

This is clearly the Divinity of silence!

Cheng Shi's pupils constricted sharply, and his expression changed drastically. Strange, how could the Divinity of the Silent Ones have already been... crushed into ore in the middle of the Civilization Era, when even the [Folly] Ones were still just nascent Believer?

What exactly happened?