Otto Brazenly Challenges Void Archives! He Actually Wants an Equal Trade with a Civilization's Divine Artifact, Leaving Everyone Stunned!

His voice echoed through the empty sanctuary, calm and clear.

"First meeting, great legacy of the Previous Civilization, First Divine Key—Void Archives."

"I am Otto Apocalypse, your generation's 'keeper.'"

"Today, I did not come to 'keep' you."

Otto straightened up and raised his head. There was not a trace of reverence in his emerald-green eyes, only the calm equality of someone negotiating with another person.

"I came to make... a deal with you."

Boom—!!!

The entire God Realm Committee erupted!

"A... deal!?" Zhou Weiqing's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. Pointing at the Light Screen, he stammered, "He... he wants to make a deal with a Divine Key from the Previous Civilization that's been alive for who knows how many tens of thousands of years? What gives him the right!? What qualifications does he have!?"

"Qualifications? Of course he has them." Ji Dong's gaze became incomparably sharp, even carrying a hint of fervent admiration. "His greatest qualification is his 'fearlessness'! Look at his eyes. He did not see Void Archives as a god or a weapon at all. He saw it as a 'tool' that could be used! That pure utilitarianism, that way of viewing all things as chess pieces—for an 'old monster' like Void Archives, one that has existed for countless years and seen through human nature, it is far more likely to pique its interest than any flattery or reverence!"

"More than just interest!" Tang San took over, his mind racing as countless possibilities collided within it. "Otto saw through its essence! Void Archives being enshrined here was, in essence, a 'prison'! It possessed endless knowledge but could not use it, possessed an independent consciousness but had no one to communicate with. It... was lonely! And Otto was the first person in five hundred years who dared