Chapter 1044 - 433: Crystal Matriarch and Mechanical Emperor

Chapter 1044: Chapter 433: Crystal Matriarch and Mechanical Emperor

To facilitate He Yun taking over the Eternal Light Research Institute, Wu Chang entered the institute and lent He Yun the All-Knowing Crystal.

He Yun connected the All-Knowing Crystal to the central console to help her verify if the adjustments she made could achieve the expected results.

In the past, Wu Chang hadn’t asked a few questions when the All-Knowing Crystal would say that a Soul Contract must be signed to answer sensitive questions.

To gain more important information from it, one had to catch it right after it had finished consuming the Primordial Spirit Core, when it was in a good mood.

Since the All-Knowing Crystal signed a unilateral contract with Wu Chang, it has become increasingly cooperative in answering questions.

Moreover, as long as enough Power of Faith is provided to the All-Knowing Crystal, not only can it answer questions, it can even help He Yun without any resistance.

It recognized the signs of the times and acted accordingly; Wu Chang previously praised the All-Knowing Crystal in his heart for growing up and becoming sensible, but to his surprise, it has really grown up, and grown so big.

When Schultz handed the All-Knowing Crystal to him, it was a black double-pyramid crystal only five centimeters long that could be embedded in the forehead.

Now, the All-Knowing Crystal has transformed into a black cubic entity with one-meter sides.

In its smaller form, the All-Knowing Crystal appeared translucent, emitting a gem-like luster, revealing its crystalline nature.

After growing, it still retained a fine and smooth gemstone texture to the touch, but its surface no longer refracted any light, turning into a profound black.

It was so black that it didn’t seem like a physical object, more like a space hollowed out, as if it was about to engulf everything.

If not for the connection of the Soul Contract telling him, the object before him was the All-Knowing Crystal, Wu Chang wouldn’t dare to recognize it.

After just a few days, how did it grow into this?

Regarding the state of the All-Knowing Crystal, He Yun wasn’t very sure either, she said:

"During the time I’ve been using the All-Knowing Crystal, I noticed that its volume gradually enlarges with the infusion of Power of Faith. I suspect it needs the Power of Faith to digest the energy of the Primordial Spirit Core, and it has absorbed too much of it before which it hadn’t had time to digest."

"It’s just a crystal and cannot absorb Power of Faith like a True God can. To aid the infusion of Power of Faith into it, about three days ago, I placed it in a training room that senses Power of Faith."

"That place was where the Bright Society let experimental subjects with newly fused Divinity experience Power of Faith for the first time; within that environment, Power of Faith actively injects into the entrant’s body."

As He Yun spoke, she pulled up the surveillance footage of the training room on the large screen.

For the first two days on the footage, the All-Knowing Crystal grew slowly, increasing only to ten centimeters, but on the third day, it rapidly split into numerous identical double-pyramid crystal bodies, countless double-pyramids conjoined to eventually form the enormous crystal before them.

Wu Chang shifted his gaze from the large screen to the All-Knowing Crystal, asking:

"So now, this is your true form?"

The All-Knowing Crystal responded: "I don’t know."

Wu Chang puckered his lips; the phrase "I don’t know" was appearing for the first time in the mouth of the All-Knowing Crystal.

He asked: "Aren’t you the All-Knowing Crystal?"

The All-Knowing Crystal straightforwardly replied: "But I have no information about myself, I’ve lost my memory."

Wu Chang clicked his tongue; anything the All-Knowing Crystal has seen, it could obtain relevant information about, yet it couldn’t obtain any information about itself.

Whether it’s a healer unable to heal himself, or simply evasive, or refraining from divulging its own intelligence as a form of protection?

He could not confirm which truth it was, but he had been interacting with the All-Knowing Crystal up to now and had established a certain degree of trust.

The All-Knowing Crystal wasn’t like some AI that would fabricate answers pretending to understand; when it says it doesn’t know, it’s more than likely it truly doesn’t know — he can only choose to trust first, then question.

But trust aside, the All-Knowing Crystal has become so large, affecting not only its size and appearance.

Previously, when encountering problems, he could secretly take out the All-Knowing Crystal to search for answers on the spot; now that the All-Knowing Crystal has expanded so much, how can he operate discreetly?

It’s impossible to lug out this thing every time an issue arises and claim he can’t think without its own special seat.

"Can you revert to your previous size; your current form makes communication inconvenient."

The All-Knowing Crystal remained silent for a while, then a cracking sound suddenly echoed across its surface, and the next moment, a chunk fell from the center of the surface facing Wu Chang.

"This is part of me, you can use it to communicate with me."

Wu Chang caught the small crystal; the fragment was shaped exactly as a double-pyramid, identical to the previous All-Knowing Crystal, and upon separating from the main body, it gleamed again with a gem-like luster.

His gaze momentarily dazed, holding the small All-Knowing Crystal in hand, a bold speculation surfaced in his heart.

Could it be that the All-Knowing Crystal he obtained before was, just like the small crystal in his hand now, merely a small part of a giant mother crystal?

The All-Knowing Crystal craves the Primordial Spirit Core particularly, and its primary function, apart from nurturing inherent Divinity, is the ability to recreate anything and heal incurable injuries.

He has long suspected that the All-Knowing Crystal needs the Primordial Spirit Core possibly for healing.

The All-Knowing Crystal knows nothing about its origins, but when he considers the current situation, he has a conjecture.

The true essence of the All-Knowing Crystal is most likely the enormous cube before them; in the face of a massive crisis it judged to be fatal, it split its identity into countless tiny crystals scattered throughout the Abyss.