Chapter 623 - 382: Book of Answers

Chapter 623: Chapter 382: Book of Answers

"Haunted?"

How could those words possibly come from a Level 9 Reincarnator?

If an ordinary person talked about ghosts and ghouls, Lu Cang would have thought it was normal, but An Su was a master of Death and had already comprehended Reincarnation.

For him, the very concept of ghosts shouldn’t even exist.

However, just as An Su spoke, Lu Cang sensed his inner thoughts.

’An invisible phantom... Could it really be a ghost?’

’Damn...’

’Is he really thinking it’s a ghost?’

Lu Cang hadn’t expected An Su to actually believe in such things.

He looked back toward the entrance of the spiral passage.

But he had to admit, there was a faint feeling that this whole affair could truly be called paranormal.

There was no warning, no sign of its approach.

A figure had just passed by him. If it had borne any ill will, that would have been one thing; perhaps his Intuition would have triggered a warning. Even if his Intuition hadn’t, his Final Sense should have picked something up.

But instead, it had brushed past him just like a random passerby.

’I should just use Divination.’

Lu Cang frowned slightly, his gaze fixed on the threads of future Destiny.

Amidst a bizarre and kaleidoscopic vision,

Lu Cang saw an image: he was falling into a massive chasm, surrounded by distorted clocks floating upward.

The feeling was like being inside Doraemon’s Time Machine.

As for the phantom that had brushed past him...

Lu Cang turned his Divination to its fate.

But...

The result of the Divination was empty.

The hooded, dark figure that both he and An Su had just clearly witnessed—it was something that didn’t exist?

It really was a haunting, then.

’I saw it enter this spiral passage with my own eyes... What is it planning to do? Will it interfere with my plans?’

There were just too many unknown factors.

Lu Cang began to hesitate.

He started to wonder if he should just give up on this Original Forbidden Magic...

An unknown danger, an unknown phantom, and he would have to go in himself. The variables were simply too numerous.

Even his "Future Preview," the very ability he relied on to escape danger, was useless here.

In every respect, his safety margin had been reduced to a minimum.

"Forget it."

Lu Cang shook his head lightly.

An Su said, "Forget it?"

Lu Cang nodded slightly. "I’m not going after all."

An Su said, "Heh, that does sound like something you’d do."

BANG—

Lu Cang’s figure flickered, and the ground beneath his feet exploded.

And just like that, Lu Cang’s figure vanished from the spot.

...

Upon his return to the city, a dirge was already playing. White, cotton-like flecks drifted down from the sky, and an air of desolate sorrow spread through the streets.

"How... grand."

A Level 8 Reincarnator had died, and the White Tower had granted him a funeral of the highest honor.

As a scholar who had spent his entire life researching the Abyss,

he was perhaps among the handful of people in the world who understood the Abyss best.

Back in the city, back in the complete privacy of his hotel room, Lu Cang finally took the Book of Answers out of his Storage Bag.

In truth, Lu Cang had wanted to use the book back at the entrance to the ruins.

But then... that dark figure had suddenly appeared.

It had made Lu Cang feel that it was unsafe outside, so he had chosen to return to the city before dealing with it.

"The Book of Answers."

"It’s quite old."

"Yug loves to use things like this to reward the scholars it favors."

"You must be careful with this book. It’s not as easy to use as you might think. It can indeed give you the method to find an answer, but the process of seeking that answer might lure you to a point of no return."

"For some answers, it gives you the method, but you may not have the power to carry it out..."

Lu Cang listened to An Su’s warning, his heart calm and resolute.

"Yes, I know."

[Question 1: Empty]

[Path to the Answer:]

[Final Answer:]

...

In total, there were three such prompts.

From [Question 1] to [Question 3].

This meant he could ask three questions at once. After a question was posed, the book would reveal the path to finding the answer, and once the answer was obtained, it would be displayed as well.

It was just like his "Divine Level·My Heart’s Desire."

It had a limited number of wishes.

One had to be completed to free up the slot.

The questions were finite.

’However, I could use a preview to check the paths for multiple questions at once...’

With a flicker of thought, Lu Cang wrote his most pressing question in the Book of Answers.

[Question 1: What was the dark figure that brushed past me ten minutes ago?]

Lu Cang had already tried using this Divine Artifact in a preview before.

His main goal at the time had been to test the required level of ambiguity for the questions.

Did he need to use extremely precise wording and provide exact definitions to get the answer he wanted?

Or was a simple thought enough, as long as he held the intended meaning in his mind?

After experimenting, Lu Cang had come to a conclusion.

This Divine Artifact was very similar to his own Talent; he just needed to have the corresponding concept in mind.

After Lu Cang posed his question, dark, profound letters gradually materialized on the page.

[Path to the Answer: Go to the Timelost Ruins yourself.]

VMMMM—

It wasn’t just text that appeared; an image materialized as well. Looking at the illustration in the book, Lu Cang recognized what it was.

It was the ruins he had just been to.

In other words, to find the truth of the figure’s existence, he still had to go inside. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

’It couldn’t be me from another time, could it? Like a future version of myself or something?’

’No...’

’The idea is absurd, no matter how I think about it.’

’Setting aside the whole question of whether time can be reversed or if people can return to the past, the simple fact that the dark figure just flashed by and brushed past me is strange enough.’

’If it really were me, I would’ve at least said a few words to myself. At the very least, I wouldn’t have passed by like a complete stranger.’

For his second question, Lu Cang had originally intended to ask about the danger of the ruins.

But then he considered it: the path to discovering the ruins’ danger would inevitably lead back to the ruins themselves. The book would probably just tell him to enter.

’I should ask about that other matter instead—’

Lu Cang wrote down his second question.

[Question 2: The method to restore the human who became the Demon Luo Mo via Demonization to their original state.]

[Path to the Answer: The Tower of the Sages]

’So there really is an answer.’

’The final destination for the answer is the Tower of the Sages...’

’The Tower of the Sages... that’s the core headquarters of the White Tower. It’s also where Yuna is going to be trained as a successor to the Wise Ones.’

Lu Cang didn’t ask his last question.

’I’ll save one question for flexibility.’

Instead, he put the book away and gazed in the direction of Lu Luwei and the others.