This answer caught Mike completely off guard.
Apollo had a habit: once he started explaining sothing, he would explain it thoroughly, ensuring Mike fully understood.
So, Apollo had two modes: Riddler Mode and Straightforward Mode.
Right now, he was in Straightforward Mode.
"This world didn't originally have the concept of talents," Apollo began, imdiately pointing Mike in the right direction.
In ancient tis, powerful beings had thods and paths for cultivation, but there was never any ntion of talents.
If Mike dared to speculate further, it seed that the talents awakened by the human race were all derived from the Supre Source!
Apollo continued his explanation, "During the talent awakening process, the Truth Core Crystals evaluate the physical attributes, personality, and state of the individual. Based on that evaluation, the most suitable talent is matched, and a fragnt of the Supre Source is drawn."
According to Apollo, all talents originated from the Supre Source.
And SSS-grade talents were the most complete fragnts of the Supre Source. A second talent awakening was essentially another opportunity to draw a fragnt from the Supre Source!
It was known that the Supre Demon God possessed the Supre Source, and every year, billions of humans awakened, continuously consuming the Supre Source.
Mike's eyes lit up as his thoughts suddenly beca clear.
Many things that had previously been confusing now made perfect sense.
Why was a potential Supre Being such a fatal temptation for the Supre Demon God? Why had Apollo once said that the human race needed nine Supre Beings, willing to risk everything in a final battle against the Supre Demon God, to have a chance at victory? The human race needed ti.
Not just ti for the potential Supre Beings to grow!
But also ti for the human race to continue consuming the Supre Source!
An F-tier or D-tier talent might not an much to the Supre Demon God.
But with the sheer size of the human population, those numbers beca significant!
Moreover, as the human race grew stronger, the overall quality of talents among the younger generation had improved significantly compared to 300 years ago!
Why were the offspring of powerful individuals more likely to have high-tier talents and beco Supre Being seeds?
Because their foundations were stronger than their peers, giving them a natural advantage when awakening their talents.
Understanding all this, Mike couldn't help but marvel, "The person who ca up with this system is a genius!"
Apollo casually replied, "That would be Morpheus."
Morpheus, the first Supre Being of the human race, had always been a bit of an enigma. Morpheus's presence was... strange.
On one hand, Morpheus was undeniably important. Many major events had been turned around by Morpheus's efforts, saving the human race from disaster.
But on the other hand, Morpheus was incredibly mysterious, rarely seen or heard from. Mike was getting closer and closer to level 1000, yet there was still no sign of Morpheus!
Having cleared up many of his doubts, Mike still had more questions. He decided to take advantage of this opportunity to ask them all.
"So... was the Tower of Truth designed to help the human race level up and defeat the Supre Demon God?"
"No."
This ti, Apollo gave a different answer.
"The original purpose of the Tower of Truth was to serve as a sanctuary in the event of an apocalypse, a place where the Nine Races could survive, while also accommodating the Truth and the myriad races."
At the ti, there were rumors that the apocalypse was coming, and all races would perish in the end of the world.
Truth used the Supre Source as a bargaining chip to convince the Nine Races to build the tower together.
The Nine Races agreed that after the apocalypse, only those who had participated in the construction of the Tower of Truth would be allowed to enter the tower, either to strengthen themselves or to settle there.
The rest of the races would be confined to the Core City of Truth, serving as vassals.
As Apollo spoke, Mike fell into silence.
*Apollo, you know an awful lot about this...*
It was hard not to be suspicious...
But Mike had always been direct with Apollo, asking whatever ca to mind.
After all, Apollo never lied.
"Uh... if you don't mind asking," Mike swallowed nervously, "You're not Truth, are you?"
Mike had always been curious about Truth.
The figure was shrouded in mystery, acting more like a prophet than anything else.
In ancient tis, Truth had single-handedly reshaped the fate of the myriad races.
Apollo's deep knowledge of these events naturally led Mike to this suspicion.
As expected, Apollo gave a straightforward answer.
"No."
To dispel Mike's doubts, Apollo even added, "Truth is still alive and is now part of the Supre Demon God."
Mike imdiately understood.
"So, like the Chaos Ancestor and the others, Truth rged with the Supre Source?"
Apollo was silent for a mont before giving a sowhat ambiguous answer.
"Sothing like that."
Clearly, Truth's situation was slightly different from that of the Chaos Ancestor.
But this wasn't sothing a re level 599 Thor needed to worry about!
Reflecting on their conversation, Mike realized that, according to Apollo, the Tower of Truth was more like a version of Noah's Ark.
In ancient tis, the Supre Beings had reached a consensus that the apocalypse was inevitable, and the world was dood to destruction. They began seeking ways to escape.
At that mont, Truth, possessing the Supre Source, stepped forward and rallied the strongest races to build the Tower of Truth...
The clues were coming together, forming a coherent picture of the truth.
However, Mike still had one more question.
"Didn't you say only the Nine Races could enter the Tower of Truth? Why can humans enter as
well?"
Apollo gave an unexpected but reasonable answer.
"During the construction of the Tower of Truth, so races used a large number of human
slaves."
Even without Apollo saying it, Mike could guess that one of those races was probably the
blood clan.
By sheer coincidence, the human race had participated in the construction of the Tower of
Truth.
After the apocalypse, during the Earth era, the Tower of Truth descended upon Earth, and the human race gained access to the tower...
Mike couldn't help but sigh.
"I wonder who made the decision to involve the human race."
If Mike ever found out which vampire had co up with the idea, he'd be sure to "thank"
them properly!
...
In ancient tis,
On an ordinary morning, The forbidden prince overseeing the construction of the Tower of Truth was in a foul mood.
"A bunch of useless idiots! Incompetent fools! Trash!"
Dracula elegantly smashed a wine glass over the head of a blood clan Duke, pointing angrily
at the construction plans.
"We're already 300 years behind schedule! How much longer is this damn tower going to
take?!"
An elder of the blood clan, highly respected, prostrated himself on the ground and humbly
said,
"Great Prince Dracula, the area around the Tower of Truth suppresses all beings to the level of ordinary mortals. No one can use their powers. Even the strongest werewolf slaves can't lift a
single log."
Dracula was well aware of the difficulties in building the Tower of Truth.
But he didn't want to hear complaints-he wanted solutions!
A newly promoted blood clan Marquis, standing at the door as a guard, spoke up calmly.
"Your Highness, since all beings are reduced to mortals, why not use humans to build the Tower of Truth from the start?"
For the blood clan, humans were plentiful.
It was just that humans had always been seen as a lowly race, and no one had thought to use
them to build the Tower of Truth.
Until this Marquis suggested it.
"Not a bad idea..." Dracula's eyes darkened, a hint of approval in his gaze as he looked at the
Marquis.
"What's your na?"
The guard lowered his head slightly and gave a simple, unremarkable na.
"Vladimir."
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