Chapter 1273: Chapter 1272: The Road and the Gate Chapter 1273: Chapter 1272: The Road and the Gate [Breaking Seed]
It can be said to be the first major goal of any Apprentice Knight.
At the mont of Breaking the Breed, when the sapling breaks through the seed shell to grow, a personal “Consciousness Space” will also form.
The “Gift Tree” that is of critical importance to the individual, even ten tis more important than life itself, is planted here.
This is an important setting introduced by the Fate System for every participant of fate.
This setting, which preserves the Talent Tree, is safer compared to the divine systems of myriad worlds.
Take the Tomb World for comparison.
We can consider the human body as a combination of “body → soul → consciousness,” similar to a Russian nesting doll.
Fate pre-seeds the Talent Tree, which is related to individual level and the source of power, into the brain, and then, in conjunction with the consciousness ford between brains, creates a unique space that hides the tree deep within one’s consciousness.
The ‘Talent Tree’ corresponds to the mummies in the graves, which are Dantian (before the gate is opened, the interior of the Dantian is gaseous; after opening the gate, Pill Condensation solidifies it).
The Dantian is located in the outermost layer of the body; once it is destroyed, the individual would die instantly.
If soone with ulterior motives completely refines and absorbs the Nei Dan, the outco would not be as simple as being stripped of martial arts in wuxia films. Simultaneously with the death of the individual, a mark would be branded deep in the soul, so that even if reincarnated, there would be no Dantian and no chance to walk the path of cultivation again.
From this perspective, the Talent Tree is safer, and the Fate System designed by the Black Tower is more perfected than the usual world’s upgrade systems.
Only attacks that destroy or invade consciousness could potentially affect and damage the Talent Tree.
Fortunately, Han Dong’s brain is the strongest part of his entire body, and he also recruited a ‘Tree-watching Dog’ during the Crack Period. The presence of the Count’s consciousness entity inside to a large extent ensures the safety of the Talent Tree.
Basically, Han Dong doesn’t have to worry about threats of invasion to the Talent Tree.
With the allocation of “Talent Points.”
The individual’s Talent Tree grows gradually, and the Consciousness Space expands step by step.
When the Talent allocation reaches five points, the Talent Tree is considered to have completed its final growth, and a secret path that can guide individuals to the “Door of Truth” will form in the Consciousness Space.
…
The body stays at the Other Shore Hotel, under the personal care of the managent.
Consciousness goes to the Consciousness Space created with the Talent Tree as the base point.
With the complete allocation of Talent Points, the space here has expanded to the size of an ordinary orchard.
The Laughing Face Tree is located on a small hill at the center, which is also the highest point of the Consciousness Space.
The blood-red fruit hanging on the tree perfectly forms a smiling face, and the tentacle-like branches change in real-ti according to Han Dong’s position, ensuring that the ‘smiling face’ always exists.
From afar, it looks like a rather special red apple tree, and there seems to be a dog tied underneath it.
As he approaches the tree, a distinguished and exaggerated British accent cos from under the tree:
“Do you plan to open the gate, Nicholas?”
“Hmm… With the excellent state bestowed by the managent, opening the gate should take to a deeper level, and there is nothing much to prepare now, let’s get started.”
“I’ve inspected the Talent Tree, this Count probably can’t accompany you, don’t you fail, lad.”
“There’s no failure… if I truly fail, life will lose its aning. At that ti, I will give this body to you.”
The Count was sowhat surprised to hear this statent.
If it was in the past, he would have eagerly orchestrated a blood ritual to pray for failure.
But now, the Count’s mindset had long changed.
“Ptui! You think to throw failures at this Count to deal with, disgusting… Hurry up and reach a deeper level, then I’ll take more interest in your body, it would be best if you could reach the Elent standard of those freaks in a single stroke.
With your talent, you should be able to do it, and when you do, rember to let enjoy myself properly.”
“I’ll take your good word for it.”
Han Dong’s palm slowly landed on the surface of the tree trunk.
He could clearly sense the five opened nodes, layer by layer, allowing the Talent Tree to fully mature… And at the top of the trunk, the gathering area of all veins, a special energy could be felt.
When Han Dong slowly focused his attention on that point.
A distant sound, as if coming from deep within the brain, echoed in his ears:
“Talent Tree – Smiley has matured, the road construction is complete, would you like to step onto the road leading to the “Door of Truth”?
“Yes.”
With no hesitation.
Following Han Dong’s response, from the bottom up, the trunk slowly revealed five marks.
The talents corresponding to the marks are:
[Mark – Black Bookshelf]- Dark Knowledge
[Mark – Tentacle Skewers]- Tentacle Enthusiast
[Mark – Smiling Dwarf]- Lonely Perforr
[Mark – Grinning Book]- Madness
[Mark – Faceless Aspect]- Borrowing God – Faceless
The marks are like locks on the trunk of the tree.
As they are gradually unlocked, they open a narrow crack for Han Dong leading to the inside of the Talent Tree.
Apart from Han Dong’s main consciousness, everything else will be excluded.
“Set off, open the gate!”
He sidled into the slit, his body fully entering it.
In the blink of an eye, Han Dong’s consciousness landed at the ‘starting point’ of a path… It was similar to the path where zombies opened doors, but Han Dong had completely forgotten about zombies opening doors, as per upper managent’s request.
There were no zombies or mummies, nor any circuses or amusent parks.
[The Road]: Composed of floating grey tiles, with each tile inclined at different angles, narrow and undulating in height, with gaps in between that, if not careful, could lead to a fall.
[Both Sides]: Made up of fragnted mirrors put together, each playing real-ti scenes reflecting scenarios from different worlds.
These shattered mirrors flanking the road, millions of them… symbolize the myriad of worlds connected by fate, and Han Dong, as a “Fate Traveler,” takes advantage of the Fate System to wander between different worlds for optimal growth.
“Unexpectedly, the road to the Door of Truth would be like this.”
Aside from the undulating tiles causing movent inconvenience, the way was clear.
Due to the instability of space and ti in the current area, Han Dong was unsure how long he had walked, only feeling ntally tired when at last, the “Door of Truth” he was seeking erged before him.
“Is this my door?”
The scale of this Door of Truth in front of him was a full five tis larger than the [Coffin Door] he encountered when opening doors in the Tomb World.
It must be a hundred ters tall, delivering an extrely stunning visual impact.
[The Fra]: Made up of countless skulls piled up, including human skulls and many other bizarre and unidentifiable ones.
Each skull is connected by tentacles that have grown out of their eye sockets, acting like screws that afford stability and enable the support of such a massive door.
[The Door]: Shares commonalities with the Door of Truth, bearing an imprint of The Tree of Life.
It also features a huge, crimson-colored, laughing face scrawled across the entire Tree of Life as if mocking and belittling the truth about life.
But.
Here, besides the Door of Truth, there was an existence Han Dong had never heard of, nor seen before.
A white, human-form life wrapped in a black circle, like an unfinished portrait.
It sat in front of the Door of Truth, waiting for Han Dong’s arrival.
In its hand was also a very strange set of [Tarot Cards].
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