Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 502: Chapter 252: Why Do You Trust Me? (3)

He pondered for a moment, looking at Schultz, whose spirit was gradually wilting and could fall asleep at any moment, and asked:

”You don’t seem to have any serious injuries, why not try to heal a bit?”

Schultz said, ”My problem stems from the mind, or the soul, not from the body. My spirit is already full of cracks, riddled with holes. If it weren’t for the All-Knowing Crystal, I wouldn’t have been able to endure coming back here.”

Wu Chang asked, ”Why are you so seriously injured?”

Schultz’s face showed a troubled expression, not because he didn’t want to tell Wu Chang, but because in his consciousness, Wu Chang lacked too much prerequisite information, and his time didn’t allow him to make up the lesson on the spot.

”Things are a bit complicated. Once you possess the All-Knowing Crystal, it will tell you exactly what happened. For now, you just need to know that I have been working on a plan called Praise Poem, with the goal of creating humanity’s own God.”

”Today was the day for the plan’s implementation. I used myself as the test subject, but I failed. However, this failure is meaningful, as I collected a lot of data. When it’s your turn, it’ll be much easier.”

Wu Chang sighed and said, ”Why? You have wealth and power, and you possess world-leading technology. Health, even lifespan, are not threats to you. You’ve already reached the pinnacle of humanity. Must you become the so-called God of humanity?”

Schultz gazed at the starry sky, his face full of worry, ”Because I saw the future, the future of humanity. In that future, I see no hope—only by becoming a God can there be a chance to escape that despairing future.”

He turned to look at Wu Chang, looked into Wu Chang’s eyes, and said, ”You will understand later. Before, in the future, I saw no hope, believed I had to become the sole hope. But now, I’ve seen a light in the future, and that light is you.”

Wu Chang pointed at himself, puzzled, ”Me?”

If the light Schultz spoke of was the True Self, which had a form over a thousand meters and had just overpowered Joy in an upgraded battle, he could understand.

But for Schultz, there was only Sean before him, who was idly waiting for the days to pass just a few days ago, leaving Wu Chang baffled.

Schultz’s gaze was full of anticipation as he said:

”Your potential far exceeds your imagination. The reason why the power you acquired after the Spiritual Ability Activation Surgery surpasses others is because your Talent domain is extremely complex, requiring a level nine reconstruction surgery to fully activate.”

”Heaven has bestowed upon you the most precious Talent, none other. Now you possess infinite possibilities.”

Wu Chang shrugged and said, ”Honestly, my abilities can only muster up some phantoms. Their combat power is similar to ordinary Disqualified Monsters, completely incomparable to your earlier battle.”

”Besides, my brain has not become smarter after modification, nowhere near your level. I don’t even believe in myself, yet you believe in me?”

Schultz nodded.

Wu Chang curiously asked, ”Why?”

Schultz replied with a half-smile, ”I don’t know.”

Wu Chang: ”You believe even without knowing.”

Schultz just smiled, without speaking.

He took off the badge representing the chairman of Hymn Company from his chest and stuffed it into Wu Chang’s hands, saying:

”If you can’t accomplish this, then just be yourself. But always remember, the destiny of humanity is to be held only in humanity’s own hands.”

After Schultz finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes, and the cone-shaped All-Knowing Crystal fell from his brow. The light on the crystal’s surface withdrew, seeming to turn into an ordinary plastic product.

The All-Knowing Crystal lost its radiance, no longer blinding Wu Chang’s gaze. He picked up the All-Knowing Crystal and looked at the Attribute Panel.

”Item Name: All-Knowing Crystal”

”Item Type: Unknown”

”Artifact Level: Unknown”

”Item Effect: Unknown”

”Note: None”

Wu Chang encountered this situation for the first time. In the past, when an item’s Skills were restricted, preventing specific information display, the system would show three question marks to indicate content here, albeit temporarily inaccessible to him.

But now, it’s directly marked as unknown.

No wonder it’s something even Joy would cross realms to snatch. Definitely extraordinary.

He put the All-Knowing Crystal into his pocket, and his gaze shifted to the eternally sleeping Schultz.

On Schultz’s body, a red-to-purple resentment emerged.

This was Schultz’s own resentment.

Schultz’s resentment resembled a crystal, and as Wu Chang’s gaze rested upon it, an image appeared within the crystal, drawing his attention in.

Wu Chang’s vision blurred briefly, and when he regathered his senses, a little boy, aged six or seven, appeared before him, his hair combed in an adult fashion.

This little boy he recognized from Sean’s memories, none other than Schultz in his childhood.

The background of the scene was a gigantic countryside farm with no visible boundaries. The setting was Christmas, and family members were decorating the farm interior, inviting friends to join the party and preparing barbecue ingredients.

The little boy was quite mismatched with the lively background, sitting alone on the roof, holding a math book.

The book was from his cousin, who was a sophomore at Evergreen Ivy University. The pages were very clean, with not a single written word, and not even many signs of being opened.

Reading here was because, once found by family, he wouldn’t be able to continue reading a single minute.

The Brown clan, to which Schultz belonged, had built its fortune on farm operations, with ancestors as bona fide Cowboys. When the elders boasted about past glorious days, they’d even mention how many bandits they had taken down before.