The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 1457: Chapter 1457: The Super Straight-A Student Who Lives and Learns Until Old Age?

Carson Flores saw his vision blur, and everything around him vanished.

He now stood in an expansive indoor plaza. The plaza was vast, circular, with a diameter exceeding a thousand meters.

Surrounding the plaza were walls, and the walls were entirely covered with books!

Books, densely packed!

One book after another, tightly stacked together, encircling the plaza to form a gigantic ring. Layer upon layer of bookshelves transformed the edges of the plaza into an endless mountain of books.

”Young man, welcome to the Divine Brilliance Tower...”

An elderly voice echoed in the empty plaza, exceptionally clear and imbued with a sense of age and profundity, suggesting that its owner was an elderly man.

Carson Flores cupped his hands in a respectful gesture and said, ”Senior, may I ask who you are? Are you the Artifact Spirit of this Divine Brilliance Tower? Or perhaps the Primordial Spirit Incarnation of a certain elder?”

The old man chuckled and said, ”I’m just an old fellow who loves reading books. There’s no need to concern yourself with who I am.”

Carson Flores smiled and said, ”I’ve heard that once inside, one must participate in an assessment, is that true?”

The old man replied, ”Indeed. The stronger the abilities you display, the greater the rewards you will receive. If you possess something that interests me, I will reward you as well.”

Carson thought for a moment and asked, ”Since Senior loves books and has existed in the world for such a long time, I assume you must know everything there is to know.”

The old man sighed and said, ”The world is vast; who would dare claim to know everything? It is precisely because there are still so many things I do not know that I wander from place to place, learning new knowledge...”

Wander?

This Divine Brilliance Tower, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, was all for the sake of this man acquiring new knowledge?

How dedicated to learning could he be?

The ultimate lifelong scholar?

Carson Flores asked, ”What kind of assessment is it?”

The old man replied, ”I sense something unique in you. Why don’t you first tell me about yourself?”

Carson Flores said, ”That could take quite a bit of time. Won’t Senior find it tedious?”

The old man laughed, his voice tinged with a trace of joy: ”Haha, listening to stories is one of the most enjoyable things. Why would I find it tedious?”

Carson responded with a question: ”That young woman who came in earlier is a friend of mine. Did she also tell you the story of her life?”

The old man asked in surprise, ”Oh? You and she are friends?”

Carson blinked and asked, ”Did her story involve a Human Emperor?”

The old man replied, ”Indeed, it did.”

Carson smiled and said, ”What a coincidence, then. I am that Human Emperor.”

The old man burst into hearty laughter. ”So, that means you’re also from the Barbaric Wilderness Realm?”

Carson Flores answered, ”No, I come from the Mortal Realm.”

”The Mortal Realm?”

The old man’s voice instantly carried a hint of curiosity: ”What kind of place is that? Tell me about it.”

Carson smiled and said, ”It’s a world without cultivators—an advanced world of technology...”

Carson began recounting his own story and describing the Mortal Realm.

The old man seemed to have little interest in Carson’s personal life but was exceedingly curious about the Mortal Realm, peppering him with question after question.

”Ordinary people can also fly in the sky?”

”Yes. Humans have invented airplanes, which are somewhat like kites, but much larger—they can carry hundreds of people and travel thousands of miles in an hour. If it’s a fighter plane, it can cover several thousand miles...”

”You can leave your planet and explore outer space? How is that possible?”

”This is a bit complicated to explain, and I don’t entirely understand it myself. But in essence, our planet exerts a gravitational force on us, and we build machines that burn fuel to generate tremendous thrust. When the thrust exceeds the gravitational pull, we can break free from the planet’s gravity and enter space...”

...

The old man asked many questions across a wide range of topics. Carson, not being a high-tech scholar, could only provide general descriptions based on surface phenomena. Naturally, he had no grasp of the deeper principles. Nonetheless, the old man listened with great interest.

He appeared to be utterly fascinated by this unfamiliar world.

”Senior, the Mortal Realm where I come from is just a single planet, and its territory isn’t vast—certainly not as expansive as its continent here. Why are you so intrigued by it?”

The old man chuckled and said, ”Of the countless worlds out there, I’ve only visited a fraction. I’m curious about every place I’m unfamiliar with or haven’t been to.”

This elder truly was a tireless pursuer of knowledge!

The two continued: one speaking, the other listening, one asking, the other answering. Time unknowingly slipped away.

”You’re only in your thirties and have already reached the pinnacle of two worlds. Truly remarkable!”

Hearing the old man’s praise, Carson modestly said, ”I’ve just been lucky, and life always brings benefactors to guide you along the way. That’s the only reason I’ve come this far. For instance, today, I stumbled in here completely by chance. Honestly, I’m quite curious—how exactly do you define a ’fated person’?”

The old man replied with a laugh, ”When it feels right, then they are the fated one.”

Carson didn’t quite understand and was too lazy to press further. Suddenly, he remembered something and asked, ”I once heard someone say that my master, Bank Austin, had previously entered the Divine Brilliance Tower. Is that true?”

After a pause, Carson briefly described some of the basic details about his master.

After thinking it over, the old man smiled and said, ”Ah, Bank Austin. I remember now. Yes, he indeed came here. He was incredibly talented and aligned well with my interests. I recall that he left with a sword technique...”