Chapter 3621

Lin Moyu asked, "Since I have passed the test, what should I do next?"

The Hall Spirit said, "Naturally, it is to proceed with the next round of choices in accordance with the Master's will."

This time it is not a test, but a choice, which corresponds perfectly with the warning from the Divine Emperor of Thunder.

Not knowing what kind of choice it would be, Lin Moyu felt vigilant. The Hall Spirit before him should be an artifact spirit.

It acts according to the rules set by the Master, so the power to make the choice…

…does not lie with it, but with its Master, who seems to have disappeared for many years.

Lin Moyu felt that before making his choice, he could ask a few more questions to obtain some information.

In order to help him make his choice, the Hall Spirit chuckled and said, "There are two choices."

"The first is to take the items the Master has prepared for you, and then you will proceed to challenge the next step according to the method left behind by the Master."

"The second choice is also to take the items left by the Master, but you must leave a sliver of your soul in the hall. If you fail…"

"…your Remnant Soul will return to the hall, and I will decide whether you can become a Divine Servant based on your situation at that time."

Lin Moyu's heart stirred. If he chose the second option, even if he died…

…he might still become a Divine Servant. However, the laws of the world dictate that there are gains and losses; one cannot receive benefits for nothing.

Lin Moyu immediately asked, "What is the specific difference between these two choices?" The Hall Spirit chuckled.

It revealed a kind smile, "If you choose the first, there will be no turning back."

"Once the attempt fails, you will suffer a complete destruction of soul and body."

"If you choose the second, even if you fail, you will still have a chance to become a Divine Servant. However, once you choose the second…"

"…you must leave a sliver of your soul, and then, the success rate of challenging the next step…"

"…will be reduced by ten percent. Choosing the first means no retreat, and death is final."

"Choosing the second provides a retreat; even if you die, you still have a chance to become a Divine Servant, and you can still live forever."

Seen in this light, those twenty Supreme Hongmeng Experts must have chosen the second.

However, having said that, it is only a ten percent reduction in probability; choosing the second seems to be the correct choice.

Lin Moyu finally understood why the Divine Emperor of Thunder wanted him to choose carefully; he had chosen the second.

He failed and became a Divine Servant. Does this mean…

…he was very close to success? He might have felt that if he had chosen the first, without losing that ten percent probability…

…he would have succeeded. Of course, Lin Moyu felt that this was nine times out of ten just his illusion.

Even if he had chosen the first, he might not have necessarily succeeded. A ten percent probability seems small…

…but sometimes, a tiny difference leads to a huge discrepancy; not even a hair's breadth of difference can be tolerated.

Let alone ten percent. Choosing the first does not guarantee success, but choosing the second guarantees failure.

The Hall Spirit still asked with a kind smile, "Have you decided which one to choose?" Lin Moyu had already made up his mind.

He did not make his choice immediately, but asked, "Junior has a few questions."

"I wonder if Senior could enlighten me?" The Hall Spirit laughed, "Ask away. As the victor of this round of the Great Destruction…"

"…you have the qualifications to ask." Lin Moyu asked, "Since the establishment of the Divine Servant Hall…"

"…how many people have come here? Among those who chose the first option, were there any who succeeded?"

The Hall Spirit seemed to have guessed long ago that Lin Moyu would ask this. "A total of seventy-nine people have come before."

"You are the eightieth person. Apart from the thirty-eight Divine Servants you see, the other forty-two all chose the first."

"None of them succeeded." A chill ran through Lin Moyu's heart. As expected.

Even if one chooses the first, success is not guaranteed. He did not believe those forty-two Supreme Hongmeng Experts were all inferior to the Divine Emperor of Thunder.

Although the Divine Emperor of Thunder was strong, he was only one of the outstanding ones, not the strongest.

Just now, when he saw those Divine Servants, a few of them were silent, but their auras were terrifyingly powerful.

They surpassed the Divine Emperor of Thunder. Even the Sentient Heavenly Emperor had an aura that was slightly stronger than the Divine Emperor of Thunder.

Lin Moyu asked, "Senior, do you know what the result would be if one successfully takes the next step?"

Chapter 4821: If You Block Me, I Shall Slaughter You

The Hall Spirit laughed, "You are joking, little friend. That is already beyond my knowledge."

Lin Moyu pressed on, "Then how does Senior know that all forty-two people failed?" The Hall Spirit said,

"Because their Hongmeng Worlds all shattered, and they were also reduced to ashes." Lin Moyu's heart stirred.

"Does that mean after success, the Great Destruction can be stopped?" The Hall Spirit's gaze changed slightly.

"Perhaps." The Hall Spirit did not answer directly.

Such an ambiguous answer required Lin Moyu to think for himself. Upon hearing it, Lin Moyu actually already had the answer.

That is, it is possible. In fact, this choice was not a choice between two; there was only one option.

Only by choosing to abandon the retreat is there a chance to advance further. If a retreat is left, the result is already doomed.

But even if one chooses to forge ahead, the possibility of success is not high; those forty-two predecessors had already provided the answer.

The questions I asked have likely been asked by many people. After receiving this answer…

…some would shrink back. As for me, Lin Moyu already had the answer in his heart.

The Hall Spirit's smile was kind, "Have you decided, little friend?" Lin Moyu said,

"I have decided. Junior chooses the first, with no retreat."

The Hall Spirit's smile did not change, but its eyes underwent some changes; the depths of its eyes seemed to have an extra hint of sharpness.

There was even a hint of killing intent. Lin Moyu frowned slightly, "It wants to kill me."

The Hall Spirit hid it very well, but it still could not deceive Lin Moyu's soul. That hint of killing intent, weak to the extreme…

…was accurately captured. Obviously, the Hall Spirit did not want him to…

…choose the first. It wanted him to choose the second, because if he chose the second, he would either die…

…or become a Divine Servant; there was no other possibility. Recalling the first round of tests earlier…

…the Hall Spirit also repeatedly asked him. In fact, at that time, it had hoped he would choose wrong, and then, although it pretended to act according to the rules…

…that was not actually the case. It is the Hall Spirit, the artifact spirit of the Divine Servant Hall, and it indeed can only act according to the rules.

But it might also possess some privileges, such as small, intentional guidance. Lin Moyu did not think too much about it.

He did not want his reaction to be discovered by the Hall Spirit, so he immediately replied,

"Although Junior does not want to die either, my Dao Heart tells me that I must forge ahead."

The Hall Spirit's eyes flashed, its smile unchanged, "Are you sure?"

Lin Moyu answered very firmly, "Sure. Junior chooses the first, with no retreat."

Just in case, Lin Moyu repeated his choice. As long as his answer was clear and firm enough…

…the Hall Spirit could not change it. The Hall Spirit's smile gradually disappeared, replaced by a touch of seriousness.

"In that case, I wish you good luck, little friend." It said it wished him good luck…

…but Lin Moyu heard a hint of anger. It was still hiding it, actually not wanting to violate the rules.

Or rather, it dared not violate the rules. Lin Moyu pretended he had not noticed anything.

"Many thanks, Senior Hall Spirit." The Hall Spirit raised its hand and tapped lightly, and a beam of starlight fell.

A square box appeared. "Take it. Whether you succeed or not afterwards…"

"…depends on yourself." As it spoke, it waved its large hand, and the Divine Servant Hall suddenly vanished.

Along with the sacred mountain beneath his feet, it disappeared. Lin Moyu stood in the void, and the power of destruction of the Life Forbidden Zone…

…was surging in from all directions. If it were not for the box in front of him, he might have thought everything that happened before was just a dream.

Lin Moyu took the box and turned to leave. He did not open the box immediately, but moved away from this place.

He did not know if the Divine Servant Hall had really left; it might just have hidden itself.

It was highly likely that he was still being monitored. The opponent's level was too high, and he had to be careful.

After flying for a long time and moving far away, Lin Moyu flicked his finger, and two runes of Yin and Yang, Void and Reality flew out, intertwining to form a great array that enveloped Lin Moyu within it.

The great array blocked the power of destruction, isolating the inside from the outside. Here…

…magic treasures could not be used. Even the scepter of calamity had fallen into silence. The sentient chess and the Purple Gold Thunder Pagoda…

…were also suppressed. The only thing he could rely on was himself. One great array was not enough.

More and more runes flew out, with one great array after another, each forming its own space.

The spaces overlapped, dense and numerous. With too many arrays, they became somewhat unstable.

The entire space within the array was somewhat chaotic. This was the chaos Lin Moyu wanted; the more chaotic it was, the safer he was.

It would be harder for others to monitor him. A lotus flower bloomed from the array beneath his feet, and he sat cross-legged.

Closing his eyes, only at this moment did he begin to formally sort through his experiences in the Divine Servant Hall.

The Hall Spirit is the artifact spirit of the Divine Servant Hall. An artifact spirit should not betray; the probability of that is almost zero.

But this Hall Spirit clearly harbored ulterior motives, yet as the Hall Spirit…

…it still had to act according to the rules set by its Master. It could possess some privileges, but it could not completely violate them.

So it could not act blatantly and could only engage in underhanded tricks. The Master of the Divine Servant Hall had not returned for a long time.

That throne had been empty for who knows how many years, and even those seats for the Divine Servants had never been occupied.

These Divine Servants in the hall had never sat in them. They were Divine Servants but did not sit, because they could not.

In other words, the Master of the Divine Servant Hall was not there, and they were not qualified to sit.

These seats had existed for countless years and were incomparably ancient. For countless years, there had been no signs of them being moved.

This also showed that even the Hall Spirit was not qualified to touch them. The Hall Spirit's power was limited.

Therefore, it could only guide. However…

…no matter what it did, it was still just a Hall Spirit. Even if it had ulterior motives…

…why did it have to guide others like this? Letting people become Divine Servants held no benefit for it.

These Divine Servants had no major connection with it. Whoever it was, doing anything…

…must seek a benefit. The Hall Spirit gained no benefit from doing this, but…

…it insisted on doing so. This meant that someone else could obtain a benefit.

Thinking to this point, Lin Moyu felt he had captured some information. Letting people become Divine Servants…

…held no benefit for the Hall Spirit, but it might for others, indicating that there was someone behind the Hall Spirit.

Furthermore, the Hall Spirit did not want anyone to succeed, indicating that once someone succeeded…

…it would be harmful to it. Who could that person hiding behind the Hall Spirit be? It could not be the Hall Spirit's Master.

The supreme Master it spoke of had long since left. Regardless of who the person behind the Hall Spirit was…

…it could only be said that that person was extremely powerful, but for some reason…

…that person could not act, and the Hall Spirit could not act either. It could not act against him, but that did not mean…

…it could not play some tricks, such as increasing the difficulty. No matter who it was…

"If you block me, I shall slaughter you." After sorting out his thoughts…

…Lin Moyu finally opened the box. This box was what the Master of the Divine Servant Hall had left behind, and the Hall Spirit could not violate that.

As long as he had chosen, it had to give it to him. The box opened.

A strange aura rushed towards his face. Inside the box were two items: a square, seven-colored jade stone…

…and a fist-sized object resembling a seed. The moment the box opened…