Chapter 325 The Giant's Testimony

Hao Ren hadn't expected to get so much information from the giant. At first, the other party's attitude even made him feel like he was dealing with someone impossible to reason with, but somehow, he managed to strike the right chord and smoothly get everything he wanted. Perhaps it was because his and his companions' questions were exactly what the giant was willing to answer. Hao Ren believed that if he had rashly inquired about the goddess's power and the whereabouts of her legacy, the conversation would have broken down long ago.

It was precisely because all his questions were about investigating the truth of the incident back then that the giant was so cooperative and trusting.

"Thank you for your patience, really," Hao Ren said, thinking for a moment and realizing he couldn't think of any more questions. He nodded sincerely to the giant in thanks. "At first, I thought you would never cooperate."

"I still don't trust you," the giant said with a calm expression, but after their conversation, he no longer showed obvious hostility. "However, that doesn't prevent me from telling you these things. These things should be known to you… every life in this world should know. The sins of the past cannot be washed away by forgetting."

Everyone could see that this giant was conflicted. He retained his rationality, so he didn't blindly hate like the other mutated guardians. He knew that taking revenge on the descendants of the rebels was meaningless, but he couldn't help but feel a knot in his stomach when he saw "mortals" with the blood of the traitor flowing through their veins. His rationality allowed him to let go of this meaningless hatred, but his emotions made it impossible for him to forget the scene of his mother's death. He had been thinking in this conflicted state for thousands of years, and it was no surprise that someone in such a state of conflict could do anything.

Hao Ren was very glad that he had stopped this giant before he casually erased the Holletta civilization, otherwise, it wouldn't just be him and his group who would regret it.

"Wait a minute, do you know about the problem with the Wall of Reality?" Hao Ren suddenly thought of this crucial matter. "Large-scale crossings, do you know about them?"

"The Wall of Reality?" The giant frowned, increasingly feeling that the people before him seemed to know many things beyond his understanding. "What is that?"

"It's the barrier that separates this universe from another 'twin universe'," Hao Ren said, knowing from the giant's expression that the situation didn't seem to match his guess. "We come from the other side of the Wall of Reality—theoretically, the two universes have no intersection, but ten thousand years ago, a large number of 'aliens' crossed this barrier…"

Hao Ren explained the Wall of Reality to the giant in general terms, but the latter still frowned in confusion: "I don't know about such a thing. If such a phenomenon really existed in the universe, Mother would definitely have told us. She knew most of the truths of this world."

Vivian stroked her chin: "Okay, then let's not talk about the Wall of Reality, let's talk about aliens. From a temporal perspective, the alien crossings, the Long Sons' rampage, the goddess's fall, and the large-scale malfunctions of the Wall of Reality all occurred during the same period, and they are all related to each other. Do you think it's possible that the impact of the goddess's fall damaged the spacetime structure? Some kind of powerful energy… or shockwave or something?"

The giant couldn't provide any answers, because all the guardians fell into great chaos at the moment of the goddess's fall, and the Creation Star in the depths of the universe was also in great turmoil. It was impossible to observe such an abstract and difficult-to-perceive phenomenon as the Wall of Reality in that situation. And there was an even more important reason: he was unwilling to recall that moment again no matter what. Hao Ren knew this, so he stopped Vivian from continuing to ask.

After confirming that he couldn't think of any more questions for the time being, Hao Ren decided to leave here first: Holletta still had a lot of things to deal with. But before leaving, he looked at the giant with some difficulty: "What should I do with you?"

The giant looked around at the crystal containers around him. He knew this was a cage, but he was very calm: "Do as you wish, I don't care about anything anymore."

"At first, I wanted to lock you up like a prisoner," Hao Ren spread his hands with difficulty. "After all, you're too dangerous. But now I feel like you're not that hard to control… It seems a little inhumane to lock you up."

"Are you going to let me leave?" the giant asked faintly.

Hao Ren was silent for a moment, then shook his head slightly. Then he operated on the holographic panel beside him a few times, and the crystal barrier around the giant disappeared silently into the air. At the same time, several passages around the crystal hall flashed with the light of a barrier: "I can't let you go, because I can't control you. But you can move around in this hall and the few rooms next to it… The range of activity is limited, but at least it's better than a cage. There will be arcane colloids and autonomous machines to take care of your life here. If you feel bored, you can also apply for some film and television entertainment or something… All I can give you at the moment is this, but after there is progress, I will come to you again, and I hope we can eventually find a proper solution."

After knowing a lot of the truth, he no longer had any hostility towards this giant.

The giant had no reaction to Hao Ren's arrangements. In fact, the expression on his face had always been calm. Except when he talked about things related to his "mother" and showed some excitement, his emotions were almost like a walking corpse: "Very good, that's enough."

Hao Ren led the others out of the hall. Before closing the door, he took one last look at the center of the hall. He saw that the giant had already sat down in place. Although the surrounding barrier had disappeared, he seemed to be drawing a prison for himself and didn't move.

That huge figure just sat there motionless, almost giving people the illusion that he would sit there forever.

The Crystal Nucleus Research Station had one more special prisoner… Was he really a prisoner?

"Observe for a while," Hao Ren sighed. "I have a hunch that he won't be imprisoned for too long."

"Of course, he's not crazy, just a little dangerous," Lily curled her lips. "By the way, landlord, how much of what he said do you think is true?"

Hao Ren replied casually: "I think it's all true."

Lily stared: "You trust him so much?"

"I turned on twenty lie detectors," Hao Ren waved his hand. "Of course, that's not important. What's more important is that my intuition tells me that the super big guy is credible. After all, all the timelines match up, and they can also correspond to all the information we have on hand. This second point is the key: you can lie to make yourself sound convincing, but you can't lie to make others sound convincing too."

"Your intuition?" Lily looked Hao Ren up and down. "Is that thing really reliable?"

Vivian interjected before Hao Ren could answer: "I think it's reliable—have you forgotten the accuracy of his jinxed mouth?"

Hao Ren wanted to argue that his intuition was not based on the accuracy of his jinxed mouth, but on the relationship of being a "spokesperson for the true god." However, after thinking for a long time, he still felt that this second reason was not as confident as the jinxed mouth, so he simply shut up.

After the group returned to the spaceship, Lily babbled to the小伙伴s who stayed on the ship about what happened at the Crystal Nucleus Research Station. Everyone needed some time to slowly digest such a huge amount of information, while Hao Ren tapped his brow: "I only remembered after coming back… There are still a lot of questions I didn't have time to ask."

Lily had just finished babbling and turned to ask him: "What did you forget? I feel like it was pretty comprehensive."

"A lot, such as whether we can contact other guardians, what to do if we contact other guardians, how many races remained 'silent' when the goddess was assassinated, how many races survived, and most importantly… what is the origin of the Starry Sky Visitors," Hao Ren shook his head regretfully. "And I even forgot to ask him his name. It seems I have to make a list next time."

Lily touched her lips: "There really are a lot… but I think we should ask again next time. Now let's hurry to Holletta to take a look. The Pope is dead, the Holy Mountain has been blown up, and the Returnee Sect is finished. I don't know how chaotic it is there."

Lily was right, Holletta was really in chaos now, but the mess they had on hand would soon be nothing.

Because Hao Ren would bring them an even bigger shock—the truth about the goddess's fall ten thousand years ago.

(Qidian's system doesn't seem to be getting better…)