"There are many theories about the origin of corruption. I will only say one that I am more inclined to believe for the time being - before Ragnarok, there were two major events."

"The first major event - the fall of the King God, or... the disappearance of the King God."

"The King God is said to be the master of the nine old gods. From a scientific point of view, the nine old gods are nine rulers who have mastered the laws of order. The King God is the one who rules and creates them."

King God...

Zhou Baiyu didn't speak, feeling that what he was hearing now was probably some ancient historical materials from the advance world.

He can understand that the so-called gods are the existence of higher civilizations.

Humans explore rules and discover rules.

And God makes the rules.

This kind of thing is actually very common. Human beings have also become gods of many species.

In the eyes of many animals, humans make the rules and humans break their cognition.

The nine old gods are higher-level "human beings". The king gods are the people who gave birth to them.

"In the earliest civilization, there were only nine old gods."

"But with the fall of the King God, well, this is an official statement. Whether it fell or disappeared has always been a matter of controversy. In short, the fall of the King God is the first big event."

"After the fall of the King God, it is said that there was an early form of corruption."

"Thin black lines, scarlet eyes, and countless huge black tentacles that can be seen in the A-level corruption area..."

"These things only appeared after the fall of the King God. Some people say that the King God was the one who suppressed them. The King's fall caused them to no longer be suppressed, and they began to be born from then on."

"Of course, this statement may not be correct. After all, there are quite a few people who believe that King God is the source of corruption."

"In short, since then, corruption has appeared in the advance world. In the world controlled by the nine old gods... there have been some changes."

"Strange creatures, strange rules, strange abilities... There are many more variables in the world. The old gods originally wanted to suppress the spread of corruption."

"But the result, you know, is that corruption spreads and the whole world is rotten."

"The second major event after the fall of the King God - the Night of Divine Awakening."

Dr. A said:

"Well, the explanation is very complicated. It involves the treasures of the gods, and that's not what I want to tell you now. Anyway, you just need to understand one thing - after that night, the corrupt people launched a coup.

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"The saints were crazily slaughtered by the corrupt species. The world became turbulent, and the inheritors of the old gods kept dying."

"And after the night of divine revelation, a new god was born."

"The most powerful corrupt species suddenly transformed into great gods!"

"They went from being scorned and expelled monsters by the old gods to once standing on the same level as the old gods."

"What follows is the third event you know of - Ragnarok."

"Of course, there are still no details."

When Zhou Baiyu heard this, he probably understood.

The entire historical event was probably the era when kings and gods ruled. This was considered a golden age.

In this era, the King God suppresses corruption.

Everything in the world seems normal, and everything is reproducing, evolving, and developing its own civilization in an orderly manner.

And then, the King God died.

When corruption appears, perhaps at this time, various mutations will begin to appear in the world.

But no one can tell whether the gods will use "adaptive memory" to erase many very evil things in human history.

It's like many people often make jokes - things that happened in 1999 can no longer be covered up.

There are indeed many weird things like this in human history.

For example, the truth about this Black Lotus incident.

When the King God fell, the corrupt soil was born, breeding many unspeakable monsters.

These monsters are all beings who can create and bend rules, and the monsters finally found the opportunity to be promoted from corrupt species to gods.

Maybe the ultimate goal of what Sui Shen is looking for, the treasure of the gods, is to evolve into a being like the "God of Suture and Devouring".

In the second major event, during the Night of Divine Inspiration, many corrupt species completed their evolution.

They became the new gods.

Zhou Baiyu remembered that when he was drinking at Sister Lin's place, he got some information from the notes in his mind——

New gods cannot obtain inheritance.

Whether it is because of not being recognized by the old gods, or simply being squeezed out by the old gods, or in order to gain inheritance...

In short, the third major event, Ragnarok has arrived.

When Zhou Baiyu was thinking about this, Dr. A happened to say:

"Ragnarok, I can't tell you much, but you just need to understand one thing -"

"After Ragnarok, there will be no gods in the world."

"All gods have turned into rules, and they play games in the form of rules. This sentence is the ultimate answer to the Twilight of the Gods. How much you can understand this sentence, how much you can understand 'us'."

Dr. A dropped a bombshell. Although he didn't think Zhou Baiyu could understand it.

But he underestimated Zhou Baiyu. After hearing these words, Zhou Baiyu felt that his trip was worthwhile and his eyes lit up.

It seems that because of Dr. A's words, he has figured out many things.

"I see... you should have told me this earlier."

Gods have all turned into rules, and they play games in the form of rules. And humans, monsters, and corrupt species are all pawns in the game.

Monsters and corruption species are trying to transform the world into a corrupt soil.

Human beings hope to survive and let the corrupt soil be purified.

So the gods, that is, "us", started a game of various rules.

The more Zhou Baiyu thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

Known rules, or situations——

Humanity is at a disadvantage. Forerunners are the trump card of human power.

Rule 1: Pioneers will continue to participate in recruitment.

This is an opportunity for the forerunners, but also a doom for the forerunners.

If the Forerunners die inside, humans will become weaker and weaker, and the old gods will gradually be at a disadvantage in this war.

But there is a proven rule 2 -

If the forerunners achieve a very high evaluation, then it will be the turn of the "old gods". The old gods among "us" can continue to bring some helpful version updates to mankind.

Such as props and features.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that all the contradictory behaviors of "our" before can be explained.

Whether it was the help the Forerunners received, the many difficulties they faced, or the Forerunners revealing certain content that led to them being wiped out, such as exchanging version information with each other, or mentioning the Forerunner world to ordinary people, etc.

Or after the defense mode ends, the human memory of the original world will be erased...

These "our" handiworks are not because the gods are alive and performing miracles...

But it was the rules that were set in the Twilight of the Gods before the gods fell.

The confrontation between the old gods and the new gods——

It is the confrontation between the Forerunners, the monsters, and the corrupt species.

But there is another question, why is it in the form of a game version update?

"I can probably understand what you said. A, thank you. This sentence has given me a lot of inspiration. I seem to be able to understand the basic logic of 'our'."

Dr. A didn't know what Zhou Baiyu was thinking, and he didn't quite believe that Zhou Baiyu was close to the truth just by relying on a guess from a riddle.

Until Zhou Baiyu asked:

"Among the gods that have been transformed into rules, is there one god that is particularly miserable, or... that attracts special attention? Is this god related to the game?"

Whether it's the fall of the King God, the Night of Divine Inspiration, the Twilight of the Gods, or the fourth major event - the separatism of the heroes.

Dr. A actually knows a lot, and even knows... no less than the orthodox middlemen.

He revealed a lot to Zhou Baiyu, but there was also a lot that he did not reveal.

He also didn't believe that Zhou Baiyu could understand a riddle he threw out casually.

However, Zhou Baiyu's question made him wonder, did this kid really guess part of it?

He felt a little sad. After all, the more Zhou guessed, the less he earned.
To be continued...