[Host can check the description and attributes of any artifact in the Artifacts section.]
Xiao was slightly taken aback upon hearing the sudden voice of this mysterious artifact.
'Dammit! You will speak whenever you wish and ignore me the rest of the time? Wow, what a great artifact you are.'
Seeing that the Void Record didn't respond even after he taunted it, Xiao shook his head as he opened the Artifacts section of the Void Record.
[Void Record]: [Description], [Abilities].
He looked at the Description section as he thought.
'Now what is this Description supposed to be? Does this thing contain a general summary of the artifact, or does it contain important history and hidden information about the artifact's origin? And what about the Abilities?'
Xiao pondered deeply.
'I think the Abilities section is very simple to understand. It simply means that I can check the abilities of a certain artifact and even use it by activating it. Well, this Abilities section isn't really necessary because whenever a cultivator uses an artifact, the artifact itself gives information about its abilities and uses to its owner. Sometimes, some artifacts even possess an artifact spirit. But still, it's better than nothing.'
He silently looked at the Description section.
'But I think this Description section might be very useful. After all, information is knowledge, knowledge is power, and power decides life and death.'
Coming from the modern world, Xiao knew the value of knowledge. He believed that if someone was knowledgeable enough, even a mortal could plan and plot the death of a Great Emperor.
While this might sound ridiculous, that was the power and value of knowledge.
Xiao removed all those unnecessary thoughts from his mind as he looked at the artifact section and opened the description of the Void Record.
[Description]:
[At the dawn of creation, #@@#@ woke up from the #@@# and created the first ray of light. After that, from Her divine body, she gave birth to the Titans and Giants. From her heart came the Phoenixes. Her bones, Her intelligence, wisdom, and longevity created the Dragons. From her blood were born the Demons. From her wrath came the Asuras. Her malice and evil became the Devils. From her innovation, hope, weakness, belief, and courage came Humans.
After that, 'they' came one after another. With their help, 'she,' along with them, created the #@@# Realms and laid the foundation of the First Epoch, the Creation Epoch.
And then, in order to transcend Heaven and Earth, they performed #@#@ rituals. By doing so, they gazed upon 'something' they should never have seen and learned something so heinous that they never should have known, causing them to go mad and become corrupted.
Most of them fell and perished, marking the beginning of the Forbidden Epoch, the Epoch of Corruption, where madness and chaos were the only things that existed between Heaven and Earth, corrupting all living beings.
But before she fell, she tore away the @#@@# and Divinity of the @#@@#, and used them to create the Void Record so that her @#@@# and future successor would reach that level, fight against the @#@#@, and might also possess the possibility of achieving Transcendence.]
Looking at the long lines of text written in the Runic Language, Xiao remained silent for a few moments.
But his mind was anything but calm. All sorts of emotions passed through his eyes shock, anger, disbelief, and astonishment.
There were also some parts of the text that were distorted and blurry. Because of this, he wasn't able to discern or understand everything clearly about the description of the Void Record.
But it didn't matter much because what he had learned from the description was already shocking enough.
'Woke up from what? And what does it mean by creating the first ray of light? And it can be said that she gave birth to all living things... or at least all of those races. But the question is... who is "She"? What was her name and title? I can't see those parts because the lines are distorted and blurry. Maybe it's because they are protecting my mind from learning things that I am not supposed to know... at least at my current level.'
He thought, his mind working rapidly as he tried to piece together all the information.
'Wait... let me ask the Void Record. Maybe it will answer my question this time. If it does, then at least I should be able to learn something.'
Thinking so, he asked the mysterious artifact about the blurry lines in the description and why they were distorted.
To be honest, Xiao wasn't expecting the artifact to answer his question.
But to his surprise, the mysterious artifact actually answered him this time.
[Host's current cultivation and existence level are too low to know the truth and mysteries of the world and universe. The text within the description has been blurred and distorted to protect the Host's mind and save him from corruption.]
Hearing the mechanical voice of the Void Record and listening to its response, Xiao secretly nodded. What this artifact told him made sense.
Because based on his knowledge, there were some things that were forbidden and absolute taboos.
If a person's cultivation wasn't high enough to learn the truth, they might go mad after learning certain things they were never supposed to know.
And now, hearing the confirmation, his guess had turned out to be true. This distortion had indeed been intentionally created by the Void Record to protect his mind.
As Xiao believed in the saying that curiosity kills the cat, he thought jokingly.
'Ah, how thoughtful of you, my dear artifact. To even consider your master's safety in advance. I really don't know how to thank you.'
Seeing that the Void Record gave him no response, Xiao decided to ignore the moody yet mysterious artifact as he thought about the information he had received from the description.
'We humans came from "her" innovation, hope, weakness, belief, and courage. Well, I guess it makes sense. Because we humans are born weak. But we never lose hope in the face of despair. Instead, we strive forward with even greater courage and belief. And innovation is our specialty as humans, while our fast reproductive ability is our weapon. That's why we humans have survived against all odds and continue to thrive even in danger and under immense pressure. Ah... truly, we humans are the protagonists of Heaven and Earth.'
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