Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 784 - 390. This is a secret between us...

Chapter 784: 390. This is a secret between us...

Not only that, the situation might be even worse.

The Earthlings, represented by the Secret Society Gaia, had already defeated the last Starry Abyss Main God’s Proxy Agent, the God of the Present World Leoz, five thousand years ago, and launched a massive invasion of the Starry Abyss.

Although there were internal divisions among the Earthlings regarding the method of invasion during this process,

the situation in the Starry Abyss was even less united. The Narrative Civilizations were not tightly knit; they engaged in intense internal conflicts, both overt and covert. Moreover, the Seventh Path of the Void rose powerfully, with some Primordial Species harboring ill intentions and secretly sabotaging...

The situation was very bad.

At this moment, the players appeared.

Or rather, under the guise of playing a game, the legitimate Starry Abyss Spiritual Warriors entered with new facades.

Gio Zieou’s speculation was interesting and logically consistent:

The Lai Anding Immortal Spirit didn’t resist for long and just fled. However, it now seemed that He might have taken up a more important plan.

He connected the dots, and with one Lai Anding Medical Pact, gave the reborn deities a chance to fight without injury, allowing them to intervene in the outer Starry Abyss with no mental burden.

In retrospect, most of the players’ tasks were about pacification, conquest, assistance, and maintaining order. Even players from the Evil Faction were mostly chaotic evil, still primarily focusing on maintaining the dominion of the Starry Abyss Side, including the Narrative Civilization.

At the very least, they were followers of an evil god, which, in a certain sense, was also order...

The players, or Descenders, might themselves represent the will of the Starry Abyss.

But just like Gio Zieou suspected: what was the Starry Abyss plotting?

The Destroyer had now faded into obscurity, there was no need to continue fighting.

If it was to eliminate the Society and resist the invasion of the Earthlings, the most efficient way would have been to direct the calamity eastward, leading the entire Society toward Earth.

This move would not only be efficient but also let the Earthlings truly experience what it felt like to have their homeland invaded.

For a militant civilization like Earth, they clearly had no idea what the destruction of a homeland entailed; thus, this might even force the Secret Society to retreat...

A triple win.

But the Starry Abyss did not choose to do so.

Could it be that the goal of the Starry Abyss wasn’t the Society?

Then what exactly was it after?

Li Aozi couldn’t understand.

However, there was some information to consider.

Leoz’s term for the players was "Descenders," not knowing of their existence as players.

Additionally, Leoz and Gio Zieou confirmed this by stating: Gaia directly exiled Leoz to the Starry Abyss.

... I am different from others, Leoz’s status was unlike the deities on other players.

Spiritual warriors like Gio Zieou eventually reincarnated successfully as players—so what about him?

If Leoz fell directly into the Starry Abyss...

Then.

Could it be that his identity as "Li Zi" was fake?

Were those experiences in the real world—at least those obtained through the Cognition Filter, those live stream careers, those friends, his own gaming experience—were they all fake?

Was the small account "True#10752" also fake?

Where did his system for version 14.0 come from?

Li Aozi got a bit confused.

Moreover, previously, Mrs. N4 had also mentioned: "Li Aozi’s" biological father, the situation was also not simple.

"Li Mingji, male, missing at 46 years old, leaving Azure Star, activated the gate to travel to Dragon Satellite just two years before ’Li Aozi’ went to Mingji Humanity."

"Exactly two years before ’Li Aozi’ was killed by Spirit Monster at the bank.

Was it a coincidence?

At that critical moment when ’Li Aozi’ was killed by a Spirit Monster, Leoz happened to intervene, imprinting his soul with a mental brand, guiding him to become a Meteor Fall Master.

Descenders...

Player memories.

The gate’s destination is the Void...

The Void... Void Infection?

Li Aozi suddenly caught a blind spot in his mind.

Previously, he had always thought "Li Mingji" hid his name, assuming he came from the Void.

But was there another possibility?

"Was Li Mingji the real ’Li Zi’?"

In the early development of the Starry Abyss, there must have been more than one tester; it wasn’t impossible.

"I am Leoz. Just because the names are similar, it does not mean I should be equated with Li Aozi."

"If Li Mingji was ’Li Zi,’ the original tester of the game, but due to careless operation and the primitive system, was corrupted by the Void Infection, then the system, memories, and identity were stripped away by the Void Infection..."

Previously, Li Aozi had never thought in this direction.

But now—having puzzled together stuff from Polina, the Blacksmith, and the big batch of MG people from Li Aozi, he discovered it wasn’t impossible.

"No, that’s not right."

Li Aozi shook his head.

This theory had a flaw.

That flaw was—if Li Mingji were Li Zi, how would one explain ’Li Zi’ having later version updates, interactions with real-world players, and all those extensive gaming experiences?

The most absurd part was the 14.0 version system.

"If my career as ’Li Zi’ was inherited from Li Mingji, the memory clashes could be understood... But how does that explain the system?"

Version 14.0—That covered a span of almost a thousand years!

"Let’s put those headaches aside for now."

Gio Zieou spread his hands:

"We haven’t fought together in so long. This time, let’s fight side by side again, Lord Leoz."

Interrupted, Li Aozi gave up on guessing further and directly asked:

"Do you know the target?"

"I roughly know."

Gio Zieou flipped his hand; a Dancer mask floated in his palm like a magic trick:

"Your target is ’King,’ right? I also have a mission given by the Starry Abyss, specifically designed for me to use this body to execute... But I still can’t compare to you. You got to Iota (9) with your own abilities; once the next version opens, you’ll probably reach Kappa (10), right?"

"Not sure." Li Aozi said flatly: "’King’ is just the first step, my true enemy is the Void Overlord."

"Equivalent to a deity on the Path of the Void? Interesting, I should check it out too, perhaps that Seed is over there in the Void..."

"... Seed?"

"Sorry, Leoz, I didn’t confess earlier out of caution."

Gio Zieou realized he misspoke, lowered his head apologetically, and said:

"I came here with a mission from the Starry Abyss, to find the Seeds planted by the Starry Abyss and Lai Anding in the Layer Abyss long ago. He has the blessing of the Starry Abyss and unique knowledge. His task is also to guide Descenders for a better performance in the Starry Abyss."

Li Aozi’s heart stirred, and he asked casually:

"... What is that?"

"Simply put."

Gio Zieou raised his hand, summoning a panel visible only to himself:

"His system would be a dozen versions ahead of ours, with added functionalities. Meanwhile, the Starry Abyss pre-calculated a timeline for him."

Li Aozi froze:

"Calculation, timeline?"

"Yes—you can see it as the Starry Abyss guiding a timeline, letting the Seed play in the mid-versions of the Starry Abyss. If there had been more time, the Starry Abyss might have wanted the Seed to reach Gamma Rank before stepping out."

Gio Zieou’s statement made everything clear to Li Aozi.

[I should have realized earlier... Even I could cross timelines at Iota (9) on a small scale, then surely the Will of the Starry Abyss could do more.]

[A mortal cannot imagine something they haven’t seen themselves—now, I finally understand the meaning of that statement.]

Everything came to light.

About the Seed... Li Aozi had an inkling.

But to confirm, he still asked:

"What level is that Seed’s system version?"

"I do know this; before leaving, I specifically asked the Mother of Lai Anding."

Gio Zieou boasted:

"It’s version 14.0!"

"It must have reached level 300. And I heard it chose the same Sovereign lineage as you; the people of this lineage are very attractive. From this, we can see that the Seed has a love for beauty—so I guess the image of the Seed must be very handsome."

"You must keep it a secret, don’t tell anyone else, Lord Leoz, I only told you."