Super Righteous Player
Chapter 604 - 145 Amber of Knowledge_1

Chapter 604: Chapter 145 Amber of Knowledge_1

Handwritten otherworldly knowledge of the "Otherworld" tier by the moth mother?

"...Did you just say, ’Key’?"

Annan couldn’t help but be curious, "Is it something similar to the ’Dream Key’?"

If one considers the "Dream Key" a key that unlocks a particular nightmare...

"Then, is there only one copy of the ’Egg of Dream Condensation’?"

"The ’Egg of Dream Condensation’ is a series. They are all written by the moth mother—this is related to the secrets of the moth mother herself."

Pope Benjamin, speaking for the person in the mirror, softly explained to Annan, "It contains a dream that the moth mother had. Generally speaking, gods do not dream... They don’t even need to sleep."

The answer seemed quite evident now.

"...Is it the realm of dreams?"

Annan asked tentatively.

Could the moth mother actually delve into the depths of the dream realm... and even enter other worlds beyond the dream realm?

Does this mean that the moth mother can also enter the world of the players?

Can other deities do the same?

"Correct."

Benjamin replied briefly, "Wandering deep into the dream realm is a racial ability of the moth mother.

"She used her authority to craft piece after piece of amber that fixes knowledge—as if a moth, a soul, or light were crystallized within the amber.

"It appears in the form of a book, but that is only a facade. A book, just like a stele or a clay tablet, is ’knowledge solidified,’ yet compared with a stele or a clay tablet, it has a certain secrecy and closed-off nature.

"Just like amber that seals away a moth."

He answered thusly.

One could appreciate the moth inside amber by holding it up to the light, without needing to shatter the amber.

This book is similarly ’not for reading’.

Therefore, there are no words inside it.

Once ’opened,’ the knowledge naturally flows into the mind.

"Because that’s ’Otherworld.’ Describing it with words and phrases from this world is bound to produce errors,"

Benjamin explained, "And since it’s transmitted directly into the soul... naturally, it doesn’t take into account each individual’s capacity when regulating the speed of transfer. This is a fundamental principle in selecting the ’qualified.’

Even within the same cultural sphere, different countries encounter special cases of ’untranslatable’ things. And it’s even more so for terms with specific historical backgrounds; without understanding the context, one cannot grasp the meaning of the term itself."

And this applies across the entire world.

Translating certain terms inevitably leads to greater errors.

Just like the ’nicknames’ players use, which have always been only ’pronunciations.’ They understand the languages and scripts of this world naturally when they talk and read, but the same doesn’t apply to nicknames. Whether natives look at their nicknames or they look at the natives’ names, there is no translation.

Because nicknames, or rather names, are some of the most information-dense entities.

——Even upon entering servers of other countries, they fail to understand the jokes behind those nicknames. Not to mention comprehending what foreign names imply when they hear them.

With Benjamin’s explanation, Annan quickly understood the methods of the moth mother.

While similar to Annan’s Book of the Celestial Chariot, there was also a slight difference.

In fact, the moth mother had thoroughly collected information and intelligence from that world, creating an "Otherworld replica," preserved in the format of a "dream"—not a game instance, but a file copy in the traditional sense.

It’s not about truly dragging everyone who opens this book straight into that world... That would be akin to murder. Transcendents below the Gold tier would absolutely be incapable of withstanding the journey through the dream realm to its depths.

Only souls that have been stigmatized can enter the dream realm without becoming lost.

So, in actuality, the Moth Mother was allowing the person who opened this book to enter another world as if they were dreaming.

That otherworld had already been "sampled" by the Moth Mother.

She eliminated all irrelevant and disruptive clues. What remained was the main trunk, which could also be understood as the main storyline.

To put it more simply—

She used the knowledge of the otherworld to create one "single-player game" after another.

This immediately made Annan think of himself.

His Book of the Celestial Chariot... in a sense, really bore some similarities to the "Egg of Dream Condensation"!

Both involved entering other worlds in dreams. The difference was that Annan was participating in an online game. It was connectable online, with a world main storyline progressing, and "expansions" constantly changing.

Meanwhile, the "Egg of Dream Condensation," created by the Moth Mother, used other worlds as themes to create one single-player game after another that no longer updated or produced DLC.

"Ordinary people... especially ritualists whose souls have not yet coalesced, cannot enter other worlds through the world of dreams. But the ’Egg of Dream Condensation’ provides such a possibility. Of course, it’s only a possibility."

Benjamin spoke thus, "It can also be described as an ’otherworld tier’ nightmare—higher and more dangerous than the ’Twisted Tier.’ Because if you die inside, you really die.

"To prevent the ’Egg of Dream Condensation’ from becoming a murderer’s tool, it can only be used ’to clear once’ or ’to enter ten times’ and not for perpetual use.

"Therefore, the ’Egg of Dream Condensation’ also has extremely harsh qualification conditions... If the conditions are insufficient, upon the instant influx of a massive amount of otherworld tier mystery knowledge, the soul will be directly burst and killed, not even consuming a usage."

"But you just said ritualists could also use the ’Egg of Dream Condensation’? "

Annan asked in confusion, "The strength of a ritualist’s soul should be about the same as Husky’s, right? Husky was even using Justus’s body at the time, but the moment she opened this book, she was cursed to death by the mysterious knowledge within."

"Because a certain level of ritualistic protection is needed. Just like the rituals that protect the soul in nightmares."

Benjamin explained, "There aren’t many forces that can override world mechanics. Except for otherworld tier or higher mysterious knowledge, there are only Elemental Power and the Book of Truth. So if you can’t even use a protective ritual built with otherworld tier knowledge, then you are not judged ’qualified to use this cursed item.’

So... ritualists need to first acquire otherworld tier or higher mystery knowledge to construct protective rituals for themselves, and then they could open this book to gain new otherworld tier mystery knowledge?

Hearing Benjamin’s words, Annan’s expression became somewhat peculiar.

He vaguely thought of a meme that went like "What if I can’t beat the BOSS?" "Level up." "But I need to beat the BOSS to level up." "Then go beat the BOSS." "But I can’t beat the BOSS." "Level up!"

"In addition, it requires a ’first-purification rate.’

"First-purification rate?"

"That is the purification rate during the first entry into a nightmare within the last three months. This is the main data reviewed when holy professionals advance to bishops.

"Because otherworld tier nightmares are extremely dangerous, almost all underlying forces of this world are ineffective, and one cannot use the supernatural forces of the target world, nor can they call upon the gods to forcibly interrupt the nightmare to escape... Mr. Radiance’s forced dispelling at the crack of dawn doesn’t work either. One can only leave after achieving the objective, and once dead, they truly die.

"So even if you can bear this mysterious knowledge, it’s just a ’trial version’ of these insights. To truly enter the otherworld and obtain the complete version, your ’first-purification rate’ within the last three months must be over 90%."

——Clearly, Tricino Seti didn’t quite fit.

He might have possessed otherworld tier mysterious knowledge.

But to achieve a first-purification rate over 90%... unless he purified only once and succeeded by chance, it was unlikely he would meet this standard.

"So he likely hadn’t managed to use the ’Egg of Dream Condensation’ yet."

Benjamin concluded, "But this is also normal. Not everyone who obtains the ’Egg of Dream Condensation’ does so to enter the otherworld... The cursed item itself, being able to consistently produce otherworld tier mysterious knowledge, is very valuable."

"...Using the key to assassinate an enemy?"

"If possible, why not?"

Benjamin retorted.

Indeed, that makes sense.

I’m convinced.

Annan thought.