Virus King - Chapter 279

Chapter 279: Tower of Night! Clearing the Black Building! Facing the Mother Goddess?

TL: YYang

Nothing could make Chen Bai lose his composure like this moment.

Even as he ascended to the fourth floor, some of his memories remained blurred, but his power and realm were incomparable to others, and such fading could not erase the deepest memories of Chen Bai’s soul!

The Dark Mother Goddess, Helrose.

Chen Bai’s gaze was fixed intently on the divine emblem on the wall, his mind racing.

In his previous life, he had once raised this divine emblem high, becoming the most direct representative of the Dark Mother Goddess in the God and Devil Trial Grounds.

He had signed a contract with her.

Thus, Chen Bai was extremely knowledgeable about Helrose.

However, even in such circumstances, Chen Bai had never heard the Mother Goddess mention anything about the Black Building being related to her!

What exactly was going on!? The mysteries of the gods were unimaginable, and ordinary Evolvers could not touch such secrets, but Chen Bai was different. The Authority of the Abyss gave him the qualification to reach these mysteries.

However, Chen Bai wasn’t in a hurry to act. Mekanshut in the Abyss was an old adversary of Helrose, and he might know more about this.

And then there was…

Chen Bai glanced at the Hell King’s Ring on his hand.

He was accustomed to sealing Satan’s perception, but this was definitely not the time to unlock that perception.

With the divine emblem here, who knew if Helrose’s gaze might also be fixed here.

Who knew what connections existed between the Black Building and Helrose!?

But something was off!

Chen Bai furrowed his brow, not hesitating as he activated the time reversal ability of the Time Hourglass again, aiming to free himself from the constraints of the rules on his power, and fully restore any potentially lost memories.

He used up this trump card.

This was Chen Bai’s confidence, and for him, questions about the Dark Mother Goddess were more important than clearing the Black Building dungeon itself.

Indeed, the lost memories slowly returned. In his previous life, Chen Bai had been very interested in the Black Building and had naturally spent gold coins watching clearance videos and recordings.

In those recordings, Chen Bai clearly remembered that in the Black Building, the floor manager’s room definitely did not have Helrose’s divine emblem!

But what exactly was happening before him!?

Chen Bai stared intently at the emblem, lost in thought. Could this Black Building be different from the usual ones?

“Outsider, you have passed the tests of the other tenants in the Black Building. Being able to see me is enough to prove your wisdom and strength. Do you wish to become a permanent resident here, or do you want to take the power from here…”

“Cut the crap! Is the emblem behind you Helrose’s emblem?!”

Chen Bai impatiently interrupted the voice of the figure.

He had no interest in the dungeon now; he just wanted to find out what the relationship was between this emblem and the Black Building!

“Insolence! Blasphemer! How dare you directly name my God! You seek death!”

Instantly, darkness enveloped once more, but Chen Bai frowned. Indeed, these devout followers were the most troublesome. Killing them was easy, but extracting the truth from their mouths was incredibly difficult.

In the darkness, a large hand suddenly reached for the three of them, but a pitch-black shadow spread out as Chen Bai’s Demon Transformation erupted once more.

With a mental wave from the Shepherd’s Horn, he instantly took control of the Black Building’s floor manager.

Chen Bai couldn’t be bothered with the feedback from the Eye of Secrets and directly asked:

“What is your relationship with Helrose and the Cult of Desire? Why is there a divine emblem of Helrose and the Cult of Desire in the Black Building?”

“The Mother Goddess sent us here to wait for outsiders to enter the Tower of Night and reward them…”

Even under mental control, the figure remained fervent when mentioning Helrose.

However, it didn’t provide Chen Bai with the answers he sought.

“What is the Tower of Night?”

“It’s the true name of the Black Building. Every building that appears in the God and Devil Trial Grounds is part of the Tower of Night, and this place is… is…”

Before the figure could finish, its expression became chaotic, its face contorted with a terrifying look.

Then, unexpectedly, its head exploded instantly.

The control effect of the Shepherd’s Horn naturally disappeared!

Chen Bai wiped the brain matter from his hand with some distaste, frowning. He didn’t even bother with the items that dropped upon its death, quickly stepping past them.

He also paid no attention to the prompt from the Cosmic Will:

[The floor manager’s test of the Black Building has been passed!]

[Secret realm dungeon cleared, you may leave at any time!]

[The Hell-level secret realm dungeon ‘Black Building’ has been cleared for the first time. This is a special dungeon; all Evolvers can only enter once unless under special circumstances!]

[Detected that Evolver No. 001 has cleared this secret realm dungeon for the first time. Would you like to pay to publish a strategy video of the dungeon?]

Chen Bai glanced at Crow and Meng Meng.

Sure enough, with the floor manager’s death, their eyes gradually regained clarity. Though the floor manager was weak, he was the link maintaining the rules’ existence.

Once he died, the link vanished, and naturally, the power of the rules disappeared as well.

The lost memories returned, and Crow and Meng Meng exchanged bewildered glances, as if everything had been a dream.

The chief contributor to their successful clearance, however, was already standing under the enormous pattern, gazing at the peculiar design.

Meng Meng was still a bit dazed, but Crow had already realized.

The death of the Black Building’s floor manager meant Crow’s task was complete!

Crow seemed to think of something and hurriedly approached Chen Bai, whispering:

“Lord Bai, do you know what this is?”

Chen Bai ignored him, so Crow spoke again:

“Um, Lord Bai, if you’re done looking, I can summon it!”

“???”

Chen Bai turned to look at him, his piercing gaze making Zhao Zhen feel uneasy.

“Summon what?!”

Crow scratched his head:

“Previously, I triggered a special task in a dark room, and in that task, I obtained this entrance challenge scroll for the Black Building.

The task mentioned that once cleared, using the scroll again would grant the desired reward. I reckon it should be a summoning! But I’m not sure if the reward is that profession transfer scroll!”

Chen Bai’s eyes narrowed slightly, then showed a hint of anticipation:

“Alright! Go ahead and summon it!”

He was indeed curious to see what secrets the Dark Mother Goddess had hidden in the Black Building with so many arrangements!

A scroll was crushed by Zhao Zhen.

In the next moment, the room, which had become slightly visible, plunged into darkness once more.

However, in that darkness, the emblem of Helrose on the wall seemed to come alive, continuously crawling.

And in the next moment, Chen Bai’s entire body tensed, for he could clearly sense a deep, indifferent gaze from the most hidden corners of the boundless cosmos and myriad worlds, focusing on them.

Simultaneously, the enormous divine emblem slowly transformed into a phantom face.

At that moment, Chen Bai’s emotions peaked. In the two months since the apocalypse, he hadn’t expected to directly face the Mother Goddess.