Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

"No."

"It should be that skeleton." Chen Xi, in his rebuttal mode, said, "The Dragon God has always looked the same, at most just a different size. There's no such thing as a snake transforming into a dragon."

Chen Xi saw the scenes of past reincarnations through the white bow, and naturally knew that this was not reincarnation.

He had also mentioned this to Yang Wei and others, but he hadn't explained it in detail. He only said that he had seen the former Dragon God, without describing its appearance in detail.

As for why Chen Xi was so certain that the snake-man who only showed half of his back was the same snake-man he had seen in the white bow, and not a new snake-man, the reason was quite simple.

The way it swung its sword to cut off the giant winged monster was the same as the way it used the Pythagorean theorem when facing the giant of the graveyard!

This very subtle movement was by no means a coincidence.

Chen Xi had replayed that image in his mind countless times, so he was very certain of one thing.

The snake-man drawn by the old father, the giant snake-man, the skeletal snake-man, and the snake-man in the murals we see now, are all the same guy.

"The single horn on the snake-man's forehead must be what it looks like after it activated its advanced battle runes."

"Advanced battle runes?"

"What's going on? It's also authority?"

The squad leader exclaimed in surprise. Although he had never seen a single authority, judging from Chen Xi's description at the time, none of the authorities' appearances matched those of the snake people.

Chen Xi nodded and pointed to the back of the snake-man's neck. In the recorded footage, there was something that looked like a zero, which was very small and inconspicuous in terms of overall proportion.

"Even though only half of it is visible, I have no mistake; this is its advanced battle rune!"

"This thing will enhance my strength, and my appearance will also change to some extent."

"That's why it grew horns."

Chen Xi had already seen this in the footage of Bai Gong.

A massive army of white creatures launched a collective attack on the snake-man. After activating their battle markings, each individual underwent varying degrees of change in their bodies.

Chen Xi guessed that this was related to the direction of their amplification, not just pure power. His understanding of this was that whatever your rights were, that's what would amplify them.

For example, destruction amplifies the power of destruction, and reproduction amplifies the power of reproduction, and so on.

White creatures may not have authority, but they certainly possess certain attributes. The direction of amplification should naturally correspond to these attributes; otherwise, everyone should become the same.

As for why the snake people didn't activate their abilities when they fought the giants of the graveyard, Chen Xi had no idea.

"But there's one big difference: its direction is vertical!"

"Vertical?" the principal asked doubtfully. "Chen, is there a difference between vertical and horizontal? Rotating it 90 degrees makes it horizontal, right? It's purely a matter of angle, isn't it?"

Indeed, what the principal said makes some sense.

But all Chen Xi saw in the historical images of Bai Gong were horizontal!

"To be honest, if I hadn't seen that the advanced battle runes on this head monster were vertical, I probably wouldn't have thought of that."

Chen Xi took a deep breath, his gaze fixed solemnly on the mural depicting the decapitation of a giant winged monster:

"The Black Tower is unable to act for some unknown reason, so it disperses its power, thus creating the existence of authority."

"Then, similarly, doesn't the White Tower, its rival, also have one?"

Chen Xi had guessed that the snake-man possessed authority-level combat power, but after seeing the advanced battle runes this time, he confirmed that the other party was also an authority-level being, and thus also wielded some kind of power.

The only difference between it and others like the Destroyer of Authority is that they belong to different factions.

"My answer is simple: the Black Tower faction's high-level battle runes are horizontal, while the White Tower faction's are vertical!"

"I was wondering from the beginning why you would delete your own people to remove authority, but now I know."

"Because the Skull Monster isn't the fifth authority at all; there are only four authorities, and death... that authority belongs to the White Tower faction!"

"Considering the fact that the Skull Monster has the right to die for its identity, coupled with the warning from the Dragon God Mountains not to choose the identity of sainthood, and the faction it belongs to."

"The power of identity we possess may originate from the Black Tower!"

"The reason the Skull Monster was deleted by the Deletion Authority is because its existence continuously weakened the Black Tower's power!"

"I understand a little now." Chen Xi said, a hint of realization in his eyes, "The Black Tower and the White Tower are beings that completely transcend living beings."

"We can simply understand them as two 'worlds,' and this is a battle between two worlds!"

"They're not the kind of people who die from a single stab; for a victor to emerge from among them, it would likely require the destruction or takeover of the rules of the other world!"

Chen Xi's guess was not unfounded. The power of death can kill an identity, but the snake people also possess the power of an identity. Therefore, Chen Xi's answer was destruction or seizure.

Chen Xi didn't hide these secrets and told them all, including some things from the past. This wasn't the first time the principal had heard about such major events.

The more I listened to him, the more I found his previous ambition to dominate the world somewhat laughable!

"But Chen Xi, didn't you say before that the snake people were from the White Tower faction?"

"If that's the case, the head monster is also part of the White Tower faction. Aren't these two just fighting each other?"

"Furthermore, didn't you say this thing is meant to prevent cannibalism?"

"I did think that way before," Chen Xi didn't deny. "I even considered using this method to kill someone in power."

"But now it seems that it is too difficult to directly destroy an authority. In a sense, they are the representatives of the Black Tower and the White Tower, and are a part of the power in this world."

"In a sense, neither the Black Tower nor the White Tower should allow them to die."

"As for those white creatures, it wouldn't be surprising if they were executed for acts of insubordination."

"As for why they kill each other..." Chen Xi paused, "Perhaps it's a form of protection?"

"After all, death is not real death."

"And its existence has allowed this information to be preserved."

"So it may not necessarily be a case of killing each other."

The information above overturned many of Chen Xi's previous conclusions and also provided a deeper understanding of the two colossal structures, the Black Tower and the White Tower.

But that wasn't the end of it. Chen Xi pointed to the mural again:

"Headmaster, why didn't you mention that the snake-man's left hand was missing?"

"what?"

"Is this important?" Whether to absolve himself of responsibility or genuinely felt it was unimportant, the principal began to explain:

"First of all, judging from its arm, it should not be injured. So the left hand is obviously not painted on. After all, this mural only captures a part of the content at that time, just like cropping in our phone's photo album. The left hand was right at the edge and was probably cut off."

"Yeah?"

"But if it's a tailoring, why is the left shoulder still there? Its position is more prominent than the left hand."

"Um..." The principal thought for a moment and quickly came up with a new idea: "The cutting doesn't necessarily have to be a straight line, does it?"

"It can be done indirectly! Just like saving a country, it can be done indirectly!"

Chen Xi ignored the principal's nonsensical remarks and continued to stare at the mural, lost in thought.

"Your Majesty, have you made any discoveries?"

"What the principal said does make some sense; this mural only captures a single moment of that scene."

"I wouldn't call it a discovery," Chen Xi said without turning his head. "I just wonder if it was some unseen entity that was standing there and blocking the snake-man's left hand, which just happened to be carved into the mural."

"Or perhaps... this mural was created specifically for this moment?"

"Is it an intuition from the 'Son of Heaven'?" Li Yuanbao asked.

Chen Xi blinked, seemingly pondering the same question, before finally shaking her head. "No, maybe I'm overthinking it."

"Let's go, Principal."

"Go to the next mural."

Soon, led by the principal, everyone arrived at the location of the third mural.

Unlike the previous two murals, this mural combines text and images.

The diagram is very simple; it's just a straight, thick solid line.

If it weren't for the combined structure of the upper and lower parts, no one would know that the content below is an explanation of the content above.

"Is this the Sword of Dawn?"

Chen Qiaowei asked curiously, as she had naturally heard Yang Wei and others tell the following story on the way here.

As Chen Xi's teammate, Chen Qiaowei should know these things, regardless of whether she came down with him today.

Based on the image of the snake-man beheading the giant winged monster, along with a straight, thick solid line, she naturally thought of the "Sword of Dawn" that had beheaded it. At the same time, Chen Qiaowei also vaguely guessed Chen Xi's purpose in bringing her down.

"However, I don't know what the text below is. I've read books in all languages ​​on the market, and it doesn't belong to any particular culture."

"Is it the Black Tower culture?" Chen Qiaowei wondered, her expression suggesting she was trying to decipher it.

"This mural is a record of hyperthymesia!"

Chen Xi, who was standing to the side, slowly spoke.