Please be my partner.

As a result of this period of time together, the vague barrier between Melen and the members of the Council of Beasts seemed to have disappeared, and after meeting, they could chat naturally like old friends.

Soon, Niu said solemnly: "Everyone, be prepared. The ancient exile land may be about to collapse."

Xiong raised his eyebrows and asked, "What news have you received?"

Niu nodded slightly and said, "A new relic has appeared. It is said that this is very likely the most powerful relic in the ancient exile land!"

"The strongest relic?!" Cat showed an interested look and urged, "Tell me about it! Tell me about it!!"

The others had similar expressions.

Niu said, "The newly discovered relic is called the Ancient Tree of Knowledge. It seems to contain all the knowledge from ancient times to the present, representing the universe represented by the ancient Land of Exile!"

The cat clucked its tongue and said, "All knowledge from ancient times to the present? What an exaggeration!"

Nowadays, the fact that the ancient exile land is a fragment of an alien universe has long been spread. People like the Council of Beasts are originally the traitors of the Starry Universe, so they naturally understand what it represents better.

After the cat was shocked, he asked with some confusion: "What does the appearance of this relic have to do with the impending collapse of the ancient exile land?"

The eagle rolled its eyes at the cat and said, "What an idiot! These ruins of the Ancient Exile Land have only appeared one by one because it is about to collapse. The strongest ruins naturally represent the deepest they were originally 'buried'. Now that the strongest ruins have appeared, doesn't it mean that the Ancient Exile Land has reached its final moment?!"

The cat acted as if she had suddenly understood something, but then she became unhappy with the eagle for calling her "stupid" and started playing with the latter.

Everyone was used to this scene. In the past two years, the cat had almost destroyed Eagle's serious image, so Eagle simply gave up. Except for the period of the Council of Beasts when he tried hard to maintain his image, he basically let himself go at other times.

At this time, Niu noticed that Melen was lost in thought and asked in confusion: "Wolf, what do you think of this relic?"

Melen came back to his senses, nodded and said, "Yes, tell me the information about this relic, I want to go and see it."

Niu didn't hold back and directly revealed all the information he knew. Then he said, "Wolf, you should know that although the Ancient Tree of Knowledge claims to have recorded all the knowledge of the alien universe from ancient times to the present, the vast majority of it is useless to us in the Starry Universe. It can't even serve as a reference, and it may even mislead us."

Mellen didn't explain much, just said: "Don't worry, I understand."

Seeing this, Niu said no more.

This little episode passed quickly, and a day later, everyone had rested and entered the 'Stairway to Heaven' again.

After watching the few people leave, Mellen withdrew his gaze, and his expression became a little... weird.

He flew up, quickly arrived at the space corridor, and then entered.

After several random teleportations, Melen came to a dilapidated area where there were neither ruins nor resources. It was the kind of place where no one would stay for long.

Melen silently took out the [Coin of Destiny] and bounced it.

When the [Coin of Destiny] fell, it landed on the front side as expected, which meant that Mellen was in good luck.

But Melen frowned.

Because everything went so smoothly! It was almost abnormal!

After being promoted to a demigod, Melen needed to find a place where rules converged to baptize Nasus, and then he immediately received news that there was a fountain of rules in the ancient exile land.

After arriving here, I wandered around and unlocked the Destiny Game Ruins, obtaining the [Destiny Coin].

The subsequent 'Stairway to Heaven' allowed Mellen's strength to increase rapidly, making up for his shortcomings in strength and foundation after being promoted to demigod.

When Melen was worried about his future path, the Ancient Tree of Knowledge appeared, which recorded all the knowledge of the alien universe from ancient times to the present.

If all this is a coincidence, it is too much of a coincidence!

After calming down, Melen entered the space corridor again. He had to go to the Ancient Tree of Knowledge, as there might be the answers he was looking for.

But before that, Mellen still needs to correct the algorithm model.

Five days later, Melen appeared in a new area. As soon as he landed, he had to face the space turbulence coming from all directions.

After stabilizing, Mellen began to look at the surrounding environment. He was standing on a piece of debris that was only more than ten kilometers in size. Such a small area could not resist the space turbulence. The space corridor behind him was constantly twisted and deformed under the blowing of space turbulence, and it seemed that it would collapse at any time.

Looking further around, large and small fragments are scattered in a vast area. Occasionally, some fragments can be seen being shattered into powder by the turbulent flow of space and disappear without a trace.

This is a completely destroyed area. There are many similar areas in the ancient exile land today, and there will be more and more of them.

The Ancient Tree of Knowledge is not in this area. The reason why Melen was teleported here is simply because it is closer to the Ancient Tree of Knowledge.

Melen looked up and vaguely caught a glimpse of transcendental aura amid the turbulence of countless spatial currents.

Melen looked at Garuru, who nodded, transformed into a shuttle, and took Melen into the turbulence of space.

Chapter 547 The Destined Person and the Golden Rule

The space turbulence is layered and extremely chaotic, but the shuttle transformed by Garuru is extremely stable, and it shuttles through it like a fish. The difficult journey for others is easy and simple in Garuru's eyes. The dog can even use the power of the space turbulence itself to navigate.

Melen and his companions followed the guidance of the transcendent aura and moved forward. After about a day, the turbulence in space began to show a clear slowing trend. Melen knew that they were about to reach their destination.

Sure enough, not long after, the space turbulence completely disappeared, and Melen and the others entered the stable area again. Before them appeared an ancient golden tree that was larger than the world.

The ancient golden tree is rooted in the void, its roots entangled like countless golden dragons. Its crown is broad and full of vitality, emitting a dazzling golden light.

There are countless golden runes on the leaves and branches of the ancient golden tree. When your eyes rest on a certain rune, an unimaginable amount of knowledge will immediately flood into your mind. These runes themselves are the embodiment of endless knowledge.

Mellen narrowed his gaze and continued to move towards the ancient golden tree. As he got closer, the ancient golden tree became larger and larger in his eyes. If it was like a small world at the beginning, it was comparable to a medium-sized world in the blink of an eye. After a while, the ancient golden tree reached the size of a large world.

This is not a visual difference of things getting bigger when they are closer and smaller when they are farther away, but a real enlargement. It is probably an application of ability at the spatial level, and the sophistication of the method is far beyond Garuru.

When Mellen came close to the ancient golden tree, he could no longer see its entirety. He could only see some rugged structures that looked like mountains. He landed on a mountain, and suddenly the light and shadow in front of him changed. The mountain disappeared, and in its place was an unimaginably huge library.

As far as the eye can see, the library is divided into countless floors, with crisscrossing staircases between each floor. These stairs will change every once in a while.

Melen looked at a bulletin board not far away. On it were extremely complex symbols that could be understood by any intelligent life. It seemed that what was recorded were the... rules of this library?

1. Loud noises are prohibited in the library.

2. When you are looking for certain types of books, please keep moving forward and the stairs will guide you to the area you have in mind.

3. When you are reading certain books and hallucinations appear, please stop thinking immediately to avoid being assimilated by the world in the book.

4. There is no administrator in the library. If you encounter someone claiming to be an administrator, please do not communicate with them and retreat immediately.

5. Please read books in a bright environment.

……

17. Please remember your name and ask yourself every once in a while to make sure you haven't forgotten it.

……

31. You are not allowed to take books out of the library, but you can copy the contents.

……

100. Knowledge is precious and you should remain pious.

Mellen was speechless as he looked at the hundred rules. Fortunately, although some of these rules felt wrong, they were basically within the normal range and there were no contradictions.

This at least proves that this library is not some weird place with rules.

Mellen moved forward according to the instructions in the rules. As he walked, the stairs in front of him began to change. Occasionally, a staircase would appear right under his feet, naturally changing his direction and the floor he was on.

Not long after walking, Mellen came to an open area with some tables and chairs, which was obviously a place for people to rest and read.

To Melen's surprise, there was an old man sitting in this area. The old man was wearing a golden cloak and sitting there very casually. There was tea on the table in front of him.

Mellen thought it was the previous entrant, so he didn't take it seriously and prepared to move on.

Unexpectedly, the old man spoke first: "My destined one, do you mind chatting with an old man like me for a few words?"

Melen stopped, looked at the old man, and asked doubtfully, "The destined one?"

The old man smiled and nodded, then gestured for him to sit down.

Mellen paused for a moment, and finally sat down opposite the old man.

The old man looked at Mellen while pushing a cup of brewed tea towards him. He smiled and said, "It seems that my eyesight is not blurry yet. I am really the destined one. I know you have many questions, but can you answer one for me first?"

Mellen really wanted to say, "Yes! Okay, I've answered your question, now it's my turn to ask questions," but in the end he didn't play such word games and just nodded slightly to indicate yes.

The old man smiled and said, "What is your relationship with Warwick?"

Mellen's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, ever since he entered the ancient land of exile, everyone seemed to be able to see through his identity.

Seeing Mellen's silence, the old man sighed and said, "When I met Warwick, I thought he was the destined person we had been waiting for, so I let him take away our most important thing. But after meeting you, I'm a little unsure again."

"What is your relationship with him?"

Mellen was silent for a moment, and instead of answering, he asked, "Who are you?"

The old man chuckled and said, "Haven't you guessed it already?"

Melen exhaled and said, "Are you the Ancient Tree of Knowledge?"

The old man coughed, waved his hand and said, "Don't give people random names. You can call me the Golden All-Knowing Ancient Tree."

Melen was not surprised by this answer. He was also certain that the Golden All-Knowing Ancient Tree had no hostility towards him, so he replied, "My name is Melen, and Warwick is my father."

A golden light flickered in the old man's eyes, and he said, "So that's how it is. Blood relatives? It seems that there has been a change in the fate between the two of you, causing a deviation in that old man's arrangement."

Melen was full of questions, but didn't know where to start.

The old man smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I am omniscient, not a riddle teller. I will naturally tell you everything, but this is a long story..."

As the old man told the story, the past of the ancient exile land gradually appeared before Melen's eyes.

The origin of the story is very bloody and abrupt. It was a long time ago when the peaceful golden universe suddenly encountered a catastrophe. During this period, all the creatures in the golden universe tried and struggled, but the final result did not change. The golden universe broke apart, and a larger piece of debris kept wandering in the sea of ​​the universe. When it was about to be completely annihilated, it was captured by another universe.

Before the Golden Universe was destroyed, a powerful person with the ability to predict the future had already sensed that this matter was inevitable, so he sacrificed himself to see more of the future, and made many arrangements based on this, leaving a ray of hope for the Golden Universe.

After the golden universe fragments merged into the starry universe, they had been sealing themselves according to the arrangements of that powerful man, delaying the time of being completely digested as much as possible, waiting for the destined person to take away the most critical thing.

During the long wait, the powerful beings remaining in the fragments of the golden universe were forced to fall asleep one by one because they could not adapt to the conflict of the rules of the universe. However, everyone understood that most of them would never have the chance to wake up again, and would eventually sleep forever and turn into relics full of special rules.

Finally, a few years ago, the destined person in the prophecy arrived. Although the process was a bit bumpy, he finally took away the key item.

During this period, the Golden Omniscient Ancient Tree also woke up, but did not intervene. Everything was left to nature. After that person left, it fell into a deep sleep again.

According to the original plan of the Golden Omniscient Ancient Tree, his sleep would be eternal, and he would eventually merge into the starry universe along with the fragments of the golden universe.

However, when Melen entered his body, he was immediately awakened, because he discovered that Melen was also the destined person?!

also??!!!

Now, after Mellen's reminder and the many inconsistencies it had noticed before and now, the Golden Omniscient Ancient Tree finally confirmed that there was indeed only one destined person, one of Warwick or Mellen, but because the two people's destinies were entangled with each other, the previous arrangements had deviated.

After listening to the old man's story, Melen suddenly understood a lot of things. He asked, "Does this so-called destined person have any special benefits?"

The old man nodded slightly and said, "I think you should have already felt it. When we ask for something from the destined one, we naturally have to provide sufficient benefits. All the wishes of the destined one in this fragment of the universe will be fulfilled as much as possible."

Mellen nodded. He guessed that the destined man the old man was referring to was Warwick, but because they exchanged their destinies, he also became the so-called destined man.

Melen asked curiously, "You said my father took away the key thing? What is it?"

Mellen was indeed curious about this.

The old man said, "Warwick took the Golden Rule and twelve ancient tree seeds."

"The Golden Rule is the foundation of the Golden Universe. It is the origin of everything, the beginning of all things. The entire Golden Universe is built on the foundation of the Golden Rule. The twelve ancient tree seeds are the final essence condensed by the twelve ancient golden trees that governed the Golden Rule in the original Golden Universe."

"With the Golden Rule and the twelve ancient tree seeds, if conditions permit, we can rebuild the Golden Universe."

"I, the Golden Omniscient Ancient Tree, and the powerful being who predicted the future, the Golden Destiny Ancient Tree, were once members of the Twelve Golden Ancient Trees."

Melen was shocked. He didn't expect that the ancient exile land still hid such a secret, the foundation of a universe. If it were exposed, the entire starry universe would immediately be in chaos. The sleeping gods would probably wake up and join the fight.

At this point, the old man sighed. "In fact, before the Golden Universe is destroyed, we have a chance to save it. As long as the twelve parts of the Golden Law are united, it is possible to give birth to a ninth-order supreme being. In that case, perhaps we can lead the Golden Universe through the crisis of destruction."

Mellen nodded slightly. He was not surprised by this because it was a paradox.

I can make sacrifices, but how can I guarantee that the strong people I sacrifice for can always firmly protect the Golden Universe and not escape alone in times of crisis?

If he can be so determined, he should be able to make sacrifices like me!

contract?

Stop kidding. Mythical strongmen will basically not be bound by contracts. Even the Styx Oath that can play a role in the starry universe will only last for a few thousand years at most before being worn away.

This is just a seventh-level myth. The eighth-level master, and even the ninth-level supreme power as mentioned by the old man, will not be bound by any constraints.

Moreover, listening to the old man's words, one can understand that the twelve golden ancient trees are definitely the top existences in the golden universe. After such a long time of getting along with each other, how could there be no relatives, enemies and friends among them?

Sacrifice yourself to help the enemy?

Just think about this kind of thing and you will understand how difficult it is!

After a brief moment of thought, Melen asked, "Does the Golden Rule have any other effects? For example, does it increase strength after absorption? Or can it unleash a powerful force by holding it?"

With such a huge hot potato in his hands, Melen also wanted to know how Warwick would use it in the end. He wouldn't really run away to rebuild the Golden Universe outside the Starry Universe, right?!