Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener

"Two pieces of information?"

Sterl showed a look of interest.

Gloria slowly began to speak: "First, I suggest you avoid merging with other bloodlines. You are using a bloodline artifact, and fortunately, this artifact also carries the human race's bloodline, so it shouldn't have too much impact."

"Second, based on my investigations, while there may be rituals similar to games across the myriad worlds, there has never been a game similar to [Transcendence] referred to as an mmorp."

The two statements left listeners bewildered.

However, after Gloria finished speaking, she smiled broadly.

"This is for you; perhaps I can finally be free."

As she spoke, she tossed a golden key.

Sterl did not catch it...

He allowed the golden key to fall into the city below, transforming into a strand of golden light.

He initially analyzed that the goddess before him was likely a friend rather than a foe, but that did not mean he fully trusted Gloria. After all, facing a deity, what if she had tampered with the key? Wouldn't that lead him to an irreversible fate?

Gloria "..."

She came to understand that this genius emerging from the Earth human race had many admirable qualities, yet his personality was somewhat peculiar.

The atmosphere had been set; I'm giving you something, so you should accept it!

With no other option, the goddess had to activate her Divine Power to retrieve the key.

She felt something was off; originally, she had finally encountered a talent from her race to whom she could entrust the future!

Yet, the scene before her felt increasingly strange.

After a moment's thought, Gloria said, "How about this? You give me an email, and I'll send the artifact to you. You can open it in a safe place."

"Moreover, through the [Transcendence] system, you can directly check the properties of the key to ensure its safety."

She spoke earnestly.

At this, Sterl's expression relaxed slightly, and he chose to recite a string of data.

It was Sosia's email.

His own email, of course, remained confidential.

Then, Gloria gently closed her eyes, gathered her emotions, and said, "I entrust all the secrets to you."

"I feel relieved; from now on, I will be just the goddess Gloria in [Transcendence], not Victoria of the Earth human race."

As she said these words, it felt as if her entire being was unburdening itself.

At this moment, Sterl noticed that the goddess had previously worn an expression tinged with an inescapable fatigue. Now, as she pressed her palm to her forehead, a soft purple glow enveloped her.

Gloria's expression gradually relaxed.

Finally...

As the light dissipated, Sterl and Gloria remained suspended in midair, standing opposite each other.

With a playful tone, the goddess asked, "What did I just say to you? Do we Earth humans have secrets? Can you share them with me? Oh, never mind, I've already reminded myself not to inquire about such matters, so perhaps you shouldn't tell me."

Gloria spoke in a rapid-fire manner, no longer embodying the calm demeanor she had earlier.

"Well... based on my last memory, I should take my leave."

"I can't interfere with your development trajectory."

With that, the goddess transformed back into a soft purple light and vanished from sight.

However, before Sterl could catch his breath, Gloria suddenly reappeared. "Hey there, young man! I see you have quite a talent. How about joining me?"

"Our Dark Moon Alliance may be a small force, but I'm confident we can grow stronger! We'll surpass the Hall of Valor!"

Sterl "..."

He looked at the Dark Moon Goddess, who seemed like a completely different person, and felt a headache coming on.

"Forget it; based on my previous memories, it's better for me to stay as far away from you as possible."

"I'll take my leave now!"

"By the way, be sure to get a new game pod. That old piece of junk isn't worth anything!"

This time, the goddess truly left.

Sterl found himself at a loss for words and didn't even have a chance to respond...

At that moment, he wasn't in the mood to stir up trouble in the human settlement.

He watched the direction in which the goddess had vanished, his mind churning with thoughts.

Sterl could now basically confirm that the Earth human race harbored a great secret; otherwise, the goddess wouldn't have chosen to delete her memories after entrusting the key to him.

This meant that even knowing related information posed a danger.

The two so-called pieces of information the goddess had mentioned led Sterl to draw two conclusions.

The first was that there should be some hidden power within the bloodline of the Earth human race.

However, using a bloodline artifact from a non-human race could taint that power.

Yet, Sterl was uncertain if he had even tapped into the power of his bloodline, especially since he had already removed the Forbidden Poison.

"I probably haven't been able to awaken the bloodline power yet."

He pondered this for a while and found it unlikely.

Sterl knew that the issue of SSS-class second-class professions not yielding benefits was common across all races.

He suspected that the Forbidden Poison affected more than just the Earth human race.

In fact, combining it with the golden document within players, Sterl had even questioned whether [Transcendence] could be up to something.

"So this counts as good news; I still have a backup energy source waiting to be unlocked."

Sterl casually mused in his mind, but the second piece of information left him even more shaken.

It was known that [Transcendence], including even the template for spring, originated from MMORPGs, yet none of the myriad races possessed such a game format.

It was akin to humans being unable to imagine something they had never encountered.

Both [Transcendence] and Swallowing Heaven must have had their creators.

But why did those creators design the two games in this manner? It wasn't impossible for them to intuitively grasp the MMORPG format, but Sterl was more inclined to believe that the creators had known about this game format from the very beginning.

The myriad races might be oblivious, but the creators certainly were not.

But not all of the myriad races were unaware; at least Sterl was aware that the Earth he had transmigrated to was quite similar to the one from his previous life before the war, in terms of its development trajectory.

The Earth human race must certainly have knowledge of the MMORPG format and its operational plans.

It wasn't that the Earth humans were particularly creative; rather, various game formats were influenced by the cultural environments shaped by the geographical conditions of different planets.

Just as no two snowflakes in the world are identical, the game formats on each planet vary significantly.

The creators of [Transcendence] and Swallowing Heaven had produced two "games" that were remarkably similar to MMORPGs.

Thus, the most reasonable assumption would be that they initially took inspiration from the games of the Earth human race.

This meant...

"[Transcendence] and Swallowing Heaven—are these two games connected to our Earth human race?"

After reaching this conclusion, Sterl found it hard to believe.

Was it not agreed that our Earth race was just an ordinary race that had lost its homeland due to war, forced to hide within [Transcendence]?

Was it not clear that the various races had joined the game long before the Earth humans had, making us mere successors?

What was going on?

Of course, Sterl did not rule out the possibility that Gloria was simply deceiving him.

But what could this goddess possibly gain from such a trick?

He couldn't make sense of it; it was truly baffling.

"Perhaps the answer lies within that key."

Sterl felt that he could only wait until he was back online to study it further for more information.

Wait...

There was one more thing!

Assuming all these speculations were true, if the Earth humans had such a significant standing, then why were they faring so poorly in [Transcendence]?

Why had Gloria warned him never to provoke the Earth human race...?

Hold on!

This implies a third piece of information!

It meant that the Earth human race was being monitored by some powerful entity, and these watchers were likely trying to find the geniuses emerging from the Earth human race.

As for how these geniuses would be treated...

Gloria had already made it quite clear—they would be killed or enslaved!

Wait a minute, there's a force searching for the geniuses of the Earth human race.

Damn!

Sterl suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked two major blunders. One was naming his guild "Twilight," especially with a symbol of the World Tree—wasn't that inviting disaster?

Fortunately, his drawing skills weren't great!

The other...

It seemed that during his last encounter with the Blood Sacrifice Swallowing God Array, he had boastfully claimed to be Solomon, explicitly stating that he was the Solomon who ruled over the 72 pillars of demons—this was a myth exclusive to the Earth human race!

Oh no!

Had he already exposed himself!?

No, no!

It took Sterl a few minutes to calm down again. His earlier line of thinking wasn't wrong, but he had approached it from the worst-case scenario.

In reality, even if there was a genius among the Earth humans, it wouldn't necessarily connect back to Sterl.

His habit of frequently using aliases and discarding them after use had helped him avoid significant risks.

But right now...

He still felt quite uneasy.

He put himself in the shoes of those trying to capture any emerging geniuses from the Earth human race; they would surely prefer to err on the side of caution and eliminate anyone who could pose a threat!

Everything that had transpired in the Principality of Florence would surely be investigated!

No, wait...

That didn't quite add up...

Sterl found his thoughts getting a bit tangled.

If they were going to investigate, they should have done so earlier. Yet the outcome had been that Sterl's disguise had successfully deceived that powerful race.

His "David" identity in the Principality of Florence had not been scrutinized by anyone.

So...

While there was still a risk associated with Solomon, Sterl had not yet exposed himself.

Having analyzed the situation up to that point, he finally felt a sigh of relief.

"From now on, when I create an alias, I won't use anyone else's name or any mythological stories; it must be entirely original."

Sterl vowed to himself.

Not only would he refrain from using names from Earth human mythology, but he would also go a step further and avoid anyone else's names altogether. Every alias would be freshly created with a unique background story to ensure absolute safety!

After contemplating all of this, Sterl remained in place, deep in thought for a long time, confirming that he had left no notable impression on that unknown powerful entity, and only then did he finally feel at ease.