Born Sacred

Chapter 265: Lucian’s Confusion!

With a property, he now had access to the auction house.

Of course, Noah did not need to personally visit the auction house to use it.

"Ray, open the auction house."

As Ray responded, an interface appeared before him. It was the auction house’s operating interface.

"Finally, I don’t have to run around the trading market searching for a needle in a haystack."

Noah revealed a satisfied expression.

The items in the auction house were far superior to those found in the trading market.

Not only were there Perfect Grade items, but even Epic Grade items could occasionally be seen.

As for Legendary and Mythical Grade items, Noah did not find any.

Items of those two grades were simply too valuable. They were usually kept for personal use or circulated only within high-level private circles.

Even if such items were listed in the auction house, the quantity would be extremely limited.

They were clearly not something one could find just by casually looking around.

With Ray’s assistance, Noah could search by category and no longer needed to browse through everything one by one.

However, Noah discovered that even in the auction house, skills such as Mind Revelation and Courage Domain were extremely rare.

After searching for quite a while, he still failed to find anything similar.

Clearly, the auction house mainly dealt in ordinary items.

Extremely rare items or important special treasures generally did not circulate openly through the auction house.

Even if they were listed, encountering them required exceptional luck.

Noah did not expect too much from it anyway. His main goal was simply to understand the market conditions.

Seeing that the time was almost up, he immediately exited the Civilization Convergence Zone and returned to Blue Star.

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Blue Star.

Endless Transcendent Aura slowly flowed across the planet, continuously enhancing everyone’s physical fitness.

Across the world, especially in Starfall Country, many Awakeners who had just turned sixteen were pleasantly surprised to discover that their Talents had evolved into S grade.

For superior races, the probability of awakening an S grade Talent had already risen to one in a thousand, a hundred times higher than the original one in a hundred thousand when humanity first awakened. The probility of awakening an SS grade Talent had increased to one in ten thousand, while the probability of awakening SSS grade talent had reached one in a million, both also a hundred times higher than before.

If such probabilities had existed from the beginning, Blue Star would likely have already produced nearly ten thousand SSS-grade Talent Awakeners.

However, it was not too late yet.

There were still countless people under the age of sixteen on Blue Star. Starfall Country alone had a population of two to three hundred million minors, more than the total population of many Awakened Worlds.

Among them, enough SSS-grade Talent Awakeners could emerge to surpass the current number on Blue Star by more than ten times.

Moreover, as universal rewards continued to descend and the chance of awakening high level talents kept increasing, the number of SSS-grade Talent Awakeners would continued to rise. The strength of Starfall Country and Blue Star would also grow increasingly terrifying.

New Sea City, Supernatural Management Bureau, Director’s Office.

Lucian silently looked through the statistics report in front of him.

He should have felt happy, yet he couldn’t bring himself to smile.

After being reborn and failing to assassinate Noah, he had quickly adjusted his strategy. He proactively revealed his identity as a reborn individual and chose to cooperate with the authorities.

With the government’s protection, Noah’s growth and temperament would remain under supervision, so Lucian no longer needed to worry about that.

What he truly needed to do was help Starfall Country and Blue Star increase their overall strength as much as possible, keep pace with Noah’s growth rate, and hope that humanity could someday possess the power to counterbalance him.

Now, the strength of Starfall Country and Blue Star was indeed rising rapidly.

Everyone in the world above the age of sixteen had already reached First Order. The number of Tier 2 Awakeners was exploding, and even Third Order Awakeners appearing at an astonishing speed, making Blue Star far stronger than it had been during the same previous in his previous life.

Lucian himself deserved part of the credit for this transformation.

But the greatest contribution still came from Noah.

The universal rewards were simply too overwhelming, and there was more than one of them. The people of Blue Star were practically becoming stronger while doing nothing at all.

So many high-level Talent Awakeners were beyond even Lucian’s imagination.

"How ironic," Lucian said with a bitter smile.

He was a dignified reborn person, yet was this all he amounted to?

"You don’t need to belittle yourself. If it weren’t for the perfect strategies you provided, we wouldn’t have grown this quickly," Luke comforted him.

The two were old acquaintances, so Luke naturally understood what Lucian was thinking.

Lucian chuckled softly.

He would not deny his own contribution, but compared to Noah, the role he played was simply too small.

"What is your opinion of Noah now? Do you still believe he is the cruel and terrifying Great Demon King from the future?" Lucian suddenly asked in a deep voice. "I want to hear the truth."

Luke paused for a moment after hearing those words.

He could answer this question.

Only the higher-ups of Starfall Country knew that Lucian was a reborn person and that Noah would eventually become the Great Demon King in the future.

Although Luke was only the deputy director of a local branch bureau and his position was not particularly high, he was still considered an insider because he was responsible for maintaining contact with Lucian. Naturally, he also possessed a certain level of authority to know the truth.

"To be honest, the thoughts of some higher-ups have already begun to waver," Luke admitted without hiding anything. "After all, Noah has brought too many benefits to Starfall Country and Blue Star. So far, there are no signs that he has any tendency toward darkness."

"Of course, you don’t need to worry. We will still remain vigilant and won’t be completely deceived."

Lucian sneered inwardly.

He could understand the attitude of the higher-ups.

After all, was he, Lucian, someone who could be trusted completely?

People in positions of power would naturally rely on their own judgment.

...

After leaving the Supernatural Management Bureau, Lucian silently lit a cigarette and slowly exhaled a cloud of smoke.

The streets were filled with cheerful crowds celebrating everywhere.

"I truly hope he can continue treating this world with kindness forever," Lucian sighed inwardly.

At this point, the entire world was praising Noah. Even the higher-ups of Starfall Country who knew the truth had started wavering. The only person who remained truly clear-headed was him.

Because only he had personally experienced that painful future.

No matter how seriously he tried to explain it, to everyone else, it still sounded unreal.

However...

As Lucian looked at the bustling crowd on the street, confusion gradually appeared in his eyes.

Why was the gap between his previous life and this one becoming larger and larger?

There were simply too many things that did not exist in his memories.

Special rewards.

Civilization Convergence Zones.

Ranking rewards.

The Sky Piercing Tower.

Disaster rewards.

He should not have been completely unaware of these things.

Lucian clearly knew that some higher-ups within Starfall Country had already started doubting whether he was truly reborn. After all, the differences between the two worlds were simply too massive. They could not be explained solely by the butterfly effect caused by rebirth.

Sometimes, even Lucian himself felt lost.

Did the future in his memories truly exist?

He had attempted to search for the core members of the future resistance army, but every single one of them was completely different from what he remembered.

Some possessed only mediocre Talents.

Some did not exist at all.

Even that so-called wise man from the future was currently nothing more than an ordinary middle school teacher.

Could it be that he had been reborn into a false reality?

At this moment, Lucian was completely confused.

His face had turned unusually pale.

If he denied the past and rejected his own memories, then what would he have left?

Who exactly was he?

"No... Lily. I still have Lily."

Like a drowning man desperately grabbing onto the last remaining straw, Lucian instantly clung to that thought.

Lily was still the same as the person in his memories.

Previously, he had not dared to look for her because he didn’t want to drag her into danger or place any burden upon her.

But in this life, Lily had actually joined Noah’s team...

...

Not long afterward, Luke received news that Lucian had gone to the city where Lily was staying. His mental state appeared extremely unstable.

"Will he be alright?" Luke asked with some concern.

"In the future, he was an unyielding resistance fighter with incredibly strong willpower. There’s no way he would be defeated so easily. Although I don’t know what exactly happened to him, I believe he will recover," Rose replied calmly.

"Honestly speaking, do you truly believe he is a reborn person?" Luke fell silent for a moment before asking.

"I do," Rose answered without any hesitation.

The first official meeting between the authorities and Lucian had been personally handled by her. Rose still remembered every detail of that meeting clearly.

That level of hatred and determination simply could not be faked.

"It’s just that... there is also something I find strange," Rose continued, changing the topic slightly. "At first, I didn’t think too deeply about it. But after spending so much time with Noah and gradually freeing myself from the influence of Lucian’s descriptions, I kept thinking about one question."

"Did that future Great Demon King truly know nothing about Lucian’s rebirth?"

Luke’s body instantly trembled.

"Y You... what are you trying to say?"

The implication hidden within Rose’s words was simply too terrifying.

"That Great Demon King possessed a Talent beyond SSS-grade. He was immortal, indestructible, and seemingly omnipotent. If he could even detect Lucian traveling back through time, then how could he possibly fail to notice Lucian’s rebirth?" Rose said in a low voice.