Chapter 132 The Lockmarton Conspiracy

"The Creation Goddess's memory is the key to opening the Lord of Madness's cage?" Even Izhaks, steady as he was, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. The old demon's eyes widened, shining as brightly as his head. "So, to permanently lock the prison, she 'cut' off her own memory?"

The Creation Goddess's severing of her memory was so clean and efficient, the erasure of all traces so thorough, that he used the extremely vivid word "cut."

"Exactly," Asu-man's voice was as calm as ever. "It was a necessary measure. You probably can't imagine how powerful and bizarre the Lord of Madness is. In fact, it's almost impossible to completely destroy it. It represents the origin state of the universe, the initial data of all things. To completely destroy the Lord of Madness would essentially be equivalent to destroying the universe. So, the Creation Goddess's only option was to strip away its power and then permanently seal it."

Lily asked impatiently, "Then why leave behind a 'key'? And after leaving the key, why go to the trouble of deleting it?"

"Because it was unavoidable—the Creation Goddess didn't deliberately leave a key. After the seal was completed, her memory became the key, a hidden danger for the Lord of Madness to escape."

Hao Ren frowned, recalling some knowledge he'd learned from Raven 12345. "Is it because of the 'information entanglement' of a true god?"

"It seems you truly are an emissary of a true god. This knowledge isn't something ordinary people can grasp," Asu-man affirmed Hao Ren. "Correct. The Creation Goddess's memory became the Lord of Madness's power carrier. A true god's influence on the world is so powerful that even if she only remembered the name 'Lord of Madness,' it would allow the latter's shadow to permanently exist in the universe's background radiation. In this situation, her memory became the biggest weak point in the entire sealing system. To eliminate this weak point, she could only 'strip' it from herself."

"That kind of thing could happen…" Hao Ren felt somewhat incredulous. "She won, but was tripped up by her own power…"

He didn't finish his sentence, which was that the Creation Goddess's control over her own power was so inadequate!

The data terminal guessed what Hao Ren was thinking and sighed leisurely in the mental connection, "Who told her not to go to school?"

Hao Ren: "…"

"Who knows about this?" Vivian looked seriously at the ball of light in the crystal. "As far as I know, the contemporary Guardian Giants and the First Born know nothing about this. We haven't found any clues elsewhere in the universe either."

"The Creation Goddess erased all the clues, and even if she hadn't, after so many years, the clues would have been smoothed away by time. We are the only ones who know—the Starry Sky People retain a complete memory inheritance."

Hao Ren nodded, now understanding the matter. The Starry Sky People were essentially energy beings born from the aftershocks of the Lord of Madness's power. Although they existed within order, they had an unbreakable connection to the Lord of Madness. As a race connected to the Lord of Madness from the very beginning, they had a unique "adaptability" to all things related to the Lord of Madness. They were jailers, sentinels, and memory banks.

The Creation Goddess dividing her memory could be regarded as the dividing line between two periods of the Dream Plane. Then these Starry Sky People were witnesses of all eras, their activities spanning the three eras that the Dream Plane had fully experienced so far: the dark era of the Lord of Madness's terrifying rule; the rising era when the Creation Goddess brought order to the universe and sealed her own memory; and the pastoral era when the Creation Goddess began to move again, creating new life, and until her fall—this should have been the best time for the Dream Plane. All things flourished, the universe was orderly, and all living beings lived in a thriving environment of peace and tranquility. They enjoyed this bountiful and beautiful world, but were completely ignorant of the darkness in the depths of the universe and the terrors of the future.

Ignorance is bliss.

As for now, perhaps it should be called the fourth era—Hao Ren thought—the Creation Goddess has fallen, all things are withering, and the shadow of the Lord of Madness is stirring, intending to make a comeback. The future of this world has become blurred, turbulent, and the prospects are shrouded in a layer of disturbing mist. If his actions fail, then the history of the Dream Plane will also end in this fourth era.

"So, according to you, only the Starry Sky People know these historical truths, even the Creation Goddess herself has forgotten those glorious eras," Vivian's expression was a bit strange. "When she awoke again on the Founding Star, she returned to her 'childhood,' so she groped around to create life and explore the starry sky, while you have been hiding behind the scenes? Even after contacting her again…"

"We must pretend to be meeting for the first time. No Starry Sky Person will ever speak the name of the Lord of Madness," Asu-man continued. "Since the establishment of the sacred covenant, we have accepted our mission. We quietly lurk in the dark depths, remain silent, and remain vigilant. This world is already the world of newborn mortal species. Our era is over—for us, being able to quietly observe this peaceful and tranquil universe is already a great comfort."

"But peace has finally been broken," Hao Ren frowned. "So the Creation Goddess doesn't know about this 'Coro' prison? And has forgotten about the Lockmarton matter?"

"This is a completely forgotten corner, and it is also a place that must be forgotten. Lockmarton carries too many painful memories of the Creation Goddess. It is the starting point of her entanglement with the Lord of Madness. So, since I came here, this space has been completely sealed by the Creation Goddess with divine power, and after she erased her memory, even more no one can enter or leave this prison. However, I can still contact my own people through some innate means and know the changes happening in the outside world."

"So you know about the fall of the Creation Goddess?" Hao Ren blinked. "You Starry Sky People have been paying attention to the whole thing, but just watched it happen… Wait! This wasn't an accident?!"

Vivian and Izhaks simultaneously revealed a mixture of realization and disbelief. Most of the others were also thoughtful, only Bai Huo, shaking her head, looked blank. She was already quite impatient with these difficult and boring stories, so she gently patted Hao Ren's arm with her hand: "Meow?"

"The Creation Goddess's memory is the biggest hidden danger for Lockmarton's escape. Even if she sealed her memory, these hidden dangers have not been fundamentally eliminated. And speaking of memory, can't other things related to the true god become carriers?" Hao Ren looked at Vivian and the others with a tense expression. "The Creation Goddess defeated the Lord of Madness and sealed it. She herself is the transcendent being with the greatest connection to the Lord of Madness, like the resonance of two signal sources. After they came into contact, this resonance was already unstoppable and unavoidable. And the only way to stop this resonance was just a simple 'erasing memory'. The Creation Goddess herself would definitely feel that this was not safe enough!"

Lily also completely reacted: "The safest way is only… to erase herself as well."

Izhaks's expression was stern: "It seems that the memory sealing of that year was not reliable enough after all. The Creation Goddess probably gradually remembered things about the Lord of Madness. Facing the fact that the seal was loosening and there was nothing she could do, she could only choose self-destruction."

"But there are still many things that are unclear," Hao Ren felt unprecedented confusion in his brain. "If the Creation Goddess herself planned the assassination plan against herself, then what about the uncontrolled mutations of the First Born and the Guardian Giants? Didn't she think about this? Her creation engine was only half assembled. Was this also part of her plan? The Godslayer race attacked the God Domain, and she only started arranging for some Guardian Giants to activate the First Born's 'lullaby' when it was clear that they were about to succeed in Godslaying. This fully shows that things were completely beyond her control—more importantly, if the Creation Goddess really wanted to completely eliminate the possibility of Lockmarton's revival by eliminating herself, then she could have chosen a simpler method…"

Hao Ren didn't directly say the rest of his words, but everyone could understand the implication: If the Creation Goddess really wanted to commit suicide, she could just commit suicide. Why bother so much, involving a large number of races, and causing a cosmic catastrophe of the magnitude of "First Born destroying the world."

Based on the Creation Goddess's demonstrated words and actions, she was definitely not the kind of cold-blooded person who had no feelings for the life she created. She couldn't do something like sending her children to their deaths.

"I can't answer most of your questions, but there are a few things I can tell you," Asu-man's voice was always cold and indifferent, as if he never cared about how intense and turbulent other people's emotions were. "First, the Creation Goddess did not directly plan the Godslaying operation of that year, but she should have had a certain degree of tacit approval and indulgence. And the true meaning of this indulgence should be as you guessed, sealing the Lord of Madness by eliminating herself; Second, the corruption of the First Born and the Guardian Giants was beyond her expectations. The power of the Lord of Madness infiltrated the plan in a way we didn't notice, causing the situation after the fall of the gods to exceed the goddess's expectations. And the Creation Goddess only discovered this at the last moment, and only had time to make some emergency arrangements to avoid complete civilization extinction; Third, the Creation Goddess didn't not want to do it herself, but she couldn't kill herself."

Hao Ren subconsciously repeated: "Couldn't kill herself…"

Some vague ideas emerged in his mind:

God cannot arbitrarily deny themselves.

God's denial of themselves will lead to the shaking of the laws of all things that revolve around them, even the foundations of the universe.

The prison that sealed the Lord of Madness was the largest-scale divine "thing" the Creation Goddess had ever created. The Creation Goddess's denial of herself would probably also lead to the shaking of this prison.

So, she could only let others do it for her.