Chapter 2: The Gate of Truth, the Long Staircase to Divinity!

What appeared before Lu Yu was a silver, peculiar key.

The key's teeth were covered with mysterious silver vines, as if they had grown out of nowhere, disappearing into the void, creating a ripple of purple.

The handle, however, was curved like the hook of an umbrella, with countless runes converging to form an open eye, resembling a nebula, constantly wriggling and looking around as if it were alive!

However, no matter how it looked around, it dared not peek at the thousand-armed figure shrouded in endless chaos, as if even a glance was taboo.

Although the key had grown a strange eye, Lu Yu still recognized it...

This was the silver key he had bought in his previous life, also known as the Staircase to Divinity, the Key of Truth, and other names.

The orphanage where he lived, due to spending more money on taking care of the children, had very basic facilities.

The biggest form of entertainment was the collection of fairy tales and mythological books by the director, and Lu Yu's favorite were the grand and sacred mythological stories. However, what he liked were not the high and mighty gods, but the mysterious and powerful monsters and artifacts.

After growing up and being able to earn his own money, Lu Yu enjoyed collecting these strange and unusual items and figurines even more.

Among them, the silver key was something he bought from a roadside stall. The owner claimed it was a legendary key that could open the Gate of Truth and obtain the secrets of divinity, and it could be taken home for just 9999.

However, Lu Yu didn't fall for his sales pitch; he just thought the key looked pretty cool and bought it for 99 after haggling.

He also ordered a related mythological story online to learn more about this obscure legend.

But before he could receive the book, he was directly transported to another world.

"Did I just open the Gate of Truth by waving this key in the air?"

Lu Yu pondered. Since the silver key had appeared, it proved that it was the culprit behind his transportation, but... he hadn't seen any secrets of divinity!

Could it be like Pinduoduo, where he needs to get tens of thousands of people to help him?

As he was thinking, the silver key trembled slightly, and a wave of information flooded into Lu Yu's mind. After sorting it out, he finally understood the whole story.

The silver key he bought for 99 in his previous life was indeed genuine and had opened the legendary Gate of Truth, which contained the secrets of divinity, and he had entered it.

However, his mortal body could not contain the vast and mysterious high-dimensional knowledge, leading to a split.

Bang!

His head exploded!

But his soul did not perish; instead, it came to this world of tamed beasts, bringing the silver key and the items he had obtained from behind the gate.

Thinking about this, Lu Yu realized that his original [Eye of Truth] talent had been replaced by a new one.

[Master of the Gate (Incomplete): As the holder of the Key of Truth, you will gain the Eye of Truth (Incomplete), which can see the information and weaknesses of all things, at the cost of consuming your own spiritual energy.

All your actions align with the truth, receiving the blessing of the Gate of Truth. Your talents for creating extraordinary equipment, magic potions, secret foods, divination, etc., will be enhanced, and you will receive a 50% success rate bonus.

Creating magic potions, foods, and secret foods of good quality or higher will produce additional effects, with better quality resulting in stronger effects. Any extraordinary side effects will only be 1% of the original.] (Quality levels: Common, Good, Excellent, Perfect, Supreme)

After binding the silver key, the spiritual energy Lu Yu consumed when using the [Eye of Truth] was reduced to one-tenth of the original, and the target changed from tamed beasts to all things.

And this was just the effect in its incomplete state!

If it could be completed, it would transform into a part of the All-Knowing Authority, and nothing in the world would be a secret to him.

And the ultimate form of All-Knowing is All-Powerful!

Climbing the long staircase to divinity.

As for why it was incomplete, Lu Yu vaguely felt it was related to his transportation, but the memories from entering the Gate of Truth were temporarily sealed due to the involvement of too much high-dimensional information.

Only when he became stronger would these memories be unlocked one by one.

Besides the Eye of Truth, the accompanying effects were also extremely terrifying, enhancing the talents of auxiliary professions and providing a 50% success rate bonus.

This was an additional attribute on top of the original success rate, affecting all extraordinary auxiliary professions.

With such a buff, it could be said that Lu Yu's auxiliary profession talents were maxed out.

For example, when he made food to feed his tamed beasts, as long as the quality was rated as good or higher by the Eye of Truth, it would produce various special effects.

Such as attribute enhancement, skill proficiency increase, learning acceleration buff, etc.

By continuously feeding, he could give his tamed beasts infinite buffs and attribute boosts, rising like a rocket.

The reduction of side effects was even more like a bug. For example, divining the future could easily backfire, and others would need to pay a hundred years of life, while Lu Yu only needed one year. Similar effects applied to curses, forbidden spells, etc.

Achieving the greatest benefit with the smallest cost.

In other words, Lu Yu, now in possession of the Key of Truth, was a part of the truth.

When Lu Yu wanted to check the items he had brought out from behind the gate, he couldn't find them. As his thoughts flowed, a stream of chaotic energy condensed into text before his eyes.

[Notice: Contract your first tamed beast]

[Unlock: Secret Food Inheritance]

[Description: Use the mysterious as fire, consume the forbidden.]

It wasn't a system, but rather the Key of Truth using a task format to tell him how to gain more abilities. Besides the inheritance, it seemed there were some of his previous items left behind.

"It's time to contract my first tamed beast!"