Gu Qing Shan's emotions were fluctuating.
He hadn't forgotten about the secret that Shroud entrusted to him.
----on Dream Island, before Shroud proceeded with his Apocalypse homology, he had entrusted that secret to me.
The scene at the time was still fresh in Gu Qing Shan's mind.
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"I'm not sure what it is either, apparently it was something that the frozen corpse found within the Reality Gate before it was sealed away----- I've tried everything I could but still couldn't open it, but I can recall crucial portions of the frozen corpse's memory------ this object is extremely important, even more so than any other treasures"
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These were Shroud's words at the time.
In other words, this secret didn't actually belong to Shroud!
It originally belonged to the unspeakable secret Apocalypse, the Eradicator of all things and all living beings------
Editor: Dr.Lock
Proofreader: Arya
Link to the WAO glossary page for all confusing terms and more: https://otakutl.blogspot.com/2020/02/wao-glossary.html