Chapter 662: Ladder to Hell

Lu Yao ate potato chips and used one hand to tap the statue of the Water Fairy.

Next to the statue appeared the image of Essene, still holding a bunch of reeds in her hand, with a faint glow on her long white dress.

"Master Zhengshen."

He bowed slightly.

Lu Yao asked Him what he was doing.

"I'm investigating the waters here." The water fairy said, "There are very few fish and shrimp in the water environment of this world. I suspect that some factors have affected the ecology of the water. If we can't figure out the conditions of the waters, whether it is Rusalka, the water fairies, or even all kinds of life on land, they will be affected."

"After careful observation over this period of time, I discovered that the water here has been dumped with harmful liquids and waste for a long time. This is the work of the local sorcerers and mystics. However, I have also carefully investigated and found that this amount of harmful substances alone is not enough to affect the entire water environment."

Lu Yao thought that this really brought out the water fairy's special skills.

"I used the power of the water element to examine this Panshui River in detail and followed it all the way into the ocean, but found that the marine life there was basically normal. Not long ago, I found the reason."

Essene paused. "In the lakes and streams of the Mystic Kingdom, there grows a plant called Saprolegnia, which can cause poisoning and confusion in fish and shrimp. When the poisoned fish and shrimp are eaten by the people and beasts here, the toxins will remain and settle for a long time, and continue to affect the humans who eventually eat the flesh. Therefore, the people here are easily injured and sick, and are accompanied by hallucinations like those of strong alcohol."

"I think the people here are very enthusiastic about various sacrifices and rituals. Both gods and demons have a large number of followers. They like to study spells and secret methods, but they are slow to make rational inventions and manufacturing and lack interest... This is related to the environment created by [Saprolegnia]. "

“[Saprolegnia] cannot survive in the marine environment, so it is not found in seawater.”

"I asked the Rusalkas to clean up most of the [Saprolegnia] and placed the remaining parts in several closed lakes for comparison and preservation. Now it seems that the number of fish and shrimp in the lakes and rivers is slowly recovering. I think things will get better in the future..."

After listening to this, Lu Yao's impression of Essene changed.

He is careful and rigorous in the areas he is good at and has strong initiative.

Lu Yao asked the water fairy to keep trying, and then switched the perspective back to the blocking stone wall.

Bifrons once again performed the devilish ritual and summoned the demon Kali.

This time, Kali appeared in the form of a normal pixelated man, with a silly smile on his head: "Thanks for your support. I have defeated Tiamat and taught him a lesson."

Isabel immediately said: "Congratulations."

"Then let's continue. What did you ask? Let me think...why did the god become a demon, right?"

People feel refreshed when good things happen to them, and the devil seems to be no exception.

After defeating the powerful enemy and resolving the immediate crisis, Kali became talkative and cheerful.

It took the initiative to confess: "I don't know the situation of other demon gods. I am tired of the life of a god."

"Endless wars between gods, endless fighting and contention... I come from Indian mythology and must follow the orders of the Lord God. All I have to do is participate in various wars between gods, endless wars. Over the years, I have become more and more violent and irritable, and even started to lose control, killing without distinguishing between friend and foe."

"At this time, I killed an extremely powerful anomaly and obtained a [Certificate of the Exile] from its body."

Kali said, “This is also the key to transformation into a demon.”

"You must possess the [Exile's Certificate] and merge it with yourself. Otherwise, there is no other way to enter the Gray Vision Realm."

Kali abandoned everything without hesitation, generously gave her kingdom and props to some weak gods, and changed her job to become a demon god.

However, when it came to its senses, it found itself in a sea of ​​gray mud.

There was no end to the land, with gray stone statues scattered on the ground. These blurred statues, formed from solidified gray clay, stood quietly on this soft sea of ​​land. Further away were pillars that reached the sky, like eternal road signs.

Kali became one of them.

It couldn't move, the rules of the world here made everything come to a standstill.

“That’s hell.”

Kali said: "I clearly exist, but I can't prove it because I can't move. Only my consciousness exists. There, I once doubted whether I was dead and just fell to the underworld."

"Until I finally noticed something moving next to the gray stone statue closest to me."

"It was the gray mud on its body that was moving. I wanted to imitate it, but I couldn't do it at all... Many years later, I realized that the mud needed the power of the fire of faith to move, and only the power of the fire of faith could make it work."

Talking about life in hell, Kali spoke slower and slower, as if she remembered something.

"... Later, I followed their example and used the fire of faith to push the mortar. The demons called the gray clay [Rest Soil], [Underworld], and [Ashes of Gods]. I am used to calling it Underworld. It can expand and grow on its own, just like a living thing. It is also the only substance there that is not affected by stillness."

Lu Yao was shocked.

Xirang is actually related to hell.

"The underworld is something that seems to be alive. It is the only thing there that can move."

"But the demons are not sure what it is exactly. Perhaps only the oldest demons know something. But they are too far away from Hell and cannot be touched at all."

A small sighing icon appeared above Kali's head.

"Once the demons enter the Gray Vision, they will first appear in the mud of Hell. Then they need to wait for the netherworld to grow their bodies and complete the coverage. This way, they will be able to move in the completely sealed layer of mud sculpture space."

"The underworld can break the stasis there."

"In the beginning, the demons first learned to use the fire of faith to change these mud seals, allowing them to wrap their bodies and move in the mud sea, allowing the demons to move and stretch. Later, the demons learned a new method. They used the fire of faith to completely solidify these living underworlds and burned them into a square stone brick. We call it [Forbidden Stone]."

"With the forbidden stone, we can use the fire of faith to build a stable and enclosed building space, and then build it out layer by layer. This is the prototype of the earliest [Demon Pillar] or [Demon God Pillar]. Because it was invented by the Demon God, most people call it the Demon God Pillar."

It went on to say: "By continuously burning forbidden stones upwards and connecting them, a path from hell to the sky can be built. This is the pillar of the Demon Pillar. By moving and building from the bottom up on the pillar, the Demon Pillar will become longer and longer, extending to the far sky."

"The demons used the Demon Pillars to expand outwards, away from the gray hell on the ground and into the infinite black top of the sky."

Lu Yao listened attentively.

Hell turns out to be a static world.

The Demon Pillar is the devil's workbench and vehicle, like a space elevator that extends infinitely into the distance - or a ladder to hell.

Isabel asked, "Is there anything in the sky?"

"have no idea."

Kali shook her head left and right: "But going outside is better than staying in hell. And the further outside you go, the more you can sense the call of the void universe. The closer you are to the outside, the more you can respond to the sacrificial ceremonies or prayers outside. The demons can still sense the prayers left behind by their past god eras. In order to hide, some demons will also change the prayer rituals through projection."

"I have been using the [Extermination of the Incarnation] rituals and sacrifices from the past, but I have added some defensive measures against other demons."

The so-called defensive measures are the dark sacrifices used against Bifrons before.

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Isabel said: "It seems that the competition among the demons is also very fierce."

"That can't be helped. The fire of faith is also extremely important to demons."

Kali tells the secret of the demons: "In order to get closer to the outer layer of the Gray Vision, all demons are constantly extending and building demon pillars, allowing themselves to move farther away and listen to more voices in order to respond."

"Some of these voices are rituals and prayers dedicated to a certain demon, while others are calls to the entire Gray Vision. Any demon can respond. But since it is from the outside to the inside, they are first screened by the most powerful demons on the outermost periphery. They will flow in only when they don't need it. This is basically the process."

"Apart from this, the demons often fight each other when they consume their faith to expand the Demon God Pillar."

"There are usually two ways to fight. One is to use the Demon Pillars to dismantle each other, exposing the enemy to the stillness of the gray vision; the other is to connect the Demon Pillars to each other and kill the enemy's body."

"In the Gray Vision, most of them use the Demon Pillar as a fighting method. The second type of decapitation fighting conditions are very harsh and difficult to achieve."

Isabel said, "Aren't demons immortal? What's the point of fighting each other... to fight for the ready-made [Forbidden Stone]?"

"right."

Kali's eight hands slowly and rhythmically stretch out like swaying seaweed.

"Seize the opponent's ready-made [Forbidden Stone] to expand your own Demon Pillar. The demons that lose the protection of the Demon Pillar will be frozen and have to self-destruct and return to hell to start from scratch. That will be another long process..."

"The demons can obtain more materials through looting to expand the range and strength of the Demon Pillar, making it easier to move outward and reducing competitors."

"Some powerful demons have turned the Demon Pillar into a floating island, and they work together to make it impossible to move forward."

"In short, the Demon Pillar is the devil's sword and shield, and the only thing he can rely on."

Lu Yao looked at it and touched his chin.

The demons attack each other in pillar form.

In his mind, he imagined two inflatable dancers fighting at the entrance of a shopping mall...

No wonder a large amount of fire of faith is needed. The more forbidden stones you have, the stronger the Demon Pillar will be, and the more room and wiggle room there will be.

He asked Isabel to ask again: "The confrontation between the Demon Pillars is a competition of the ability to dismantle the opponent's structure and the ability to respond quickly. Is that what you mean?"

“Yes. Burning and pushing stones is what the demons do,” Kali said.

Lu Yao realized.

The demons are in great need of the Fire of Faith, so they need to come out and find ways to collect it everywhere. Otherwise, they may fall back to hell after years of operation and start all over again.

They are also a group that can unite.

Demons may not have any advantages in creation and development, but they are of great value both as a powerful source of information - their projections are spread across many worlds - and as a guard against other demons.

So, Isabel said, "I wonder if you are interested in long-term cooperation with our Yao tribe?"

Kali asked, “How do you want to cooperate?”

Isabel stated the conditions.

"...help you obtain information about demons, hunt down demons and projections here...provide intelligence on other worlds...what do you think of me? I was once a famous navigator, and now I am also a senior demon god! Don't get carried away!"

A fiery expression appeared on Kali’s head.

Isabel said: "We are willing to support your Demon Pillar business in the Gray Vision."

The flames on Kali's head intensified, and an angry expression appeared on his face: "Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have a lot of faith!"

"This is just a friendly donation, not a transaction."

Isabel continued, "Lord Yao hopes to establish a long-term friendship and mutual assistance with you. Lord Yao always respects and appreciates those who are brave enough to explore. I hope you can accept this little gift... According to the oracle, we will first offer 100 million fires of faith to make friends. If you don't mind, please accept it."

“…”

The various symbols and expressions on Kali's head changed, and finally it said: "Then...thank you."

(End of this chapter)