Chapter 156: Implanting the Trojan Horse
The light in the underground cave is dim.
The flickering torches made everything here dimly illuminated.
The masked Demon King's clone sat high on the rock throne, holding the armrests with his head lowered, seemingly overlooking everything below, but in fact he had become an empty shell.
It can be said that this is its weakest moment.
But no matter how weak it is, given its high position and power, and the many subordinates it has, it is impossible for it to have no defenses around it.
However, right now, the situation in this hall has become extremely special——
The apostles who were originally busy surrounding the ancient snake's corpse were now all motionless, maintaining various postures, as if they were petrified.
A giant gray python with a flat head was currently coiled around one of the ancient snake corpses. When it raised its head and looked around, it released an invisible force that made everything around it freeze.
This includes the guards under the throne, as well as the hidden warning measures that the Demon King's clone had previously arranged around the throne.
The seven figures dressed differently and gathered around the throne were the exception.
When the strange python glanced around, it saw them clearly, but not only did it not interfere with them, but obvious fear appeared in its eyes.
It was as if these people were its natural enemies that could be swallowed up at will.
But in fact, they are just Andy's clones.
The giant python that fixed everything around it was materialized by the ancient snake's corpse's ability to make something real.
Just like in the Dark Forest, no one could tell whether this fake thing was real or not, the power it now displays is exactly the same as the real thing.
Powerful and weird.
So, while the Greedy Demon King was absorbing power and had no time to pay attention to anything here, Andy drew out the power of the corpse, condensed it into this python, and easily removed the surrounding protection.
As for why this strange python is afraid of him.
The reason was not actually because of Andy, but because of Adanelle.
The ancient snake was killed by Adanelle, and even the sharp power she used to kill the ancient snake still remained in its corpse.
This power has coexisted with the corpse for many years, and its deterrence has long been deeply imprinted in the corpse's "instinct".
Although these clones of Andy are not the original body, they still carry a trace of the mark of Adanelle's followers.
The breath mobilized the remaining power to deter him, so the ancient snake corpse naturally did not dare to hurt him.
Thus, a natural loophole was formed.
Although his own strength was very weak, Andy used all of this to control the situation in the cave.
However, there are more "loopholes" that he can exploit...
Looking down at the greedy clone sitting quietly on the king's throne, "Robin", who was wrapped in bandages, raised his hand first and touched the dark golden vertical pupil in the gap of the other's mask.
Then, in a trance, he seemed to transform from a real body into a fluid, shrinking rapidly, and was finally swallowed up by the eye! The second clone then stepped forward and repeated the action.
Then the third, the fourth...
Some of the judgments of the goddess of nature are very correct.
The authority of the seven demon kings does indeed contain the wisdom of the ancient archangels.
But those spiritual intelligences are very weak, with little independent consciousness at all, and are integrated with the power of hell, unable to interfere with the demons who possess them.
Therefore, their existence has remained hidden until now and has not been noticed by others.
Also because they are too weak, they have coexisted with Lucifer for countless years and have already been "assimilated".
They simply couldn't figure out whether they were Lucifer or someone else.
This creates a very special situation.
That is, after the rebellion in hell broke out and Lucifer died, the seven powers that were divided into seven all believed that they were Lucifer.
But it was divided into seven parts!
Because the spiritual intelligence is too weak, this cognition can be said to be a latent instinct.
Alone, this instinct is of no use at all.
But if a demon king controls the authority of other demon kings, or in other words, the combined authority becomes more and more.
That weak spiritual intelligence will be enhanced by "fusion", and the instinctive awareness that he is Lucifer will become stronger.
This kind of cognition, like the pollution of the seven deadly sins attached to authority, will even be transmitted to the mind of the devil himself as he is transformed.
Let it unknowingly think that it is Lucifer!
Therefore, the Goddess of Nature's previous guess was not wrong. Andy was indeed using the Demon King of Greed to clear himself of suspicion.
“But this is just one of the results.”
When the last figure completely merged into the Demon King's clone, Andy's mind shifted back to St. Marian's College.
In a hazy state, he could sense two different scenes.
One is in a dark cave, with the demon king's clone as the main perspective.
The other one was that in a terrifying environment full of magma, he "transformed" into a black dragon as tall as a mountain!
"There seems to be a ruined kingdom of God in the dead lake of purgatory."
Andy sat at the desk in the dormitory without thinking, but many thoughts that did not belong to him emerged in his mind.
"That would be a good place to hide."
"However, since Lucifer dared to set this trap, it proves that he is confident that I can't escape his control."
"In this case, conventional methods seem difficult to use against him."
"Headache……"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Could it be that we really want to leak this news to Heaven?"
…
The goddess of nature previously suspected that Andy was Lucifer.
But in this way, it is difficult to explain clearly, where does the wisdom in the arrogant authority come from?
If the seven powers are all formed by the power and souls of archangels, then the arrogant authority should not be an exception.
But she couldn't imagine it.
Before Andy died, he had already found a "replacement" for himself.
In other words, his death was actually a process of getting rid of burdens.
Hell is a very disgusting place.
The disgusting thing is that no matter how normal a person is, once they enter there, they will be contaminated by the power of the seven deadly sins and their personality will change drastically.
This kind of change in temperament can make a rational and kind person become violent, cruel, and increasingly unlike himself.
Therefore, as Adanelle had guessed, Andy was not killed by her, but committed suicide.
There are actually many reasons.
The most important thing is that the so-called identity of the King of Hell not only limits his strength, but also distorts his thinking.
Andy's suicide allowed his subjective consciousness to get rid of years of pollution and reincarnate on its own.
The pollution has not completely disappeared.
Instead, under his intentional guidance, it became the spiritual wisdom among authorities, just like the other authorities.
But now, this past burden has become a liability.
Through some kind of mental code, Andy is able to make the other party let down all their defenses against themselves.
And because the cumbersome intelligence has already merged with greed, this kind of release is equivalent to the devil himself being completely defenseless against Andy!
Therefore, Andy's previous behavior of sending his clones to be devoured by the devil one by one can be understood as him taking advantage of this loophole to implant a "Trojan virus" into Greed! This implantation is still very hidden and weak, and of course it will not completely replace the devil's consciousness.
But the effect is not just allowing Andy to listen to the other person's voice!
"Since he is Lucifer, how can he be so secretive..."
Andy, who was sitting at the desk, muttered to himself as an idea came to his mind.
So, the Demon King's clone in the cave, without his original body noticing, raised his hand and made some subtle but "fatal" changes to the "transportation" ritual that had been engraved on most of the ground in the hall below!
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At the same time, the goddess of nature, who decided to investigate God, had already arrived at the other side of the world, in a villa on the outskirts of a small town in the Federation.
The bearded prophet is the owner of the villa.
His hiding place should have been very secret, but he could not escape the goddess's investigation. He was squatting at the foot of the bed reading a book and was completely unaware of the goddess' appearance.
So using the "computer" in the prophet's workshop, the goddess directly looked up the top-secret files related to heaven.
However, this review did not last long.
A line of "prompt" that popped up on the computer screen made her pause.
[Mother?] (End of this chapter)