Chapter 64
Somewhere in the world.
The Tianchi Lake in the divine realm is made of the most flawless white jade in the world, as pure as the real dew in the lake.
But now it was stained with a dark color, and an unknown liquid was bubbling, like a pot of unsuccessful potion.
The god took off his long robe and walked barefoot into the pool step by step until he was submerged.
He was completely unaware of the scalding heat of the pool water, which could melt cast iron. Instead, the high temperature relaxed his brows and he looked very happy.
His appearance remained unchanged, except for his long, radiant golden hair, which had been dyed black by the pool water.
Or maybe, that is the original hair color after washing.
The god stretched out his arms, leaned against the edge of the pool and closed his eyes to rest.
As the body relaxed, a line of cinnabar with an extremely strange shape gradually appeared between the eyebrows.
It was like a bottomless whirlpool that dragged people in, and it also seemed like a seal that was suppressing something.
The water temperature would give an ordinary person's skin a healthy flush after bathing, but the skin of the gods became increasingly pale, with long, raven-feather-like black hair draping across their chests, necks, and backs, like a ghost that had returned from purgatory with its bones and soul severed.
——Where is the nobility and holiness that the gods are proud of?
"Lord God."
"Lord God...?"
Beyond the hazy heat, someone is calling Him.
The god opened his eyes, his blood-red pupils shone, and then in a flash they turned back to their original golden color.
He tapped the water with his fingertips, and the thick darkness around him instantly became crystal clear. The stains on the pool wall also disappeared, and Tianchi Lake returned to its original flawless appearance like a fairyland.
The god raised his chin: "What is it?"
After getting permission, two or three divine servants walked in with small, silent steps.
All the servants of God wear masks. In the realm of God, there is no individual distinction between them; the identities of all servants are the same - as believers closest to God, they devote themselves wholeheartedly to Him.
The attendant stopped a few meters from the Tianchi Lake and bowed his head deeply, not daring to look directly at the god's true face. "Lord God, the leader of the ghost clan requests an audience."
Ghost clan, leader?
The god picked out a word in his mind, unfamiliar with it: "Original..."
The attendant said respectfully, "Yes, Master Yuan."
It took a while to piece together the memories, and the god slowly asked, "What does he want from me?"
The attendant didn't even dare to peek at the god through the cracks in his mask, staring intently at the floor tiles made of another texture of jade. "I wanted to check if you were alright."
It's not the first one anymore.
Back and forth, one after another, there were at least ten bosses who wanted to find out about the Lord God's situation, using various connections and means.
The Lord God has been "missing" for too long. He has not appeared to preside over any of the large or small shocks in the infinite space. Only the center that carries out His will is working hard. However, without the power of God, it has been getting worse and worse, with more and more bugs. Now it is called the hopeless "great chaos" era.
Even so, the gods still did not appear.
Many people are wondering whether He is still there.
Unlike the servants of God who are treated equally, the sub-worlds are divided into strong and weak, and the authority of the big bosses is also high and low. Not everyone is noble enough to meet the Lord God, not even the servants around Him.
The ghost leader was the first.
The gradually clearer memories told the god that the ghost leader, like several other big bosses, was a partner personally selected by him from the original world before he established the infinite space.
The fact that he was able to have the divine attendant beside him convey his request for an audience was a testament to his high status.
If it were in the past, the attendants thought, the gods would probably be very happy to meet Lord Yuan, play a game of chess with him, and reminisce about the past.
But from a certain moment on, the god changed, locking himself up somewhere far away from the divine realm, taking only a few servants with him - the chosen ones were not even the ones he trusted the most in the past - and he never went out except for the Heavenly Prison and the Heavenly Pond.
He saw no one except the human in the prison.
what happened?
Nobody knows.
But something must have changed.
That truth, that answer to the mystery, may subvert and tear the world apart.
God was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, there was a hint of anger in his voice: "This is not his business."
His expression seemed calm, but in fact the cracks in the jade pool wall had already extended to the soles of the servants' feet.
The god has a relatively calm temperament and rarely gets angry.
But once you really get angry, it will be an unbearable burden for infinite space.
The divine servants fell to their knees with a thud, their faces pressed to the ground and trembling. No one dared to look up: "God Lord, please calm down. God Lord, please calm down..."
"I'll say it one last time."
The god rose from the clear pool of water, and crystal clear water droplets dripped down his collarbone and disappeared into thin air.
He waved his wrist, and the divine robe appeared from the void, sliding smoothly over his arms and body.
"No one is allowed to disturb me until I have new instructions."
"If anyone dares to do this again..."
For a moment, the seal-like cinnabar appeared again between the handsome eyebrows of the god who was facing away from his servants.
It was only for a moment.
It disappeared quickly and completely, as if it had never appeared.
His final warning was silent.
Only the calm pool water rolled up huge waves.
*
In the ocean world.
"...Brother..." The little cub looked down at the angry Bokanger and swallowed, "S-Should we really jump?"
The little devil's tail was pressed against his lower back, a rare reaction when he felt nervous.
But he still showed his usual cynicism: "Of course, you don't believe me? I will be very sad."
He was addicted to acting and curled his lips. Tears came as easily as his emotions, and the tears hung on his curled eyelashes, looking very pitiful.
The little cub was stunned.
He has always been the one acting coquettishly towards adults, and this is the first time the other way around.
He had limited interactions with Mephistopheles and was unable to distinguish the truth from the falsehood like Qianxing and Phinks. He took the little devil's superb acting skills seriously and thought that it was his distrust that made the other party sad.
Li Jue quickly pulled Mephisto's clothes and swam closer. The bubble grew from a small one that could accommodate the cub to a large one that could hold both of them. He raised his little hand to wipe Mephisto's eyes: "Brother, don't cry, dear, don't cry, don't cry..."
The little devil was surprised at how easy it was for this kid to be fooled, but he still had to continue his professional performance. He sniffed and asked with red eyes, "So, will you believe everything I say?"
In order to appease this brother, Li Jue nodded repeatedly: "Yes."
Mephistopheles glanced at the crater beneath their feet, which was spewing more smoke, and said with the same aggrieved expression: "Even if I say 'three, two, one, jump', will you jump?"
"I..." Li Jue licked his lips nervously, "Brother Meimei, is that really your world?"
The young man was about to cry: "Look, you are questioning me again——"
"No, no!" The little system quickly waved its hands, using all its tricks to coax the immature adult, "Okay, if brother says jump, then I'll jump!"
Mephisto's expression changed in an instant. He embraced the little system, holding his soft face in his hands and squeezing it in between, smiling: "You are really just like what they said, so cute, aren't you?"
The little duck was squeezed by him and his mouth was flat. He mumbled: "Who's talking about duck?"
"That's what they say." Mephisto mercifully let go of his reddened face and wrapped his tail around his hand. "Okay, let's get closer."
Zaizai has held hands with many people, but never with a tail. The experience was amazing.
The devil's tail seemed to be like a cat's tail, no, it really had its own consciousness. The arrow-shaped tip poked and poked the little boy's arm, and he was very curious about Li Jue.
It was not the first time that Devil Tail had seen a human, but it was the first time that he had seen a human who was not afraid of him at all and was even willing to get close to him.
So special.
You know, for humans who can see him in the hell world, it usually means that their death is approaching, and they will fall into intense fear. Even if they see a tail - no, let alone a tail, even a rope that looks like a tail, or even a shadow, can make them piss their ass.
This child was completely different from them. Not only did he not tremble, scream or cry, he was very calm and even stared at it curiously. After confirming that it did not resist, he raised his little hand and gently stroked it, as if he was treating a weak little animal.
Devil Tail had never been treated so gently, including by its own owner. The little cub not only moved gently, but also gave it a super cute smile at the end. Its dimples were as sweet as if filled with honey, and it called him in a soft baby voice: "Hey, Tail!"
The devil's tail is so cute.
It shook happily, poked the cub's face and then held his hand, feeling very satisfied.
It seems that the owner has found a very interesting new toy this time.
The little devil paid no attention to the interaction between Tail and Li Jue, and led the little cub through the gray clouds towards the crater.
The sulfur concentration here is no longer suitable for any living thing to breathe, but fortunately the Siren King covered them with a solid and clean bubble.
It was far away before, but Bokanger was rumbling and ready to explode at any time.
Now that the small system has reached directly above it, less than two hundred meters away from the crater, it has really slowly calmed down.
Mephisto's tail did not let go of Li Jue, to prevent the light-weight little cub from being blown away from him by the constantly rising smoke.
He touched his chin, the shape of his pupils changing from normal to a heart shape and back again, thinking intensely: "Am I right? It really is calling you, so if you just come over, it won't have to be so loud anymore."
The little cub paddled the water and swam forward a little, staying within the range of the devil's tail. As it got closer, the mist thinned a little, and it could vaguely see the dark blue magma flashing in the dark mountain.
They crisscross and flow quietly between the volcanic rock walls, like the pulsating veins of the earth, or a map leading to another world.
Zizi pointed with his little hand: "The same scales as Brother Yaoyao's."
Mephistopheles didn't react: "What?"
Li Jue: "Fire! Blue."
Mephisto: "Um..."
Zizi asked worriedly, "Will it be very hot?"
They were about to jump.
Mephistopheles took him down several dozen meters.
As they got closer, the bright blue dimmed.
Li Jue asked doubtfully, "Fire?"
"Because you're here, they've all been extinguished, ready for you to pass through." Mephistopheles was confident, "It'll be fine, this is the passage."
Li Jue timidly held his tail tightly and said, "Are we going to Brother Meimei's world?"
"Yes." The little devil sighed, "Maybe I've been running around too much lately. The central control has detected me and given me the routes I frequently enter and exit. If I can't succeed here, I won't be able to go back, not to mention you."
He really didn't say it casually.
According to the central government's regulations, each sub-world is independent and should not have any other mobile population except players; but he, Qian Xing and Finks are old acquaintances, especially the latter two, whose relationship is quite complicated. They are both enemies and lovers, and they have new hatreds and old loves, so it is normal for them to visit each other.
Of course, this kind of normality can only be kept secret from the iron-faced and impartial center. It is an emotionless scheduling machine that cannot be threatened like the system, and it is impossible for it to turn a blind eye to their violations.
Mephistopheles was unlucky this time. He found out that the way he came was blocked when he "borrowed" ten thousand years from Qian Xing.
His special pass could only be used once. After using it on Wannian and sending him to the hell world, he had to find a new way.
The Bokanger volcano is another connection to the sub-world that he discovered.
However, Bokanger is a relic of the primitive era after all. These old things are always subject to some unpredictable changes, so he cannot take risks easily.
The small system is the best amulet he has chosen.
Mephistopheles had long suspected the identity of the baby. If even Bokanger did not dare to hurt Li Jue, it would prove his guess.
——This extreme sport of jumping into an underwater volcano is not just his way home.
The terminology was too complicated and Li Jue didn’t quite understand it, but he understood the three words “can’t go back”.
Zizi asked: "What will happen if I can't go back?"
"I'm not sure about you, but since you're so important, the Central should send someone to pick you up, right?" Mephisto shrugged nonchalantly. "As for me, I'll either be assimilated by Bokanger or thrown into the Mist."
"What is 'Mist'...?"
“It’s a terrible, terrible place.”
"Is it scarier than this place?"
"Yes."
"Is it scarier than Brother Meimei?"
"Yes—eh?" The boy reacted and saw the cub's eyes curved into little crescents. He pinched his nose and said, "You little rascal, you're teasing me again?"
Li Jue chuckled, then let go of the devil's tail, took the devil's hand, and shook it solemnly: "Brother, don't be afraid, I will protect you. I won't let you go to the 'Mist'!"
Mephistopheles was surprised. That was the "fog". No one had ever returned alive from there. Even the central authority would not reveal what difficulties were waiting there. Where did Li Jue get his confidence from?
In fact, the children have no idea what that place is.
Yet his expression remained perfectly composed: "Thank you, sweetheart. I'm so touched."
The flames died down, the lava cooled, and the Bokanger volcano, which had become extremely active due to the small system entering the ocean world, fell into a peaceful and docile sleep again when Li Jue really arrived here.
The clouds that had been hovering over the crater were dispersing, and the dark mountain was right in front of us.
"Are you ready?" the little devil asked him, and also asked himself.
Li Jue touched the pearls. Perhaps because of the dragon scales inside, or perhaps because they were once the most treasured things of their parents, they were not cold, but warm against the pulse of his neck.
The baby turned his head and looked into the distance.
Although his view was completely blocked by the lingering clouds and mist that had not yet retreated from the crater, he knew that his brothers were there.
The older brother will not leave until he is sure that he has passed the crater safely.
The younger brother will also arrive at the next stop in advance and wait for his arrival.
In fact, if he retreated now and turned back to them, no one would blame him.
His brothers would take him back to the cabin decorated for Christmas, with golden bells tied under the mistletoe and snow-like sand piled outside the window.
Dinner will include berry cheese pie, steamed chicken mash, and mint chocolate log cake.
After dinner, he spent the first half of the night rolling around and playing in the giant clams with Xixi, and the second half of the night hugging his pillow looking for his brothers.
If the older brother sleeps with the older brother...
Well, just squeeze in between them~!
But...
The little cub's eyelashes trembled.
He can't back down.
He is a brave baby and also a serious and responsible little system.
Not only is there work to be done, but there’s also dad to be found.
Xixi said that if you gather all the love of the original monsters, you will be able to find your father.
The bedtime stories my father told me included dragons, sirens, hell, souls and death.
Now he has the love of brother dragon and brother siren, next is brother devil, and the other two brothers he has never met.
You can't give up, you have to see your father.
And that golden uncle, he must meet Him and ask Him why he kisses his father, and whether he wants to be the new mother of the cub?
Well, if uncle actually wants to be the father and father wants to be the mother, it doesn’t seem impossible.
Anyway…
Li Jue closed his eyes, and in the small embrace formed by the devil's tail, he mustered up the courage to follow Mephistopheles and jump into the already silent and dark crater.
The whistling, long-lost sound of the wind swept away all distracting thoughts.
Dad, wait for your son to come find you!
*
Another part of the world.
'dad……'
"Baby..."
"...Looking for you!"
Chen Yan suddenly woke up.
He heard someone calling him in his sleep, but when he opened his eyes, his memory quickly faded away, and he only vaguely remembered the voice of a very small cub.
Is it the child he once suspected...his own child?
He must have a child.
But I couldn't remember anything, including the name, age, and personality. I even forgot whether it was a son or a daughter.
Chen Yan rubbed his aching forehead and sighed.
But it must be a cute cub.
Chen Yan looked out the high skylight, picturing the appearance of the little baby she had never seen before.
He was transferred to a new cell. The only improvement over the original one was this small window of less than two square meters; but it was enough to allow him to glimpse the outside world and make sure he was not trapped forever.
He did not think of escaping through the window. Firstly, it was on the ceiling, and the empty cell had no tools to help him climb up.
Secondly, he was not in any prison, but in the realm of God.
Escape, where can you escape to?
...Come to think of it, Chen Yan was a little surprised that "that person" hadn't come to harass him so far today.
From some day on, God would come to see him almost every day and speak some incomprehensible words.
It will touch him, he is tough, cold, but he also sticks to the bottom line.
Chen Yan also noticed that the god never went near his ears, as if he was very averse to the earrings there.
He was used to touching the earring every day, and this action made him feel at ease; it was on the lobe of his left ear, closer to his heart than the right ear.
Thinking of this, he raised his hand.
But today there was nothing on the earlobe.
Chen Yan was now completely sober.
The material of the earring is ordinary, not a diamond, not a gem, just a small one, probably made of polished glass.
After being abducted to the divine realm, Chen Yan lost most of her memories. In fact, she had no idea where she bought the earrings or who might have given them as a gift.
But his subconscious told him that it was very important, and he once cherished it very much.
If it was given by someone, it must be someone very important to you.
Chen Yan lay on the ground and groped carefully for a long time, and his fingertips touched something hard.
He breathed a sigh of relief and held up the treasure he had lost and found.
The glass had limited transparency, and he had felt that there was something turbid inside; however, it was too small and the light in the prison was too poor to see clearly.
Now he could see clearly that there was a drop of red substance inside.
Not paint, not fragments of ruby.
It was flowing, even warm.
——Like a drop of blood.
This sudden thought startled him.
However, the more terrifying thing is yet to come.
Without any support or traction, the earrings floated up.
It just floated in front of him.
There is no distinction between day and night in the prison. Chen Yan no longer feels physiological hunger and fatigue and cannot feel the passage of time.
He didn't know how long he had been imprisoned. In short, before this, if someone showed him something that could float on its own, he would never believe it as a believer in scientism, and might even want to find out what kind of prank it was.
But now he is imprisoned in another dimension by God.
What could be more unscientific than this?
Chen Yan stared at it intently, and for a moment imagined whether this little thing would suddenly transform into an elf or a ghost like in the movies.
The earrings dangled.
As if it noticed that Chen Yan's gaze was following it, it changed its route, from swaying up and down to swaying left and right, and then circled clockwise and counterclockwise respectively.
Chen Yan was helpless: "I saw you."
He then thought his behavior was incredible—he was actually talking to an earring. It wasn't even a cat, a dog, or a bird.
The earring that was responded to looked very happy and repeated the dazzling swaying route.
"...Do you want to tell me something?" Chen Yan sighed, "But I can't understand."
The earrings spun rapidly in the air.
Suddenly, it came up with an idea and grew a pair of wings from its back—yes, they were made of the same metal as the ring on its body. In other words, it molded the shape of the earring into wings.
With "body", expressing emotions becomes easier.
It eagerly flapped its small wings, which were less than the size of a grain of rice, and this time it literally flew to Chen Yan's hand.
The human extended his index finger curiously, and then the little thing landed on his fingertip.
Chen Yan had gently stroked the earring with the tip of this finger countless times, but this was the first time she looked at it from this perspective.
The little wings stretched out as far as they could and then hugged his fingertips.
He hugged her tightly, almost as if he was ready for battle.
Chen Yan was amused: "Are you trying to protect me?"
The little thing was quite surprised and gave an enthusiastic response.
That’s right, it’s protection - its mission is to protect humanity!
Oh, this human is quite smart, no wonder He favors him.
Chen Yan laughed, but also felt a little sad.
He is an adult with hands and feet and all his limbs intact, yet he has fallen to the point where he has to be protected by... an earring.
However, he thought again, could it be that the earrings inherited the will of their owner?
Judging from the little thing's reaction, he could already tell that this was a gift from someone else.
Who is it?
He tried desperately to remember, but his chaotic mind could only hastily grasp a feather that fluttered down.
It dissipated lightly between his fingers, leaving only endless emptiness.
The winged earring hugged his finger with concern, and Chen Yan stared at it again.
The drop of red still quietly suspended in it.
——Like a heart beating vigorously.
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