The goddess of the dead fell asleep again. Bai Xi rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on. If at first she had suspected that a powerful figure was working against her from behind, now she was completely numb.
World consciousness...
How can you deal with something so ethereal and intangible? It's impossible to defeat it. As long as she's alive, you have to fight against it.
Perhaps sensing Bai Xi's distress, Ulysses stepped forward and reached out to touch Bai Xi's cheek, but in the end, he didn't touch her as Bai Xi dodged away.
The vampire's approach brought Bai Xi back to her senses. She looked up and saw a pair of blood-red eyes. The concern wasn't obvious, but she could sense that Ulysses was worried about her.
Bai Xi was momentarily stunned. In the future, the two of them would be at odds, but now they were unexpectedly at peace.
"Did you run into something difficult? You've already taken care of that annoying ghost."
His voice was deep and resonant, carrying a strong sense of comfort.
"It's nothing, it's just a difficult problem that can't be solved."
Bai Xi smiled but didn't tell Ulysses what really happened. Putting aside the possibility that the world's consciousness would discover and target her if she told, even given her personality, she was always wary and rarely trusted others, let alone something so important that concerned her future.
"Oh? Even you can't solve it?"
Ulysses withdrew his hand, stroked his chin, and looked thoughtful.
"Yes, indeed."
Bai Xi pursed her lips, gave a faint reply, and looked up at the sky.
After hearing the words of the Goddess of the Dead, the first person I thought of was not anyone else, but actually... El.
If she still hasn't figured out who's manipulating El, then she's no different from a fool.
It turns out that angels are tools used by the world's consciousness to maintain world order and stability.
However, the world's consciousness has a new goal: to replace the puppet it controls with her once the hidden dangers of the abyss have disappeared.
"What bad luck."
Bai Xi sighed, admitting that she genuinely felt sorry for El, but there seemed to be nothing she could do about it.
She couldn't stop the world consciousness from choosing El. She was only staying in this world for a period of time, and there were still long periods of time in between for the world consciousness to take action, unless she stayed by El's side at all times.
Moreover...
She cannot alter history too much.
Bai Xi couldn't imagine what chaos the future would become if the angels disappeared.
Thinking of this, Bai Xi smiled self-deprecatingly.
She realized that she was also a very selfish person. When she faced a crisis, she would protect herself without hesitation and at all costs, but if it were someone else... she would hesitate and consider all kinds of consequences.
Humans are all the same; they are selfish.
She knew it was unfair to El, but she still let it go.
"What bad luck?"
Ulysses was puzzled by Bai Xi's sudden change in mood.
"Nothing, I just thought about some things."
Bai Xi shook her head. She had special feelings for El, and things had gotten even worse since she found out that El might like her.
When Bai Xi recalled the archangel's almost seductive behavior towards her, she felt a wave of dizziness wash over her.
So even after arriving in this era, Bai Xi did not go to see his current self.
...
The Age of Gods, inside the Temple of Angels.
El stood beneath the angel statue enshrined in the temple, looking up at it. Its inorganic, seven-colored eyes were like a piece of glass reflecting sunlight, but they were usually calm. Now, however, they were filled with something that other angels did not understand.
They didn't understand what the archangel was doing.
This was not addressed in the established procedures.
Not to mention some of the Archangel's recent actions, which completely violate the original order.
The temple was empty. The scales had been removed, so the increase or decrease of entropy in this world could not be observed, and it was impossible to know whether this continent was in chaos or not.
The angels have been inactive for a long time because of Bessie.
It's unclear how much time passed, but Gracius appeared in the temple. He had just met with Philomona and roughly knew where Besh was.
But he came when he received El's invitation.
Logically, rivals should be extremely hostile upon meeting, but the two men were surprisingly calm.
“Bai Xi told me that there was something wrong with this statue.”
El's voice echoed in the temple hall, as if announcing something, or perhaps some of his decisions.
"what you up to."
Greysius's expression remained unchanged. His emerald green snake eyes swept over the angel statue, but he didn't see anything unusual. Nevertheless, he responded to El.
“This temple has a natural power to suppress angels, so I can’t do anything to the statue.”
El spoke in a calm tone, but his words sounded utterly rebellious to the other angels.
In an instant, all the angels turned around mechanically, their gazes fixed on El and Grecius, staring at them expressionlessly.
It seems that some kind of prohibition or defense mechanism has been triggered, and even El, who is the Archangel himself, has been classified as an enemy.
Angels can be reborn without limit in the temple's spring water. Their souls belong to the temple, and they were all brought back from hell one by one by El. Now, however, they have become an obstacle.
In other words, as long as the temple exists, the angels can keep resurrecting. They possess powerful purification and offensive capabilities, and it would be difficult for all the gods combined to conquer the temple.
How could the maintainers of order in this world be so easily eliminated?
Logically speaking, no one would want to attack the Temple of Angels, since the angels are absolutely neutral and have no conflict of interest with the gods. However, a rebellious El has appeared.
Even if their memories are periodically erased and their actions are pre-programmed, they will still break free of their shackles and escape from their puppet state.
Of course, Baixi also deserves some credit for this.
Greysius also sensed the gazes around him and the strange behavior of the angels. They were treated as intruders, and any rash actions by them would be considered enemies by the angels, who would then launch an attack.
His brow furrowed almost imperceptibly, but his expression began to turn serious.
"You mean you want me to break it?"
Gracius was cautious. An angel making such a request to him could not be a conspiracy, but with Besh involved, he could not ignore it.
"Yes, but one of you isn't enough."
El knew very well which of these gods was the most easily moved. This was due to the angels' intelligence network and calm analysis, which was why they sought out Greysius separately. Once they could persuade him, everything else would become simple.
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