Chapter 1863

NO. 478: That's quite a monster.

People will eventually go to heaven.

People who have religious faith often have, as mentioned above, an expectation of that pure land after death within their belief system.

But those without faith can also replace that pure land with a state attainable in this life, worth looking forward to.

In such a state, you will gain peace of mind, feel satisfied, find life comfortable, actions go smoothly, and the use of any skill will feel effortless—at this point, without doubt, this is your "heaven," what you long for, the ultimate comfort zone.

Although he is a half-demon, Aomo Lindun is indeed consciously pursuing this path, and despite still being far away, he has already summarized some directions worth referencing.

Perhaps they could eventually be refined into a password to heaven, but demons are always cautious and conservative, worrying that they might take a wrong turn and need to retreat significantly, so he won't speak too confidently about it, merely calling it a comfort zone for now.

And without a doubt, his comfort zone is precisely this situation.

The time since recalling Bi Ze has already passed two weeks.

Two weeks not only sent Bi Ze to the college entrance exam site, but also caused the Digital Savior Team formed by the Royal Guards, Tianji, and the Xiangyu siblings to clash with the Seven Demon Kings and their demon armies no fewer than ten times.

Seeing that the light and dark sides, although not yet officially at war, are practically already there.

Around the temples of the Seven Demon Kings in the Hei'an Region, a full lockdown is already in effect; even the skeleton arena under the Gluttony Demon King Beelzebub. X, whose forces are the most scarce, has a three-layer inside, three-layer outside patrol net provided by the "friendship" of the Hei'an Knight Beast.

In the eyes of some demon kings and lords, this looks more like a rebel force ready to strike the throne at any moment; after all, while the Hei'an Knight Beast's heart is not common knowledge, it is no secret to those far-sighted, politically sensitive bigwigs.

But while it would be considered a die-hard rebel under any other demon king, with Beelzebub. X it's different—this demon king, who cares nothing for power, coloring games, or resource allocation, whose mind is filled only with battle, strong foes, and fun, has now acquired the strange reputation of "freedom," "weariness of the world," and "abandoning the throne only to inexplicably take it back."

It directly gives the impression that the Hei'an Knight Beast probably doesn't need to try forcing with force; just opening its mouth is enough.

Although perhaps it won't go that smoothly—after all, it came back and killed the original heir to retake the position, clearly indicating that this post is again necessary for it, and convincing the Hei'an Knight Beast may take some effort—but overall, the power that the Hei'an Knight Beast craves most is something the Gluttony Demon King simply doesn't care about.

Isn't this very appearance already proof of that?

If it weren't for Beelzebub's special delegation of authority, how could the Hei'an Knight Beast, flying the Gluttony Demon King's banner, temporarily conscript so many troops?

The two most unlikely combinations just peacefully coexist, which in turn makes the other demon kings uneasy.

Yet it's hard to say anything about it.

After all, among the Seven Demon Kings, the one most capable in battle on the surface is the Fallen Light Beast, followed by Beelzebub.

The Leviathan Beast and Belphegor Beast (Wrath Form), which have the greatest output and are best at smashing pits, are rarely discussed because they appear extremely seldom, their battle performance exists only in legend, and there is no human testimony; moreover, they themselves would not want to face Beelzebub, a mad dog that never lets go once it bites.

Although this mad dog has changed considerably now, and its former style of "if you meet its gaze, you must fight!" seems to have vanished, who knows how long that will last?

The Fallen Light Beast is no different—its temper seems much improved, and it no longer looks down on people with its nostrils.

But whenever the chance arises, it still looks down on people with its nostrils.

Here's another 50% chance of severe injury, 50% chance of instant death cell, to let you know its quality is still abysmal.

This indirectly leads everyone to respect the ambiguously aligned Beelzebub quite a bit.

Especially the two newly appointed demon kings.

Even if you don't feel the notoriety of past Beelzebub. X, you should know this one is different—he directly took out the previous office-holder's weighty responsibility.

Everyone agrees on its danger level.

As for the human-child-appearing subordinate who can transform into a monster under his command, investigation revealed it to be Chen, Aomo Lindun's subordinate—though it once became a fragment of the Light Beast, which was the reason that man personally came to question it, in the end it came to nothing.

After all, it still doesn't want to oppose Beelzebub.

Moreover, it couldn't manage to silence Chen first; rather, it's already good enough that the other side didn't launch an attack on him.

After all, Chen had openly declared himself a defector from the agency, and Aomo had indeed temporarily removed him from the rolls; if he had simply killed that human fragment of the Light Beast and then claimed he felt threatened, that would also fit the public impression and not be out of character.

So when he questioned it, he should also thank Chen for merely staring at him silently, leaving the Baal Beast. X to deal with it.

In the end, he merely made the atmosphere a bit awkward, said some polite words to smooth things over, and then left regretfully.

Everything remained unchanged.

After all, without a new demon king taking office, there's no opportunity to convene another meeting, and even if the atmosphere changed somewhat, there's no way to show it.

As for what is shown in the military domain… that probably won't be visible until the Hei'an Knight Beast continues to push forward, expanding the Gluttony Demon King's forces to the point where they can link up with other demon kings' armies, at which point it might become apparent.

So for now, it's just not noticeable.

A little over a week is enough to turn the human world's calendar to early June, enough to skip some people's vacations, enough to push some people's major life exams forward, but only enough to compress some horse girls' summer training regimen to one-sixth.

With more than a month left, the horse-eared girls aren't in a hurry at all.

For the Digital World, this is extremely short-term; it's hard to say what big changes could occur.

But for individuals and organizations with extraordinary capability to act, this time is plenty long.

So Aomo can well understand the passive response of the high priest's side.

Under the urging of the federal law enforcement departments, the Digital World law enforcement group, and his own support together with the Xiangyu siblings, they are indeed unsuitable to act first, and should instead suppress the urge for revenge.

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And then, by appreciating the opponent's frantic, exhausted state from investigation, and working hard to mine, troop up, and develop, this is a choice that would feel relieving with just a little simulation, but it is also undoubtedly his comfort zone.

Investigation, huh.

Land division, huh.

In the vast Hei'an Region map resembling an expanded Earth, as the frontline investigation teams advance step by step, the gradual gathering of clues to reason and adjust previously marked locations—just like the earlier compilation of horse girl intelligence.

Even the Witch Beast handles its assigned information-summarizing segment with ease, as if returning to half a year ago.

At the same time, there is another information channel: in reality, the departments and organizations on Earth that have received Aomo's long reports—although many ignored them, many also responded and gave urgent responses.

Those latter two groups also ran back and forth throughout that week-plus, even breaking through the Hei'an Region's implanted network sites on several occasions, on-site purifying and severing connections—in this process, those field investigators also gained results, and some information, regardless of relevance, would be transmitted to Aomo after layers of review.

Although there is some loss, as an extra source of information that's the icing on the cake it's not bad; occasionally one can obtain information that can serve as key verification for a segment, such as the tip he just received——

——the network line capable of X-antibody ultra-conductive transmission was discovered in the firewall line of Zhongshan Racecourse.

In the Hei'an Region, there are not few Digimon that qualify as Super Ultimate.

Needless to say, Apocalymon, and even the Seven Demon Kings themselves have several X-evolved forms that can be categorized under this non-authoritative yet widely mentioned super-data concept.

Even the Hei'an Knight Beast's pursued ultimate form—Dark Bagra Beast—is itself widely recognized as belonging to the Super Ultimate category.

But the range of Digimon capable of providing the X-antibody for ultra-conductive transmission is extremely small.

Because this means that its very existence would cause the world bearing it to collapse, which would also affect the network itself, so it is necessary first to send the main body to a specific location, then remotely deploy an X procedure antibody sufficient to match its data volume.

In that case, an existence located in the Hei'an area is already at the single‑digit stage.

And within the quota it matches another piece of information he knows——

Three badges on the Gate of Great Sin have been activated.

Ogdoad, meaning 'eight' or 'the eighth'.

In the mythological system of ancient Egypt Hermopolis, 'Ogdoad' is used to refer to the 'Eight Gods of Creation'.

And in the mythological system of Gnosticism, 'Ogdoad' can refer to the 'Eighth Heaven' above the 'Seventh Heaven' of the geocentric model (that is, the 'Starry Heaven').

When the astrological stars represented by the Crown of Great Sin are arranged in clockwise order according to the hierarchy of the Seven Heavens, the Eighth Heaven called Ogdoad, which contains all great sins and the existence that can more fully redeem all great sins, will descend.

——This is an ancient record obtained by Xiangyu Yamei from the three great angels.

Also included is a highly abstract stone tablet carving, resembling some digital version of the Records of the Peaceful Customs.

(End of chapter)