Chapter 1127

Inside the luxury villa where Lu Mian and the others were staying.

Anthony openly observed Napo Redisli on the long sofa diagonally opposite, finding that the other party was very calm, not anxious, not irritable, holding a cup of coffee and sipping it gently.

This was different from the "Demon" pathway Beyonders in his impression—emotionally stable, relaxed in posture, so normal that it gave people a feeling of being abnormal.

Gulp, Ludwig, who was sitting beside Anthony, swallowed his saliva.

He was also sizing up Napo Redisli, who was wearing a suit and tie.

Napo Redisli did not ask when Lu Mian would be back, chatting naturally with Anthony about the current situation in the protection zone.

After an unknown amount of time, the figures of Lu Mian and Franca were outlined at the edge of the living room.

Lu Mian looked at Napo Redisli instinctively and smiled without hiding his surprise:

"I thought you had already been dragged back to the Abyss."

Napo Redisli stood up and smiled without taking offense:

"My state is actually even better."

"'Mother Goddess of Earth' hasn't fallen into a deep sleep?" Lu Mian sat on another sofa.

Franca sat close to him, her expression revealing a bit of curiosity.

The ice-blue-eyed devil Napo Redisli sat back down and explained peacefully:

"Before the Red Moon descended, a major event occurred that you should all have an impression of, which is that the consciousness of the original God appeared to awaken, and the spirit became active."

"What does this have to do with your state being better?" Franca asked with a spirit of inquiry.

Napo Redisli smiled and did not answer.

Lu Mian glanced at Franca and then cast his gaze toward Anthony and Ludwig.

Franca and the others stood up with a tacit understanding—one returned to the studio on the second floor, one went to the kitchen, and one went to the living room to handle the affairs of the Church of Disease.

Only then did Napo Redisli smile and say to Lu Mian:

"At that time, the evil consciousness and crazy spirit of the original God also awakened in my body, balancing the erosion of the 'Mother Tree of Desire' to a certain extent, allowing me to find a long-lost peace.

"Unfortunately, the awakening of the original God stopped quickly, and the consciousness concentrated on the 'Chaos Sea,' leaving only the malicious spirit, which made it impossible for me to achieve true balance and still difficult to get rid of the control of the 'Mother Tree of Desire.' It's just that my state is relatively much better, and I don't need to rely on Lilith's help anymore. Hehe, even maintaining this state is not easy. Once the 'Mother Tree of Desire' breaks through or bypasses the Astral Barrier and descends into our world, the rope that holds me and prevents me from continuing to fall will break immediately."

"The evil consciousness and crazy spirit of the original God awakened in your body?" While Lu Mian asked this, he roughly understood why.

The corners of the mouth of the head in the middle carried a smile; he raised his right hand and flicked the forehead of that dark golden strange mask again.

In the sound of the flick, Napo Redisli's eyes revealed a bit of appreciation as he smiled:

"Yes.

"Others might not think of the reason, but it shouldn't be hard for you to guess.

"This is because the original God also accommodated the Sefirah corresponding to the 'Prisoner' and 'Abyss' pathways, the 'Shadow World,' in the First Epoch."

"You actually accommodated the 'Shadow World' too." Although Lu Mian had already guessed it, he was still a bit surprised.

The "Abyss" pathway of the "Shadow World" and the "Sun" pathway of the "Chaos Sea" were like fire and water; could these be put together?

At that time, the original God was already crazy and couldn't control the instinct of convergence?

Did He accommodate the "City of Calamity" first?

Napo Redisli said in a tone of recollection:

"Before the First Epoch, in even more ancient times, there was once such a myth: the God of Heaven created the Son of God, and multiple angels, led by a certain Archangel, rebelled. Then, they were defeated, fell into the Abyss, created Hell, and became devils.

"I have learned about all your honorifics in the Church of Disease; I think you should have heard this myth."

"I have indeed heard it." Lu Mian replied calmly.

Napo Redisli nodded and said:

"As far as I know, this myth might not have actually happened, but it represents a tendency—a tendency for Heaven and the Abyss to be linked together. So when instincts converge, that one would prioritize the corresponding option.

"This is actually consistent with mysticism. You are certainly no stranger to the phrase 'the fallen nature of all living beings.' The Abyss has two entrances: one in the sunken continent of the real world, and one in the depths of everyone's heart, in the fallen nature."

"No wonder your state improved after the 'Mother Goddess of Earth' fell into a deep sleep." Lu Mian nodded slightly.

He asked instead:

"Are you also a survivor of the previous era?"

Franca had once guessed this, because many of the aliases of the Demon King Fabuti were very similar to the names of the great demons in the myths of the old era.

Napo Redisli smiled:

"Suddenly it was gone, suddenly it was all darkness.

"By the time I found a bit of thought and memory, I had already become a great demon, and that bit of thought and memory was quickly scattered by madness and blood, not returning until the end of the First Epoch.

"The old era has been completely destroyed, leaving only us survivors.

"Haha, for me, it's actually a good thing. I've lived for several thousand more years, I've ruled the Abyss and the earth, and I've enjoyed everything I never enjoyed in the old era."

Napo Redisli laughed very ostentatiously, not hiding his desires and malice at all, which was completely different from the calm and gentle appearance just now.

This might be the real Him.

Lu Mian was not surprised; he waited for the Demon King to finish laughing before asking:

"What do you want with me?"

Napo Redisli returned to that calm state and said sincerely:

"I would like to ask you for a favor. If the matter succeeds, my 'God-Eater' clone that has been sealed will die, and the precipitated Beyonder characteristic will be yours to dispose of."

After the Red Moon descended, most of the people in the Southern Continent were also dragged into the protection zone, including the "God-Eater" Fabuti hidden in the tomb of the "Dream Festival."

—The members of the Rose School of Thought's Indulgence faction and the believers of the "Primordial Moon" were basically outside the protection zone, especially those with corresponding Beyonder characteristics, while the cultists who were hastily dragged into the protection zone were subsequently cleared out one after another.

"Very generous. What is the matter?" Lu Mian looked at Napo Redisli with a smile.

Napo Redisli picked up the coffee and took a sip:

"I want to do something involving the Western Continent before the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' finishes accommodating the 'Mother Tree' and the Astral Barrier completely shatters.

"Currently, the only ones who can help me are the 'Fool' and you."

"Me? I can't help you pass the seal of the Celestial Worthy either," Lu Mian questioned. "Even Mr. 'Fool' can't do it now. To protect the Western Continent, He strengthened the Celestial Worthy's seal. If you want to be sent in, you can only wait for an opportunity, an opportunity when the seal can be temporarily lifted."

Napo Redisli smiled:

"Thanks to Alista Tudor and Cheek mastering the method of secret-linking to the 'City of Calamity' through crazy attempts, your current state allows you to perform deep secret-linking without the help of their specially made corpse oil candles, which is equivalent to establishing a connection with the Western Continent.

"The favor I need from you is that when you perform deep secret-linking later and your spirit and consciousness enter the 'City of Calamity,' you bring my spiritual imprint. You will definitely perform deep secret-linking again, because you have to risk accommodating the 'City of Calamity'."

"Bring your spiritual imprint... what is the purpose of this?" Lu Mian asked.

He did not refute the last half of Napo Redisli's sentence.

Napo Redisli explained seriously:

"I need to establish a certain connection with the 'Shadow World' in advance.

"Normally there is no way, but the original God also accommodated the 'City of Calamity,' and the simultaneously accommodated 'City of Calamity' and 'Shadow World' also contaminated each other. I want to use the 'Shadow World' contamination in the 'City of Calamity' to obtain an initial connection.

"This is also a good thing for you. After my spiritual imprint merges with the contamination of the 'Shadow World,' you can avoid hidden dangers in this regard when accommodating the 'City of Calamity,' reducing the risk to a certain extent."

"Can you transcend the sequence this way?" Lu Mian asked thoughtfully.

Napo Redisli shook his head:

"No, I lack the necessary Uniqueness, and my current state doesn't allow it."

He added calmly:

"But in that way, I can help the 'Shadow World' exert stronger power."

Lu Mian nodded and asked Napo Redisli back with a smile:

"Do you think I will agree?

"Letting a great demon leave his spiritual imprint in my own consciousness and spirit is a very dangerous thing."

Secret-linking is to make consciousness, spirit, and specific things fit together, unrelated to the body. Therefore, in the secret-linking experience, the items used are all manifestations of one's own spirit, not actual ones. That is to say, if Napo Redisli wants his spiritual imprint to participate in the secret-linking, he can only place it in Lu Mian's soul, spirit, and consciousness.

Napo Redisli looked into Lu Mian's eyes and smiled:

"I think you will.

"Because you are the same as me now: most 'normal' when crazy, and most crazy when sober."

Lu Mian laughed, laughing for quite a while.

Then, he restrained his smile and said to Napo Redisli:

"Fine, I agree.

"When I perform deep secret-linking again, I will notify you in advance."

Napo Redisli stood up satisfied and extended his right palm:

"Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation." Lu Mian shook hands with Him casually.

Napo Redisli took his top hat, and while putting it on his head, he smiled and said:

"Aren't you worried that creating such a demon will cause harm to human society?"

Lu Mian smiled and said in a peaceful tone:

"If we can't survive the apocalypse, there will be no human society for you to harm. If we survive the apocalypse and I am about to be destroyed, I will drag you to die with me.

"If none of these things happen, whether it's me or Mr. 'Fool,' we will eventually deal with you—kill, seal, imprison, or exile."

Napo Redisli was not surprised by this answer at all.

He sighed with a smile:

"Thank you for your honesty."

Wearing his top hat, he left the luxury villa with a steady pace.

(End of chapter)