Chapter: Chapter 547
The location of the Human Prophecy Book was not in the government building, but in a hidden base on the outskirts of the central city. This was probably because Sang Zitou was worried that something might go wrong during the research on the prophecy book.
If an accident occurred here, it would at least not threaten the central city immediately, giving the Hero Association time to react.
However, these arrangements did not seem to have much effect at present. The prophecy book was still very safe, as long as one did not casually act on the prophecies within…
“I’ve never understood why you guys thought of creating that crystal lotus inside. The human living environment isn’t so harsh that it needs something like this to save it?” As she walked with Sang Zitou through the metal-gleaming corridor, Reticia asked, trying to make conversation.
Even now, she didn’t understand the necessity of humans creating that crystal lotus. The threat from the God Seat wasn’t great at the time. Wasn’t something unknown like this more dangerous than the guy from the God Seat?
What were humans thinking?
“We were just thinking of trying it out, and to be honest, I’m quite satisfied with that lotus.” Senior Sang, who looked much younger than her considerable age, walked ahead with her hands behind her back, answering Reticia’s question without looking back. “It wasn’t hostile towards us and could help us suppress the gods. Isn’t that a perfect tool?”
“Although she has her own consciousness, I’ve communicated with her. She harbors no hostility towards mortals. Her sole purpose of existence is to deal with gods. After figuring this out, I felt she posed no threat to us.”
“Ultimately, didn’t you gods end up dismantling her yourselves in the end?”
Hiss, well-reasoned and convincing.
Reticia couldn’t find any fault with Sang Zitou’s answer. She was indeed created to suppress gods, and the effect was quite good.
If it weren’t for a traitor among humans, coupled with some other factors, that crystal lotus might not have been able to stand up to the God Seat’s plans from the start.
As soon as they entered the central city, they were immediately caught by the crystal lotus. With a barrage of ability suppression, the gods were directly reduced to being inferior to even espers. And they still thought of capturing Bai Ling?
They’d be lucky to be captured by Bai Ling!
So, was I working for the God Seat all that time? Reticia thought with some displeasure.
After all, she had no reason to go all out against that lotus back then. She really didn’t know what she was thinking at the time. If the God Seat wanted to deal with the lotus, they should have let them deal with it. What did it have to do with her?
Speaking of which, I seemed to be the main force in taking down that crystal lotus. This is like digging a big hole for myself to jump into.
“No one can predict what will happen in the future. If I had known that something like this would happen after taking down that lotus, I would have run far away and stayed out of it,” Reticia sighed. Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world.
“The choice you made at the time was not wrong. After all, you are also a god… Heh, demons are truly enviable.” Sang Zitou shook his head, his voice laced with a hint of envy.
In the past, the Demon King was just the Demon King, but now the Demon King had become a god, even a leader among gods.
Even though they were all part of the four major races, why were you demons so lucky and so powerful?
“Yes, luck. But I think I was more like being arranged by fate.”
Did the Demon King before the previous one see what was happening now when observing the future? Did she know that by doing so, Reticia would become a god and save the world?
Perhaps everything that was happening now was within grandmother’s expectations, Reticia thought to herself.
“We’ve arrived. The prophecy book is in this room. In addition to the prophecy book, the Fog City is also kept here. If you want to take it, feel free. It’s no longer of any use to us.” Sang Zitou said indifferently as he swiped his identity card at the access control and passed through several layers of identity verification. The explosion-proof door in front of them slowly opened, and he glanced at the empty warehouse.
The warehouse was very, very large, about the size of two football fields, but in such a large warehouse, only two items were stored: a prophecy book and a small, exquisite glass ball.
The prophecy book, and the Fog City.
“Didn’t you guys use the fog ability from the Fog City before? You’re willing to give me this thing too?” Reticia raised an eyebrow, surprised by Sang Zitou’s generosity.
Sang Zitou shook his head with a wry smile. They did have a way to use the fog ability from the Fog City, but the effect wasn’t very strong. After all, the goddess in the Fog City had a bad temper and wouldn’t easily lend her power.
“The power we could steal was too small, and the effect was inferior to espers who specialized in it. It was like something that was neither tasty nor worth discarding. Moreover, according to Bai Ling, the god suppressed in the Fog City is not someone easy to communicate with. It’s better to do them a favor by letting it go than to have it fall into our hands.”
Was the Fog City useful to humans?
Yes, but only a little, not enough to outweigh the risks it brought.
Bai Ling’s evaluation of the Fog God was extremely low, with the word “dangerous” being the only one emphasized throughout.
If this troublesome lady were to escape, it would be truly disastrous.
So, rather than holding onto this hot potato themselves, it was better to quickly hand it over to Reticia while they had the chance. After all, Reticia already had several gods on her side, so one more wouldn’t make much difference.
Humans had little resistance anyway.
Why not quickly give away the Fog City as a gift? They could also gain some goodwill from the Demon King.
“But it’s not of much use to us either. The Fog God can’t communicate with the outside world yet, can he? It seems I was a bit too rough with my attack earlier.” Reticia walked up to the Fog City and carefully examined the artifact, finally concluding that it was of little use at the moment.
While Youming and Qing could at least project their power externally or possess mortals, the Fog City was in a completely enclosed state. Its only use now should be as a smooth brick to smash people with.
As for durability, artifacts should be trustworthy.
As for other aspects, Reticia didn’t really lack an artifact like this. She needed gods on her side, not an artifact!
An artifact like this, which couldn’t even use its power, was too large to be a decoration for Reticia.
“You guys should keep it yourselves. After this is over, the gods’ tempers should be a bit more restrained. Perhaps you can talk to the guy inside and negotiate some terms. If she still wants to cause trouble, tell me, and I’ll bring people to beat her up again.”
“Then thank you, Your Majesty the Demon King.” Sang Zitou’s mouth twitched a few times. These words made it sound as if the relationship between humans and demons was very good. After this matter was over, wouldn’t they still return to the previous cold war state?
“You’re welcome, you’re welcome. It’s my duty, after all, you helped me so much.” Reticia paced to the other side and reached out towards the prophecy book.
The runes on the back of her hand lit up again, this time all four runes shining together, as if to tell Reticia that this was the final step.
“By the way, I might fall unconscious for a while after I get the prophecy book. Remember to carry me outside. Don’t worry, I’m not heavy.” As if remembering something, Reticia turned to Sang Zitou and said.
This Senior Sang looked frail, but her combat power should be considerable. Carrying a small girl like her outside wouldn’t be difficult.
At least, it wasn’t difficult from Reticia’s perspective.
“You really trust me, don’t you?” Sang Zitou raised an eyebrow. “Aren’t you afraid I’ll make a move? You are the Demon King. If I can keep you here forever, I’ll be the greatest contributor to humanity.”
“You’ll also become the greatest sinner of this world. I believe you’re a rational person. If you could teach Bai Ling like that, your ideas definitely wouldn’t be so… short-sighted.” Reticia smiled at Sang Zitou. This ‘elderly person’ wouldn’t make mistakes on such major issues.
With that, Reticia snapped her fingers at the transparent cover containing the prophecy book. The cover, made of unknown material, shattered, and the prophecy book turned into white light spots, merging into the runes on Reticia’s hand.
“Well, I guessed correctly.” Sang Zitou swayed a bit while covering his forehead, muttering a complaint, then closed his eyes and was about to fall to the ground.
She really fell as soon as she said it. Sang Zitou suddenly appeared beside Reticia and supported the greatest enemy of humanity.
The unconscious Reticia was as light as a feather, with no weight at all. Sang Zitou really didn’t know what this girl’s body was made of to be so light.
Oh well, now wasn’t the time to think about these things. It was best to quickly take her outside.
Carrying Reticia, Sang Zitou shuttled through the familiar corridor for a while. He returned to the surface from the underground base and met everyone who had been waiting there.
Seeing the unconscious Reticia being carried up by Sang Zitou, Infeino and the others didn’t show any surprise. Before coming, Reticia had said that there was a high probability of her falling unconscious after obtaining the last prophecy book, and the duration of unconsciousness would be longer than the previous day for the demons.
“Is it over?” Infeino took the unconscious Reticia from Sang Zitou’s hands.
Sang Zitou nodded. The prophecy book had been taken by Reticia, and now it was up to Reticia. The help she could provide was limited.
“By the way, where is the Elf Queen? Didn’t she go to the central city alone with some people earlier?” Sang Zitou looked at the people waiting there and found that the Elf Queen was nowhere to be seen.
The Great Chieftain of the Beastmen tribe was still here, the demons were still here, and there were a few elves left here, but Evangeline had disappeared.
“Oh, she said she wasn’t needed here, so she ran off to play in the central city herself.” Infeino showed a helpless expression. Of course, she knew what Evangeline was going to do, but could such a thing be said openly?
Could she say that the Elf Queen had a fated relationship with a certain young lady among you humans, and she was now going to rekindle her old romance with her lover?
Evangeline really couldn’t interfere in the current matters. Her coming here was purely to show support for Reticia, and beyond that, she was really of no use.
“Then I’ll take Reticia to her usual resting place. If you have anything, you can find us there. You should know that place, right?”
“Of course, we know. After all, that’s where Bai Ling lives too.” Sang Zitou nodded. It was absurd to think that they hadn’t discovered that the black-haired girl living downstairs from Bai Ling’s house was the legendary Demon King for such a long time.
Whether someone was slacking off or Reticia’s concealment was truly that good, Sang Zitou now wanted to do one thing: thoroughly interrogate his subordinates and make them understand the dignity of their seniors.
Since there were no other matters, Infeino took Reticia back to the small house and settled her in the bedroom, waiting for the girl to wake up.
They waited for nearly a week.
Even Infeino, who had been calm at first, became a little anxious. Why was she sleeping for such a long time?
During this period, Yin brought both good news and bad news. The good news was that she had successfully found where Bai Ling was hidden by the God Seat, and the bad news was that the progress of the world fusion had begun to accelerate.
“In other words, we have to speed up our actions. The previous one-month deadline might not be enough now. The God Seat will definitely speed up their progress. We must be prepared for them to lash out in desperation.” Yin, who hadn’t slept much these days, said to Infeino after drinking a mouthful of plain water.
“What is the status of Youming and Qing’s unsealing progress?”
“Not very ideal. Only half of the materials for Youming’s unsealing have been collected, and the rest cannot be obtained in a short time. As for Qing’s, only a little bit is left, but the time required is still difficult to estimate. Evangeline has returned to the elven race to mobilize the entire tribe’s strength to find unsealing materials for Qing.” Yin shook her head. This was another piece of bad news. “If we go by the previous time estimates, we might be able to wait for Qing to be unsealed, but now it’s uncertain.”
“Alas, we still lack some foundation. The God Seat has been preparing for so long, it’s normal for them to be so far ahead of us. It remains to be seen if we can win with fewer men against more.”
“Mm, indeed… Wait! Something’s wrong!” Just as Yin was about to nod, a slight tremor interrupted her words. Was an earthquake at this time normal?
