After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 108.2

It was just a pity that their closeness to him was quite limited, they preferred to stick to their father, not even letting him pet them…

Wang Chang’er was happy yet not completely happy, though ultimately, he was still happy.

Time flew by and when Wang Chang’er stepped into Xiu Si’s bedroom in the evening, he was immediately shocked by the scene before him—the room was neatly arranged with rows of cat beds, like a small cat home.

There were even several cats sleeping inside.

They were the cats like Aelioge who had left their true forms and only left their fake bodies behind.

Wang Chang’er was stunned, standing before the cat beds. After witnessing all this, he felt nothing could shock him anymore.

With Xiu living in this cat-surrounded heaven every day, what was there to worry about?

Just then, the little Siamese cat walked over slowly, looking at him sideways, saying, “Why haven’t you left yet, do you want to stay overnight at Father’s house?”

Wang Chang’er really did want to—friends reuniting, there was still so much to talk about.

Sharing a bed and talking through the night was something completely normal in their past.

However, Wang Chang’er had a feeling that if he honestly said so, not just the little Siamese cat but all the other cats would be angry too.

How to describe it?

After thinking for a while, Wang Chang’er finally thought of an appropriate word – wasn’t it just “father complex”?!

The little Siamese cat seemed to see through his thoughts and snorted. “I’m not a father complex, They are the father complex!”

Wang Chang’er thought to himself, you who spend all day crawling under Xiu’s clothes have no right to say that.

Of course, adults always have their own composure.

Wang Chang’er smiled, “You all need to learn to give your father some personal time.”

The little Siamese cat righteously said, “We never disturb Father, Father is most free when he’s with us!”

Wang Chang’er smiled faintly, as if seeing through something.

Between a mature man and little cats, there seemed to be a huge gulf – in a sense, the difference between them was like the difference between adult channels and children’s channels.

The little Siamese cat seemed to hear his meaning and felt somewhat dissatisfied in his heart.

At this moment, a voice came from behind Wang Chang’er.

“Chang’er.”

Wang Chang’er paused and slowly turned around.

There, a black-haired youth stood at the doorway, holding a Munchkin cat in his arms, his dark eyes reflecting Wang Chang’er’s figure.

The Munchkin cat was drowsily closing its eyes like a baby, its paws unconsciously grasping left and right.

Cute and completely drowsy.

Wang Chang’er inwardly gave his approval, then quickly thought and said to Xiu Si, “I still have things to take care of, so I won’t stay overnight here today. Let’s chat longer another day.”

“Is it about matters with the Alliance?”

Xiu Si had seen some system news about Hero Wang Chang’er’s return and reorganization of the Continental Human Alliance.

“Yes.”

Wang Chang’er nodded, his eyes showing some seriousness.

Xiu Si understood and said solemnly, “Be careful, we’ll meet again another day.”

****

Ten minutes later, the room returned to quiet.

However, voices could be heard again in the second-floor hall.

The gray cat had used a soundproofing spell, so it wouldn’t disturb the rooms below.

“Strongest Hero, it’s time to discuss serious matters.”

Several cats walked out from the subspace – they were the silver cat, Siamese Cat, and the lynx.

The big orange cat, Munchkin cat, and Devon Rex cat were asleep, and They wouldn’t specifically wake Them up.

What they were about to discuss was very serious, but They still maintained their cat forms and showed no intention of changing into other shapes.

Wang Chang’er couldn’t stop smiling and replied, “Yes, I also have something to ask you all.”

During the day when Xiu Si was present, he couldn’t ask too specific questions, only knowing that They had a lot of intelligence, and even his escape was thanks to Their help.

The four cats in the hall each found a place to sit.

The lynx was drowsy, especially as its laziness acted up again, so it had to give the lead role to the silver cat.

Among the cats present, the silver cat was the most qualified.

As for the Siamese cat… this one went off track from time to time, so better not.

The silver cat, ignoring others, first said to Wang Chang’er. “Let me clarify one thing first – besides you, the heroes on our side currently include Luo Jie, Justin, and Ming Jie. Now including you, only Ye Qingyi and Chen Lingxi haven’t been found.”

Wang Chang’er’s eyes flashed with shock as he slowly digested this, gradually nodding.

Then, the lynx said drowsily. “I’ve searched, but the mastermind probably strengthened Their power because of your matter, so it’s not that easy to find them anymore.”

Wang Chang’er: “I thought so too.”

Next, Wang Chang’er told them everything about his experiences after disappearing, including how he broke out of the coffin.

Halfway through listening, the Siamese cat couldn’t help but say, “I don’t understand, what was his intention? Going through all that trouble to capture you just to throw you into the sea and abandon you?”

Wang Chang’er agreed. “I also find it strange. It’s not that he didn’t have chances to kill me, but he did nothing, only cursed me.”

The gray cat suddenly thought of a possibility, “Was his goal to drive you all insane?”

“What?”

Wang Chang’er paused.

The gray cat waved its paws, drawing the outline of a coffin in the air, then said, “Locking you all in coffins, preventing you from seeing even a ray of sunlight, letting you be swallowed by endless darkness. Over time, you would gradually lose your sanity and eventually go mad.”

Wang Chang’er found it hard to believe, “Confinement doesn’t necessarily drive people insane.”

The gray cat shook its head. “Hard to say, what if that’s what he believed? For example, maybe he was driven mad this way himself, so he thought this method would work on you too.”

Wang Chang’er fell silent.

The silver cat stroked its chin. “This is indeed a new perspective. I previously thought he did this to save the heroes for sacrifice, but thinking about it again, there seemed to be contradictions.”

“Driving you all insane is indeed a possible motive.”

Wang Chang’er was speechless, and couldn’t help saying even in front of his nephew. “Arnold, that lunatic, he actually dared to do this.”

The silver cat was shocked, “Arnold?”

Wang Chang’er nodded, seeing They didn’t seem to know much, he told them everything he knew about Arnold.

According to Wang Chang’er, Arnold was a half-baked person – outwardly humble, timid, and indecisive, but inwardly dark, two-faced, volatile, cruel, and vicious.

At fourteen or fifteen years old, in the name of “necessary killing,” he slaughtered nearly one-third of the goblin race. Later during the human civil unrest, he was like a meat grinder, killing without blinking, slaughtering almost a million rebellious people.

“The first time I saw him, I felt something was wrong with him. There was an ominous aura about him, more ominous than a curse. The more I got to know him, the more certain I became that something was wrong with him.”

Wang Chang’er’s tone was cold, “I only confirmed later that the aura around him came from ‘human collective evil’, that is, the collective evil of humans, the combination of human malevolence. In short, human evil.”

Human evil sounds very abstract and isn’t a living thing, but don’t forget that conceptual gods walk everywhere in this world.

Any concept could potentially be a god.

Imagine if human evil had consciousness and was a deity, what kind of being would It be, what kind of thoughts would It have?

The gray cat broke out in cold sweat and couldn’t help asking, “How did you know about this theory?”

Wang Chang’er said, “The Sage Tower, as you know, back when the gods were constantly at war, any god could potentially become my opponent. To prepare for the future and know both the enemy and ourselves, I had to learn as much as possible about the gods, preferably memorizing information about all of them.”

His calm tone carried deep realization – not everyone could make such a grand aspiration.

Wang Chang’er continued. “Once, when I was looking for books at the Sage Tower, I accidentally found a book that happened to discuss the Primordial God of Humans.”

The gray cat’s expression changed, and it couldn’t help but become alert.

Wang Chang’er said solemnly, “The Primordial God of Humans is the collective god of humans, protecting human collective reproduction and development, sometimes using any means necessary to protect them. Human evil is different from the Primordial God of Humans – if the Primordial God of Humans is the tip of the iceberg above the sea, then It is the sea monster below the iceberg, or even the sea itself.”

The Siamese cat couldn’t help interrupting. “I don’t understand, how can this concept god of the human race influence other gods, even the God of Chaos would be influenced by It.”

Wang Chang’er’s expression was heavy as he explained. “It is like sediment, most obvious and active at the lowest human level, so in a narrow sense It’s called human evil, but It is actually – evil of the universe.”

Before he finished speaking, all four cats widened Their eyes. They had never even thought of this possibility because They didn’t know such a deity existed.

Evil of the Universe…what They had been dealing with was actually something this absurd?

Wang Chang’er slowly said, “Half of what I said was learned from that book, the other half was my speculation based on the book.”

His implication was that if the book was fake, his conclusions might need to be overturned.

However, the silver cat felt the credibility was extremely high, with an 87% chance of being the truth.

The lynx suddenly raised an important question, “The God of Chaos has no good or evil, even if the mastermind is Evil of the Universe, it shouldn’t be able to influence the God of Chaos or manipulate Its divine body.”

Wang Chang’er replied. “The God of Chaos has no good or evil, but what if good and evil aren’t conscious concepts, but material properties?”

What did that mean?

Question marks appeared in all Their heads.

Wang Chang’er stated his hypothesis, “From my observation, there exist two types of matter in this world – good matter and evil matter. They’re everywhere, spread throughout the world, and are important components of the universe, distributed within humans, animals, and even gods. You all know the volume of the God of Chaos is extraordinarily massive, and what does chaos represent? It means It has everything – both good and evil. It probably controlled chaos through the evil matter within chaos.”

All four cats were shocked simultaneously.

It actually made sense. The medium the mastermind used to control gods was actually “evil matter”!

What was this feeling of unexpected yet reasonable? But thinking about it this way, everything did make sense. “Evil” as a consciousness control medium was simply too fitting.

Without doubt, Wang Chang’er’s hypothesis was closest to the truth.

They looked at each other, exchanged glances, then nodded.

The lynx turned and asked Wang Chang’er. “Then in your view, what’s the current situation with the mastermind? Is it Arnold or the Evil of the Universe?”

Wang Chang’er pondered for a few seconds and speculated. “Both.”

He lowered his eyes and continued. “Actually, I suspect the Evil of the Universe was brought in by a human sage of some generation. That person hoped to use the Evil of the Universe’s power to save humanity, but things went against his wishes. He couldn’t control the Evil of the Universe at all, leading to the Sage Tower being controlled. After that, all human sages became slaves to the Evil of the Universe.”

The gray cat paused, eyes full of shock, and couldn’t help asking, “What role did the Primordial God of Humans play in this?”

Wang Chang’er pondered again, looking toward the gray cat, and said, “It… probably wasn’t an accomplice, It just knew some things. But knowing is one thing – like me, It couldn’t stop it. Moreover, although the Sage Tower was controlled by evil entities at that time, it was still an indispensable force for humans. After weighing everything, at that time, keeping the Sage Tower and making good use of them was more beneficial for human survival in the war of gods.”

A racial god sometimes had to use any means necessary for the survival of their race.

Wang Chang’er wasn’t clear about the specifics.

The Primordial God of Humans undoubtedly knew the situation best, but unfortunately, It had fallen early, and Its divine body was devoured by chaos. In other words, “destroying all evidence.”

All of Wang Chang’er’s statements were speculation, still needing decisive crucial evidence.

And this evidence was the “Primordial God of Humans” Itself.

The four cats shifted Their gazes, three cats simultaneously looking at the gray cat.

The gray cat was silent for a few seconds, slowly nodded, Its eyes determined.

The lynx extended its tail, curled it around the gray cat, and patted Its head with its paw, “Don’t be nervous, we’re just waiting for Amon now.”

The gray cat was startled, then made a sound of agreement.

Wang Chang’er didn’t quite understand the relationships between Them, but he did notice one thing.

The children of Xiu’s family were quite loving toward each other.

After they finished talking that night, Wang Chang’er temporarily bid Them farewell, “I need to handle some matters with the Alliance, we’ll meet again soon.”

The four cats nodded.

The silver cat seemed to think of something and asked curiously, “That’s an organization you created single-handedly, what do you plan to do?”

Wang Chang’er stood up, his gestures revealing the dignity and composure of an adult, his lips curving upward as he said, “Of course I’m going to take back what’s mine and make everyone listen to me.”

The silver cat was somewhat surprised, seemingly not expecting Wang Chang’er to be so authoritarian and domineering.

Wang Chang’er seemed to sense Its thoughts and smiled, saying, “You all have done enough, so leave the rest to Uncle!”