After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 126.2

Vassago asked, “Gusin, were the intelligence pieces you collected about the Creator God categorized before and after?”

Gusin didn’t understand, “Before and after what?”

“Before and after the Creator God’s major personality change. I want to know if He was dissatisfied with humans from the beginning, or only after the personality change.”

This was a good question, but unfortunately…

“I don’t know,” Gusin showed a troubled expression. “If you insist, even ‘dissatisfaction’ is not certain. After all, the Creator God would not jump out and say He is dissatisfied. It’s all sensed by historians or ordinary gods and demons.”

“How troublesome,” demons who disliked thinking showed dissatisfaction.

“Forget it, let’s not speculate,” Vassago was too lazy to think. “We won’t be able to figure it out anyway, so why waste brain cells?”

Yes, previously thinking for half a day, going in circles, repeatedly – the process was quite time-consuming. Vassago’s initial idea was to find Agares and ask about the situation, then changed his mind, but now felt this was the only correct approach. Why did they need to think so much?

Marbas summarized. “Let’s honestly focus on improving our strength first.”

Vassago smiled and said, “When our strength reaches a sufficient height, the truth will actively seek us out, rather than us seeking the truth.”

Valefor completely agreed. “Yes, strength is the most important.”

This sentiment was almost unanimously approved by all demons.

They were almost done talking.

Valefor looked around at the demons, seemingly counting their number, and said, “Speaking of which, what about Sitri and Busson’s situation? Since the external situation is evolving complexly, we can’t let Them remain alone outside. Moreover, They should know about Father’s return by now. At this point, there’s no need for secrecy anymore. We should have a grand reunion long ago.”

She had just tried to sense Them and found no trace of Them in the near-continental cosmic domain.

This seemed somewhat unusual.

Zepar, hearing this, thought he finally knew something and couldn’t help speaking, “What’s there to worry about? They’re definitely fine.”

“You’re that certain?”

All the demons looked at Zepar simultaneously.

“Of course I’m certain!”

Zepar confidently smiled. He usually hung out more closely with Sitri and Busson, and understood these two companions quite well.

“A few days ago, I was carefree and wandering through the universe. What could possibly happen to Them? Besides, Busson’s power was so strong that there’s no way that fellow could get into trouble before anyone else.”

Among the demons, any guarantee could be trusted, except for Zepar’s guarantee… Those who understood knew.

Marbas looked skeptical and directly said, “I sent Them private messages, and They didn’t even reply.”

Zepar raised a finger and wagged it, with an extremely irritating expression, “Those two are the least likely to check private messages.”

However, the more confident Zepar became, the more suspicious the demons grew.

Just then, a massive sound erupted from bottom to top, followed by laser shots, and space roared.

After the giant cube was sent, more cubes emerged from beneath the surface, their size expanded more than tenfold, all comprising powerful first-tier existences.

They saw the sent giant cube burned with rage, shooting lasers across heaven and earth, emitting extremely sharp screams.

“Abyss Lords, how dare You!!”

Terrifying light pollution covered heaven and earth, and the cube group went mad!

Several demons on the surface watched this scene in shock. Aelioge, at the forefront, was blasted tens of thousands of meters by the laser.

Amon glanced at Aelioge, then looked at the vast cube group, and said indifferently, “Wow.”

“Are we going to fight again?”

The ten demons above looked at the battle situation, also not expecting the giant cube to have so many relatives.

Really… What kind of companions was the Big Brother fighting with? Despite complaining, They knew what They should do.

Strengthen their power, and one day, They would stand shoulder to shoulder with Big Brother!

A few seconds later, the Infinite Trial continued to rumble.

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On another side.

In the Elf Palace, Samikina lowered His eyes, with a furrowed brow revealing contemplation.

Suddenly, His gaze pierced through time and space, looking towards the deepest layer of the dream, then discovering it was murky, as if stained with extremely heavy filth.

“Agares?”

Samikina was stunned and couldn’t help but worry about Agares’s situation.

****

At this moment, in the dream.

Xiu Si again came to that familiar white giant tower.

The surrounding scenery and people remained unchanged. But this time, he did not just focus on learning.

He wanted to understand this place and unconsciously thought of the young man he had seen before.

That young man should be able to answer all his questions about this place, and he was inexplicably certain about this.

But he searched for around half an hour and could not find the young man’s figure. He did not know where the other was, because previously the other had always approached him.

“Come to think of it, I don’t even know who he is or what his name is.”

Xiu Si frowned, feeling somewhat worried, and so searched for several more hours, asking countless people.

The people in the dream were like programmed NPCs. Perhaps they could initially answer fluently, but once you asked complex questions, they could not respond and repeatedly echoed the question itself.

After searching for half a day, Xiu Si realized that the young man might no longer be here, and he would not find him even if he searched the entire city.

“Did something happen?”

Xiu Si sat on a park bench, with a few strands of sunlight falling, sparsely scattered on him, bringing him several layers of warmth.

Peaceful and pleasant, it made him recall his working days. During the midday hour and a half, he did not have the habit of napping. After eating, he would often go out walking, sometimes in a nearby park, sometimes in a cheap store.

Idle, emptying his thoughts, feeling time seemed extremely long, a life with no end in sight.

He should have repeated that kind of life for thirty to forty years, until he transformed and became numb to everything. But he suddenly crossed over to another world and witnessed countless bizarre and fantastic experiences.

It was like a dream. Although talking about a dream within a dream sounds a bit bizarre.

For him, the unpleasant experiences were certainly more numerous. But he personally did not feel them as much.

Was he too laid-back? Or was it a “sudden realization”?

Perhaps. He had been emotionally stable since childhood.

His first job interview was a sudden group interview, where everyone was a fresh graduate experiencing a group interview for the first time, each nervous in their own way. He, however, sat quietly, never feeling nervous from start to finish.

Arrive, sit down, interview, finish, leave. Wasn’t that just the process?

He truly could not feel anything, was accustomed to his own personality, and therefore would not think much of it. Until a friend who participated in the same interview mentioned that he appeared excessively calm, did he become self-aware. Although still not deeply self-aware, he considered it not strange, thinking there were people like this everywhere, his situation was ordinary and common.

Without being a chuunibyou, how could he imagine himself as “special”?

For him, becoming an adult meant continuously acknowledging one’s ordinariness, limitations, and even incompetence, abandoning childhood fantasies because they were meaningless and could easily cause suffering.

However, if that was part of himself, it was indeed inseparable, which was why he was fascinated by some ACG things.

He practiced skills toward ACG, sought work in ACG. His actions betrayed him. But not completely. He had also learned to be smart, completely separating survival and entertainment, rationally adhering to reason while indulging sensibility.

Hmm… not exactly indulgence.

The more Xiu Si reflected on the past, the more he realized how fantastic this life was.

In the past, when Ye Qingyi said she preferred this other world compared to the previous one, others opposed it, but he? He expressed no opinion.

“If I were asked the same question now…”

Xiu Si paused, discovering his subconscious response had already emerged.

This place was better, even if the future was full of unknowns, constantly surrounded by danger, with potential world-ending scenarios at any moment, it was still better.

Because of his adorable children.

Because it was not a world seen at a glance, filled with various unknowns and mysteries.

And magic was also very interesting to learn.

Xiu Si couldn’t help but laugh, and immediately after, he suddenly discovered something.

“…Interesting?”

His pupils trembled, as if finally reaching the key point, understanding the reason for his inner frustration.

“I used to find learning magic and becoming stronger interesting.”

“But in recent days, I’ve gradually stopped feeling that.”

It was not a problem with magic itself, but his mentality had changed, being swept up by the idea of “becoming stronger”, which often hindered progress, especially for his profession.

Creator profession demanded patience, meticulousness.

For him, perhaps love was also required. None of these had much relation to increasing one’s own strength.

Xiu Si suddenly realized that he had been somewhat “obsessed” recently, forgetting his original intention and causing his children to worry.

“Really…”

He reflected and introspected, gradually reclaiming his original state of mind.

At this moment, the system suddenly broadcast: [Congratulations! Your professional compatibility has reached 81%. Your understanding of the Creator profession is steadily improving. Please persist on your path of creation and become a universe-shocking Creator!]

Xiu Si was stunned. “It’s already 81%?”

He seemed to have done nothing, only slightly changing his mindset, and not even specifically related to creation. Yet the system never answered his questions, only repeatedly broadcasting good news unless he dismissed the notification.

Although somewhat surprised, leveling up was ultimately a good thing. Xiu Si thought for a moment, glanced at other values, confirmed nothing was abnormal, and then looked away.

At this time, the dream’s time seemed to reach noon, with sunlight falling on his skin, slightly scorching.

After leveling up, Xiu Si’s physical qualities had greatly improved, and his temperature resistance naturally increased, so he felt nothing.

He stood up and turned toward the white giant tower.

Fine, his inner knot was resolved. Time to continue learning. When his professional compatibility reached 90%, he could restart the system, open the Creation Guidebook, and see the status of all his cubs.

Anticipating? Super anticipating!

Xiu Si made himself laugh, quickly walked to the white tower, and soon sat in his usual spot, beginning today’s learning.

He could not feel time passing; a blink might have been three years. The dream remained unchanged, with only experience and knowledge continuously accumulating.

Finally, quantitative change achieved qualitative change. He felt his brain seemed to open.

Not being opened, but his brain opening itself. A miraculous tremor spread through his entire body, transmitted to every nerve. Not just the brain, but every cell opened.

Xiu Si had never experienced such a feeling. Both surprised and keenly aware that he must seize this moment of enlightenment, in the next second, something else opened. He seemed to break through the world from inside out, connecting to the universe!

Simultaneously.

The four demons in the bookstore stopped moving, astonishingly feeling, “Father is leveling up?!”

At the same time, the demons battling cubes in the Infinite Trial were stunned, then unable to suppress their joy.

The cube, seeing the demons’ laughter, burned with inner rage. Damn Abyss Lords, not even putting Them in his eyes!

But just as They were about to launch a crazy attack, They opened their eyes wide, seeing an incredibly shocking scene.

Dazzling golden light scattered from each demon’s body, so sacred it inspired divine reverence.

These Abyss Lords were leveling up again. How was this possible!