After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 78.1

Aelioge immediately retreated tens of thousands of meters, his heart rate accelerating dramatically, unable to suppress it.

Big, Big Brother was too strong, punching that far, it was life-threatening!

He was just afraid Big Brother would discover him, his heart practically leaping into his throat, but fortunately, Big Brother didn’t look in his direction.

Because another wave of Evil Wing clan came, their numbers doubling in scale.

An almost infinite number of Evil Wing clan were battling against a single demon, the visual contrast was truly shocking.

Aelioge drew in a sharp breath, secretly averting his gaze, telling himself, “You absolutely can’t let Big Brother discover you, or you’ll be the next Evil Wing clan to be obliterated!”

However, it wasn’t just Aelioge who was scared, but also the little black bird Aelioge carried with him.

Before leaving, Aelioge had brought the little black bird out as well, because the little black bird remembered history, knew some things about the gods, and as the God of Darkness, the little black bird’s [Darkness] ability was very useful in the subspace.

But as soon as the little black bird entered the subspace, it became drowsy, so Aelioge temporarily put it in the pocket of his inner lining.

The little black bird almost screamed, saying in terror. “What was that commotion! I sensed an incredibly powerful force!”

Aelioge was nearly deafened by the little black bird, and lowered his head to say, “Calm down a bit.”

After saying this, he retreated another tens of thousands of meters, until he could no longer see Big Brother, only then did he feel slightly relieved.

He took the little black bird out of his pocket.

The little black bird seemed to have regained its spirit, its little wings flapping vigorously as it flew up.

Aelioge, still shaken, explained to the little black bird. “That was my Big Brother throwing a punch just now!”

“Huh?”

The little black bird suddenly turned its head, its pupils instantly dilating, its bird eyes widening, deeply shocked by the scene before it.

What did it see?

The star field before its eyes presented a peculiar circular hollow shape, as if a terrifying entity had punched through the entire universe with a single fist.

An extremely terrifying demonic pressure enveloped every corner of space, deeply intimidating every particle, the central area became empty and void, while the surrounding space also trembled, distorted by this force.

It was as if a no-entry passageway had been punched out of thin air, no one dared to approach casually, the strength of the punch still lingering.

How, how terrifying a punch, earth-shattering, shaking the subspace!

“Big, Big Brother is so strong!”

The little black bird had always known that the Demon God Baal was very powerful, but it had never encountered him before, nor had it seen the Demon God Baal in action with its own eyes. But now, it had seen it with both its eyes!

This was the power of the Demon God Baal, this was the being currently conquering the subspace.

More importantly – this was its Big Brother!

After the initial shock, the little black bird was overjoyed, its bird eyes shining brightly, almost calling out loud.

Big Brother! I’m your twenty-sixth younger brother, you must recognize me!

Compared to it, Aelioge was sweating profusely.

Aelioge recalled, what had he said earlier? That he was fine, that he could face Big Brother head-on?

He had thought too much!

The fake God of War was himself, the real God of War was his Big Brother!

Aelioge’s back turned cold, now he was even more in a dilemma. If Big Brother found out about his concealment, what would happen to him?

One punch from Big Brother could knock him out for thousands of years!

Aelioge was caught between a rock and a hard place, his bangs that had been blown upright by the strong wind still hadn’t naturally fallen down.

The little black bird turned its head and said earnestly, “Fifteenth Brother, why don’t we give up and turn ourselves in to Big Brother while we still can?”

Aelioge’s eyes went lifeless. “It’s too late now, do you know how many days have passed?”

We’ll definitely get beaten up. It’s just a matter of sooner or later.

The little black bird thought for a moment, “That’s true.”

Aelioge raised his hand to look and found that his goosebumps were still there. Had he gone mad just now, actually thinking he could possibly win against Big Brother?

The little black bird couldn’t suppress its curiosity and asked, “Speaking of which, how did our Big Brother train to become so strong?”

Aelioge paused, many memories flashing through his eyes.

— How did he train?

Thinking back, he had also asked Big Brother this question before. And Big Brother’s answer was always just “practice more”.

In his essence, Big Brother would beat up thirty giant demons during the day and twenty giant demons at night, never less, only more.

It seemed to illustrate a principle: the path of the strong is to advance bravely upward, perseverance is victory!

Back then, Aelioge greatly admired Big Brother and tried to imitate his training method, thinking it shouldn’t be that difficult, right? But then he collapsed in less than a day, exhausted and nearly breathed his last.

Later, Samikina explained the situation, and he realized that simply imitating Big Brother was not feasible at all. Big Brother’s training method was not something an ordinary demon could endure; it required an extremely powerful physique and an incredibly tenacious will! The former might still be manageable somehow, but the latter…

Aelioge’s eyes darkened. Sometimes, he thought his willpower was already strong enough, but compared to Big Brother, what did that bit of willpower amount to? One could only say that the path Big Brother walked was one no demon could follow.

Over these years, he had lived a peaceful life on the continent, while Big Brother fought every day, constantly challenging stronger opponents. If Big Brother wasn’t strong, who would be?

Just because he regained some of his power, he thought he could stand against Big Brother. How arrogant you were, Aelioge!

Aelioge deeply reflected on this, finally calming down. It was also at this moment that he thought of a question: why had he specifically teleported into Big Brother’s attack range?

After the initial shock, Aelioge immediately realized the reason.

Watching Aelioge’s expression change, the little black bird beside him looked confused. Could it be that Big Brother’s strength held some unspeakable mystery? Wow! How curious, truly worthy of being our Big Brother!

Ignoring the little black bird, Aelioge immediately connected to the spiritual domain, directly calling Bachin.

“Bachin, you did this on purpose, didn’t you!”

Logically, given the vast distance between them, it should have been impossible to connect, but Aelioge succeeded.

Bachin’s voice came through the spiritual domain, carrying a hint of drowsiness and nonchalance.

“Hmm? Did you see Big Brother?”

Bachin was lying on his side in bed, looking as if he was about to fall asleep.

Aelioge suppressed his anger. “Not only did I see him, I was almost hit too.”

Bachin leisurely sat up, leaning against the headboard, casually picking up the coffee on the table and taking a small sip.

His long eyelashes cast a shadow on his eyelids.

“I warned you before, didn’t I? Big Brother is in that star region, and with such a long distance, even I can’t teleport precisely.”

“A demon with the [Space] ability is saying this?”

Aelioge still suspected Bachin did it on purpose.

But Bachin really hadn’t done it intentionally.

He had been playing games all night for nearly half a year, almost dying from exhaustion. His spiritual power was extremely low, he could barely lift his eyelids, his face was haggard, and his spirit was dejected.

“It really wasn’t intentional. More importantly, shouldn’t you be looking for Otherworld God Number 001 first?”

“…” That was a valid point.

Aelioge slowly turned his head, his gaze cast towards the darkest depths in the distance, the boundary between the known and unknown.

That unknown shore was full of ill omens.

As the first Otherworld God discovered by the continent, how was Otherworld God Number 001 initially found? History does not record this.

The earliest historical material humans can trace back to is the record of the wandering poet Holderlin.

Gods existed earlier than humans, but deities don’t like to compile history because they are their own history. There’s no need for other creatures to compile it, and even if they did, they would let their priests do it. As is well known, believers are creatures with extremely thick filters for their gods, and the histories they compile have extremely low credibility.

Therefore, most of the continent’s history was recorded, compiled, and passed down by humans. From the epic era to the factual historical era, humans’ methods of compiling history also improved, with fictional elements gradually decreasing, preferring to leave blanks rather than fill in information themselves.

In the earliest records, Otherworld God Number 001 had another name: [Chaos].

Holderlin’s epic first recorded that in the past, there were ten sun gods on the continent. [Chaos] appeared and ate nine of them, leaving only one. From then on, the continent entered the Ice Age from the Scorching Age.

Holderlin’s epic recorded for the second time that there were once seven ice gods on the continent. Chaos appeared and ate six of them, leaving only one. Thus, the continent entered the temperate period from the Ice Age.

In the early Holderlin poems, a total of seven appearances were recorded. Each time He appeared, He ate gods. In the ancient period alone, He had eaten no fewer than eight hundred deities, making the gods fearful, with only ultimate beings daring to approach.

Speaking of which, His seventh appearance was when He ate the Primordial God of Humans and several other scattered gods.

After the era of Holderlin’s epics, it was roughly the beginning of the Demons Era. During this period, He rarely appeared, only showing up three times, and it seemed He never descended, just brushing past the edges of the continent.

He appeared twice in the Humans Era, descending once silently and brushing past once, frightening humans into panic overnight.

To be honest, Aelioge didn’t think he could deal with Otherworld God Number 001.

Aelioge just wanted to know some things. For example… whether Otherworld God Number 001 was a conscious entity, and whether the Primordial God of Humans and the Goddess of Harmony were truly devoured, or even digested.

The clues to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes ended with these two gods. The first possibility was that one of them was the mastermind; the second possibility was that they both were; the third possibility was that neither of them was, but they knew the identity of the mastermind, so they were both dealt with by the mastermind.

Otherworld God Number 001 was precisely the “mechanism” used by the mastermind to eliminate evidence or witnesses.

Aelioge’s gaze was deep, still pondering in his heart.

On the other side, listening to Aelioge’s silence, Bachin’s gaze fell on his coffee. He suddenly said, “The Goddess of Harmony probably hasn’t been digested. If She had been digested, the rules of harmony on the continent would have long ceased to exist.”

Bachin was dead tired, but he was still thinking because, to be honest, he was a bit concerned about this matter. If Aelioge hadn’t mentioned it, it would have been fine, but once he did, Bachin became concerned as well. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have assisted Aelioge.

The Goddess of Harmony was a rather special deity. Her thoughts and actions were unique among the gods, unprecedented and unparalleled. Bachin was very curious about what exactly was going on with Her, just like being curious about a character’s development when reading a comic. Unfortunately, the Goddess of Harmony disappeared and never reappeared, leaving the specific situation shrouded in mystery.

Bachin had originally thought She would have some means to escape, but so much time had passed… it seemed the chances were slim?

If She had truly been digested by the Otherworld God, the Goddess of Harmony would likely disappear completely, leaving only an empty concept, never able to iterate consciousness again.

It was somewhat of a pity.

Bachin lowered his eyes, lightly shaking the cup in his hand. His pale green eyes flickered slightly with light, as if magic was operating in the depths of his pupils.

He slowly said, “I just took a look, that [Chaos] over there has become scattered. You can try to infiltrate.”

They were just talking, but Bachin actually couldn’t see Aelioge’s situation. Otherwise, he would have noticed that silly little black bird.

Bachin had left some monitoring magic in that area, specifically watching Otherworld God Number 001. He had just checked some information through his magic power.

Aelioge was confused. “Scattered? What does that mean?”

“Let’s call it by a simpler name.”

Bachin fought off his drowsiness and explained, “Let’s just call Him the God of Chaos. Anyway, the God of Chaos’ volume is enormous. All the darkness over there is His true form. You can imagine… He’s now like a piece of air?”

Aelioge was puzzled. “Talking about air in a vacuum realm.”

Bachin raised an eyebrow. “Anyway, He’s dispersed into a microparticle state, basically without any aggressiveness. Even a random bird could fly through without incident.”

Mist-like particulate beings weren’t unheard of. Aelioge thought about it and understood, then pondered, “If I go over there, I’m dead once He awakens.”

If a mist-like being suddenly converged into a flesh form, one could imagine what would happen to the creatures inside.

Bachin smiled and took another sip of coffee, “So that’s where I come in. I’ll get you out in time.”

Aelioge was silent for a few seconds, “I don’t trust you.”

“But you came here to find the Primordial God of Humans and the Goddess of Harmony. Are you going to stop here?”

Bachin rubbed his brow. In the dim light, his face had a kind of decadent yet beautiful aesthetic. Combined with his extremely weary eyes, it added a sense of world-weariness and maturity.

His hairstyle was still a straight fringe, slightly parted in the middle, revealing sharp eyebrows, giving him an androgynous charm that was both soft and sharp. Even though he was only wearing a simple white shirt on his upper body, it didn’t affect his aura at all.

If Xiu Si were present, he would have been shocked for at least a few minutes.

Meanwhile, Aelioge remained silent, as if still weighing the pros and cons.

Bachin thought for a moment, put down his coffee cup, and said indifferently, “If you don’t want to go, forget it. I’m not that insistent.”

He seemed to have only a fleeting interest, not persisting in things that challenged even strong demons.

Among his siblings, he was as lazy as his third brother Vassago. But the third brother was at most just fond of sleeping. He was purely whimsical, doing whatever came to mind, acting when interested and stopping when not, able to play games all night for half a year on a whim, and after the interest passed, he’d be bored, eating and drinking as usual, sleeping endlessly with no one to care.

The word ‘self-discipline’ wasn’t in his dictionary, because the person who would have made him live a regular life had disappeared. No matter how he acted out, that person would never come back.

The Goddess of Harmony was a deity who lived in the same era as that person.

After more than eight thousand years, perhaps the things of that era should gradually fade away.

If they were to disappear… let them disappear.

Bachin’s expression was gloomy, but contrary to his thoughts, he pursed his lips, as if there was still something he couldn’t let go of.

Beside him, Aelioge was looking at the black mist, thinking, but was actually communicating with the little black bird.

“What do you think?”

The little black bird said seriously, “Since we’ve come this far, my ability can help you.”

Aelioge put the little black bird back in his inner lining, only letting its head peek out, and said to the nearly asleep Bachin, “Never mind, let’s go investigate after all.”

Bachin made an “oh” sound, struggling to lift his eyelids, “You’re willing now?”

Aelioge moved to the boundary line in a flash, only ten thousand meters away from Chaos, and said with a serious expression, “I have reasons why I must find those two gods.”

Bachin finally asked, “Speaking of which, why are you looking for them?”

Aelioge said abruptly, “Because they might be related to Father’s disappearance.”

Bachin was stunned for a moment, closed his eyes, then opened them again, his pupils almost shooting lasers as he excitedly said, “Why didn’t you say so earlier!”

****

On the other side. Oedipus Imperial City. Around seven in the morning.

The virtuous little short-legged cat crawled out of its cat bed early, put on an apron to prevent getting dirty, and started working with great effort.

Meanwhile. Its third brother was sleeping so deeply he was drooling, looking as if even the biggest commotion couldn’t wake him up.

He had said he would wait for Agares, but in fact, he fell asleep last night before even waiting for half an hour.