After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Extra 1.2

The curly-haired youth said, “But, I still want to do something for them, otherwise we… would be letting them down!”

Norman Til wanted to say, just do what you should do, but…

After thinking for a while, he said, “Alright, I will convey this to them.”

“Thank you, Your Excellency!”

“My family has many precious medicinal and spiritual materials in our collection. If the heroes need them, please let them know we will offer them at any time.”

“Your family is very thoughtful.”

Norman Til smiled. “But the most important thing is rewriting history, right?”

The historians present suddenly realized, “Yes, we need to tell everyone the truth about Hero Xiu Si, and the truth about our Humans Era!”

“Good, go ahead and do it.”

This historical discussion took six hours in total, and all the intelligence would be organized within three hours and broadcast to various countries across the continent.

Norman Til was also tired, so he walked out of the hall after learning about the situation.

However, just as he was about to leave, a voice sounded behind him.

“Your Excellency Norman Til, please wait, I still have some questions.”

He recognized it was the elder’s voice, slowly turned his head to meet the elder’s gaze, and said directly, “You want to ask how humans could possibly create gods, right?”

The elder paused and nodded.

Norman Til smiled and said mysteriously, “I know the answer to this question, but regarding this matter, I cannot say more.”

The elder lowered his head, suddenly said, “He is also a god, isn’t He?”

This time it was Norman Til who paused, “So this is the only answer you could think of.”

“Hero Xiu Si is the true Creator God.”

The elder’s gaze was profound as he calmly stated, “I originally thought this universe was meaningless emptiness. Whether it was us humans or other creatures, we meaninglessly came into being and meaninglessly departed. While alive, we always desperately held onto things, but when we finally let go, there was nothing. We thought we had grasped something, but from beginning to end, it was all emptiness, including our very existence. Now, I have found meaning.”

“What a complex topic.”

Norman Til didn’t want to think about these things.

In his understanding, thinking about such matters would trap one in a conceptual maze, ultimately leading to self-destruction. Language was a frightening thing; since concepts appeared, the universe began to lose its truth.

“It’s complex, but it can also be very simple.”

“You originally thought that way, which means your thoughts have changed now?”

“Yes,” the elder raised his eyes, calmly gazing at Norman Til, and slowly said, “The Creator loves this universe. Knowing this is enough. Thank you.”

Norman Til was stunned for a moment, not fully understanding his words. Was just knowing this enough to solve any problems?

But the elder had already walked into the crowd, his figure disappearing in the clamor.

“Love… is it?”

Norman Til seemed to half-understand.

Perhaps it was because his experiences were limited that he couldn’t comprehend the elder’s feelings.

After the elder left, a group of young people ran out from the hall.

Norman Til was stopped on the spot, surrounded by voices.

“Your Excellency Norman Til, we suddenly thought of something!”

“What is it?”

“Is the number one ranked human actually Hero Xiu Si himself!”

The curly-haired youth excitedly said.

Norman Til hadn’t answered yet.

The surrounding people started shouting first, “Yes, it must be! By then Hero Xiu Si had already awakened, so the one who appeared during the ranking was Him in person!”

“Ah, I remember the background was a bookshelf at that time… He was researching the simplification of magic!”

“God, Hero Xiu Si is truly great, always learning. Oh right, didn’t we discuss that He was in the Oedipus Empire at that time?”

“Yes, but later…”

At that time, they were worried about offending the number one ranked person, so they didn’t continue investigating, but now the truth was revealed – the number one ranked human was indeed Hero Xiu Si!

“No wonder the God of Ranking ran away.”

“He must have felt He had provoked someone who shouldn’t be provoked.”

“Isn’t that right?”

The young people talked among themselves, smiling at each other by the end.

Norman Til watched them, wondering if he was also thinking about his own younger days.

The curly-haired youth said, “Speaking of which, now that the divine war is over, where have the heroes gone? Are they all in the Oedipus Empire?”

“Let’s stop here, don’t go disturb them.”

Norman Til reminded them. “The heroes are all very good people, they might not blame you, but you should also know boundaries and limits.”

As he spoke, he unconsciously revealed an extremely intimidating gaze.

They immediately broke into a cold sweat and said fearfully, “Yes!!”

Young people still didn’t know proper etiquette, so it was normal to be rash, they just needed appropriate reminders. Norman Til smiled slightly, disappeared from their sight, and immediately went to report everything to Wang Chang’er.

By then Wang Chang’er had already lost the chess game, being completely defeated by the Garfield cat.

“…Is that so.”

Wang Chang’er was listless, seeming uninterested in Norman Til’s news.

Norman Til said, “Everyone hopes to see you all.”

“Haha, they want to see us?”

“We wouldn’t dare.”

“It’s fine, don’t worry about it, I was just teasing you.”

“…”

“Maybe there will be chances in the future.”

“Are you all going somewhere?”

Norman Til caught the key words.

Wang Chang’er smiled and said lightly, “Yes, going home.”

Norman Til couldn’t help being stunned, then exclaimed joyfully, “You’re going home! That’s wonderful!”

The heroes had been drifting in this otherworld for many years, unable to return home, and now they finally could! This was world-class wonderful news!

Wang Chang’er: “Haha, it will take three days, the preparations are a bit complicated. If there’s anything you need our help with, you can tell us in advance.”

“We will try our best to complete things ourselves.”

Norman Til didn’t dare to make requests.

However, Wang Chang’er seemed to see through him, “Don’t be polite if you have questions.”

Norman Til hesitated for a moment, “It’s like this, I’d like to ask you about how to break through to the god king level.”

“That’s more like it. I’ll teach you later, I need to prepare a gift first.”

“A gift?”

“Yes, an important friend’s birthday is in a few days.”

“He is…”

Wang Chang’er smiled without answering.

At the same time, the Garfield cat across from him blinked.

After their conversation, Wang Chang’er asked the Garfield cat, “Have you decided what gift to give your father?”

The Garfield cat lazily took a sip of tea, “Not telling you meow.”

“Haha.”

Father’s birthday was coming up, and both big and small cats were busy.

Wang Chang’er turned his head and saw that They were all racking Their brains for Father’s birthday gifts.

This will probably turn into a competition for affection, Wang Chang’er thought.

And things were exactly as he predicted – the kitties were already on high alert.

On the table in the living room, several cats were having an intense discussion.

“I will give Father the best gift in the entire universe!”

“Hmph, Father will like mine more.”

The Siamese cat and blue cat glared at each other, sparks flying in the air.

“Speaking of this issue, our biggest enemy is…”

The blue and white cat turned to look at the snow leopard on the balcony.

That’s right, it was Second Brother!

Second Brother understood Father the best, He must know what gift Father wanted.

So, before the battle began, They must ban Second Brother!

Just as He thought this, the cow cat had already taken action.

The little cow cat walked up to the big snow leopard, put Her paws on Her hips and said majestically, “Second Brother, you’re not allowed to participate meow!”

The three cats in the living room were dumbfounded. You really dared to say it.

In response, the snow leopard’s reaction was—nodding.

The cats all leaned back tactically, in disbelief. Second Brother agreed just like that?

“OK, Second Brother is taken care of!”

The cow cat returned victorious and said to the cats in the living room. “Rather than wracking our brains choosing gifts, it’s better to ban the opponents first, hehe.”

Well played. The Siamese cat almost got fooled.

No, even without Second Brother, there were still many competitors.

For example, Lelagin who was best at cooking, Third Brother and Fifth Brother were also formidable, Sixth Sister was even more clever, and as for Amon, that guy’s ideas were unpredictable and might pull off something unexpected.

Watching Them discuss passionately, the Garfield cat went over and said. “You’re not considering Big Brother as an opponent at all?”

Hearing this, the hall was filled with laughter and a jovial atmosphere.

Siamese cat: “What has Big Brother ever given? He has no competitive power at all.”

They all remembered that during the three years in the Abyss, Big Brother would only give Father good fruits to eat.

Their Big Brother was invincible in battle against enemies, but He clearly wasn’t good at these details, which meant this was Their chance.

The blue cat suddenly looked at the Garfield cat. “Gusin, you have the Book of Answers, you won’t peek at the answers, right?”

The Garfield cat immediately shook his head, “I won’t compete with you, after all I’m a magic fairy demon.”

“Oh, really?”

Please, if I did, you would want to bury me in the courtyard, wouldn’t you. The Garfield cat saw through everything.

“Anyway, Father’s birthday is in a few days, the time for the final battle is approaching!”

****

Meanwhile, behind the counter.

The Maine Coon cat tilted His head, “Mar, what are you doing?”

The golden cat was hiding behind the counter, carefully carving something, when He was startled by the Maine Coon cat’s sudden voice and almost crushed the little golden figure in His paws.

“No-nothing!”

He turned around, smiled at the Maine Coon cat, and hid the little golden figure behind His back.

The Maine Coon cat stared at Him, seemingly not noticing anything, slowly turned His head and continued flipping through the account book.

The golden cat breathed a sigh of relief.

Father and Big Brother had gone out for a walk and weren’t home temporarily, They needed to hurry and get everything prepared.

They wanted to give Father many many surprises!

Meanwhile, in the kitchen.

The little short-legged cat and Devon Rex cat were lost in thought facing a big cake.

The Devon Rex cat hung His head and said, “The resemblance still isn’t enough meow.”

The little short-legged cat nodded, “We need to keep working hard meow.”

****

At the same time, the ragdoll cat was running back and forth in the courtyard, looking just like a dog.

The Forest cat’s eyes were dazzled by Her movement, so She said, “Buer, calm down.”

The ragdoll cat stopped in Her tracks, turned Her head and said, “Sixth Sister, I’m nervous meow.”

She always messed up on Father’s birthday, This time She wasn’t confident either meow.

The Forest cat smiled, saying with ease. “Don’t worry, I have a plan.”

“What plan meow?”

“Father will definitely like it.”

***

In the evening, Xiu Si followed behind the big golden tiger returning home, feeling that the children’s gazes toward him seemed a bit strange.

Could it be that They were hiding something from him?