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“Delta and Epsilon have failed.” Gamma looked up at the clock on the basement wall. The hour hand was a full twelve hours past the scheduled time.
The demise of the Divine Envoys was not unexpected. Being an enemy of the World Creator was inherently fraught with unpredictable risks. As long as they could complete the task, their deaths were not a big deal. Given enough time, they would eventually be reborn in the Divine Realm.
But for twelve hours, nothing had changed in this world.
In the magic-filled fictional space, it didn't even feel the slightest ripple, let alone any sign of the entire realm collapsing. This could only mean one thing: the two failed to complete the intended plan to kill the logical entity named "Jieluo."
“Although it is a pity, we still have our own tasks to complete.” Beta integrated the last five cores into its body and suddenly opened its arms.
A flash of red light was seen, followed by a scarlet rift of erosion appearing out of thin air in the center of the basement.
“The situation is not yet irreversible. As long as we can achieve our goal, there is still a glimmer of hope. Let’s go, the magic here will soon be exhausted, and the overlapping state of the two realms will be restored. Even martial artists may be able to detect our traces.”
It didn't even bother to guess the process of the battle and the reasons for the failure. As an envoy of the gods, it would not feel frustrated by a temporary failure, nor would it worry about the consequences of failure. The only thing it cared about was to do its best to fulfill the will of the gods.
Gamma nodded silently.
Beta turned around and stepped into the rift first.
This was not an ordinary erosion.
It was a "passage" established after consuming a lot of energy and Corrupted cores. The other erosion rift connected to it led to the final battlefield set up against the main Creator.
Gamma followed closely behind. Just as it was about to enter the passage, footsteps suddenly sounded at the stairwell.
It was slightly startled, tilting its head to look towards the source of the sound—this place was shielded by magic, making any detection method ineffective. Moreover, there were a large number of Corrupted guarding the outside. It shouldn't have been possible for anyone to get in.
Soon, the figure of the visitor appeared in the darkness.
“How could it be you?” Gamma asked in confusion.
The other party was none other than Epsilon, disguised as a human.
According to the plan, it should have been responsible for holding back the rescuers, buying enough time for Delta. If the latter didn't succeed, it was even less likely that Epsilon would survive.
However, it received not an answer, but an arm with five fingers together.
This arm pierced its chest with lightning speed!
The mask fell to the ground with a "clang," revealing the rotating astrolabe beneath the hood.
Gamma stared at the other party in disbelief, its consciousness quickly becoming sluggish. “Why… why are you doing this…”
“So there really is a difference.” Epsilon withdrew its hand, letting Gamma fall on it. “...Between you and Lan.”
“You… you want to betray the gods?”
After a moment of silence, Epsilon whispered, "Who are the gods?"
“It is—” Gamma opened its mouth, but the voice kept repeating, like a stuck phonograph, and ultimately failed to say a definite answer.
“That's right… we never thought about such questions before, so we couldn't answer them. Since killing Lan, I've suddenly had many thoughts, as if they had always been entrenched in my mind, but were deliberately sealed off. And that includes this point: Did Lan really betray the gods?" Epsilon murmured in its ear, "And the conclusion is that I don't know. Divine Envoys are the embodiment of the will of the gods. If we violate this, can we still be considered Divine Envoys?"
Gamma did not respond, or rather, it could no longer speak.
“The next task requires two people to complete, so it doesn't matter who it is. If you have the opportunity to see the Divine Master, please ask this question for me.”
Epsilon opened its robe and wrapped its companion entirely. After a burst of wriggling, it completely transformed into Gamma's appearance.
Then it picked up the mask, put it on its face, and walked into the erosion rift.
Crossing the warped passage constructed of magic, Epsilon opened its eyes again, and what came into view was a different scene.
The barrel-shaped structure made of reinforced concrete extended from bottom to top to the end of the field of vision, like a magnificent tower.
The inner side of the tower was surrounded by layers of overhanging walkways, connected by shuttle elevators.
The walkways were evenly distributed with countless squares. It knew that what was locked in those squares were the targets of their trip—the magic cores that this world had stolen from the Divine Realm.
With the help of these cores, the Divine Envoys would have enough power to lay a trap to kill the Creator.
“Why are you so slow.” Beta looked back at it. “Get ready and let's start.”
“Of course, leave it to me.” Epsilon replied calmly.
……
For the entire next day, Luo Lan was slumped on his desk, sighing repeatedly.
The series of sudden accidents in the dream world could be described as overwhelming him. Waking up didn't mean relief either. Whether it was the memory fragments brought by merging with the astrolabe or the detailed conversation with Vakiris afterward, both gave him a headache.
Especially the former.
Before entering the Bottomless Land to face the gods directly, it was undoubtedly the only source of relevant information. From Lan's words, it could also be known that the importance of this information was extraordinary, but he pondered over it for a long time and couldn't figure out what intrinsic connection there was between what he saw before and the second scene.
And that line of text was equally important to him.
——"From this moment on, gravity is no longer the most revered force in this world."
Why gravity of all things?
Among the four fundamental forces of the universe, gravity has no other special features except for its large range. In terms of application, it is not as good as electromagnetic force, and its strength is far less than strong interaction. Precisely because of its large macroscopic scale, it is often the first fundamental force noticed by civilization, which also means that it has the least mysterious color. According to conventional thinking, apart from being divinely ordained, it is difficult to regard it as the most revered force.
As for the latter, after the Nightmare Lord expressed an initial intention to cooperate, the two returned to the upscale restaurant where they first met and had a full and frank exchange, once again attracting the attention of other customers.
According to Vakiris, once it confirms that the situation at the front line is true, it will change the goal of "winning the God's Will War" to "completely stopping the God's Will War," which also includes persuading the Lord of the Sky and assisting humans in going to the Bottomless Land.
Compared to extracting information from the other party alone, the benefits of this cooperation are obviously much greater, but the problem is that whether the Lord of the Sky is willing to be persuaded is another matter. Moreover, there is more than one Devil Lord, and above the Lord is the King. Whether Hequzode can decide the movements of the Western Front army is always an uncertain factor.