Chapter 662: Ladder to Hell

Lu Yao was eating potato chips and freed up one hand to click on the statue of the Water Fairy.

Next to the statue appeared Essene, still holding a bunch of reeds in her hands, her long white dress shimmering.

"Lord Masakami."

He bowed slightly.

Lu Yao asked him what he was doing.

"I'm checking the waters here." The Water Fairy said: "There are very few fish and shrimps in the water environment of this world. I suspect there are some factors that affect the ecology of the water. If we can't figure out the conditions of the waters, regardless of whether Rusa Erka is also a water fairy, and even all kinds of life on land will be affected."

"After careful observation over this period of time, I found that harmful liquids and waste materials have been dumped in the water here for a long time, which was done by local magicians and mystics. However, I have carefully investigated and found that this amount of harmful liquids and waste materials have been dumped in the water here for a long time. It is not enough to affect the entire water environment.”

Lu Yao thought to himself that this was a good example of the water fairy's strengths.

"I used the power of the water element to examine the Panshui River in detail and followed it all the way into the ocean, only to find that the marine life there was basically normal. Not long ago, I found the reason."

Essene paused for a moment: "There is a plant called [Water Mold] growing in the lakes and streams of the Mystical Kingdom. They can cause fish and shrimp poisoning and chaos. The poisoned fish and shrimp are eaten by people and wild animals here. After falling off, the toxins will persist and precipitate for a long time, and continue to affect humans who eventually eat meat, so people here are easily injured and sick, and accompanied by strong alcohol-like hallucinations.”

"I think the people here are very enthusiastic about performing various sacrifices and rituals. Both gods and demons have a large number of followers. They like to study spells and secrets, but they make slow progress and lack of interest in intellectual invention and manufacturing... It has something to do with the environment created by [Water Mildew].”

"[Water Mildew] cannot survive in the marine environment, so it is not found in seawater."

"I asked the Rusalkas to clean up most of the [water mold] and place the remaining parts in several closed lakes for comparison and retention. Now it seems that the number of fish and shrimps in the lakes and rivers I am recovering slowly, and I think I will get better slowly in the future..."

After Lu Yao heard this, his impression of Esseni changed.

He is careful and rigorous in his field of expertise and has strong action ability.

Lu Yao asked the water fairy to continue working hard, and then switched the perspective back to the blocking stone wall.

Bifrons once again started the demonic ritual and summoned the demon Kali.

This time, Kali appeared directly in the shape of a normal pixel villain, with a silly smiley face on its head: "Thanks to the funding, I have defeated Tiamat and taught it a lesson."

Isabel immediately said: "What a joy."

"Then let's continue. Where did you ask? Let me think about it... why do gods become demons, right?"

People feel refreshed when happy events occur, and the devil seems to be no exception.

After defeating the powerful enemy and resolving the immediate crisis, Kali became talkative and cheerful.

It took the initiative to confess: "I don't know the situation of other demon gods. It's because I'm tired of the life of gods."

"Endless divine wars, endless fighting and contention... I come from Indian mythology and must follow the orders of the Lord God. All I have to do is participate in various divine battles, endless wars. I don't know how many years. After that, I became more and more violent and irritable, and even started to lose control, killing friends and foes without distinction."

"At this time, I killed an extremely powerful special object and obtained a [Exile's Certificate] from its body."

Kali said, "This is also the key to transformation into a demon."

"You must hold the [Exile's Certificate] and merge with yourself, otherwise there is no other way to enter the gray vision."

Kali gave up everything without hesitation, generously gave away his kingdom and props to some weak gods, and changed his profession to become a demon god.

However, when it came back to its senses, it found itself in a gray sea of ​​mud.

It was endless, with gray stone statues scattered on the ground. These fuzzy statues made of solidified gray clay stand quietly on this soft sea of ​​earth. Farther away are pillars that shoot straight into the sky, each of which seems to be an eternal road sign.

Kali became one of them.

It cannot move, and the rules of the world here make everything stand still.

"That's hell."

Kali said: "It is obvious that I exist, but I cannot prove it because I cannot move. Only my consciousness still exists. There, I once wondered whether I was dead and just fell to somewhere in the underworld."

"Until I finally noticed something moving next to the gray stone statue closest to me."

"It was the layer of gray mud on its surface that was moving. I wanted to imitate it, but I couldn't do it at all... Many years later, I realized that the mud needed the power of the fire of faith to push it, and it also Only the power of the fire of faith still operates there."

When talking about the life in hell, Kali spoke slower and slower, as if he was remembering something.

"...I later learned what they did, using the fire of faith to push the plaster. Those gray clays were called [breathing soil], [underworld soil], and [gods' ashes] by the demons. I used to call them underworld soil. They It can expand and grow on its own, just like a living thing, and it is the only substance out there that is not affected by stillness.”

Lu Yao was shocked.

Xirang is actually related to hell.

"The underworld is something that seems to be alive. It is the only thing that can move there."

"But what it is, the demons are not sure. Maybe only the oldest demons know something. But they are already too far away from hell, and there is no way to touch them."

A small sighing icon appeared above Kali's head.

"Once the demons enter the gray horizon, they will first appear in the quagmire of hell. Then they need to wait for the underworld to grow over the body and complete the full coverage, so that they can gain the ability to move in the completely sealed layer of clay space. "

"The underworld can relieve the stasis there."

"In the earliest times, the demons first learned to use the fire of faith to change these mud seals, allowing them to wrap their bodies and move in the sea of ​​mud, allowing the demons to move and stretch. Later, the demons learned a new method. They used the fire of faith to Completely solidify these living underworlds and bake them into a square stone brick, which we call [Forbidden Stone].”

"With the Forbidden Stone, you can use the fire of faith to build a stable, airtight building space, and then lay it out layer by layer. This is the earliest prototype of the [Devil Pillar] or [Devil God Pillar], because it was invented by the Demon God. , so most of them are called Demonic Pillars.”

It continued: "By continuously burning forbidden stones upwards and connecting them, a path can be built from hell to the sky. This is the pillar of the Demon God Pillar. By moving from bottom to top on the pillar With the construction, the Demon God Pillar will become longer and longer, extending far into the sky."

"The demons use the Demonic Pillar to expand outwards, away from the gray hell on the ground and into the infinite black dome in the sky."

Lu Yao listened attentively.

Hell turns out to be a still world.

The Demonic Pillar is the workbench and vehicle of the devil. It is like constructing a space elevator that extends infinitely into the distance - or the ladder to hell.

Isabel asked: "Is there anything in the sky?"

"have no idea."

Kali shook his head from side to side: "But it's better to go outside than to stay in hell. And the further outside, the more you can sense the call of the virtual universe. The closer you are to the outside, the more you can respond to the sacrificial rituals or prayers outside. The devil can still sense it. In order to conceal the prayers left behind by the gods in the past, some demons will also use projection to change the prayer rituals. "

"I have been using the past [Extinction Incarnation] rituals and sacrifices, but I just added some defense methods against other demons."

The so-called defensive means were the dark priests who had previously dealt with Bifrons.

Isabel said: "It seems that competition among demons is also fierce."

"There is nothing we can do about that. The fire of faith is also crucial to the devil."

Kali told the secrets of demons: “In order to get closer to the outer layer of the gray horizon, all demons are constantly extending and building demon pillars, so that they can move further and hear more sounds to make decisions. response."

"Some of these voices are rituals and prayers exclusive to a certain demon, and some are calls to the entire gray horizon. Any demon can respond. But because they come from the outside in, they are all filtered by the powerful demons on the outermost side first. , they will flow in if they don’t need it.”

"Except for this aspect, when demons consume their faith to expand the Demon God Pillar, they often fight with each other."

"There are usually two ways to fight. One is to use the Demon God Pillars to dismantle each other and expose the enemy to the stillness of the gray horizon; the other is to connect each other through the Demon God Pillars to kill the enemy's body."

"In Gray Vision, most of them use the Demonic Pillar as a fighting method. The conditions for the second kind of beheading battle are very harsh and difficult to achieve."

Isabel took advantage of the situation and said: "Aren't demons immortal? What's the point of fighting each other...to compete for the ready-made [Forbidden Stone]?"

"right."

Kali's eight hands stretched slowly and rhythmically, like swaying seaweed.

"Snatch the opponent's ready-made [Forbidden Stone] to expand your own Demon God Pillar. Demons who lose the protection of the Demon God Pillar will be frozen and have to self-destruct and return to hell to start from scratch. That will be another long process..."

"The devil can obtain more materials through robbery to expand the range and strength of the Demonic Pillar, making it easier to move outward and reduce competitors."

"Some powerful demons built the Demon God Pillar into a floating island land, and they moved together as a group, which is impossible to shake."

"In short, the Demonic Pillar is the sword and shield of the devil, and it is also the only thing that can be relied on."

Lu Yao touched his chin.

The demons attack each other in the form of pillars.

In his mind, he pictured two inflatable dancers fighting at the entrance of the shopping mall...

No wonder it requires a lot of fire of faith. The more Forbidden Stones you have, the stronger the Demon God Pillar will be, and the more room you can maneuver.

He asked Isabel to ask again: "The confrontation between the Demonic Pillars is about the ability to dismantle the opponent's structure and the ability to respond quickly. Is this what you mean?"

"Yes. Burning and pushing stones is what the demons are doing," Kali said.

Lu Yao realized.

Demons lack the fire of faith, so they need to go out and find ways to collect it. Otherwise, they may fall back to hell after many years of operation and start everything from scratch.

They are also groups that can unite.

Demons may not have any advantages in creation and development, but they are of great value both as a powerful source of information - their projections spread across many worlds, and as a guard against other demons.

So, Isabel said: "I don't know, are you interested in long-term cooperation with our Yao people?"

Kali asked: "How do you want to cooperate?"

Isabel stated the conditions.

"... Help you obtain information about demons, search for demons and projections here... Provide intelligence from other worlds... What do you think of me? I was once a famous navigator, and now I am also a senior demon god! Don't get carried away!"

Kali's head showed a fiery expression.

Isabel said: "We are willing to support your demon pillar business in the Gray Vision."

The flames on Kali's head became even more intense, and an angry expression appeared: "Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have a lot of faith reserves!"

"This is just a friendly subsidy, not a transaction."

Isabel continued: "Lord Yao hopes to establish a long-term friendship and mutual assistance relationship with you. Lord Yao is always full of respect and appreciation for those who dare to explore. I hope you can accept this little bit of kindness... According to the oracle, we will first offer 100 million faith fires to make friends. If you don't mind, please accept it."

"..."

Kali's head changed with various symbols and expressions, and finally it said: "Then... thank you."