Lu Yao ate potato chips and clicked on the statue of the water fairy with one hand.

Beside the idol, Essene appeared. She was still holding a bunch of reeds, and her long white dress shimmered.

"Master Zhengshen."

He bowed slightly.

Lu Yao asked him what he was doing.

"I'm investigating the waters here." The water fairy said: "There are very few fish and shrimps in the water environment of this world. I suspect that there are some factors that affect the ecology in the water. If you can't figure out the condition of the waters, no matter Rusa Erka is still a water elf, and even all kinds of life on land will be affected."

"After careful observation for a period of time, I found that the water here has been dumped with harmful liquids and wastes for a long time, which was done by local magicians and mystics. However, after careful investigation, just this amount of harmful are not enough to affect the entire water environment.

Lu Yao thought to himself, this is a display of the specialty of the water fairy.

"Using the power of the water element, I inspected this Panshui River in detail, and followed it all the way into the ocean, but found that the marine life there was basically normal. Not long ago, I found the reason."

Essene paused: "In the lakes and streams of the Secret Art Kingdom, there is a plant called [water mold grass], which can cause fish and shrimp poisoning and confusion. The poisoned fish and shrimp are eaten by people and beasts here. After the drop, the toxins persist and settle for a long time, and continue to affect the humans who are the ultimate meat eaters, so people here are easily injured and sick, and accompanied by hallucinations like strong alcohol."

"I think the people here are very fanatical in performing various sacrifices and rituals. Both gods and demons have a large number of followers. They like to study spells and secret methods, but they are slow and lack interest in the invention and manufacture of reason... and The general environment created by [Saplegnia] is related."

[Saprelweed] cannot survive in the ocean environment, so there is no seawater.

"I asked the Rusalkas to clean up most of the [Saplegnia], and put the rest in several closed lakes for comparison and preservation. Now it seems that the number of fish and shrimp in the lakes and rivers I'm slowly recovering, and I think it will get better in the future..."

After Lu Yao finished listening, his impression of Essene changed.

He is careful and rigorous in his field of expertise, and has a strong ability to act.

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

Beverance started the demon ritual again and summoned the demon **** Kali.

This time, Kali appeared in the shape of a normal pixel villain, with a silly smile on top of its head: "Thanks for the support, I have repelled Tiamat and taught it a hard lesson."

Isabel immediately said: "Congratulations."

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

People are in high spirits on happy occasions, and the Demon God seems to be no exception.

After defeating a powerful enemy and resolving the current crisis, Kali also became talkative and cheerful.

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

"Endless battles of gods, unstoppable fighting and scrambling... I come from Indian mythology, and I must follow the orders of the main god. What I have to do is to participate in various gods' battles, endless wars. I don't know how many years have passed , I became more and more violent and irritable, and even started to lose control, killing regardless of enemy or friend."

"At this time, I killed an extremely powerful strange creature, and obtained a [Proof of the Exile] from its body."

Kali said: "This is also the key to transforming into a demon."

"You must hold the [Certificate of the Exile] and integrate with yourself, otherwise there is no other way to enter the gray horizon."

Kali abandoned everything without hesitation at that time, and generously donated her divine kingdom and props to some weak gods, and changed her job to become a demon god.

However, when it regained consciousness, it found itself in a sea of gray mud.

The place is endless, and gray stone statues are scattered on the ground. These fuzzy statues after the gray clay has solidified stand quietly on this soft ground sea. Farther away, there are pillars that go straight into the sky, one by one like road signs that have not moved since ancient times.

Kali became one of them.

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

"That's hell."

Kali said: "Obviously I exist, but I can't prove it, because I can't move, only consciousness still exists. There, I once wondered if I was dead, but fell to some place in the underworld."

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

"It's the gray mud on its body surface, the mud is moving. I want to imitate it, but I can't do it at all... After many years, I realized that the mud needs the power of the fire of faith to move, and only The power of the fire of faith still works there."

Talking about life in hell, Kali spoke more and more slowly, as if remembering something.

"...I later learned from them, using the fire of faith to push those mortars. The gray clay is called [breathing soil], [underworld soil], [god's ashes] by the demons, and I am used to calling it the underworld. They can It swells and grows on its own, like a living thing, and the only thing there that is not affected by stillness."

Lu Yao was shocked.

Xi Yang is actually related to hell.

"The Netherland is something that seems to be alive, and it is the only thing that can move there."

"But the demons are not sure what it is. Perhaps only the oldest demons know something. But they are too far away from hell, and they can't be touched at all."

A small sigh 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 cover their bodies and complete full coverage, so that they can gain the ability to move in the completely sealed clay space. .

"The Netherland can release the static state there."

"In the earliest days, 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 mud sea, so that the demons could move and stretch. Later, the demons learned a new method. They used the fire of faith to Thoroughly solidify these living netherlands, and burn them into a kind of square stone brick, we call it [Forbidden Stone]. "

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

It went on to say: "By continuously burning the forbidden stones upwards and connecting them, a path from **** to the sky can be built. This is the column of the Demon God Pillar. By moving from bottom to top on the column And build, the Demon God Pillar will become longer and longer, extending to a very high altitude."

"The demons use the Demon God Pillar to expand outwards, away from the gray **** on the ground, and enter the infinite black top in the sky."

Lu Yao listened attentively.

Hell turns out to be a static world.

The Demon God Pillar is the workbench and vehicle of the devil, as if it has constructed a space elevator that extends infinitely far awayor the ladder to hell.

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

"have no idea."

Kali shook her head left and right: "But it's better to go outside than to stay in hell. And the more you go outside, the more you can sense the call of the universe, and the closer you are to the outside, the more you can respond to sacrificial ceremonies or prayers outside. The demon **** can still perceive it." For the sake of concealment, some demons will also use projections to change the prayer rituals left over from the era of their own gods."

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

The so-called defensive means are the dark sacrifices against Beverance before.

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

"That is also impossible. The fire of faith is also very important to demons."

Kali narrated the mystery of the demons: "In order to get closer to the outer layer of the gray horizon, all demons are constantly extending and building the Demon God Pillar, so that they can move farther away, hear more sounds, and create Respond."

"Some of these voices are ceremonies and prayers exclusive to a certain demon, and some are shouts to the entire gray vision. Any demon can respond. But because it is from the outside to the inside, it is first screened by the most powerful demons at the outermost edge. , they don't need it, so they will flow in. It's roughly such a process.

"Except for this aspect, when demons consume the Faith Expanding Demon God Pillar, they often fight each other."

"There are usually two ways to fight. One is to use the Demon God Pillar to disassemble each other, exposing the enemy to the stillness of the gray vision; the second is to connect each other through the Demon God Pillar to kill the enemy itself."

"In the gray horizon, most of them use the Demon God Pillar as their fighting method. The second type of beheading is very difficult and difficult to achieve."

Isabel took advantage of the situation and said: "Aren't demons immortal? What's the point of fighting each other...Is it 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 that lose the protection of the Demon God Pillar will be frozen and have to self-destruct and return to **** to start from scratch. It will be another long process..."

"Demons can obtain more materials by robbing to expand the range and strength of the Demon God Pillar, making it easier to move out and reduce competitors."

"Some powerful demons built the Demon God Pillar into a piece of floating island land, and they acted in a group, which was unshakable at all."

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

Lu Yao touched his chin.

Demons attack each other in pillar form.

He imagined two inflatable dancers fighting at the entrance of the mall...

It's no wonder that a lot of fire of faith is needed. The more forbidden stones you have, the higher the strength of the Demon God Pillar, and the more room and room for manipulation.

He asked Isabel to ask again: "In the confrontation of the Demon God Pillar, the competition is 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 demons do." Kali said.

Lu Yao realized.

Demons lack the fire of faith, so they need to come out and find ways to collect it, otherwise they may run for many years and fall back to hell, starting from scratch.

They are also groups that can unite.

Maybe demons don't have any advantages in creation and development, but whether they are a powerful source of informationtheir projections spread across many worlds, or to guard against other demons, they are of great value.

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 said the conditions.

"...help you obtain information about demons, hunt down demons and projections here...provide information about other worlds...what do you think of me? I used to be a well-known pioneer, and now I am also a senior demon god! Don't get carried away !"

A fiery expression appeared above Kali's head.

Isabel said: "We are willing to support your Demon God Pillar business in the Gray Vision Realm."

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

"This is just friendship funding, not a transaction."

Isabel continued: "Master Yao God hopes to establish a long-term friendship and mutual assistance relationship with you. Lord Yao God always respects and appreciates brave explorers. Send out 100 million flames of faith and make friends. If you don't mind, please accept it.

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