Two days later, in Raven 12345's "Upside Down Divine Realm".
Hao Ren and Vivian did not return home after leaving the Plane of Dreams, but came straight to this place. Along with them was Rheia, who had entered the Surface World as a projection.
What was rare was that Raven 12345 received the three of them in a rather normal manner. The kingdom of the goddess did not explode, and the temple garden did not burn. The goddess was waiting for the visitors in a pavilion in the temple garden. To be honest, the neurotic goddess was so normal that it was almost as if her soul had been possessed.
All kinds of strange plants that could not be named formed a lush wall of flowers around the pavilion. The arcane servants served freshly brewed black tea to the guests, along with exquisite tea and snacks. Hao Ren looked into the tea cup, and on the rippling surface of the water, he could occasionally see a glimmer like starlight flashing by.
On the opposite side of the round table sat Raven 12345 with a calm look on her face. She raised her teacup and smiled at Hao Ren. "What's with that expression?"
Hao Ren stared at his superior sitting opposite him. "What the heck … Goddess, you're not possessed by someone, are you? Something's not right with you today! Could it be that the higher-ups are here to check on you again? "
"Can't you say anything nice?" Raven 12345 shot Hao Ren a glance. "Is my usual impression of you that bad?"
Hao Ren thought about it carefully and nodded sincerely. "You've summed it up quite well."
"Scram, is that how you talk to your superior?" Raven 12345 rolled her eyes and then put down the teacup. "Occasionally, I also need to show a little of my temperament and demeanor as the highest god of management in the universe, because I already know what you are going to say today. If I'm not wrong … the war in the Plane of Dreams is not far away, right? "
Hao Ren was surprised. "How did you know?!"
"The Plane of Dreams and the Surface World are intertwined. Even if I can't get in, I can still sense the changes on the other side," Raven 12345 laughed. "Recently, I have been paying attention to the balance and evolution of the two worlds. I see that the stability of the Plane of Dreams has begun to fluctuate regularly, and the Wall of Reality is constantly leaking polluting information. How could I not know that the Mad Lord is about to escape?"
Listening to her deliberate understatement, Hao Ren finally understood why the goddess was acting so sage-like today. It was not easy for her to observe the changes in The Plane of Dreams, and then she heard that he had something to report, so she deliberately prepared here in advance to make herself look good.
However, Hao Ren didn't expose her. Instead, he nodded and said, "That's right. If there are no accidents, the decisive battle will take place in a month. But today I'm here to tell you another thing … We have finally found out the true identity of the deicidal man. "
There was a trace of surprise on Raven 12345's face, and then she quickly picked up the teacup to hide her surprise. "Oh? I remember it was a guy who had been completely erased by the divine punishment, right? What else is there to report in this regard? "
Hao Ren took a breath and made sure that Raven 12345 had taken a sip of tea before pointing to himself. "I did it in my past life."
"Pfft —"
Who asked you to pretend again!
Raven 12345 spurted a mouthful of tea at least three meters away. Her hard-won image was ruined. She threw the teacup aside, stood up suddenly, and stared at Hao Ren. "You did it on purpose, didn't you?"
Then she asked, "What do you mean? What did you do in your past life? "
And Vivian was even more surprised than Raven 12345. She stared at Hao Ren and Rheia with her mouth agape, and only reacted after a while. "Ah … So this is what you guys were mumbling about at the Creation's Engine?"
Hao Ren sighed, and said, "Where do I begin to explain this … Actually, I didn't recover my memories of my past life. Maybe those memories were destroyed along with the divine punishment, and I saw a complete illusion in the Gilded Disc …"
Then he told her what he had experienced in the foundry of the Creation's Engine. It was the first time he had told the truth to anyone since he had left that place. And a few seconds after he finished, Raven 12345 and Vivian were still stunned.
Finally, Raven 12345 made a move. "… Are you sure you're not here to tease me because of the stress before the war?"
"Stop it. If I really wanted to find someone to tease me, I'd rather bicker with Lily than you." Hao Ren facepalmed. "It's all true, and the goddess of creation beside me can testify."
"I can testify." Rheia immediately raised her hand. "I was watching it too, and it was first-person. He stabbed me again."
Vivian gave Hao Ren a weird look. "So … you assassinated Rheia in your past life, and you saved her in this life … No, I'm a little confused, I need to sort it out."
Rheia, as the "victim", was still trying to console her. "Vivian, don't take it to heart. There were a lot of things going on back then, and if we're not wrong, I was the one who instructed Hao Ren to stab me."
Vivian, who was still in a state of confusion, subconsciously replied, "We already knew that you were behind the deicidal war …"
Rheia turned serious and emphasized again, "What I mean is, Hao Ren's' stab 'was my idea."
"Eh?" Vivian finally reacted. "You mean …"
"Hao Ren … I mean, in his past life, he was most likely the only deicidal who participated in the deicidal war knowing the whole truth." Rheia nodded. "We found some clues, and we can confirm that his past life had some sort of tacit understanding with me back then, and one thing we can be sure of is that the divine retribution that killed the deicidal was just a ruse. Its real function is the same as Yggdrasil's' transdimensional rune ', to send people from the Plane of Dreams to the Surface World …"
Raven 12345 immediately cut her off. "You don't have to say anymore, I understand. You pulled out Hao Ren's soul after he killed the deicidal, and threw it to the same coordinates as Yggdrasil's, which is Earth, right? The two of you have planned this from the beginning. "
Hao Ren nodded. "That's what happened, but the problem is that we can't be completely sure of this, and everything can only be inferred."
Vivian looked at Hao Ren from head to toe with a strange gaze. "So what were you two trying to do back then?"
Rheia was the one who answered her. "There's only one thing we can be sure of, and that is that my plan back then had the same goal, and all the arrangements that I made back then were definitely compatible, or connected, including Yggdrasil and the refugees in the Plane of Dreams that it carried, including the Weaves of Destiny and the Throne of Destiny, including the Creation's Engine, and including you. And the core of all these plans, or the highest 'node', was you. "
Vivian blinked. She of course understood what Rheia meant. The 'guide' and the 'highest node of the Weaves of Destiny' was there for all to see, but she still did not understand what Rheia was trying to do. "And then?"
"And then? And then we can be sure that my act with the 'godslayer' back then, and sending the godslayer's soul to Earth, was definitely part of the plan, and this plan must be connected to you. Just like how all the threads converge at one point, you are the 'point' where all my plans converge. "
As she said that, Rheia lightly knocked on her forehead. "But … I don't remember the pact I made with the 'godslayer', and I don't remember why I sent him to Earth. This part of my memory is not isolated, but completely destroyed, and that means …"
"That means this matter must be hidden from the 'goddess of annihilation'." Vivian was smart, and she immediately thought of the crux of the matter. "Because you and the goddess of annihilation share the memory, you cleanly destroyed this part of the memory at the very last moment of the godslayer!"
"So we can deduce that this matter's' priority 'is higher than all the arrangements you have made before," Raven 12345 said slowly. "After all, even something like the Creation's Engine that was used to wipe out an entire family, you did not hide it from the goddess of annihilation … Ah, that Creation's Engine itself is probably just a ruse, purposely shown to the goddess of annihilation?"
"It's definitely not a ruse." Rheia shook her head. "But it's definitely not … everything."
"Interesting … Interesting. You guys pulled a big one back then. It's easy to trick others, but to trick yourself, it takes a lot more effort." Raven 12345 rubbed her chin as she showed an interested expression. Her gaze moved between Hao Ren and Rheia, and finally landed on Vivian. "So … you guys came to me today because I know more about theology than you guys, and you want me to help you research, what was the purpose of that 'godslayer' drama?"
Hao Ren and Rheia nodded.
"Then I do have an idea." Raven 12345 smiled. "But that requires you, Hao Ren, and Vivian's cooperation."
"I'm fine with it." Hao Ren nodded and looked at Vivian. "But you …"
"If you're fine with it, I'm fine with it," Vivian said nonchalantly. "The goddess won't harm us anyway."
"Then that's it." Raven 12345 smiled mysteriously. "I need to check your souls. If I'm not wrong, there's something hidden in your souls, something … that even I can't see through."
Raven 12345's "check" was not as complicated and time-consuming as Hao Ren had imagined. In fact, as soon as the goddess's voice trailed off, he and Vivian felt a moment of trance, and after a few seconds, the trance faded, and they saw Raven 12345 looking at them with a strange expression.
"The check … is over?" Hao Ren asked in disbelief.
"Ah, it's not complicated." Raven 12345 frowned as if she was surprised. "Weird … I didn't notice it before, so why is there more now …"
"What's new?" Hao Ren was a little nervous. "The soul can grow? Is it me or Vivian? "
"It's you. I found a new piece of information in your soul. If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid that you have unlocked some kind of seal after coming into contact with the 'truth' recorded in the Gilded Disc. And this piece of information just happens to match Vivian's soul."
Hao Ren could not wait to ask, "What's this information for?"
"Take out your Godslayer." Raven 12345 took a deep breath. "I'll teach you how to use it. This is an ability you should have mastered."
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