The long night was not over yet, but the castle had finally welcomed peace — at least it sounded peaceful.
But if someone saw the scene in the big courtyard in the middle of the castle, they would not be able to calm down.
The five-meter-tall demon sat cross-legged in the middle of the castle. Even sitting down, Hao Ren felt like looking up at a giant. Flames and lava were constantly bursting out of the demon's body, and the surrounding area within a radius of tens of meters was dyed red. The pile of stones under his body had partially melted into lava, and the demon looked like he was sitting on a magma lake. The demon and Hao Ren had confirmed each other's identities, and the latter had even confirmed it with his MDT. Now, this thrilling mission had been successfully completed.
The result made Hao Ren feel that it was unreal.
"My name is Y'zaks." When the demon spoke to Hao Ren, he would subconsciously lower his upper body. It was a very polite gesture, but every time, Hao Ren had to jump around to avoid the sputtering flames and lava. The demon's voice sounded like thunder, mixed with crackling sounds, and the demon language sounded awkward and complicated. If it were not for the MDT's powerful translation function, Hao Ren would not have been able to communicate with the big demon at all — the demon's Chinese sounded like Japanese English. "Nice to meet you. It's said that this is how you greet each other for the first time here."
Hao Ren's forehead was covered in sweat (in fact, he was sweating all the time because it was too damn hot next to the demon). He thought that this scary big demon was actually quite easy to talk to. He really did not know how the magical Raven found such a weirdo. Then, he nodded to the demon who called himself Y'zaks and said, "Well, well, you can call me Hao Ren. Hmm, did Raven 12345 tell you about the other situation here?"
There seemed to be a trace of a bitter smile on the demon's face. "Yes, she did. I know the situation here. Don't stand so far away, I don't eat people... I know that demons are not welcomed in most worlds, but you don't have to be like this, do you? You are an inspector. "
"Why do I feel that you are more familiar with the word 'inspector' than I am? I've just been appointed. "Hao Ren looked at the demon strangely." I'm not afraid of you eating people, but the temperature of your voice is too high... "
The demon rumbled with laughter. "Ha, interesting. I've had some dealings with Xi Ling Celestials. Before I came here, I received some help from them, so I know a little about them. Let the two girls over there come over. Don't be so guarded. I'm not in any danger. I just want to find a place where I can live in peace. Just give me a place to stay. "
Hao Ren looked at the big demon's face in surprise. From the big, obsidian-like face, he really did not see much ferocity (when they first met, he was shocked and subconsciously felt that it was ferocious), and the demon's voice sounded a little depressed. According to what he said about "receiving some help from Xi Ling Celestials", it seemed that something had happened to this guy before he came here? But this was not something that Hao Ren should be concerned about. He turned to Vivian and Lily and waved them over. "Alright, you two come over. Vivian, keep your bats. Lily, put down your brick. Say, that thing is called a wall brick, not a brick, okay? It's more than a meter long!"
Lily casually threw the huge rock to the side, and with a loud bang, she and Vivian cautiously came over. The two superwomen could not understand the demon's language, but from the conversation between Hao Ren and the demon, they could roughly guess what was going on. Vivian looked at the huge burning creature in surprise. "Don't tell me this is our new neighbour?"
"That's him. His name is Y'zaks. Looks like he can't speak the human language. When I get back, I'll ask Raven 12345 if she can install a translation program for all of you. Then, you'll be able to communicate smoothly."
The demon noticed that Hao Ren was pointing at him as he introduced himself. He immediately grinned at Lily and Vivian, revealing a smile that was more than a thousand degrees Celsius. Lily was so shocked that the fur on her tail stood straight up.
"... Is he speaking the demon's language?" Vivian looked at Y'zaks with a strange expression. "I've dealt with demons before, and I can speak their language. It's not like this. This one sounds like a tape being played backwards. I can't understand it at all."
Hao Ren felt that it was a little strange as well. When he thought about the accident that happened when Vivian tried to seal the Demon Stone, he suddenly became curious about this Y'zaks.
"Oh, I'm from another world," Y'zaks answered straightforwardly. "Not another planet, but another universe. It's quite a distance away from your universe, but the physical constants are highly similar. It's just that the planet I lived on was slightly larger than your planet, and the gravity was slightly stronger. But, it doesn't matter, it doesn't affect me much."
Then, seeing that Hao Ren did not speak for a while, the demon added a few more sentences. "Actually, at first, I was sent to another settlement in your universe, about two billion light years away from Earth. But, I don't like the high oxygen content there, so I was sent to your place."
Hao Ren's mouth was agape for about ten seconds before he finally could not stand the incongruity of the sentence. With a strange expression on his face, he said, "That... I understand what you mean, but why do you speak like that? You should say that you're from another plane or another dimension, and that you were summoned to this world by Raven using some kind of magic. The elemental powers of both places are about the same … I think that's how a demon like you should talk. You're a demon, a legendary race … "
Y'zaks scratched his head in puzzlement, and a lot of sparks fell off his head. "Why do you speak like that? It sounds silly and not very rigorous. It's a bit like the way humans speak in the popular hero novels of my world a thousand years ago. "
Hao Ren said, "... I just feel that it's weird to hear the words planet and light years from the mouth of a magical creature."
Y'zaks shrugged. "But a thousand years ago, we found out that the planet we live on is a sphere."
Hao Ren was speechless.
Well, it seemed that this was not a good question to delve into. Hao Ren felt that he should keep in mind and adapt to one thing: anything that had anything to do with the Xi Ling Celestials did not follow the normal settings!
Hao Ren turned his head and explained the origin of Y'zaks to Vivian. The vampire maiden was surprised. She had always felt that the concept of aliens was new to her. Now that she saw a creature from another universe, she suddenly felt that the world was unprecedentedly wide open. On the other hand, Lily was calmer: she did not understand.
In fact, Hao Ren was no less surprised than Vivian. After all, even though he was a "Space Administration employee", he had never really come into contact with real time travel. It would be a lie to say that he was not surprised when he heard that Y'zaks came from another universe. However, he had to try hard to maintain his expert image in front of the two girls. At least, he had to maintain a calm image. They were all employees of the Space Administration, and he could not act like a bumpkin when he saw a foreigner.
"I don't think this is the place to continue talking." Hao Ren wanted to talk a little more with the demon, but he finally noticed the faint light of dawn on the horizon. He suddenly realized that he had been in the castle for a whole night, and there was no telling when people would notice the abnormality here. He quickly stood up and said.
In fact, he was worried that someone would notice them now. After all, Y'zaks' arrival and Vivian's strange phenomenon had caused quite a commotion. However, he did not have the time to think about these trivial matters. He had to find a way to transport Y'zaks back!
Hao Ren looked up at Y'zaks, who was taller than a house even when he sat down, and then looked at the two beautiful girls beside him. He suddenly felt sad. "How am I going to transport you back?"
Raven 12345 did not tell him that the new tenant was a five-meter tall human-shaped flaming mountain! He did not know if he could make it in time to contact the international smugglers and pack up a huge container. But even if he could, it would be useless. Look at the magma pool under Y'zaks' butt. What kind of container would be able to withstand this guy?
Y'zaks just smiled indifferently. "Oh, that's easy."
As he said that, the demon's body quickly shrank, and the flames and magma around him slowly shrank. Finally, he turned into a burly man nearly two meters tall.
"Look, isn't this enough?"
Hao Ren said, "... Why didn't you say that you could transform earlier?!"
"Well, you didn't ask."
Hao Ren was speechless.
(I've been outside for the whole day... I can't write at all. I can only use the stockpiled manuscripts. I don't know how long I can last. I've been updating recently, mainly to stockpile manuscripts for the bookshelf. I don't want the tragedy of being cut off the moment I get to the bookshelf in the first month = = Understand, I've been taking the driver's license test while maintaining a double update for a month. It's completely burnt out.)
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