In the dazzling interstellar battleship, everything came to a standstill in an instant. The dust floating in the air, the floating characters on the various equipment, the maintenance robots wandering in the passageways of the battleship, everything froze as if someone had pressed the pause button. The people walking in the spaceship gradually turned into translucent shadows, and finally disappeared into the air one by one with a tremble.
Silence fell, and only Hao Ren was left standing before Nacruel. He was still wearing that 'officer' uniform, but it was slowly fading away, returning to his usual attire.
"Since when did you start suspecting?" Hao Ren smiled as he shrugged, and repeated the question. "Was it because I was too hasty with my questions?"
"I felt something was wrong the moment I stepped onto the ship." Nacruel's face was as cold as ice. The proud god slayer had finally tasted defeat, and this defeat was more unbearable than being captured on the battlefield. He could admit that he was not strong enough when he was defeated on the battlefield, but now, he felt completely fooled. "There are many parts of this ship that are not in accordance with the rules, and the wrong things are placed in the wrong places … I should have realized earlier, this was all part of your scheme."
Hao Ren looked around. He had modeled this ship based on the Pattianne, the rebel warship he had captured from the Gate of Solenne. He had practically simulated every detail of the ship, and even arranged for the appropriate crew and some operational equipment. But now it seemed like an illusion was an illusion, and while it could fool an outsider, it could not fool a real rebel soldier.
But in the end, he shook his head nonchalantly. "But it doesn't matter. You've finally spoken, haven't you?"
Nacruel glared at Hao Ren, and this time the disdain and contempt in his eyes had disappeared, replaced by intense anger and hostility. Perhaps only now did this proud bastard truly see the person before him as a powerful enemy. "Despicable and cunning! If I didn't want to leave this cage in the first place, I wouldn't have been tricked by you! "
"No, it's not that you shouldn't have hoped to leave this cage." Hao Ren looked at Nacruel expressionlessly. "But you shouldn't have hoped to wake up."
As these words fell, the entire world began to collapse.
The illusion ended, and the magnificent God's Battleship collapsed like sand. The light faded from sight like flowing water, and all the sounds disappeared in an instant, leaving only the hollow echoes in the darkness. Nacruel — he thought he had regained his freedom, but as the darkness faded, he slowly opened his eyes, and found himself still lying in that sturdy cell, surrounded by buzzing arcane creatures and autonomous bots.
Hao Ren stood outside the cell and looked at him. The crystal prison was still intact, and all the pillars were still shining brightly. The crystal dome pressed down from above with a despairing pressure. There was no ambush or ambush, nor was there a sudden rush of reinforcements. In the cold cold reality, the God Slayers had long been wiped out ten thousand years ago, and this was the first time Nacruel felt it so vividly.
Hao Ren crossed his arms as he waited for Nacruel to regain consciousness, and asked softly, "What is the Cosmic Progenitor?"
The prisoner lowered his head and said nothing, like a lifeless stone.
"Is it another deity? Another powerful race? Some sort of power? Or is it a spiritual belief you created? " Hao Ren was unfazed as he pressed on. "Did you decide to slay a god after hearing the voice of the Cosmic Progenitor?"
The prisoner continued to remain silent.
"You've already spoken once." Hao Ren shook his head. "What's the point of persisting? Besides, your race is already extinct, who are you trying to keep it a secret for?"
None of his questions were answered, and Nacruel seemed to have made up his mind not to say anything to anyone else. Hao Ren did not mind, and waved his hand at the rest, indicating that it was time for the day, and led his men out of the place. But before he left, he suddenly stopped and turned to the prisoner to say one last thing. "By the way, do you think you're awake or asleep?"
The man in the cell finally reacted when he heard that. He looked up instinctively, but quickly lowered his head again.
After leaving the prison, Hao Ren immediately contacted Zorm who was in charge of the dream system. "Rework the dream weaving on Prisoner No. 1. Do not let him come into contact with any items or clues that could tell if he's in the real world or not. Also, reduce those punishing illusions, they're useless."
Lily suddenly poked Hao Ren's arm. "Mr. Landlord, Mr. Landlord, why do I feel like we weren't that honest just now?"
"Honest my ass, how can we talk about chivalry when we're trying to pry something out of someone like that?" Hao Ren pursed his lips. "I'm just regretting that my acting skills weren't up to par, and the setting was a little too crude, or else he'd have spilled the beans with just a few more questions. Tsk, but it's not too bad, at least we have some new information now. "
Y 'zaks could not help but look at Hao Ren in a new light. "To be honest, your idea is pretty good. I had hundreds and thousands of prison wardens under me, but none of them were as creative as you. If you could control souls directly, you'd probably be more qualified to be a demon than me …"
Hao Ren could not help but twitch the corner of his mouth when he heard that. "Tsk, with the way you read the People's Daily all the time, anyone with horns on their head would be a better demon than you, okay?"
Y 'lisabet was not happy at that, and used the little horns on her head to push against Hao Ren's calf. "My dad is the king of demons! My dad is the most powerful among the demons! Even Uncle Ren can't say that about my dad … "
Even though the little girl was only a little over a meter tall, the horns on her head were a genuine symbol of a higher demon, and when she pushed against him with all her might, it was not to be underestimated. Golden light burst out from Hao Ren's calf, and sparks flew out of his Steel Membrane Shield. From afar, it looked like a cannonball in his crotch. Hao Ren hurriedly grabbed the little brat by her horns and lifted her into the air as he turned around and walked towards the central hall. "Let's go discuss this with Muru and the others first. Let's see what they think about this Cosmic Progenitor."
Soon, he found the three guardian giants who were waiting for news in the central hall. The three giants originally wanted to follow Hao Ren to the prison area to interrogate the prisoners, but they knew that they would not be able to control their emotions if they saw the treacherous child, so to prevent themselves from getting in the way, they waited here. When Hao Ren told the three guardians about his findings, they were first shocked at the success of the 'interrogation', and then showed great interest and confusion at the sudden appearance of the 'Cosmic Progenitor'.
"You guys don't know what this' Cosmic Progenitor 'is either?" Vivian frowned.
"That sounds like a general title." Muru shook his head. "It could be a race, or it could be a false god, or it could just be a spiritual belief. However, the possibility of the third is not high — because it sounds like those treacherous children obtained their power with the help of this' Cosmic Progenitor ', so that thing should really exist."
"That Nacruel fellow did mention that the 'Cosmic Progenitor' had implanted a power that could fight against divinity into the souls of the treacherous children." Hao Ren rubbed his chin. "But we also found runes on the treacherous children's weapons that could fight against divinity. You said that those runes were stolen from the Goddess, and both are used to fight against divinity, but the source is completely different."
"Their runes can fight against Mother's power and creation, but the use of the runes is limited, and without the runes, the treacherous soldiers are still flesh and blood." Lemendusa nodded. "So they need a more fundamental 'upgrade', so that their bodies can become weapons that can fight against God. Now it seems that this power is not their own, but from a third party. "
Muru scoffed. "Everything they have is stolen or deceived, there's nothing that belongs to them."
"My biggest headache right now is the sudden appearance of this' Cosmic Progenitor '." Hao Ren sighed, feeling a headache like never before. "This universe already has enough enemies, I really don't want to provoke someone even more troublesome."
Lily, on the other hand, was quite open-minded. "This universe already has enough enemies, so I'm not afraid of one more."
The others looked at Lily in a different light. They did not expect the fish-dog duo to have such a heroic spirit. Lily shuddered at the stares, and quickly shrunk her neck. "I just think that's pretty cool …"
Hao Ren sighed. "Lily's right, you don't itch when you have too many lice, and you don't need to worry when you have too many debts. Anyway, I didn't plan on staying idle in the Plane of Dreams. Let's talk about what this' Cosmic Progenitor 'is like."
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