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“Those demons didn’t wreak havoc on the heavens like before. They just forced us to hand over our divine sparks and then left. If that were all, the situation wouldn’t be so bad. As long as the divine realm existed, the angels could live, and the divine sparks would gradually re-form. However, just when we finally managed to re-form our divine sparks, the demons would reappear and steal them away again.”
“If this continues, even the most patient angel will despair, and a despairing angel naturally cannot stay in heaven... After all, they are symbols of hope, how could there be a despairing angel?”
"Some of them fell into purgatory and became fallen angels, some disappeared, and the rest are like me, just loafing around and waiting to die."
As she spoke, the angel Gabriel yawned, and the halo above her head swayed as if it were about to fall off.
After Gabriel's narration, Lin Yi finally understood the current situation of Heaven.
Clearly, contrary to Lin Yi's initial expectations of magical transformation, the situation is quite the opposite. Due to the invasion of the "fragments," the Paradise World has plummeted from its original high activity level to a medium activity level, and is currently trending towards a low to medium activity level.
If Gabriel and the other high angels also disappear, it's not impossible for the nominally defunct Heaven plane to fall to zero activity.
Throughout the entire process of the evolution of the Heavenly World to this point, the existence of the "fragments" has been almost completely undisguised.
First of all, the disappearance of the Archangels must have been the work of "Fragments". Otherwise, given that the battle between Heaven and Purgatory had lasted for so long without a clear winner, there would be no way that a being capable of silently wiping out all the high-level combat power of Heaven would suddenly appear.
However, the existence of the Purgatory Demon forces is definitely problematic. In the world of the sixteen races, the defeat of Purgatory at that time was beyond doubt. Therefore, the Purgatory Demons that still exist now are undoubtedly the work of the "Fragments". That is why they have not... or rather, are simply unable to unleash the chaotic nature of demons to wantonly destroy their nemesis, Heaven. Instead, they can only go to Heaven periodically to harvest divine essence like workers.
It was indeed a harvest. According to Gabriel, the current Heavenly World had been completely turned into a farm by the "Fragments." The livestock were the angels, and the products were the divine essences. Although it was unclear what use the divine essences were for Lin Yi, it was definitely not a good thing for him.
Summarizing this information, it's not difficult to draw a conclusion.
Whether it's Heaven or Purgatory, both have long been conquered by the "Fragments," and the "Fragments" have not chosen to further develop these two worlds, but instead have directly used them as consumables for plunder... This is not unbelievable. Lin Yi did the same thing when the Main God Space was just beginning to develop. However, now, unless absolutely necessary, there is no need to resort to such a short-sighted approach.
Among them, the "Fragments" play both the role of Heaven—seizing victory in the world of the sixteen races, wantonly destroying and plundering, and the role of the demons—counterattacking in the Heavenly plane, constantly exploiting and oppressing.
As a result, these two highly active worlds were completely wiped out without even knowing their true enemy, or even worse, the farms suffered far worse than total annihilation.
"This is really..."
Even though it wasn't the first time he had witnessed these "fragments" of methods, Lin Yi was still inevitably shocked as he pieced together all the details.
It takes the God Space a lot of effort to design even a single highly active world, but this "fragment" can easily dismantle three worlds of this level with the flick of its wrist. In this case, what kind of being is the true holder of the "fragment"?
Lin Yi, who was merely an information entity rather than the subject, was slightly shaken by this "unknown," but quickly dismissed it and turned to Gabriel, asking, "I know almost everything I want to know, so what about you? What do you want to do now?"
It was clear that Gabriel had no desire to return to that lifeless paradise. No sentient being would choose to stay in a farm and be harvested regularly, right? That's why Lin Yi asked the question, and the answer was as expected.
"I think this place is nice, why don't I stay here?"
Gaia scanned the surroundings with suspicion—although no large-scale battle had taken place, the aftershocks of Gaia's full power in order to eliminate a god-slayer had still affected the environment. This area, which didn't seem like a place where humans could live, was probably a good place to be.
Rubbing his temples, Lin Yi abandoned his plan to throw Gabriel back to the Heavenly World like the two otherworldly gods before him. Firstly, Gabriel had already lost her powers, so even if she was killed, no new god-slayer would be born. Secondly, he couldn't guarantee that the "fragments" wouldn't notice anything unusual after Gabriel's return. As for the archangel's sudden disappearance... with many livestock disappearing from the farm every day, a mere archangel was insignificant.
Moreover, Lin Yi had another plan.
"Don't you want to see the current situation of the 'winner' before making a real decision?"
"winner?"
"Purgatory".
Before Gabriel could even show a look of resistance, Lin Yi added, "Aren't you curious why Purgatory, which was supposed to be your equal, suddenly became so powerful, and after the victory, it seemed like it changed its personality and didn't attack Heaven."
Gabriel fell silent, but Lin Yi still managed to catch her wavering.
"Just like your situation just now, I possess the ability to summon gods from other worlds... well, the ability of angels and demons of your level. If you really have any doubts, you can ask them directly. Anyway, your defeat is already inevitable. It's not a big deal to go against the creed of Heaven just to resolve your last doubts, is it?"
"Huh? The creed of Heaven? I don't care about that kind of question, but... oh well, I'll just treat it as a pastime."
Although Gabriel's statement had some issues, the result was the same, so that's fine.
And so, with Qi Lin and Wu Wu, along with a lifeless, dreamless angel, Lin Yi began the second round of summoning.
—Target: The Demon of Purgatory.
Ragnarok: Chapter 435 The Tale of Angels and Demons (Part 2)
The offerings were made from stones on the ground—since humans can eat dirt when they are starving, there is no reason why demons from purgatory shouldn't be able to bite through stones.
The ritual maintained the original pattern of summoning angels—if Heaven has become like this, there's no reason why Purgatory, which suffered a crushing defeat in the world of the sixteen races, could still maintain its original power.
And most importantly, the bait...
After thinking for a full three seconds, Lin Yi directly reduced the activity of the bait to one-tenth of the previous level.
After completing all the preparations in less than twenty seconds, he officially started the otherworldly god summoning ritual under Gabriel's curious gaze.
Almost the instant Lin Yi officially started, the bait on the other side responded with a "bite". As expected, the speed of swallowing and digesting was even more miserable than when Gabriel was swallowed. In fact, even the simple act of "biting" gave Lin Yi an extremely difficult feeling.
Seeing this, Lin Yi completely gave up. Instead of using bait, he directly converted the remaining vitality from the other side of the world into a restraint mechanism to bind the demon, and then pulled it towards him—
"Whoa-!"
The devil has arrived.
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"Gabriel?! Oh ho ho ho—I never expected my nemesis to appear here. It seems that even if the war ends, our intertwined fates will not end so easily. Come, let the great demon Kurumizawa Satania McWell bestow upon you, this evil angel, the greatest—"
Before she could finish speaking, she was knocked down by an object thrown from Gabriel's hand. Incidentally, what the angel threw was the halo above her head.
Perhaps the relative restraint between positive and negative energy still exists. Even though it was just a useless halo that a useless angel who had lost her divinity possessed, which was only for decoration, it still made the demon unable to get up for quite a long time after she knocked her down. It was during this time that Gabriel introduced the demon to Lin Yi.
"You heard her name just now, Nutcracker Satania McWell. A fool who aims to become a Greater Demon, with almost nothing to offer except for her large breasts."
Frowning, Lin Yi tried to ignore the scene before him and attempted to reclassify the identities of "angel" and "devil" onto the two individuals, but ultimately gave up on this pointless endeavor.
"Fine... I don't want to get involved in your business. All I want to know is the current state of Purgatory."
Subsequently, with Gabriel's "assistance," Lin Yi obtained information about Purgatory from the red-haired demon without much effort.
Almost the complete opposite of what Gabriel provided, in Satania's account, a vast army of angels from Heaven stormed into Purgatory. Any demons that dared to resist vanished without a trace under the "light of judgment" from the heavens (Lin Yi guessed that it was the annihilation light of the Supreme God). After more than 90% of the demons perished, the remaining demons finally gave up resistance and chose to surrender. However, the angels who conquered Purgatory did not choose to purify this sinful world, but instead allowed the demons to continue to live. Just when the survivors were incredulous, these angels did something that no demon had ever imagined.
"law?"
Lin Yi was taken aback when he heard those two words from Satanik.
"That's right, that's right, it's that thing called 'law...' or something. Those evil angels require every demon to act according to the conditions above, without any deviation. Of course, as the great demon Nutcracker Satania McWell, it's impossible for me to comply with such unreasonable things."
Gabriel, standing nearby, summed it up: "And then you turned out like this. You really are an idiot."
Ignoring the demons and angels who were once again embroiled in a "fierce battle," Lin Yi pondered the deeper meaning behind the "fragment's" actions.
According to the faction division within the sixteen races, if the angels of Heaven represent order, then the demons of Purgatory represent pure chaos. However, after seizing these two worlds, the "Fragment" directly launched a breeding program in Heaven, which is cruel even in chaos, while conducting "order education" in the chaotic faction... Indeed, it is education. This can be seen from the words and actions of the demon of Purgatory who claims to be aiming to become a great demon. If she were truly the kind of demon she seeks, she wouldn't be "fighting" Gabriel one-on-one, but would instead use any means necessary to bring Lin Yi, the "instigator," into the fray, and then use Lin Yi's power to kill her.
In the mind of this purgatory demon who received education from the Order faction, the most heinous act would probably be something like not throwing trash in the trash can...
With a twitch at the corner of his mouth, he quickly shifted his attention away from this pointless matter.
After learning about the actions of the "fragments" in the two highly active worlds, Lin Yi could roughly determine that the other party did not intend to delve deeper into these two worlds. One was used directly as a production site for breeding, and the other was used as an experimental field for experimentation. In the end, the paradise no longer resembled paradise, and the purgatory no longer resembled purgatory.
Besides, the world of the sixteen races was probably in a similar state, except that after dragging Purgatory and Heaven into it for a bit, they were abandoned. Lin Yi had no idea what the "fragments" proved or what they gained during this process.
The only thing that is certain at present is...
"...The coordinates of the origin world of the 'fragment' have been found..."
It does not refer to the coordinates of Heaven or Purgatory, but rather to the coordinates that truly belong to the origin world of this "fragment".
Finding a specific target on a line requires only one point, while finding a target on a plane requires two lines. If we increase the dimension to three dimensions, finding a fixed world in an almost infinite world requires three other related worlds.
Clearly, whatever the "fragments" did in these worlds, it is inevitable that the worlds of the sixteen races, the heavenly world, and the purgatory world are connected to them. By tracing back the traces left by the "fragments" in these three worlds, the point of intersection must be the origin world of the "fragments".
Looking back on the entire process of getting the final answer, even if it wasn't a life-or-death ordeal, it was by no means easy. But is that really enough?
Ragnarok: The Four Spirits V Group Chapter 436 Different Paths
From the reverse flow of spiritual energy in the "Immortal Execution Sword" to the metal frenzy in "Cybertron," regardless of their strength, each "fragment" was meticulously planned. However, this time, this "fragment," which surpasses both in both specifications and evolution, made such a basic mistake, easily exposing three worlds with traces left behind, and in a nearly defenseless state. This made Lin Yi suspicious at the last moment.
"Information asymmetry..."
With limited information at his disposal, Lin Yi could only remain in a state of doubt. Whether he advanced or retreated, it would inevitably lead to the exposure of more information, which was the inevitable fate of an information entity.
Almost at the same time that Lin Yi made a clear decision on the next move, the Nth "battle" between the angel and the demon also came to an end. It was clear that Satania, who was not carrying any "weapons," was no match for Gabriel, who still had a decorative halo. After being defeated several times, Satania knew that she was no match for Gabriel now, and could only retreat while uttering harsh words.
Shaking his head, Lin Yi addressed the two directly: "I know everything I want to know, and you've probably learned what you want to know from each other as well. So, what do you want to do next?"
That being said, the real target of the questioning was still Gabriel. Lin Yi admitted that the "idiot" attribute was difficult for him to deal with. Rather than wasting time on these people who couldn't even understand each other's words accurately, he preferred to use methods like soul-searching and mind-reading. The question was, would these methods be effective against "demons"?
Fortunately, Lin Yi hasn't reached the point where he has to use these methods against this demon yet. Although it feels quite strange, Gabriel, who is an angel, is actually able to communicate with Satania, who is a demon... It can be said that the winds of the underworld have become pure and simple.
Upon hearing Lin Yi's question, their responses differed. The demon looked completely bewildered: she probably didn't realize she was no longer in Purgatory. Gabriel, on the other hand, simply pursed her lips and said bluntly, "I don't know."
"..."
"..."
"Okay, let me put it another way. Now that you know the truth, don't you want to take revenge on the 'mastermind' who caused the destruction of Heaven?"
"Can you eat revenge?"
Scratching his long, golden hair, which had been messed up in the "fierce battle" just now, the former archangel said casually, "It's already turned out like this. What good would revenge do? Besides, the biggest purpose of Heaven was to destroy Purgatory. Now that Purgatory has become like this, there's no need to destroy it anymore. Even if Heaven could reappear, it wouldn't do anything."
"No, it seems like I could just stay home and play games every day... But I can do that now, so let's forget about all this troublesome stuff."
Gabriel looked like she was practically saying, "I'm a salted fish now."
Faced with this situation, Lin Yi could only remain silent. Since the other party had already chosen to give up and be a complete slacker, forcing her to take action would probably not have any effect, and might even have negative consequences. In comparison, it would be better for her to stay here and play the role of "locator" so that Lin Yi could successfully deduce the origin world of the "fragment".
"Alright, after I finish this last thing, you can stay in this world forever, and then you can do whatever you want—"
"Hey, can I not stay here?"
Lin Yi was taken aback: "Why?"
"Although I don't know exactly what's going on, I feel like the world harbors deep malice towards angels like me."
As expected of archangels from a highly active world, even though their divinity has disappeared, their instinctive premonition of danger still remains. For these "gods" from highly active worlds, staying in a world that allows god-killers to exist is like throwing themselves into the tiger's den, let alone now that they don't even have a trace of power left.
Although Lin Yi knew about Gabriel's condition, the magicians of this world did not. It is conceivable that after discovering this useless angel, they would definitely be unable to resist taking action in order to seize the non-existent powers within her.
Perhaps anticipating this situation, they simply rejected Lin Yi's suggestion.
"I'll go with you."
Why did we come to this conclusion?
"Weren't you going to take action against 'that guy'? In that case, you've already avenged yourself in Heaven—which means you're my benefactor. To repay you, I've decided to go with you!"
For some inexplicable reason, it had a certain persuasive power, but Lin Yi didn't forget the most important premise: "What can you give me if I come with you?"
Tilting his head, the fallen angel seemed to be seriously considering the question. After a while, he grabbed the demon who was trying to sneak away and asked, "How about some play between an angel and a demon?"
The useless angel with a completely self-righteous look on her face: "..."
Lin Yi, utterly despairing of this angel's moral bottom line: "..."
The still bewildered, idiot demon: "...Eh?"
“…Alright, I’ll take you to another, relatively safe place.”
Rubbing his temples, Lin Yi completely gave up on communicating with this archangel.
Essentially, Gabriel's fate was sealed the moment she was brought to this world. She could either choose to go back to avoid being silenced for leaking information, or stay here and be "killed" by magicians as a disobedient god, or be thrown into the main god space as an object of observation.
Whether it was a residual ability or intuition or something else, although the process was different, she still managed to achieve a relatively optimal "ending"... taking along a demon who was unaware that his fate had been decided in a matter of seconds.
(To be honest, besides dragons, we haven't even collected the genetic data for the other two pinnacles of the fantasy genre: angels and demons yet.)
After resolving the follow-up issues regarding Gabriel and Satania, Lin Yi began the final preparations.
"Should we summon another angel or demon?"
"No, it's a dragon."
Gabriel represents Heaven—a world coordinate system dominated by "fragments".
Satania represents Purgatory—a world coordinate system controlled by the "Fragments".
The third point that constitutes the derivation of the three-dimensional coordinates needs to come from a third world that is also related to the "fragments"—the world of sixteen races, the world coordinates of the world invaded by the "fragments".
Compared to the previous summoning of gods, including angels, demons, and now the dragon, this was practically child's play. Especially this last one, Lin Yi skipped all the steps of offerings, rituals, and bait, and instead used the special rules of this world to open a tiny passage to another world and send a brief message over.
Before long, a dragon... with white horns, and a size even smaller than that of the angels and demons after they lost their divinity, emerged from the passage.
"Ow~"
Looking at the three beings before him—one who resembled an angel, the other a demon, and the other a dragon—Lin Yi sighed with emotion, “If I had encountered people like you at the beginning, the main character would probably have taken a completely different path.”
Ragnarok: Chapter 437 Ragnarok (1)
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