They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 248 The Truth of Revelation
(Chapter 247)

It followed Ria into the next misty zone, and then the one after that, and the one after that...

The space concealed by the mist was on the verge of collapse, and Ria's methods were becoming increasingly outrageous. Wherever he and Swarth passed, no place was spared unscathed.

Those houses had become a bizarre hell, with faceless people loudly praising his name, running around the streets like madmen, blocking traffic, and even running right in front of trucks and getting hit and killed, their bodies drawing scarlet and yellowish-white arcs on the ground.

Now, Ria was getting tired of the current situation. He was wondering why this journey was not over yet, until after countless reincarnations, someone stood in front of him.

"Stop it, you don't understand what you're doing at all."

Lia looked up and met her own gaze.

He knew this person's face well, yet it felt strange to him now.

Li Ya, that was his former name, and that was who he used to be.

“You are nothing but a bunch of dream products, how dare you come here and lecture me? If I do nothing, I will be trapped here forever.”

"Isn't this place good? It has everything you want, isn't this what you crave most...? Why do you want to destroy it with your own hands?"

"I don't think there's anything good about a bunch of virtual products."

Ria raised a finger, and she was immediately pierced by the surging tentacles, then torn into countless pieces.

At that moment, the scene before him finally distorted, and Ria successfully saw the place where he was located darken, begin to collapse inch by inch from the sky, and finally leave nothing behind.

The Möbius strip was thus broken, and Ria also noticed that the thick fog was rapidly pouring into it from the edge of collapse, and soon his vision was completely filled with fog.

The fog was much thinner than before, and it had a strange color that looked like it had been mixed with an overturned paint box.

When Ria reaches out to touch them, they dodge away, as if they have suddenly come to life.

The young man simply ignored them, while little Swarth was having a great time playing there.

Come here.

A voice called to him from ahead. Leaning on his cane, he went towards it and found a table carved with strange insects. On the table sat a book with several obscure words written on its cover—

"ΛΗ?" ΕΔΛ#%&Revelation》

"The Book of Revelation!?"

Ria was somewhat surprised that he could see the legendary Book of Revelation in this place. Some of the words at the beginning were still so obscure and difficult to understand. If Ria hadn't been wearing his monocle, which could block out some pollution, he probably would have gone blind again.

However, this is no longer a big problem for the young man who has already gone blind.

He stared at the book in front of him, and gradually green grainy images appeared in his field of vision. To be honest, facing it was extremely uncomfortable, but Ria still needed to keep his eyes on it.

Meanwhile, the tentacles gradually approached the book of Revelation. No one knew if it was the original version. If it was real, people outside would inevitably go mad once they knew its location.

"Be careful, Schwarz, watch out for a trap."

Ria tentatively touched the book a few times with her tentacles, and suddenly green pustules appeared on the surface of the Book of Revelation. Thin thorns extended from above and then retracted, similar to the predatory methods of some carnivorous plants.

You don't need to be nervous; I'm only here to tell you the truth.

The green abscess made a "sizzling" sound, but its message was completely conveyed into Ria's mind.

They gradually grew and stuck together, and soon, a green, slug-like creature appeared on the surface of the Apocalypse. It had three tentacles on its head, and its underside was covered with white cones for movement. Its face was soft and swollen like a puff pastry, and every now and then, white mucus, like cream, would seep from its surface and then turn into foam and dissipate.

You have passed my test and successfully found me in my dream. As a reward... I will tell you the truth.

The ten-foot-wide slug raised its head, stood upright, and made a deafening noise that caused the thick fog in all directions to swirl violently.

You can ask me any questions you want, until you can't ask anymore. I am different from other beings; what I am about to tell you is the truth.

"How can I trust you?"

I don't need you to believe me, you just need to receive the answer. I don't need to make promises to anyone, and no one is worthy of my promises.

What you see right now is not on the same space-time plane as you; in layman's terms, you can think of it as a mirage.

[I am here, yet I am not here. You cannot touch me, but I can attack you... Don't look so cautious. There are advantages to doing this, such as isolating yourself from space and time, which can reduce the supernatural pollution from your multiple bodies.]

Otherwise, the moment you see me, you'll already be a dried-up corpse.

As it spoke, the slug extended countless thorns from its back. Upon seeing these thorns, Ria suddenly recalled the enormous monster that had appeared not long ago when he sought the message of the Revelation from the Lord of the Storm and the Abyss at Lake Ega.

"So those things were you..."

Lia didn't say those words aloud, nor did he engage in empty talk; instead, he got straight to the point.

Can I go back to my original world?

【Can】

The slug shook its thorns twice in affirmation, and Ria's breathing quickened for a moment: "How can I get back?"

Just close your eyes.

"You mean sleeping?"

【Yes】

"I'm going back to the dream world when I return to the real world—are you kidding me?"

The oppressive feeling that had been weighing on his mind began to worsen again. Liado hoped to hear the creature in front of him admit that it was a joke, but things rarely go as planned.

You've already guessed it, why deceive yourself anymore?

[…Go back to your original world, didn't you just come back from there?]

The creature circled the Book of Revelation below, seemingly very interested in the changes in Ria's expression, so much so that the slug's voice carrying a hint of glee as it relayed the message.

[From the first scene, through the thick fog, it transitions to the next, seemingly endlessly repeating the same cycle, yet they are all part of the world you live in.]

In the "dream," you return home, inadvertently bringing back the extraordinary characteristics of this place. As a result, the originally normal world becomes abnormal, and when you wake up, you continue to live in it.

[You've made your living environment increasingly bizarre. Think about what you've done in it... Who have you killed, and what have you seen?]

As Ria's mind raced, his face gradually turned deathly pale. He suddenly pictured a horrifying scene of himself killing his parents.

(End of this chapter)