They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 249 Green Rot
(Correction: This is Chapter 248, I can't change the title.)
These worlds are parallel universes, and the different decisions you make will affect their endings. But what truly influences the increasingly bizarre development of the dream is the action you just took in order to escape the loop.

You have made the world abnormal, you have corrupted everyone and driven them mad. All the anomalies that appeared in the dreams originated from your present self. If those dreams continue, you will see a scene of destruction, like the world before the cycle of escape.

[All of this is because of you... You destroyed the home you wanted to return to with your own hands. Countless chances couldn't stop you from moving forward. Thinking about it this way... You really are a contradictory being.]

"Impossible!" Ria gripped the handle of her cane so tightly that she nearly crushed it.

He immediately denied the slug's words, "Since you know the truth, then you should know that I come from that world. I am just an ordinary person. Where would I get such great abilities?"

From the moment he stumbled and became another man named Ria Kercha, he had been searching for a way home. Now, being told that it was all a lie and that he had destroyed his own home, he simply couldn't believe it.

The slug's words are full of holes and their credibility is questionable. It's impossible for Ria to trust someone who starts spouting nonsense right away, even if that person might actually be a great being.

[I've said it before, believe it or not is up to you, I'm just a messenger... You should know that after a person dies from the contamination disease, their body cells will mutate and be completely eroded by the extraordinary, turning them into extraordinary beings.]

"..." Ria stared intently at him, her hands still gripping the handle of her cane tightly.

Little Swarth noticed that Ria's mood was off, so he quickly grabbed his hand from behind and tried to pull him away.

The slug's words did not stop. This unknown creature gradually broke down Ria's psychological defenses, forcing him to face all the problems before him.

How can you prove you're not a supernatural being born from the death of Ria Kercha? After all, he is indeed dead, and who are you, the soul now residing in his body?

[You've been fantasizing about a dream, a way to escape the fact that your body is dead. You want to continue living as a human. Unlike extraordinary beings, you are a mythical being, who can completely distort spacetime and even trigger dimensional loops.]

You already know that the consciousness of the mythical creature is a fragment of your consciousness, and you find this puzzling. Now I will repeat it again: you are it, and it is you.

[You will eventually become part of our existence. Is there anything you don't understand now, mythical creature?]

"..."

As if struck by lightning, Ria staggered, then crouched down. Tentacles surrounded him from behind, gradually enveloping him like a protective shield.

The young man waved them away, and Little Swarth paused for a moment before slowly removing the tentacles.

Clearly, it now also feels that it is not the time to disturb Ria.

Lia lowered his head, covering his face, unsure whether he was laughing or crying. He said it was impossible not to break down. The home he had been searching for for so long had turned out to be nothing but a false illusion, and no one could accept such a reality.

Moreover, he has killed many people in his dreams.

Ria killed his parents, his relatives, his subordinates, and countless innocent people, including himself.

He manipulates time and space, and he himself is unaware of his immense abilities.

"I must admit, I am guilty, I am guilty beyond measure."

Many people have warned you, but you completely ignore them. How can you so easily disregard other people's advice?

The slug took pity on Ria, even though slugs shouldn't have pity. The thorns on its back silently spread, quickly gathering in all directions under the cover of the thick fog, lurking like venomous snakes. Suddenly, a huge thorn pierced through Ria's head, accompanied by a sharp noise, and with a "crack," the thorn slowly retracted.

As the slug looked down at Ria, who was completely pierced by the thorns, images began to flash through its mind of creatures rotting green after being affected by the venom of the thorns.

However, what the slug imagined did not happen, because just as Ria could not affect the slug, the slug could not affect him either.

Their timelines were completely out of sync, a situation that even the slug hadn't anticipated.

The person who brought you here is helping you... Why would Charlie help you? He promised to bring me new prey.

You've lost all hope; living has no value to you. Rather than wasting this body, you might as well obediently rot and become a living corpse.

"You're full of lies; not a single word of yours is believable."

I don't need to lie.

"But you haven't admitted that what you said is true. Are you trying to lower my guard with your words and then let me manipulate you? I'm tired of this kind of tactic."

"You're talking complete nonsense! You're lying to me!"

Lia paused for a moment as she spoke: "You do not represent the truth. In reality, you are merely a test. From the moment you embarked on the path of seeking knowledge to the moment you stepped into the fog, and now your words that are disrupting right and wrong, they are all just a smokescreen."

Their true purpose is singular—to make me ignore what you are currently protecting, the Book of Revelation whose true name cannot be uttered.

The gods are aware of all those who chant the names of the gods. They can even detect the mere thought of these names. These beings can use this to precisely pinpoint the location of those who chant the names of the gods and exert extraordinary influence over them.

"So I guess you are the great being mentioned in the prefix of Revelation. Although you are not the real thing, you still descended here the moment I approached Revelation and saw its cover."

Admittedly, you know a lot, but what you're telling me is all nonsense, just to make me give up here. After knowing these things, no one will pay attention to the revelation below you.

But I'm different. From the moment I saw it, it became my goal.

As soon as Ria finished speaking, the tentacles around her instantly became agitated and turned around to slap down on the thorns, using strong acid to corrode them.

Due to some factor, their positions have been reversed. Now, Ria can attack the strange creature in front of him, while the strange creature is completely unable to touch him.

I'm furious, even though I can roughly understand why Charlie would help you.

Are you sure you want to touch my thorns?

"Sizzle! Sizzle!!!"

The thorns on the ground pierced through the tentacles pressing down on it, and the dark tentacles twisted with difficulty, green mold growing from the pierced opening.

(End of this chapter)