They all call me an Outer God.

It desperately wanted to know the answer to the question, but the eyes behind it couldn't speak, nor did they seem to have any intention of telling it.

"I have a feeling that something is amiss. Could all of this be a prank by Fuxing Chaos? Given His style, it's not impossible."

"Perhaps the tutor knows the answer to this question. Even if he doesn't know, we can try asking the person behind the door."

The wisdom of the Key to the Door is boundless, and once you make contact with Him, He will generously impart all His knowledge.

It's like a person having a lot of bread, and then an ant comes begging for some. The person thinks the ant is cute and casually breaks off a piece for it. What's insignificant to the person is a huge amount of food to the ant.

Unlike humans, the door key method is equivalent to stuffing bread directly into the ant's belly, causing the ant to suddenly die because it cannot bear too much bread.

That's why the mentor said that omniscience is the greatest curse.

Unfortunately, although the original body was a believer of the Key to the Door, Ria was completely clueless about how to communicate with Him, and didn't even know the prayer. As a believer, this was already a disqualification.

Furthermore, Ria did not know how to communicate with the original owner's consciousness, and he had not appeared since that communication in the dream realm.

"Headache……"

The young man patted his head and decided to put these things aside for the time being; overthinking during the holidays would only make him suffer.

What's needed now is to conserve energy and get some rest.

After finally managing to hypnotize herself into sleep, Ria's thoughts finally calmed down.

That night, he did not dream of his former world, but instead entered a dream world.

A vast array of starlight once again appeared in the sky. Putting aside their dangers, these creatures were a rare sight in the Dreamland, eclipsing even the stars themselves.

Atlach, disguised as a mature woman, sat on the grass weaving intangible things. When she saw Ria, she beckoned him to come and sit down.

After observing whether there was any danger, and confirming that there was none, Ria sat down not far from Atlak.

What are you writing?

“I don’t know either, but my mission is to keep weaving the web, and I have never stopped since I was born.”

Atlach lowered his eyes: "Some say I am accelerating the coming of destruction. They say the Spider God is weaving a bridge connecting the dream world and reality. When the bridge is completed, the barrier between reality and dreams will be broken, and the end of the world will come."

Actually, I don't really care. Weaving webs is in my nature, and I don't care what the consequences might be.

A butterfly flapping its wings might cause a typhoon far away, but what wrong has the butterfly done?

To the gods, the life and death of all things are of no importance. Atlas's task was merely to weave the net, and even if it led to the end of the world, no one had the right to mock Him for being inhuman.

He was not human to begin with, and those things had nothing to do with Him.

"In fact, logically speaking, I should be the one to stop you."

"Then you can?"

"will not."

"Oh?" Atlach became somewhat interested. "Why?"

Ria answered candidly: "The coming of the apocalypse stems from the awakening of the gods. Whether or not the dream world ultimately connects with reality, those beings will awaken sooner or later."

Besides, I can't stop you.

"Is that the sentence you really meant?"

Atlach laughed out loud.

Ria: "The disaster you brought may happen a long time from now."

"The most important thing now is to stop the war, but since the prophecy has said that the apocalyptic disaster will come, I think we should first consider the worst-case scenario. While considering how to stop it, humanity must also think about what to do if it cannot be stopped."

While it is true that a deity may seem omnipotent, one should not have too high expectations of Him.

Don't have too high expectations of me.

Atlach's hands kept moving, while many limbs extended from his back to weave together.

"You just need to do what you think is right. You are special. In you, humanity and divinity coexist."

"You can think like a person about how to prevent natural disasters, and when you can't prevent them, you can be an observer like us."

With great power comes great responsibility, but now you are the only awakened god in reality. Do you know what that means?

Atlach lowered his voice: "No one can force you to do something you don't want to do. The only thing that truly suppresses you is your own moral compass."

Anyone who forces you is only courting their own destruction.

After listening, Ria once again felt the difference between the thoughts of humans and the Great Old Ones. He did not answer, but instead looked up to admire the starlight above him.

After a long time, a thin mist suddenly appeared in mid-air. The mist grew thicker and thicker, and soon it transformed into the shape of a giant dragon that blotted out the sky. The eyes of the black dragon shimmered with dark golden light.

Ria stood up and took a few steps forward. She saw the dragon flap its wings and solidify into a physical form. After landing, it brought its head close to the youth. Only when Ria reached out and touched its head did it completely shrink in size, turning into a ball of black feathers.

"You actually managed to find your way here."

"Ouch!"

Little Swarth didn't follow Ria into the Dreamland. After discovering that Ria had run here, he managed to enter on his own, a process that was undoubtedly arduous.

Of course, the hardship was for the extraordinary creatures it devoured along the way; no matter where Ria went, Little Swarth could always find him.

Atlach remarked, "It really loves you and truly considers you its own father."

Ria: "I can feel it."

As he spoke, he patted little Swarth's head, which Atlas found amusing.

“Look at you, you’re so young and you already have children, but you don’t even have a spouse. This is not good for you to find a spouse.”

Ria: "I'm not thinking about those kinds of questions for now. By the way, how did we get onto the topic of relationships?"

Atlak: "Looking at this mythical creature, I suddenly thought of my children, a group of lovely spiders, who were all taken to the moon by Him when the Red Moon was asleep."

"Messiah, also known as the Red Moon, is a rather boring mythical creature. She usually only likes to collect the souls of various creatures, then tear them apart or devour them. Creatures with incomplete souls are more easily corrupted and mutated."

Then one day He took my children away and never returned them to me.” Atlach was somewhat saddened. Seeing this, Ria carefully asked, “I’ve wanted to ask you a question for a long time: what is your relationship with that mother goddess?”

Atlach: "He is my lover."

Ria: "I feel sorry for you."

“Those children were also the result of our joint efforts. For my sake, He took the form of a spider, but since He fell into a deep sleep, I have never seen Him again, including those children.”

Have you seen Him?

Ria recalled her past experiences of sacrificing to the Red Moon, none of which were pleasant memories. Moreover, the summoned creatures lacked intelligence and could only react based on the summoner's personality.

Perhaps Atlas was constantly weaving bridges, neither resisting his own actions nor the coming of the apocalypse, simply wanting to see Him when the Red Moon revived.

The claim that a seemingly insignificant action by a deity can easily cause a major catastrophe for humanity is not without reason.

Ria didn't know what had happened between them, but since the Red Moon had appeared in the form of a spider, it must have cared about Atlak a lot. Ria could only silently wish that they would eventually reunite.

"By the way, ma'am, I'm planning to start a church. Do you know how to do it?"

"It's rare that you would seek my advice. What, are you planning to compete with Radiant Sun for believers?"

"Everyone should have some aspirations."

Little Swarth once swallowed the remains of a palace on the seabed of the abyss, and that palace is still very well preserved, perhaps it can be used as the foundation of the church.

So the question arises: where should the church be located?

Although churches can spread all over the world in later stages, they did not have such conditions and funds in the initial stages.

Atlach saw his dilemma and offered an answer: "Perhaps you can establish the Church of the Beginning in the Dreamland."

"Dreamscape?"

Atlach nodded: "Establishing a church is a big deal. Believers, clergy, prayers, and idols are all indispensable. It would be dangerous to rashly establish a territory when the outside world is so powerful and the space for development would be limited."

In fact, we don't care about the establishment of the church; those are all spontaneous actions by believers. But since you brought it up, I will certainly support it.

It's also a problem that your believers can't contact you, and you can't always respond to or inspire them. Having a church will make things much easier.

Moreover, if you establish your church in a dream, your believers will only find you increasingly unfathomable.

"Thank you so much!"

Ria sincerely expressed her gratitude to Atlach, who replied that she was welcome and that he was simply bored in the dream world.

“Even in the Dream Realm, those believers need to be confined to a designated area to move around in, and they can’t be allowed to wander off.”

"I think it should be limited to fixed buildings, with a maximum of ten meters around the building, no more than that."

“Using a palace as the starting church would be too extravagant… So where should we choose a location?”

Ria began to ponder the question again, and Atlak told him, "Location is not a problem. In the Dreamland, there is no concept of time and space. You can get anywhere quickly if you want."

"But if I had to recommend one, how about the Royal Palace of Kranbea? It just so happens that most of the geography in the Dream Realm is a reflection of reality. You can go to Kranbea in the Dream Realm and kick down the original Royal Palace."

I've long disliked those people in real life, but being in this dream world, I can't interfere too much..."

Ria felt somewhat helpless, but after thinking for a moment, she found it quite interesting and wondered how the believers from Cranbea would react to this scene.

"Now that I've made up my mind, let's get going. I haven't been this busy in a long time."

As Atlach spoke, he suddenly disappeared. Ria felt that he must have gone to the direction of Cranbea in the dream world.

He closed his eyes, pondered the coordinates left by Atlak, and then quickly disappeared, with Little Swarth following closely behind.

Dreamland, Cranbea City —

Even in dreams, there are still many residents here. They have formed their own stable settlements and order, and it is rare for a resident to be suddenly eaten by another resident while walking on the road.

A group of giant worms lived in the palace. Their enormous bodies were packed into various buildings, using the hard structures as a protective skeleton, just like mollusks.

These pink, wriggling giant worms are covered in scales, have sharp teeth, and mouths that open and close like flowers. Each mouth segment is a long, thin tentacle, and their muscles are powerful. Every wriggle they make causes the ground to tremble.

However, because the buildings would constantly revert to their original state in the dream, the palace was repeatedly destroyed and reborn. The giant worms invaded the place and became its true "kings".

Then quickly, Atlak and Ria appeared near the building. Atlak was holding a blueprint in one hand and a pen in the other, sketching on it as if he were drawing a design.

"Should we tear that thing down and rebuild it, or expand upon it?"

Which option is better?

"I recommend you consider option one, which is to demolish and rebuild. After all, I think a new house is more reassuring. Although your current conditions do not meet the standards of a new house, it is still much better than that building that was once inhabited by the giant worm."

Furthermore, I have a way to prevent damaged buildings from being restored, so you can rest assured and consider it.

Without hesitation, Lia replied, "Then let's go with option one."

Atlak: "A wise decision. We can start construction now. We don't need to worry about those bugs. We're not civilized enough to issue demolition notices and compensate man-eating bugs."

"Then, Kercha, how much compensation do you think we should give them for the demolition?"

"It must be an astronomical figure, but it's a pity that these buildings can't be moved out and sold."

"You're quite the planner, aren't you? Yeah, what a pity."

After Atlach finished speaking, he drew a large diagonal line on the drawing with the pen in his hand.

With a "whoosh," Ria beside Him also disappeared without a trace. Instead, the mythical creature on the ground stretched its neck and turned its head.

On this day, the residents of Cranbea felt the earth tremble violently. Soon, some people looked up at the highest point, and their pupils trembled even more violently than the ground.

"Th-what is that?!"

Those who didn't understand followed the other person's gaze and then witnessed a scene they would never forget.

On the earth, enormous, dark, and twisted tentacles grow and spread, surrounding the tallest building, gradually climbing and entwining around its outer walls, and then mercilessly engulfing it.

(End of this chapter)