They all call me an Outer God.

"The devil knows."

Young Li Ya shrugged, as if to say: How would I know? I'm just your dream. This question is completely beyond my comprehension.

“I now have reason to suspect that a considerable number of the fragments of Revelation are buried in dreams waiting to be discovered, but the dreams we are in each time are different, and it would take forever to collect them all.”

"But this is a good thing!"

Li Ya stared at the tattered page and forced a big smile onto his face.

“We don’t need this kind of thing, but some people do, like that Miss Lilith who seems to be a false angel. By the way, I hope that chanting His name here won’t attract attention?”

“No,” Ria replied casually.

"In dreams, we may seem passive, but in reality, we are the masters here. We can call out whose name we want, but just in case, we should try not to do so."

“That’s good. Listen to me, we can sell this to Lilith. For believers, the most important thing is what is closely related to their god, isn’t it?”

In order to get closer to God, some people can even become as crazy as obsessive fans, wanting to know or witness everything about Him without restraint.

There are also many believers who worship a deity without seeking anything in return, simply wanting to have contact with that high-ranking being. To be honest, I really find that hard to understand.

"What are you having trouble understanding?" Ria asked curiously.

"Of course I would find it hard to understand, because I am you, and for you... oh right, you have no faith at all."

As she said this, Li Ya's smile grew wider and wider.

"Having been in Endlers for so long, it must have been quite an ordeal for you to disguise yourself as a follower of so many gods and offer sacrifices to them, taking advantage of the loopholes in the rules while they were still asleep to completely fool them. You truly deserve to be called a black market merchant, don't you?"

Praying to the gods and offering sacrifices is itself a transaction, and Ria, as the leader of this transaction, perfectly embodies the image that the "clients" want to see.

Just as there is no such thing as eternal friendship in the world, only interests are eternal.

Thinking of this, Liya suddenly had a flash of insight.

Yes, it's about interests.

Compared to the benefits, the outcome is insignificant. He is the one seeking profit and should never be led by the nose by others.

As long as it maximizes one's own interests and makes one happy, even a god can profit from another.

In an instant, Ria felt his own tactician meme loosening.

His tentacles twisted, and his face was full of joy, as if he had thought of something extremely happy.

“We have the sixth fragment of Revelation. As long as we spread the word, someone will come up with a high price to buy it.”

As for the consequences after that?

Lia could also try to resolve such consequences, but would also need to charge a certain service fee.

It's like a car dealer seeing a customer come in for repairs and ask, "Boss, why are my tires always punctured?"

At this point, the boss would hide the needle in his glove and respond kindly: "The roads we've been repairing lately are prone to punctures, this is the umpteenth time... It's okay, I'll just change your tire for you. Since you're a regular customer, I won't rip you off, I'll give you a 20% discount."

"Boss, my charger has been stolen."

"You got robbed again? My friend, you've been having some bad luck lately."

"Boss, my battery was stolen too." The boss started to look helpless, but still helped the customer solve all his troubles by offering a 20% discount.

At this point, the customer will feel grateful, thinking that they have gotten a great deal.

"thank you boss!"

The boss never gives discounts to others, but he gives me one. Although I've been having bad luck lately, at least I have this great nemesis... Haha, this guy is really honest.

"Yes, I am very honest."

Ria had memorized the entire sixth book of Revelation, and by then he already had an idea of ​​how to portray a tactician.

He claims to be a arms dealer, but what weapon could be more priceless than the one he possesses?
"The sharp decline in population is indeed a big problem. I'm actually starting to think that Ms. Lilith's ideas are feasible. I must be crazy."

While Lilith's words are problematic from a moral standpoint, if we set aside those biases, it is indeed a solution to the problem of a rapidly declining population or an aging population—which would mean a lot of free labor.

There's a saying in the business world: "If you don't have children and I don't have children, who will work for me in the future?" Now, Lia has deeply grasped the allure of this saying.

"Your suggestion is excellent."

Lia praised his younger self in this way, and the other smiled in response. Then, that smile suddenly turned into extreme fear. Lia looked at him and began to tremble all over: "Monster—you are a monster!"

"Has he regained his self-awareness?"

Ria stretched out a tentacle to rub her head, watching helplessly as the other party turned and ran away, eventually disappearing into the mist.

At this moment, Ria stood alone above the mist, standing quietly for a long time, probably to confirm whether any other beings would suddenly appear.

After confirming that there were none, Ria breathed a sigh of relief and turned her gaze to her own tentacles, trying to separate the black robes from her body, but she failed even after several attempts.

"Swarth".

Ria tried calling to it.

Are you still angry with me?

"..." The tentacles remained motionless.

"I apologize to you and promise that I will not use you to verify anything again. Of course, you probably don't need my guarantee. Guarantees and promises from black market dealers are undoubtedly the cheapest and have no credibility whatsoever."

Ria crouched down and reached out to touch one of the tentacles on the ground.

"But please believe me, what I am saying now comes from the bottom of my heart... You are my anchor, the thing I care about most in this world. You can't live without me, but I can't live without you either."

During the many days you've been living in my body, I've heard many people making defamatory remarks about you.

I know perfectly well that those things are real, and I can feel you engulfing me and trying to merge into my soul.

“You are a calamity, an omen of misfortune, but so what? Apart from that, you are still my most important friend and my most irreplaceable family member. If there is any reason why I can’t let go, it is undoubtedly you.”

"Your identity is a mystery. I guess you might also be an incarnation of a higher dimension, who found me from the beginning and has followed me ever since. I should also learn to trust you and let down my guard."

As Ria finished speaking, looking at the still unresponsive tentacles, he couldn't help but feel annoyed that he really wasn't good at saying comforting words; his mouth was only good at hurting people.

Sometimes, concrete actions are far more effective than empty words.

(End of this chapter)