They all call me an Outer God.

"Since I lost my money, I feel so much more relaxed. Why do people have to be so materialistic in this life, right?"

Claden was following behind Ria, repeating his view that money is material possessions, which made Ria deeply suspicious of whether this man was a black marketeer.

What do black market merchants love if not money? They love money more than anything. If a black market merchant even abandons money, it's practically the same as denying their own meme.

However, Claden showed no signs of distress, which made Ria turn around to look at him several times. It wasn't until he finally asked, "What's wrong?" that Ria spoke up: "Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

"No, I'm perfectly fine, in fact, I've never been this fine before. Why do you say that?"

"Is it really okay?"

Ria extended a tentacle to probe the other's forehead and found that the body temperature was normal. Although his own body temperature was lower than that of an average person, Ria could still sense what a normal body temperature should look like.

"That's strange, it doesn't seem like he's been burned stupid..."

At this moment, Ria fell into deep thought. Ria knew very well how much black market merchants loved money. For example, he himself could lie to anyone, but he could never say "I don't like money".

This is meme contamination deeply rooted in the soul, unchangeable and undistortable. Yet now, Claden can say such things and is standing alive and well in front of Ria, without any mutation or death.

This scene undoubtedly had a great impact on Ria, but he didn't show it on his face, only silently looking at his hands.

“Claden confronted my advanced contamination and then betrayed his own master meme.”

The primary meme is the first meme of the extraordinary individual, and it is also the meme that best reflects their own characteristics. There is no phenomenon of black marketeers disliking money before becoming black marketeers; at most, it is just a matter of degree.

Therefore, he distorted the other person's meme while keeping the other person normal.

Lia was intrigued by this phenomenon, and at the same time, he kept thinking that since his pollution could distort appearances without any cost, could he change this costless effect to one with a cost?

It's like distorting the other person's master meme, causing them to exhibit characteristics opposite to the meme, after which they are immediately rejected by the supernatural, and then... die suddenly.

"This idea is worth studying."

With that thought in mind, Ria led Clarden, who was shouting "I'm never interested in money," through the sixth door.

Binge eating

Congratulations on passing through the first five doors and arriving at Gluttony! You've done a great job!

The rules for the sixth door are as follows:

After a hard day's work comes indulgence; after making money comes the chance to squander it. Behind this door lies humanity's most primal desires: money, food, and beautiful women.

This is a bonus level, so enjoy it!

[Pass condition: Spend all your money behind the door]

"Spend all the money you have?"

Claden was overjoyed: "Isn't this a sure thing to pass in a second? Making money is hard, but spending it is easy..."

Before he could finish speaking, he glanced at Liya and suddenly felt that there was no need to add the sentence about how hard it is to make money.

“Mr. Kelcha, all we need to do is relax and spend all the money we have.”

"Spending money isn't a big deal."

"is it?"

Ria slowly adjusted his glasses, neither agreeing with Clarden's point of view nor objecting to it.

He currently possesses a staggering 7.4 billion in "funds," and is only one step away from success. The condition for passing through all the doors is to earn 10 billion, but the sixth door requires him to spend all the money he has earned so far.

So, what lies beyond the seventh gate, [Greed]? "Spending money is tantamount to taking a life—"

Lia sighed, but no sign of frustration appeared. His expression remained calm, almost unnaturally so.

"Since I can make Claden lose his desire for money, I can do the same to myself."

"And spending money doesn't necessarily mean I have to spend it myself."

Ria waved to her shadow, and instantly, the shadow became extremely distorted, and a nightmarish pressure descended. But the oppressive feeling was fleeting, like an illusion. By the time Craden reacted, there was only a four-clawed owl on the ground.

Claden asked, puzzled, "Why did you let this guy out?"

"Isn't this door called Gluttony?"

"Perfect timing, Schwarz has a big appetite."

Without hesitation, the young man opened the sixth door and entered.

……

Deep in the moon.

A place that is not illuminated by any light.

Countless strange-looking worms crawled around on the densely packed meteorite craters. They were pure white with eight crimson eyes, each round eye containing thousands of compound eyes that allowed them to see in all directions.

Their sharp teeth gnawed at chunks of translucent liquid as they crawled deeper into the crater. At the very bottom was a hidden entrance, and beneath that entrance lay a complex underground palace, as intricate as an anthill.

In the deepest part of the moon's dark side lies a crimson sovereign, known as the Crimson Moon, the Musician of Death, and the Kingdom of the Dead, yet no one has ever seen His true form.

But at this moment, this "lady" showed unusual signs of activity, and the atmosphere of a dream began to permeate the place, with all living beings returning to the dream.

On the crimson moon of the dreamland, a spider silently visited as a guest.

"It's been a long time, Messiah."

Atlas Nakya transformed into human form, his hands continuously weaving the seemingly impossible creation.

Upon seeing Him, some worms immediately transformed into spiders and affectionately approached Atlas, whose gaze softened.

However, He did not come here solely to reminisce; otherwise, He would not have gone to such great lengths to activate the moon-landing ships in the Dreamland.

“Missis, listen to me.”

Atlach picked up a spider from the ground and gently kissed its head.

"You and I both know that Sodris (Radiant Sun) is about to awaken. His awakening means that the original seals placed on us will be weakened, and we will be able to reunite in reality."

"But this is not a good thing. Before falling into slumber, Sodris was corrupted by Gherros (the Star of Judgment). Although both were severely damaged at the time, we cannot guarantee that Sodris will still be Sodris when he wakes up."

As he spoke, Atlach's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and a sorrowful expression appeared on his face.

"do you know?"

He touched the forehead of the spider in his hand.

“We’ve reached a dead end, Messiah.”

(End of this chapter)