They all call me an Outer God.

Upon hearing this, Liya calmed down.

He thought about it and realized that testing his predictive abilities in this way was indeed inconvenient, but people always have a strange sense of luck and it's perfectly normal to fantasize about winning the lottery or getting rich.

Perhaps he could invest in a lottery shop to fool those who are only interested in profit, but he should stop scratching lottery tickets himself. Otherwise, even he could end up "bankrupt".

With incredible willpower, Ria managed to stop his gambling.

He then shared his idea with the shop owner, who agreed to his request. Not only did he agree, but he also maintained his smiling demeanor, appearing quite kind.

“How could we bear to refuse someone willing to invest in our small shop, especially someone like you, ah—my great and generous investor, to thank you for your trust, this little guy can serve as a gift for our cooperation.”

As he spoke, he pulled out a strangely shaped beetle the size of a pigeon from under the table and tossed it onto the table with its back facing down.

The beetle's ten legs were covered with dark tentacles, which swayed as it moved its legs, and its three mouths wriggled, making a noise like a sponge sliding through glass.

Riyad immediately recognized the insect's identity.

Xia Gai Chong, Xia En.

He was silent for a moment.

"Hephaestus".

"I'm here. Is there anything else you need, Faceless Cult Master?" Hephaestus, who was playing the role of the boss, smiled even more broadly.

“We’re old acquaintances, no need for all this beating around the bush—does Serge know that you brought Shain here?”

“Nobody cares about him, Master, nobody cares.”

The boss chuckled, "He'd better be anxious to death."

Hephis Gauth, disguised as a lottery shop owner, said no one cared, but his increasingly ferocious expression revealed just how gloating he was.

Ria couldn't help but mourn for Sherger for three seconds. He wasn't actually interested in the grudges between these Hephaestus, but this battle made him realize that the Hephaestus actually belonged to the Chaos-Order faction, which surprised Ria.

Although they weren't that far off, these guys actually wanted to see the end of the world more than anyone else.

"To be honest, what you did surprised me, but thank you for your help anyway. It seems that even you can be human one day."

"Bang!" Just as Ria finished speaking, Hephaestus suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground. Then, he got up from the ground in great shock, found a glasses cloth and stuck it into his ears, looking extremely surprised.

"What did you just say!?"

Hephaestus was overjoyed, as if he had won the lottery: "Are you thanking us?"

"I'm saying you're all rarely human."

"Wait, don't answer. I need to tell my grandparents, uncles, aunts, parents, and maternal uncle..."

Lia opened her mouth again, but before she could say anything, she heard a series of voices suddenly appear in her mind.

[Faceless thanks us!]

What?! Are you kidding me, you damn white mask?!

It's true.

[Oh my god, what day is it today? Are we going to die tomorrow?]

[If any of you could chop off one of my hands, I suspect I'm experiencing the fourth great hallucination of my life.]

The three great illusions of life: the machine beeped, someone knocked on the door, and she likes me. Now, the fourth great illusion—Ria thanks the Hephaestus.

It all happened so surreal that the group of people having fun all wondered if they were dreaming.

【Faceless, are you alright? Do you need to see a plague healer for treatment?】

[This seems to be the result of a complete loss of humanity. Given Faceless's original personality, he would never have done such a thing. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be learning how to be a normal person. We should encourage him.]

What you said makes sense.

What followed was a barrage of praise from these voices to Ria, even though it sounded more like mockery.

Ria didn't want to say anything more to them, and if he could, he didn't even want to see any of them.

However, what he would have to do next would inevitably involve dealing with these white-masked people, since no one understood Fuxing Chaos better than them.

Let's leave those roundabout ways of saying it here.

Ria tapped Shane's shell to stop it from barking.

"I need your help, or you could say I need your assistance right now."

"You need us?! Of course, of course our great Faceless Cult Leader can! Is there anything we can help you with?" The lottery shop owner's expression became increasingly solicitous and obsequious.

"We're happy to do anything you ask of us."

"Really?" Ria's tone rose slightly.

"of course it's true!"

“Very well—I need to use your power to awaken the lurking chaos.”

"Fuxing Hun Dun?" Upon hearing this name, the person in front of him immediately froze.

Ria knew this would be the outcome. Although the white-masked figures were clones created by the chaos of the lurking, they all harbored great hostility towards Him. This hostility was so great that they could even shed their disguises and reveal their true faces in front of Ria.

"..." After a long silence, the boss sighed, put his hands behind his back, and looked at Liya with a scrutinizing gaze.

"In what capacity do you now cooperate with us? Lord of Trade? Vessel of Godhood? Or a false Faceless God? Forgive my bluntness, but we are not cowards who will pay the price for power. Even if you kill us, it will be of no use."

Without the White Mask wanting to see the true form awaken, we'd rather obliterate it completely while it slumbers.

"So you also know that the so-called faceless god is a nominal position. The real God is still sealed away in the desert kingdom, isn't he?"

Lia casually tapped the shell of the Xia Gai insect, while the many tentacles in the shadows were already eager to move.

But Ria kept them quiet, after all, his main purpose was to discuss cooperation, not to kill.

“I will show my sincerity. Since you want to know in what capacity I am meeting you, I will tell you the truth.”

As he spoke, the youth's facial features gradually disappeared, and in his place appeared a golden eye that ran from his forehead to his chin.

"In the identity of Hephaestus, in the identity of your kind, in the identity of the White Mask Cult Leader, I will summon all Hephaestus to meet the true form, Subdued Chaos."

"What!?" The boss clearly didn't expect that Ria would admit that he was Hephaestus at this moment.

They thought this person would never admit to this identity.

(End of this chapter)