They all call me an Outer God.

The man moved around in his new form with some discomfort. He looked down at the Thousand-Bearded Snail, which was still in human form, and placed it back on the experimental table. Then he turned into a puddle of liquid and completely merged into the ground material, disappearing from sight.

When Mu Wen and his group arrived at the laboratory, they found the Thousand-Whiskered Snail still intact in the jar.

The alarm continued to beep incessantly, and the blood-red lights flashed incessantly amidst the alarm, illuminating the astonished expressions on everyone's faces.

Like a final cry before the end of the world.

At this moment, Li Ya, who was transformed from a thousand-whiskered snail, successfully left the research institute by constantly changing his own components and structure.

He came to an open space, turned his right hand into a hook towards the sky, and then slashed at his left hand.

Instantly, the arm fell to the ground, turning into scarlet blood that spread outwards until it formed a complete circle with a radius of thirty meters.

Then, the arc seemed to expand into countless circles as if by cell division. Hidden in the center of these circles were obscure and difficult-to-understand runes, and finally they were completely enveloped in a huge and twisted pentagram.

"The beginning of the origin...the end of the end..."

The man lay flat on the ground, muttering strange words.

At the same time, his body was melting like wax, until it evenly filled every inch of the pattern on the ground.

The golden ruler who governs the balance and trade of all things, the god of trade.

[The eternal, pitch-black beacon on the path of nothingness and annihilation]

[A spectator detached from the past, present, and future]

You create justice, you execute judgments, you manipulate guilt.

[Praise be to trade, your faithful servants and lambs beseech your gaze, beseech your coming, and bestow destruction upon all things.]

The price is... this era.

Ria's perspective ended there. At the same time, he also saw a string of blurry, malfunction-like characters inevitably appearing in his field of vision. Once the malfunction was fixed, it truly revealed its true form.

[Script O]

Script Zero!

At that moment, Ria suddenly realized something. He thought of the thousand-whiskered snail he had eaten, the radiant sun that had been unable to escape death and decay countless times, and the numbered scripts he had experienced.

Moreover, that creature knew the complete prayer of trade.

The seed was planted from the very beginning, and judging from what the other party said, the person behind the scenes knew Ria very well, and had even been lying in wait here from the very beginning to summon him back to this era to witness everything.

Of course, the other party's purpose was not to invite Ria to witness it; he wanted an absolutely perfect hunt.

Just like a spider meticulously weaves a vast web, cutting off its prey's escape route without its knowledge, and then aiming to kill it with a single blow.

"That person must also retain the memory of each script, just like me."

"I can't see him, which is very likely due to supernatural factors. He said he was banished... If I banished him, then I will definitely curse him so that he can never find me again."

But this person also calls me "the original body," and only "the one who would call me that"...

Ria's illusory figure stopped, his pacing gradually ceased, and his pupils gradually contracted to pinpoints.

"Idiot, the banished ones are artificial angels of the idiot meme?"

Countless people have warned Ria to be wary of idiots.

The idiot meme and the black market meme are always at odds. Its ultimate attribute is blind folly, the primordial supreme authority, and the nightmare that Ria least wants to touch.

"Why would an idiot be here? The door didn't give any indication."

Lia clenched his fist slightly, watching the overlapping pentagrams in the sacrificial array before him. The ferocity in his eyes grew stronger. This was not his intention, but rather the sacrificial array was leading him to gradually lose control of his emotions.

He saw countless thousand-whiskered snails emerge from the center of the sacrificial array as if passing through a portal, and then gradually transform into human figures, their appearances largely resembling his former self.

The moment she saw them, Ria had a strong premonition that if these monsters disguised as humanoids weren't stopped, the end of the world could come sooner than expected.

Moreover, even setting aside the fate of the world, at this moment, Ria's gaze could not be taken off them.

One pungent yet enticing aroma after another assaulted every one of Ria's senses, making every cell in his body tremble. Just by standing there, he knew that those things were definitely top-quality tonics.

The angels he created undoubtedly understood him, and the "food" they prepared for him was plentiful enough.

"I……"

The golden light in Lia's eyes was terrifyingly intense. He opened his mouth, and saliva involuntarily spilled out.

This was very impolite and detrimental to Lia's usual aesthetics, but he couldn't care less at the moment. He didn't have enough time to make a choice. If he didn't eat those monsters, they would run rampant everywhere, and history would be rewritten ahead of schedule.

Besides, why not eat them? They do no harm whatsoever.

Ria's long-suppressed emotions were completely unleashed, and the humanity he had long strived to maintain was dissolved in that moment.

In the desolate wilderness where no city exists, on a massive sacrificial altar, the golden-eyed Ria stands alone, facing a horde of "Li Ya" who all have their eyes fixed on her, excitedly licking her sharp teeth.

The next moment, he walked toward them, initially strolling gracefully, but eventually his steps grew longer and faster until he was almost invisible.

In an instant, Ria gripped the neck of one of the monsters tightly, then opened her mouth and bit down hard, greedily swallowing its blood.

His ferocity was fully unleashed. After completely draining a monster, the youth suddenly tore it apart and bit off a large piece of its flesh.

"I never knew that my own flesh and blood tasted so good... Hahaha, I've wasted so much time living like this."

He was greedily enjoying his meal when he caught sight of a monster trying to run away out of the corner of his eye: "Why are you running? Did I tell you to leave?! Since you offered yourselves as sacrifices to me, you should have expected this outcome."

In an instant, gray-black tentacles shot out from the shadows, piercing through those who tried to escape, like branches, with bunches of fruit strung on them for Liya to pick.

The scarlet "juice" dripped down the "branches," making the sacrificial array even more eerie.

"None of you are getting away today."

Lia smiled, her face flushed.

As the tentacles pierced through their targets, their bodies instantly withered. At the same time, Ria clutched her stomach, feeling her inspiration surge rapidly, her emotions unusually excited and insatiable.

Greed, greed is his nature.

It's delicious, delicious—but there aren't enough delicious things! Not enough! Not enough!!!
Ria's strength has reached the level of Meme II. How could these extraordinary creatures with strength of only Meme level 9 be his opponent? Although they are rich in nutrients, even the richest nutrients will eventually run out.

"Is there any more food? I want to eat more..."

"Plop, plop." Drops of blood dripped from the corner of Ria's mouth, onto his clothes, onto the ground. It wasn't his blood, but that only made Ria more excited.

He walked toward the center of the sacrificial array, his tentacles absorbing every last drop of the substance from the patterns. Centered on this, the ground gradually began to be stained with a layer of gray, as if they were losing their original colors.

The power of famine was activated. Ria stood there for a long time, his head seemingly lost in thought. After a moment, his head turned like a puppet, turning his gaze toward the urban area where humans gathered.

"Am I limiting my thinking too much...? Aren't food things everywhere?"

As he spoke, he slowly clapped his hands and walked in that direction as if nothing had happened.

The young man walked at a leisurely pace, with a gentle smile on his face, making him very likable to anyone who could ignore the bloodstains on his body.

The creatures he consumed provided him with so much supernatural power that his body was about to explode, but the greedy youth was still unwilling to give up any potential edible matter.

He was like the most perfect gentleman, and also the most thorough and twisted monster.

Grayish-black tentacles danced in his shadow, seemingly due to an overabundance of nutrients; a hint of scarlet gradually appeared at their edges.

Lia quickly approached the city.

Fog rolled in, shrouding everything in gray and white, while the crimson in the shadows grew even more intense.

They twisted and intertwined, gradually spreading outwards. At a certain moment, the blood vessels stood upright, forming a blood-red figure behind Ria that looked exactly like him.

The figure, with its crescent-shaped, hollow eyes and mouth, followed closely behind Ria, as if it were truly his shadow.

Then the figure got closer and closer to Ria. It gradually stopped being affected by the requirement that the shadow and the main body must move in unison. Instead, it stood behind Ria and reached out its hand towards the back of his neck.

We're very close...we'll be touching soon.

Just a little bit.

One last thing...

Gotcha!

"Snapped!"

Blood Shadow lunged forward, his eyes wide open.

But the next second, it suddenly realized that its prey, which had been out of control, had disappeared. Right before its eyes, it vanished into thin air.

"Where are the people!?"

Blood Shadow looked around, even lowering its head to search unwillingly, but the next second it heard a voice coming from above, its tone full of mockery.

"Where are you looking?"

"!" Blood Shadow looked up abruptly and saw his target, standing on the roof of a tall building more than thirty meters away, looking down at him with a smile on his face, his voice still clear.

The young man stood on the rooftop, letting his clothes flutter in the wind, his figure becoming increasingly blurred under the shroud of mist.

He had one hand in his trench coat pocket, and the other hand slowly reached towards the direction of the blood shadow, holding something in his hand—a gun.

Ria could sense Blood Shadow's resentment and unwillingness. He was so close to success, yet he was interrupted. No one would be able to remain calm about that.

Seeing Blood Shadow staring at her with such hatred, Ria's smile faded slightly.

"Thank you for the nutritional supplements, but my future self has cursed you to never see me again. There must be a reason why I did this."

"So my [angel], you now have only two choices: stop hindering my actions and tell me everything, or... die."

After saying that, with a "bang," the trigger of the gun in Lia's hand was pulled, and the bullet went straight through half of Blood Shadow's head.

Those were no ordinary bullets. Blood Shadow fell to the ground as if struck by a heavy blow, his bloodstains scattered like loose threads.

Again.

"You haven't given me a choice yet..."

It lay on the cold, hard ground, its gaze meeting Ria's, whose eyes were icy and utterly devoid of humanity.

"Among so many angels, I am the only one who was to be abandoned from birth. We have independent consciousness, and of course I know why."

It coughed twice: "Because I'm an idiot, and you don't want to be an idiot, so I have to be the sacrifice, I have to be the one exiled, and I have to be the one sealed away."

"How ironic that the blind and foolish Lord, the idiot Lord Meme, was the first angel to betray Him after becoming an angel."

"boom!"

Ria shot it again.

"Have you finished your last words? It seems you're determined to get in my way. If you don't die, who will?"

"You really want to kill me!?" It seemed to have heard an extremely funny joke. "Putting aside whether you can even do it, how will you become Meme Zero if you kill me?"

Faced with its unwillingness, Ria frowned slightly.

"Did you have this idea all along, or were you instigated by someone? Judging from the behavior of the other angels, I don't seem like the kind of person who would mistreat angels, and they don't seem to know where you went."

"That's impossible to say..."

The blood shadow had been completely shattered by bullets into a jumble of crimson lines, as if someone were scribbling wildly in mid-air with a red pen.

"My true self, do you think my plan has failed?"

Its voice was very soft, so soft that it was almost inaudible, but the next second, its voice suddenly became sharp and inhuman.

"You have accepted my sacrifice! I traded this era for your arrival, and your homeland will surely be destroyed because of you! And before witnessing the destruction of this era, do you think you can escape?"

"What exactly do you want to do!?" Hearing these words, Ria put down her gun and instantly appeared beside the blood-red lines.

He stepped on the lines with a blank expression, crushing them on the ground as if they were garbage.

The lines trembled with pain, yet they still managed to construct a giant smiley face on the ground.

“My true self, I want to… no, I want you to see the so-called truth clearly, to see who is truly hated, and the original reason why you were hated by all people and gods.”

I want you to regret fleeing your blind and foolish destiny; I want you to experience firsthand the despair of Sodris.

(End of this chapter)