"But speaking of this... System, did you find anything else when you licked the loot?"
Tang pondered for a moment and asked the System in his mind.
It was inherently abnormal for a mid-sequence Extraordinary individual to trigger the instinctive vigilance of a high-sequence Extraordinary individual.
And the devil's spiritual intuition was quite terrifying, but apart from trembling, there were no other actions, which clearly violated the typical characteristics of Extraordinary individuals of the Abyss pathway.
He suspected that the mid-sequence individual was a vessel for the Cosmic Dark Side's divine descent, or carried something from the Cosmic Dark Side.
Otherwise, it was impossible for a mid-sequence to make a high-sequence yield.
So, in this case, would anything be left behind in the things that passed through his hands?
'No abnormalities,' the System said. 'No Abyss-related things detected.'
The remnants of the Night pathway's power were specially preserved and strengthened by the System. If there was contamination from other pathways, the high-sequence 'Craftsman' module's scan could also detect it.
But no power at the level of the Abyss True God was found within the 'Never-Ending Theater.'
Was it indifference? Or inability?
The Cosmic Dark Side, the earliest historical records of this evil god could be traced back to the Second Epoch, called the ancient god Fabuti, the Demon Monarch.
No, the focus was not the true identity of the Cosmic Dark Side, but its state.
"What's wrong?" Owen asked, seeing Tang in thought.
"Say, what if the Cosmic Dark Side wanted to do something with those marionettes in the theater?"
The theater unfolded in Tingen. If the Church didn't react and send high-sequence Extraordinary individuals to try to seal it, the worst-case scenario was that everyone in Tingen would become marionettes.
From a mystical perspective, marionettes were already dead. But from a ritualistic perspective, standing on the side of offering sacrifices, the marionettes could breathe, had their own thoughts, complete spiritual bodies, and blood flowing through their veins, still meeting the criteria for blood sacrifice.
"Sacrificing marionettes through blood sacrifice is more covert than causing large-scale slaughter and thus alerting high-sequence Extraordinary individuals. Even the theater, which isolates the spirit world, can obviously achieve this more easily."
Large-scale slaughter, ritualistically, within the demonic domain, was one of the ways to beg for power from higher beings.
And sometimes... Owen said, "Could they be trying to summon high-sequence demons?"
"That's also possible... but what benefits would high-sequence demons descending upon Tingen bring them?" Tang denied Owen's speculation. He looked at the poetry collection on the table and muttered to himself, "The True God of the Abyss pathway has always been in poor condition..."
This information was not something they at their level could obtain, but Tang clearly knew it.
He and the Bound God were together called the shame of the True Gods. They had been captured and contaminated by something from outside, wanting to resist, but without strong power, without powerful allies, and in poor condition.
Poor condition... poor condition, then what was the purpose of performing blood sacrifice?
Praying to more powerful Abyss monsters? Praying to those above the True Gods? No, sacrificing ordinary people, no matter how many, didn't have that ability. Above the True Gods, quantitative change rarely caused qualitative change.
Ritualistically, the ritual to make high-sequence demons descend...
Sequence 0, Abyss.
The acting principle leaned towards depravity, curses, poor condition, contaminated, wanting to descend, the ritual of praying to higher beings...
Damn it, could it be that they wanted to bring that thing that made babies to Tingen to share the burden with Him?!
Responding to the ritual, throwing down the contaminated part of oneself.
Orthodox gods, you don't care, do you? You're making my life difficult, right? Come on, let's all have a bad time! Let's all get hyped up! All your believers are dead, the contamination is coming down, let's see if you care then!
Tang was so frightened by his own guess that he almost made the marionette beside him lose control as well. He calmed down and recalled his guess, his face involuntarily turning pale.
"No, even if it's possible, this possibility..."
It was too terrifying. This no longer involved the Sequence Two Angel level. If such a possibility really occurred... Tingen would be wiped out!
Was the Cosmic Dark Side grasping at straws in desperation? Was His condition really so bad that He wanted to drag others down with Him?
"Where are you going?" Owen frowned, seeing Tang's face turn from pale to ashen.
"Writing a letter." Tang strode forward, his steps more brisk than usual.
He was going to write a report letter to the orthodox churches!
Report that someone was promoting feudal superstition here and performing some kind of blood sacrifice!
Investigate! Investigate to the death! Let those old guys, all those Angels, come out and search all of Ruen for the lunatics of the Blasphemy Sect!
Tang felt a chill. If something really broke through the Seven Gods' blockade, the consequences would be extremely terrifying.
A body of an evil god? A contaminated body?
Just seeing it, just imagining it, just its existence there represented absolute madness and the indescribable!
This could lead to the destruction of a country!
Tang walked out of the study and took a deep breath.
"System."
'Host, I'm here.'
"Check where that mid-sequence individual in Tingen who used the 'Never-Ending Theater' went."
'Requires consumption... failed, high-sequence power interference detected!'
'Trying again... failed, high-sequence power interference detected!'
No, even if most of its power was lost, the divine descent or the items carried by that mid-sequence individual couldn't contaminate Angel-level Sealed Artifacts, but its sequence instinctively resisted the System's search.
Just like when appraising those marionettes in the theater, even after eating a high-sequence Extraordinary characteristic, the System couldn't easily find the true body, even if the spirit world contained the other party's information.
"Perhaps, eating a True God or a Uniqueness would be enough..."
But was he supposed to single-handedly fight the God of Crafts now? Or find the Hidden Sage who was nowhere to be found?
'It's not entirely impossible.'
"Don't mess around."
'Oh...'
On the System's side, even with enough knowledge fragments, there was no way. The interference of high-sequence power completely prevented it from locating the other party, and even knowing whether the other party was in Tingen was a problem.
"Hopefully, this guess is wrong."
Tang felt a bit of a toothache.
The Cosmic Dark Side was an evil god that still existed in the Fifth Epoch. Logically speaking, it was far from the point of desperation. He hoped he was just overthinking things.
But even so, before informing the Church, Tang still immediately found his father and told him his guess first.
The knowledge of a high-sequence Extraordinary individual was far broader than his own guessing. But after listening to Tang's explanation, both Owen and Baron Ramd, who had followed, fell into rare silence.
In fact, this wasn't entirely impossible.
"I will investigate this matter," Baron Ramd said in a deep voice. "For the time being, do not leave this place."
"The Church... I will inform them."
Although it was somewhat strange, with the God of Death and the Goddess of the Night being absolute enemies, but involving evil gods, extreme terror, and millions of people, Baron Ramd, who still had some humanity, spoke in a low voice.
(End of this chapter)