Inside the underground space of a safe house.
Fang Mo finally got his wish to see the legendary Devil.
Unfortunately, it was not quite what he had imagined. The Sex Devil was not the otherworldly succubus he had envisioned, nor was it the lascivious great Devil from the world of Warhammer.
This creature exuded a kind of madness and bizarreness that is unique to the world of vine-based trees.
That is... most Devils are ugly.
It was a metal cage large enough to fit an elephant, exceptionally sturdy and heavy, imprisoning a large mass of sticky substance that was indiscernible in shape.
Upon closer inspection, Fang Mo realized it seemed to be a mass of flesh.
But although it was flesh, it did not look bloody.
Despite appearing to be composed of a large number of organs, tumors, intestines, and soft muscles of unclear purpose, it did not bleed outwardly. Therefore, it looked tender and was covered with a layer of shiny mucus.
"This...?"
Fang Mo stared at the mass of flesh in front of him for a long time, then turned his head to the shore: "Is this the Sex Devil?"
"It said so itself."
The shore replied, "And its abilities are quite in line with its name."
"Where did you find this thing?"
Fang Mo asked curiously.
"India." The shore explained calmly, "The locals worshiped it as a deity, but it's unclear which god specifically. At the time, its male characteristics were quite evident; I suspect it might be Shiva or something..."
"...Oh, India."
After listening, Fang Mo couldn't help but hold his forehead: "Then it's fine."
"Anyway, I'll leave this thing to you."
Kishibe said, "It's highly likely that this safe house has been compromised. I'll be leaving here to find a way to deal with Santa Claus. You'll have to decide what to do on your own."
"Why are you guys so obsessed with the safe house?" he asked.
Upon hearing this, Fang Mo couldn't help but hold his forehead and said, "Forget it, I can't be bothered with you. Do whatever you want."
"Alright."
Kishibe didn't bother explaining, and with a nod, he turned and left.
After he turned and left, Fang Mo refocused his attention on the Devil.
The Devil seemed to feel Fang Mo's gaze, as its huge and bloated body began to slowly wriggle, and a strange smell started to spread.
Fang Mo frowned and sniffed.
The smell wasn't pleasant; it was odd, somewhat like a mixture of hazelnut and fish.
However, what surprised Fang Mo was that after only two sniffs, he suddenly found the lump of flesh in front of him much more appealing to the eye. But in the next second, a strange BUFF effect suddenly popped up in Steve's field of view.
It was a pixelated heart with the word "sunny" on it.
There was also a countdown, displaying '3:00' in style, but whenever it jumped to '2:59', it would instantly refresh back to a '3:00' duration.
"Well, as expected of the Sex Devil... It comes with a reproduction aura, doesn't it?"
Seeing this, Fang Mo immediately held his breath: "Even I can be affected by it. How did he manage to resist it? Could it be that he was taken advantage of by Quanxi when he was young?"
With that said.
Fang Mo also casually pulled out the Scarred man from the planet Ego.
After taking out the Scarred man, Fang Mo shook it vigorously twice, shaking off dozens of Shoggoth the size of a palm.
"Squeak!"
The Shoggoth fell to the ground, making affectionate sounds, and then hopped to Fang Mo's feet, some climbing up his body while others happily rubbed against his shoes.
"Alright, alright, behave."
Fang Mo smiled and gently touched the Shoggoths on his body, then fixed his gaze on the scarred man on the ground.
In fact, after being gnawed on by the Shoggoths for so long, the scarred man had already suffered a mental breakdown, becoming like a thoughtless zombie. However, after spending a little while in this room, it was clear that he was affected.
"Is it transmitted through smell?"
Fang Mo stared at the scarred man on the ground, whose breathing became faster and heavier, clearly indicating that the effects of the Devil influence were deepening.
Thinking this, Fang Mo glanced again at the Shoggoths crawling chaotically over him.
These little creatures seemed unaffected. However, in the game, Shoggoths were already immune to certain negative statuses like coral plague, fear plague, and antimatter erosion, so it seemed reasonable that they could ignore the effects of the Sex Devil.
But this brought up potions and negative statuses.
Fang Mo vaguely remembered that there were sunny weather potions in the Minecraft game.
Of course, not in the original version, but in an add-on mod in Tinkers' Construct, which included something called 'sunny weather potion.' Initially, Fang Mo was unclear about it until he was hit on the head by a splash potion thrown by a malicious server admin.
Players hit by the potion would emit heart particles and gain a sunny effect in their status bar.
But that was all.
Steve wouldn't lose player control over it.
But this wasn't the Minecraft world, and Fang Mo wasn't Steve himself, although there were many similarities between them, the two could never be conflated.
It was for this reason.
Fang Mo had just carelessly fallen for it.
But after he held his breath and let Steve drink a bucket of milk, the strange influence disappeared. The creature in the cage opposite remained a pool of flesh and blood, not a virtual streamer, nor any bizarre paper-thin waifu, and certainly not the sacred and beautiful things he had in mind.
"Really an untrustworthy thing, better lock it up first."
Fang Mo shook his head and then went up to stab the creature with a knife, followed by a scream from nowhere, and then the Devil was sucked into the Ender Greatsword.
After sealing the Sex Devil,
The Ender Greatsword turned into an absolutely unapprovable mysterious shape.
Rather than calling it a sword, it was more like a unisex private toy, made of various tentacles, suckers, and fissures. Holding it, Fang Mo felt it was sticky, somewhat warm, and slowly expanding, making him feel nauseated instantly.
"What a wretched weapon!"
Fang Mo frowned and threw it on the ground with a 'plop.'
However, after Fang Mo discarded it, the surrounding Shoggoths suddenly took notice of it and curiously approached, which made Fang Mo pause.
Honestly, the Sex Devil did disgust Fang Mo quite a bit, unexpectedly looking so grotesque. Just now, Fang Mo was tempted to burn it, but seeing the gathering Shoggoths, an immature idea suddenly arose in his mind. Since Devils could transfer permissions by renaming, what if he named the Minecraft creatures?
Could it directly make the Minecraft creatures inherit the Devil's authority?
Thinking this, Fang Mo subconsciously looked at the Shoggoths beside him.
"Maybe... try using a Nametags on it first?"