"Mother Tree of Desire and the Mother Goddess of Depravity... Tsk, such a small incident involving two Outer Gods. Sharron and Maric are indeed quite influential."
Lynn pretended to take a deep breath, marveling at the corrupted facts, and finally swept his gaze over the two Characteristics. Stroking his chin, he asked, "So, who do you think we should try calling first?"
Normally, no one would proactively establish contact with an Outer God, but Lynn didn't care. He was very confident he wouldn't be corrupted by an Outer God, as evidenced by his previous confrontation with the Bitch Tree.
Hence, Lynn's mischievous nature was stirring at this moment.
"We've already had contact with the Bitch Tree before. I believe it should have a deep enough impression of us. Under such circumstances, it might directly cut the connection when it senses our presence."
The Angel of Secrets analyzed slowly, his gaze falling on the werewolf Characteristic. "So I think the Mother Goddess of Depravity, whom we haven't officially contacted, is more suitable."
Although the Goddess of Depravity might have observed the battle where Lynn beat the Bitch Tree, observing is different from participating. Lynn felt that it didn't have as deep an impression of him as the Bitch Tree.
"And..." The Angel of Secrets slightly curled his lips, "With our abilities, if we successfully establish contact with the Mother Goddess of Depravity, we might be able to reverse-engineer corruption."
"You're right," Lynn nodded seriously, as if it wasn't him who had controlled the divine avatar to make such remarks.
Then, Lynn and the Angel of Secrets exchanged glances, and the latter very consciously picked up the werewolf Characteristic, starting to pray the Primordial Moon using the remaining influence on it.
To enhance the praying effect, the Angel of Secrets even chanted the Primordial Moon's honorific name softly while praying.
"The one and only Crimson Moon,
The Symbol of Life and Beauty,
Mother of all Spiritual Forces"
As he prayed, the Angel of Secrets' aura subtly changed. He still seemed like a Sequence 2 Angel, yet he had established a connection with the unknown True Self.
Clearly, despite Lynn's nonchalant words, he decided to play it safe, prepared to give the Primordial Moon a surprise if it tried anything.
Of course, Lynn was doing this to better analyze certain knowledge later.
Lynn had discovered that while his intuition told him not to directly pray to True Self for knowledge, some tricky methods still existed, such as briefly borrowing the omniscient and omnipresent perspective of True Self when using its power.
The power lent by True Self was never merely about temporal authority; it contained more complex elements.
Previously, Lynn had intentionally or unintentionally ignored this until he needed it now.
As the Angel of Secrets continued praying, he suddenly felt something in the Cosmos noticing his prayer.
Following this notice, the Angel of Secrets also saw the other party, witnessing the crimson moon covered in flesh, the enormous and bizarre yet inexplicably beautiful and life-imbued Outer God, and...
A hapless Black Emperor trapped between life and death, located in a certain mausoleum.
It seemed like something depraved descended at the same moment. However, as soon as the corruptive depravity touched the Angel of Secrets, it disappeared like snow melting in warm water.
Simultaneously, the Angel of Secrets opened his eyes, which now seemed to hold endless brilliance. He glanced at the crimson moon, and then the brilliance vanished.
In the next second, Lynn seemed to hear a scream, yet perhaps he didn't. However, the fragile connection established with the Mother Goddess of Depravity broke instantly—the connection was forcibly cut.
But Lynn no longer cared about that. He swiftly deactivated the divine avatar and then retrieved several cherished paintings from under the coffee table. They were 'Amon Explodes,' 'Mr. Fool at the Tarot Club,' 'Sasrir at Work,' and other pictures representing Lynn's humanity.
Lynn browsed through these paintings for about ten minutes before finally leaning back on the sofa, gasping for breath and patting his chest with relief.
"That scared me to death, almost got myself killed."
What happened just now was simple—Lynn's unknown True Self had glanced at the Mother Goddess of Depravity through his divine avatar.
His True self didn't truly descend into this world, nor onto Lynn. It merely glanced at the Mother Goddess of Depravity through their connection.
Whether the Mother Goddess of Depravity was severely injured from this glance, Lynn didn't know. What he knew was that, he nearly exceeded his assimilation limit.
'Why did it interest the entity? Was it because of the Mother Goddess of Depravity's corruption? But that corruption didn't affect me. The Bitch Tree also tried to corrupt me before. Is it because I didn't establish a connection with the Bitch Tree, while the Mother Goddess of Depravity corrupted me through the connection? Or is the Mother Goddess of Depravity more special than the Bitch Tree?'
After calming down, Lynn pondered the recent events, feeling utterly confused about what had interested his True Self.
Luckily, his True Self seemed merely curious and just glanced over here without other actions. Otherwise, he would have been doomed today.
"It seems I'll need to be more cautious with such actions in the future, no more rash moves." Lynn sighed, then perked up.
Although there were some surprises, contacting the Goddess of Depravity wasn't without gains.
First, he gained some intelligence on the Goddess of Depravity, like her abilities and authority.
Secondly, Lynn analyzed part of the Goddess of Depravity's Corruptions. Though incomplete, it provided some clues on how to clear the corruption, though still far from practical application.
Lastly, and most importantly, although the connection with the Goddess of Depravity was severed, Lynn found his link with a certain emperor had unintentionally become clearer.
However, Lynn was unsure if True Self's glance had affected Roselle.
For instance, the scream he heard earlier—besides the Mother Goddess of Depravity, he felt he heard a male voice too.
(End of Chapter)
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