Chapter 943: Chapter 515 I Know What We Should Do Now_2 Chapter 943: Chapter 515 I Know What We Should Do Now_2 “The natives here are quite sympathetic,” Liuzi nodded, “Too bad they sympathized with the wrong entity, huh.”

“Shut up! However, after they realized we didn’t plan on leaving, they expressed their regrets and admired us for our courage.”

“Hold on,” Mukuai 1234 interrupted Xiemen Waidao, “What do you mean by courage?”

“It means, knowing that an Evil God lurks around here and still not leaving, even excitedly asking if the Evil God has a health bar–that’s really bold.”

“I see,” Liuzi nodded, “In the context of this world view, our actions are indeed quite bold.”

Realizing Mukuai 1234 and the Goddess of Art were both looking at him with confusion, Liuzi explained in detail, “”Stellar Nebula”‘s backstory states that the Land of Dao Certification is where civilizations ascend after developing, and there exists an Origin Land here that every civilization hopes to reach. And the Evil God is an entity that has been to the Origin Land. Although it’s unclear why they turned out this way, they now possess the strength to go there and have become even more powerful because of the things inside.”

“Currently, the known Six Great Evil Gods are the Golden Mother, Wandering Flea, Dark Piper, Wills of Inconstancy, Abyss, and Heaven. But there are other secret Evil Gods lurking in the shadows; everyone who saw them died.”

“Are Evil Gods really that terrifying?” the Goddess of Art curiously asked, sitting on the ceiling.

“Based on the information officially released and what other players have posted on the forums, they indeed seem terrifying. A player discovered a statue in the depths of space, which was created by followers of an Evil God modeled on it. Just looking at the statue made him explode into endlessly multiplying chunks of flesh, which looked quite disgusting.”

Mukuai 1234 imagined what the player must have looked like and couldn’t help commenting, “What a horrible feeling, does he have to delete his account now?”

“Delete his account? Impossible, he’s over the moon! The regenerative abilities of the flesh chunks are ridiculously strong, and he could split himself to train skills endlessly, leveling up all his abilities to tier-one max, making everyone else incredibly jealous.”

Mukuai 1234 looked at Liuzi, astonished, “Doesn’t he feel disgusted?”

“How could he be disgusted, when skill upgrades in ‘Stellar Nebula’ are hard to come by? This kind of opportunity is rare. And after toughening up, you just need to place an order with merit to the powers-that-be, and get back to your original self. Too bad the Evil God statue was a one-time thing, otherwise I’d spend some money to try it myself. Anyway, that’s how bizarre Evil Gods are; in the backstory, they’re beings that can annihilate countless civilizations with a mere glance, but encountering them could have plenty of advantages.”

Mukuai 1234 and the Goddess of Art looked at Liuzi speechlessly, then realized the players’ way of thinking was indeed very different.

To them, even turning into a creature of undefined and strange existence was just a wonderful gaming experience and wouldn’t harm them in the slightest.

Moreover, the Great Heavenly Lord really spoiled these players, actually willing to personally intervene to help them solve problems, essentially nullifying the danger of the game.

Looking at the nebula overhead, they could feel the danger of this place, but to the players, it might just be an exciting playground.

Great Heavenly Lord, you really spoil these players too much.

On the surface, they are enemies of the path, but in reality, they are the darlings of the group, aren’t they?

After the commentary, Xiemen Waidao said, “Okay, now that you know the special significance of the Evil God, you can also understand why the creatures here think we’re brave. Before turning into an octopus, their species was known for being both friendly and belligerent, so they really appreciate us.”

“Is there a civilization that is both friendly and belligerent?” Mukuai 1234 asked curiously.

“That’s us,” Xiemen Waidao immediately replied.

The Goddess of Art and Mukuai 1234 paused for a moment, then realized that what Xiemen Waidao said made a lot of sense.

Indeed, there’s no creature more friendly and belligerent than players.

“Since they appreciated us, they chatted with me a bit more. After learning that we wanted to find the Origin Land, they admired us even more. Therefore, they decided to join us.”

Just thinking about octopuses always lurking around her, Mukuai 1234 shuddered deeply, “What use are they anyway?”

“Basically, they’re of no use. They can live on solar power, so they don’t need agriculture. If the sun went out, they’d still be able to engage in star-level travel using their own power, and use nuclear bombs as propulsion in space, so they don’t need aviation technology. Moreover, their self-healing ability is extremely strong, so they don’t need medicine. They have such long lifespans, they don’t even need to reproduce.”

After rattling off a list of the octopus’ traits, Xiemen Waidao concluded, “Because they’re nearly perfect creatures, they don’t need to learn anything, they just need to stay alive.”

“That’s so philosophical,” the Goddess of Art remarked sentimentally, “I didn’t expect you to be able to say something so deeply philosophical.”

“Of course, I went to college, after all. And that’s exactly why, although they’re eager to join us, I really don’t know what use we could have for them.”

Looking at the octopuses floating like kites outside, the group fell into deep thought.

Ever since turning into octopuses, all the useless knowledge was thoroughly forgotten; technology pretty much reverted to primitive society, even language was left with only mind communication.

After much contemplation, they decided, let’s just let the octopuses in and discuss things properly.

After repeatedly confirming there was no danger from the octopuses, Goddess of Art and Mukuai 1234 didn’t really want to see the octopuses, so they stepped aside, leaving only Liuzi and Xiemen Waidao.

Soon after, the octopus elder arrived.

The ground began to tremble; massive stone pillars like towers reaching into the sky burst from underground. Upon close observation, one could see that these stone pillars were actually petrified tentacles, each inconceivably large.

This was a colossal emperor squid, whose frightening body had even fused with part of the planet, just one eye having the volume comparable to a small asteroid.

Since it couldn’t come directly, the elder chose a small octopus as its vessel, and let it fly in.

Seeing the tiny, mini squid, Xiemen Waidao whispered to Liuzi, “Just do whatever I do later, and don’t make a mistake. Last time I accidentally grabbed the other’s leg instead of shaking hands, and it was so awkward.”

“I’m kidding you, it actually doesn’t matter which tentacle,” said the mini octopus on his head.

“…Why are you doing such boring stuff?” asked Xiemen Waidao skeptically.

“Because I’m bored.”

“…You win. We meet again, elder. This is my companion, as you can see, he’s human, but he too has a heart set on subduing the Evil God.”

The mini squid looked Liuzi up and down for a while, then said, “He’s a lucky man, to be able to see the favor of the gods. Although it’s not a very powerful god, it’s still a god. Sadly, when compared to the Evil God, it’s still weaker.”

Flying between the two, the mini octopus said, “My conditions are the same as before. I will have my people cooperate with you, but our cooperation will be limited until you demonstrate your capabilities. We won’t serve as your soldiers, nor will we provide much labor. As you put it, that means until our favorability reaches a certain level, we won’t offer services beyond what the favorability allows. Now, have you thought about how you want to cooperate with us?”

After hearing the elder’s description, Liuzi pondered.

As a hidden capitalist, Liuzi felt he was on the verge of grasping something.

A few minutes later, he had an epiphany, and looking up at the elder, he said, “I know what we should do now.”