The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 325 - 311 Kill the Moon_2

Chapter 325: Chapter 311 Kill the Moon_2

Albert said,

"Rest assured, Metropolis Beart is much darker. Moreover, the high and mighty ones in your eyes are nothing but ingredients to my boss."

He said, spreading his hands.

"My eyes tell me you’re not lying. It’s unimaginable that such a terrifying place exists in this world. The Metropolis..."

Albert leaned back, sinking into the rocking chair.

"Could you give me a push in the rocking chair, young man?"

He requested.

"Sure."

Liu Zheng walked behind him and started rocking the chair.

In the creaking sound, Albert slowly fell asleep.

Amid the faint and prolonged snoring, time passed by second by second.

After Liu Zheng counted to the six hundred fifty-third push, Albert woke up.

"Cough cough, I apologize. Old age makes me sleepy whenever I use my brain,"

He said, coughing a few times.

"It’s fine, I was about to wake you up with a slap in a few minutes anyway,"

Liu Zheng consoled him.

"...Your way of speaking is truly unique. But perhaps it’s only someone like you who can break Yate’s somber and oppressive atmosphere."

Albert hugged his cane, finally making up his mind.

"Let’s make a deal, young man,"

He said.

"Now that you mention it, I’m not sleepy anymore,"

Liu Zheng became spirited.

Fighting was only his side job; trade was his main profession.

"I can give you what you want, but you need to do something for me,"

"What is it?"

He asked.

"Kill Him."

Albert pointed to the Pale Moon in the sky with his cane.

"You mean the hand that extends from the Blood Moon?"

"You’ve seen the Blood Moon, seen Him?"

Albert was stunned.

"Oh, so you’re the one Muro saved,"

He then realized.

"Muro?"

"Haven’t you already met her? When you saw that hand."

Albert said.

"Oh, you mean the spider,"

Liu Zheng remembered.

"Yes, her name is Muro, my most loyal student,"

Albert nodded.

"Old man, you seem to have quite a following. You’ve got the air of the Tongtian Sect Leader about you,"

He joked.

"Although I don’t know which great Scholar Tongtian Sect Leader is, I get the feeling it’s not a compliment,"

"Misconception. Go on,"

"Muro was once human, too, but turned into this because of me. She has made great sacrifices for me,"

Albert sighed.

"Among my Direct Disciples, she is the most foolish, but it is precisely this foolish one who stayed with me till the end,"

"Not necessarily, I think your disciple named Dickens isn’t very bright either,"

Liu Zheng remarked.

If his brain worked properly, he wouldn’t have believed that "Blood Healing" is some kind of world-saving solution. Even medieval barbers knew to let blood rather than injecting just about anything into the body.

"You’ve met Dickens?"

Albert was taken aback.

"I thought he was long dead,"

"He’s definitely dead now, previously he was as good as dead anyway. He turned into a Beast and was locked in the Dream World. I made a bargain with Amelia to go in and finish him off,"

Liu Zheng said.

"Amelia, she actually had the heart to do this, which really surprises me. Alas, it looks like Amelia is not far from beastification herself,"

Albert sighed.

"No worries, considering she was quite generous in her actions, I can offer her a free ride,"

as long as when she dies, she explodes into a super-size blood gem, just like Dickens did.

"...Then I’ll thank you on her behalf first. The moonlight is actually the reflection of the sun, and the dream world is actually the shadow of the real world."

"Upper beings probably all have the ability to weave the dream world, but He is especially good at it. Dickens might not have been locked in there; on the contrary, it’s very possible it was His way of protection,"

Albert speculated.

"That’s possible,"

remembering the bleeding headless angel, Liu Zheng nodded.

"What did Dickens tell you?"

Albert asked.

"Forgot, probably something about humans evolving from beasts,"

"Indeed so. The ancestors of the Yate people were animals like wolves, while the ancestors of the Tommer people were fleas and bats,"

Albert nodded.

"Oh."

"Upper beings, for some purpose, modified or accelerated the evolution of human ancestors into humans. But the beast nature still remains in both our flesh and spirit."

"And I made a big mistake,"

Albert continued.

"Oh."

"My life’s pursuit has been to acquire more knowledge, to explore the mysteries of the cosmos. I’ve taken many actions for this cause and reaped much in return."

"But when I couldn’t gain new knowledge through all sorts of means, I hit a bottleneck. At that time, someone delivered to me a slab from the Tommer Civilization."

"After I deciphered the slab, I learned of the existence of upper beings and that I could contact Them to obtain knowledge beyond mortals."

"So, I organized an academy exploration team and hired hunters to conduct an unprecedented large-scale excavation of the Tommer Ruins."

Albert’s palm patted lightly on his knee, seemingly reminiscing about those spirited times.

"Just when I wanted to sleep, there came a pillow; didn’t you find that suspicious?"

Liu Zheng finally spoke.

"Yes, in hindsight, it indeed had much that was questionable. But at that time, my eyes were blinded by hope,"

Albert sighed.

"And with the large number of Tommer relics unearthed, the horrors within them also came out. The beastification disease began to spread massively in Yate, and the beasts the citizens turned into became stronger and stronger."

"At this rate, before the Tommer Ruins are fully excavated, Yate will become a dead city first."

"At that time, envoys from Dravania found the academy. They shared some secrets with us and took some things away. And it was through their contact that Dickens learned the technique of ’Blood Healing,’ believing that it could cure beastification disease and even lead humanity away from sickness or towards a higher level of evolution."

"As for me, I insisted on creating the ’Inner Eye,’ a path more difficult and dangerous, but at least not a tempting dead end like ’Blood Healing.’

"Did you succeed then?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Yes, I did succeed, and my creation was Muro, my most foolish yet most loyal disciple. She successfully ascended from a mere mortal to an upper being. And the reason Yate can still maintain its current situation is also due to her power."

"And my first request to you is to kill her, my most loyal disciple, Muro,"

Albert said.

"Huh? Old man, have you gone senile?"

He was completely baffled.

"No, I am very clear-headed. The reason this Pale Night has been so protracted is because Muro has been using her ability to turn back time."

"But this cannot solve the problem; it can only make the Pale Night continue indefinitely. Muro might be able to persist, but Yate cannot hold out forever."

"And to fundamentally solve the issue, one must bring the Pale Night to an end and usher in the Blood Moon Night, when He will descend upon the world. And my second request to you is to kill Him, to end this eternal nightmare,"

Albert said.

"Why not just let Muro lift the ability? Why does she have to be killed?"

Liu Zheng wondered.

"Because He is watching her,"

Albert once again pointed towards the moon.

"He is very cunning; among all upper beings, He must be one of the most cunning. According to indications from the Tommer Civilization’s texts, their destruction was also His doing behind the scenes."

"So, if Muro deactivates her powers on her own, He will definitely sense something wrong, then continue to hide in the shadows"

"Always He, He, He; doesn’t He have a name, or is it unspeakable?"

Liu Zheng inquired.

"The true names of upper beings are unknown, there are only ritualistic names. But even those names would lead to the upper beings. If you must call Him something,"

Albert pondered for a moment, then spoke,

"Just call Him Moon Demon,"