In the pitch-black canvas of the sky, the dark clouds dispersed, revealing a crimson moon behind them. It wasn't the halo caused by a lunar eclipse; rather, it was a genuine red moon, resembling a round, blood-red jasper suspended in the sky.
Lu Yan's eyes betrayed no emotion. But he wasn't Lu Yan.
The little creature ceased its feeding, and the small eyes on its body showed a mixture of surprise and uncertainty. Its hair stood on end like steel needles, resembling an exploded hedgehog. However, it was less adorable than a hedgehog, especially considering its birth length of nearly three meters, making it difficult for anyone to feel pity for it.
Lu Yan stared at it, his gaze carrying a hint of indulgence. It emitted a few hoarse roars from its throat, retreating in fear, its six-legged lower body trembling with terror.
Lu Yan opened his mouth, "Come here."
It was indeed human language, but it sounded peculiar, somewhat obscure, like the summoning book written in blood on a merchant's desk. One could vaguely discern a few characters, but upon closer inspection, it made no sense.
Talent 11, Oracle.
Words spoken, laws followed.
Similar to the all-knowing talent with a serial number of 6, this was a talent humans were not supposed to possess. An invisible force pressed on the ghost infant's shoulder, struggling to leave the underground space. It saw a cave ahead, with daylight shining through from above the lake. However, invisible hands firmly pushed it towards Lu Yan.
The little creature fell back to Lu Yan's feet, its long and slender tail piercing through the ground. It turned over, ignoring the pain in its body. Submissively lowering its head, it emitted baby-like cooing sounds, extending its crimson, frog-like tongue to lick Lu Yan's shoes. The saliva at the corner of its mouth mixed with Michael's blood, displaying a pink hue.
Now, it appeared docile, far from the irrational monster it was just minutes ago. Only the trembling of its body revealed its fear.
Lu Yan removed his gloves, reaching out to touch its head. "Afraid of me?"
The little creature vigorously shook its head, the eyeballs hanging on thin threads on its head swaying along.
This scene would be challenging to explain if not for the fact that the only onlooker, Michael, was severely injured and unconscious.
Lu Yan's nails began to lengthen, and his talon-like fingers deeply penetrated the monster's brain. Despite the intense pain, the creature dared not move, or rather, it couldn't escape Lu Yan's control.
The severe pain caused its teeth to clench tightly, and its serrated fangs almost pierced its upper palate.
From its brain, Lu Yan plucked out an eyeball.
Unlike the other red eyeballs on the creature, this one lacked any emotion. Its iris was a beautiful silver, and the gaze held a faint sense of pity.
The monster, in pain, clutched its head and writhed on the ground. The basement trembled as it couldn't bear its weight, and decorations on the ceiling fell into the green, foul-smelling lake, creating ripples.
Water splashed onto Lu Yan's face, leaving tiny traces.
Lu Yan glanced at it, and one foot stepped on the creature's tail, halting its movements.
The creature convulsed on the ground, its breath feeble. Its life rapidly slipped away, accompanied by a few mournful cries.
Lu Yan uttered, "Die."
In an instant, the monster's heart ceased beating, its flesh turned into sludge, blood transformed into green lake water, eyeballs withered and fell to the ground, becoming nourishment for parasitic fish.
Finally, only a rugged skeleton remained.
Lu Yan felt the stickiness on his hands, somewhat disgusted. He placed the eyeball into his eye socket.
The process of changing the eyeball was like fitting appropriate eyes for a mannequin. His fingers lifted the eyelid, inserted the eyeball, pulled out the original one, and not a drop of blood flowed.
The newly replaced eyeball was still not quite suitable. Lu Yan blinked, feeling his eyes sore.
"You did well," he said.
The system remained silent for a while, "[At your service.]"
"I allow your betrayal."
"[Thank you for your forgiveness.]"
At this moment, not only in the small Kroman Manor, but in every corner of the world, one could see a moon glowing with red light.
Whether it was a full moon or a crescent moon.
In X City's slaughterhouse, the eight-headed snake-like beauty looked toward the rising moon, seriously contemplating the possibility of ceasing business in other areas.
On the glaciers of the Grann Sea, a deep-black octopus, with its tentacles, strangled a deep-sea whale. On the newly grown four tentacles, several deep blue eyes closed in the red light. It glanced at the moon above with little interest, lowering its head.
At the Hound Base, 01 smoked a cigarette, a red bird perched on his shoulder. At his feet, a dog with a human face was painstakingly writing a transformation report with its claws—Gong Weibin still didn't want to die, so he needed to prove his value. He had to find a gentler and harmless way for 04 and 09 to become perfect evolved species.
01 was quite puzzled, "It's broad daylight. Why is there a moon? But I feel like something good is happening."
07 made a chirping bird-like sound.
In the Divine Realm, a gigantic, 30% cooked brain flower woke up from its slumber, compressing itself to the smallest size, and in the corner, it madly shouted, "It's him, it's him! He's back! He's here!"
That time at the airport, it intended to avenge its smallest brother but ended up killing all of them.
In A City, headquarters of the first district of the Pollution Disease Prevention and Control Center.
The testing personnel could hardly control their trembling hands. "Is the detection instrument malfunctioning? Why is the global pollution level synchronously rising?"
—"Tang Team, go consult Tang Team!"
"Tang Team has already rushed to the source."
...
...
Only the current omniscience is truly omniscient. In every corner of the world, every place, resides in Lu Yan's mind. He sees in the sky the aerial China built by birds, on floating islands, feathered beings evolved for the second time imitating human order and life; by the seaside, fish people climbing ashore for food, met with relentless bombardment. In K City, the First People's Hospital team-building event, spontaneously sweeping Director Hu's tomb...
Despair and hope. Occurring at different locations at the same moment.
"What a beautiful world," Lu Yan said, "even more beautiful than I imagined."
[As you wish.]
Lu Yan also sees something else, such as a person indistinguishable from a black lizard in his field of vision.
Tang Xun'an is rushing here.
He raised his finger and pointed in the void, "I don't like him."
[You can make him disappear.]
The brother pondered for a few seconds and lowered his hand, "But my brother likes him."
This time, the system did not respond.
Because it wasn't sure if its answer might anger the unpredictable deity at this moment.
Lu Yan took out a cross from his pocket.
He opened his mouth, casually letting the golden cross pierce through the center of his tongue.
This cross, from the beginning, was prepared by the system for him.
A burning, stinging sensation spread to the tip of his tongue, causing his memories and consciousness to blur.
In an instant, Lu Yan recalled many things. Such as the ancient and eternal silent deep sea, their common hometown.
Lu Yan, or rather, the brother, closed his eyes.
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