Abyssal Distortion Files

At this moment, Chen Ye's main body was still touring the school. "Too many clones are such a hassle to manage, so I just let them do their own thing. Turns out they're just as lazy as I am."

"Master, you're definitely right!"

"You have your reasons for being lazy, but their laziness is unacceptable. They need to be disciplined. As your clones, how can they be so much like you!"

"Then I'll start by disciplining you. Are you mocking me?"

As Chen Ye said this, he sneered. In his mind, a pair of invisible hands had already grabbed the Book of the Abyss. But then, the female teacher leading the way turned her head.

"Well, we've toured most of the school. What do you think of our teaching environment?"

Chen Ye didn't answer, only nodding repeatedly, because he hadn't been paying attention at all. Apart from his body moving on its own, his consciousness had been switching back and forth between his other clones.

Chen Yao tugged at Chen Ye's hand. "Brother, am I really going to study here tomorrow?"

Chen Ye continued to nod.

"Brother, your fly is open."

Chen Ye was still nodding.

"Brother, I'm being attacked!"

Chen Ye suddenly snapped back to reality, his left eye instantly turning blood-red. "Who?!"

The female teacher next to him was startled. Seeing this, Chen Yao quickly covered Chen Ye's eyes. "Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing. My brother has red-eye disease. His eyes turn red when he gets excited!"

The female teacher's lips twitched. Is that what red-eye disease is like?

Chen Yao quickly pulled Chen Ye away. "Um, I think the school is great. We'll head back now since there's nothing else here!"

...

Back home, Chen Yao began to examine Chen Ye from all angles, repeatedly. "Brother, I feel like something's off with you."

"You've been absent-minded all day."

「Of course, his soul isn't even here.」

Chen Ye reached out and covered his forehead. He hadn't finished explaining things on the other side yet. He needed to finish that first.

Yesterday, after creating the Undying King, he created another monster: the Lord of Deep Mist.

[File 7: Lord of Deep Mist]

Danger Level: Light-Bearing (Tier 1)

Form Description: The Lord of Deep Mist has no form and cannot be observed.

Ability Description: The Lord of Deep Mist can change the location of the City of Dreams and reshape its structure. It can also open the Mist Gate, dispatching Lantern Bearers to send people all over the world.

Generation Information: The Lord of Deep Mist exists within the City of Dreams. The location of the City of Dreams is determined by the Lord of Deep Mist and cannot be observed externally.

Maintenance Information: The Lord of Deep Mist feeds on the 'secrets' of all living beings.

Covenant Information: The Lord of Deep Mist has Overlord Covenants and Equivalent Covenants. Both covenants use lanterns as ritual tools and 'secrets' as bargaining chips.

...

Chen Ye thought it over and realized he really needed a headquarters.

And this headquarters should ideally have the ability to send people all over the world.

So, the Lord of Deep Mist was born.

To make a deal with it, one must offer their secret.

Chen Ye satisfied it. "Lean your ear closer, I'll tell you a secret."

The Lord of Deep Mist was terrified upon learning this, just like the Book of the Abyss. Because it knew Chen Ye's identity, it chose to unconditionally submit to Chen Ye.

Of course, mainly because it was a Tier 1 Light-Bearer. Even if it knew the truth, it couldn't do anything to Chen Ye.

Like the Book of the Abyss, it was a weakling born from Chen Ye's desire to create something loyal to him.

Because monsters have no loyalty; they only have contracts.

The prerequisite for loyalty is their weakness. Yet, even so, Chen Ye still couldn't trust the Book of the Abyss and only used it as a form of entertainment.

「Master, although there is now a second creation that knows your identity, my position in your heart is still unique, right?」

Chen Ye laughed. "That's true. It's much more useful than you."

"As File 0, your only ability is to organize files. Tell me, what use are you? With just those few files, I could just use a stapler to staple them together."

「Master, you wound me so!」

「Can a stapler compare to me? Can a stapler talk to you? Can a stapler care for you?!」

"Alright, shut up."

"You're too noisy. I'm going to watch the livestream of the First Battlefield."

...

North, Fengtian Province.

Inside a certain city.

A gigantic black serpent monster was rampaging through the city, crushing passing vehicles and pedestrians into pancakes under its massive form!

Even though the army had arrived, the bullets only sparked off its scales!

"Doesn't feel like anything. Is this all you've got for weapons?!"

The serpent spoke in human language, constantly flicking its tongue. Looking at the dense rain of bullets, it opened its maw and swallowed them all!

Like snacks!

"Hmm?"

"More large snacks?"

A rocket-propelled grenade came flying. The serpent opened its mouth and bit down, and the rocket exploded 'boom' inside!

"Cough!"

The serpent's head snapped back, black smoke pouring from its mouth. "What the hell was that? My teeth hurt!"

Seeing the serpent, after taking a direct hit from a rocket, was almost unscathed, the soldiers below broke out in cold sweats.

"What the hell is that thing?"

The soldier carrying the rocket launcher panted heavily. "I... I saw this monster on the news. Its scales are impervious to blades and bullets, and it has extreme blast resistance..."

"This level of firepower isn't enough to penetrate its scales. We need the big guns!"

"But this is the city! There are still a lot of civilians who haven't been evacuated!"

As they argued, the serpent had already burrowed into the ground and locked onto the approaching armored vehicles at incredible speed!

Boom!

With a loud crash, the serpent burst out of the ground and swallowed an entire armored vehicle, then crushed it!

Rumble!!

The armored vehicle exploded inside the serpent's mouth, but the serpent didn't care. "Not bad, not bad. I'm very satisfied with your tribute!!"

With that, the serpent dove back into the ground. It was so fast that the armored vehicles and tanks that arrived later couldn't keep up at all!

In fact, tanks were no threat to a burrowing serpent!

The serpent burst out of the ground again, this time biting at the helicopter in the sky!

"Let me taste this!!"

The helicopter pilot's eyes widened as he watched the bloody maw below bite straight at him. "Mom, I probably won't be home for the holidays this year..."

As the pilot spoke, a bolt of electricity suddenly appeared out of nowhere, as if some kind of gravitational force had turned into a large hand and dragged the monster down!

Boom!!

The serpent crashed to the ground. The pilot stared blankly. What was going on?

He looked down and saw a man in black standing on a nearby building, holding his hand out towards the serpent!

"I see. Our power system is superior to the Ancestral Serpent's system... because the serpent's scales are made of metal."