I'm a villain, not a devil

Chapter 697 A cyclical world?

"Among the Gods..."

Sean chewed on this word he had never heard before, and his eyes occasionally glanced at the nervous Chen Zongde.

Chen Zongde seemed to be worried that Sean would think he was deceiving him, and hurriedly said, "The ancestor who founded the Chen family brought back a total of 19 array plates, which are what you call force fields. Five of them are the most important, and the illusion before is one of them. The ancestor ordered that the five array plates must be kept well. This is the capital for the rise of my Chen family, and the Moment of the Gods was placed separately in one of the array plates. It is impossible to be fake."

Sean glanced at him and said nothing, but continued to think under Chen Zongde's increasingly uneasy eyes.

What Chen Zongde said did not sound like a lie.

However, this 'time of the gods' sounds a bit weird.

According to Chen Zongde, in the middle period of the Fourth Era, the origin of the world that originally bound the gods from coming will be opened, and the gods in the starry sky will have the opportunity to descend to the world.

These gods come to the world only to find one thing. When one of them obtains it, the origin of the world will once again restrict the gods from coming, leaving only the final winner.

The victorious god will mobilize the entire world and directly transform the entire world structure.

The Chen family is very clear about their own strength. They are not craving for other things, but want to gain a higher status in the new world and try to establish an unbreakable bond with the final winner.

And even if this path doesn't work, they have other options.

Gods are gods after all. Even if they fail in the final battle, they will simply return to the starry sky.

The Chen family's second choice target is one of the failed gods. They will become the other party's followers and look forward to the arrival of the next gathering of the gods.

Overall, there is nothing wrong with the idea, but the main problem lies in this so-called occasion of the gods.

The gods from the starry sky descended just to fight for something that suddenly appeared?

Why does Sean feel that those damn gods came here... to steal the map deep in his soul?

The idea of ​​being able to find maps of other worlds' divine powers within one's body is extremely appealing to all gods, and the emergence of the concept of 'completeness' also proves the great usefulness of the number of divine powers.

There must be the most powerful god who wants to gather true integrity and eventually ascend to the highest throne.

Thinking of this, Sean looked at Chen Zongde again and said, "Didn't your ancestors tell us what the gods will fight for when the Apocalypse of the Gods comes?"

Chen Zongde shook his head quickly: "That's not something our Chen family can know... There's no one else here, so I'll tell you straight. Back then, the ancestor of the Chen family was only at the king level, and this power was brought back from another continent in the Second Era. I really don't dare to expect too much."

Sean showed a slightly amused look: "Your ancestor is only at the king level, but you are able to reach the peak of crimson now?"

Chen Zongde smiled apologetically and said, "After all, our family has been around since the Second Era. We still have some foundation. Moreover, those who returned from another continent in the Third Era all gained a lot of benefits based on their past experiences."

"Benefits?" Sean frowned slightly, "Apart from the formation plate, what other benefits are there?"

Chen Zongde spilled all the beans like a spilled bean: "The array is one part, and the other part is the resources accumulated by the Great Federation during the Third Era - let me tell you the truth, not only us hidden families, but also the top leaders of the Great Federation know the specific information about the coming of the end of the world."

"At that time, the top leaders of the Great Federation conducted an assessment and believed that even if all the forces of the Federation were gathered together, they would not be able to resist the end of the world. The world would eventually be destroyed."

"Well, it's gossip. As far as I know... the top leader of the Great Federation pretended to lead everyone to resist the doomsday, but in fact he secretly drained a huge amount of resources for his family's use. So, the family of the former leader of the Great Federation has now become a hidden family. In order to conceal it and to get more information from us who returned from the Second Era, he also distributed a lot of the Great Federation's resources to us. At least that's what the last great-great-great-great-grandfather of the Chen family, my great-grandfather, said."

As Chen Zongde spoke, Sean and the others looked at each other with strange expressions in their eyes.

What the other party said...is most likely true.

They had always had doubts, but as they dug deeper, they discovered that the technological level in the high-tech era was far beyond the imagination of their descendants.

With such a high level of technology, the Federation's ability to resist when doomsday comes seems too weak.

Those shelters deep underground eventually became stepping stones for future generations, and many higher-level technological equipment were completely destroyed, which is really unreasonable.

Now that Chen Zongde said this, there is a reasonable explanation.

Xiao En thought for a moment, then looked at Chen Zongde: "So what exactly is the end of the world?"

Chen Zongde hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The end of the world was predicted long ago. According to the information passed down by the tribe, the end of the world is actually the angry gaze of a god."

"The angry gaze of a god?"

Chen Zongde nodded. "He is not at the level of the gods in the starry sky, but a true god who has truly ascended to the throne. It is said that he was very dissatisfied with the Third Era, and eventually found a way to bypass the origin of the world and cast his angry gaze on the entire land, thereby triggering countless natural disasters that could destroy the world."

"Moreover, in order to not give humans a chance to breathe, his evil thoughts followed suit, resulting in the current pollution and the creation of those crazy beasts."

Sean was surprised to hear this. He originally thought that the coming of the doomsday was related to the involvement of the starry sky gods and other worlds, but in Chen Zongde's words, it was just the work of a god.

If this is true, then that god should have "completeness".

Now Sean knows that there are four levels in the hierarchy of gods.

Old acquaintance Gao Zi and Old acquaintance Id are both the lowest level of [Plague]. Others such as Blood Warrior are probably also at this level.

The next level, in Sean's speculation, is where the Holy Spirit God originally worshipped by the Sand City is, the so-called [natural disaster].

From then on, Sean no longer knew what gods there were, and their numbers should be extremely rare. The only information he had was that the Mother Goddess of the Abyss was at the [Pillar] level, while the Father God was at the [Old One] level.

[Plague], [Natural Scourge], [Pillars], [Old Times].

This is the level of evil gods Sean knows about so far. Correspondingly, there are also righteous gods besides evil gods.

However, Sean has not come into contact with any righteous gods, so he doesn't know much about this.

But he had a guess in his mind that the level of the righteous gods should also be included in these four levels. However, the righteous gods all possessed the original divine attributes of this world, and it was estimated that the lowest level should be [Natural Disaster].

As for the god who brings the end of the world, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call him "God King"?

A terrifying existence that truly possesses completeness and has ascended to the throne of godhood.

But...Sean still has questions.

He looked at Chen Zongde: "According to the information passed down by your family, you were born in the middle of the Fourth Era?"

Chen Zongde nodded quickly: "It was supposed to be born in five years, but I thought that by that time, all the hidden families would emerge at once. Our Chen family cannot compare with the big families of others, so we may not be able to make any money, and may even be swallowed up by others. So I took the initiative to bring people to the world early."

Sean narrowed his eyes slightly. "That is to say, five years from now, in the middle of the Fourth Era, will be the time of the gods?"

"It's about that time. Or, if we want to prepare in advance, we have to start at that time!"

Sean raised the corner of his mouth: "There is a prophecy, that is also the future. The Fourth Era is still advancing in reality. How do you know that the time point must be the middle of the Fourth Era?"

Chen Zongde was suddenly stunned. He just kept his ancestor's instructions in mind all the time, but he never thought about the problem of the information itself.

That’s right… No matter how much you predict, that’s still the future… Why, five years from now must be the middle of this era…

Sean smiled and said, "If there is a middle period, there must be an end period. If there really is a fifth era, they can evaluate history in this way. How do you know about it when you are in history?"

Chen Zongde suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. "I, I don't know either... I'm not lying to you! Really! I, I just haven't thought about the wording. I have always done what my ancestors told me to do. That's how his words were passed down. The words in the array are basically exactly the same as mine. You can verify it yourself!"

Chen Zongde was extremely panicked at this moment. If Sean thought that he was deliberately deceiving him, he might lose his life!

My dear, how could you deceive me?

Sean ignored the panicked and frightened Chen Zongde and just raised his eyebrows slightly.

Chen Zongde did not lie, so the content here is interesting.

How did these hidden families know about this prophecy?

And this prophecy directly hints at another part of the content - the Fourth Age, which is the era Sean is in now, will be destroyed in hundreds of years.

Destruction of the world...it doesn't seem to be such a strange word anymore.

However, these are observations and evaluations that only later generations are qualified to make. Although the world is terrible now, it will not be destroyed.

If Sean wanted to, he could spend a lot of effort to transform the entire world. The results might not be seen in a few generations, but after a hundred years, there would definitely be earth-shaking changes.

It is true that Sean still has the idea of ​​subverting the world in his heart, but how and when to subvert it should be decided by him, not by that vague prophecy.

Sean didn't like this sense of predetermined destiny.

At the same time, if you expand your thinking.

The end of the Third Age was predicted long ago, and the same was actually true for the Second Misty Age, otherwise so many people would not have fled back from the other continent.

The same situation may be true for the first natural era.

In other words, the whole world has entered a cycle of "new era - some major event in the middle of the era - doomsday comes - top leaders escape or hide - the next era begins."

The world has been turned upside down. Maybe in a few hundred years the world will become a world of cultivating immortals. Maybe in a few thousand years the world will become the world of orcs.

But essentially, the cycle will continue.

It's like a Möbius strip.

Sean's brows unconsciously knitted together. There must be some problem here.

Of course, these are just speculations now, and maybe things will change differently in a hundred years, but for some reason, Sean feels that his intuition is correct.

The whole world is caught in a terrible cycle.

"How annoying..." He muttered with a frown.

Chen Zongde on the side watched cautiously, and even dared to put his butt on the stool, for fear that the terrible and powerful man in front of him would vent his anger on him.

Did he realize something from this? Did the information I gave him earlier allow him to draw other more shocking conclusions?

Moreover, this serious expression gives people a terrible feeling of oppression.

This person is definitely not an ordinary deep blue level expert...

When he thought of this, Chen Zongde became restless and dared not even breathe loudly.

Suddenly, he saw Sean, who had a serious expression, suddenly changed his expression: "Okay, Patriarch Chen, let's talk about other things."

"Ah?" Chen Zongde didn't react for a moment. How come this God of Plague's thoughts were so quick?

Sean’s idea is very simple. If he can’t figure something out, just don’t think about it. Useless thinking and anxiety will only bring mental pressure. What he really needs to do is to keep taking action. Only being strong can be the truth of the world.

Now that we have understood most of the information, it's time to collect the toll.

Sean smiled and said, "The Chen family's...um, formation? It's very special."

"Force field, force field, it's just some leaks picked up in the last era." Chen Zongde smiled apologetically and took the initiative to use the other party's terminology.

Sean waved his hand: "Then why don't you let me see it?"

Here they come... Chen Zongde groaned in his heart, but he was helpless at the moment and could only ask people to move out the Chen family's treasures.

Sean picked one up at random and took a look. Noah immediately sent a message in his mind: "It's a very precise position, and it's very well preserved. I don't have a detailed record in my database, but I can use it for in-depth learning."

Sean nodded. It would be great if Noah could learn.

He waved his hand, and all the force field equipment disappeared. Then he opened his hands towards Chen Zongde, who had a pale face.

"You, what do you mean?"

Sean rolled his eyes: "Instructions."

Why are you complaining? I went out here to steal things.

Chen Zongde was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe, but if he dared to refuse, he knew very well that he would not even have the chance to feel heartbroken in the future.

Soon, the Chen family's unique formation and instruction manual were all handed to Sean.

However, Sean was still not satisfied. He walked slowly to the door and looked at the city outside: "I have met the Yun family. The Yun family has a good thing called Concentrating Incense. Hmm, it's really good... Does the Chen family have something similar?"

Chen Zongde smiled bitterly and said, "The Yun family is a well-known and large family. Their resources are dozens of times more than our Chen family. I..."

Sean's eyes dropped a little: "No... What a pity, what a pity."

With a strong sense of crisis, Chen Zongde immediately said in a panic: "It's not a pity, it's not a pity! The Chen family also has some unique things, I wonder if they will catch your eye."