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There have always been various theories about the origin of the Kuo Tao Fish Goddess.

Some people believe that this Kuo Tao Fish Goddess is indeed one of the original gods born in the depths of the sea when chaos first began, and is one of the oldest gods.

There is no need to say much about the greatness of the Kuo Tao Fish Goddess. She masters ancient magic that even the Goddess of Magic has never known, and should be the most powerful among the gods.

This statement was once widely circulated, and Amber Xiu has also seen several versions.

After all, it was the Kuo Tao Fish Goddess who "claimed" herself. Mortals generally cannot verify the words of the gods, and they all take them seriously.

However, the author of this "Atlas of Deep Sea Life" spent a lot of time studying various lives in the ocean and came to completely opposite conclusions. The Kuo Tao Fishman race appeared later than the mermaids, and the myths circulated by other marine races did not match the great achievements claimed by the Kuo Tao Fish Goddess.

It is normal to brag about your own gods, and it is not surprising that there are occasional contradictions.

But the conflicts between other gods are different. Most of the disputes between myths are just about who has the wrong position, who has contributed more or less, who won or lost.

For example, the orc god Gruumsh was shot blind in one eye by the elven god king Corellon. There are many versions circulating in the mortal world. The orcs said that the elves had shamelessly attacked, and Corellon had shot him in the face before the two had even started chatting; the elves said that Gruumsh was shot in the face without even seeing Corellon's face.

But no matter how they argue, the two gods Corellon and Gruumsh exist. No one would say that Gruumsh didn't actually go there, and no one would think that Corellon was hiding at home as an elf.

But the Kuo-Toa fish goddess is different. There is no way to get confirmation from other gods for the major events she boasted about.

This goddess once boasted that she suppressed the demon prince Demogorgon who invaded the main material plane with ancient magic, and Demogorgon said, "Kuo-Toa Goddess? Who?"

There are many similar examples. Anyway, in various major events, there is no such person as Kuo-Toa Goddess. Not only that, the image of Kuo-Toa Goddess seems to be constantly changing in these false stories. What's more interesting is that this change in image is obviously strongly related to the regular madness of Kuo-Toa.

The Kuo-Toa race was once the slave of the Mind Flayer. The Mind Flayer is a creature with strong mental power, commonly known as the Soul Sucker, and some people despise it as an octopus head. This monster enslaves other races and reproduces through mental control and larval parasitism.

The food of the Mind Flayer is the brains of various intelligent races. The Kuo-Toa were not crazy and chaotic. It was the long-term enslavement of the Mind Flayer that caused serious mental distortion, so that the entire race had serious hereditary mental illness.

And many records about the Kuo-Toa Goddess were produced after the Kuo-Toa regained their freedom.

It's not the time when the story was described, but the time when it fell on the stone tablet or book.

After the Kuo-Tao fishmen gained freedom, these chaotic myths began to emerge. The oldest record that can be found today, the so-called ancient meteorite stone carving, was later checked and was also a product of the late Mind Flayer Empire.

Finally, the author had to write a conclusion that was considered blasphemous - the Kuo-Tao fishmen goddess did not seem to be a real goddess, but a deity imagined by the Kuo-Tao fishmen's chaotic minds.

After years of slavery, the Kuo-Tao fishmen urgently needed a spiritual sustenance, so even after regaining their freedom, they needed a god to worship, and then they invented such a god.

The biggest evidence is that the image of the earliest Kuo-Tao fishmen goddess is a bit like the Mind Flayer. At that time, the Kuo-Tao fishmen goddess' head was not a lobster, but an octopus head.

Although it is a bit strange for mortals to create gods, it is still in line with the rules.

Faith can create gods. With the blessing of this invisible power, plus Io's nod, even a piece of snot can become the god of slime.

The number of Kuo-Toa fishmen is huge. If the concept of Kuo-Toa fishmen goddess becomes their unified thought, it is not surprising to create a god out of thin air.

This also explains why the Kuo-Toa fishmen goddess has the priesthood of insanity, because the Kuo-Toa fishmen are all insane, and it is so serious that it will be permanently inherited.

After so much effort to dig up this story, Amber Xiu got a piece of information that the biggest enemy of the Kuo-Toa fishmen is not a certain race in the ocean, but the mind flayer.

The mind flayer that once enslaved the Kuo-Toa fishmen for a long time should have the means to attack the Kuo-Toa fishmen, and this means is very likely to work on the Kuo-Toa fishmen goddess.

Whether it is a human or a god, each intelligent race is affected by their birth throughout their lives. Some people call this the original family, and some people call it an unfortunate childhood. No matter how it is called, its importance is the same.

Some things are scars that can never be cured in a lifetime, and people will go crazy when they are mentioned.

Whether it was mind control, intimidation, or some special painful memory implantation, Amber Xiu still didn't know, but if he could find the Mind Flayer, he might be able to find a way to deal with the Kou Tao Fish Goddess.

This is a good direction.

However, the history of the Heart Flayer Empire is even older than that of the Dragon Empire. The Dragon Empire was only 1,700 years ago, while the Heart Flayer Empire was at least 7,000 years old. The Heart Flayers have long been monsters in stories. Amber has never seen any of them in his hundreds of years of life. Even the evil race of the Heart Flayers is not on the wanted list of the Ryans. It is estimated that they have been extinct for a long time.

Then you need to find someone who knows the business to give you guidance, such as his beloved friend, the most knowledgeable historian Mr. Heki Stone.

Amber was not polite and directly took out the Codex of the Dead to send a message to Heki Stone, and sent it in the chat group.

[Ultraman Tiga: Mr. Heki Stone, the knowledgeable vampire historian, I have a historical question to ask you. Do you know the Heart Flayers? ]

Heki Stone seemed to always stare at the chat group. Amber had just sent this message when Heki Stone replied: [Why are you asking this suddenly? ]

[Ultraman Tiga: I just want to learn about this race. If possible, it would be even better to catch one and study it. Do you know where to find the Mind Flayer? ]

[Dislike Humans: No need to look for it. It's extinct, at least it's extinct in our plane. Maybe there are Mind Flayers in other planes outside the domain, but you can't find them here. ]

Amber Xiu's face was full of disappointment. No way, the little clues just found are completely broken now?

[Dislike Humans: Why are you looking for Mind Flayers all of a sudden? ]

[Ultraman Tiga: I wanted to kidnap the goddess of the Kou Tao fishmen, and then I found that this god was not easy to deal with, so I checked the information and found that the Mind Flayer had enslaved the Kou Tao fishmen, so I planned to catch one and ask if there was any way to deal with the Kou Tao fishmen. ]

[Dislike Humans: Can't you just kill the Kou Tao fishmen directly? Why make so much trouble? ]

[Dislike Humans: Wait, the previous post is invalid! Did you send it by mistake? What you just wrote was the goddess of the Kou Tao fishmen? ? ? ]

Amber Xiu didn't want to reply. Since the Mind Flayer was extinct, what was the point of talking to this dwarf? Unfortunately, the group members were already excited.

Gareth jumped out and said: [Brother, are you crazy? Do you know what you are talking about? ]

[Dead Rose: I also said he was crazy, but he didn't admit it. ]

[Pale Little Skeleton: Wait, what riddle are you talking about? Rose, do you already know about this? ]

[Poet: I seem to have seen something extraordinary! ]

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Even the old predecessor "Poet" appeared, and Amber Xiu couldn't keep silent anymore. He could only explain everything he had encountered in the group, and finally concluded: [I didn't want to either. It was Talos who pushed me too hard, and the Kou Tao Fish Goddess was a psychopath who couldn't negotiate at all. What can I do? ]

[Poet: Mortals are like ants, that's it, you will get used to it slowly. However, you can think of using the Mind Flayer to deal with this lobster head, which is a good direction. ]

[Ultraman Tiga: It's a pity that all the Mind Flayers have died. ]

[Poet: Of course they have all died in this plane, but there must be many in other planes. The Mind Flayer Empire was once a brilliant civilization that spanned multiple planes. Their Nautilus battleships could travel through time and space at will, plundering intelligent races in different worlds for control. If you want to find it, it shouldn't be difficult. ]

Amber Xiu was speechless. A powerful man like the poet who was almost a god certainly thought it was not difficult. He should be able to travel through planes at will, but Amber Xiu couldn't do it. It took a lot of effort for him to open a star realm channel, and he didn't even know if there were any Mind Flayers in the star realm. Even if there were, it would be extremely difficult to locate the position of the Mind Flayers. The time and other costs were too high, and there was no way to solve the urgent problem.

[Poet: Although I don't know which plane the Mind Flayers are hiding in, I can give you a hint. The Mind Flayers can transform any intelligent race into Mind Flayers by parasitic larvae, so almost all gods don't like this race. No one wants their believers to be taken away and mutated into octopus heads, right? 】

Amber Xiu didn't understand what the poet meant at first, but he thought about it carefully and understood it immediately.

[Ultraman Tiga: The evil demons that the gods don't tolerate will be sent to the Chaos Land for exile. Senior, do you mean that there may be heart flayers in the Chaos Land? 】

The Chaos Land is the garbage dump of the gods. Any evil things that affect the balance of the world will be thrown here.

If this rule is followed, the chance of the heart flayer being exiled is very high!

Now we can see the benefits of having many friends. Amber Xiu has a close friend and a loved one who is doing well in this exiled world.