242. This abyss is playable
Is that so? This abyss is really a little different from what I imagined. ”
After listening to some of the introductions of the abyss by Ursula in the Book of Demons, Merlin finally had a slightly clearer understanding of the abyss in his heart.
There is still a big gap between the so-called abyss and the chaotic world imagined from the book description in the memory of the original owner.
The books that the original owner read that described the abyss were all written by humans, and naturally they all carried the subjective views of human beings, and even mixed with the author's bias, so they couldn't be said to be very objective.
Of course, now he can't be very objective when he listens to a demon's description, but if the two are looked at together, it will be slightly better.
Unlike Merlin's original imagination of the chaotic world where there was no order, where every day was a demonic chaos, and blood was being fought every moment, the abyss of this world was indeed more orderly than order as the snake said.
Well, that's right, it's an orderly abyss, and everything in the abyss runs according to the will of the Great Abyss.
The newly dead souls of the wicked will be plucked from the River Styx, and the abyss will give them a new body, a demonic body that can evolve and grow almost indefinitely.
Of course, it is naturally impossible for the soul of an ordinary wicked person to control the power of a demon of the golden race at once, so the beginning of the new demon turned from the soul of a wicked person actually started with the lowest demon cub - the demon worm.
As for the demon worm, the original owner has seen it from some research books about demons, it is a strange creature with a face similar to a human, but the mouth is full of sharp teeth like a meat grinder, and the body is like a caterpillar, but under the abdomen is not the small short legs of a caterpillar, but a strange creature with countless tentacles.
According to the original sins of the soul of the wicked, there are also some different personality traits on the body of the demon worm, such as the demon worm turned into a liar may have a mouth all over the body, and the demon worm turned into a lustful person has a bunch of reproductive organs or something.
In short, it's a terrifying and disgusting appearance that makes people's SAN value plummet just thinking about it.
In the abyss, on the banks of the River Styx, there are many hatching factories, through which the souls of the wicked are loaded into the seeds of demons, and then reincarnated into demonic worms.
Afterwards, these fresh demon bugs will be gathered together and waiting for the owners of Hell Farm to come and pick them up.
And the so-called Hell Farmer is actually a higher demon who is responsible for raising these demon insects.
Well, in the eyes of the higher demons, these demon insects are like crops, this year to the hatchery to select a batch of good seeds, and then bring them back to "cultivate" well, next year may be the time for a bumper harvest.
The farmers have ownership of the demon worms in their respective homes, and they can dispose of and cultivate them at will.
Each farmer has a different way of "nurturing", but they also have one thing in common, that is, they will teach these newly wicked souls how to become a qualified demon.
In the abstract, you can think of these hell farms as demon schools, and the farmer is the teacher, but the teacher is a bit cruel, and the students are not good.
Let those who are good at deceitfulness be more cunning, let those who advocate violence be more violent, make those who are emotionally impulsive more extreme, and make those who enjoy desires more indulgent.
Well, in Merlin's opinion, this kind of cultivation is not cultivating the souls of those wicked, but cultivating the seeds of demons planted in the souls of wicked people.
Either way, these demonic insects will grow up quickly, they will learn the blasphemy of the abyss, and they will be taught some basic demonic powers, and then when the time is right, these newborn demons will face the first test of their demonic career.
An unruly brawl.
Well, the abyss is not fighting all the time, and that efficiency is too slow.
The Abyss Consciousness prohibits fighting on weekdays, but uses this form of farm to cultivate these newborn demons, as long as the farmer feels that the seeds on his farm have matured, they will apply for a trial.
It's like raising Gu in a brawl fight, and only the one that lasts to the end in the final batch of seeds can only be called qualified, and such a trial will also be called Demon Awakening.
The winner of the War of Awakening will be rewarded by the Abyss, who will be able to evolve from the lowest Demon Worm to a slightly higher inferior Demon.
As for the losers, though they are generally killed by the victors in the War of Awakening, and their sins serve as rations for the victors to advance.
But after all, the Great Abyss is always so merciful to the wicked, and the Abyss consciousness of thrift will not waste any bit of strength, so these losers will still be resurrected collectively after the battle.
They have further exploited value.
Of course, it is only a resurrection, and the power of his losers who were lost by the victors in the previous battle will not be restored, and these weakened losers will then be incorporated into the next batch of new seeds, waiting for the next awakening battle.
Well, whether the loser who has had one experience is stronger, or the monster newcomer in the new batch of seeds is stronger, it depends on the ability.
Anyway, the strong stand out, and the weak are further squeezed and become the food of the strong, until in the end, when even the resurrection of the abyss can't save the broken soul, then it will be thrown into the River Styx, and the merciless water of the River Styx will be decomposed into primitive spiritual abilities, which will be used as the basis for giving birth to new souls later, this is the cruel law of the abyss.
As for those newborn demons who have awakened successfully after victory, they will have two choices in front of them at this time, one is to stop and become the new Hell Farmer, or go forward bravely and choose to join some abyss forces, learn more advanced knowledge again, and then participate in the promotion battle of the inferior demons, so as to evolve again and become a real demon.
And after becoming a real demon, this is not the point, there is still a battle of transformation ahead, as long as you win in the battle of transformation, then you can become a nobleman of the abyss and become a demon lord.
Only after becoming a lord can the demon be regarded as the cannon fodder at the bottom of the abyss and become a real citizen of the abyss.
It's just that, in the midst of fighting again and again, those demon seeds that had been planted in the souls of the wicked at the beginning of reincarnation had long since grown and matured, and the so-called battle of transformation actually did not refer to the wicked people becoming demon nobles, but to the maturity of their demons.
Only the demons who have successfully swallowed the host's consciousness and replaced them are the true children of the abyss.
The soul of a wicked man appreciated by the abyss? That thing will always be a tool in the abyss.
And after arriving at the Demon Lord, these demon nobles can be regarded as the real Abyss Demons, and they will get the admission letter of the Abyss School, and go there to learn how to truly become a qualified High Demon.
Of course, it is worth mentioning that such a growth path is only for those wicked souls, if it is a pure-blooded demon offspring bred by two real demons, then they will be demon lords from birth.
In the true sense of the word, birth is the end of someone else.
Such as the snake and Ursula are the so-called pure-blood demons, and they also need to go to the demon school with the newborn demons.
Similarly, there will be various tasks and exams in the school, and eventually when they graduate, the Abyss Consciousness will award these demon students with matching demon titles based on their performance.
For example, the former excellent students Snake and Firedemon Dorothea were earls as soon as they graduated, and Ursula was a little closer, he only graduated as a viscount.
As for where the demon students will go after graduation, this one is also relatively free, and every year during the graduation season, the major abyss forces have long had job fairs waiting, as long as you sign that deed of sale, you can have a bright future.
Of course, if you are confident enough, you can also pull a team on your own and choose to go it alone.
Back then, Snake and Dorothea were the ones who chose to go it alone, but Snake slipped into the human world by herself, and Dorothea, the Fire Demon, used her prestige and connections as the student council president to start her own business, and Ursula chose to start a business with Dorothea.
Of course, because the previous alignment between the snake and Ursula was achieved through telepathic communication, Merlin didn't know what was going on with the sister Dorothea the fire demon in Ursula's mouth.
He just took it for granted that Ursula was now a demon marquis, one of the demon gods of the Dark Lords in the true sense, so presumably the powerful flame demon sister she followed would now become a demon archduke.
In this regard, he glanced at his greedy snake who was still eating a happy meal in the fat house with a particularly contemptuous look.
The same start, why are others so good, and this one of your own is so wasteful?
Sure enough, it's better to be someone else's child, snake cub, Dad is very disappointed in you.
Forget it, this snake has already been repaired and cannot be carved, Merlin doesn't bother to pay attention to her, he is still shocked by such an advanced growth system of the abyss.
Mom, although the process may be a little cruel, but this is not an abyss version of the popularization of education, he thought about the situation on the human side again, and then was a little curious.
Before, he was still wondering why the humans in this world were so miserable, there were a bunch of bigwigs such as the Lord of the Flame, the God of War, the God of Steam, etc., why they were still being pressed by the abyss.
And now he was even more curious, how did they hold on to the siege of the abyss for so many years, given that humanity had not yet begun to eradicate illiteracy.
Mom, I suddenly feel a little dangerous to be a person, is it too late for me to pack my bags and go to the abyss?