"We are like a pack of beasts in heat, blind and impulsive, with nothing to see in our eyes but the she-beast. Ktorn laughed at himself without showing mercy, clearly hating his past self.

Ever since Faust knew about this man, he had heard either to show her strength and ruthlessness, or to depict her absurdity and viciousness, and now a man who had been in close contact with her called her a mother beast?

Faust wanted to laugh a little, but no one around him thought it was funny, and he couldn't laugh out loud.

So he had to listen to the boring tale of Kertoon - and the curses that were interspersed with it, such as "she-beast" and ", son".

After a few curses, Kerthon finally resumed the story, "We all live in the court in the heart of the city, and it is my most proud masterpiece, and if Mobedan is a crown, it is the brightest jewel in the crown. This was followed by a series of awkward and allusional phrases that even Faust, who was already quite proficient in the language, seemed to understand it.

This made Faust frown, disappointed in Ktorn's ability to tell stories, and felt that listening to them was a complete waste of time—at least so far, he had gained far less information from listening to stories than he had previously estimated.

So he tried to twist his facial expression, trying to make Kerthn aware of his problem—Faust twisted his eyebrows into a pimple, squeezed three forehead lines on his forehead, and drooped the corners of his mouth, so that the whole mouth resembled a "door".

But Kerton was oblivious to Faust's exaggerated expression.

Faust didn't know if he hadn't noticed his expression, if he had lost his intuitive sense of human expressions due to years of living as a bug, or if he didn't want to pay attention to Faust at all.

It's probably the last one, Faust guessed - you know, Faust's so-called "expression" is not only the contraction and relaxation of facial muscles, but also the addition of psychic power that is common to the entire multiverse.

Any sapient being can comprehend Faust's unpleasant signals—except for a big bug that chatters.

“...... You can't imagine how dazzling that huge chandelier is, and the light can even rival the midday sun, but without that aggressive brightness. We had dinner right under that light every day......"

"Mr. Cotthorn...... Mr. Cotton!" Faust had to interrupt him rudely, "your story is really moving, but this magnificent epic is not suitable for telling in this small hole in the ground, how about we go to the place where it happened and explain it in detail?" Faust can reread the word epic, which is intended to satirize the light comedy of love ethics that Kertoen recalls for 10,000 years.

Kethorn is talking about the rise of his mind, whose mental state has long since been distorted after the triple blow of lost love, failed transformation, and 10,000 years of loneliness, and his love of architecture may be the only thing that keeps him sane.

He muttered a little aggrieved, "Time, time is the least valuable thing here." ”

But he still good-naturedly heeded Faust's not-so-polite reminder and brought the story back on track.

Ktorn cleared his throat, "After we had been partying all night, Baba Yaga had a job for each of us. For example, I am the administrator of Dongcheng District, and our painter is a general at the northern gate. ”

"Our frenzy continues, no one asks questions, everyone is happy. But just think about it—where are our people coming from?"

"Maybe I did realize it. The next day when I took up my post, I was greeted by citizens and junior officials, and I was amazed for a moment—you know, the psychic sometimes remembers certain inexplicable feelings, and when he wants to, it seems as if he could go back in time. ”

But with their compliments and congratulations, I soon lost myself in the thrill of domination—just like Baba Yajia did, I had just emerged from the illusion of love, surfaced to catch my breath, and in an instant fell into a dream called success. ”

"At first, the number of people I informed was very small, except for the few citizens and officials who greeted me, only a few insensitive farmers and traders. ”

"But the truth is that the farmers don't have the fields, the traders don't have the goods, they ...... They're more like 'people pretending to be farmers or vendors'—or whatever, in short, not normal vendors and farmers. ”

"My rule was child's play, in the beginning, we didn't have food, and I had to knock on doors with them to try to get some food. ”

"At first, we didn't get anything, but gradually, something to eat came in—rats, raw meat, and things like that, then food, and after a few days, we were even serving a hot dinner from any room. ”

Cotton's words seem absurd and familiar, but the situation he depicts does not evoke a hint of intimacy with Faust – on the contrary, Faust makes himself break out in a cold sweat by taking advantage of Kerton's fear.

The guy behind the game doesn't seem to know the rules at first, but he's learning at a rapid pace, learning that humans need food, and even learning the damn eating habits of humans.

He opened his mouth to speak, but found that his voice was already a little hoarse, and if he hadn't cleared his throat in time, he would probably have made a voice like a male duck that made people lose face.

He coughed and said word for word, "You mean to say that this city ...... It's responding to you, it's learning?" When he asked this, Faust knew that his face was very solemn.

"Yes, I guess so. "You see, it is already showing signs of activation, and I am afraid that the city has been ...... since its foundation."

Although Faust had confirmed this fact countless times from the old mayor's memories and from the accounts of the crowds, he gasped every time he heard such arguments—especially this time.

When you hear a shocking fact, you often have a hard time recognizing the seriousness of the problem, and only a concrete example in front of your eyes can make you suddenly creep.

Faust stood up, regardless of whether the other party could see it or not, he stared at the cave wall above, and the organizer said, "Do you mean that you thought all this was normal at the time?