Do not engage in underworld operations in the human world!

"."

Jiang Lu and Nodens looked at each other for about ten seconds.

Then he moved the "Friendship Boat" and rowed it to the side.

As expected, Nordens also moved his gaze to the side, always following the "Friendship Boat".

Now Jiang Lu was sure.

"He's watching us." He said to Lucifer, "I've confirmed it."

Lucifer, who had been holding his breath nervously since he found that Nordens was looking at them, lowered his voice and said, "Do you need to confirm this? If not at us, what else could he be looking at?!"

"Don't worry." Jiang Lu comforted him, "He is on our side, so it's no big deal even if he finds out. The only problem is that we are not on the same level, so how did he find out?"

"No big deal? Is it really no big deal?"

Lucifer was almost mad: "You just said not to do anything rash, what if this affects the future?"

Jiang Lu thought about it and felt that this was the truth. In order to avoid any unnecessary complications, he immediately wanted to fast forward to the next scene.

But at this moment, Nordens below suddenly spoke.

"I saw that I would meet two friends today, but I didn't expect that the other one would not be Zeus who came with me, but you."

His serious expression just now relaxed in an instant:

"Even though you use a boat, your spiritual scent won't change."

"What do you mean?" Lucifer realized something: "Did he expect us to come here?"

Jiang Lu was stunned for a moment, then he reacted. Could it be that although he and Lucifer appeared here on a whim, it was actually inevitable that they would happen?
Thinking about it, he tentatively leaned out half of his body and waved to Nodens below: "Long time no see."

But strangely, Nordens did not respond to him.

Just as he was feeling strange, Nodens continued, "If you are planning to communicate with me now, I can only regretfully tell you that I can't see you or hear you speak."

"Is this true?" Jiang Lu was skeptical. It was obvious that as long as they moved slightly, Nodens's gaze would move with them. How could he not see it?

"I know you may not believe it, but you are spying on the present from the future through the ship. We are not in the same time and space. Logically, no one should be able to detect your existence."

Nodens explained:

“But, except me.

Because you are on a boat, and a boat is the symbol of those guys. In the long struggle with them, I have suffered a lot because of this method of theirs.

So I have already learned how to observe the existence of ships, and also learned how to counterattack, so that they can roll out of the spiritual river and suffer damage at the same time.

I was going to do that just now, but luckily I recognized you.

If you were in the past before you met me, I would probably treat you the same way I treated those guys."

Hearing this, Jiang Lu was surprised and a little scared at the same time.

What's surprising is that there is really a stratagem that can defeat something else. Nordens was able to successfully crack the normally uncounterable method of crossing the spiritual river.

What I'm afraid of is that if Jiang Lu didn't want to show Lucifer how he got here through the ghoul's lair, and directly moved the progress bar to here, and appeared in front of the other party before his past self met Nodens, wouldn't he be treated as an Old One and attacked severely?

"There is another person next to you, and he is not Zeus," Nodens continued.

Jiang Lu answered subconsciously: "It's Lucifer."

Lucifer tugged at Jiang Lu's tentacle: "Didn't he say he couldn't hear you?"

"It's Lucifer, right?" Nodens smiled. "In the entire universe, the only person whose spirit is filled with pride is that person."

"Uh" Lucifer was stunned: "I don't know him, but he knows me?"

For a moment, Lucifer suddenly felt like he was being targeted by a pervert.

"If I had seen him know so much before, I would probably be as surprised as you are."

Jiang Lu paused:
"But now, I'm not surprised at all. I'm just curious, how much more has he hidden?"

At the same time, Nodens continued to talk to himself in the void:

"Seeing you two together, I think I've understood. Not only the underworld and the underworld, but also hell has probably begun to take shape. I don't know what Nyarlathotep did to hell, but since Lucifer has put aside his pride and stood with you, then the situation must be very bad, right?"

It was as if Nordens had activated a full-map cheat. Even though he couldn't see Jiang Lu and Lucifer or hear them talking, he could still accurately point out their current situation and tell them what they were most interested in at the moment.

"Seeing that you already have the ability to control the ship, and your spiritual light is no less than that of Lucifer, I can now safely say some things that I couldn't say just now.

The underworld has been destroyed. I am not talking about your time and space, but right now, the underworld has been completely destroyed.

Hades still failed. He was only one step away from transforming into an ancient god. Nyarlathotep didn't want another enemy who could rival me in this world, so he used the power of the underworld to stop him.

But he is not dead yet. At the last moment, he sacrificed the hundred-armed giant, the three-headed dog, the Titans, and all the creatures in the underworld. He turned into a cocoon, sealed all the remaining power of the underworld in it, and sent it to the Dreamland, where I protected it. "

"Cocoon?" Jiang Lu and Lucifer looked at each other and said, "Is it the one in the underworld that An Dan saw?"

"That's probably it."

"Zeus came to me to get the cocoon back, but I don't intend to give it to him."

Nordens went on to say:

"His current strength is not enough to protect it. It is safest only in the Dreamland. And if everything goes well, if he can successfully capture Nyarlathotep's incarnation, then maybe the cocoon that Hades has transformed into can absorb its power, and maybe he can be reborn after a period of time."

"I said that no matter how reckless Zeus was, he couldn't sneak out of the battlefield in the underworld to have fun at that moment."

Lucifer suddenly realized:
"Although that is actually in line with his style, but after hearing what Nordens said, everything seems to be more logical." But he did not hear Jiang Lu's response.

When he turned his head, he found that Jiang Lu was stunned.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Jiang Lu didn't have time to pay attention to Lucifer as he was brainstorming at the moment.

Zeus lied to me?
It turns out that coming to have fun with the Santa reindeer was just a side job, and his real purpose was to find Hades?

For the first time, he felt like he was getting to know Zeus again.

It is hard to imagine how crazy and scheming a person who can even betray others can be!
Of course, this is not important.

The important thing is, the formation that sealed Nyarlathotep was actually a conversion formation used to supply energy to Hades?
Was it true that Nodens was using Nyarlathotep's incarnation as nourishment to nourish Hades again?
It felt a bit strange that Zeus sacrificed himself to imprison the incarnation of Nyarlathotep.

Although it was just an incarnation of Zeus, it was really unlike his style. There was even a period of time when Jiang Lu felt a little ashamed every time he thought about it, and wondered if he had misunderstood him all along.

In fact, Zeus was originally a passionate young man.

But if it is to resurrect Hades, then everything seems to make sense.

Although Jiang Lu learned about the explosion facts that he had never known before, he did not feel excited at all, but rather a little depressed.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

But this time, Nordens was not able to fully predict Jiang Lu's thoughts.

All his explanations now were based on complete rationality, and he did not consider whether Jiang Lu would feel disappointed.

He continued to drop bombshells.

"But the truth is, Hades wasn't my first choice."

Nordens said with some regret:

"You are."

Jiang Lu came out of his lost mood and was a little surprised: "Me?"

"I have noticed you since you first came to Mount Olympus. It seems to me that you are a fellow who behaves in an even more old-fashioned way than before."

Nordens praised with appreciation:
“I have always believed that only by knowing both ourselves and the enemy can we win every battle. Only those who are most similar to the old ones and understand them best can cause the greatest trouble to them after becoming their opponents.

And you are such a person. At that time, I believed that if you became my ally, the arrogance of the past would not last long. "

After a pause, he sighed with regret:

“Although it’s a bit embarrassing to say this, I have to admit that I’m not a very qualified opponent. Compared to the old days, I’m a bit too conservative and too rule-abiding.

As a result, I am often one step behind them. I always react only after they have done something evil and then try to stop them, instead of seeing through them in advance and making adequate preparations.

This results in them often being able to carry out their plans at no cost, because at most, the plan will fail. If I want to go further and gain more results from them, it will be extremely difficult.

Maybe they could make a hundred plans and succeed fifty of them, and the remaining fifty were stopped by me. But among those fifty times, only five of them paid a price and suffered losses at my hands.

This undoubtedly greatly boosted their arrogance.

When I realized this, I felt deeply that I needed an ally, and when I saw you, I was sure that you were exactly the person I needed.

In this era, except for Nyarlathotep and me, most of the ancient gods and the Old Ones are either still asleep or not convenient to show up and interfere with reality. If I can have an ally who acts with the mindset of the Old Ones, then our advantage will be overwhelming.

At least we can accumulate more strength before the awakening day comes.

But unfortunately, in a sense, I may have harmed you."

Jiang Lu vaguely sensed something: "What do you mean by harming me?"

"Perhaps it's because I paid too much attention to you, or perhaps it's because Zeus really regarded you as a good friend, which caused Olympus and the underworld to get too close, and Nyarlathotep noticed something."

Nodens said with a heavy voice, apologetically: "Before I could stop him, Nyarlathotep used the people around you to murder you."

"Wait a moment."

Jiang Lu couldn't accept it for a moment:
"What do you mean, Zeus really considers me a good friend?"

"Let me explain." Lucifer thought Jiang Lu didn't understand. "What he meant was that Zeus's mission to make friends with you was originally a mission given to him. Well, it can't be called a mission, anyway, it's basically saying that because he wanted to train you to be a new ancient god, Zeus came to make friends with you on his behalf. But later, perhaps because he really felt that you were like-minded and worthy of close friendship, he developed real feelings for you."

"Didn't I fucking understand?" Jiang Lu burst out, his entire body flushed red, with tentacles flying in the wind. "Do I need you to explain it to me again?!"

The reason why he broke down was certainly not because Lucifer thought he was an idiot, but simply because he didn't expect that the close friend he regarded as a relative actually had a purpose in contacting him at the beginning.

He suddenly felt that the friendship he had always cherished had become impure. Not only was it impure, it was also dirty and disgusting.

"Why are you still so angry?" Lucifer felt that Jiang Lu was trying to be more aggressive.

And Nodens below also noticed that the spirit belonging to Jiang Lu in the boat was experiencing violent fluctuations.

However, he only thought that Jiang Lu was angry with him because he knew the real reason why he almost died was because of him.

"It's understandable that you're angry. After all, you were murdered, and I have an unshirkable responsibility."

Nordens changed the subject somewhat guiltily:
"In short, the first attempt to create a god failed before it even began, so Hades was created the second time. Unfortunately, I put in countless efforts this time, but it still failed. In the short term, I am afraid that I will not be able to make a third attempt. This means that I am afraid that I will not be able to stop Nyarlathotep's next move for the time being.

You have a boat in your hand, which means that you may come into contact with an Old One in the future and get its favor. What I want to say is, no matter what they say to you, no matter how nice they say, you should not believe them, because Nyarlathotep, who killed you, will never let you go no matter what. He is a person who can even kill his compatriots in order to achieve his goals, let alone you who already has a grudge against him.

I tell you this so that you can have a clear understanding of your current situation, clarify your position, and find your real enemy. You should know that I always feel guilty about you, and I am also your forever friend. I believe you know what you should do. " (End of this chapter)