Me! Cleaner!.

Chapter 1129 Analysis and Persuasion to Surrender

How to deal with her?
Scorpio was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then said with some surprise:

"Isn't she one of the Ten Great Descendants of Da Ting? Why would the Underworld have a way to deal with her?"

"Because she is actually from the Underworld, this is her home."

"???"

"To put it simply... the cause and effect of this matter is rather complicated. I haven't actually figured out how to explain it simply yet. Why don't you just make do with this and consider it the result of my investigation after I disappeared for more than a month?"

"..."

After temporarily dealing with the noisy Scorpio director, Leon finally found what he wanted in the crevice of the rocky base beneath the mermaid statue.

"Zi..."

【Name: Fragments of the Abyss Overlord (Origin, ?)】

[Appearance: Fragments embedded in a black reef base, with an overall light sea blue color. It feels warm to the touch but is somewhat dry, as if it has lost its vitality long ago. However, when you get close and smell it, you can still feel the ceaseless sea breeze.]

[Ability: Container for storing the source, ?]

[Cost: None]

[Archive: A scale peeled off from a great being, which once stored part of the origin of the Abyss Realm. It contains supreme authority within the current plane and is almost omnipotent within the Abyss Realm.]

However, after it dissipated its source and died, and the entire Abyss Realm was on the verge of destruction, the source and authority within this scale had been completely lost. Before it could be repaired and refined, it could only be used as a container for the source.

[Evaluation: The materials are incredibly precious, capable of creating powerful anomalies that would even instill fear in the pillar gods. However, it also demands an extremely high level of skill from the creator. I'm afraid your skill level is insufficient.]

[Infection Value: ?]

The scales of dominion...

Looking at the palm-sized, shattered scale in his hand, and listening closely to the mournful sea breeze emanating from within it, a thoughtful expression appeared in Leon's eyes.

Therefore, if one has mastered one or more powers and the taint value exceeds sixty points, one becomes a true god; and if one reaches "level fifty in a certain power and ascends to godhood" and successfully comprehends the principles of the world, one will advance to become a pillar god with a taint value exceeding seventy points.

As for beings like Evangeline, who controlled the origin of an entire material plane and whose own corruption value exceeded eighty points, they could be called the rulers of the entire plane.

Furthermore, this kind of ruler is different from the half-baked "ruler of the dead realm". The dead realm is a "soul" world without material existence. The rulers only control a portion of the power to operate the dead realm, and their strength only fluctuates between that of a true god and a pillar god.

The mermaid statue, as the ruler, is the undisputed "only" entity in the entire material world. Within her Abyss Realm, she is absolutely absolute, even capable of absurd feats like sending people back ten thousand years. Her strength is clearly a level above the Four Pillar Gods, and she is completely beyond my ability to contend with.

After opening the badge panel and checking his current taint level, Leon suppressed his anxiety about the current situation and continued to explore.

Although he had also "reached" the Root, his current Influence Value was only slightly over seventy, which was not even comparable to that of an ordinary Pillar God like the Crow. Compared to Ivangeline, whose Influence Value started at eighty-five, he was a whole "level" behind.

Even though Evangeline's true form had been dead for an unknown period of time, and all that remained were her will and a remnant soul, considering her Dominator-level Influence value during her lifetime and her incredibly skillful use of the Origin Color, he knew he could never be her match.

Even if she doesn't know why she let the Scorpio director off the hook and let him come over to be her "beacon," it's a fact that she "exiled" herself before, and she's probably currently thinking about the roots of the present world.

Considering the possibility that others might be involved behind her, she cannot afford to harbor any illusions. To prevent the present world from following in the footsteps of the Abyss Realm, she must not pin her hopes on her soft heart; she must have something that can restrain her...

"Zi..."

The piercing noise rang out again and again. Leon repeatedly searched the spot where the mermaid statue had once stood and found a lot of materials left behind before and after her "death".

A few broken scales, strands of hair hanging from the rocky base, a few drops of blood that never dried when the mermaid statue was shed... Lyon carefully collected almost everything in the vicinity related to the mermaid statue.

He even went down to the bottom of the fountain pool, moved the broken bricks and stones, and dug through the ground and silt below, following the position and angle of the trident's thrust, and found a small piece of bone fragment from the end of the tail fin.

These are probably the only things we can find that are directly related to Ivangeline's true form.

After checking everything thoroughly and confirming that nothing had been missed, Leon waved to the Scorpio director, who looked hesitant outside the fountain, and asked:

"How are those three sea creature elders...? Did they go to all the places I told them to go?"

"Let me ask..."

A horn-shaped conch shell was spat out from the mouth in the palm of his hand. After whispering a few words to it and listening to the opening, the Scorpio director, whose consciousness was temporarily residing in the palm demon, replied:

"They said we'd have to wait a few more days... Although the area of ​​the Underworld is only about 60% of the size of the mortal world, its rules are more 'complete' than those of the mortal world. It's basically like combining the Death Realm, the Abyss, the Dream Realm, and Heavenly Mountain with the mortal world."

They have only searched the 'present world' part of the Underworld so far, excavating some relatively well-preserved ruins, but there are still many other places they haven't searched..."

"Then let's not look for it for now."

After a moment's hesitation, Leon bent down to pry open the rock base while giving instructions:

"Tell them to prioritize finding the settlements of ordinary people in the Abyss Realm, and to excavate as many ruins as possible from the time when the creatures of this world were on the verge of destruction. As for the other parts, they only need to understand the situation. Their main task is to create a map."

"what?"

The Scorpio director was taken aback upon hearing this.

"What does 'opening a map' mean? Does it mean checking the environment? Surveying the terrain?"

"Um...more or less, just tell them that!"

After waving his hand to signal Scorpio Director not to ask any more questions, Leon grabbed two handholds on the side of the reef base and yanked the entire base up from the ground, stuffing it into the Mirror World.

That wasn't all. Under the bewildered gaze of the Scorpio director, Leon, who seemed to have gone mad for some unknown reason, began to dismantle the shell-shaped structures around the ruins as if he were preparing to carry out a demolition, even taking away the faded pearls that were laid out on the road.

Then they returned to the outer edge of the island, pulled out the somewhat tilted "monument," and threw it all, along with a large pile of skeletons near the monument, into the Mirror World.

"Sizzle..." [You have seized a small portion of the remaining source of the Abyss Realm, and your understanding of the Abyss Realm has been enhanced...]

You are gradually coming to understand the ocean...

I knew it!
Hearing the familiar noise around him, Leon breathed a slight sigh of relief, then opened the badge panel and looked at the constantly flashing [Materialism] badge.

[Materialist Soul (Crimson): As a staunch believer... matter is the foundation of objective existence... things that cannot be understood stem from one's own insufficient and inaccurate understanding of the world...]

[Wearing effect: ...]

[Advanced Path: Reached... No further advancement possible]

[Hidden Feature: Whenever your understanding of a world's core rules reaches a certain level, you will gain the ability to modify them to a corresponding degree.]

当前解析进度（按照理解程度高低排列）：死界（49.9）、深渊（44.5%）、天堂山（41.1%）、现世（31%）、海渊界（17.4%）……旧土（0.9%）星界（0.1%）】

"Zi..."

Your subordinates are currently exploring the Abyss Realm. After receiving feedback from this exploration, your progress in analyzing the Abyss Realm will be improved.

[Warning: Due to the severe loss of the Abyss Realm's essence, you will be unable to directly modify it. If you attempt to modify it, all the resources required will be provided by yourself.]

pity……

Seeing the warning that appeared before him, a hint of disappointment flashed in Leon's eyes.

If, like in the Dead Realm, the lost rules of the Abyss Realm could be directly restored through the transformative effect of [Materialism], then I fear I could truly persuade Ivangeline without shedding a drop of blood.

Unfortunately, the ability of materialism to transform the present world seems to be a forced invocation of the "root," allowing one to invoke a part of the root of a world based on their understanding of it.

The source of the Abyss Realm has been taken away, rendering the [Materialism] transformation ineffective, and blocking the last possible path to a peaceful resolution...

Then I'm sorry!

After grabbing the Scorpio director and flying a little higher, Leon looked down at the island, which he had dug all over and looked like it had been hit by a meteor shower, and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

I respect your belief in sacrificing yourself to protect the Abyss Realm, but I also have things I want to protect. Since you've chosen to take action against the mortal world... then don't blame me for being ruthless!

……

"I don't want to fight, you should just surrender."

The surface of the Central Sea spiraled into a funnel, forming a terrifying vortex hundreds of kilometers in diameter. After firmly sucking in the struggling giant meteorite above, the mermaid beauty rode a wave into the sky, speaking towards the Cleanup Bureau headquarters that was being held captive:
“I have no intention of targeting your Cleanup Bureau. As long as you give me what I want, I will stop and let you go immediately.”

"..."

"Your Excellency Taurus, I have never used any particularly drastic methods against humans. Isn't that enough to show my sincerity?"

"..."

"Can't we really talk?"

"..."

As expected of the Cleanup Bureau from Lyon, these people may not be very strong, but they all have all sorts of shady methods up their sleeves, and they're stubbornly refusing to come out. They're really troublesome...

Seeing that the Cleanup Bureau remained unresponsive no matter how she threatened, bribed, or tried to appease them, the mermaid woman blinked helplessly and tried to increase the force of the eddy current, attempting to pull the Cleanup Bureau's headquarters directly into the sea.

Unfortunately, the people inside used some unknown means to prevent this huge meteorite, shaped like an olive pit with two pointed ends, from falling into the sea at high speed, even though it seemed to be only a thousand meters away from the sea surface.

But this distance of just over a thousand meters actually feels like an eternity. Since being sucked into the headquarters of the Cleanup Bureau, it has been more than a week since it started falling, but it still hasn't completely fallen down, only a few dozen meters.

What's even more chilling is that every day at noon when the sun is at its strongest, one end of the Cleanup Bureau's "olive" headquarters will be pointed directly at the sun, absorbing a second of sunlight from the entire mortal world and unleashing a terrifying solar halo that could almost evaporate the entire Central Sea.

Faced with this bombardment that does not involve status or power, but only the purest "quality" and "quantity," even he, with his own roots, was struggling to withstand it. Although the directors of the Cleanup Bureau were no match for him, he was afraid that if this continued, things would not be able to continue.

At the current rate, it feels like it could drag on for more than six months, or even until all the remaining resources within me are exhausted, and I still might not be able to take down the Cleanup Bureau's headquarters. I need to find another way.

After looking down at her scalded hands, the mermaid woman hesitated for a moment, then looked up and shouted:

"Your Excellency Taurus, in the past month, your Cleanup Bureau has tried to forcibly banish me to the Astral Plane, attempted to bypass me and evaporate the ocean, sped up my time with strange clocks, planned to drag my spirit into the Dream Realm to forcibly bury it, and sent people to erase my memories with all sorts of chaotic music..."

Aside from these troublesome things, there have been countless curses, attacks, banishments, and poisonings. You've probably tried almost every method that might be useful to me, haven't you? Haven't you given up yet?

"..."

"You used so many drastic measures against me, yet I didn't completely wipe out your members. Instead, I destroyed those so-called anomalies and then released their souls to the realm of the dead. Doesn't that prove my sincerity?"
"Now that you're caught in the ocean's whirlpool, escape is impossible. Continuing to resist is just a waste of time. But if you hand over all the true gods you captured earlier, I promise I won't harm you and will release you immediately. What do you say?"

"..."

You forced me to do this...

Looking at the Cleanup Bureau headquarters, which insisted on refusing to communicate and stubbornly refused to cooperate no matter what, the mermaid beauty shook her head helplessly, stretched out her palm covered with the color of origin and groped in the air for a while, then seemed to have grabbed something and tore it apart with great effort.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a roar that only souls could hear, the gate to the underworld suddenly opened wide in the mortal realm. The entrance to the underworld, which Leon had transformed into the Gates of Hell, was forcibly expanded dozens of times by the mermaid woman's palm.

Immediately afterwards, amidst the terrified screams of countless souls, the gate to the underworld, forcibly torn open, swept towards the struggling meteorite high in the sky like the gaping maw of some giant beast.

Since only souls can "enter" the realm of the dead, nearly a thousand struggling, translucent souls, like fish fry that have passed through a sieve, were roughly "sifted" out of the Cleanup Bureau headquarters and plummeted into the depths of the realm of the dead, causing the headquarters, which had been suspended high in the sky, to crash down as well!

　Two...two combined...Or 2...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)