Me! Cleaner!.

Chapter 1142 Mission, Contingency Plan, and the Origin of the Present World

I'm going to find your whole family! Your whole family in this world!

Faced with the mermaid beauty who, after recovering from her initial shock, immediately started creating abstract images, Leon abandoned any intention of arguing with her and prepared to call over Miss Salty Fish and her entire family.

If her whole family, including Miss Salty Fish, were present, even with the mermaid beauty's thick skin, she probably wouldn't have dared to challenge him to a duel in person... right?

"Oh dear! Look at you, you're in such a hurry again!"

Realizing that this approach wouldn't work on Leon, the mermaid beauty licked her lips regretfully, then quickly grabbed his arm and said with a smile:

"I'm not that kind of frivolous woman. I was just joking. Why did you take it seriously?"

"..."

I believe you!
Seeing the lingering disappointment in the mermaid woman's eyes, Leon's lips twitched involuntarily. He instinctively felt that what he had just said was probably not a joke, and if he dared to agree, she would probably immediately take it seriously.

"Oh, you know, I'm about to die."

After stealing a glance at Leon, the mermaid beauty sighed softly, her expression ambiguous:
"Although I have died once before, at least my will has been maintained and has not dissipated. But once I actively devote myself to the Root and cause the two worlds to merge, this remaining will will also disappear, and then I will truly die completely."

"..."

After hearing what the mermaid woman said, Leon's expression faltered slightly, and a complex look appeared in his eyes.

After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but speak:

"If you only want to revive your people, you don't necessarily have to devote yourself to the Root. You captured so many evil gods this time, the Revival Cleanup Bureau plus your people are more than enough."

With a population of over three million, there wouldn't be any pressure from current resources. Even the very few who don't wish to continue living their original lives can have their memories erased and be reborn into new bodies; there's no need for you to dedicate yourself to the Roots.

"That's different."

The mermaid beauty shook her head upon hearing this and said:
“You dug from the Abyss Realm and brought back more than three million people, but that doesn’t mean that’s all my people are. There are still many people in the Abyss Realm who left before the [Corruption] rules dissipated, and I hope to make up for the life I owed them.”

Moreover, besides that, the Roots represent the upper limit of a material world. Given the current state of the world, it is absolutely impossible to contend with Root 1 in the future. Only if I dedicate myself to the Roots, allowing Root 3 to merge with the upper limit of Root 9, will you have a chance to fight against it.

No. 1…

Lyon paused for a moment upon hearing this, then asked:

"Was it Number One who defeated you, stole the Source, and led the entire Abyss Realm to destruction?"

"That's right."

The mermaid beauty smiled.

"He should be the strongest of all the known 'Root Remnants,' and the one most enthusiastic about completing the ultimate mission... Oh right, the Root Remnants refer to people like you and me. I heard this from the guide between the Roots No. 9."

"So what exactly is this ultimate mission you're referring to?"

Lyon couldn't help but frown and say:

"I don't understand, what kind of important mission could make Number 1 so heartless as to kill your own kind and then destroy the entire Abyss Realm, causing the deaths of so many people in the process."

"The ultimate mission..."

The mermaid beauty sighed upon hearing this, her expression somewhat wistful, and said, "That is the meaning of our existence as descendants of the original lineage, and also the curse we are destined to bear. We... um..."

At this point, the mermaid woman paused slightly, then looked up at Leon, her eyes filled with confusion as she asked:

"What was our mission again?"

"???"

No? You're a genuine remnant of the fallen dynasty, and you're asking me, a knock-off, this?

Faced with the mermaid beauty who seemed to be trying to be abstract again, Leon's face darkened. However, just as he was about to tell the mermaid beauty to be serious, he noticed that the mermaid beauty's expression suddenly tightened, and she immediately raised her fair arm and touched the back of her head.

To Lyon's astonishment, a deep blue mark with five eyes bulging outwards, pulling at a large number of ambiguous and confusing images, was pulled out from the back of her head, and then shattered in the mermaid woman's palm.

"This is?"

"The mark of the Heavenly Cicada of All Things... I underestimated it."

Looking at the fragments of azure light in her palm that vanished as quickly as melting snow, the mermaid beauty closed her eyes and sighed helplessly:
"When he was creating this body for me, he had already tampered with the brain. Instead of letting my will fully take over, he made a very subtle division in the knowledge and memory section and attached a mark representing the [known].

This mark doesn't cause any problems normally, nor does it harm my brain. However, if I want to share information he doesn't want others to know when exchanging 'knowledge,' this mark will shatter along with the hidden 'known information,' confusing parts of my memories.

"..."

"Leon, I'm afraid I can't tell you what the ultimate mission is."

After glancing apologetically at Lyon, the mermaid beauty frowned and said:
"All my memories related to the Root People, the Four Pillars Gods, the Old Land, and Number 1 have been shattered by him, and a lot of false knowledge has been mixed in. Even if some of my original memories are still preserved, the whole thing is no longer credible."

"Leon, from now on, my memories should only be used as a reference. You must never completely trust them, otherwise a slight deviation in the details could very well lead you into their trap."

This is another work by Wanwu Tianchan...

After listening to the mermaid woman's advice, Leon pondered for a moment before asking:

"What about memories related to the present world? Is there any information you can tell me about this, and confirm that it hasn't been confused?"

"There are some."

After pondering for a moment, the mermaid beauty answered:

"For example, the origin of the Source God Platform... Leon, do you know? The four major, nine minor, and thirteen smaller planes surrounding the present world were originally all part of the present world."

However, after you humans fled the Old World, the No. 3 Root, bound to the human race, chased after us with the entire Source Platform. When it 'landed,' it shattered the entire present world. Combined with subsequent evolutions, this led to the fourteen planes we know today.

"?!!!"

"Just as the reason why Paradise Mountain is called Paradise Mountain is because angels live in it, the true foundation of the material plane is not the plane itself, but the races born on it."

After glancing at Leon, whose eyes widened in surprise, the mermaid woman patiently explained:

"In other words, it wasn't that your human ancestors were lucky enough to choose to live in the 3rd Material Plane, but rather that only races bound to the 3rd Root could gradually expand the world with the support of their own Root, making this plane the 3rd Material Plane it is today."

(End of this chapter)