Looking back, the muddy path leading to the mountainside disappeared. This was indeed a dreamland, isolated from the outside world.

"The person who was going to meet me on the top of the mountain was always you." Anya looked at her father.

"It's the person under this tombstone. She has something to say to you." An Moshu opened the umbrella and handed it to Anya.

"The person under the tombstone must be very important to my father."

"It is very important to the world. Two souls were once buried there. I always think of traces of the past here, but those were not days worth remembering." An Mosu took a puff of her cigar and bowed deeply to the tombstone.

Anya remained silent, and followed her father's example by bowing to the tombstone to commemorate the dead souls.

This is an unmarked tomb. The owner of the tombstone seems to be a woman. The surrounding flowers are fragrant with the wind. An Moshu stood in front of the tombstone with a hint of nostalgia in her eyes. Her heart was completely contradictory to what she said. It was a memory of the past few hundred years. She said it was not worth remembering, but Anya saw sadness in her.

This was also the first time Anya realized that her father might have feelings. Could it be that the person in the tombstone was an old lover?

Anya took a step back to show respect for the people at the grave, then sighed and patted her father's shoulder.

"I can understand, Dad. You had a romantic past, and the bond that is hard to break is always distressing. Once something like this happens, any man can only keep it in his heart. Don't worry, I won't tell Mom. Your old love has been buried for hundreds of years. If Mom knew, she might actually let it go."

"Ah?" An Moshu blinked.

"It's like this in the upper class. Love affairs have long been commonplace. Dad, I don't know if the person under the tombstone is your first love or your sweetheart, but you have a mother now, so don't think about it anymore." Anya taught carefully. She mistakenly thought her father was reminiscing about an old acquaintance.

"Do you think this is my first love?"

"Your sensationalism and the atmosphere you created at the beginning made me think so. And you were indeed a playboy in the past. People outside said that you met my mother at the dance. You were simply a dandy." Anya said, looking at the tombstone.

"First of all, I'm not a playboy. That was just fake news. We can't let people outside know that we are monsters who have lived for hundreds of years."

An Moshu defended herself as much as she could, patting her chest and assuring, "Your mother and I were definitely first loves, that's true. I was indeed very romantic in the past, and I could be described as a playboy, and I might have had many illegitimate children, but I have never loved anyone as much as I loved your mother."

"You really don't look convincing at all right now, Dad." Anya said quietly.

"Wait until you confess this secret to your mother. The person under the tombstone wants to talk to me. Can we start now?"

An Moshu fell silent again, standing in the middle of the sea of ​​flowers smoking a cigar. This man who looked like a man and a woman and was called father had hinted through her performance that Naya's secrets were buried here, but when it came to revealing these secrets, she hesitated.

Some secrets should never be unearthed the moment they are hidden. They are destined to be buried for a lifetime and cannot even be mentioned. However, she showed the performance to her daughter. The abyss will eventually come, but the reason for its coming is self-preservation. Only by devouring this world can the continuation of the abyss world be maintained.

As far as I can remember, my father has never been so serious. He always wears a chic black suit and a shiny slicked-back hair, as if he is ready to attend a party or dance at any time. He has nothing in common with the character of someone who is good at strategizing and managing the business world, and he does not have the domineering aura of a leader at all.

The history of the An family has lasted for hundreds of years, and it has been born since the appearance of Shang. An Mochen claims to have lived for hundreds of years, but this family has actually never changed.

Anya lowered her head and took out her cell phone, flipping through the photos. It was a family photo from the past. The background was a family dinner, and many waiters were clearing the long table. After the meal, her father, in high spirits, suggested taking a photo, and the six of them were fixed in the center of the camera.

At that time, An Ran was sitting in the middle, smiling shyly. The boy, who was only eleven years old, had his father standing behind him, bending over and holding his shoulders. On his left was his mother, then An Xiao, and then Ling.

Everyone was sitting, except for my sister who was standing on my right.

"Do you remember a woman named Tang Qiu in the past?"

An Moshu suddenly asked this question and turned to look into Anya's eyes.

Chapter 48 The Ubiquitous Father (IV)

Tang Qiu, the first director general of FACA, was also the first human to establish contact with Shang.

Rumor has it that she is Shang's partner, and with the help of Yug, she discovered the secret of Gluttony and made improvements. It was also she who persuaded Yug to obtain the manufacturing data of the Devouring Weapon, which enabled the Countermeasures Bureau to have the capital to confront the aliens head-on.

According to novels or film and television works, when faced with invulnerable monsters such as alien species, if humans want to kill them, they can only use weapons of large-scale annihilation, but if so, the price humans themselves will have to pay is too high.

The appearance of Devouring Wu changed all this, and the executioners were able to execute the monsters head-on at a very small cost.

Tang Qiu is a legend, and records of her can always be found in every history book. This woman convinced some of the Shang people and gained their recognition. At the end of the story that is familiar to everyone, she became a traitor to mankind.

Anya knew that the story was far from simple. In the seven months since she devoured Deagus, she investigated all clues in an almost comprehensive manner, even the true relationship between Li Fei and Sister Tang, in order to get involved in the huge conspiracy network of this world.

According to the archives kept by FACA, humans captured a juvenile Shang more than three hundred years ago, but the information was incomplete. Anya firmly believed that it was a girl.

Tang Qiu's act of betrayal was very vague. The file only mentioned her betrayal but did not describe the specific process.

Why she rebelled and what she did are all unknown.

There are many files in the ancient temple on Anjia Island, one of which specifically records the forty years before and after the establishment of FACA. Anya opened it but was unable to obtain much truth. She only knew that Tang Qiu was a very important character in the secret history of the An family.

She always subconsciously thought of Sister Tang. That woman might be sitting in her office chair right now, crossing her legs and doing nothing.

"You said you have lived for hundreds of years. You and Tang Qiu are from the same period." Anya looked at the woman, feeling a long-lost excitement in her heart. The secret history of the An family, the truth of the abyss, and the secret of her own identity were about to be revealed.

"Yes, she was not the Director General at the time, and FACA had not been established. She should have been called the Royal Chief Investigator. At that time, the countries had not yet been united, and the federal government had not yet been established. However, she was trained with all the resources in the world, and even received titles and medals from Queen Marianna, the Emperor of the Second Empire, and the Emperor of the Great Flower Empire. She had unimpeded access to any place."

"It's just because she was the first person to survive in the extremely cold northern border. At that time, the entire Arctic had already been occupied by monsters. The closer you get to the north, the more serious the chaos is. No living person can reach that meteorite circle." An Moshu said slowly, gradually rolling up the scroll called the past.

"At first, Tang Qiu was just a reporter, only 19 years old, the youngest in the accompanying investigation team. They were well-equipped and headed to the Arctic with a dying attitude, which was actually a suicide mission in that era. But in order to find out the source of the dream chaos and the birth of monsters, someone had to try. According to the overwhelming news at the time, it seemed like the end of the world, and everyone had to make sacrifices without hesitation."⊙

Anya held up a black umbrella and said:

"I know. These things are all recorded. They are not secrets. The investigation team that went to the Arctic was almost destroyed, and she was the only one who survived. According to her, in fact, all the team members died when they were in the outer circle of the Arctic. The first batch of alien species born were too strong, and they were all half dead. But she did survive by chance and continued to go deeper. She was the only one."

"It's amazing, isn't it?" An Moshu smiled and continued:

"This behavior is so heroic. Even if they are the only ones left, they still want to complete the filming mission. But what? According to later investigations, the place where the investigation team was destroyed is only more than ten miles away from the nearest Black Swan Port, which means that they survived for less than an hour after leaving the port." (

Anya recalled, nodding in agreement.

"But that's all later." An Moshu continued:)

"We don't care what the investigation team has gone through. We only care about Tang Qiu, the only survivor. She unexpectedly completed the investigation, took the first photo of the 'meteorite' with unimaginable experience, and successfully brought back the blood of the ancient god and two cocoons."

"Cocoon?" Dad

Anya frowned, and when she heard this word, she had a vague answer in her heart.

"Yes, she did bring back two cocoons. They were insect cocoons, about the size of a thumb."

"Soon, newspapers published her legend, and the whole world paid attention to this matter. She claimed that she was guided by the gods, her mind kept echoing in her mind, and she also showed superhuman abilities. Everyone thought that she was a favored by the gods. After all, there are such terrible monsters in the world, how can there not be gods?"

Speaking of this, An Moshu seemed to have thought of something funny and couldn't help laughing.

"Hehe, actually that was Yug, I know that. Tang Qiu deliberately concealed most of her experiences, making people mistakenly believe that she was really protected by the gods and had no troubles throughout the journey without encountering any monsters. In fact, she herself is a monster. She should have been destroyed along with the investigation team, but she accidentally awakened the power of the black goat."

"She ceased to be human since then?"

An Moshu did not answer this question directly, but said slowly in a very philosophical tone:

"Human beings are actually another kind of sorrow, except that sorrow is the purest embodiment of desire."

"You should be a philosopher." Anya sneered.

"It was indeed as a philosopher that Tang Qiu and I first met." An Moshu was so thick-skinned that it made her desperate.

"It was at a party, three years after her trip to the Arctic and the day before the federal government was formed."

"I still remember that day when there were hundreds of candles. She had become the president of the Flower Language Association, which is the predecessor of FACA. Tang Qiu stood in front of the banquet table in the corner. She was very beautiful, not as tough as the rumors said. She was an out-and-out queen, my type."

Anya's mouth curled up slightly. Her father was still the same, always talking about irrelevant things.

This is often the case. When anyone talks to the neurotic head of the An family, the topic will inexplicably turn off the topic. The key is that the people involved in the topic are unaware of it. When they are chatting attentively and patting their legs and preparing to leave, they realize that they seem to be here to discuss business, not to discuss which beauty pageant champion is the most valuable...

"She has a pair of golden eyes, which are very natural and evil. Tang Qiu's eyes were originally black, and she carried the orthodox blood of the Dahua Empire. Following the trip to the Arctic, the golden luster became her symbol." An Moshu described in detail.

Anya thought of Wu Pingping again.

And Master Jiu, who is of the same blood as He and Wu Pingping.

The moment Wu Pingping evolved into Banshang, the dazzling golden light in her pupils could actually compete with Naya's blood-red. She was so beautiful and ferocious, with plant-like phagocytes and tentacles entangled, and the night view of the high-rise buildings was still vivid.

"Why should I be born to be your nourishment!" The woman's crazy roar was still in my ears.

"Why am I destined to be eaten by you!"

"I can be Naya too! Why! Why!"

That crazy voice was full of unwillingness.

The woman with golden blood had lost the golden light in her eyes before she died.

It wasn't the blood in her body that supported her to roar out those words.

Perhaps it was because he had eaten Wu Pingping, ever since Naya broke free from Banshang's bondage, the memories of all the people he had eaten always lingered in his mind for a long time, and he could not get rid of it, like a curse like a brand.

"Everyone was looking for Tang Qiu during that recovery campaign, but I was the only one who found her. She loved eating crispy biscuits and was a little surprised when she saw me. She asked me why I could find her. No one would have thought that the missing celebrity was hiding in the corner eating dessert." An Moshu said.

"I claimed to be a doctor of philosophy from Cambridge University and my name was Monk. She was not wary of me. I was not as purposeful as others. We quickly became familiar with each other and knew the existence of Cocoon."

"There is no record of Tang Qiu bringing back two cocoons."

"Yeah, no one knew, including me, until she took out those two cocoons."

My father recalls:

"I recognized them right away as cocoons that would transform into butterflies. They were very small. From my conversation with Tang Qiu, I learned that these two cocoons came from a sea of ​​flowers."

"It is rumored that there was a sea of ​​flowers near the meteorite circle, but now it has disappeared."

"Yes, this is not a rumor. At least Tang Qiu has seen it with her own eyes and even explored it in depth. According to her description, there is a group of more prominent white flowers in the center of the flower sea. They are like women's hands intertwined, holding the two cocoons."

"So there is a white butterfly inside the cocoon." Anya's face twitched slightly, but her heart was so peaceful.

She closed her eyes, two cocoons, this is definitely not accidental. Maybe she and her sister are the white butterflies, they are a perfect match.

"I met Youge through Tang Qiu. She was actually a woman. There was another woman beside her, your mother." An Moshu said softly, "Tang Qiu only knew them for a few days. I fell in love with your mother at first sight, and she also turned me into a monster."

"I always thought my mother was Shang, but I didn't expect that she was even the King of Shang." Only then did Anya understand why her father had been suppressed.

The story told by An Moshu was very vague, and she briefly revealed the secret of her identity. It turned out that she and her sister came from two cocoons. Perhaps the cocoons were really cocoons, and the white butterfly was just a metaphor.

It remains to be confirmed that my father was not a born monster.

Anya observed the woman's eyes, trying to determine the truth of the story, and keenly realized that there was something hidden in it.

"So I came from the cocoon."

"Sister Tang gave the cocoon to me before she died, because I was one of her few friends." An Moshu sighed.

"Your mother is an absolute monster. I can only be considered her little follower, but we do have a good relationship. Over the past few hundred years, the cocoon has been growing, and twenty-six years ago, your sister was born first."

"What about the abyss?"

“That show was the answer.”

Chapter 49 The Ubiquitous Father (V)

The girl and the woman stared at each other for a long time, and a breeze blew by.

Some truths exist there. Anya has long realized that she may not be her biological daughter, and that her origins must be extremely evil.

She thought of countless possibilities, but she never imagined that she and her sister came from a "cocoon".

It's a butterfly cocoon as big as a thumb.

She and her sister came from the abyss, or rather, they are part of the abyss. The statement that Tang Qiu brought the cocoon out of the Arctic and gave it to the An family is actually full of loopholes.

Anya has not lost her sense of smell because of her father's "confession". Tang Qiu's death is inextricably linked to the An family.

She looked at the tombstone, which must be where Tang Qiu and her girl were buried.

An Moshu didn't have the heart to disturb her daughter's thoughts. No one could accept this fact at the first time.

The way she smoked the cigar in a casual manner betrayed her. She cared more about the smell of the cigar than whether her daughter would be troubled by this issue.

Anya turned around and stared at her father.

"So you're telling me through a show that in the future only one of me and my sister will survive. I don't like this joke."

"You thought it was just a joke, but you believed it."

"People who truly don't care won't be angry, daughter." An Moshu exhaled smoke and stepped back to avoid the oncoming tentacles.

Anya's expression was cold, she no longer had a smile on her face, black and red tentacles clustered around her, screaming hostilely at the woman.

An Moshu frowned slightly. She didn't mind this "filial gift" at all and was ready to face her daughter's anger.

But she was surprised.

Anya did not choose to continue attacking, but was silent for a moment. The crazy laughter that was about to come from Naya did not happen. Her blood-red eyes gradually faded, and she was somewhat unsteady on her feet, so she had to use her tentacles to support her body.

She was so tired, as if she had turned back into the An Ran of the past. The boy who ran towards the darkness on the rainy night was still hiding deep in her heart. She had the body of a monster, but always had a weak heart. She was used to being indifferent, but afraid of loneliness.

Half a minute later, Anya raised her head.

She once again turned into that monster that enjoyed greed, scaring An Moshu so much that she stepped back repeatedly, thinking she was going to eat her.

"I'm not even close to having an appetite for my own...father." Anya smiled bitterly at her father's reaction, as if she would really do that.

Anya still says the word "Dad". In her heart, family will not change because of blood ties.

She calmed down quickly, and the sadness that flashed across her eyes was quickly replaced by calmness.

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