"It shouldn't be here."

After sensing the calm truth within himself, Robin decisively shook his head and said:

"Although this place gives me a strong sense of danger, as if something might swallow me at any moment, this feeling is not quite the same as the one brought by the Food God. It's like something is missing."

Something is missing?

Omnia Cicada and the Crimson King exchanged a glance upon hearing this, then the Crimson King inquired: 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"What's missing?"

"It's missing a bit of... powerlessness? Like that feeling of having nowhere to run, nowhere to hide."

Recalling the overwhelming sense of crisis that was induced when "Disaster Avoidance" was triggered in the past, Robin couldn't help but shudder, then explained with fear in his eyes:

"It's as if you're running on a track where you can only go forward, but there's a constantly accelerating train chasing from behind.

Even if you seem to be running faster than the train, because there's only one track, no matter how you run, you can only temporarily distance yourself, but you'll soon be caught up, and then the train will be rumbling closer just a step behind you... No, wait!"

As Omnia Cicada and the Crimson King watched in surprise, Robin suddenly trembled violently as if electrified, then without hesitation turned around and ran off, and in the blink of an eye, he had escaped an unknown distance, almost rushing out of the Dreaming Abyss.

Why is he acting up again?

Five eyes briefly blinked, forcibly stopping Robin from escaping. Omnia Cicada raised his hand and retrieved the immobilized Robin, checking the mark deep within his soul, then frowned and shook his head at the Crimson King.

Upon noticing Omnia Cicada's actions, the Crimson King couldn't help but be slightly taken aback, then followed with a frown.

Is it still not working?

No, it isn't.

Omnia Cicada didn't speak, he opened one of his five eyes, conveying his meaning directly through their gaze.

The situation remains the same as before. The source of courage given to Robin by the "Father" is shattered by the overwhelming fear brought by "Disaster Avoidance" before it can even take effect to stabilize his emotions.

Moreover, after receiving the baptism hosted by the "Father", Robin's "Disaster Avoidance" effect, although greatly enhanced, allowing him to be exempt from any harm from the Food God, has also infinitely deepened his fear of the Food God.

Now, just thinking about the Food God for a while makes him uncontrollably afraid. If the Food God really appeared in front of him, Robin would probably jump ten dimensions to the side, a distance we couldn't even intervene.

That would be troublesome...

After checking Robin's condition and confirming that it was indeed as Omnia Cicada said, Robin now had a strange "slippery" feeling as if he could slip out of the current dimension at any moment, which made the Crimson King ponder for a moment, then suggested:

"Let's try a different approach... Robin, the Dreaming Abyss is roughly shaped like a walnut, with sixty main branches and over seven hundred constantly forming and dissolving ravines. You don't have to tell us where the Food God is going, just tell us where it's safest, how about that?"

"I'll... I'll give it a try..."

Hearing the task change from finding the Food God to finding safety, Robin immediately felt a lot better, barely suppressing the fear sprouting in his heart. Following the guidance of "Disaster Avoidance", he hesitantly pointed in a certain direction.

"That side seems safer, my intuition tells me... huh?"

"What is it?"

Picking up Robin, who couldn't move anything but his mouth, Omnia Cicada sped in the "safe" opposite direction, laughing:

"Speak up, what does your intuition tell you?"

"..."

My intuition tells me, you two bastards are taking me right into the Food God's mouth!

"Wait! No! Not that way!"

After pleading a few times, and seeing Omnia Cicada and the Crimson King, without saying a word, carrying him directly towards the deadliest direction, Robin couldn't care about respecting the two elder pillar gods anymore, screaming in exasperation:

"You two damn idiots..."

"Both of us are following the 'Father's instructions, helping you become the first pillar god to transcend."

After giving Robin a slightly jealous glance with his five eyes, Omnia Cicada smiled and said:

"You are the one among all of the 'Father's children closest to transcendence.

As long as we can use your truth to find where the Food God will arrive in the future, then have the Food God drown like those 'floating corpses' below, eternally in the dream of the Dreaming Abyss, your 'Disaster Avoidance' will lose its meaning, equating to its completion...

Robin, don't you want to see with your own eyes what lies above the pillar gods?"

"..."

"Rest assured, we have no intention to force you."

Glancing at Robin, who had fallen into silence, the Crimson King said calmly:

"If we want to find where the Food God will be in the future, we can't do it without your guidance. However, if you don't want to meet the Food God, you don't have to tell us the truth. You can mislead us by pointing in a random direction, after all, we don't have 'Disaster Avoidance' to determine the truth.

But you have to understand, since you've become the strongest among the Four Pillar Gods, and even touched the threshold of transcendence, it means that the Food God, after inheriting the 'legacy' of the Abyssal World, has also grown incredibly powerful.

And we pillar gods, who seek transcendence, are in a zero-sum relationship with our own lacking 'other half'. If you ultimately fail to transcend, then it may be the Food God who transcends, and at that time..."

Even if I'm holding the truth of 'Disaster Avoidance', I might not be able to avoid the Food God.

Although the Crimson King didn't finish his sentence, the meaning wasn't difficult to guess. Imagining a scenario where even 'Disaster Avoidance' lost its effect, as someone viciously approached him, the courage source within Robin's heart, obscured by fear, finally managed to break through the obstruction, emanating...

a half-alive glow.

"Go... go that way... go that way..."

Raising an arm shaking as if with Parkinson's disease, Robin weakly pointed in a certain direction, and with a deathly pale face, trembled:

"Earlier, I was afraid you were deceiving me, not wanting to know where it's safe, but where's closest to the Food God. So, I randomly pointed in a less safe direction. If you want to find the Food God, you should head the other way..."

"..."

Damn it, we were almost fooled by an idiot!

Never expecting Robin would have such a trick up his sleeve, the two pillar gods running in the wrong direction couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and quickly changed to the correct direction.

But just as they broke through the edge of the Dreaming Abyss, preparing to dive deeper, the Dreaming Abyss, which had previously regarded them as insignificant, started to shift.

In the wary gaze of the Three Pillar Gods, the floating corpse silhouettes stretching down to the "Galactic" edge opened their eyes simultaneously, staring up in unison.

"1st phase worm?"