Nomi stared blankly at the simple little farmhouse before her, her heart surging with emotions, as if she had a thousand words wanting to pour out.

But when she opened her mouth, she could only say one thing:

"So shabby."

The house in front had merely two rooms, with the two-story central building being the main house. The tattered eaves bore the marks of time, and the windows were patched up with pieces of paper.

The other room seemed to be a workshop, built alongside a stream, equipped with a mill, waterwheel, and forge. The various tools like hammers and nails hanging in the shed suggested it might be a blacksmith's shop.

But whether it was the main house or the blacksmith's shop, both buildings seemed rather poor to the Abyssal People, who had long entered the Interstellar Era.

Facing such a scene, Nomi felt puzzled. She turned to look at the security personnel accompanying her — who claimed to be a Dragon Blood Titan from Dialan, and directly asked:

"Are you sure this is where Li Aozi would live?"

"The Philosopher King's calculations indicate it's here."

The Dragon Blood Titan seemed unsurprised:

"You have little contact with Li Aozi and have forgotten much due to rebirth. In reality, Li Aozi is someone with little desire; his needs on the material level are very low, and a luxurious life has no attraction for him."

"I really didn't know that. I always thought that guy was a dangerous and idealistic terrorist."

"A person can have many sides, even contradictory ones. A woman who dresses elegantly, loves life and small animals might secretly be an extreme terrorist wishing to kill all men."

"Isn't that the Frost Plated Republic? Luckily, I'm with the David Lyn Faction. Long live Gender Neutrality and Creditism."

"Let's not talk about that right now..."

Rista Kacha from the Temple appeared weak and worn out:

"Why did I, clearly just an extra role, have to come along? Am I also chosen by the Primordial Abyss Will to save the world?"

"You're overthinking it."

The Dragon Blood Titan said calmly:

"After all, having an extra person can help share the Submerging Curse. We will have to dive again in a while."

"Still?"

"Yes." The Dragon Blood Titan nodded. "Twice."

"Is this reasonable?"

Rista despaired:

"I've never left home 9 million light-years away in my life, haven't done anything bad aside from surfing the web, so why am I thrown directly into the Mass Abyss on my vacation?"

"Soon, the Starry Abyss might be doomed, so what's the point of dwelling on your broken vacation?"

Nomi muttered, looking at the battered doorway in front:

"What I really care about is... do you think there are really signs of life here?"

The Dragon Blood Titan was silent for a moment.

"Dragon Blood Titan? You don't even know?"

"Rationally, whether it's the dust-covered stove or the abandoned wheat field, it seems no one has lived here for a long time. But intuitively, I think this is Li Aozi's human side dwelling."

"Reasons?" Nomi asked.

"No reasons, purely intuition."

Rista couldn't help but complain: "So even you don't believe it, yet drag us here..."

Creaaaak—

As they were discussing, the door of the main house suddenly opened.

Accompanied by the screeching sound of the door hinge, the three people's eyes immediately fell on the main house door: Only to see a sturdy, muscular middle-aged man walk out.

The man had disheveled hair, worn-out clothes, cloudy eyes, and a scruffy beard, portraying a sloppy country bumpkin.

He glanced up, seeing several women outside the fence, then walked to a nearby water jar, scooped up some water, splashed it on his face, and wiped his face with rough, dark fingers, as if tidying up his appearance.

After finishing this, the man also broke off two cloves of garlic from the string hanging at the door, peeling them while walking to the door.

"Who are you?"

The man spat a word, threw the garlic clove into his mouth, and began chewing it loudly and rudely:

"What's up, speak?"

The three women glanced at each other and at the sight of this man, along with the strong smell, made them question the Primordial Abyss Will and Imperial Philosopher King's opinions.

"Excuse me, are you Li Aozi?" the Dragon Blood Titan asked.

"What's up?" Li Aozi retorted.

"Then I'll be straightforward — we are from the Layer Abyss. The Philosopher King calculated the essence of the Starry Abyss. Your divine side, Leoz, is currently dragging the entire Starry Abyss Cosmos into earthly purgatory. The only way to stop him from destroying everything is to bring you to merge with Leoz..."

"No way, get lost."

Li Aozi said, turning away to leave. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"No!"

Before the Dragon Blood Titan could say anything, Rista, who had been tormented by the Curse, grew anxious:

"Wait! Li Aozi, Master Li Aozi, the cosmos is about to be destroyed, and you're just going to watch?"

"Not my problem."

Li Aozi said indifferently:

"That's Leoz's choice. Whatever he does is understandable; the Starry Abyss owes him."

"But what about the residents of the Six Abysses and Thirteen Narratives? They are innocent."

"Innocent? Ridiculous, the situation in the Starry Abyss is caused by the Six Abysses and Thirteen Narratives themselves, isn't it?"

Li Aozi folded his arms, turned to sneer at them:

"The Starry Abyss isn't unified because the Six Abysses and Thirteen Narratives have their own agendas, always thinking of preserving themselves. If they could unite, not to say they could solve all difficulties and dangers, at least driving the Earth devils out of their homeland wouldn't be a problem."