The Ancestor's Last Wish

"I see... The entire cruise ship was swallowed from the very beginning. This ancestor was not a small entity at all; its true form was larger than the cruise ship."

Once you're swallowed by his mouth, you'll hear a knock on the door.

Once you focus on the issue of 'knocking on the door,' the impact becomes more pronounced. This is why I was able to resist the urge to open the door the first time, but subsequently became unable to suppress it.

It's strange, really.

The digestive structure and digestive methods of our ancestors were actually related to doors?

Is it its inherent structure, or is it intentional...? Or is the crucial "Gate of Demon Ascension" that the Devil must cross, a stage inherited from their ancestors?

What if our ancestors had a close relationship with our family?

Is the construction and crossing of the Gate of Demon Ascension by the Devil a form of atavism?

Or is it that the very foundation of the True Hell system is closely related to doors?

Whether it's the ancient the Devil ancestors or the new generation of the Devil, they all need a door as a medium to achieve ascension by Passing through the Gate.

anyway,

It's clear that the concept of a "gate" is very important in the True Hell.

Although our ancestors had simple minds, they still conducted research on doors. This is a great opportunity; perhaps I can gain inspiration for doors from it.

Luo Di, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, opened his eyes and carefully observed the ruins he was in.

Debris constantly falls from the top, causing deep corrosion once it lands on Luo Di. What appears to be weathered dust actually corresponds to the digestive fluids from his ancestor's body.

However, Luo Di didn't care about the damage to his body, as long as his core wasn't harmed.

"Since I came to the True Hell, I have only seen two gates that are close to the Ascended: one was built from real corpses, and the other was constructed from consciousness."

Everything in the ancestral body was related to doors; some were simply decorative, while others served as supporting pillars. It was an artistic style, a building unit.

No... I was wrong again!

The "door" is my own thing; there's no need to refer to other answers. My ultimate goal is simply to get from one side of the door to the other.

I am currently inside my ancestor's body, so there is no need for me to think about how the doors should be constructed. Instead, I need to take this opportunity to pass through as many doors as possible.

Walking through these gates, some with histories spanning tens of thousands, even hundreds of millions of years,

Only by experiencing this feeling can I truly gain something useful.

Luo Di made a decision that even he himself felt was dangerous.

Instead of thinking about how to escape, he wanted to actively delve deeper! He wanted to continue opening doors within his ancestor's body to experience that feeling.

The opportunity to pass through the Ancestor's Gate,

Luo Di saw this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he wanted to seize it rather than waste time sitting still. He wasn't an art connoisseur, but a human being who needed to keep moving forward.

There were many doors among the ruins, but Luo Di chose the one directly in front that led into the depths.

Without any knocking, the door opened on its own by turning the knob.

Luo Di no longer considered the issue of death, nor did he care about his mangled body riddled with holes; he simply wanted to experience the feeling of Passing through the Gate.

We walked through the gate, which has a history of countless millennia, located within the bodies of our ancestors and containing ancient civilizations.

[Passing through the Gate]

To Luo Di, it was just an ordinary thing: leaving home required Passing through the Gate, arriving at class required Passing through the Gate, going to a restaurant required Passing through the Gate, and going to the office required Passing through the Gate.

But now he suddenly realized a problem.

Passing through the Gate,

It represents a complete change in the environment before and after, and may even change a person's mindset and way of thinking.

Where we arrive and what we want to do are often the final behavioral changes that occur the instant we Passing through the Gate.

"I see... The reason why our ancestors worshipped doors so much, and even developed a series of cultural practices related to doors, is because of one thing."

They viewed evolution, advancement, and promotion as passing through a door.

The door represents an important milestone.

Even the ancestor's digestion process was broken down into a process of Passing through the Gate. In this process, the conscious individual would be gradually degraded, reverting to its most primordial life form and being absorbed.

Then, perhaps my door...

Luo Di had already passed through countless doors, and when he looked up again, the once blurry outline that existed deep in his thoughts became clear.

A blueprint for atavism has already formed in the mind.

"I know how to build my own 'door' now."

Just as he figured it all out, he stopped walking.

Or rather, he no longer had feet; his lower body had been completely corroded in the process, and he crawled forward using tentacles growing from the ulceration on his abdomen.

We have now entered the depths of our ancestor's body.

There are no ruins left here, no door structures, only complete darkness.

And something seemed to be slowly emerging from the depths of darkness.

"That is..."

Luo Di had a vague, uneasy feeling, and he guessed what might be about to happen.

He didn't put on a show of force as he usually did when facing danger; he simply waited quietly.

"Door?"

Luo Di first saw a very ancient door moving towards him.

It was only then that I slowly realized that it wasn't a real door, but rather an arched "face".

The face is supported by a dark body with a protruding belly and thin limbs.

"Ancestor?"

The being, seemingly an ancestor, appeared before Luo Di in a floating manner.

A sound like the ocean emanated from the facade of the door structure.

It was a language that the Luo Di couldn't understand.

But based on the strange tone, Luo Di could probably understand part of its meaning.

The other person seemed to be praising him, praising his behavior.

Or perhaps she was thanking him for appreciating and recognizing the door, instead of being like others who were afraid of death and feared the door.

This ancestor seems to have been longing for someone to appreciate, savor, and experience the doors within him, to experience everything he built, for millions of years.

Now that the goal has been achieved,

The ancestors would then do nothing more.

After all, He was just a corpse, unconscious and relying on instinct to move.

Gradually faded away,

As the danger was over, Luo Di's consciousness began to decline. His body was already rotting and his spirit had been completely exhausted during the opening of the door.

On the sea surface

The satisfied ancestor opened his mouth wide.

The cruise ship that had been swallowed was easily expelled, just like a peach pit stuck in the throat.

His enormous, almost transparent body sank into the sea and disappeared without a trace.

Having been swallowed up for too long, even the Golden Cruise Ship, which the Chamber of Commerce had spent a fortune to build, was already riddled with holes, and the Golden Skull was completely rotten, losing all its functions as a ship.

Fortunately,

Our ancestors also seem to have been moving towards the dark side.

The damaged cruise ship has now been dumped on the shore.

It's unknown how many tourists are still alive inside, but most have probably already been consumed.

The sheer size of the Golden Skull stranded there quickly attracted the attention of the underworld.

A faint sound gradually arose in the darkness.

Numerous dark figures squeezed into the skull through the corroded holes in its head.