Kyle lifted his teacup, slowly took a sip, then looked at Celeste and said unhurriedly, "I'm guessing that world's world consciousness came knocking of its own accord."
Hearing that, a hint of astonishment flashed across Celeste's face, and he watched Kyle with a somewhat odd expression.
"I guessed right?" Kyle asked with a smile.
"Right on the mark," Celeste said with a nod. "Just as I was planning to act as a third party, that world's world consciousness came to me of its own accord, wanting to join hands with me to strangle the gods of its native world."
"What was the reason?" Kyle raised a brow, curiosity showing on his face as he asked.
Celeste set down the teacup in his hand and slowly said, "The gods were unwilling to remain trapped in a single world. They planned to drain the world's source power dry in order to conquer another world."
"Even the spacetime torrent was pushed along from behind by the native world's gods. They wanted to use the characteristic of accelerated time to cultivate a qualified army."
"In that case, the Abyss invasion was very likely lured in by the world consciousness." Kyle stared into Celeste's eyes and spoke word by word.
"Yes."
"The Abyss invasion was brought in by that world itself. It wanted to borrow the power of the Abyss to clean out the gods," Celeste said with a shrug. "But it botched the job. The power of the Abyss directly overwhelmed the gods of that world, causing the world to begin sliding toward the Abyss."
"In the end, with nowhere else to turn, it came to me—or rather, to the one behind me."
"After weighing the pros and cons, I agreed to the world consciousness's request. I would help It expel the Abyss Demons,