A Piece of Good News

Through the Small Soldier, Liliath recounted the entire story of how Hake was hypnotized, and didn't even hide the fact that Hake attacked Sea Emperor after being hypnotized.

It also roughly recounts the collapse of the subordinate Time Plane, its merging with the Basic Plane of reality, and the Dees Family's collective departure from the human Universe Sea after negotiations with the Federal Government.

After listening, Hake lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before raising his head again. "You mean to say that the world we are in now is just an unreal Dream World?"

"That's right, your body has been taken over by another consciousness. Although we have it under control and it hasn't caused any further harm, the longer your original consciousness is trapped in this Dream World, the harder it will be for you to escape." Liliath was also familiar with the Third Elder's hypnosis technique.

"How can I be sure that everything you're saying is true, and not something that Belanger hired to lie to me?" Hake remained skeptical.

"If I were sent by Belanger, would he know of the Sea Emperor's existence?" Liliath countered.

"I can't be sure if he knew, because I was unconscious for a while the day the Third Elder came, and I remember Belanger was there too. If I were conscious, I couldn't have mentioned the Sea Emperor, but I don't know what happened while I was unconscious, so I can't be sure if I told them about the Sea Emperor." Hake wasn't entirely sure either.

"Whether they know or not doesn't matter anymore, because they're all dead." Liliath wasn't too concerned about the Sea Emperor's identity being revealed, since the Third Elder of the Dees Family and Belanger had already perished. Besides, the Sea Emperor had now taken human form, so even if someone knew of Sea Emperor existence, they wouldn't suspect that Sea Emperor already possessed a human form.

"The Third Elder is dead too?!" Hake was also somewhat surprised when he heard the news. After all, the Elder Council were all gods, and the fall of even one of them was enough to shock the entire Dees Family.

"According to the Sea Emperor, it was Boyi who killed him." The Small Soldier nodded under Liliath's control.

"Boyi? That wheelchair-bound guy who was captured by the Darkness Clan?" Hake immediately pressed.

"That's right, it's him, but he looks completely different now." Liliath finished speaking and realized that time was of the essence. "Alright. That's all for now. I'll explain the details to you later. My main goal this time was to find out where you were being held, and now that I've achieved that, you stay inside for now. Give me some time, and I'll think of another way to get you out."

Liliath didn't dare let the Small Soldier stay in the cell for too long. If the Small Soldier were exposed, the chances of her being exposed were slim, but the castle's guards would certainly be tighter. Rescuing Hake would then be much more difficult. Besides, she needed the Small Soldier to gather more information for her.

After leading the Small Soldier out of the cell, the burly man only glanced at the Vice Captain slightly as they passed by before continuing to eat his meat, ignoring him completely.

The Small Soldier left the underground safely, but Liliath did not appear to meet him. Instead, she directly controlled him to return to his original team.

Over the next few days, a different person would deliver alcohol to the underground every day. Each time, Liliath would intercept them and hypnotize them.

After several days, Liliath, through several hypnotized puppets, finally gained a fairly good understanding of the castle's terrain and other information.

The underground prison was guarded by two Vice Captain on a rotating basis, each for a month. Only the burly Vice Captain would ask for alcohol every day, though he actually had a low tolerance and would drink a whole jar before falling asleep and sleeping soundly until dawn. This was how he passed the boring days of guard duty.

Liliath also learned that the reason there were so many patrol teams and powerful warriors in this castle was not entirely to guard against invaders. Rather, it was because the castle was attacked by beast tides every so often.

This reason struck Liliath as odd, because on her way to the castle from the outside, she had not found any trace of monsters, only some ordinary beasts.

But thinking about it, this is actually just a Dream World, so it's not surprising that anything strange happens here.

According to information revealed during the patrols' conversations, the beast tides on this planet generally fall into three categories.

One type is a small-scale beast tide, which basically only involves some Elementary Sequence True God-level monsters, with a maximum number of only a few thousand.

A beast tide of this size poses virtually no threat to the castle; it's basically something patrolling soldiers would use for practice.

The second type is the medium-sized beast tide. In addition to the Elementary Sequence true god-level monsters, the Intermediate Sequence monsters will also participate, and their numbers will be at least tens of thousands, with the largest reaching as many as eighty or ninety thousand.

Such a beast tide could cause serious damage to patrol teams, especially ordinary patrolmen, who might even be in danger of perishing.

The third type is the large-scale beast tide. This type of beast tide occurs very rarely and involves Advanced Sequence true god-level monsters, with the number of participating monsters reaching hundreds of thousands.

This level of beast tide has only occurred three times in history, and each time it could be described as a disaster, almost destroying the entire castle. As for the patrol personnel, they suffered heavy casualties, with even the captain and two Vice Captain possibly dying in battle.

Of course, in addition to these three conventional scales, there is also a theoretically special scale, known as the Super Large Beast Tide.

This beast tide is a hypothetical scale proposed by researchers based on its expansion. It is a super beast tide led by the Strongest King- level monsters of the Tenth Sequence, numbering in the millions. This is a beast tide that no one wants to see. Once it descends, it is likely that no one within the castle will survive.

When Liliath first heard the news, she chose to ignore it, but suddenly, she seemed to remember something and muttered to herself repeatedly, "Beast tide... beast tide..."

"A beast tide... it's here!!!"

After pondering for a long time, Liliath suddenly smiled and had an idea, but soon her brows furrowed again.

"But before that, there's another problem that needs to be solved first—how do we get the key to Hake's cell?"

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[To clarify, the "wine" mentioned in this book is not limited to alcoholic beverages in the narrow sense, but rather encompasses a broad range of drinks with similar effects to alcohol. It can be understood that different raw materials result in different alcoholic beverages that have hallucinogenic effects on true gods, celestial beings, and even the supreme deity.] (To be continued~^~)