Above the Moon Surface, the director disappeared.
Lorien could not help laughing—not because he was happy to join the Tenth Calamity's Film Crew, but out of pure self-mockery.
He had clearly touched divinity that did not belong to the current universe, yet he still had to scrape by like this, working for his opponent's Film Crew in exchange for more time to survive.
The frustration stirred the already unruly chaos within Lorien. As he laughed, rows of tentacles sprouted from his chest and back, shaped like the tentacles of grotesque fish. Even his entire face began to rot away, revealing a brain core shaped like the Moon.
"Lorien."
At Yi Chen's shout, the chaos instantly subsided.
"Haha~ Look at us. We've fallen this far just to survive."
Yi Chen did not share those concerns about his dignity. He accepted reality calmly and had already prepared himself for the performance. "I need you to help me with something."
"I can't help. I've already signed a contract with the director. I'm only assisting the lighting technician by providing Moonlight illumination for certain special scenes. If I assist you in any way, even if it's merely using Moonlight to interfere with their vision, I'll be considered in breach of contract.
"Unless Mr. Yi can guarantee that, while I violate the contract, you can wipe out the entire Film Crew, I won't help."
"What I need isn't that kind of help, but..."
When Yi Chen explained what assistance he needed, Lorien narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the Living Dead before him with his Moon Eyes.
"You're going to take William's path? If you do that, you'll fall even further behind him."
"I'm only using this opportunity to find my True Nature."
"True Nature... your innate nature?"
Lorien recalled creating the Dreamscape and