The Secret in the Sea of Desire

But how can we bring this secret out?

They all entered the Sea of Desire, but none of them shared Sea of Desire specific experiences and observations there with anyone else!

They did not forget; Drachirko's last words clearly indicated that he remembered everything that happened in the Sea of Desire. Nor were they afraid of death, for neither [Deception] nor [Order] were things they spoke of before deciding to die.

This forced Cheng Shi to consider a possibility:

Due to the rules, I cannot say anything!

There must be some rule restricting them from talking about all this; this rule could be a mandatory blockade, or it could be some other means.

Cheng Shi hadn't figured this out yet, but during his conversation with Big Cat after their parting, one of Big Cat's words gave him a sudden flash of insight, and he grasped something.

Holding the power of [Origin], Hong Lin stared at the Seven-Colored Divine Power in her hand and sighed:

"I can feel the immense power contained within it, and I also feel that this power is like a maggot clinging to my bones."

It filled my flesh and blood, Abundance my spirit, but it also gnawed at my will and eroded my reason.

I sometimes fantasize about getting closer to [*He], and even want to become [*He]'s puppet.

The power of the Origin is truly terrifying; this thing must never remain in the world!

These words suddenly made Cheng Shi wonder if the things in the Sea of Desire, like the power of the Origin, were a form of pollution that could turn people into "puppets" of the Origin?

Furthermore, could this pollution not only infect those who enter the Sea of Desire, but also spread further through these contaminated individuals as a medium?

This would explain everything we see in the Cosmos, but it also leads to a problem: whoever discovers a secret in the Sea of Desire will never be able to spread it!

Because it cannot be expressed!

Based on this conjecture, Cheng Shi uttered those words before the Poison entered his Sea of Desire.

He said that if the other party found anything related to [Origin], and that such discoveries or secrets were contagious, then he would prevent Poison from speaking again. If Poison could come out alive and remain silent, then it would mean that Cheng Shi!

The ingenuity of this method lies in the fact that the Poison's silence perfectly aligns with that unfathomable and unspeakable rule, enough to unlock Corner the secrets of the Sea of Desire for the world.

Of course, the true secret may never be known to life outside the Sea of Desire, but as the saying goes, knowing the principle behind a time bomb explosion is enough to prevent many crises from happening in the Cosmos.

This method was also inspired by Cheng Shi's [Silence] will.

[Silence] is never a complete lack of expression; it's just that His expression ultimately manifests as silence.

Etc!

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi suddenly froze, because he remembered the huge "corpse" of the Leaky World Silent Puppet in the True Universe!

Could it be that the [Silence] drifting everywhere also expresses this meaning?

Getting close will cause contamination!?

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted sharply as he looked into the distance in astonishment, only to see that the surging Tide of Sea of Desire had already submerged the figure of the Poison, sweeping that Mortals body into the sea of desire.

In the depths of the Sea of Desire.

It's strange that when you look at the Sea of Desire from the Land of Depravity, desire surges like a terrifying tide. But only when you are in the Sea of Desire do you realize that beneath the roaring surface, desire is actually quite orderly.

Furthermore, the water became increasingly viscous the further one went into the sea, the clearer it became as one descended. Poison, having traveled this far, was filled with doubt, even wondering if [Order], when it first set foot here, had ever felt that this place was more like a sanctuary for [Order]'s Faith?

She followed the signs, which were none other than various corpses floating in Sea of Desire!

Yes, a corpse!

Since the Sea of Desire is here, since the dawn of life, countless beings have discovered this place and "inadvertently entered" it.

The grotesque expressions on these corpses reveal that most of them died from different desires. Perhaps because they had no more desires left in their hearts, the Poison did not resonate with their flowing desires.

She felt as if she wasn't exploring some deadly current, but rather diving deep beneath the calm surface of the sea. As she sank, the number of corpses in front of her decreased, and the flowing desires became increasingly "transparent."

Of course, the journey was not entirely peaceful. Every now and then, a Tide of desire would surge up from the seabed, stirring up the desires of the journey ahead and pushing them to higher ground.

Fortunately, the Poison was still quite "water-resistant," and it wasn't swayed by desire. It gritted its teeth and endured several Tide, diving deeper and deeper.

Some time later, she saw the seabed of the Sea of Sea of Desire, and a patch of crimson land in the sea. She fell in, and there she found the last corpse.

She recognized the body.

But the Poison, devoid of desire, did not evoke much emotion upon discovering an acquaintance. She silently approached, looking at this former colleague who had smiled as he took his own life, at this Passing the Flame who had let go with a smile, and nodded in acknowledgment without joy or sorrow, before continuing on her way.

After walking for a while, Poison lost track of where she was. She felt that everything around her remained unchanged, and her transparent desires vanished like seawater. She felt as if she were walking on a Void with a blood-red land, empty and without any reference points in front, behind, left, or right.

No wonder I've never heard of anyone finding [the Filth and Decay]. The Sea of Desire is so vast, how can one possibly find the so-called secret?

She didn't know, she kept walking.

The blood-red seabed shakes every now and then, like an earthquake, stirring up countless clumps of dust and pushing new Tide to the surface.

The Poison skillfully maintained its balance and moved forward silently.

She had been walking for a very long time, so long that she was tired and sat down anywhere on the seabed to rest for a while.

However, by sheer coincidence, another disturbance occurred on the seabed. The blood-red ground trembled violently, and a massive upwelling surged from the surface, stirring up dust and mud. Poison, caught off guard, was finally swept away from the seabed by the vortex of desire. She was thrown far away, but fortunately, she reacted quickly and soon gritted her teeth, bursting out of the rising vortex and swimming back towards the seabed.

But at that moment, the Poison suddenly froze.

Immediately afterwards, even though she had no desires or emotions, she trembled all over, and a huge fear rose in her heart!

"!!!!!"

Because from her current perspective, looking down, the blood-red, murky seabed beneath her feet, deep in the depths of desire, looked remarkably like...

A huge, crimson eye staring right at her!

"Boom--"

Poison's consciousness instantly went blank, and the next moment, she plummeted towards the seabed.

When she regained consciousness, she looked at the blood-red earth so close to her and frantically tried to escape upwards. She struggled to swim, feeling desires that didn't belong to this world rushing around her. She wished she had two more hands so she could get away from the seabed faster.

She didn't know where the fear came from; she only knew she had to run, run fast, and get away from here!

Poison, she paddled even harder, but suddenly stopped and looked down at her arm.

On her once snow-white arm, countless crimson lines had appeared out of nowhere. These lines, resembling blood vessels, formed countless eyes on her skin, all blinking and looking at her at the same moment.

"..."

This was a terrifying eye contact.

From that one glance, Poison knew she had been "contaminated".

She became [Origin's] eyes.

That's right, [Origin]!

Ah, who could have imagined that the Experiment's mastermind, sitting high in the True Universe, wasn't merely observing the entire Experiment from the True Universe, but had hidden His eyes at the bottom of the sea of Sea of Desire...

[*He] cares so much about [*He]'s Experiment that he wants to observe the evolution of each world up close in this way.

At this moment, Poison finally understood why those gods were so determined to die.

Because the [Origin] cannot be looked at directly, much less described!

The rules that forcibly took over her consciousness told her that once she told other living beings about this, only contamination awaited them!

Until all the living beings in this petri dish became [*His] eyes, then the Experiment failed, and the World Collapse.

The Poison fell silent.

She swam towards the surface again, determined to reveal the secrets of this place to everyone through her silence.