Lu Yin stared blankly at Thousand Machine Strange Performance.
In that moment, Thousand Machine Strange Performance's smile overlapped with Wang Wen's, and Lu Yin felt an uncanny similarity.
Was this what Wang Wen had planned?
All that attention, praise, and rewards from the start had merely been meant to test Death Lord? So the reason he had taught Lu Yin Tong Tian Shu was to make Death Lord see that if Lu Yin really became the Abyss and paid homage to Death Lord, then, with Death Lord in the Death Universe, Lu Yin would never make it out alive.
Lu Yin genuinely hadn't considered that possibility.
The main reason was that the Unknown had treated him so well, even teaching him Tong Tian Shu. He had thought he was playing two colossal powers in the palm of his hand, when in truth, neither Wang Wen nor Thousand Machine Strange Performance cared about the Unknown or the Death Universe themselves. Their game revolved around Death Lord's existence.
Thousand Machine Strange Performance stood with its hands behind its back. "Death Lord is the foundation of the Death Universe. You're just a stepping stone for the Unknown to test Death Lord. As long as Death Lord is here, the Unknown can't make waves. If Death Lord isn't here, that's when the war begins."
"Do you still want to become the Abyss?"
Lu Yin didn't understand. "Why are you telling me this, senior?"
Thousand Machine Strange Performance smiled. "Wang Wen was right about one thing. This is my only chance to surpass him."
It raised a bear paw, looked at it, then made a slapping gesture. "I want to slap Wang Wen right across the face. As long as I beat him, that's enough. To me, that matters more."
"And although I don't care