Adam, the Visionary Angel!
The divine incarnation of the Ancient Sun God, the mastermind behind many events of the Fourth Epoch, an ancient schemer with eight hundred tricks up his sleeve.
Luo Lin raised an eyebrow, but he was not panicked in the slightest. He was not even surprised that Adam had appeared here. He merely smiled and said with a hint of emotion, "How lively!"
"Adam!" Medici naturally saw Adam emerge from the air as well, and his gaze instantly turned cold.
Yet whether because of his own strength or because the Ancient Sun God was present, Medici clearly restrained himself and made no extreme move.
Adam did not look at them. He merely raised his eyes toward the Ancient Sun God, and two similar yet different pairs of eyes met at that moment.
Time seemed to have stopped at that moment, yet it also seemed not to have.
The Ancient Sun God sighed and spoke first. "Why?"
"It was a necessary sacrifice." Adam clearly understood what the Ancient Sun God was asking. He gazed at his former self and said calmly:
"Some things became irreparable from the moment you fell. I am merely doing what I should do."
Upon hearing this, the Ancient Sun God closed his eyes. He seemed sorrowful, weary, and angry, but in the end, he opened them and looked at Adam. "Perhaps you are right, but..."
"As the lord they served, I ought to do something too."
Adam neither agreed nor disagreed.
"One minute is almost up, gentlemen. Watch the time." Luo Lin spoke up to remind them at that moment. His gaze remained fixed on Adam. While the Ancient Sun God and Medici were having an encrypted conversation, he suddenly asked with great interest:
"Mr. Adam, you always speak of necessary sacrifices. If one day sacrificing yourself could save this world, would you be willing?"
Adam looked at Luo Lin. There was neither sorrow nor joy in his golden eyes. He merely nodded and said, "If that sacrifice would be useful, then of course I would do it."
Luo Lin smiled. By then, the Ancient Sun God had already finished whispering with Medici, and the minute had happened to run out as well.
"Until next time, Mr. Grisha." Luo Lin bid him farewell warmly.
"Until next time, Mr. Luo Lin." The Ancient Sun God vanished the instant his words fell.
In the blink of an eye, only five people remained in the underground structure: Sauron Einhorn Medici, Adam, and Luo Lin.
"Should I be afraid? Gentlemen, it seems I am the only one left here who is easy to bully." Though Luo Lin said this, he did not look frightened at all. Instead, he seemed eager to give it a try.
Adam glanced at Luo Lin. Naturally, he could tell what the other man was eager for—this madman was hoping they would make a move so he could perish together with them.
"You may need a psychiatrist. Would you like me to recommend one?" Adam asked gently.
"Tch, you are no fun at all..." Luo Lin curled his lips, then smiled again. "But no need for a psychiatrist. I think I am quite normal."
Luo Lin truly thought so. Compared to all the various madmen in this world, what did his little bit of abnormality amount to?
"Tsk, you two madmen are actually chatting now." Medici spoke at that moment, his tone as snide as ever.
"Mr. Medici, is it possible that dissociative identity disorder is also an illness, so there are three madmen here?" Luo Lin looked at him and said seriously. After thinking for a moment, he corrected himself. "Oh, no, five."
Medici was only a step away from rolling his eyes, while Sauron and Einhorn burst into laughter:
"I am starting to like this little fellow!"
"That is right, five madmen. Everyone is a madman, hahaha! Is there a High Sequence in this world who is not mad?"
Just then, the colors around them suddenly distorted, followed by the appearance of a figure in a linen-colored robe before them.
He was a beautiful young man with long silver-white hair and matching eyes. Behind him spread a pair of enormous wings that came with their own special effects. He was Uroboros, the Angel of Destiny, who had once followed the Ancient Sun God and now followed the True Creator.
Uroboros had clearly come here on the True Creator's orders. His gaze first fell upon Adam, and a hint of wariness appeared on his face. Then he looked at Luo Lin, nodded slightly, and said, "Mr. Luo Lin, the Lord asked me to convey his greetings. He is looking forward to your future cooperation."
"I am looking forward to it as well." Luo Lin smiled, his smile bright and gentle.
Only then did Uroboros look toward Medici behind him. He suddenly fell silent, his expression seeming both sorrowful and joyful.
After more than a thousand years, the Angel of Destiny had finally seen his old friend once again.
"Hey, Great Serpent, what is with that expression? Do not tell me you want to cry. Are you some child?" Medici curled his lips. The moment he opened his mouth, his old snide tone returned. "It does not look like you rebooted either!"
Uroboros did not get angry. He merely examined Medici carefully, then said earnestly:
"It is good that you are still alive." There was a trace of the joy of recovering something lost in his tone.
Along this journey, Uroboros had lost far too many familiar people: the fall of the Ancient Sun God, Sasrir's disappearance, the betrayal of the three gods, Amon and Adam's departure...
Uroboros, who had once had quite a few friends, could now only pray alone at the True Creator's side. Though he did not dislike his current life, having one more old friend still made him happy.
"Tsk! Do not worry. Even if you fell, I still would not die completely..." Faced with Uroboros's straightforward words, Medici's expression stiffened for a second. Then he clicked his tongue and said this.
"This is what they call straightforward versus tsundere. It turns out airheads counter schemers for a reason!" Luo Lin provided commentary from the side with great seriousness, looking like he was thoroughly enjoying the spectacle.
"Adam has already left. Why are you still here?" After being teased, Medici looked at Luo Lin irritably.
"I know this meme—it is a snow leopard!" Luo Lin spouted nonsense Medici could not understand, though he was not surprised by Medici's claim that Adam had already left.
In fact, Adam had disappeared when Uroboros greeted Luo Lin. Whether he had truly left or merely temporarily dissolved into the air was unknown.
In any case, Luo Lin simply treated him as absent.
Luo Lin merely smiled at Medici and said, "Of course I am still here. After all, I have another purpose for coming here today that I have not accomplished yet!"
"What purpose?" Medici raised an eyebrow and looked at Luo Lin.
"I want to invite Mr. Medici to have hot pot with me. Please, this is really important to me." Luo Lin pressed his hands together in a praying gesture.
Medici suddenly recalled the hell joke Luo Lin had made earlier. For a moment, he was so angry that he almost laughed, then gritted his teeth and said, "You... very good!"
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