In his dream, Ke Meng became the indescribable Cthulhu, and countless believers silently presented offerings to him.
There were dangerous living creatures, quiet inanimate objects, and severely mentally polluting objects steeped in the power of an evil god.
After awakening in R'lyeh, Ke Meng refused the offerings of his many believers and focused entirely on the world beyond the Infinite Door.
To Ke Meng, that world held immense strategic significance.
One second, two seconds, a hundred seconds, several hundred seconds...
Once again, Ke Meng saw the world he had not visited in so long.
Compared to last time, something seemed to be missing from this world.
Even Ke Meng could not say exactly what was missing.
But one thing was certain: he sensed no danger.
Then Ke Meng deliberately woke himself and returned to reality.
Beside the door, White Sugar stared outside with wide eyes, motionless as a statue.
The moment Ke Meng stood up, White Sugar shuddered in fright, ruffling its feathers.
Ke Meng knew White Sugar had not seen anything unbelievable. It had simply scared itself.
White Sugar had always had the most overactive imagination among Ke Meng's pets. Even Tangyuan could not match it.
This fellow was just frightening itself.
Ke Meng patted White Sugar's head with the Storage Scarf, put it away inside, then stepped across the Infinite Door's threshold and entered the World Behind the Door.
Tangyuan and Shirley had already returned. With their supersonic speed, they had explored the entire island without finding anything creepy.
Ke Meng looked up. With the low-hanging layer of gray fog gone, he could see an azure sky dotted with white clouds, pristine and clear.
It feels less oppressive, Ke Meng thought.
As he strolled through the Swamp Forest, he found that the earthen jars that had nurtured indescribable