The workers loading and unloading cargo on the dock slowly let out a meow. The scene was hardly heartwarming; instead, it inspired an uncanny sense of dread.
They stuck out their tongues and licked the backs of their hands, then curled up like cats and drifted off to sleep.
Alice nodded in satisfaction.
For a creature like it, posing as a deity made spreading faith even easier than it was for the current true gods.
After all, those true gods were not on Planet Earth and could not promptly bestow their powers.
Only Alice could give these followers tangible benefits. Over time, that bond would grow ever stronger.
And Alice had come here precisely to put these followers to sleep, gathering a vast amount of dreamscape power to take to the battlefield as a precaution.
Alice scratched its head and said in confusion:
"My own traits all lean toward concealment, more like the Goddess of Gloom's path. I should have been a demigod serving under her who disliked her and wanted to rebel, only to be outmaneuvered by her in the end."
"But why do I possess part of the Illusion Overlord's authority?"
"The power of dreamscapes works like a charm when combined with Soul-Seizing."
"How strange. Could I actually be the Illusion Overlord's cat, sent to spy on the Goddess of Gloom? Then I was discovered, had to use some means to escape, and lost my memories afterward."
"Forget it. I'll worry about that later."
Alice's body gradually melted, soon sinking into the shadows.
At noon the next day, Xu Ye arrived on the wall above the eastern main gate as promised.
Looking west from here, the two stretches of space seemed cut off from one another. Fifty kilometers away lay pitch-black darkness, a vast shadow shrouding the