Dense white light filled the interior of the House of Ideas. This special space condensed all kinds of vigorous energy, relatively chaotic—or rather, primordial Chaos was precisely like this.
TOAA put away the face that had been on the back of his head and lowered his head to color his chessboard again. It seemed he had tacitly agreed to Deathstroke's request, allowing him to remain here for a while.
Kitty shrank down, paced around in circles a few times, then sat down beside Deathstroke and looked up at the man.
"Do you have a plan?"
"Not for now." Su Ming bared his teeth at it and smiled as he shook his head. This was the first time he had admitted that he had no backup plan, mainly because the appearance of the Crown Above All Things had been too sudden.
He had not known of its existence in his previous life. Since this fellow had suddenly appeared through this bizarre "stacking boxes" process, he naturally did not know what weaknesses it had.
But it was not as though there was no way to deal with it. Back in China, the sages had long studied Heaven, and their conclusion was that Heaven never bars one's way completely. A solution would come sooner or later.
He simply needed to gather intelligence now.
And there was also that little hint TOAA had given him, which seemed to be implying something.
"I have an idea, meow." Kitty lowered its voice and furtively leaned close to Deathstroke's ear. "I'll help you talk to The First Dream. It once mentioned a terrifying existence to Daniel, called Azathoth. Supposedly, he's an incredibly powerful Outer God, known as the 'true Demiurge' and the 'all-knowing, all-powerful idiot God.' Maybe we can borrow his strength—"
As it spoke, Kitty extended