NOVEL NEXT Chapter 601: 364
Humans, no matter how much they manipulate dreams, could never contend with the Demon God!
Alarms blared within!
Yet, in Professor Jin's heart, there was also a sense of eager excitement.
This was the thrill of facing the unknown, a temptation emanating from within.
The chance to investigate the Demon God "Desire" laid before his eyes!
He didn't know whether he should knock on the door, or simply stay put and wait for rescue. Unfortunately, the clock hanging on the wall had stopped ticking, suggesting that time and space here were nearly frozen; a decade or a century might pass by here, while only a moment went by in the outside world.
In the end, Number 24 still knocked on the wooden door.
"Thud~ Thud Thud."
"Come in!" The voice inside was rather kind, almost exactly as described in the report.
The wooden door opened.
Swallowing hard, Number 24 stepped through the door, his emotions gradually settling.
If it comes to it, let it be. If the other party was truly the Demon God, they would not have caused such commotion merely to kill him.
If the other party was not the Demon God, then with the pen in hand, he could easily poke them to death!
He saw someone wearing a beige plaid shirt... a person?
At least it was humanoid, a woman, though her features were a bit hazy.
"Don't mind me; I'm just a visitor here, just browsing around. The shop owner is quite patient," the woman's voice was quite pleasant.
A visitor? Understood, she was someone who had previously bargained with "Desire."
Number 24 looked around warily; when his eyes took in the surrounding scene, his pupils constricted slightly.
These mysterious supernatural items were displayed in exquisite cabinets, and a sinister and strange aura enveloped him, causing his scalp to tingle, his soul to shiver, and his blood to run cold.
But they were arranged here like merchandise, everything was for sale, all purchasable!
As long as the price was right!
"Desire," this place was definitely the realm of the Demon God "Desire"!
A transactional nature of the Demon God…
Number 24's racing heart started to calm down, so he might as well try to investigate.
"Won't you chat with the shop owner? Opportunities to come here are rare," said the woman.
"Have you traded with the owner?" asked Number 24.
"Of course, I exchanged a little secret for a small item. But, I can't tell you what it was, ha."
"Understandable... I also want to ask, is it possible to come here and not make any trades at all?"
"Certainly, no problem."
Number 24 mused as he looked around at the surrounding cabinets, a tourist, a maid, a shop owner.
Then he took a seat reserved for guests.
"Dear guest, do you have any particular desires? As long as you pay the corresponding price, we can fulfill almost all your wishes."
"I want to know the answers to the P vs NP problem, the Hodge conjecture, the Riemann hypothesis, the existence and mass gap of Yang-Mills, the Navier-Stokes equations, the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture," Number 24 rattled off a series of problems in a breath.
"Of course, as long as you pay enough source, I can give you the corresponding answers," Wang Hao replied earnestly.
Yet inside, he felt a bit amused; he knew this fellow was attempting to test the boundaries of "Desire's" abilities.
Then, he listed a table, each digit astronomical in scope, selling the Earth wouldn't cover it.
Number 24 took a deep breath inwardly; he didn't know whether "Desire" could solve these problems, but either way, he couldn't afford the price.
The shopkeeper spoke calmly, "Don't be nervous. Considering your past superior performance, I can help you achieve a small wish for free."
Past superior performance? For free?
Upon hearing the word "free," the Black-clothed Guard Investigator's face, for the first time in many years, showed signs of nervousness and unease.
He never believed in pies falling from the sky!
The owner of this place, the mass of the Black Flame, burned fiercely, exuding an aura as ancient as the world itself.
That profound, weathered, silent, dark gaze.
As boundless as the starry sky, as silent as a black hole.
The owner of this place didn't care about his power, identity, or origins.
The owner of this place was one hundred thousand percent confident in crushing any force that came before it.
In the mind of Number 24, he felt completely seen through.
His past, present, and future, all transparently known.
The gap in abilities was truly terrifying.
(So this is the immediate feeling of facing "Desire," I understand now why those investigated are so convinced; it's because this place... can truly fulfill almost any wish!)
With this thought, Number 24 couldn't help but grow more respectful, even though he knew deep down that this deference was not a normal supernatural phenomenon, he was powerless against this bizarre psychological effect.
"Guest, you needn't be so wary; I actually brought you here because there's something I'd like to discuss."
Wang Hao saw the stern, cold yet shocked expression of the other and could almost guess what was on his mind.
The other reason he wanted to leave Earth was just that...
His identity was about to be exposed, plus his excessive kindness toward humans. If in the future, a group of people were to dote on him as if caring for a baby, it would be exceedingly dull. Better to make an early escape and travel a greater world with Xiao Yue and Xiao Ai.