Doomsday Train, I went crazy by hoarding billions of items.

Chapter 182 What is the Price?

After collecting more than half of the true fragments, Jiang Ran's vague premonition had become so strong that it could not be ignored.

—Once she gathers all the fragments, she will surely find a way to deal with the big eyeball.

The three of them had a frank discussion, and Jiang Ran simply asked directly, "So what did you come to see me for this time? It can't just be to give me fragments."

Muya chuckled softly: "Firstly, I want to meet you and see what kind of being can force Him to retreat on their own. Secondly... Shen is very likely to make a move against Xiao."

"Although I don't know how much of a consequence this action will have, I feel very uneasy. Shen hasn't asked me to collect faith for Him for a long time, especially after you took away nearly 30% of His reserve source power last time."

“I’m worried that He’s plotting something I don’t know about. You were right before, I did receive some kind of premonition, a premonition that came from my heart.”

"To be precise, it comes from my heart, from the power of my home planet. It compels me to find you at all costs, for perhaps there I can find a way to change everything."

Jiang Ran suddenly realized.

No wonder this saintess was able to obtain her real name so easily back then; she had a cheat code, after all.

But is there really a third of that?
When Ante, who was originally somewhat withdrawn, heard Muya say that Big Eyeball was planning to attack the Octopus, he finally came to his senses and asked incredulously, "What does it want to do?!"

"How could it lay a hand on an octopus? Isn't it afraid of being punished by its mother...?"

At this point, Ant finally closed his eyes in anguish.

Because it finally realized that Jiang Ran's guess might actually be correct.

Palo has always been gentle and inclusive.

Ant was newly born and knew nothing about everything. Its favorite thing was to stay in the shell that had hatched it.

In this way, it could occasionally hear the sounds of Paro Island and fall into a deep sleep in this gentle comfort.

But from some point onward, it could no longer hear that gentle comfort.

It seems that it all started when Paro Island suddenly became connected to the City of Eternal Night.

Shen said that he had found a way to change everything and make Paro Island last forever.

At that time, Ant had just learned what "eternity" meant.

In its view, its own life is eternal, Shen's power is eternal, and the existence of Paro Island is also eternal.

It never imagined that the land that gave birth to it might one day disappear completely.

After that, something called a heart appeared in the City of Eternal Night.

Shen said that the power of Paro Island is gathered in this giant heart, which is now dormant.

Ant never doubted Shen's words; it simply missed that voice so much that it quietly came to the deepest part of that sea, wanting to get close to her heart and talk to her.

However, the warm power that had always enveloped it rejected it for the first time.

It stood blankly in a corner where it couldn't be bathed in light, watching its heart beat like a breath, and for the first time wondered if this was really Palo Island, which it regarded as its mother.
After Shen discovered that it had been to the seabed, he didn't say anything, but earnestly told it that all powers would one day perish, and that too much of the power of Paro Island had been given to them.

Ant didn't understand any of this. It simply raised its head, looked at the being that had unknowingly grown stronger and more unfamiliar, and softly asked, "And what about you?"

Shen didn't look at it, but whispered, "Me too. But I will find a way to make Paro Island exist forever. Even if..."

The voice behind him was too low for Ant to hear clearly, and he subconsciously asked, "Even what?"

Shen smiled and said, "These are none of your business. Go have fun." That was the last time the atmosphere between Shen and it was so peaceful.

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Ant's voice was somber: "Actually, I had a vague idea of ​​what it was doing, but I just..."

They just didn't dare to expose everything.

It could neither face what Shen was doing nor accept the possibility of losing everything.

So it had no choice but to hide, taking refuge in the enormous cage that Shen had prepared.

Ant originally thought that the prison was only used to suppress the octopus that was going on a rampage for no reason.

Looking back now, perhaps it was because Xiao knew everything Shen had done that he tried to stop him.

But whatever happened between them was beyond Ant's control.

Therefore, it can only pretend that it knows nothing.

Until one day, it was stopped by the so-called saint Muya, whom it had never paid attention to before.

But at that time, Muya didn't dare to say anything that might sow discord between it and Shen. She just asked it ambiguously whether Paro Island was still the same as it remembered.
It was very angry that day and almost killed Muya.

The commotion even startled Shen, who had been in a deep sleep.

But when Shen asked what had happened, looking at Muya's numb face, for some reason, Ante lied to Shen for the first time.

It said it was just annoyed by these lowly beings who came from the City of Eternal Night.

As it uttered those words, it could feel two gazes simultaneously falling upon it.

Shen ultimately said nothing, but simply sent Muya out.

Ant knew that Muya's existence seemed to be meant to help Shen spread the holy seed.

It didn't actually know where the sacred seed came from, but it had seen Shen often avoid everyone and head towards the heart, only to be turned away by the heart in the same way.

Looking back now, perhaps from that point on, Shen was no longer Shen.

“I don’t know what Paro Island will become if all this ends, or what Shenta will become.”

Ant looked at Jiang Ran: "I can sense a very special aura about you, and I don't mind it."

"I chose to cooperate with you because I don't want Shen to continue this game anymore. Since Shen lost control last time, I suddenly realized that this game is not what I thought it was."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran suddenly scoffed: "Different? Do you think that the ants who used to be taken advantage of have suddenly grown sharp claws and fangs, and might be waiting to bite you at any moment?"

After all, when Ant first appeared in the dungeon, it didn't care about anything the players did.

The reason it suddenly realized something was wrong was probably because the Big Eyeball had suddenly gone berserk for some reason, trying to wipe out all the humans on Earth at once, which scared it.

Although Jiang Ran was unsure of the consequences of doing so, judging from the fact that her parallel world self had left behind so many notes, the fact that Big Eyeball was willing to take such a patient and gradual approach was definitely not because it was kind.

She didn't believe that such a devouring would come without a price.

As for what the cost is...

Perhaps Ant knows something, otherwise it wouldn't have thought of seeking cooperation with Muya, right?
Can ants see with their eyes closed...?

Let's just assume it's possible.