Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 312 What year is it today?

As it turns out, the power of magic is indeed extremely convenient.

Du Yi originally thought that he would have to learn the language again, just like before, in order to communicate with these four people who looked like adventurers.

This time, however, he didn't need to learn any language at all.

The moment he opened his mouth, his entire sentence was imprinted in the minds of these adventurers. This was a manifestation of an existence that was too powerful, an outward expression of a soul that was too strong.

This was undoubtedly the first piece of good news for Du Yi. After all, having such an ability meant that he would no longer need to go through the trouble of learning foreign languages.

However, there is another piece of bad news.

He did manage to communicate with the four adventurers without any problems, but who would have thought that these four adventurers were not locals at all? These four aliens who fell from the sky had only been on this planet for a few days in total, so how could they possibly know what had happened over the years?
"Ah this."

Du Yi was speechless for a long time.

Fortunately, the four adventurers did provide some useful information: there was a human city nearby. Although the four adventurers thought this information was useless, it was a completely different story for Du Yi.

After all, in his mind, the people on this planet should have been extinct by now.

The previous generation of people, those Tatunbutos, had all died in the final battle against the Four Gods. It was precisely because of this help that Du Yi easily dealt with the four evil gods from the Star Sea. Although in Du Yi's opinion, even if these people did not commit suicide, he could actually handle them. But it must be said that if these people had not turned into his power, he would definitely not have been able to deal with them so easily.

Those Tatunbuto people did indeed accomplish some things, and Du Yi will not forget that.

"So now these people..."

Are the descendants of the Tatunbutu people from back then? Or has a new generation grown up?
If it's the former, it means that not much time has actually passed; if it's the latter, it means that a lot of time has passed.

However, the four aliens did not know which one it was. According to them, they had only accepted a mission from the city to come and fight the demon serpent.

"The serpent? Me?"

Du Yi immediately understood why these four aliens still wanted to run away whenever they saw him, even though he had already expressed friendliness.

Looking again at the shed snakeskin on the ground, feeling the familiar fluctuations on it, and recalling the terrified expressions of the Four Gods when they saw him awaken.

Du Yi immediately thought of a possibility.

"Did you do anything while I was sleeping?"

Du Yi, who had sunk his consciousness into the underworld, looked at the four gods who were in a state of self-isolation.

"No need to play dead, I can already feel it. There are traces of the four of you on the shed snakeskin. This time, the evidence is irrefutable."

The four evil gods remained silent, clearly intending to tough it out.

Whether they stick their necks out or not, they'll still get stabbed. So keeping quiet is better than confessing and getting leniency—after all, even if they confess, they might not get leniency. If they do, they might just lose a possible escape route.

If we're talking about how they got out, it would inevitably involve the Serpent Worship Cult. With the Serpent Worship Cult's meager strength, they would probably be wiped out by this ancient serpent in just one night.

In this time of betrayal and alienation, the Serpent Worship Cult, which was still willing to summon them, was their last hope.

So, even facing the ancient serpent's ferocious whipping, this time they chose to grit their teeth and endure it. "It's those city people! Among those city people, some want power, so they summoned us!"

During the beating, the most cunning and treacherous god even gave false information.

However, this information was so fake that Du Yi didn't even bother to believe it. Therefore, the God of Mystery was given special attention by Du Yi, and the two-headed eagle was beaten so badly that it couldn't even sleep.

However, the interrogation ultimately yielded nothing. Of course, this wasn't a big deal for Du Yi—since he couldn't get anything out of him, he might as well go and see for himself.

What you see with your own eyes and hear with your own ears is clearly more useful than secondhand information.

So Du Yi had the four adventurers lead the way to the nearest human settlement.

On their journey, Du Yi asked the adventurers which planet they came from, and all four adventurers revealed their origins—but to Du Yi, who frequently tortured the God of Mysteries, those words sounded utterly false.

Just like the wolf-headed swordsman Gekala, who claims to be from Sirius and came to this planet because he was traveling around the stars and wanted to challenge the strong on various planets and push the limits of his martial arts.

To this explanation, Du Yi could only say that the sheer irony of the God of Courage was palpable; it was clear he was there to help with the prison break.

However, compared to Gekala, who couldn't hide anything, the other three adventurers were much better—like that priest who claimed to be from the "New Cult," who was clearly not as simple as he seemed.

Although the priest outwardly appeared to be a lecherous man whose mind was entirely focused on the female assassin, Du Yi could tell from the priest's gait and the occasional hints of alertness that the priest harbored other thoughts.

The sorcerer who claimed to be from the "All Spirits Training Association" was the same; he used his apparent lechery to cover up his true intentions. Even the young female assassin, amidst laughter and chatter, would reveal a sharp edge.

Apart from the wolf-headed leader, the other three were very secretive about their information. Not only did Du Yi fail to get anything out of them after a long time, but even the wolf-headed leader clearly knew nothing about the true situation of his three teammates.

"interesting."

Not being able to get anything out of them for the time being wasn't a big deal for Du Yi. He was perfectly confident that the team wouldn't escape—as long as they remained in his hands, these aliens would eventually reveal some other weaknesses.

Moreover, he also has locals as a source of intelligence.

Looking at the village getting closer and closer in the distance, Du Yi felt a pang of emotion.

Du Yi felt even more nostalgic when he thought that these people might be descendants of the Tatunbto people from back then.

"I don't know how much time has passed since then..."

With that thought in mind, Du Yi walked towards the village.

Just as he was about to ask someone what year it was,

The angry villagers, armed with pitchforks, blocked him at the village entrance.

"Get out, you serpent!"

Even with their hands trembling, these people gripped their sharp pitchforks tightly.

"And you guys... you even talked about exorcising the demonic serpent, I knew you were members of the Serpent Worship Cult!"

(End of this chapter)