Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 422 Master Key
Upo Salas has always maintained strict security measures for his private exhibition hall.

After all, this is less of an exhibition hall and more of his warehouse, where all his treasures and even all his backup plans are currently stored.

He would naturally keep such an important place strictly sealed off; in fact, it could be said that he was the only one in the world who knew how to enter this subspace.

And now, a second one has appeared.

"How did you get in?"

As he asked this question, Upo Salas flipped through the records of Kia Space.

This is, after all, his own subspace, and he has complete control over it, so of course he can see everything that has happened in this space.

Then he saw a scene that shocked him.

In the video, this strange egg does not use any medium, nor does it output any instructions.

They entered his treasure vault simply by brute force.

"This……"

Upo Salas's gaze toward the strange egg suddenly turned dangerous.

This is even worse than the snake; it dared to trespass on his treasure trove and must be killed.

The killing intent was so undisguised that even the strange egg sensed it immediately.

Faced with such chilling killing intent, what choice does the monstrous egg make...?

surrender.

"Don't kill me! I'll do anything! Any wish, any wish!"

"You dare ask me for a wish?"

Upo Salas grew increasingly furious.

Is there any wish he can't fulfill on his own? Is this strange egg humiliating him?
"I mean, I'm willing to do anything, as long as you're willing to let me live."

The strange egg immediately continued to beg for mercy.

"I will become your most loyal servant, as long as you are willing to spare me."

"You... wait a minute."

Upo Salas was about to unleash his fury, but then, as if he had discovered something, he looked the strange egg up and down.

"This is... the flesh and blood of those evil gods?"

To confirm his perception, Upo Salas even carefully sensed it, and it proved that his judgment was correct; what was before him was indeed the flesh and blood of the Four Gods.

The flesh and blood of the four gods turned into eggs, and then they even managed to find his treasure vault?
"interesting."

With that in mind, Upo Salas simply waved the screen and began to investigate the origin of the strange egg.

Now that the strange egg had appeared before it, its origin could no longer be hidden from it. So, after a brief glance, it showed the scene of the giant snake swallowing flesh and blood, the way the flesh and blood parasitized inside the giant snake's belly, its ugly appearance when it encountered the active water, and then how it turned into an egg and was pulled out...

"Did the King of Slime also fail?"

Upon seeing this, Upo Salas gained an important piece of information.

Fortunately, even if the King of Slime fails, he still has other tricks up his sleeve. Moreover, the King of Slime's deployment was not just for killing the snake.

The King of Slimes alone is not enough; those active liquids can only squeeze the snake's living space a little.

However, just like hunting, in order to catch prey, it is indeed a relatively necessary thing to compress the prey's living space.

"Furthermore, you wouldn't have appeared if the Slime King hadn't failed."

Thinking this, Upo Salas looked at the strange egg at that moment.

It's understandable that the snake couldn't see the use of the strange egg, given its limited knowledge. However, if it were Upo Salas himself, having only just experienced the egg's ability to unlock his treasure vault, he would have quickly identified several uses for it. First and foremost, the egg could serve as a universal key—its greatest function, without exception.

If you want to open any subspace, you can use the monster egg to brute force your way in. Although it may take a while, you can still get in.

Secondly...

"Secondly, the snake had no suspicion of the strange egg."

This is the second practical use.

Although the strange egg itself seemed to be scared half to death, Upo Salas could tell that the snake had no wariness towards it at all. If the strange egg hadn't fallen into the cesspool when it first appeared, the snake might have treated it like its own offspring.

Now, although it's not being treated as offspring, Upo Salas can tell that the snake has no ill intentions towards the strange egg.

In Upo Salas's view, that was enough.

A well-hidden, universal key that the snake would keep by its side, and that could even communicate with various subspaces.

Is there anything better than this?

"You want to live?"

With that in mind, Upo Salas spoke.

"You want to work for me?"

"Yes, of course I do."

The strange egg was trying to emanate this consciousness.

If it weren't for the fact that it's currently still oval-shaped, without a neck or head, it probably would have already started nodding frantically.

"Please give me your instructions, I will do anything you ask."

"Since you can do everything, I'll give you the first order."

Upo Salas thought for a moment, then opened the giant mouth in the palm of his hand.

"I want you to go back and lie in wait beside that snake."

"……what?"

The strange egg was stunned.

Even in its current state, devoid of even a remnant soul and lacking much intelligence, it still clearly understands just how dangerous going back would be for it.

Now that he's finally out, and this unfamiliar being seems even stronger than the snake, the first thing this powerful stranger asks of him is to send him back?
Please don't send me away, I'll do anything.

The strange egg struggled to emanate this consciousness; it didn't want to be thrown back.

But Upo Salas did not agree and spoke again.

"The reason you have such abilities must be because of the four juniors' backup plan... Have you ever thought about where your soul, the original soul of the Four Gods, is?"

"It must be sealed somewhere in some subspace... wait?"

Having said all that, the strange egg immediately understood what Upo Salas meant.

"You mean..."

"The most dangerous place is also the safest place."

Upo Salas spoke again.

"You personally witnessed the snake devouring the remaining flesh and blood of the Four Gods, so it's not surprising that the soul portion was also in that snake, is it?"

"That snake itself is connected to a subspace. If nothing unexpected happens, the souls of the four gods you are looking for are all sealed inside."

(End of this chapter)