I, the Rock King Emperor with 21 billion in power, have joined the chat group.

No sooner had she finished speaking than a voice suddenly interrupted.

"I'm sorry." The Demon Prince had heard the deep, steady male voice several times before.

She turned her head to look behind her, and sure enough, the god from the other world who had promised to destroy the fairy chieftain and rescue the goddess Ariel was standing right behind her.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Demon Prince immediately turned around, bowed to Zhongli, and said, "Mr. Zhongli, thank you for your help."

"It was nothing." Zhongli waved his hand, then ignored the Demon Prince's appearance and walked up to Spider-Child.

He watched as the spider, using the body of a pure white girl, fiddled with the mechanical wreckage on the ground, and stopped her.

"These things that don't really matter are probably better left undone."

"kindness??"

Spider turned its head strangely and looked at Zhongli's eyes.

"I have some important matters to attend to; please come with me."

"Oh! Oh! Okay." Spider didn't ask why and quickly followed Zhongli forward.

"Mr. Zhongli!" The Demon Prince called out immediately upon seeing that Zhongli had truly left.

Before she could finish speaking, Zhongli turned around thoughtfully.

"Within a month, this world will change because of the bet between me and the evil god D. After our bet ends, the core of the skill system on this planet—the goddess Sally—will be liberated."

"My second contract with you will also be completed from this point on."

"Any further questions?" Zhong Li asked.

"It's gone, it's gone."

The Demon Prince quickly waved his hand.

“Well then, you should hurry back to the Demon Clan’s territory.” After saying this, Zhongli paused and added.

"If possible, you'd better shed your identity as the Demon King; it's very dangerous."

After giving this reminder, Zhongli left the castle, which was still engulfed in war, together with Spider-Zi—of course, also taking Spider-Zi's baby classmate and her butler with her.

"Mr. Zhongli, where are we going?"

"The royal capital where human heroes reside."

Why go?

"I'll tell you more on the way."

Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Game - Prologue

On a desolate road, a young man dressed in exotic clothing that seemed out of place in this world travels alongside a beautiful monster.

The young man was handsome, while the monster had the upper body of a pure white human girl and the lower body of a hideous spider.

It was Zhongli and Spider-Man.

Using the planetary privileges Zhongli had acquired, they freely traversed this path without fear of being discovered by the humans belonging to this planet.

"Hmm... Senior Zhongli."

As she walked along the road, Spider looked left and right, observing the ordinary people passing by her with obvious interest.

Where exactly are we going?

"The most powerful force in human society right now—the Papal States of Saint Areus." Zhong Li didn't stop walking and said as he went, "We're going there to see someone."

"Who is it?" Spider asked, like a curious child, one question after another.

“Pope Dustin VIXI of the Church of Divine Word, the main religion of the Papal States of Saint Areus and many human nations.” Zhong Li rarely explained a few words: “Spider, you should also know that I made a bet with the evil god D about this world.”

"If I win this war, she will give me this planet, and the core of the skill system it contains."

"At the same time, if I fail... no, that possibility doesn't need to be considered."

Zhongli's words were extremely arrogant, but to Spider-Zi, who knew him fairly well, they were nothing more than a straightforward declaration.

Although she wanted to say, "Senior Zhongli, you're setting a flag that the villain is doomed to defeat," she then thought that the being before her could even reverse time and cause and effect, so a mere flag might not be enough to shake its foundation.

So in the end, Spider-Child simply nodded.

"Ok, I know."

Zhongli glanced at her briefly, seemingly noticing that she seemed hesitant to speak, but ultimately didn't pay it any mind and continued speaking.

"When the evil god D gave me a choice, I ultimately chose the more numerous ordinary humans as the controllers of this war game."

"Huh?? Why?" Spider was genuinely confused this time. "It's obvious that the demon race is stronger than the human race. At least in the wars I've seen between humans and demons, the demons have always been on the winning side. Even if the demons are fewer in number, they should be able to easily increase their population after gaining system access, right?"

“Of course.” Zhongli nodded calmly: “The half of the permissions that Evil God D shares, which comes from the bottom layer of the system, is indeed like a creator on this planet, almost omnipotent. Increasing the population is a very simple thing, and it can be accomplished without consuming much soul. But I do not intend to use my precious energy in this area.”

"Huh?" Spider was full of questions.

“Hmm… let’s put it this way.” Zhongli stopped. In front of him and Spider-Man was the city wall of the capital of the Holy Aleus Papal Kingdom, their destination.

He turned to face the spider, his expression calm as he met its gaze.

"Spider, what do you think the humans and demons on this planet are like to D and me?"

Spider was taken aback by the question. Her beautiful scarlet pupils blinked on her pure white, delicate face, and after a long while, she replied, "Insects? The anthills we played with as kids?"

"Perhaps, at least for the evil god D, it serves the purpose of an anthill; she uses anthills to satisfy her amusement."

Zhongli shook his head slightly: "But to me, the humans and demons on this planet are like a precious childhood marble covered in dust and mites, not even worthy of my attention."

"Wow!" Spider-Man appropriately expressed his surprise.

“Then, Spider, let me ask you one more question. Why are Evil God D and I fighting over this anthill? Even if it's a game, there are clearly many games more interesting than this anthill.” Zhongli’s gaze passed over the towering city wall and looked into the distance, somewhere unknown.

His voice was deep, filled with the weight of history and the earth: "In terms of general rationality, the authority that you see as the work of a creator, and the vast energy on a planetary scale, are nothing more than things that I and the evil god D can easily create."

"Therefore, this competition has never been about the strength of the demon race versus the human race, but rather about the strength of me versus the evil god D."

"This is a struggle between our two paths."

"Using humans and demons as pawns, if I want to defeat the evil god D, I need to use my special power, which is unique to me, within a fixed energy limit to enhance the power of the human race. And she can learn my path by observing the path and power I use on humans."

"Having been trapped in this desolate universe for countless years, she has almost exhausted all the knowledge she knows about this universe. She can only rely on the boring act of playing a mortal, playing with the souls of mortals and gods, and their joys and sorrows as new pleasures. Otherwise, her soul will become more and more silent, and eventually she will become a selfless path god representing the soul and guarding the underworld."

"And I, who finally appeared outside her knowledge, made her finally discover a genuine interest after a long time."

After hearing Zhongli's words, Spider-Man's mouth dropped open, and he stood there dumbfounded.

After a long silence, she stammered, "So, Mr. Zhongli, are you really going to satisfy the evil god D like this?"

"Hmm?" Zhongli gave her a strange look: "You don't want me to satisfy her interests?"

"Ugh... How should I put it, I'm a little resentful." Spider-Girl pursed her cherry-red lips, a blush creeping onto her pure white skin. "According to what Senior Zhongli said, everyone in our classroom was destroyed by the energy of the Hero and the Demon King because of the Evil God D. She clearly had the ability to let us be reincarnated on Earth. She clearly could give me the identity of an ordinary human baby..."

"Okay, I know, this is just the weak making demands on the evil god D. Although we died because of the evil god D, it wasn't her intentional killing, so she shouldn't have to pay the price of resurrecting us, but she's still unwilling to accept it."

“That is indeed a problem.” Zhongli pondered for a moment: “But how should I put it, perhaps others can say that about her, but you cannot.”

"Hmm? Why is that?" Spider tilted his head.

"You'll find out when you meet her." Zhongli said calmly, turning his gaze towards the city. "Alright, let's end this topic here. The person we've been waiting for has arrived."

Spider turned his head and followed his gaze, then saw a large group of people walking out of the city gates.

In the very center was a man who looked quite old.

That was none other than Dustin VIXI, the Pope of Theology.

......

Skill Planet, Demon King's Territory.

As soon as Ariel sat down on her bed in her room, a man dressed entirely in black stood in front of her window.

"Hmm? Qiu Lie Qiu Lie?"

Ariel blinked her big eyes, feigning surprise: "How did you suddenly appear?"

After her initial surprise, Ariel suddenly realized what was happening and laughed happily and excitedly: "Chu Lie, Chu Lie, I'm telling you, I've had some really good things happen to me these past few days."

The manager, Dragon God, looked at the excited Ariel and lowered his eyes slightly.

There was no interface as usual.

Seemingly sensing the abnormality of the manager, Dragon God, Ariel became wary and stopped speaking, her excited expression gradually fading.

She lowered her voice and asked, "What happened?"

"Hmm..." The manager, Dragon God, remained silent.

“Since you won’t tell me, then I will.” The Demon Prince narrowed his eyes: “These past few days I’ve met a god from another planet. He made a pact with me, and he’s willing to help me kill the Fairy Chieftain completely, and at the same time, he’s willing to help us rescue the goddess Ariel.”

Compared to the evil god D, the deity I encountered this time was remarkably easy to talk to.

"That's why I've come here," the Black Dragon God said, suppressing his voice. "This is the order given to us by the Evil God D."

"Um???"

The Demon Queen Ariel was stunned for a moment.

“I’ve said it before, because I prayed to the evil god D, she considers this planet her personal property. As one of the most powerful gods, no other god would usually oppose such a god for a small planet in a remote part of the universe, but it’s clear that the sudden appearance of a god from another world on our planet has made the evil god D unhappy.”

At this point, Heilong was clearly not happy.

He narrowed his eyes and said with a hint of self-abandonment, "It's because of that god from some unknown planet that you mentioned that the evil god D decided to play a game with him and this planet."

"Ok?"

As a being who had merged with part of the Spider's parallel consciousness, the Demon Prince had vaguely heard of games.

"What do you mean?"

“It’s very simple.” Quelius closed his eyes and said in a heavy tone, “They are the players in the game, and we are the pawns. As agents of the demon race chosen by the evil god D, you and I will embark on a path to fight against humanity and that unknown god, until we utterly destroy humanity.”

"We have no way out; Sally is right behind us."

"Um???!!!!!"

The Demon Prince's expression immediately turned serious.