I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Chapter 475 The Promised Paradise

The City of Dusk is more dilapidated than the City of Fog.

The main reason is that the Geramad people of the Fog City are essentially humans from this alien land, having evolved from native organisms. Therefore, just like humans on Earth, they have built magnificent architecture and possess a brilliant civilization.

The City of Twilight is a world where the gods are dead, and the Eye Demons only appeared during the world's decline, devouring creatures of other races. These buildings and cities are the glory of the past and have nothing to do with the Eye Demons.

They are like zombies after the extinction of humanity, gathered in a few abandoned cities, with only a few having come into contact with the extraordinary, the chosen ones, and otherworldly beings.

The city of Fog City may have millions of people, but in the City of Dusk, there are probably only a few thousand.

But there are advantages, namely that information is scarce here, unlike in the foggy city, where you would encounter official personnel and even attract a foreign monarch shortly after you arrived.

Lu Ban has plenty of time to fish here.

"Are you going to leave the amusement park here?"

Feng Yu asked a question.

"let me think again."

Lu Ban replied.

The population of this world is too sparse, and Lu Ban obviously cannot attract all the people in a city. At most, he can only attract one or two hundred people, which is inefficient.

After thinking for a while, Lu Ban came up with a solution.

"Since the people here are scattered in different places, let's find a way to get them together."

He whispered a few words to Feng Yu, who frowned slightly.

Are you the devil?

She couldn't help but ask.

“I brought them new hope.”

Lu Ban said in a serious tone.

Helpless, Feng Yu transformed herself, quickly changing from a human woman into a four-eyed demon. She walked towards the city and soon disappeared into the horizon of the desert.

Lu Ban sat on the spot, then lay down, and began to grow grass in the afterglow of the setting sun.

……

A city in Twilight City.

Gel looked at the group of several of his kind gathered in front of him and felt a little confused. The social interactions of the Eye Demons were very simple and straightforward, so Gel went straight over to ask them.

"what happened?"

He saw a bald, bewitching demon in the crowd holding a scroll. These scrolls were mostly left behind before the destruction, and some contained records of treasures.

The treasure of the Bewitching Demon usually refers to a refuge or warehouse of a civilization before its destruction.

At first, some creatures would survive in these shelters, those six-armed, insect-like crawling creatures, the original "humans" of this world. As long as they found a shelter, they could harvest hundreds or thousands of food supplies, which were delicious.

But later, when everyone had finished eating, they were hoping there would be some food in the warehouse.

The Eye Demons are purely predatory creatures; they do not cultivate crops or farm. This world does not allow such things to exist; it is a world that is gradually dying.

If this continues, Twilight City will only gradually fall into silence and eventually die out completely.

Only a small number of Bewitching Demons become Chosen Ones. Their goal is simple: to find a new alien land to invade, colonize, devour the native inhabitants, and evolve.

However, what I encountered today was a little different.

"It's sunlight."

"That's what the Eye Demon said from the side."

"This document states that in thirty days, the sun will shine on this land again, and at the same time, the gods will be revived, and the promised paradise will appear before our eyes."

"what?"

Gel was baffled; what kind of scam was this?

Next, is it going to say that if you want to know more details, please prepare 648 pieces of meat and put them in my warehouse?

“It’s true. I found it in some ruins. There was another guy trying to take it from me. I guess he must be from Huicheng.”

The beholder holding the dossier said.

"Sunshine, is this real? Not this red stuff, but real sunlight?"

Another eye demon asked, his four eyes filled with anticipation.

"The gods have revived, so is there any hope for our world?"

Another eye demon exclaimed excitedly.

"Looking at this map, it seems like the amusement park is about to appear near our city."

A bewitching demon carefully examined the illustrations on the scroll with its four eyes.

"This must be fake. Our gods have been dead for so long, how could they possibly be resurrected? Maybe it's some evil god trying to deceive us."

"I also think that even if there really is some kind of miracle, would we discover it so easily?"

"I have a guess, it might not be right, but could it be that we received a blessing from the gods that allowed us to enter Paradise the first time?"

“I don’t usually make mistakes. At most, I might accidentally eat my brother’s arm, but I’ll eat his head soon enough so he won’t feel any pain.”

"Anyway, it's in this area, so it should be fine to go and check it out later. It's worth it."

The eye-catchers chattered amongst themselves, all feeling that it was hard to tell whether this thing was real or fake, or whether they could believe it, but it was always good to take a look.

Unbeknownst to them, similar messages were being quietly circulated in various settlements throughout the City of Dusk.

For the creatures of this world, sunlight, the most precious thing is the sun.

Even the Eye Demon yearns to shine with light.

Not to mention the chosen ones who want to save the world.

Within days, the news spread throughout Dusk City.

Some of the beholders didn't believe it, some didn't care, and others, thinking it wouldn't be a loss to come and see, embarked on their pilgrimage.

During this period, some of the Eye Demons even established the Sunlight Cult, aiming to promote the authority of the new god and spread the new god's divine pronouncements.

Within thirty days, more than 100,000 eye demons gathered around the city.

Many of the beholders were seeing so many of their own kind for the first time.

These people gathered outside the city. There were some conflicts between them at first, but as the day drew closer, many of them couldn't help but look forward to it.

What if, what if it's true?

What if the gods really did rise from the dead and bring a paradise of hope?

Some people who didn't believe it at first gradually became excited after being influenced by what they saw and heard.

The Sunshine Cult spread among these people. Although the cult's initial purpose was simply to amass wealth and commit fraud, many people actually believed the lies and began to spread them.

Within a few days, different versions of the oracle circulated, even sparking factional struggles, with each side claiming the other's doctrines as heresy and demanding the eradication of heresy in the name of the new god.

Some people claimed that they saw new plants growing somewhere outside the city, which they believed was a sign that the gods were about to return. In this world where the gods were dead, even the new shoots of plants were only recorded in history. Now that plants were growing, it meant that the gods might really be about to reappear on earth.

In this atmosphere, the prophesied day arrived.

Chapter 476 Paradise

The beholder has become a devout follower of the Sunshine Cult. No, to be precise, he is now the high priest of the church, responsible for listening to divine pronouncements!

After all, he was the first person to come into contact with that file.

That document, now known as the Holy Scripture, is placed in the temple of the Holy City and is something that all believers worship.

Every day, Gert had to get up early, lead people to worship the sacred texts, and then go to the holy slope to pray.

The Sacred Slope is a hillside outside the city. It became a sacred place because some people saw grass growing there and believed it to be a divine sign. Moreover, this was not a lie; they did indeed find traces of withered grass and trees there, which would have been impossible in the City of Twilight, where the gods were dead.

Today is the day of prophecy.

The pilgrimage practices of the Sunshine Cult reached their peak.

However, the true lineage of the Sunshine Cult remains unresolved.

Gehr, of course, considered himself the orthodox, and their doctrine was divine salvation, that a god who was about to appear would save them.

Some branches believe in strict self-discipline, refraining from killing and cannibalism.

Another branch belongs to the destruction faction, believing that the descent of the gods is not a good thing for the beholders, a race that only rose to prominence after the eternal twilight. Perhaps the promised paradise was not prepared for them at all, and when the gods reward them, all beholders will be punished.

Different branches attacked each other, each claiming to be the orthodox one.

Some people are just watching for fun, thinking that this might all be a prank, that the gods won't actually descend, and that maybe a few people will come out and apologize, saying they were just kidding.

Those who find joy in life will never get hurt as long as they don't truly believe in anything; they will always remain invincible.

The city of Twilight uses a plant to tell time by observing the subtle changes in its leaves. When the leaves stand upright, it marks the beginning of the day. The leaves then gradually wither until they stand upright again at midnight.

Or rather, the City of Dusk designed its own alien time standard according to this pattern.

Since it was dusk, no one was seriously calculating what time it was.

As this day began, everyone gathered around the city sensed something was a little different.

After their pilgrimage, the worshippers felt that the twilight seemed different.

"Look, isn't it a little brighter over there?"

"It must be an illusion, aren't they all the same color?"

"Seriously, I think it's definitely brighter than before."

"No, it's still the same color."

"Really, really, I also noticed something like a light!"

Those people looked at the horizon, and in the gloomy and unchanging twilight, there seemed to be some kind of light bursting forth.

The next moment, just as everyone was looking up at the sky, a beam of light pierced through the clouds and shone straight down on the earth.

The light seemed tangible, like a finger illuminating the earth.