Zongman: All Heavens and Worlds Begin with the Devil's Curse

Di Kui nodded silently.

“But I can’t teach you directly. You can only learn it yourself and become stronger by relying on it. I believe you can do it,” Zhou Lan said calmly.

As he spoke, he summoned a wisp of lunar demonic energy, which floated in his palm and transformed into a small, rapidly spinning drill.

He was demonstrating to the Earthly King.

Spiral force is the essence of this world. As long as you live in this world, you can always understand it. It is roughly the meaning of the unity of all things.

"Have you already grasped it?" Di Kui asked.

Zhou Lan nodded silently.

He said he understood it, and that's it.

The reason why the change is not as significant as the change from absorbing alien energy in the past is that the explosion of spiral force depends on the explosion of belief and momentum.

Learning is just a threshold.

What Zhou Lan needs to do is help Di Kui cross this threshold.

He pointed his finger, and a green light seeped into the Earth Demon's arm, wrapping around both sides of his arm.

"Just feel the belief, and put the belief into practice, that's enough," Zhou Lan reminded her.

As a visitor from another world, Zhou Lan's vision is far more far-reaching and her understanding is much more profound than that of the local residents.

His conviction stemmed from his will to save his brothers and sisters, and from his own knowledge.

As for Di Kui's belief, he needs to find it himself. Zhou Lan has no doubt that Di Kui can do this easily.

Even if a demon appears naive or clumsy, that is merely an appearance.

None of the beings born from the origin are truly foolish.

Any one of the eight great demons, if they can reclaim the glory of the ancient times, could become a dominant force capable of dividing the world.

The only difference lies in their personalities.

Di Kui glanced at the flowing light wrapped around his arm, nodded sharply, and burrowed into the ground in the blink of an eye.

He has decided to settle here and create his own underground kingdom.

At the same time, he firmly believed that Zhou Lan, who brought him into this world, would only have a longer-term vision than him.

With such a wise older brother to guide him, his future will be as smooth as digging a hole.

The Earth Demon disappeared underground.

He almost instantly overtook the villagers who had entered the passage earlier and were using drills to explore underground.

The village's originally crude and simple underground dwellings expanded rapidly under his four feet, a process that left people speechless.

It's like a traditional hand-crafting team that was still using hoes and chisels suddenly being given a tunnel boring machine.

Moreover, it's a tunnel boring machine that never gets tired.

After the Earth Demon left, the underground village suddenly fell into silence.

Zhou Lan slowly turned around and floated towards the cave where the villagers had initially hidden.

He kept the dust above his head and the mud and sand under his feet out, and his figure appeared at the very back of the cave.

There are two people here.

Kamina's hands and feet were tied up, and she whimpered and stirred as she looked at the figure that suddenly appeared in front of her.

Simon, on the other hand, sat obediently on the ground, with his drill bit, a tool he had recently discarded during his time as a child laborer, lying on the ground beside him.

It must be said that the village chief of this village is indeed quite capable.

Even though he had already carved a large hole in the ground leading to the surface, he still managed to imprison Camina and Simon underground.

Simon's eyes lit up when he saw Zhou Lan.

He wasn't good at talking; he just stared longingly.

A silence fell over the room.

Zhou Lan was not a great philanthropist; he had no intention of giving Simon or Camille any extraordinary opportunities, as that approach didn't work in this world.

He was considering the future, the world's crisis, and the ultimate boss, the Anti-Spiral.

If Di Kui wants to expand in this world, and with his already powerful demonic body comprehending the spiral force, he will most likely cause this world to expand.

That is why the Anti-Helix Clan is an obstacle they cannot avoid.

It's just a matter of how long it takes.

Therefore, the original protagonist of this world was an excellent vanguard.

Standing on the side of the devil, they share the same position as Simon, the protagonist of the future.

It is also an excellent aid.

After all, that most special one, the one with the strongest growth potential that can fuse with other mechs—

【Luoyan】

It's already tied to Simon.

And Di Kui hates armor.

Like Zhou Lan, he will most likely have to drive the spiral force with his physical body in the future.

Zhou Lan would never leave the powerful Luoyan unused.

"Waste is shameful." Zhou Lan sighed softly. The main characters were right in front of him, and he didn't mind giving them a little brainwashing.

With a gentle flick of his finger, all the restraints on Kamina's body were released.

Then, he summoned the drill pendant from his sleeve. Propelled by an invisible force, the drill pendant slowly floated toward Simon and landed in his outstretched palm.

Simon raised his head, looking bewildered.

“I said I was just borrowing it for a while, and now it has fulfilled its mission with me,” Zhou Lan said firmly.

He is a devil who keeps his promises.

More importantly, he wasn't the one who wanted to pilot the Spiral Rock.

"That old bastard actually dared to lock me up here!" Kamina rolled up his sleeves.

"There is nothing wrong with any desire to go to the ground; striving and breaking through are the instincts of the spiral force."

Zhou Lan spoke in a language the two couldn't understand yet, and pressed down with her fingers, binding them to the spot.

"But now, the underground world has changed, and you need to witness it for yourself."

"I will send you to the ground soon, but not now."

Kamina quieted down.

After a long silence, he finally spoke: "As long as we can get past that old man, the village chief, as long as we can get to the surface... Although I'd rather rely on myself, it seems I can't refuse you."

He held the long knife to his neck, leaned against the wall, and shrugged helplessly.

“Very good. Knowing how to assess the situation is an important quality.” Zhou Lan nodded slowly and looked at Simon.

"I, I'm fine with anything," Simon mumbled, shrinking back.

“Become my pawn, Simon,” Zhou Lan said softly, looking directly into his eyes. “I will let you play your role.”

"A pawn..." Simon shook his head. He had never been to school or received any education, so he didn't understand what the sentence meant.

Zhou Lan smiled wryly.

"Become the drill in my hand. If all you can do is dig holes, then stand in front of me and dig all the way to the top."

"Dig all the way through, until...the summit?"

Chapter 243 Earthly Demon: I Play the Raising Game

In recent days, the underground world has suddenly fallen into an eerie peace.

The addition of Di Kui is like a drop of water merging into the surface of a lake.

The totalitarian rule that the Spiral Creatures feared did not come to pass.

But on another level, the impact of this drop of water is astonishing, no less than that of a tsunami.

After Zhou Lan passed on the power of that spiral force to Di Kui, Di Kui comprehended the profound meaning of the spiral that very night.

Following Zhou Lan, he also comprehended the spiral force.

There are no bad talents among demons; it's just a matter of whether they're willing to use their brains.

Having grasped the spiral force, Di Kui's digging speed also increased dramatically.

As a demon of the earth, he possesses the power to see through all underground resources.

The village, which could originally only accommodate a few dozen or a hundred people, was expanded dozens of times in less than half a day thanks to his rapid digging.

Underground, the Earth God is the best craftsman.

The newly expanded area is not only larger but also more luxurious, resembling an underground palace.

Compared to this underground palace, the food and clothing of the ruled Spiral Clan villagers looked extremely meager.

Their productivity and production skills are extremely low, but with the presence of the Earthly Demon, this is only temporary.

A brand-new mine tunnel was opened up, and the villagers joined in the mining of this rare mineral vein.

Of course, there's also Di Kui.

Sometimes he's more like an old farmer, or a simple worker.

He always led by example, including at the mines. He, a devil, took on nearly 99% of the workload underground.

But Di Kui was thoroughly enjoying it.

The unprocessed ore filled the bottom of the cave and is still rising.

These past few days, all the villagers have been confused.

Whether they were masters, kings, or rulers, they had never seen any ruler fight on the front lines and do more than anyone else.

They even became so immersed in it that they felt no hardship or fatigue.

This is no ruler; this is a god sent by heaven, no, by the earth to help them.

All of this was reflected in Zhou Lan's eyes.

He could more or less understand what the Earthly Demons found enjoyable.

This earth demon probably enjoys the life of a lord-raising character.

It's just that these villagers have suffered a bit.

The current situation is like having treasures more valuable than gold piled up all over the village, but there's no way to exchange them.

Just a few days ago, they were rats struggling to make ends meet, and suddenly they acquired such a precious fortune.

Heaven have mercy, they don't even know how to refine ore.

And those incredibly rare mineral veins were simply left lying around at the bottom of the cave.

Even the Earth Demon found their pace too slow and pointed out more rare minerals underground.

These areas are not yet ready for mining, but Di Kui has already dug the mine tunnels ahead of time.

Break time.

On the site of the original village, the former village chief squatted on the ground, wiped his sweat, and looked around in confusion.

The other villagers had almost the same expression as him.

It's like an eternity.

If this were told to others, probably no one would believe it...

"So many treasures, and I don't know how to handle them, it's so frustrating," the village chief said, rubbing his dwindling hair with a helpless expression.

The village is isolated, not only in terms of its lack of communication with the outside world, but also because they have absolutely no technology.

Even their clothes were made of the simplest and most basic fabrics and cuts. How could they be asked to refine ore?