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From then on, the main task of Amelite's disciples was to live near the seal and check the condition of the crystal statue every day. When they found that the crystal statue was starting to turn black, they would use the suppressing magic taught by Amelite to restore the crystal statue to its clarity and maintain the strength of the seal.

In the wild, a fully armed adult male is often needed to fight off a wild beast in good condition, but in a cage, a little boy can bully a wild beast with its teeth and claws removed by simply holding a long stick.

Therefore, Emerald's disciples did not need particularly great power; as long as they could learn the special spells she taught them, they could guard such seals.

Amelie was eager to start teaching her disciples immediately; the sooner she trained them, the sooner she could relax.

However, the selection of suitable personnel will take some time, and during this period, if another level 7 magic tide appears, Amelie will have to handle it herself.

Taking advantage of the temporary free time, after returning home, Emerald first spent three days appeasing the women around her, dating Julia, Marcy, Sulina, and others in turn, satisfying them all before entering the meditation room alone.

Calculating the time, several months have passed since the Dao Ancestor merged with the Dao, and the world consciousness should have almost finished dealing with the relevant issues. In addition, with the clearly increasing level 7 demonic tide, Amelie decided to go to the world's root to ask about the situation, or look up information herself.

Even with Amelie's current level of cultivation, she still cannot freely enter the world's origin like the Dao Ancestor. There is still a considerable gap between level 950 and level 999.

Fortunately, when Emerald left last time, the world consciousness granted her a special permission. Now, as long as she activates this special permission, she can directly allow her consciousness to enter the world's root during deep meditation.

It was still that magnificent starry sky filled with a wealth of obscure information and knowledge. Amelie felt dizzy after just a few glances, but it was a little better than the last time she came. It must be because she had become stronger, or it could be thanks to Ji Yue taking her to experience the fifth dimension.

Since that's the case... well, since we're already here, let's take a look around.

Emerald gritted her teeth, summoning the willpower to resist Julia's thought-correction fist, and forcibly suppressed the dizziness caused by the poison of knowledge, so as to look at the obscure knowledge and information in the starry sky and comprehend the secrets of the world's origin.

"Heh... I knew you didn't come here to chat with me, but to covet this forbidden knowledge that you shouldn't have access to... Hmph, you rabbit-headed sage."

Just as Amelie was immersed in the baptism of forbidden knowledge, the voice of the world consciousness, like that of a little devil, rang out beside her, and it raised its white-stockinged little foot to kick her.

The first kick jolted Emerald out of her pleasant learning state.

The second kick was when Emerald grabbed the small white-stockinged foot and then kissed the instep of the foot like a gentleman would kiss a noble lady's hand.

"Greetings, Lord World Consciousness."

"……cut."

The World Consciousness, with its small face that resembled Julia's by seven parts, showed a look of disgust. It tried several times to pull its white-stockinged feet back but failed, so it simply let Emery hold them.

"You stupid sage, who let you come?"

"I was just afraid of disturbing your work..."

Emerald immediately understood that the World Consciousness was being tsundere, actually complaining that she hadn't been there in a long time, so she quickly explained with a smile:

"When I left last time, didn't you tell me not to come anytime soon? You said you had to deal with the mess left by Sister Ji Yue... I'm so sorry, I didn't expect you to be so capable and finish those things so quickly. I'm sorry to have made you lonely."

"I'm not lonely! Don't talk nonsense... *gulp*"

The World Consciousness wanted to be the hardest, but Emerald immediately used the same trick Himezuki had used on the World Consciousness—she directly hugged the World Consciousness and shoved her into her arms, leaving her feet dangling in the air.

This move was indeed effective. Even though her world consciousness was stronger here, she couldn't break free from this face wash-like head-slamming attack. Her white-stockinged little feet twitched a few times before stopping, and her body became noticeably softer.

At this point, it would be too hasty to talk about business directly. So, like a mother comforting her daughter, Amelie sat down with the World Consciousness in her arms, chatted with her, and told her some of the messy stories from her past life.

The World Consciousness is still quite arrogant, and it will occasionally spout a few stubborn words. It seems to look disgusted with the story that Emery tells, but in fact it is listening with great interest and its eyes are shining.

After coaxing the world consciousness for a while, and feeling that the atmosphere was ready, Emerald finally asked about the important matter:

"Speaking of which, the number of Level 7 demonic tides in the world has suddenly increased, and it seems there will be even more in the future... What is the reason? Does the World Consciousness know?"

"What else could it be? It's all that rebellious daughter Ji Yue's fault."

The world consciousness, still clinging to Emerald, pursed its lips:

"She achieved her Dao of Proving the Void and ascending to the level of a Demon God in this world... You don't think that ascending to the level of a Demon God requires nothing, do you? Do you know how much spiritual power she absorbed at the moment of her ascension? If that spiritual power were converted into magic power, it would be enough for your entire Federation to use up for 2000 years... She used up so much magic power in one go, of course it would trigger a series of high-level magic tides."

"You mean... the appearance of the demonic tide is related to the amount of magic power consumed?"

Amelie's eyes lit up as she quickly grasped the key information in the world consciousness's words. This was the secret of the origin of the demonic tide that the Allen Federation had been unable to uncover for over a thousand years.

"uh-huh."

Since it's all been said, the world consciousness hasn't denied it either:

"I'm also researching the truth about the demonic tide. I don't know the real source and cause of the demonic tide yet, but I definitely know more than you do... Remember that strange level 5 demonic tide when Yulia advanced? That was a test I set up for her, not a real demonic tide."

"As expected? I felt that the demonic tide was strange back then, and I had this suspicion."

Emery wasn't too surprised. She smiled and nodded, then continued to ask:

"So, Lord World Consciousness, how much do you currently know about the Demonic Tide?"

"...I don't actually know much."

This time, the world's consciousness remained silent for a moment before letting out a soft sigh:

"There are probably only two pieces of information that are truly valuable to you."

"First, the existence of the demonic tide is very ancient. It existed in this world before I gained self-awareness."

"Secondly, the power of the demonic tide is closely related to magic power (spiritual power). The more magic power your civilization consumes, the more demonic tide power there will be, and the faster the cycle will be."

"The frequent occurrence of Level 7 demonic tides now and for some time to come is the price that Ji Yue, that rebellious woman, paid for absorbing a large amount of spiritual power when she ascended to the level of a demon god."

"...Since Ji Yue is the reason why the Level 7 Demonic Tides are occurring so frequently, why doesn't she do anything about it? With her current strength, dealing with these Level 7 Demonic Tides should be easy for her, right?"

Emery complained, clearly dissatisfied.

“If it were that rebellious daughter Ji Yue, dealing with these things would indeed be easy, but…”

The World Consciousness rolled its eyes at Emery:

"Isn't this the situation you chose yourselves?"

"……What?"

Emerald was surprised, but she already had a vague idea in her heart.

"Don't you want freedom?"

The voice of world consciousness contained a hint of resentment:

"Ji Yue, that rebellious woman, has attained enlightenment in the void and can actually become a god. In that case, this world will become her divine kingdom and ascend with her... After that, she will handle all the disasters in this world, so you don't need to worry... This is basically how it is in other worlds protected by gods."

"But none of you want to abide by the rules set by Ji Yue and want to pursue so-called free will, so she chose to grant your wish and cut ties with this world... Then if various disasters occur in this world again, won't you have to find a way to solve them yourselves?"

"Is this...right? This isn't right either, is it?"

Amelie's lips twitched, but she decided to try to argue one more time:

"We pursue freedom, so it's understandable that she no longer protects us... but the reason why Level 7 demonic tides occur so frequently is because of her, isn't she supposed to be involved?"

"She definitely deserves to be disciplined, so isn't this putting you in charge?"

The world consciousness agreed with Amelie's statement, but her smile suddenly became strange.

"Wh...what do you mean?"

Amélie swallowed hard, a bad feeling creeping into her heart.

"Hmph... You really don't know? You're supposed to be a sage... You're just pretending to be stupid!"

The world consciousness suddenly spoke with a mocking tone, like a little devil:

"In the laws of your human kingdoms, isn't there a clause like this? A widow not only inherits her deceased husband's property, but also his debts... You are the only person in the past ten thousand years to have had an intimate relationship with Ji Yue. It's not wrong to say that you are her partner, right? Now that she has ascended to heaven, it's almost the same as her death, while you have inherited most of her estate and become the ruler of the world. Shouldn't you also help her pay off her debts?"

"Cuck!"

Emerald let out a very speechless and annoyed sound:

"I don't want her inheritance! I only helped maintain stability in the Tianyun Empire by using Tianyin and my junior sister to prevent chaos in the empire."

"That's just your own opinion."

The expression on the world consciousness's face became even more gloating:

"The truth is that you led people to interrupt her Dao attainment and overthrow her rule. You also helped her find the root cause of her failure to attain Dao, allowing her to successfully attain Dao and leave this world. In addition, there's the ambiguous relationship between you and her... By all accounts, you should be the one to repay her debts, right? And you really do have the ability to repay them, don't you?"

"...Aaaaaaah! Quack!"

Emerald had to admit that the World Consciousness made a lot of sense. The main problem was that even if she wanted to bring Himezuki back to help, she simply didn't have the ability to find Himezuki.

What did Ji Yue say when we last met?

The next time she wants to take Amelie to play in the fifth dimension is when Amelie has become a mother of several children and is more like a wife... Who knows how long that will be?

"Alright... I'll figure out a way to deal with the frequent Level 7 magic tides after that."

Emery had no choice but to accept this fact.

Fortunately, the matter was within her capabilities, and she could even use it as a path to cultivation, which might allow her to improve faster and eventually attain enlightenment.

"...Oh, right, there's one more thing."

After transforming into a little imp and mocking Emerald with schadenfreude, the world consciousness suddenly became serious again:

"You should keep an eye on the changes in the fog sea... For now, there's no need to explore it in depth; just keep an eye on the changes."

"...Changes in the fog sea?"

Emerald frowned; this was an event that didn't exist in the original game at all.

The landmass of this world is mainly divided into two parts: the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent. Between the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent, there are also two oceans: the White Sea and the Fog Sea.

The ocean that several countries currently use, and the ocean that sea creatures live in, is the White Sea.

The Fog Sea is located on the other side of the planet opposite the White Sea. It is shrouded in mist all year round. Even a third-stage powerhouse would lose his way if he entered it. There are almost no living creatures in the sea, which makes it very strange.

Although the Fog Sea is mysterious, no disasters have ever occurred there. In the original game, it was just a map boundary, and people had long given up on the idea of ​​exploring the Fog Sea.

Is the Fog Sea about to undergo changes?

"What secrets lie hidden in the Sea of ​​Fog? Why have these changes occurred? Is it also a consequence of that scumbag Ji Yue's ascension to immortality?"

Amélie asked quickly.

"……I have no idea."

This time, there was a noticeable increase in confusion in the World Consciousness's expression:

“I find it strange… I should know the truth about the Fog Sea, but I know nothing about it. It seems that some kind of mechanism is limiting my thinking about the Fog Sea. Whenever I think about concepts related to the Fog Sea, I am forcibly skipped over.”

“I should never have been able to realize the Mist Sea, but when Ji Yue merged with the Dao, didn’t she take away my core authority? This seems to have disrupted some of my own balance and loosened the mechanism that was restricting me… I can realize the Mist Sea now.”

"But I can only be aware of the Fog Sea. Whenever I try to explore it further, that special mechanism still kicks in and affects me... So I can only remind you to pay more attention to the changes in the Fog Sea."

"There's no need to rush into deeper exploration. The fact that even I can be affected by that special mechanism suggests that there might be something very dangerous in the Sea of ​​Fog."

"Although I cannot actively explore the Fog Sea, I am, after all, a world consciousness... I have a premonition that the secrets of the Fog Sea will be revealed on their own within a few years. You can deal with it then. For now, just keep an eye on it and make some preparations."

"...Keep an eye on the Sea of ​​Fog? I understand."

Amelie nodded, not intending to be stubborn, and decided to accept the World Consciousness's suggestion.

According to the world consciousness, the secret hidden in the fog sea is quite terrifying, as it can even affect the world consciousness, which may be very dangerous.

Moreover, the Fog Sea has been calm for nearly 20,000 years without any harm, and its secrets will be revealed on their own within a few years. So there is no need to rush to take risks.

After bidding farewell to the world's consciousness and promising to come back to chat with her again in a while, Amelie's consciousness left the world's origin and awoke from deep meditation.

Although she had decided not to rush into a deeper investigation into the secrets of the Fog Sea, Emerald was still very concerned about the matter.

So after waking up from deep meditation, Amelie first instructed Viliana's intelligence department to pay more attention to information about the Fog Sea, and then she personally went to the coast of the Fog Sea to see what changes had occurred there in the past few months.

At first, when Amelie looked at it herself, she didn't notice any changes. The sea was still shrouded in thick fog. Even when she activated the power of her golden right eye to its maximum, the visibility of the fog was still less than a hundred meters.

"This fog is indeed very strange, and somewhat frightening."

After muttering to herself, Emery realized that she probably hadn't paid much attention to the Fog Sea, which was why she hadn't noticed the changes. So she decided to ask the locals.

Of course, Amelie's idea of ​​asking the locals wasn't about disguising herself and blending into the crowd to chat; she had a more efficient way.

After Emery comprehended the Netherworld Soul Technique, she mastered the skill of silently reading other people's memories through necromancy, which was much more convenient than disguising herself to gather information.

After concealing her identity with magic, Amelie only walked around a few federal towns along the Fog Sea coast, yet a large amount of her memories were read by her.

These people who live along the coast of the foggy sea all sensed something was amiss, but most of them thought it was just their imagination and didn't pay much attention to it.

The fog in the Sea of ​​Fog seemed to have thinned a bit, and the water surface exposed along the coast of the Sea of ​​Fog was also a bit wider.

The one most confident in his judgment was a boy around fifteen years old.

The boy was still a student and had to go to school every day.

But the boy's home and school were both by the sea, separated by a wealthy man's estate.

The rich man's estate is private property, and he certainly wouldn't allow the boy to pass through it. So the boy would have to go around the estate to get to school, which would add 10 or more minutes to his journey.

To save time, the boy often used a homemade boat to walk along the shore in the foggy sea, so he could get to school directly without having to take a detour.