Zhao Kongcheng felt like he was about to explode with anger.
"Me! You still ask who I am? I'm the innocent victim who was deceived by you last night and left out in the cold wind for most of the night!"
Zhao Kongcheng held Lin Qiye's hand tightly, like a naive middle-aged man afraid his boyfriend would be stolen away. "Let me tell you, stop pretending. You're not getting away today!"
Lin Qiye looked at his locked arms, gave up the futile struggle, and looked completely at his mercy."Alright, you tell me, where do you want to talk?"
"Come with me."Zhao Kongcheng, arm in arm with Lin Qiye, strode off toward some unknown direction...
When Lin Qiye saw that he was gradually approaching a love hotel, his expression suddenly changed, and he turned around and wanted to escape from the scene!
However, Zhao Kongcheng didn't give him that chance at all. He grabbed him tightly and dragged him towards the hotel.
"What...what do you want to do? Let me tell you, I have hemorrhoids, don't you dare do anything...!"
"...What's going on in your heads, you boys in high school? You're just looking for a place to chat."
"Do we really need to go to a love hotel to chat? Didn't you see the looks people were giving me along the way? I was so embarrassed!"
"What do you know? This is a safe house. I brought you here for no other reason. Besides, do I look like... like that kind of person?!"
Zhao Kongcheng rolled his eyes, dragged the struggling Lin Qiye to the front desk, and threw an extremely greasy flirtatious wink at the dumbfounded female clerk.
"A dynamic and exciting themed king-size bed room, thank you."
Lin Qiye:...
The female shop assistant froze on the spot. After a brief mental pause, she became inexplicably excited!
"Okay, sir, we need your ID here, and young man, please show your ID as well."
Forced to hand over his documents, Lin Qiye looked at the excited female shop assistant with a strange expression, wondering what kind of BL (Boys' Love) scenario she was imagining...
But you can't really blame them. In the middle of the night, a middle-aged man forcibly drags a teenager to a love hotel to book a double room, and it's even a "bromance" suite, supposedly to chat... Who would believe that?!
"Here is your room key. Room number is 3966. We wish you both a pleasant stay!" The female clerk smiled and looked at Lin Qiye, who had a smug look on his face, her eyes almost narrowed into slits.
Lin Qiye's fist hardened.
"What are you standing there for? Come up with me." Zhao Kongcheng pulled Lin Qiye toward the elevator.
Once she swiped her card and entered the room, seeing the dazzling array of amazing facilities, the innocent Lin Qiye realized that this was how extravagant the rich really were...
That's really exciting!Zhao Kongcheng locked the door from the inside before releasing Lin Qiye. He walked straight to the electric bed and sat down, his body, which had been stiff all day, finally relaxing.
"Don't be so nervous, it's really just a chat." Zhao Kongcheng said with a laugh when he saw Lin Qiye's tense expression.
Lin Qiye sighed and sat down on the sofa by the door. "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Of course, we're talking about you."
"Lin Qiye, male, 17 years old, single, height 175 cm, weight..."
"You know that's not what I meant." Zhao Kongcheng rubbed his forehead, pointing with his other finger at Lin Qiye's eyes. "I meant your eyes."
Lin Qiye fell silent.
"You've met Michael?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye's body trembled slightly. After hesitating for a long time, he nodded gently.
Sure enough, the man in front of me knew a lot, and the power behind him... was definitely not simple!
This statement also revealed an important piece of information to Lin Qiye: the seraphim he met ten years ago was actually the famous King of Angels, Michael.
Seeing Lin Qiye nod, Zhao Kongcheng finally felt relieved, and his gaze toward Lin Qiye gradually became more ardent.
"Why did He seek you out? What did He say to you? To what extent can you now utilize the Forbidden Ruins?"
Zhao Kongcheng's questions came like a barrage of bullets. Lin Qiye frowned slightly and shook his head.
"You're asking too many questions."
Zhao Kongcheng realized he had been a bit out of line and chuckled awkwardly, "That's true. You must have a lot of questions right now, so let me answer them for you. Ask me anything you want to know."
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, then looked into Zhao Kongcheng's eyes and asked his first question: "Do gods from mythology really exist in this world?"
"They exist." Zhao Kongcheng nodded without hesitation, "But not all gods exist."
"What's the meaning?"
Zhao Kongcheng fell into deep thought, as if considering where to begin. "What do you think mythology is?"
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, "Was it the spiritual sustenance of the ancients? Or a fear and fantasy about the unknown forces of nature?"
"You're right," Zhao Kongcheng nodded. "Until a hundred years ago, everyone thought so."
"A hundred years ago?"
"That's right. Before that fog appeared, there was never any trace of gods in this world." Zhao Kongcheng's eyes narrowed slightly. "However, since that fog that covered the earth appeared, everything... seems to be different."
"In September 1922, a year after the appearance of the fog, a fog exploration team sent by Daxia observed a colossal dragon slowly flying in the sky in the Mariana Trench. It was the first time in human history that a mythical creature had been observed."
"After research and verification, the dragon was identified as Leviathan, the Chaos Dragon from the Bible, a creature created by God. The discovery of this giant dragon directly overturned the understanding of the entire Great Xia leadership. They realized that since this great fog, the world has been completely different from what it used to be."
"When the fog first appeared, the entire Great Xia Dynasty was thrown into panic. To maintain national stability, the higher-ups concealed the results of the probe."
"As the first mythical creature observed by humankind, the Chaos Dragon Leviathan was codenamed 001 by the high-ranking officials of the Great Xia Dynasty. During subsequent explorations, other mythical creatures were discovered, and the codenames continued to be assigned downwards."
"The Seraphim Michael you saw was the third mythical creature observed by humans in 1928, codenamed 003."
"1928?" Lin Qiye was taken aback. "We didn't have the technology to land on the moon back then, did we? How did they find the Seraphim on the moon?"
"It wasn't us who sought Him." Zhao Kongcheng shook his head. "In March 1928, a beam of golden sword light shot out from the moon, traversed the universe, and leveled a large volcano in North America. Only then did we realize that a deity existed on the moon."
"North America? What's there?"
"Later, our exploration team spent a year reaching the volcano, where they discovered Deity No. 004, sealed within the Divine Ruins, amidst the ruins..."
Zhao Kongcheng paused, then continued, "The fallen angel, Lucifer."