Xue Dili suddenly appeared in the dilapidated steel-reinforced concrete building. Though the room was cleaned meticulously, the peeling exterior and the wear from the elements made the entire interior seem extremely run-down.

Yet within this primitive tribe, this was already the best room.

"I think I understand," Old Green seemed to have accepted reality. He even seemed interested in examining the room. Although it was shabby, it was filled with the breath of life, "That group of the Silver Princess was a sudden BUG. After they left, my world repaired them, but I might have been a BUG long ago."

"So that world directly made another person the King of the Silver Country, and not me. No, Watson already looks over a hundred years old, so I have been dead for over a hundred years..."

Old Green raised his head. He gradually understood everything; he might have been singled out as a BUG for repair over a hundred years ago. So, who exactly am I now?

His personality, his memories, his magic, what is all of this?

And as the two continued sharing their guesses and information.

The door creaked open, and the simply dressed "Silver Princess" Rabi entered the room. She instantly saw Xue Dili standing by the bedside, and in shock, she covered her mouth, then tentatively said, "Mage?"

Xue Dili and Old Green did not turn around because they could guess that since this room was the princess's room in the Fairy Tale World, it was naturally Rabi's room in Hell.

Seeing that Xue Dili did not reply, she seemed to relax and gain boldness, "Does the mage still want a 'bride'? Or do you want the 'bride' to be me?"

She did not seem nervous, casually walking over to Xue Dili's side, a playful smile on her lips, gently tugging at the fabric on her shoulder, speaking to Xue Dili with a provocative undertone.

"Hypnosis!" Xue Dili immediately chanted and cast this Tier Two technique.

And the young lady behind then seemed to lose consciousness, like a puppet being manipulated, lying silently on the stone bed, asleep.

"Let's go find that village chief, Green. Being the only 'human-like monstrous being,' he must know a lot of information we don't," Xue Dili said.

Then, as if remembering something, he asked, "Old Green, how old are you?"

"189 years," Old Green said.

"I estimate this village chief may have lived close to 300 years. Indeed, his telomeres are just like those monstrous beings. Although he appears elderly, his physical condition is younger than this Silver Princess," Xue Dili said, smiling at Old Green. "I bet the Creator God of the Fairy Tale World never expected you wouldn't live longer than a mortal."

Old Green was speechless.

Thinking that if the village chief was truly a human-like monstrous being, then his lifespan might be infinite.

And he, being hundreds of years old, naturally knew a lot of information. He possibly even knew some truths about the world. So, for some purpose, he covered up the truth of the world, letting these few remaining humans fear the monstrosities and forever directly face Hell in the real world.

Xue Dili didn't know his purpose for doing so. Just based on his identity, he was already a monstrous being, probably having entered the Fairy Tale World long ago. But why he could leave the Fairy Tale World and return here to continue his unknown plan, he did not understand.

"Little Green, are you heading out to patrol the farm again?" voices came from outside.

Xue Dili immediately left the room and in a few steps reached outside, seeing that "Little Green" below, seemingly a young version of Old Green, with a gentle demeanor.

At this moment, Xue Dili and Old Green exchanged a glance, both understanding the situation. This village chief, Green, probably plays his son every few decades, then allows his "son" to gradually take over all affairs, until finally presenting himself as the "son."

And then, the identity of the old village chief is gradually abandoned, eventually leading to death. He fully transforms into "Little Green" to inherit everything, maintaining the rule for decades more, and decades after, the cycle continues.

For the human tribe to move according to his plans and to keep his "Undead" secret, this old village chief truly calculated everything well.

But the one thing he didn't account for was Xue Dili, this variable, and the unreasonable Curse Blood in his possession.

A moment's carelessness allowed Xue Dili to catch a handle.

"What should we do next?" Old Green asked, not at all caring about knocking out his counterpart and performing a big memory restoration technique.

"For now, don't alert him. Sneak into his room; there ought to be some useful materials to find," Xue Dili said.

Subsequently, under the cover of darkness, the two quietly entered the small villa from before, Xue Dili and Old Green splitting to search but finding nothing.

After regrouping, they looked at the large amount of collected materials in their hands. These were all office documents, with information about periodic mushroom and wood harvests, as well as how much land and water they could occupy.

Looking over it roughly, Xue Dili saw the tribe's territory wasn't even as large as Xue Dili's university, and this little territory kept shrinking annually due to the Fungal Mat coverage.

Their village can support fewer and fewer people. Even if we don't count those taken by the strange creatures, at this rate, in less than ten years, the population of the entire village will be halved.

And in a few decades, they might not be able to sustain themselves anymore. The Fungal Mat will completely occupy the scarce land available for mushroom cultivation, and they will have no choice but to continue migrating in search of new land.

But now, strange forms and Fungal Mats are everywhere. Xue Dili cannot conceive if they were to migrate, whether they could break free from the encirclement of the strange shapes.

And as for the village chief, Green, who has visited the Fairy Tale World, yet returned to reality, he would rather struggle for survival with the few people in this Hell-like world than return to the Fairy Tale World to become the King of the Silver Country. What is his real purpose for doing this?

Moreover, Xue Dili looked up at the dispirited light source outside. The sun in this world is incredibly strange. Although it moves over time, after so long, he feels that the sun's heat hasn't changed in the slightest.

Stable, as if it were fake.

And in this world, the situation where he uses Magic and the consumption multiplies...

"Not a single piece of intelligence about the world's truth, only those seemingly plausible myth stories and some basic Magic." Old Green looked at the Magic Book he had found.

He saw many basic Magic spells inside, and the book was very old, as if it had been flipped through countless times. This proved that the village chief Green wasn't simply a "humanoid strange form"; he was even a Mage, although this level seemed not even Tier Two.

At a level where even casting Magic could be called "Magic."

"This is just his office. It seems the real secrets aren't hidden here. We should sneak into his bedroom or check if there's any kind of storage; that's where the real secrets might be hidden," Xue Dili suggested.

Old Green nodded as well. He thought briefly and suddenly realized something. Since they are doppelgangers, their ways of thinking should be similar. Where would he hide secrets if he had to?

"Little Xue, go into his bedroom and find a tree-shaped pattern or tree. See if there's something like that," Old Green suddenly suggested.

"Okay." Xue Dili didn't inquire further. The village wasn't large, and in a few steps, they arrived at another standalone small house not far away, adjacent to the Silver Princess's room.

They quietly entered the village, smoothly prying open the door to enter the house.

Just as Old Green had said, there indeed existed a "tree-like" structure inside the house. It looked as if a black tree had grown directly out of the floor. The two exchanged glances, and Old Green noted, "There should be a mechanism or Magic on the tree. It's my habit; I often like to use a tree as a reference point for layout."

Old Green explained his reasoning.

Xue Dili didn't know how to respond. He had genuinely forgotten that since the two are doppelgangers, their basic thinking patterns should be similar, even if the environments they should have experienced might greatly differ.

Just like how Old Green would plant an Elf Tree at his wife's grave, the village chief Green should have similar habits.

Xue Dili stepped forward to inspect and found traces of Magic.

The Magic was concealed very discreetly. If not for deducing backward from the result, Xue Dili wouldn't have discovered the Array hidden beneath the tree bark.

If he had really searched violently, he might have inadvertently triggered this Array.

And very soon, under the operation of Old Green and Xue Dili, who were both High Tier Mages, the Tier Two Array was quickly dismantled and removed, and then the entire room appeared to tremble lightly. Xue Dili spotted a very concealed floor tile sinking, and upon approaching, he discovered an iron door leading underground.

Xue Dili and Old Green exchanged glances and, noticing no trace of a Magic Array, they forcefully opened the iron door and descended underground.

The passage was extremely narrow, and Xue Dili even had to crouch to enter. After descending more than ten steps, it suddenly opened up!

But to Xue Dili's shock, it wasn't the magical library or treasure trove he imagined. Instead, they found themselves in an area that resembled a machine room, with countless turbines and fans cooling something unknown.

He felt as if he had arrived at a Bitcoin mining farm.

Numerous Arrays were inscribed on the surroundings; their purpose was to reduce the machine room's wear and tear and dust, thereby increasing its lifespan.

In the machine room, Xue Dili found a notebook that also had remnants of Arrays on it.

After forcibly opening it, he turned to the first page.

"The world is false; everyone is immersed in a false world. They have all lost themselves, even forgetting everything about themselves, all twisted by Him. We are no longer I..."

"And reality is Hell..."

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