"I wonder what Lord Lucifer wants to talk to me about, bringing me to Hell in this manner?"
After finishing his tea, Shen Mu saw that Lucifer had no intention of speaking, so he directly asked.
"What do you think of this World?"
Without directly answering Shen Mu, Lucifer instead posed an ambiguous question.
"I see it with my eyes!"
Shen Mu didn't know what he wanted to do, so he replied casually.
"Heh! That's truly an interesting answer."
Lucifer chuckled softly, not showing the slightest anger at Shen Mu's perfunctory response.
"If you dared to come see me, you must surely know my Origin!"
At this moment, Lucifer's golden eyes stared directly at Shen Mu, his expression one of certainty.
Seeing him like this, Shen Mu couldn't possibly lie and say he didn't know, so he nodded silently in affirmation.
"From the moment you crossed over from the Outer World, passed through the Source Wall, and entered the Multiverse, everything you've done has been under my observation. I've noticed that you know many cosmic secrets you shouldn't, even involving my father and many great beings."
"Originally, this World was like a book I had thoroughly understood; each individual life was merely a word that had fallen from its pages. But your appearance has added a new stroke to this book."
"Countless times I've wanted to extract your soul, trace its Origin, and see what kind of World birthed you. But I held back. In endless years, you are the only interesting point I've seen. I want to see what kind of waves you can stir up in this World."
Lucifer's words initially made Shen Mu's heart tremble.
He hadn't realized how many times he had narrowly escaped danger.
However, now that Lucifer had laid everything out, Shen Mu was no longer as nervous!
"In that case, I really must thank Lord Morningstar for restraining his curiosity, allowing me to sit before him today and share this tea."
Shen Mu's face showed an expression of profound gratitude, but there was no ripple in his eyes.
"To be honest, I'm truly curious, what kind of confidence supports everything you do."
Hearing this, Shen Mu's eyes narrowed.
It seemed that even an existence like Lucifer, who possessed half of God's power, couldn't detect the system in his mind.
This suggested that the Origin of that intelligent program-like system might be even higher than he had imagined.
"Then what does Lord Morningstar think it should be?"
Shen Mu, however, threw the question back.
"What do you think of this Hell?"
Lucifer changed the subject, instead asking Shen Mu's opinion of Hell.
"Not good. A bunch of disgusting demons combined with a foul environment makes one sick to their stomach."
Shen Mu honestly stated his feelings about Hell.
"Is that really the case?"
Hearing this, Lucifer also murmured softly.
He was punished by God to become the Lord of Hell, destined to be accompanied by what he considered filthy demons for all eternity.
Although he had established this Lost Garden in Hell, deep down, he strongly rejected everything about his current situation.
"If I wanted to give this Hell to you, would you accept it?"
Suddenly, Lucifer looked up, a captivating light flickering in his golden eyes.
Shen Mu was slightly stunned, seeing that Lucifer's expression was not at all like a joke.
Recalling the original story, Lucifer indeed grew tired of ruling Hell, the endless punishment of sinful souls falling into Hell reminded him of his own predicament.
He believed that being forced to rule Hell forever merely because of his past rebellion was an unfair punishment.
And when Dream of the Endless Family entered Hell to search for his lost artifact, the Helm of Dream, his conversation with Lucifer brought that emotion to a peak.
Furthermore, Dream's provocation angered him, but out of fear of the Endless Family, he didn't dare to do anything to Dream.
However, to get revenge on Dream and also escape his own fate.
So he sealed the gates of Hell, gave the only key to Dream, handed all the troubles to Dream to deal with, and went to Earth to live a retired life.
On the surface, taking over Hell didn't seem like a bad thing, as he would gain such a large territory for free.
However, in reality, Hell was entangled with many karmic ties. Once involved, trying to extricate oneself would be troublesome!
Because in the end of the story, control of Hell fell into the hands of the Angels Duma and Remiel.
Heaven and Hell were not simply opposing existences.
Both the first Satan of Hell, the First of the Fallen, and the current Lucifer, had the closest ties to God.
One was the first creation of God, the other was called the most perfect Angel created by God, and inherited God's will, the Morningstar power.
Shen Mu did not want to get involved in the murky waters of Hell.
Seeing Shen Mu remain silent, Lucifer spoke again: "If you find those demons an eyesore, I can help you eliminate them."
As he spoke, sacred light flowed in Lucifer's eyes, and he gently pointed a finger.
Endless power began to operate. Instantly, blinding holy light illuminated all of Hell, and in a flash, all the demons in Hell turned to dust and vanished, including Beelzebub and Azazel, who shared his rule.
"Is this the pinnacle of power below the Supreme Being? It's truly terrifying!"
Watching Lucifer casually wipe out all the demons in Hell, Shen Mu was also somewhat moved.
Upon first entering Hell, he had sensed several existences with auras similar to his own, and now they had all disappeared!
He didn't know if Lucifer's move was a threat or something else, but he still spoke from his heart:
"I apologize, Lord Morningstar, I have no interest in Hell."
Hearing Shen Mu refuse, Lucifer was not overly surprised.
"It was just as I thought, you indeed refused! It seems it will take some time for me to achieve my goal."
Lucifer was not at all surprised by Shen Mu's refusal.
After saying this, Lucifer waved his hand again, and all the demons he had just eliminated were now back, as if nothing had happened, continuing their endless slaughter.
Perhaps these demons would never know they had already walked through life and death once!
"What is the Outer World like?"
At this moment, Lucifer asked Shen Mu about the Outer World.
"It's not much different from this World, just a boring story of so-called Superheroes saving the World!"
As he said this, Shen Mu looked at Lucifer with a bored expression in his eyes.
Hearing this, Lucifer was immediately disappointed. Being omniscient, he naturally understood what Shen Mu meant, for he knew everything in this World like the back of his hand, and naturally knew that the existing Multiverse revolved around so-called heroes.