Chapter 441 Performance

Ling Mo’s question was indeed too direct.

Even Xia Xinyan, who was watching the drama next to him, felt it was somewhat inappropriate.

Such a straightforward purpose naturally raised suspicion in that man.

However, the man’s life was currently in their hands, and since Ling Mo had thoroughly jammed all communication in this house before entering, the man had no way to send any messages to the outside world. So, even though she felt a bit uncomfortable, Xia Xinyan did not interfere.

Seeing the man suspicious, Ling Mo’s tone remained unchanged: “I need to understand everything about you, so I can determine whether you are lying—humans are very good at fabricating lies, and this has caused us significant harm in the past. For the sake of our people, we need to take this… cooperation seriously.”

After a pause, he continued, “You should have seen how our people treated you, and that’s also how they treat humans.”

—This statement wasn’t wrong, after all, the three here were all humans.

But when it landed in the man’s ears, it was a complete tragedy—without Ling Mo needing to elaborate, the man could imagine an entire storyline about cunning humans deceiving pure demons. It’s no wonder those demons looked ready to tear him apart; if it weren’t for these two demons in front of him, he might have been dead by now.

—In that moment, he entirely overlooked the fact that before these two “demons” appeared, those demons were simply watching the show.

Thinking he finally understood, he felt relieved.

Perhaps these two demons were also swayed because it was their first time seeing a human that looked somewhat like them, leading them to trust the human’s words, only to pay a hefty price later?

Damn it, those foolish idiots got themselves into this mess, and now he had to bear the consequences—truly… what a load of crap!

Taking a deep breath, he turned to Ling Mo, his expression earnest: “Even though we are all humans, there are good and bad among us. Those you encountered before were definitely the scum of humanity, while we… are absolutely good people. You don’t have to worry about me deceiving you.”

“Those people used to say the same thing,” Ling Mo’s tone deepened a few notches, “I don’t trust your words; I only trust my own judgment. Those humans have said that if it’s a lie, the more you say, the more mistakes you’ll make, so I need to ask for all your information to ensure you’re not deceiving us.”

Though his expression was hidden, the sudden change in Ling Mo’s tone allowed the man to imagine his emotional shift—likely triggered by memories of sorrow, so much so that it might ignite a killing intent against him.

Coupled with the previous sense of pressure and Ling Mo slowly approaching him, the man’s sense of crisis peaked, and he finally lost interest in overthinking. He directly shouted, “I’ll talk! Our organization is called Eden! We were established for human evolution! But when we first attempted human evolution, we met enormous setbacks! Just when we were about to succeed, that Ling guy barged in and smashed our plans! This left us without a foothold in the human world, forced to survive in the shadows!”

After a moment, he gritted his teeth and continued, “But finally, someone understood our intentions and chose to cooperate with us! That force is called Eternal Life Palace! The person cooperating with us is called Swallow Returns! He’s the reliable source of stable intelligence we mentioned! But later we found out this person wasn’t purely aiming for human evolution; he wanted to use us to oust all other forces and become number one!”

“I don’t know if you’re aware of the invasion incidents—where a group of demons invaded another… somewhere not in this world! Our leader once cooperated with that Yān fellow! Utilizing a sacred coffin in that world, they opened an invasion gate, allowing a large number of demons to invade and try to destroy that city! You must understand, for those stubborn humans, breaking to rebuild is the right approach—only by killing all who refuse to evolve can we truly achieve our evolution!”

“But that Yān didn’t think that way! His goal was to wipe out all the powerful factions in the city while they were all here in this world, allowing the Eternal Life Palace, with all its retained strength, to become the true leader! Our leader also placed a pawn beside that Yān, thus accidentally learning that this guy’s true intention was to eradicate all demons and become the king of this world himself! We must not let him succeed!”

“Yet in the human world, we are weak and can only pretend to be oblivious while continuing to cooperate with him. However, our leader secretly made a decision to send me to make contact with you demons—they said that demons have already evolved to have the ability to communicate, which proves the possibility of cooperation! We view you demons as our true partners! You are our older brothers and would never deceive us! We absolutely won’t deceive you; we are the truest partners in cooperation!”

Breathlessly finishing these words, the man was agitated despite the tension—only someone with excellent brainwashing skills could get so hyped in a situation like this.

Ling Mo paused, nodding: “Mhm…”

Wow, this is easy to fool.

What he said was true; humans were indeed good at spinning lies.

Like himself.

After pondering for two seconds, he continued, “Were you the only one sent to make contact with the demons?”

“Yes, only me for now,” the man nodded. “Because this world is still very dangerous, those without enough strength cannot come over, and only I have the strength and the trust of the leader.”

Ling Mo raised an eyebrow.

Just a pawn sent out to test the waters.

Eden knows its partners could betray them at any moment, so they must find a more reliable ally. It’s unclear how they considered cooperation with demons, but clearly, it wouldn’t make sense to put all their chips on the first attempt. This man was likely just a stone.

But this situation was a good thing for them—now the initiative was in their hands, and they could easily elevate this stone, creating a false impression for Eden and those thorns…

Ling Mo suddenly realized he was being quite devious.

At that moment, an alarm in Ling Mo’s pocket suddenly vibrated.

This meant the external warning device had been triggered.

Ling Mo immediately said, “No matter who comes in next, don’t say a word, got it?”

The man paused: “Why?”

“No reason,” Ling Mo said darkly, “Dare to speak a word, and I’ll cut off your tongue.”

Xia Xinyan watched from the side, feeling somewhat emotional.

This guy really portrayed a temperamental demon to the extreme.