Though Lilith may seem like a big shot with mysterious powers on the outside, she actually has the strength of a snail when it comes to pulling people. She desperately dragged Merka and the attached snake tail, kicking with all her might, using all her strength to finally drag Merka into the wooden house.
Upon entering the wooden house, Lilith decisively rushed forward and closed the door. Logically speaking, with such terrifying wind pressure outside, the door should not have been able to close. Even if it did, the wooden house should have been torn apart by the wind pressure. But none of that happened. The closed wooden house stood as stable as if it were firmly planted on the ground.
Merka, who had been tossed around outside like a ragdoll, felt like his brains were about to be scrambled. Stepping into Lilith's small wooden house, Merka's sensation of dizziness surprisingly subsided.
Standing on the stable ground, Merka felt like a sailor who had finally set foot on land after months at sea. Unable to stop swaying, he finally stumbled over his own feet and fell to his knees.
As Merka knelt on the ground, he incredulously touched the floor, unable to feel the swaying anymore, as if they were not in the air but on solid ground.
"Phew... finally made it."
"Dale, you're really quite heavy! If you start moving violently and end up on top of me, I won't be able to breathe properly~"
"It seems you're better off staying below."
Lilith wiped the unnecessary sweat off her forehead, sighed, and with a seductive gesture, licked her lips at Merka.
Understanding Lilith's questionable dirty joke, Merka's face turned crimson in an instant. While to some extent he had gotten used to flirting during his time with Turing in Pocheng, Lilith's style was far from the same as Turing's.
Turing's flirtation was like a sweet, intoxicating drink; Lilith's flirting was like a mix of strong liquor, subtly seductive and intoxicating, rendering one almost irresistibly drunk.
However, it was apparent that Merka, who had encountered countless charming women, had a much higher immunity to such "alcohol" compared to regular men.
"You..." Merka furrowed his brows, unhappy that someone would dare crack jokes in such a critical situation.
"Wait, wait. Don't look at me like that."
"I know you have a lot of questions, but don't rush it."
"Instead, come take a look at this."
Lilith, pointing towards the window in disarray, squinted at Merka with a sly smile.
Her smile was sweet, extremely sweet. So sweet that it was unsettling, a kind of sweetness rarely seen in a genuinely kind-hearted woman.
Struggling to stand up, Merka, clutching his kidneys, wearily dragged his body over to the window pointed out by Lilith. Through the narrow window frame, an immense, indescribably bizarre and spectacular sight unfolded before Merka's eyes.
"This is the Holy Land of Divine Suffering, the Lost Paradise of Angel Exile."
"The Smoke-Free Zone."
Merka was too captivated by the sight before him to pay heed to the profound meaning behind Lilith's words. The grandeur of the scene seemed like a projection of divine wisdom, a light and brilliance emanating from within the Philosopher's Stone.
Every blade of grass and every tree in the Smoke-Free Zone appeared before Merka in some inexplicable form. It was as if he could imagine it as a cross-section of a four-dimensional space; it was difficult to grasp how he could see the complete information of a three-dimensional figure from the same perspective.
"The Smoke-Free Zone consists of four layers. The first layer, Alpha Zone, is specifically for storing less dangerous angels."
"The second layer, Beta Zone, is the library of the Smoke-Free Zone, housing various classified information; the third layer, Gamma Zone, serves as an arsenal, even containing many terrifying tools that could change the very fabric of Acadia..."
"The fourth layer, Delta Zone, is your destination on this journey."
"Backdrop will be waiting for you there."
Seeing Merka's dumbfounded expression, Lilith explained with a smile.
Leaning on the window sill, her eyes downcast, as if contemplating something.
"This wooden house is the observation room of the Alpha Zone. It connects all the areas of the Alpha Zone, including botanical gardens, zoological areas, abstract concept areas, and so on."
"Here lie all the answers to your questions, the source of all the power you need..."
"Hehe, but to obtain them, you must undergo unimaginable trials!"
"But rest assured, from now on, I will be your guide."
Her serpent-like eyes exuding a strange color seemed like a miraculous elixir that lifted people off the ground. Merka was taken aback, finding this person so familiar that he was momentarily speechless.
"I am not the Klong who ferries across the river, I am the Avalokiteshvara from the Lotus Pond."
"I can certainly guide you, ferry you... but before that, you must prove that you have the qualifications."
