Infernal Artist

"What do you know?" the female voice asked hurriedly.

"...It's hard to say now. I probably need a shovel." Liu Ping said.

"Take it," the female voice said.

Before he finished speaking, a shovel appeared in Liu Ping's hand.

He looked at the three people opposite.

He saw the three people opposite him looking at him with strange expressions on their faces.

"Obviously you're solving problems, why are you using a shovel?"

one of them asked.

Liu Ping looked at the shovel in his hand, then at the other person, and suddenly smiled: "When I am thinking about a problem, I like to dig in the soil. This is my unique way of thinking."

The three of them listened and nodded together.

"That's it." The man suddenly said.

"Sure enough, geniuses all have some quirks." The second person said.

"Then dig it." The third person said.

Liu Ping swung his shovel and dug into the ground.

After a while, he couldn't help but said: "This is too slow. Is there anything more advanced?"

"That's the excavator on the technology side." The female voice said.

"Okay, let me use it."

Boom!

There was a muffled sound, and an excavator appeared beside several people.

Liu Ping threw down his shovel and climbed onto the excavator.

As if he remembered something, he looked back at the three professionals on the mysterious side.

He looked at the three people opposite.

He saw the three people opposite him looking at him with puzzled expressions on their faces.

"Obviously it's to solve a problem, why did you bring an excavator in?"

one of them asked.

Liu Ping looked at the excavator, then at the other person, and suddenly smiled: "When I am thinking about a problem, I like to drive the excavator to dig soil. This should be reasonable."

The three of them listened and nodded together.

"That's it." The man suddenly said.

"Sure enough, geniuses all have some quirks." The second person said.

"Then dig it." The third person said.

Liu Ping got into the cab and controlled the machine to dig soil.

After a while, a large pit several meters deep was dug into the ground.

"What on earth are you doing?" the female voice asked curiously.

"Make some attempts." Liu Ping said.

Bang!

Only a crash was heard coming from the pit.

"You dug into the rock!" The professional who stood watching shouted loudly.

Liu Ping jumped off the excavator, walked into the pit, dug up the soil at the bottom of the pit with his hands, and touched the things underneath.

——It is indeed a rock, and it is very hard.

"I'm afraid we can't dig anymore here. Do you want to dig somewhere else?" asked another professional.

"No, I have to take a closer look at this thing!" Liu Ping responded.

He placed his hand on the rock and rubbed it carefully.

"Strange, I know many kinds of rocks and minerals, but I have never seen this..."

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw lines of burning small words popping up in the void:

"The unknown existence has awakened, and it has noticed what you have done."

"It's coming to communicate with you."

"At this extremely delicate moment, this sequence must make an urgent statement to you:"

"Nothing you know can offend it!"

"The next few minutes will determine your life or death, so be careful when you speak!"

Suddenly, the small burning characters quickly disappeared as if they noticed something.

There was an eerie silence.

Liu Ping slowly looked around.

Three professionals were standing in front of the pit, watching him dig.

The faces of the three people were full of curiosity, doubt and confusion, and their expressions were frozen.

Behind Liu Ping, the woman in black dress with a white mask appeared. She turned slightly sideways, trying to see clearly what the secret was in the rock Liu Ping was pressing.

She didn't move either.

Liu Ping's pupils shrank suddenly.

Who is this coming from?

Even if the torture goddess has died and turned into a servant god, her strength is at least far beyond what she can imagine.

——Even gods like her have fallen victim to this trick.

What kind of existence did he provoke?

boom!

The whole world disappeared.

Liu Ping felt like he was in the endless void, with tens of thousands of stars surrounding him and slowly condensing into shape in front of him.

stars.

The stars condensed into a huge head that radiated light.

It overlooked Liu Ping and made a loud and deep sound:

"A practitioner..."

Liu Ping cupped his fists and said, "I haven't asked you for your name yet. Could it be that I disturbed you?"

The head made of stars said: "The time I have to wake up is limited. The god of death beside you has been blinded by me. She will not hear us."

"Let's get right to the point-"

"Young man, what did you find?"

Liu Ping thought for a second.

This existence——

It is indeed more powerful than the Torture Goddess.

In front of such an existence, instead of playing tricks, it is better to——

Let’s get straight to the point.

Liu Ping calmed down and said: "In the ancient legends on our side of cultivation, someone once escaped from the path of ascension and came into contact with completely unknown existences in other places in the void."

"It is said that only the most mysterious power can accommodate such a puzzle."

"—It's called the 'Trio of Death of the World.'"

"According to ancient legends, this matter contains a profound and strange fate. Only those who are truly likely to solve the mystery will meet it."

The huge head said: "So, have you solved the puzzle?"

"Untied."

Liu Ping said.

"Tell me about it - but don't say much. For now, you can only solve the first puzzle." The huge head said.

"Why?" Liu Ping asked puzzled.

"Because fate cannot be talked about lightly, you will be safe if you tell the answer to the first puzzle. If you tell other answers, I am afraid that some beings who can pry into secrets and destiny will be immediately alerted - and now I am in a state of death, only I can protect you on the first level of the puzzle." The giant head said.

Liu Ping took a deep breath and said: "I once heard about the 'Trio of Death of the World' and roughly deduced it at that time, but due to the lack of detailed information, I left it alone. Today I am lucky enough to see this mystery with my own eyes. So, I will tell you its solution and the first puzzle."

"Say it."

"The so-called 'Triple of Death of the World' contains three puzzles, each puzzle is the answer to another puzzle."

"In detail--"

"The second riddle is the answer to the first riddle; the third riddle is the answer to the second riddle; and the first riddle is the answer to the third riddle."

"To solve the first puzzle, just look at the second puzzle."

"The first mystery is: how this 'temporary prison for the useless' was constructed."

"The second puzzle is: if there is a world similar to a 'temporary prison for the useless', how to conquer this world."

"Obviously, the answer to the first puzzle is: this 'temporary prison for the useless' is made up of a world."

"The reason why I want to dig is because of the simplest rule of elimination: since there is nothing in this world but a mountain peak, then if there is any information worthy of attention, it must be hidden in this mountain peak."

After Liu Ping finished speaking, he looked at the other party.

The huge head made entirely of stars seemed to smile a little.

"Mortals, you are so insignificant, but you are the ones who can have an extremely powerful impact on destiny."

It sighed, opened its mouth and spit out a star.

The star was floating in the sky and soon landed in front of Liu Ping.

The head made a loud noise:

"The gods have begun to fall. From this moment on, the era will enter a rapid and dangerous change. Life or death will become a distant dream of yesterday, but all living beings know nothing about it..."

"You take... these two things. One of them is what the god wants, and the other is a gift from me."

"Is there anything I can do in return for you?" Liu Ping asked.

"In the not-too-distant future, you will feel my call. At that time, I will call you to come again, and I will still pay the reward." The huge head said.

The shining star fell on Liu Ping's hand and became two objects.

A black snake coiled up in a ball and spitting out letters.

and a rock the size of your palm.

Two lines of burning small characters quickly appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes:

"You have obtained the legendary artifact: the Whip of Torment and Pain (exclusive to gods)."

"You have obtained a strange thing: the Rock of Nothingness."

boom--

Everything around him completely collapsed, scattered, and disappeared.

The strong wind blew away billions of meteors, leaving everything in a blur of chaos.

The next moment.

Liu Ping found himself back on the mountain peak, in a deep pit, with his hands just pressing on the rock.