56: Gluttony

After sending the smug Apollo, who had just advanced, back to his comfortable abode, Ye Chen checked on the other layers of the Abyss.

Currently, each layer of the Abyss had quite a few “residents,” and since there were no entertainment activities to pass the time in the Abyss, they all seemed to be idle.

Some diligentFamily still knew to practice their skills and improve their strength, but more often, they lay on the Worm corpses, staring blankly.

Only the demons on the third layer showed some signs of life; with their houses, they were now improving their living standards using some materials from the Abyss.

Unable to stand how leisurely theseFamily were, he had the Abyss Will arrange for them to undergo training and combat.

As long as no one died, a missing arm or leg was not a big deal.

Seeing that nothing was happening in the Abyss, Ye Chen arranged for the Abyss Will to send the Second Expeditionary Force to investigate once the random teleportation cooldown was complete.

The night passed without incident, and the next day, Ye Chen enjoyed a good lie-in, not getting out of bed until noon.

Checking the Abyss, the Second Expeditionary Force had already returned.

Their luck was not good; the world they entered was a small dead zone, and they found nothing even after turning it upside down.

In frustration, they could only return empty-handed, and that dead zone was not wasted; it was directly sacrificed to the Abyss.

Looking at the dead zone floating around the Abyss, Ye Chen directly merged it with the camouflage layer, which was also a form of waste utilization.

The dead zone's area was small for a world, but it still spanned several thousand square kilometers.

After merging with the camouflage layer, it instantly became the largest layer of the Abyss.

After a quick lunch, it was already past twelve o'clock.

Lying on the bed for a short nap, he heard Zhou Mingjie knocking on the door.

“Brother Chen, come out quickly, I’m here to pick you up.”

Ye Chen sprang up from the bed with a carp jump, then rushed out of the room to meet Zhou Mingjie.

They got into that flashy silver SUV and arrived at the school amidst the shocked expressions of passersby.

Due to the weekend holiday, the school was quite deserted.

Zhou Mingjie skillfully led Ye Chen to the “Teleportation House.”

He took out a crystal and placed it on the teleportation array, and after activating it, he motioned for Ye Chen to enter.

“Brother Chen, this crystal of mine was arranged by my dad through connections; it only has five hours of usage time per week.”

“Today, absorb as much as you can; don’t force yourself.”

“We’ll retreat on time after five hours.”

Ye Chen made an OK gesture and disappeared into the teleportation array.

...

Five hours later, Ye Chen was promptly “kicked out” by the teleportation array.

A bored Zhou Mingjie was lying on the sofa, scrolling through his phone, admiring women’s fashion.

Seeing Ye Chen emerge from the teleportation array, he stretched lazily and got up to greet him.

“Brother Chen, how was it… everything went smoothly, right?”

“Yes, thank you for this time; I’ll treat you to dinner tonight,” Ye Chen replied, feeling refreshed.

Zhou Mingjie didn’t mind, waving his hand.

“Hey, this little thing is nothing; we can come once a week from now on, but it’s a pity this crystal can only be used by me, otherwise I would have given it to you.”

“Then I’ll be taking up your weekend time from now on; the desolate realm is very useful to me.”

“No problem, as long as you ask, I’ll accompany a gentleman even if it costs me my life!”

Zhou Mingjie said with a heroic look.

When the two walked out of school, it was already dark; at the food court near the school, Ye Chen spent a fortune to treat Zhou Mingjie to a hot pot meal.

Then, under the escort of Young Master Zhou, he returned home.

...

Looking at the Abyss Power, which had once again reached a million in the Abyss Will, Ye Chen felt a sense of security.

Since he had advanced to demigod, the Abyss Will seemed to have also upgraded.

The speed of absorbing negative energy in the desolate realm had increased significantly, which allowed him to absorb 1.26 million Abyss Power in five hours.

Now that the Abyss Power was abundant, Ye Chen waved his hand and resurrected all demons of Tier 2 and above.

This instantly brought the number of demons to 30,000, and Ye Chen’s Abyss Power dropped to 500,000.

Demons could grow by absorbing negative energy, so it was naturally better to resurrect them as early as possible.

He glanced at the soul list; there were still 30,000 Vampire Bats waiting to be resurrected.

Without further ado, another 300,000 Abyss Power was consumed, resurrecting all the Vampire Bats as well.

He arranged the bats on the third layer of the Abyss, to keep the demons company, hoping they could get along well.

The Abyss Power just harvested now had 200,000 remaining, which made Ye Chen sigh at how quickly money flowed.

Fortunately, there was nothing else worth resurrecting in the soul panel; the major expenses had been taken care of, and the rest was enough to sustain life.

The weekly trip to the desolate realm would greatly alleviate Ye Chen’s pressure in the future.

Otherwise, facing more and more souls in the future, he could only be filled with sorrow.

It was a pity that the “Youth Mutual Aid Society” had not contacted him these past few days; he wondered if they were intimidated by the difficult problem Ye Chen had posed.

A bored Ye Chen began to browse the Abyss Will’s building list, to see if there was anything worth purchasing.

At this moment, one of the buildings caught Ye Chen’s interest.

【Seven Demon God Statues】: Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust are the Seven Deadly Sins of the Abyss. By constructing Seven Demon God Statues and binding them to demons with Demon God potential, they can amplify the development of the Abyss, the speed of Abyss Power acquisition, and the growth potential of demons. Collecting all Seven Demon God Statues grants an additional 100% amplification.

After reading the introduction of the Seven Demon God Statues, Ye Chen thought of his own Gluttony.

He wondered if this glutton had the potential to become a Demon God.

With a tingling heart, Ye Chen still spent 50,000 Abyss Power to buy the Gluttony Demon God Statue.

He placed the Demon God Statue in the center of the second layer of the Abyss.

The statue was based on obsidian adorned with dark purple Abyss demonic patterns, and the sculpture on top was an uncarved obsidian raw stone.

The Abyss Will directly moved Gluttony to the statue, to bind him with it.

A flash of red light passed, and the obsidian statue gradually softened and molded.

Soon, a lifelike “Gluttony” appeared on the sculpture.

At the same time, the description on the sculpture also changed.

【Seven Demon Gods—Gluttony Demon God】: The Gluttony Demon God grants Abyss creatures an endless appetite for power and resources, making them frantically devour everything that can enhance their strength, promoting the Evolution and growth of Abyss creatures, increasing the food conversion rate and growth speed of Abyss creatures by 10%, and the Abyss Power acquisition speed by 10%.

Indeed, Gluttony possessed Demon God potential and successfully activated the Gluttony statue.

The amplification was not bad, increasing the growth speed of all Abyss creatures.

Looking at the honest and simple-looking Gluttony, Ye Chen remembered that he hadn’t named him yet.

After all, he was a future Demon God; he couldn’t just keep calling him Gluttony every day.

Ye Chen pondered for a moment, his phantom hand stroking Gluttony’s rough head, and whispered:

“From now on, you are the Gluttony Demon God—Beelzebub.”