This surprised Jiang Lu. They had only met each other a few times, so how could Lucifer be so completely open with him?

Moreover, this kind of loss doesn’t seem fake at all, and Lucifer, who is known for his arrogance, can’t possibly fake this attitude, right?

Therefore, it is hard to imagine that Jiang Lu would feel guilty towards a man one day.

Fortunately, he suddenly had an idea. Since men can also make him feel guilty, can he deal with him in the same way as he deals with women?

Thinking of this, Jiang Lu said seriously: “But have you ever thought that I could have not told you, but without knowing whether you had reservations about me, I still took the risk and chose to tell you, just because I didn’t want you to take a detour. Isn’t this a manifestation of trust? Even if I may not have trusted you so much before, you can’t deny my trust in you now, right?”

“Hiss…” Lucifer was silent.

After a long while, he nodded: “It seems… that’s the truth.”

Chapter 451 Closed Loop

I could have kept it from you.

This sentence is a high-level sentence pattern that can be used by both men and women.

It is often used to take the initiative when someone is suspected and the suspicion is accurate, and then end the sentence with this sentence after explaining something, giving the other person the illusion that “I can actually hide it from you, but I don’t want to deceive you.”

But the actual meaning is: Yes I know you might be unhappy but I did it anyway.

In the final analysis, this does not mean that they do not want to deceive, but that they know they can no longer hide it, just like the confession of a death row inmate is not true repentance, but they are just afraid of the punishment they will receive next.

When using it, it can produce different effects depending on the degree of confidence of the person saying it.

When the speaker’s self-righteousness reaches a certain level, he or she will be able to cast the spell of “clear conscience”, which may cause the person who hears the words to feel guilty to a certain extent.

This is actually a way to divert the conflict. The core of the problem has changed from whether or not you have done something bad to: Although I did it, I have told you, what else do you want?

So the party at fault becomes the victim, creating a dilemma: if I don’t say anything, I will seem guilty, but if I say it, you will be unhappy. Then I ask a soul-searching question: See, if I really say it, you will be unhappy again. Aren’t you deliberately making trouble?

Then the original victim becomes the villain who is looking for trouble and destroying the relationship, and may even be burdened with self-moral condemnation, and guilt is born.

Jiang Lu could be said to be very confident, because he had already mastered this skill to the point where he could control it with ease. First of all, he believed it himself, so of course it would give Lucifer a feeling that it made sense.

In front of him, Lucifer, who was so arrogant that he didn’t bother to explain any situation, was just a rookie.

Jiang Lu is a very proud person just like me, so since he explained it so seriously and it made so much sense, it must be true.

“Alas.” Lucifer thought so and sighed: “I’m sorry for blaming you. It’s normal for you to have some reservations. Maybe I forced my ideas on you. This is indeed my fault.”

This is a standard reaction and response sentence pattern.

Similar statements include: It is normal for you to have some other friends of the opposite sex, it is normal for you to have some hobbies of your own, it is normal for you to have some secrets that you don’t want to share with me, and so on.

This shows that they have begun to hypnotize themselves, to attack themselves and to convince themselves.

“Actually, it’s not all your fault. Maybe it’s my problem.”

Jiang Lu’s eyes became inexplicably melancholy. He leaned against the wall with one hand and pressed the other hand into a fist on his philtrum:

“I’ve been hurt, and now it seems I’ve lost the ability to love.”

“……” Lucifer pursed his lips and was silent for a moment: “It hasn’t come to that yet…”

“Oh, sorry, I don’t like to use my brain when applying formulas. Let’s start over.”

Jiang Lu coughed twice shyly, and then returned to his previous melancholy tone:

“I’ve been betrayed before, and now I seem to have lost the ability to trust others easily.”

“……” Lucifer always felt that something was wrong, but after all, the atmosphere had reached this point, so he could only nod: “I understand.”

“Anyway, now that we’ve talked about it, I think we should just let it go and not let it affect our relationship.”

Jiang Lu said, “Besides, it’s not a big deal. Although I was surprised that you valued me so much.”

Lucifer heard what he said was ambiguous and wanted to explain.

In fact, it’s not that he takes it seriously, but the existence in the shadow is too dangerous, and there are not many people who can stand on the same front with him now. If he can’t win over Jiang Lu, when Hell faces possible disasters in the future, I’m afraid no one will be able to help him.

But since the other party has said so, and I am a proud person, I never bother to explain anything…

“It’s…it’s okay.” Lucifer nodded awkwardly.

Jiang Lu was relieved to see that his only ally was finally fooled, and clapped his hands: “Then the misunderstanding is resolved.”

Lucifer didn’t say anything more and got back to the point: “So what did you mean when you said just now that the person behind the Yin Emperor was not with him?”

“Because that person’s existence is a form that transcends matter.”

Jiang Lu explained seriously:

“He lives in Yin Di’s mind and influences his will, but he himself doesn’t notice it at all, so it’s impossible for you to start with the people around Yin Di.”

“Spirit?” Lucifer looked thoughtful. “Is it what I understand as spirit possession or something like that?”

“Do not.”

Jiang Lu shook his head:

“It’s more advanced than that. Possession can only affect the present moment, and requires personal control, but spiritual inhabitation does not require him to personally control the body of the Yin Emperor. He only needs to change a certain node in the Yin Emperor’s spiritual river, and he can affect the Yin Emperor’s cognition by distorting, tampering with, or adding some things.

It is like entering a program or writing a script. Then you can just ignore everything and watch Yin Di act according to what has been planned. However, Yin Di himself will think that everything is decided by him, but he does not know that his fate is no longer his. “

“This…” Lucifer was greatly surprised: “Is this really possible?”

“Not only is it possible, but I personally participated in the revision.” Jiang Lu confessed: “Think about it, the Yin Emperor hates me to the core. If he has the opportunity to grind me to dust, he will naturally be very careful. How could he let me escape by luck?”

Lucifer understood something after hearing this.

His face was solemn. “Then I think I know why you don’t want to tell me. This kind of thing… is completely contrary to the operation of nature.”

Time has always been the most taboo thing in the universe. No one dares to touch it easily. If it is changed at will, no one knows how much change it will cause to the present or the future.

Just imagine, a being who has finally ascended to the supreme throne of God, but because of a fool who changes history, he ends up falling from the altar even though he is billions of miles away and may not even know that guy. Who can accept this?

There are supreme gods who have the ability to touch time, but this is like a nuclear bomb that will explode upon contact. Whoever makes a move first will inevitably be attacked by other supreme gods. No one can guarantee that he will not be taken down by a righteous gang fight before he successfully rewrites a period of history that is beneficial to him.

This is the “time deterrence” in the heavens and all worlds. Everyone is trying their best to explore it, but no one dares to try.

If Jiang Lu’s unknown behavior were to spread, then regardless of whether he was doing it for self-protection or not, he would likely be targeted by all the Supreme Gods.

So Lucifer was completely relieved.

Sure enough, Jiang Lu did have his reasons for doing this.

Lucifer convinced himself further.

But Lucifer was a little curious again: “Then why didn’t you just rewrite it all and make it so that Yin Di didn’t betray you?”

“No.” Jiang Lu shook his head: “Although this ability is very powerful, there are basic rules. Only in certain circumstances can rewriting history have no effect.”

“A specific situation?”

“Well, for example, when traveling through the spiritual river of the person you are staying in, if you find anomalies that are different from your own cognition, you can change them to match your own cognition and memory. This way, there will be no impact, because this is a kind of timeline correction.”

Jiang Lu stroked his hair gently:

“The person who completes this correction is called the Son of Fortune, and I, unfortunately, am such a chosen one.”

Lucifer thought for a moment and said, “In other words, your survival is inevitable.”

“You can say that.”

Jiang Lu nodded:

“My survival is inevitable, so I will definitely correct the wrong history of Yin Di killing me completely, so I will definitely contact the person behind Yin Di who has such ability.”

“So…” Lucifer couldn’t help but get nervous: “Who is that person…”

“Nyarlathotep.” Jiang Lu didn’t keep the secret: “An evil god who exists outside the heavens and myriad worlds, but often walks in the heavens and myriad worlds.”

To Jiang Lu’s surprise, Lucifer was not at all curious about who this person was.

He actually showed a hint of shock:

“Nyarlathotep…”

Jiang Lu realized something: “You don’t…know him?”

“I don’t know him, but I have a friend…”

Lucifer said with difficulty:

“Told me about him.”

“This friend you’re talking about…”

Before Jiang Lu finished speaking, Lucifer shook his head and said, “No, it’s really my friend, the Angel of Slaughter. You may not have heard of her, but let me tell you this, she is the only person in hell who can be on an equal footing with me. Not only that, she can also travel freely between heaven and hell. While not participating in the struggle between me and God, she maintains a close connection with both of us.”

“And how did she know Nyarlathotep?”

“I don’t know. She has her own friends and secrets.” Lucifer said with a wry smile, “Although it’s a bit embarrassing to say it, but regarding her… God and I have the same tacit understanding, that is, try not to provoke her if possible. Once she goes crazy, even heaven and hell will have to temporarily unite.”

“So powerful?” Jiang Lu showed great interest in Xila: “Introduce her to me someday.”

Lucifer didn’t refuse, but said with a complicated look: “You don’t want to know her.”

“So when did you hear about Nyarlathotep from her?”

“When she was asked to help renovate Hell.”

Lucifer replied, “Strictly speaking, it’s not like I asked her for help. In fact, she saw me renovating and insisted on being involved. She also insisted that I design it according to her favorite style.

That style was very strange and I had never seen it before, so I asked her where I had seen it, and she told me that it was the decoration style of her friend Nyarlathotep’s home.

I didn’t think much of it at the time, after all, she was always traveling around, so it was normal for her to have seen things that I hadn’t seen, but now it seems…”

His brows furrowed immediately: “Could it be that hell, like the underworld, has long been eroded?”

“Hmm…” Jiang Lu recalled the scene in “Vice City” when he was first taken to hell by the contracted god. He felt strange at that time. Why should such a good hell imitate Cthulhu? But now after listening to Lucifer’s explanation, he realized that it was not Lucifer who wanted to imitate, but he was tricked.

However, Jiang Lu has seen a lot of such things. Decoration companies are like this, especially those introduced by so-called friends. They cannot be trusted at all. These bad guys prey on acquaintances.

“No, I have to ask Xila when I get back.” Lucifer became more and more uneasy and felt uncomfortable.

Jiang Lu also felt bad, as if he was shrouded in darkness and his heart was full of gloom.

It seems like they had actually started intervening a long time ago, but no one had ever noticed it before.

The feeling of suddenly finding themselves caught in a big net was not pleasant for Jiang Lu and Lucifer. They had always been the ones to cheat others and had never suffered such injustice.

When Lucifer mentioned the keyword “friend”, Jiang Lu suddenly thought of something.