my cthulhu game

Chapter 278 In the finale, at the end of the universe, looking at the trembling palace
"Can you interfere with the content of my virtual trial?" Chen Qiang asked while putting on the helmet.

"If you allow it, then it can be done," Nyarlathotep said patiently, "I am the mind and soul of all outer gods. The communication between mortals and gods, the communication between gods and gods Anyway, in the final analysis, behind all the 'information exchange', what is hidden is me, the thousand-faced chaos."

Chen Qiang nodded slightly.

"You are the god of 'consciousness', 'soul' and 'communication', Nyarlathotep."

"I don't like to read the answers in advance, but I don't mind revealing the answers to mortals in advance," Nyarlathotep said softly, "I once gave you in the parallel world the opportunity to watch the end of this planet..."

She paused playfully: "After the stars returned to their positions, the old beings collectively woke up on the earth, and human civilization was declared destroyed. Cthulhu ruled most of the earth, and the snake-man empire was restored. The old days dominated Under the service of the servant race, they established a city-state that is grotesque and crazy to humans. The few mortal survivors are lingering on this wasteland-like land, or...or relying on..."

The humanoid Chaos stood on the beach, letting the waves brush against her high heels.

"—or rely on feeding Lan Tigos, a great existence that is always hungry, in exchange for a little poor shelter, just to survive," "Crawling Chaos" showed a cruel expression, "but soon, they You will feel that life is worse than death. Even Migo will regret that they awakened the Old Ones to deal with humans, just as the Old Ones finally regret what they did with the gods."

Chen Qiang was silent.

"And you, Nyarlathotep," Chen Qiang said, "will continue to roam this depleted land, taking pleasure in teasing the remaining rationality of ordinary people. Whether it is the 'Silver Twilight' of this era who succeeds Cthulhu or Arrival, or humanity's defeat in the future 'eternal war'—this is the end."

Naia gave a cruel smile.

"This is just the end of human civilization, Mr. Chen," she said, "I have given you different trials in various parallel worlds. So this time, I decided to show you something more exciting As a trial, not just the destruction of human civilization."

"what?"

Naiya stopped talking.She gestured to Chen Qiang to activate the virtual device.

Chen Qiang hesitated for a second.

"……All right."

Everything that happens in the virtual world is just a one-time deduction of "virtual sanity points".

此前，就算是在虚拟世界中理智归0，现实的理智扣减也不过是1D6/1D20。

Of course, even if an accident happens, Chen Qiang is also mentally prepared...

He took a deep breath and entered the virtual world.

……

Chen Qiang found himself standing in the vast space.

Under his feet was the blue earth. The next second, Chen Qiang was shocked to find that he could see clearly into the distance of the vast sea of ​​stars and take in all the changes.

That is not the sight and senses of mortals.Just accepting the impact of this amount of information, Chen Qiang felt dizzy.

Subjective time is speeding up.The sun shone rhythmically.Between breaths—although the current “viewpoint” of “Chen Qiang” does not need to breathe—hundreds of millions of years have passed.

Even the majestic stars have a lifespan that is far from endless.The life cycle of the sun is coming to an end, it is slowly expanding, becoming a red giant star.Mercury, Venus, Earth... one planet after another was engulfed by the sun that became a red giant.

The ancient solar system has finally come to the end of its life.

Chen Qiang saw the great Cthulhu flying out of the earth, as twisted and bloated as he had seen before, with its long and narrow wings flapping slightly, green tentacles and giant claws swaying in the void.Cthulhu's family: Keshira, who looks like an octopus, with retractable claw hooks; Ghatanothoya, known as the "Lord of the Volcano", has sawtooth and scales, and is filthy and hideous; The Abomination, whose head is a mass of seething pseudopods that end in webbed claws that end in suckers that wag eerily; and Zos Omog, whose body resembles a wide Conical bottom, wedge-shaped head hidden in a clump of long curly hair like snakes and worms; finally there is Cthulhu's current "wife" Kasuogesa, which is like a floating giant deformed embryo, Move in the tawny cloud.

The Old Ones are leaving Earth.

Chen Qiang can "see" familiar or unfamiliar figures: the crab-like Lan Tigos; the appearance of Saigea with a giant eye; the pale maze god Ehuote; Graki with spines; Shude Meier, the gray-white burrower king; Ygoronak, a puffy, headless monster; a strange creature that looks like a man and a snake, Ig, the father of snakes...

In the final stage of life on Earth, the old rulers who either voluntarily or were sealed to stay on Earth broke free from the cage and searched for a new habitat in the vast universe.

"Ah... this is the end."

This is the inevitable fate of the earth; the cradle of mankind is just a temporary shelter for the immortal Old Ones; and the time from the birth to the destruction of the earth is just an insignificant part of the life of the Old Ones. , and the same goes for Chen Qiang, who is looking at the universe from the perspective of an outsider at this moment.

Then time flies.

Perhaps it was Daoloth and Naia who were interfering with Chen Qiang's senses, and the time he "saw" was getting faster and faster, like a speeding up video.This scene is so grotesque, beyond the limit that all common language can describe.

In the eyes of the Outer Gods, the passage of time itself is so insignificant.

New stars are born and then die; new galaxies appear and then disappear again.

The universe is like a giant cell, expanding, growing, and then...

Gradually towards the end of his life.

Chen Qiang "sees" that the expansion of the universe is getting slower and slower.There are fewer and fewer new stars.Resources dwindled, civilizations declined, and finally, at some distant time, the universe stopped its steps.

The expansion of the universe came to an end.But time continued to flow: the next time, the endless collapse began.

Just as the universe was born in a big bang, the universe is also destined to meet its own demise in a reverse big collapse.

For Chen Qiang—or, from the viewpoint of "Veil Crusher" Dauros and "Crawling Chaos" Nyarlathotep—the universe from its prosperity to its demise is like a carnival dream. Grand and short.

"Could it be that……"

Countless stars glowed with dim blue light: they were approaching each other, producing light with shorter wavelengths.

The endless years slowly withered the stars, and the heat of the stars gradually faded.

The universe is whining, but powerless to reverse its doom.

Space is shrinking.

Just like the stars are approaching each other, in the shrinking void of the universe, the Old Ones are also approaching each other.The greatest Old Ones are more "dazzling" than the stars in the universe.

Chen Qiang "sees" the indescribable Hastur; "sees" Ithaqua, whose eyes are brighter than stars; Mordiggian, the god of the mortuary did not devour, but absorbed those godheads who were immortal in the eyes of mortals, but in fact they were just hypocritical godheads, and turned them into a majestic void; he "saw" Cthulhu again, but this time , Chen Qiang finally understood the startled nature of Cthulhu and its "family": it was a terrifying green protoplasm in a parallel universe that crazily devoured all matter in the universe, and finally filled the entire space, struggling to survive. Through the space debris called "Raliyah", it tries to extend to other universes, and the different consciousnesses formed by splitting one after another are the same but different existence.

Surviving mortal species are extremely rare.Whether it's the Flame Essence, the Bayaki, or the Soth Stars, at the end of time and the last moment of life, they howled wildly and sang praises to their incredible master.

"I.Hastur.cf'ayak '.vulgtmm, vugtlagln.vulgtmm!" (Great Hastur! We bless you and pray to you forever!)
"ph'nglui.mglw'nafh.Cthugha.Fomalhaut.n'gha-ghaa.naf'lthagn!" (Cthugha, who will never be forgotten, promises destruction to all living beings at the end!)
"Ya.hai.kadishtu.ep.r'luh-eeh.Cthulhu.eeh, s'uhn-ngh athg.li'hee.orr'e.syha'h!" (Now I know what Cthulhu taught me new knowledge, I repay with my still soul a dark contract!)
The stars are withering and fading.

Finally, there was no longer any "living creature" in the "sight".There are no longer any normal stars either!The Old Ones danced wildly, and what was left of the universe collapsed towards the center of chaos.

Accompanied by the flute of "Le Angel" Trunimbula, Chen Qiang's consciousness finally stepped into the chaotic palace.

Chen Qiang "saw" the last star - it was not a "star", but the old rulers or outer gods as big as giant stars.The most dazzling one is brownish red, with pale reflective material forming a giant eye.

Outer God "Star of Judgment" Gehroth, during the operation of the universe, this "herald of destruction" is responsible for awakening the sleeping old dominator, and the eternal duty forces it to be unable to join other gods in the trembling court at the center of the universe The dancers in the house are dancing.Until now, all the Old Ones have awakened, and the great Ghroth has completed his task and returned to the court of Chaos.

At this moment, the eternal outer gods present the final tune for the end of the universe.Chen Qiang "sees" "Tindalos Overlord" Msisha rampant; "sees" the Outer God who has been overlooking everything since before the birth of time. Seeing all that is left of the universe; "seeing" the great cloud that billows and festers, forming from time to time monstrous organs, Gauze Nicholas; Vast endless sphere of iridescent light.

The gods are dancing.

Chen Qiang's point of view is also among them.That is where Dauros belongs.

In the end, surrounded by many outer gods and countless old rulers, Chen Qiang finally saw clearly the unfettered demon king in the center of the universe.

Accompanied by the gods, Azathoth, the blind and foolish king of the gods, tumbling and dancing wildly.The chaotic boiling and howling of the shapeless source core, the origin and end of the universe are nothing but a crazy dream to it.

That is the inevitable end of the universe.

"what……"

At the moment when the universe was completely closed and destroyed as the last "singularity", Chen Qiang finally "seeed clearly"——

At the moment when the universe completely collapsed and ended, a new big bang also occurred at the same time, and a brand new parallel universe was created.

Collapse and explosion are an endless cycle, and no living thing can survive this cycle.Technology, magic and rationality are meaningless in the face of the restart of time.

only--

"This is……"

Beyond the universe, the Outer Gods and Old Ones who spanned the ages were not destroyed by the destruction of the previous universe.They changed into new postures, rushed towards the newborn universe with howls, and disappeared in the newborn nebula gas cluster.

"...a true 'eternity' in the universe."

The Old Ones were there.

The Old Ones are here.

The Old Ones live forever!

Even if the sea withers away and the universe ends, the great gods of the past will still stand proudly above all existence, eternal and immortal.

Then the scene ends.

Chen Qiang returned to his body.

……

No amount of virtual sanity can resist this final vision, and the loss of real sanity is almost irresistible.

[Realistic Sanity SC1D10/1D100]

[Chen Qiang's sanity test with punishment succeeded 4/20]

【1D10=4】

"I originally wanted to replace 'reason' with 'clearness' as a last resort," Chen Qiang said softly. Fortunately, under the protection of invisible forces, this loss was only a one-time loss. "But it seems that my reason is not there yet." This is how it will end.”

[The final trial has been completed]

Now, Chen Qiang clearly felt that after this last system task, the veil of the real world became "clear" again.

The reward was just as he expected.After completing "Arkham Gods" and witnessing the end of the universe and rebirth, at this moment, just like what Chen Qiang did in "The Reality in the Veil", as long as he stretches out his hand, he can Use the power of Daoloth again to smash the veil between parallel worlds and change the world in the direction you want.

"Then what is your wish?" Nyarlathotep showed a surprised expression. Among the countless parallel worlds, the power Chen Qiang gained this time is extremely powerful, even enough to affect several different worlds at the same time.

"It's just a small and insignificant change for the world," Chen Qiang smiled, "I'm the Keeper."

Chen Qiang snapped his fingers.

(End of this chapter)