Falling into the Abyss

The moment when the fingers intertwine, it seems to have spanned a lifetime.

But in the next moment, the sky was completely torn apart.The original sky disappeared, replaced by countless incomprehensible, mixed colors and clumps.No human being can understand what it is, and it is impossible to capture its whole picture. It is everywhere, embraces everything, and devours everything. It is the end and beginning of life, and the end and beginning of the universe.As Azathoth invaded this world bit by bit, the second universe was swallowed from the edge of the solar system all the way inward at a speed hundreds of times faster than before.Many space stations were instantly twisted into clumps of steel. The originally hard material was distorted and deformed like mucus. The human body merged with the lifeless architectural furniture. The suddenly changed laws of the universe shattered into floating molecules.

Clusters of brief and brilliant flames ignited in the space, and then even the huge Saturn and Jupiter were swallowed up, scattered into thousands of stardust in an instant, burst into beautiful fireworks in an instant, and then were covered by black The second cosmic engulfment.

The invasion was so fast that it quickly approached the command center where Roland and the others were located.The councilors evacuated in a panic, but the second universe infection is rapidly spreading to all corners of the solar system, and they have been surrounded.

Azathoth's invasion is too powerful, once it starts it becomes impossible to stop.

Ethan let out a cry of pain, and his spirit was torn apart.His memory is blurred, and he has begun to forget his parents' names, and even his own name. There are also problems with his cognition, and the colors in front of him are scattered into meaningless fragments.He couldn't tell where was the spirit of Azathoth and where was himself.Exhausted and in pain, he could only watch helplessly as his hand holding Tanithel turned into sharp claws, and watched the black color infect the skin on the back of his hand.

He is going to disappear.

Probably because it stayed in the hands of Xu Shen for a long time and was contaminated with the breath of Xu Shen, the skin that Tanisel and he touched obviously seemed to be burnt, making a hissing sound and emitting vaporized smoke .He also groaned in pain, but didn't let go.

"It's too late... It's too late..." Ethan murmured, wanting to let go of Tanithel's hand, "Go... let's go..."

But instead of letting go, Tanithel slammed forward and hugged Ethan.

At that moment, both of them experienced the ultimate pain... It was a hundred times more torment than the wall of pain in the body fighting against entropy after receiving the solution of the egg of the order god, as if every cell in the body had become a bomb The explosion exploded, the blood turned into lava and burned, and the internal organs also melted.

In this severe pain, their spirits entered a temporary illusion in order to escape.

That was the familiar illusion, Tanithel's illusion.

The turquoise blue water pool is as smooth as a mirror, with some wine-red ring-shaped leaves occasionally floating on it.There are many shrubs growing around the pool, with translucent blue and purple leaves intertwined and overlapping.One of the most conspicuous giant trees, the trunk needs about ten people to hug each other, with rose-red heart-shaped leaves about the size of a human hand, like a sunset fairy cloud stretching vastly, from which hang many light white silk ribbons, following The breeze flutters.

Ethan couldn't believe that he was here.He blinked blankly, looking down at his own body.

His body is slightly transparent, and the shape of internal organs can almost be seen.

He kind of wanted to choke up.Obviously, he has already prepared himself mentally, knowing that he will disappear, but he really realizes that from now on, he will really disappear, and all the evidence of his existence will also disappear. From now on, nothing will happen in this universe. It has nothing to do with him anymore, thinking of these, he still has some uncontrollable sadness.

His life, from boring and lonely to earth-shaking, from one kind of loneliness to another kind of loneliness, is about to end like this.

A pair of hands quietly stretched out from behind him, gently embracing his body.Tanithel's breath surrounded him like a warm wind, making his disintegrating spirit feel a moment of peace.

"You're really not dead." Ethan asked with a sob.

"No."

"What the hell happened? I saw that you were pulled away by something during the curvature flight..."

Could it be that it wasn't Nyarlathotep who took Tanisel away, but Xu Shen?

"I don't remember clearly... I do remember that I was caught by something that drilled out of the ground... But then... there were only scattered fragments." Tanithel's voice seemed to be a little dazed and uneasy. Sure, "I just remember, there was that foggy whiteness everywhere, I couldn't see anything, I could only hear their voices. They said a lot of things, telling me that only I can save this universe, and I can save you." Speaking of this, Tanisel suddenly laughed softly, "To be honest, I don't really care if I can save this universe, but I know I can't ignore you."

Tanithel's voice is so gentle, full of comforting power.Ethan turned around and stared seriously into Tanithel's eyes.He stretched out his hand uncertainly, wanting to touch Tanithel, but he found that his sense of touch was disappearing, and he didn't feel anything to the touch, as if he was becoming a gas-like substance.

He was sad in his heart, and looked at Tanithel obsessively, "It's too late, you should run away quickly."

"No, it's too late!" Tanithel grabbed his shoulders with both hands, although Ethan didn't know if he could really catch him, "Listen to me, no matter what Nyarlathotep told you, don't Believe it, he is afraid of you, afraid that you will resist, so he dare not descend on you! Azathoth is vulnerable in this universe, because this is the universe ruled by the god of order, and he needs your body To be able to exist here for a long time. Moreover, although he has an endlessly crazy spirit, he has no reason, no self-awareness, like an unattended beast. And you are Nyarlathotep's Descendant, your spiritual power far surpasses that of human beings. If you were in the universe of the Entropy God, you may indeed be powerless, but here you have the ability to use your consciousness to tame him and suppress him! Because this is your body, your universe!"

Ethan stared at him blankly, but didn't quite believe his words, "I can't... I can't resist at all..."

"Think about when you were a child, think about those happy days before." Tanisel stretched out his arms and hugged Ethan in his arms, "You have experienced a lot of misfortune, a lot of injustice, and you hate this world .But is there nothing in this world that you want to keep? Maybe there will be many children like you who want to go to the amusement park but have not had time to go, and there are many introverted children like me who have not had time Find friends, and maybe there are many people like Samuel who haven't had time to show their true self. Don't you want to fight for those beautiful things?"

Ethan was silent.What beautiful things look like, he has long forgotten.

Ever since he entered the Forbidden City, he seemed to be farther and farther away from this word.What is seen, heard, and felt is the hatred and betrayal between people.He really can't imagine, what else is worth nostalgic for.

Tanisel gently stroked the back of his head and hugged him tighter, "If you can't imagine it, just think about us. Remember the first time we met on the spaceship? I put you from That man saved him and helped you and Samuel. Do you remember?"

Ethan's memory flashed back to that time, and he smiled unconsciously, "I remember...but that wasn't the first time we met..."

"Isn't it?"

"I saw you when I got on the boat. But you didn't see me." Ethan raised his head, with a hint of sadness in his smile, "At that time, you might have thought that the person you were looking for was Samuel."

Tanithel felt a slight pain in his heart, feeling sorry for Ethan.He stroked Ethan's cheek pitifully, "Blame my bad eyesight. Just punish me for looking at you from now on?"

Ethan rested his head on the priest's shoulder. If he could still cry now, he should have been crying.But he has nothing now, all he can do is to get close to the priest as much as possible.If he really wanted to disappear in the end, he hoped that he could be here, slowly dissipating in the arms of the priest.

Tanithel's voice was no longer stable, and tremblingly, "Do you still remember, I got you the inhibitor for Samuel on the spaceship, and you owe me a favor and haven't paid it back yet. I said I would ask you to do something for me."

After thinking for a long time, Ethan vaguely found that node from his scattered memory. He looked at Tanithel in confusion, "Now?"

"Well, it's now." Tanithel gently raised his cheeks with both hands, staring at him intently, "I want you to survive for me."

Ethan's eyes widened slightly, his lips fluttered a few times, unable to speak.He never expected that Tanisel's last request would be this.

"Ethan, you're not the only one who lost everything. I only have you now, do you have the heart to leave me behind?" Tanithel's tenderness was also filled with a layer of indelible sadness. It is similar to what a lonely person can appreciate.

At that moment, in the real world, in the middle of the vortex formed by countless terrifying tentacles, two black tears slowly left in those green eyes that had become hollow.

And in the illusion, under the sad and beautiful red giant tree, Ethan also raised his head, tiptoed slightly, and kissed Tanithel's lips.

"Actually, I've always...just wanted to be with you..." Ethan sighed while rubbing his lips, and slowly closed his eyes.

"There is a saying that I didn't realize I should say to you until the moment I 'died'." Tanisel whispered at the corner of his lips, "I think, I may be in love with you."

Perhaps, this is what Ethan has been waiting for all his life.

Perhaps, this is his final redemption.

Perhaps, for this sentence, he can try again one last time.Even if he is faced with the source of madness and chaos, with a force that can overwhelm the entire interstellar civilization, he is no longer afraid.

He had hope again.

So, when Azathoth's madness dyed those former green eyes red, when the black tentacles dripped chaotic flames and tore apart the front end of the huge preface, when different rapid invasions appeared around the earth. The cosmic vortex of the entropy god, suddenly, a trace of uneasy shaking appeared in the depths of the eyes of "Azathoth".

Not far away, Nyarlathotep roared in a language that no interstellar civilization could understand, and his anger immediately burned the weaker cylindrical God of Preface who was closer to him.The earth is trembling violently, the mountains are collapsing, the earth is cracking, hot lava is erupting from the volcano one after another, the core is no longer stable, and this blue planet is about to fall apart.

And this is only the beginning of entropy in the first universe, and soon, the entire galaxy will be plunged into eternal darkness.

unless……

The author has something to say:

If there is no accident, the next chapter will end, and the ending feels difficult to determine whether it is HE or BE. I personally think it is not a cruel ending...

In fact, the most cunning one is Xu Shen... Doing great things in a silent voice...