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Chapter 157 After Eating the Entire Planet, Humanity Becomes Worthless, Leaving Only a Terrifying Myth

"Do you understand? What I want to ask is, where in the universe do you come from? Alpha Centauri? Eridanus? Or even further away?"

"…I'm sorry, this might be confusing to you, after all, it's a star system that humans in our world named themselves."

Bejtt:"......"

This woman talking to herself is so noisy! Abby doesn't like it!

They actually mistook such a cute little girl for an alien.

Although to the people of this world, Abby is indeed no different from an alien.

If I had to say something—compared to aliens, the power behind her, although thanks to the Lord's help, prevented the Outer Gods from descending... Abi wouldn't regard that thing as a father figure anymore, at least not as her first priority; the Lord had become her first priority.

But she could, to some extent, call herself a goddess from beyond this world.

Neither the Lord nor the Bubble has anything to do with this world.

At this moment, I suddenly wanted to see Abby, who was afraid and quiet, in front of me, this woman who had no sense of boundaries.

She didn't say anything, but simply asked him to connect to the country's satellite to see footage of what was happening on the American coast on the other side of the ocean.

This "vase princess" did not refuse, but cooperated fully by turning on her communication device and authoritatively ordering her subordinates to transmit the satellite images to her office.

Then—after seeing the Great Sea Demon's presence along the American coast, it seemed like a distorted 'blasphemy' against the sacred, a desecration of life itself.

The princess's face suddenly turned pale with fright.

"That, that's also... alien visitors, no, invaders?!"

Only then did the princess finally gain a clear understanding of the concepts of aliens and invaders.

Is it all because Abby is too cute?

Are the real invaders, the extraterrestrial visitors, all these terrifying creatures?

"What is that...?!?!" A huge sense of fear and nausea surged into my heart. Even through satellite communication, it seemed to be affected, and I felt a constant discomfort in my body.

Although this is a Type-Moon-style character, it's not so bad that just looking at its body will cause people to mutate or turn into monsters.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that the Kreece mythology is not much different from other mythological systems, and is even quite niche. After all, it's a mythological worldview that only emerged in modern times. It can only use niche settings like fear and Outer Gods to exploit people's curiosity and quickly break into the market, leaving behind a legacy of faith in human history.

It incorporates elements from many mythological systems, especially the indescribable figures, which are similar to the description of gods being unapproachable.

However, in worlds without gods, or in multiverses that are not part of the main mythological world, even the weakest existence within a particular mythological system is still a colossus to these natives. Regardless of which mythological system boasts the strongest claim, when it comes to instilling fear in humans, or even life itself, Cthulhu is undoubtedly the expert.

He seemed quite pleased with the expression on the Russian princess's face.

Abby revealed a mischievous yet adorable smile: "That's a Shoggoth... in its strongest evolved form. The wicked and multicolored. If left unattended, it would probably devour the entire planet in less than a year. It's an extremely dangerous thing to civilization."

"Eat—the entire planet?!" As if she couldn't believe she had heard correctly, shock and horror surged through her chest. She couldn't understand how strong the monster was, but when you said it could eventually devour an entire planet, she immediately realized what an outrageous and terrifying thing it was!

I'm devastated! I'm so frustrated!

Even if they were to give up, when they learned that a monster that could wipe out all of humanity, and even bring down Mother Earth, the mother of all living things, was casually abandoned in the Pacific Ocean region of the United States and allowed to devour everything, they were left to their own devices.

At this moment, the cruelty and ferocity of the aliens were truly revealed.

That's a fear that awakens from within your DNA!

What is even more unbearable than the loss of life and the destruction of kingdoms is that the entire human race has completely disappeared from the world, as if the stars had never been born in the universe!

"Wait, wait, wait—!!! Wait a minute!! Aren't you here to invade and conquer Earth? Why are you letting that terrifying thing stop? In the end, you won't get anything..."

The words abruptly stopped, for the bear princess was suddenly horrified. She saw an astonishing evil emanating from the lovely little girl, Abigail. Her hair had suddenly turned white, her skin had become incredibly pale, her eyes had turned evil, and a keyhole resembling a third eye had appeared on her forehead.

Countless energy tentacles began to reappear around its body, a scene that inexplicably reminded people of the things that are distributed in the ocean by the United States.

Bad Abby teased, "Ah, the reason for invading this world is, of course, destruction. After all, the source of power in Shoggoth and me is that myth filled with evil and darkness."

"Wh-what?"

"It seems you know nothing. You should be able to find documents in your pre-lost civilization. A real and dark mythological world recorded in novels. The Cthulhu mythos! Why don't you look it up now and find out what kind of beings we really are? You'll soon have a clear understanding."

!!!

Boom! It was as if a meteor had crashed into my mind, startling me with astonishing thoughts.

A gulping sound rang out as someone swallowed saliva.

The princess forced herself to remain calm, but her fingers trembled as she resolutely opened the archive in the office, which contained almost all the information and data about pre-collapsed civilization, and began searching using its special internal engine. Soon—data that no longer had detailed written records, but at least retained basic information similar to an encyclopedia, appeared on the screen.

After all, the civilized world has only been in decline for a little over a decade. Although it's not as widely known as traditional mythology passed down orally, as a novel that was once extremely popular in modern times, its various novel, mysterious, and bizarre settings have been completely...

It has been preserved.

Based on the various mysterious worldviews that have evolved from it, there are countless novels.

That's enough; there's no need to understand further. Knowing the essence of this myth is sufficient.

Snap, after seeing the clear and sufficiently detailed descriptions of the myth.

The princess suddenly let go of the connection terminal in her hand and it fell to the ground. She was completely stunned, as if she had been frightened by the description on it. She felt a deep chill all over her body, as if an icy glacier was freezing her soul so that she could not speak.

The very first sentence is about being struck by lightning.

"The Cthulhu Mythos—A world where humanity is utterly worthless!"

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Chapter 158 Falling into a Deeper Mental World: Is This Not the First Time Humanity Has Been Targeted?

"The Cthulhu Mythos is a fictional mythology system based on the fictional world of American writer H.P. Lovecraft, compiled and perfected by August William Derleth, and created by many other authors."

"Humanity's oldest and strongest emotion is fear, and the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown. To this day, we still believe that in the depths of the universe, in places that are still beyond the reach of humankind, there lie mysterious and unknown existences."

"And the Cthulhu Mythos, a group of evil gods from outside the world, was born out of fantasy in this era."

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Abby: "[So, the Cthulhu Mythos isn't real, it's just a product of imagination.] I see that in your eyes; you still harbor a sliver of wishful thinking. Let Abby shatter that beautiful illusion. Many people will think that way after reading this, but actually—even a world centered around a novel has a prototype. Let's look it up again. In 1962—very close to that time—the Salem Witch Trials in the United States… perhaps there will be a surprising surprise."

Induced by Abigail Williams, as if bewitched, after shakily picking up the terminal, her fingers began to click on a new search engine uncontrollably.

A new window opened at the same time.

I was already starting to feel a subconscious fear and didn't want to click on it.

But is it the incurable curiosity ingrained in human nature that drives us to click on that 'thing' despite being terrified?

Like the deeper layers of Pandora's box being gradually peeled away and opened.

As Abigail watched this amusing scene unfold before her, the little devil's smile on her lips grew even brighter, completely uncontrollable.

So happy!

She had already warned me, but I still opened it without hesitation.

Ignoring the pheromones that are far too dangerous for humans, is it possible that the act of exploration itself is more fascinating to humanity than fear?

This dangerous mental state might mean she shouldn't be a princess, but rather an investigator.

“You shouldn’t have opened it, but you did anyway…” Abby said this and then fell silent.

This time, however, the bear princess witnessed an even more terrifying truth.

At first glance, it doesn't evoke fear, but rather a sense of ignorance, backwardness, cruelty, and bloodshed—a remnant of an old civilization.

It's like something out of Arabian Nights or a medieval fantasy.

Familiar names come into view right from the start.

In February 1692, Reverend Paris's nine-year-old daughter Betty and eleven-year-old niece Abigail contracted a strange illness. They began to drift into a stupor. The girls screamed and threw things around. Sometimes they convulsed and groaned in pain. Then, other girls began to show the same symptoms, and panic gripped the entire town. This event ignited the Salem Witch Trials, the most famous witch trial in American history.

Under pressure from local sheriffs Jonathan Cowen and John Hassan, the girls accused three women of framing them: Titusa, a Caribbean woman; Sarah Goode, a slave from the Paris household; Sarah Osborne, a wandering beggar; and a poor old woman. The three were subsequently accused of witchcraft and imprisoned; but this was not the end, but the beginning. As the girls' illness worsened, a sinister fire of panic and suspicion spread through the village. People began accusing women, girls, and women around them of witchcraft, and these innocent women were tried and convicted. By the time the trial concluded in May 1693, 19 people had been hanged; a 71-year-old man had been stoned to death, and several others had died in prison.

In this witch trials that shocked the nation and its posterity, nearly 200 people were persecuted for allegedly using "devilish magic." Afterwards, people, having calmed down, finally felt remorse; thus, witch hunts on the American continent came to a complete end. Among them, Abigail, who was the "beginning" of the Salem trials, was thus recorded in history.

This is a period of history that cannot be examined in detail.

Especially for the Bear Princess, whose Pandora's box was opened by Abigail Williams's suggestive guidance, stripping away her surface rationality and causing her to fall into a deeper spiritual realm. When she looks back on this history, she inevitably asks the same question that all those who have witnessed it have wanted to ask—how could such a tragedy have occurred?

In particular, there are those inexplicable symptoms—how could these innocent girls actually exhibit the most common and characteristic symptoms of "being possessed by a demon," such as convulsions, spasms, contortions, and seizures? Could it really be demonic possession?

No, it was probably something far more terrifying than that. Something so horrific that people of that era were completely unaware of.

such as--

"Can't figure it out? Doesn't it feel familiar? Where have you felt the same way before?" Bad Abby's playful laughter rang out.

Princess Bear quickly realized that the other person was referring to those strange symptoms.

A peculiar symptom, a strange and chilling symptom.

Upon hearing this, she immediately felt as if ants were crawling all over her body.

"....."

Why ask her that? It's as if she's experienced something similar.

No, now that you mention it, it does seem a bit like that.

Although it was only a small part, it happened while I was paying close attention to that great sea monster—the so-called Shoggoth!

However, the symptoms are so mild that they can be ignored and are simply mistaken for an illusion.

"It wasn't an illusion! But at that moment I saw something far more vast and indescribable than Shoggoth."

Because God comes first, even though Bubble favors and dotes on this daughter, Abby refuses to call her a single word of praise.

For Princess Bear, who can already automatically fill in the blanks in her mind, even if the narrative differs... it doesn't matter if she uses this one descriptive word that's already on the tip of her tongue. Great—no further explanation needed.

That was indeed a great and indescribable existence that even the terrifying Shoggoths, capable of devouring planets, could not compare to.

Humanity's ancient fears are intertwined with a strong desire for exploration.

You can't even tell whether fear is mixed with a desire to explore, or a desire to explore is mixed with fear.

But as she shakily picked up the search terminal and turned on the engine to continue searching, the bear princess seemed to have already demonstrated through her actions the innate human tendency to court death. Uncontrollable curiosity led to a deeper descent into depravity and fear.

Doesn't she understand?

She certainly understood that.