Simulate the universe, starting with speedrunning Greek.

However—although the closer I looked, the more I seemed to discover some truth, and the more terrifying it became, I still mustered up the courage to do so.

Anyway, with that Shoggoth around, the whole planet is doomed. Since we're all going to die sooner or later, let's figure out the truth—at least we can die knowing why!

She wanted to know—more...!

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Chapter 159 Goodness, even the righteous gods inside have problems, right?

They, as the last survivors in this world, have the right to know the truth.

This internal conviction persuaded me to continue exploring that dangerous truth.

That truth is that in some careless exploration, one might fall into a trap.

However—it was no longer possible to suppress the thrilling actions that, despite the fear that made him sweat profusely, were completely unstoppable.

Let's return to that chilling period of history.

First of all, the name Abigail Williams implies that this isn't the first time aliens, extraterrestrial visitors, or visitors have landed on this planet.

And that terrifying god, the Outer God?

Perhaps it couldn't even be called an arrival; it merely appeared from afar and was merely glanced at by Abigail Williams?!

However—even just that alone has made this little girl so powerful.

What was once seen as an unfathomable, mysterious, and powerful blonde girl by the Bear Princess might just be a tragic product of the last time an alien civilization or evil god descended upon the world?!

But—this kind of thing, instead of making people feel sad, makes them feel even more oppressed by fear and unable to breathe.

Even someone like Abigail, who exudes an aura of abyss-like magic, is nothing more than a product of that tragic history.

Just how terrifying would the evil god who is the true source be?

That was an even higher mountain that even after overcoming the great terror of the Shoggoths, it seemed impossible to climb.

It's an utterly hopeless situation, with no end in sight! The pressure is spreading!

In reality, three hundred years later, historians and medical experts published numerous papers that reconstructed the true possibilities of the situation at that time.

The prevailing view is that there are many reasons, such as hostile emotions between people, hysterical temperaments, and psychological factors.

Professor James Duncan Phillips, an early expert on American history, pointed out in his 1933 monograph, *Salem in the Seventeenth Century*, that the Salem case involved the exploitation of popular belief in witchcraft, which led some people to...

Under such circumstances, "having confessed to the alleged witchcraft, she could only confess that someone she had seen at an imagined devil's gathering was a witch, and she could then pick out the person she disliked the most, especially when she knew that if she said that person's name, she would be immediately executed." At the same time, hysteria, as a state of hypersensitivity, seems to be contagious, and it is easy for others to exhibit non-asymptomatic symptoms such as convulsions, spasms, and seizures.

This still cannot explain the cause of the girl's initial symptoms. Later research led people to believe that the girl's mental disorder was caused by ergot poisoning.

When a fungus called ergot invades the ovary of rye, it forms a hard, brown to black horn-like substance called ergot. Ingesting this ergot can cause poisoning, known as "ergot poisoning." This group of impoverished Puritans, who had wandered to the area, were forced to consume rye bread made from ergot due to poverty, which led to signs of ergot poisoning.

This sign indicates that women are more likely to develop diseases than men, with children and pregnant women being the most vulnerable.

This perfectly provided the conditions for the birth of the 'witch' image and the image of a child possessed by a demon and cursed.

However, these research results and conjectures, which are completely impossible to verify back in that era, are generally not revealed directly together.

Having only investigated the Salem incident, the Bear Princess naturally only saw the past, filled with unbelievable descriptions.

That appalling event in a primitive, backward, and cruel civilization, which showed signs of a virus even before Gastrea had appeared.

Meanwhile, Abigail Williams on the other side naturally wouldn't remind her.

Not to mention—Abigail Williams from the Moon World really does have some connection to bubbles.

She herself probably had no idea about food poisoning... She thought she was revealing to the other person the true origin of the Outer Gods' first arrival in this universe and their connection to this world—one of the earliest traces of the Cthulhu Mythos intersecting with the present world...

"So, having already discovered something, do you still want to peek into that dark mythological world?" Abigail asked, seemingly out of curiosity.

"Want..." he gritted his teeth and uttered the word with difficulty.

Although Abby's presence and her previous encounter with Shoggoth caused the Bear Princess to have many terrifying fantasies whenever she saw some information, she still mustered up her courage... At least she needed to know the truth; it was still a long way off!

The more people feel that humanity is beyond saving, the more they want to know the truth and satisfy their final desire for exploration.

Want to know what Abigail actually saw back then?!

What is something even more terrifying than the Shoggoths, something far more horrifying than this planet-devouring creature?

However—she had barely mustered the courage she needed when it was shattered once again by the fear that kept rising within her.

When she redirected the search engine back to the page describing that myth, she saw it.

—Those cruel and realistic descriptions of the dark mythological world.

"The Cthulhu Mythos—the core of this system—is comprised of the Great Old Ones. They are ancient beings of fear and great power who once ruled the earth in ancient times, but ultimately slumbered in a deathly slumber."

"The pantheon is composed of Outer Gods, Great Old Ones, and Old Gods, as well as some special races. Among them, Outer Gods are the former Great Old Ones, possessing concepts far beyond the universe. Old Gods are also known as the Old Gods. They fought against the Great Old Ones and Outer Gods in ancient times, imprisoning and banishing them."

"These beings are nominally benevolent, representing the power of good, but in reality they rarely interfere in the struggle between Earth's races and evil forces. However—they have no real interest in humanity or the human world itself, and their help to humanity only happens to align with their own interests."

What's the meaning?

Princess Bear felt a vague unease upon seeing this.

It's clearly a good thing to have found seemingly righteous gods in this mythological system, gods who are on humanity's side, but that "good" seems to need to be put in quotation marks now...

What kind of good person would describe it like this, specifically stating that helping humanity is merely a matter of principle?

In other words—if humans do something that puts them on the opposite side of these righteous deities, will they also be dealt with without hesitation?

In that case, the so-called ancient gods, old gods... are no different from those imprisoned evil gods.

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Chapter 160 Didn't the messenger tell you not to answer?

This uneasy premonition was correct.

Just as described in the opening scene with the bear princess, in the Cthulhu Mythos, humans are worthless and meaningless.

In a world where there is only malice towards humanity, there would naturally be no gods who retain goodwill towards humanity.

Soon—the princess saw that description.

"In the Cthulhu Mythos, humans may encounter Great Old Ones or other cosmic races due to excessive exploration or through some chance encounter, and the result for them is mostly death or madness. It's either death or madness, and this outcome caused the Bear Princess to pause and stiffen slightly."

The central theme of the Cthulhu Mythos is that humanity is meaningless in the universe, and all quest for the mysterious and unknown will lead to disastrous consequences. Humanity often relies on the power of other powerful beings in the universe.

However, these beings have absolutely no interest in humans—if not malicious intent.

"The above is a general overview of the Cthulhu Mythos. It can be said that this man-made mythology is a pantheon filled with darkness and madness, a mythology that only brings negative emotions to humanity." A mythology full of evil gods, a pantheon that is meaningless to humanity, is being repeatedly emphasized. This is no longer just a warning of danger, but rather a declaration of despair, a death sentence.

If we lived in such a "real" world, human beings would be shrouded in despair from birth.

Blindness or folly is not terrible; what is terrible is that the smarter, more sensitive, and more eager one is to explore the truth, the more one will feel true despair.

Isn't this process exactly like what she's doing right now?!

Suddenly I can identify with the description!

Isn't she the human who likes to delve too deeply, and has even begun to explore the dark side of this pantheon?

What was chilling was that such an evil world, which was clearly destined to destroy the entire world, including human society, the spiritual torch of human civilization, and even their souls and spirits, was now forcing itself to step into its trap and deliver itself to its doorstep.

Even the words that Abigail Williams, the little girl, had repeatedly asked her if she wanted to continue and delve deeper into the truth, kept surfacing in her mind at this moment, as if they had become more meaningful.

'Isn't I going to go insane before the planet is destroyed and I die?!' No way!!!

A huge shadow fell over my heart, as if a giant boulder was pressing down on me, making it hard to breathe.

Looking at the bear princess who was so scared she was about to faint, Abby was quite satisfied...

She didn't seem to tell the other party the fact that this world could never be invaded by the Kryptonians. Even if such monsters appeared, as long as the Lord didn't want to, let alone the Outer Gods and the Great Old Ones, even a nobody like Engels wouldn't be able to squeeze through the cracks.

Didn't I tell her that?

Okay, they didn't say... well, let's just keep it a secret then.

It's quite amusing to see this annoying and irritating guy fantasizing about the unknown and battling wits with a non-existent, fictitious, and hopeless future.

After all, those who can remain conscious in the Russian bear are people whose souls have passed the test and are not on the Lord's list of those to be cleansed.

However, for other humans, even if it weren't for the arrival of the Cthulhu, the future would still be a true hell.

And at the same time——

Meanwhile, in the Tokyo area, having been completely overwhelmed by the Machine God army, all the lolis had been recovered, and the Holy Emperor, along with a few adults such as Tendo Kisara and Shiba Miori, had been taken into the Golden Demon Castle. Following the Holy Emperor all the way up, they looked at the empty Golden Throne high above, where no one had yet appeared.

Kisara Tendo is still very grateful to the major client who helped him achieve his revenge.

Unexpectedly, after her death following her revenge, she awoke in this golden demon city, summoned by the Holy Emperor to meet her new master, a god who generously helped her fulfill her wishes and then resurrected her, giving her a new life?!

Before the god appeared, Tendo Kisara looked at the Holy Emperor ahead and said with some admiration, "As expected—you were in contact with that person from the beginning. Wow—! If you had told me earlier, I would definitely have supported you!" After all, following the god really meant you could kill those scumbags from the Tendo family!

On the other side, unlike the Holy Emperor and Tendou Kisara, who had already witnessed even more incredible divine power, Sima Miori simply looked at the Holy Emperor, who was still completely bewildered and unable to process the current situation, and asked him solemnly, "When did you make contact with the alien... cough... when did you make contact with the legendary god?! Your Highness, you can no longer lie and say that you couldn't contact that great being."

"Now my Sima family has staked everything, and even I, the current leader, have completely trusted you and followed you. Shouldn't you give me some inside information... But speaking of which—" Sima Weizhi opened her folding fan to cover her face. Even though she was already prepared to join the collaborators, there was still something she had to complain about.

I just couldn't resist—

Before the big boss arrives, let's ask our former boss, His Highness the Holy Emperor, a good question first.

"Haven't you ever encountered a kind-hearted reporter who told you 'Don't answer,' 'Don't answer!' 'Don't answer!'"

The Holy Emperor shook her head helplessly. On her usually dignified face, she rarely complained, "I've also read The Three-Body Problem, Miss Sima Weizhi. To be honest, I'm also confused right now and don't quite understand the situation."

They also realized that an alien invasion had occurred.

The atmosphere was much more relaxed on the Holy Emperor's side, where they could even joke around.

After all, their understanding of that person wasn't that of some kind of evil god.

Even Kisara Tendo, rarely one to join in the banter, quipped, "So it was you who brought the aliens—cough, the gods—to destroy the world?"

The plan to eliminate human tyranny was devised by His Majesty the Holy Emperor!

Good, this is too good! Farewell to the Tokyo area, may you die peacefully! Don't treat it with such special attention, no wonder it was the fastest to fall completely.

They were even faster than the US branch, which acted first.