Chapter 2009 The Call of the Epileptic Universe
Pale walls, messy tables and chairs, tightly closed curtains …… Bright lights reflecting in this small space, dead and dull.
Lin Qiye froze in place for a long time, and a trace of clarity finally returned to his dull eyes!
”Sick hospital? How did I end up here?”
A tingling sensation emanated from his mind, and he subconsciously clutched his head as countless chaotic thoughts tumbled out.
Obviously just now he was still talking to [Chaos], how did he suddenly end up here …… Wait, what did [Chaos] say to himself just now?
Those words echoed in Lin Qiye’s mind, his eyes contracted slightly, and in the next moment, he violently rushed to the door of the ward and pulled the handle, only to hear a click …… The door of the room did not open.
The door to this room was, from the inside, locked back.
Lin Qiye froze for a moment, then immediately opened the counter lock and pulled the handle to push the door out!
Outside the door, it was an equally familiar corridor, a gray-black sky loomed above the sickbay, not clouds but something that looked like lead, it looked depressing and low, making people a bit breathless.
Lin Qiye didn’t waste time on the sky, he immediately looked up at the portal behind him, the very last room on this floor.
The sixth ward.
The ward’s door plate was pitch black, like a cloud of ink-like night.
It really is the Asylum of the Gods …… But why is he here?
He twisted his head to look beyond the corridor, the empty compound was situated under the gray-black sky dome, there was no sound, the originally noisy caretakers had gone somewhere, and it was as if Lin Qiye was the only one left in the entire world.
”Li Yifei!” Lin Qiye called out, and no one answered.
Lin Qiye frowned slightly and closed his eyes to try to detach his consciousness from the Asylum of the Gods, but it was as if his connection to the outside world had been severed, and he was unable to leave at all.
Just as he was puzzled, a pitch-black figure violently rushed out of the caretaker’s room on the first floor and rolled around on the grass of the compound like a dog, then excitedly stood up and clapped his hands and laughed at him standing on the second floor:
”Fun! What fun!!!”
”Lord Azathoth! Play again! Take me to play one more time! I haven’t had enough fun yet!!!”
Seeing that pitch-black figure, Lin Qiye’s pupils trembled violently……. The one in the dark cyan caretaker’s uniform was no one else but the [Chaos] that he had only just seen!
Lin Qiye’s eyes climbed up with a touch of anger as he directly leapt down from the second floor, directly knocking down [Chaos] and riding him underneath, one fist heavily smashing into His face!
”[Chaos]! What have you done?!”
Bang-!
Lin Qiye’s fist went straight through [Chaos]’s cheek and hammered down onto the grass……. Seeing the ghost-like [Chaos] in front of him, Lin Qiye was stunned.
Half of [Chaos]’s face was blocked by Lin Qiye’s fist but was not affected in the slightest as He continued to speak excitedly:
”I didn’t do anything, huh? It’s Lord Azathoth who woke up from your dream!”
”Lord Azathoth? You’re calling me?” Lin Qiye frowned, “What the hell are you talking about! How could I possibly be Azathoth?!!!”
”You are Lord Azathoth! You have devoured this universe and occupied the consciousness and body of this universe, and this is already the fifth universe you have occupied! You will soon be able to completely rid yourself of this literal fictionalized world and become the only ‘real’ in the world!”
[Chaos] gazed at Lin Qiye and suddenly spoke as if he had thought of something, his eyes narrowing slightly, “Lord Asatos …… you wouldn’t have been affected by the will of this universe when you devoured the fifth universe, would you?”
The fifth universe?
Devouring the consciousness and body of a universe?
Getting rid of this literal fictionalized world and becoming the only “reality” in the world?
Hearing these words, Lin Qiye’s mind tingled once again as some memories that didn’t belong to him surfaced one after another, and his entire body went into a bit of a trance.
”This possibility can’t be ruled out …… You said that the consciousness of the fifth universe is very powerful, so it might affect you …… But you should be able to recover after a while, after all, you are Lord Azathoth! ”
[Chaos]’s voice sounded again, but Lin Qiye could no longer hear it, the misplaced memories almost cutting him into two people, falling into a frenzy!
Lin Qiye painfully hunched his body, little by little he pushed down those riotous memory fragments, he breathed roughly, his eyes scarlet as if they could drip blood!
”Impossible …… this is impossible!!!”
Lin Qiye stood up violently, turned around and rushed up the stairs, returning to the corridor on the second floor of the sickbay, once again.
He rushed to the door of the first sickbay and opened it without hesitation!
Ka-ching-!
As the door of the room was pushed open by him, pitch-black gusts of wind surged wildly from it, and endless roars and murmurs echoed between the entire floor in an instant!
The ward behind the door had completely changed into a chaotic universe, with countless dark red stars flying around in it in an unorganized manner, and a terrifying face roaring angrily at Lin Qiye from the deepest depths of nothingness.
That was the will of this universe …… a universe that had fallen into madness!
When that face saw Lin Qiye, its eyes widened a little bit, and its twisted and sickly face became hideous to the naked eye, and in the next moment, a raging voice resounded through the universe!
”A ……a ……sa ……to ……s ……!!!”
Hearing these familiar syllables, Lin Qiye’s body shook as a memory flooded into his mind ……
Lin Qiye had heard this voice before……. Back then, he had tried to open the door of the fourth ward and entered the Epileptic Universe to look for clues to fight against the Clerical System, and that universe also shouted out the name “Azathoth”, and it was also from then on that Lin Qiye learned of Azathoth’s existence……. The existence of ……
But now it seems that …… that roar is not answering his question at all. How can a universe that has gone mad understand his question and answer it properly?
Was it targeting itself?
Standing in front of this ward door, Lin Qiye’s body trembled uncontrollably, he could feel a section of memories flooding into his mind, those memories that didn’t belong to him …… were precisely the part about the Cthulhu mythos, with the invasion of the universe.
At this moment, Lin Qiye could even find a trace of resonance from those darknesses that were devouring this universe, those darknesses were simply like a part of his body, and this universe was like food that had been swallowed into his own belly, supplying himself with a steady stream of power!
”I’m Azathoth …… I’m Azathoth??” Lin Qiye’s consciousness was wildly slashed as he kept shaking his head, his face pale as he rushed to the door of the next ward and pushed it open with force!
The same epileptic universe roared angrily at him:
”A……sa……tos!!!”
Immediately after that, it was the third, the fourth …… Waiting until the portals of all four wards were opened, the disorderly epileptic darkness drilled out of them as if they were ribbons, connecting in Lin Qiye’s body ……
He fell to his knees like a stone mold, and his eyes were empty and godless …… I don t know how long it took before he stiffly raised his head, and a touch of strange light emerged in those confused eyes.
”I am …… Azathoth.”