Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 953 - 446 Confronting Gods, Dark Abyss

[You, who didn’t encounter the "Chaos Knowledge Beast," understand that the Staring Ritual might be dangerous for other demons, but for you, who has the support of the "Knowledge God Servant," it should not be too risky.]

[Even if there is some danger, it won’t lead to your utter ruin; otherwise, the all-seeing Knowledge God Servant would have already sent the "Chaos Knowledge Beast" again to correct your errors.]

[Realizing this, you follow the "Demon Shaman" and a group of demon lords to the site of the ritual with a somewhat relaxed mindset...]

[...]

[Before you is a cliff you cannot pass, and the dark, bottomless Abyss lies at your feet.]

[The cold winds that rise from the bottom of the Abyss sound like the howling of demons and ghosts, making you teeter at the edge of the cliff as if a careless step might send you tumbling into eternal darkness.]

[You try to lean forward to gaze into the fabled depths of the Abyss, but other than the endless pitch black, there’s nothing there.]

[Staring at the bottom of the Abyss, confronting the endless darkness, a sense of hair-raising terror rises from the depths of your heart.]

[Reason tells you not to take another step forward, or you will face shattering and irrevocable doom...]

[But you can’t suppress the urge to jump down; it’s as if a voice is constantly calling out to you from the deepest part of the unfathomable Abyss, seducing you...]

[The words of the "Demon Shaman" bring you back to your senses...]

[Noble "Child of the Abyss," the entrance to the bottom of the Abyss is right before you.]

[The ritual is simple, just jump down...]

[There’s just one thing to note, as you throw yourself into the Abyss, remember not to use any flying powers... Even if you use flying powers, you will be terrified to find you cannot fly, only to keep falling.]

[For only by plunging into the bottom of the Abyss with the most primal, innate terror can you meet the great statue of the "Abyss."]

[Gaze upon the statue... and you will have completed all the steps of the ritual.]

[Your expression stiffens upon hearing these words, just looking down at the Abyss from here fills you with immense fear.]

[The thought of leaping into the depths of the Abyss and gazing into the profound darkness without the ability to fly is unbearably terrifying.]

[Suddenly remembering something, you quickly ask what you should do after gazing upon the statue of the Abyss to return if you cannot use flying powers.]

[The "Demon Shaman" spreads its hands, indicating it doesn’t know either. If it could know all the details of the process, maybe it could become the fourth demon to pass the ritual after the three Demon Gods.]

[All the answers about gazing into the Abyss are for you to find...]

[You turn to look back at the demon lords behind you, each with expectations in their eyes, and those sincere gazes make you feel that if you don’t jump, you’d become the sinner of the Demon Clan.]

[Apostle, are you ready to take the first step of the ritual, to jump into the Abyss?]

At this point, Lin Xun no longer hesitated and decisively pressed ’Yes’.]

[You stride to the edge of the cliff, then with your back to the bottomless Abyss and facing the demon lords full of hope, you declare loudly...]

[This is one small step for you, but one giant leap for the whole Demon Clan!]

[With that, you step backward, tilt your head, and fall into the deepest dark of the Abyss...]

[In the moment before you surrendered to the Abyss, you saw countless eyes full of reverence and worship...]

[The intense sensation of weightlessness swept through you in an instant, a piercing wind howling beside your ears, you twist your limbs trying to turn your body over, as falling backward without seeing what’s below evokes intense helplessness and panic.]

[The velocity and wind resistance from the fierce fall nearly force you to keep your eyes shut; you finally manage to gain control of your body, flip over to face downward, only to find nothing beyond the endless darkness.]

[In that bottomless Abyss, apart from the endless dark, there’s nothing, as if all light and matter have been devoured by this profound darkness.]

[At this moment, a great fear grows from the bottom of your heart, and involuntarily, you think of switching Shells to use flight powers to escape from the dark and the devouring Abyss.]

[You struggle to restrain your thoughts and emotions, forcibly suppressing this instinctual survival impulse.]

[The rapid fall still continues, as if the Abyss has no end at all...]

[A sense of fear ferments from the bottom of your heart, wildly proliferating, and along with the ceaseless descent, this uncontrollable fear engulfs your entire being!]

[It’s like plummeting into the deep sea at night, where you can’t rise, swim, breathe, or see anything around you.]

[All you can do is feel an ever-increasing sense of suffocation and despair in the darkness, sinking deeper, until you reach the bottom of the Deep Sea.]

[But that’s not the worst part; in a dazed stupor, you somehow feel that at the bottom of the deep sea, there seems to be an immense and terrifying entity, larger, older, and... more terrifying than anything you know!]

[It reveals only glimpses of its enormity in the darkness, and just by seeing this true fear, you lose all reason, sinking into endless descent with mad screams.]

[The overwhelming terror strangles you, making you struggle for breath; you want to break free from it all, but you find you can do nothing but continue to plummet, drawing closer to that indescribable, unspeakable immense terror.]