Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 954 - 446 Confronting Gods, Dark Abyss_2

[When endless fear occupies all your thoughts, when boundless terror dominates all your feelings...you finally see the ’Abyss’!]

[You are still uncontrollably falling, but you catch a glimpse of the deepest dark, known as the ’Abyss’!]

[You can’t describe its shape or form; you just feel that it is the deepest darkness you have ever seen in your life.]

[You can’t truly stare into the Abyss; merely approaching it surrounds you with boundless fear, filling your heart with suffocating despair.]

[If you were to truly gaze upon it, face it, you have no doubt that the endless terror would drive you mad.]

[The ’Abyss’ seems not to actively spread this extreme fear; it unconsciously emits fear while in a slumber.]

[No, it’s not sleeping; to be more precise, it exists in a chaotic state, neither living nor dead.]

[Much like a primal embryo in the womb, about to become life yet unable to perceive itself.]

At this moment, Lin Xun couldn’t help but curse.

"It was supposed to be just a glance at an Abyss statue to count as the Staring Ritual... What the hell is this situation now?!"

What he saw was not the statue of the Abyss, but the real Abyss, a Main God about to revive and return!

Lin Xun knew he couldn’t just sit back and wait for his demise; he had to do something.

He tried to control the Shell, but found that the Shell was still falling, unable to fly on its own, only to continue plummeting...

[You want to get away from the ’Abyss,’ but you find yourself unable to do anything, only getting closer to the boundless darkness...]

[Eventually, you are swallowed by the dark of the Abyss...]

[...]

Lin Xun, as if watching a pre-rendered cutscene, couldn’t control the Shell and could only watch everything unfold.

Facing the Main God with his own strength, he truly felt how weak he was.

"Why didn’t the Servant of God correct this for me before? Is this still within the control of the Servant of God..."

"No, there’s another possibility!"

"That is, the Abyss is about to rise again, its Authority far surpassing that of the Servant of God, making it impossible for the Servant of God to correct it even if it wanted to."

"After all, the Servant of God can only manipulate a small part of the ’Almighty True Knowledge’ Legacy..."

"If that’s the situation I’m facing right now, what should I do?"

Lin Xun felt that at this moment, he was like a woman who has fallen into a honey trap set by the Servant of God, with the ’Abyss’ being the one deceived. He, the bait, has dutifully arrived at the hotel, taking the first step of the deceit.

Originally, once he had finished showering and his clothes were half-undone, the Servant of God should have hurried over and burst through the door, telling the Abyss that it had been deceived and to hand over the money obediently.

However, for some reason, the Servant of God was delayed and never arrived, leaving him, the bait, alone to face the menacing Abyss.

"Servant of God, if you don’t save me now, I’m done for!"

The Servant of God seemed not to hear his cries for help, never appearing.

Facing the Servant of God’s tardiness, with the lightning speed of the Abyss, the honey trap ultimately wasn’t sprung...

[...]

[You have been engulfed by endless darkness, merging into the Abyss...]

[Just when you think you are doomed forever, a mighty will sprouts from the boundless, profound darkness, conveying to you the primitive pulsing thoughts...]

[...]

[Outsider, when you gaze into the Abyss, the Abyss also gazes into you.]

[Remember, this is where the Abyss holds its greatest Authority.]

[All shall submit to the Abyss, and you are no exception.] 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

[Go now, take another look at the monument, and you shall witness the birth of ’Child of the Abyss’...]

[After the mighty will conveyed its thoughts, it once again fell silent, returning to chaos.]

[And you, enveloped in a pure black transporting Light...]

[Transporting in progress...]

[...]

[...]

[Transport Successful!]

[You open your eyes and find yourself back at the cliff from which you had leaped, where throngs of Demon Lords have yet to depart; they have been waiting here for the return of the ’Abyssal Son.’]

[Seeing you return so swiftly from the depths of the Abyss, becoming the fourth demon to pass the Staring Ritual after the three Demon Gods, they shout with excitement, roaring loudly...]

[Indeed, you are the long-awaited ’Abyssal Son,’ and only you could complete the Staring Ritual so quickly...]

[Beside you, the ’Demon Shaman,’ unable to contain their excitement, then asks you...]

[Great Abyssal Son, have you completed the new edict on the stele, communicated with the Demon Deities, and gained their support?]

[If everything goes well, then the Demon Clan regaining dominion over the world would no longer be a mere beautiful illusion...]

Lin Xun was still in a state of utter confusion at this time.

"What’s going on?"

The Abyss hadn’t killed him; it had merely transmitted a set of intentions into his mind.

The intentions conveyed by the Abyss were a bit hazy, perhaps due to it still being in a chaotic state, making them unclear and vague.

Lin Xun scrutinized the conveyed intentions carefully, pondering their meanings, and seemed to discern something.

The last two sentences were easier to understand.

’All shall bow before the Abyss, and you are no exception.’ It felt like it meant he would ultimately join the Abyssal faction and become part of the Abyss.

And ’Go then, look again at the stele, and you shall witness the birth of the ’Abyssal Son’...’ bore even clearer implications.

"...Could it be that the stele records the legacy of the Abyss?"

"If I can decipher the new edict on the stele, can I become the true ’Abyssal Son’ and gain unimaginable power?"

Lin Xun felt this was very likely the case.

He came to this conclusion largely because of the first two sentences.

The meaning of the first two sentences was more ambiguous; what did it mean that ’when you stare into the Abyss, the Abyss also stares back at you’ is the greatest authority of the Abyss?

"What kind of authority is this?"

Lin Xun, bearing the ’Flesh Authority,’ had a thorough understanding of it, and he also had some understanding of the Omniscient Authority of the ’Almighty True Knowledge’ after being explained by the Servant of God; the ’Omniscient Authority’ could see through or decode everything.

But the authority power expressed in the conveyed intentions... let’s call it ’Abyssal Authority’ for now, what exactly is its ability?

Why would the Abyss tell him about the effects and capabilities of its authority?

"The only reasonable explanation for now is that the Abyss wants me to become the true Abyssal Son and inherit its supreme authority to help it kill the Almighty True Knowledge..."

Lin Xun narrowed his eyes, falling into deep thought.

Although he hadn’t obtained the hidden coordinates of the Demon Deities this time, he seemed to have received something even more incredible.

"Abyssal Authority... Staring..."

[...]

[The ’Demon Shaman’ asked several questions from the side, seeing you frown in thought, lost in a trance, they no longer spoke, afraid to disturb your contemplation.]

[They even instructed the horde of Demon Lords to quiet down, not to disturb your grand plan that was taking shape.]

[Regaining your focus, you realize that, regardless of what the Abyss’s plan may be, you need to go to the stele to decipher that unclear text, to get the answers you want.]

[You tell the ’Demon Shaman’ that you need to go to the Sacrificial Ground alone to quietly think over what efforts you should make for the great revival of the Demon Clan.]

[The ’Demon Shaman’ immediately shows deep respect, ordering the horde of Demon Lords to disperse, then takes out a small Summoning Horn and hands it to you, signaling that they won’t disturb your revival plan anymore. When you wish to contact them, you can use this horn, and they will be at your beck and call!]

[The Demon Lords and the ’Demon Shaman’ take your plan for revival very seriously, daring not to disturb your train of thought, and quickly scatter cleanly away.]

[You have obtained the ’Summoning Horn of the Demon Shaman’ (item).]

[Seeing that there is no one around, you immediately head for the Sacrificial Ground...]