Cthulhu America, I can see the kill line.

My fingers trembled slightly as I pressed them against the thin cornea.

【-∞】

Kong Jiu had almost completely lost his ability to think.

Pure fear, like an ice tide, carried that ancient and unfamiliar gaze, drawing ever closer.

The source of that gaze, the aura emanating from it, slowly drew closer, step by step, towards me.

Closer and closer!

He is coming; He is drawing closer to me step by step!

He came, and even though my eyes were fixed on him, not daring to look away even a fraction, I couldn't help but catch a glimpse of a dark yellow hem fluttering gently at the edge of my vision.

He's here, I can feel it, I can feel it! He's standing right beside me right now, his heavy breaths brushing against my neck!

The distorted information from the system trembled before his eyes. Kong Jiu bit his tongue tightly, letting the pain keep him from losing his last bit of rationality, causing blood to trickle from the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, and only at this moment, Kong Jiu forgot his fear, erased his curiosity, drowsiness, or even confusion. Not to mention any impulse to turn back.

He could feel that malice, that terrifying force of unknown origin, right behind him.

His existence, as long as he appears in front of me, as long as I see him, will surely drive me mad, to the point that my brain will shatter!

No, he had lost most of his rationality; he simply numbly pressed two fingers against his eyeballs.

If anything beyond his comprehension enters his pupils, Kong Jiu can gouge out his eyes without hesitation!

Just then, a cold white light surged in his chest.

A cold white light, like a sun, pierced through the clouds of fear and awakened Kong Jiu's reason.

The die, its stone surface shattered to reveal its metal interior, shone brightly once more, piercing the pupils of the peacock.

The pale sunlight, the shimmering white sun, shone into Kongjiu's eyes in the gloomy rain.

Yu Guangzhong's indescribable fear receded under the sunlight.

The two fingers that had been pressing against his eyeballs slowly lowered.

Fear, anxiety, and panic did not completely disappear from Kong Jiu's heart, but they did indeed bring back a great deal of his rationality.

[Rationality: -∞.], slowly dissipating.

The entire system panel, with its enormous font that was almost touching the face, melted into the gradually rising white light.

"Have you come this far, Kong Jiu?"

A familiar female voice rang out, and the cold sun made Kong Jiu immediately realize who it was.

He gritted his teeth and replied with the last vestiges of his reason:

"Neo?"

He remembered that when he first met Neos, she was able to open her own system panel.

Clearly, this person in a high position understands the system better than an outsider like myself!

"Help me, Neos! I feel some terrible terror tearing my sanity apart!"

Kong Jiu struggled, using his remaining thoughts to plead for help from the extraordinary being, Neos.

The dice flashed, as if pondering with breath.

"Kong, this... isn't some great terror; it's more like... an immune mechanism?"

Neos's voice conveyed an unexpected answer.

Isn't there some great terror?

Upon hearing this completely unexpected answer, Kong Jiu's eyes trembled.

"To presume to peer into the rules of the world and the essence of spiritual power as a mere mortal with a physical body is far too presumptuous."

As Neos spoke, the dice began to spin.

"Your brain and thinking are far from sufficient to access this forbidden, vast knowledge that is inaccessible to mortals. But this system's spiritual vision does indeed give you the means to directly confront these things..."

"This is bad, this is very bad. The system originates from... oh, I can't say, or you'll be punished."

"In short, according to your hometown dialect, this is like planting seedlings to help them grow."

As he spoke, the dice spun rapidly, sending out a few fragments of their stone-like outer shell.

A brand new die appeared before Kong Jiu.

【firm!】

The dice flashed white light, but instead of scattering, they tried to pierce the eyes of the peacock.

Kong Jiu slightly opened his mouth, and his consciousness gradually became clear.

Many people will descend into madness and chaos, but not this person, not today.

Reason returned to Kongjiu's mind.

"There is a solution right now, but it depends on 'you yourself'."

Kong Jiu's eyes gleamed with white light, just like Liu Kang, whom he had met briefly in Xinxiang.

With a wave of his hand, the notebook containing the title "The Jade Record" was summoned from the subspace into his palm.

"Being 'clear-headed' won't keep you perfectly rational all the time, so you have to write down the rules of the world, in a language you can now accept and understand, and then slowly digest this forbidden knowledge on your own..."

As Neos's words, as if whispering in his ear, came over him, fear, malice, and imminent terror were drawn into each page of the book, as if they were tangible.

"You have to make your future 'you' qualified to command this knowledge and take over this understanding of the world."

Neos's voice rang in my ears, and page after page of the book was filled with strange, ink-like characters.

"Alright, the rest is up to you. Have a good time with your future self."

The dice flew back into her breast pocket, and Neos's voice faded away completely.

The white light in my eyes gradually faded.

The system reappeared in sight.

It no longer trembled, no longer brought fear, and became just an ordinary system bar again.

However, the rational part is as if it has been blackened, and many things are covered up.

Instead, it gained a strange new skill.

What's strange is that this skill involves handwriting.

It says so.

[By divine intervention: Summon 'me']

A rather unusual new skill has appeared in the system that has been restored to normal.

Kong Jiu, trembling, used his thoughts to employ this skill.

A cold wind blew across a page of a book.

In the blink of an eye, the blurry figure, the blurry figure in the pure white world, appeared beside Kong Jiu.

But at this moment, his completely transparent figure has gained some rims, making him appear somewhat solid.

Kong Jiu recognized the figure as himself.

She was a slender, pine-like figure with a calm demeanor and deep, unfathomable eyes, possessing the scholarly air of someone aloof from the world.

"Good lad, you've finally succeeded in accepting and summoning 'me'."

The translucent "Kong Jiu" looked at Kong Jiu, smiled, and took the book.

"You were quite frightened by the system's warning just now, weren't you?"

The figure spoke as it turned the pages of its book.

Despite the torrential rain, not a single drop of rainwater dampened the paper.

The figure turned to the page in the book where evil spirits had gathered into words.

"Don't worry, next I will demonstrate the framework of how the world works."