“Originally, I thought I could study any kind of organism, no matter how complex its genetic segments were, but I was wrong, I was so wrong.” As Kinus spoke, he suddenly burst into manic laughter.
"I can't understand why, why would that happen? Is something completely random really a gene? Why would two completely unrelated segments inexplicably combine together? Why..." Kinus rambled on incoherently, saying a lot of things that seemed meaningless, without repeating himself at all.
Abigail listened, completely bewildered, as Kinus muttered various seemingly profound but ultimately incomprehensible phrases. Although she couldn't understand the meaning behind Kinus's words, Abigail realized one thing: this guy had lost his sanity. Indeed, Cthulhu-related creatures weren't so easy to study.
"Calm down!" Abigail shouted loudly to Kinus.
Seeing that Kinas had calmed down a bit, Abigail continued, "I think I understand the dilemma you're facing. You only have two options now: first, abandon the research..."
"No, ever since I fell into this state, I haven't been able to conduct any research. And even when I'm not researching, these terrible memories keep replaying in my mind. I feel like I'm going crazy!"
No, you've actually gone mad, haven't you? Abigail thought to herself as she looked at Kinus.
Suddenly, Abigail had a brilliant idea:
"Actually, there is a solution, but it's very risky; you might go crazy. Do you want to try it?"
"How different am I from being insane right now? Tell me, what's the solution?" Kinas's expression was somewhat crazed.
“Alright then, the only way to resolve your current situation is to break through it head-on. Once you figure out all your questions, the problem will be solved,” Abigail said.
"But I still don't understand why this situation has occurred. How can I figure out this problem?" Kinus asked, puzzled.
“Now is the time to ask the magical Yog Bubble,” Abigail said with a touch of quirkiness.
"Yog bubble?" Kinus said with some confusion.
“That’s right, Yog Sothoth, also known as the King of the Endless Void and the One Who Unifies All Things, the Key to the Gate, simply put, it is omniscient and omnipotent, exists in all time and space, knows everything, and now, all you have to do is summon it, pray to it, and ask it, and it will answer all your questions,” Abigail said solemnly.
"Really? Does such a great being really exist? Impossible. Omniscience and omnipotence are inherently an untenable paradox. Such an existence is inherently irrational." Kinus immediately dismissed his initial hope.
In fact, Abigail also knew about the paradoxes mentioned by Kinus: Could an omnipotent being create a stone that it couldn't lift? Could an omniscient being know what it didn't know? Therefore, omniscience and omnipotence are inherently illogical. Of course, Abigail had reservations about this.
“But is our logic really reasonable? If it’s unreasonable, then it can’t exist?” Abigail immediately countered.
“If it’s unreasonable, it can’t exist,” Kinus said matter-of-factly.
“But what if these irrationalities are actually reasonable, just that we can’t understand them, like ants can’t understand the Möbius strip, or we can’t understand the Klein bottle? Our thinking is limited to a very small scope, so perhaps what we consider irrational is actually reasonable,” Abigail argued.
"That's just an unverifiable claim, and I won't admit to it." As a scientist, Kinas naturally wouldn't be fooled by Abigail's words.
However, Abigail was merely expressing her own thoughts; such matters are inherently difficult to explain.
“Actually, there’s no point in dwelling on this. All you need to know is that even if Yog Bubble isn’t omniscient, it can know everything you want to know,” Abigail said with a shrug.
“Okay, you’re right. We don’t need to dwell on this issue. Let the philosophers worry about it. So what should I do now?” Kinus nodded and said.
"It's very simple; you could say the ritual to summon the Yog Bubble is quite straightforward."
Abigail then told Kinus how to summon Yog Sothos.
"So when do you plan to perform this ceremony?" Abigail asked after recounting the entire ceremony in detail.
"Now, I can't help but want to know why everything in my mind is happening. I hope this King of the Endless Void can give me the answer I want," Kinus said without hesitation.
“Alright, just find a secluded spot and do it yourself. Oh, and one more thing: don’t ask too many questions. Just one is enough. Yog Bubble has a habit of stuffing all the knowledge the questioner needs into their head. Most people will be completely overwhelmed by all that information, and then you’ll be truly beyond help.” Abigail said cautiously, knowing that if Kinus were to be eliminated, her subsequent plans wouldn’t be so easy to carry out.
“I’m willing to give it a try. Just like you once told me, if I were to stand still because I’m afraid of the wider sky ahead, then why would I have chosen this path?” Kinus said firmly, then stood up and turned to walk towards his laboratory, where no one would disturb him.
Abigail smiled as she watched Kinus's retreating figure. She hoped he would succeed.
Actually, Abigail had always had this idea, which was to establish contact with Yog-Sothoth. After being messed with by that girl Nyarlathotep so many times, Abigail had long wanted to escape her clutches. However, if she hastily made contact with Yog-Sothoth, she might lose all her sanity, and that would really be the end of her.
At this moment, in his own laboratory, Kinus placed his hands on his head, then used his thumb and forefinger to create an equilateral triangle. He then flipped his right hand to create a parallelogram, and then flipped his left hand to create a downward-facing equilateral triangle. He then placed this equilateral triangle on his forehead.
And while performing this action, one of the monks was muttering the following:
"Hear my call, Lord of the Endless Void! Starshifter! Solid Foundation! Master of Earthquakes! Conqueror of Terror! Creator of Pain! Destroyer! Saint of Glory! Child of Chaos and Chaos! Guardian of the Abyss! God of Primordial Darkness! Lord of Planes! Enigmatic Sage! Guardian of Secrets! Master of Labyrinths! Servant of Angels! Raider of Death and Souls! End of All Things! Lord of Gates! Pathfinder! Primordial Almighty Immortal Lord! Ummel At Tavel! Iak-Sathath! Yog Sothoth! NAFL'FTHAGN! Your servant calls upon you!"
As he read these words, Kinus found that his surroundings suddenly turned gray, everything began to distort, and the entire space changed in ways he could not understand.
After the incantation was finished, Kinus surveyed his surroundings with his eyes. Everything seemed contradictory; it appeared dark, yet also incredibly bright. Before him stood a gigantic, indescribable object composed of countless bubbles.
Within this space, Kinus felt as if the other party was both very close and infinitely far away. Each bubble seemed tiny, yet each appeared to be larger than a star. Kinus felt his senses being stripped away; at this moment, he couldn't comprehend anything happening around him. This was probably the feeling that an omniscient and omnipotent being gave to ordinary people.
As a scientist, Kinus's first reaction was to try to see what this indescribable thing looked like. But after just a quick look, before he could see it clearly, Kinus felt his brain couldn't take it anymore.
It's like a complex logical diagram of relationships suddenly appearing before your eyes. If you don't look closely, it's blurry and you can't understand anything. But if you look closely, you'll be overwhelmed by these relationships. Ordinary people would feel very tired looking at such a picture, and this indescribable thing in front of you is obviously even more so.
"Mortal, I know your thoughts, and I will fulfill your demands."
Kinus was still confused about what was happening when a voice suddenly appeared in his mind that he could only understand the meaning of but couldn't clearly hear. In the next moment, endless knowledge was suddenly poured into Kinus's mind. The amount of this knowledge was so vast that if it were all converted into ordinary books, it would fill the entire Empire State Building.
The infusion of knowledge happened in an instant, yet it felt like an eternity to Kinas. In that instant, his brain raced, and the intense pain from the overwhelming influx of knowledge caused him to clutch his head. In that instant, he saw a wealth of knowledge that he could neither comprehend nor understand; even any scientific system he had ever established crumbled instantly before this newfound knowledge.
If one had to describe it, everything he once knew combined was equivalent to a small chapter in classical mechanics, while what he now possesses is equivalent to the entire theory of relativity.
And that is the gift of Yog Sothos.
Chapter 85 Don't Call Me Bubble
As Abigail said, a deluge of knowledge can shut down the recipient's brain. Of course, this isn't the biggest problem; the real problem is the collapse of one's worldview.
However, perhaps because of his previous research on the samples provided by Abigail, Kinus was already somewhat mentally broken. For him, his worldview had already almost collapsed, so another collapse would not have much of an impact on him. Simply put, can a madman go any crazier?
The most pressing issue now is the strain on the brain. It turns out that although Kinus has not undergone any physical enhancements, his long-term high-intensity use of his brain has made it extremely resilient. After adapting to the initial massive infusion, he is no longer in as much pain as he was at the beginning.
He has adapted to the rapid absorption of this knowledge in his mind. While he can't say he fully understands it, he at least doesn't completely fail to comprehend it.
After his mind cleared up slightly, Kinus struggled to lift his head and look at the great being residing in this space. However, contrary to his expectations, what he saw was still extremely blurry; he couldn't understand any details, not even the smallest details of the great being's body. It was all beyond the scope of knowledge the great being had given him.
As expected of an omniscient and omnipotent being. At this moment, Kinus had developed a deep respect for Yog-Sothoth, which could even be described as faith.
But at that moment, a silver key shaped like a cross suddenly appeared in front of Kinus.
Kinus took the key with some confusion, but the moment he took it, he immediately understood that this great being had asked him to give it to Abigail. Although he didn't know what the great being's relationship with Abigail was, since it was something the great being had instructed him to do, he would just do as the great being told.
The moment he took the key, the surrounding environment suddenly changed drastically. In less than a second, he was back in his laboratory from that strange, indescribable, mysterious space. This experience even made Kinus think for a moment that what he had just experienced was just his imagination. However, the knowledge in his mind was very real, and Kinus's head was still throbbing.
At this moment, Kinus tried to recall what the great being he had seen looked like, but he suddenly found that he could not construct a specific image in his mind. The only thing he could do was to construct a strange polymer made up of countless empty bubbles. However, Kinus was certain that this was definitely not what the great being looked like.
"As expected, with my meager knowledge, it's completely impossible to understand the great beings. I need to work much harder." Kinus sighed, then poured a bottle of somewhat viscous green liquid from his desk into his mouth and swallowed it.
This is a nutrient solution that effectively replenishes the body's various energy needs. Normally, this amount of nutrient solution would be enough for a month's research, but he now requires this much energy. Although he doesn't know why he didn't die from such depletion before, he supposes it's due to some great being.
After adjusting himself for a while, Kinus left his laboratory and went to the place where he had met Abigail before.
"Oh dear, you look like this... Anyone who didn't know better would think you haven't eaten for over ten days! Are you alright? Do you need to rest for a while?" When Abigail saw Kinas again, she was very surprised. Kinas was so thin that he was practically skin and bones. How could he have become like this after only ten minutes in?
Could it be that in just over ten minutes, Yog Bubble did something unspeakable to Kinus, draining him dry?
Abigail thought to herself with a touch of wicked humor.
“Abigail, I actually have something to give you.” With that, Kinus took out a silver key and handed it to Abigail.
"What is this?" Abigail asked curiously as she took the silver key from Kinus's hand.
However, the instant her hand touched the key, Abigail's face instantly changed from curiosity to fear, and cold sweat instantly covered her entire cheeks.
"What's wrong with you?" Kinas asked curiously.
“No, it’s nothing, it’s just that Yog-Sothoth… no, it’s just that Yog-Sothoth gave me some information,” Abigail said, still a little shaken.
In fact, just the instant Abigail received the silver key, her mind nearly collapsed. Then, the following message appeared in her mind:
Don't call me Bubble anymore!!!
Of course, besides this information, there is some other information, one of which is about how to use the silver key.
After obtaining this information, Abigail was completely distraught, because she finally confirmed one thing: she really was being monitored by Yog Bubble all the time.
Fortunately, although Yog Bubble warned me like this, it also means that it probably won't attack me again. I just need to be more careful in the future.
At this moment, Abigail was truly terrified. She hadn't realized she had been courting disaster all along. Luckily, this was just a warning and not a direct confrontation...
Abigail couldn't even imagine what would happen to her if these big shots really made a move.
"No, I'm going to go crazy if this keeps up!" Abigail gasped for breath to calm herself down; what had just happened was truly terrifying.
"Kinus, I'll be leaving now. Let me know if anything comes up. I need to get some rest now."
“Go back now. I need to properly organize the knowledge bestowed upon me by the great being, and then study the samples you gave me as soon as possible. To be honest, I can’t wait.” Kinus said excitedly. If it weren’t for the fact that he had to hand over the silver key to Abigail, Kinus might have started the research on the spot.
After saying that, Kinus ignored Abigail's reaction and turned to walk towards his laboratory.
Abigail wasn't particularly concerned about Kinus's attitude, but she felt that this summoning of Yog-Sothoth was a little different from what she had expected—it was too calm. Was it just her imagination?
Leaving all that behind her, Abigail then left the headquarters of the House of Evolution.
“Lady Abigail, shall we go back now?” the armored gorilla asked outside headquarters.
“Let’s go back. It looks like it’s going to rain. We’d better head back soon,” Abigail said, looking at the dark clouds in the sky.
Immediately afterwards, a large amount of flames shot out from the back of the armored gorilla, and then it soared into the sky, flying towards J City.
"Huh, you can fly?" Abigail said with some curiosity.
“Yes, Lady Abigail, while you were communicating with the boss, the boss’s clone modified me. Now I have a jet system installed in my body, making long-distance travel much easier,” the armored gorilla replied.
“Oh. That’s quite nice.” Abigail said and then fell silent.
She took out a cross-shaped silver key from her bosom. Looking at the key, which was as big as her palm, Abigail couldn't help but recall the words Yog Bubble had given her.
When faced with the imminent demise of existence, the Silver Key will be your last hope.
"What does this even mean? Can't they just say it more clearly? Why do these guys always make people guess?" Abigail complained.
However, judging from Yog Bubble's words, he may face a huge crisis in the future, a crisis that could destroy his entire existence. At that time, only the Silver Key can save his life. Does this mean I really have to transform into a keyhole to summon Bubble?
Abigail thought to herself.
Then, at that moment, it suddenly started raining heavily.
"It's raining? How disappointing. Let's go back quickly." Abigail said to the armored gorilla after adding a layer of protection around her body.
But the armored gorilla didn't answer immediately, which was unusual for him. So Abigail asked, somewhat puzzled, "What happened?"
"Lady Abigail, I just sensed a high-energy reaction. Something might have happened in J City." The armored gorilla's voice became somewhat serious.
"Oh, that's interesting. I didn't expect there to still be monsters daring to attack J City. These people are really fearless!" Abigail said with some interest. Speaking of which, since the implementation of the gene modification service, the monsters that have appeared in J City during this period have not needed to be dealt with by heroes. Ordinary citizens can kill them, which has made J City arguably the safest city in the world now.
“However, Lady Abigail, according to the energy detection results, the target's level seems to have reached the Demon level, and it seems to be a relatively powerful existence among Demon level beings,” the armored gorilla said.
"Demon-level? Anyone who isn't Dragon-level is weak. But for others, Demon-level is indeed a difficult opponent. Let's go, let's go and see who dares to cause trouble on my turf." Abigail then said.
"Understood!" After saying that, the armored gorilla changed direction and flew towards the direction where the high-energy reaction had just been detected.
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