Weird Stories: Gothic Lolita Begins

In a trance, Chaos seemed to be in a fragmented world.

In that broken world where everything was crying in despair, he saw a bright light falling from an infinite height, and a pair of hands that were constantly disintegrating struggled to reach out and catch that light.

So, the world healed and everything revived.

…

Chaos suddenly woke up, opened his mouth and nose and tried to breathe deeply, and then… took a mouthful of sea water that was as big as a trachea.

——Of course, the composition of this "sea water" is debatable. After all, whose sea water tastes like sea salt lemon tea?

Floating to the surface in a slightly embarrassed manner, choking and coughing to spit out the "sea salt lemon tea" in his mouth and nose, Chaos took a moment to relax, then raised his head, smiled bitterly and said to Night Crow who had entered the "home" state not far away:

"Does your mind think that the sea water tastes like sea salt lemon tea?"

Night Crow was immersed in the game and replied without raising his head:

"You still have the energy to tease, it seems that you are alive... Of course, the sea water does not taste like sea salt lemon tea, but this is a dream controlled by me, why can't I do it according to my own preferences?"

"Of course you can." Chaos nodded and then quieted down.

Suddenly there was no follow-up, and Night Crow became curious instead.

She looked back and saw the blond young man floating on the sea with his limbs relaxed, his eyes empty, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Confused, Night Crow asked tentatively: "Why? The terminal is right in front of you, but you are going to give up?"

"... No, I'm not going to give up." Chaos shook his head, his tone unexpectedly calm.

"Even if you arrive at the terminal and find that there is nothing, the world is still 'false'?" Night Crow asked again.

"There is a saying in Xia State, 'If you hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening', I like it very much." Chaos said softly, "Besides, giving up halfway is not my style."

"Good mentality." Night Crow nodded and turned back to continue the game.

A few minutes later.

"Squeak——"

Night Crow was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at the blond young man in the sea, and asked in surprise: "Now? Are you sure?"

"Now, I'm sure." Chaos nodded calmly.

Night Crow frowned and said in confusion: "You should know that the influence of the Radiance on you has not subsided..."

"Yes." Chaos nodded, "While the influence of 'Radiance' has not subsided, it is just right to go to 'audience' the Lord of Darkness who holds the 'only and absolute truth'."

"I have to remind you that the Radiance and the Lord of Darkness are twins, and they have a very good relationship."

"This does not affect the natural opposition of the attributes of 'light' and 'darkness'." Chaos said.

Night Crow observed the blond youth's expression and asked curiously, "You don't look surprised at all?"

"In my spare time, I like to study philosophy, and I think I have some experience."

"Well, the answer is actually not difficult to guess..." Night Crow said, floating up, "Then let's go, I'll take you to see my Lord."

"... You are indeed a believer of that."

"Strictly speaking, I am His creation and favored one."

"... Oh."

...

What kind of existence is qualified to be called "the only and absolute truth"?

After personally experiencing the impact of a series of divine information, Chaos actually has the answer in his heart.

The starting point is too changeable, the existence is too ambiguous, and the boundaries between "existence" and "nothingness" are so vague. Only the end of everything is the absolute truth.

Chaos saw the truth as he wished.

...

Somewhere in the mapping space.

Nicole put down the teacup in her hand, and a trace of worry appeared on her ordinary-looking and elegant face: "He's gone..."

"Yeah, he's gone." Fitz nodded, turned around and asked Lenari, who was still eating cake calmly, "Did he survive?"

"He survived the first wave of impact, and we have to wait and see what happens next." Lenari bit the cake fork and said vaguely.

"What do you think the chances of surviving?" Nicole couldn't help asking.

Lenari thought for a while and spread his hands: "I don't know... I'm not good at judging these things."

"It seems that we can only wait." Fitz said.

"Fortunately, there are no established rules here, and the 'speed of time' is easy to operate." Nicole said with half emotion and half sigh.

...

There is no time in the dream, Chaos struggled to wake up, and in a trance, he had the illusion that thousands of years had passed.

"...How long has it been?" He murmured in a low voice like a dream.

"It's not yet past midnight in the current world. Well, let's start counting from the time you 'invited' me." Night Raven's pleasant and gentle voice rang clearly in Chaos' ears."It's really... like a lifetime ago." He sighed.

"In terms of perceived time, it's been a long time." Night Crow said.

In the dream of the sea under the moon, it was quiet for a while.

After a while, Chaos said something else: "I thought you would start to stay at home again..."

"Occasionally I will also meditate." Night Crow said lightly.

The surroundings became quiet again, with only the subtle sounds of the surging tide.

After a long silence, Chaos stared at the misty night sky under the moonlight, which seemed to be covered with a layer of gauze, and said softly: "I have seen the truth..."

"Yeah." Night Crow nodded.

"... How will I be treated?" Chaos finally asked, his tone was as flat as if he was asking whether to add cream to coffee.

Night Crow did not answer directly, but asked: "What do you think?"

"Thoughts?" Chaos was stunned for a moment and repeated subconsciously.

"Yes, that's your feeling." Night Crow examined Chaos's expression, "Everything will eventually belong to the Lord... After understanding such a hopeless fact, what do you feel?"

"'Despair'..." The blond young man murmured, "I don't think so."

"Oh?"

"He is there, everything will belong to Him... This is a natural phenomenon, a natural rule, there is no such thing as 'despair'." Chaos said softly.

"So, do you belong to Him?" Night Crow asked.

"I will eventually belong to Him, everything will belong to Him." Chaos said softly.

Night Crow listened quietly.

"But before the destined moment comes, please allow me to struggle with all my might and everything I have."

A faint smile gradually filled Night Crow's moon-like eyes, and she said with emotion and sigh:

"At that time, your body was completely blurred! I thought you would return to my Lord like that."

"...Blurred?"

"Yes, blurred." Night Crow nodded affirmatively and teased, "It's so transparent and blurred that only a few very pitiful pixels are left."

"...Unimaginable."

"It doesn't matter, I took a photo."

"..."