Transformed into Cosmic Horror in a Sci-Fi Universe-Chapter 113 : Cosmic Horror
[ Hmm…. ]
How should I break free from this boredom?
I’ve returned to my lab and tried various things, but the boredom just won’t go away.
Even watching the war between the Galactic Federation and the Wardens is just… meh.
I’ve created multiple universes to observe and even entered them myself… but that’s not very entertaining either.
Ugh! I need some new stimulation…!
Call me fickle if you want.
I just wish there was something fun to do.
Hmm, should I try seeing what happens when universes collide?
No, I’ve done that several times before.
Honestly, no matter how many times I try, the results are always similar.
They either get destroyed or merge….
What if I try creating a world with a completely new feel?
Something unexpected….
[ Does such a thing even exist? ]
Sigh… I don’t know. Maybe I should just graduate from here and create a completely new crevice.
While thinking about that, suddenly a good idea came to mind.
[ Oh, right. Let’s try that. ]
That’s it.
Let’s create a cosmic horror universe!
Not a sci-fi universe, but how should I put it… literally cosmic horror!
Like the Cthulhu mythos.
Where people live their lives alongside absolute beings that cannot be defied.
That’s the kind of world I’ll create.
When I eventually become another Azathoth and completely graduate from here, won’t it be a good experience?
Well… even though creating such outer gods in that world is entirely up to me.
Still, the more experience you gain, the better.
Alright, shall we start designing the universe?
First, I can’t make it too big on a crevice scale… at most it’ll be on a multiverse scale.
How could I create a crevice-scale universe within a crevice anyway?
Still, since it’s cosmic horror, let’s make it grand.
The spirit realm before had an enormously vast universal scale too.
No, not that.
Instead, let’s have multiple universes connected and interacting with each other….
With gods who crush humans like insects. Oh, this is getting good! It’s becoming interesting.
Inevitably, images of various outer gods come to mind.
I tried to implement it in a way that’s similar but feels as different as possible.
And that’s how the universe was completed.
It feels like I’ve put in proper effort for the first time in a while.
Well… there are numerous gods, but I’ve made most of them similar to the level of elf gods in the sci-fi universe.
I definitely put in quite a lot of effort.
The genre is slightly less advanced than the sci-fi universe.
Roughly the 22nd century cyberpunk era? That should work, right?
Well, the time period doesn’t really matter anyway.
Something like a survival story? That kind of feel is what I’m going for.
I just wanted to include cyberpunk, so I did.
[ Alright then, shall we… take a look? ]
Cosmic horror universe, begin!
“I’ve deposited today’s wages.”
“Yes, thank you.”
Lee Yujin.
At 26 years old, he’s a young day laborer living day to day without having built up anything.
He reached out with his mechanical right arm, which had been lost in a previous accident and replaced with machinery, to take the card statement.
After checking it and comparing it with the deposit details on his ID card, he nodded and left the factory.
Humanity has developed at an incredible pace, but as always, there’s a stark divide between the rich and poor beneath that development.
Moreover, as machines replace jobs and unemployment rises, more people turn to day labor jobs that still use cheap human labor.
While the skyscrapers grow taller and brighter, these people’s lives grow increasingly darker.
Lee Yujin is also one of the victims of this wealth disparity.
His poor parents couldn’t afford to raise a child and abandoned him, leading him to grow up as an orphan, and without any support, he became just another day laborer. 𝘳𝒶ＮöᛒƐš
It’s a common story.
The daily wages disappear instantly on food, daily capsule room rent, and other expenses.
A meaningless life of living day to day.
‘I wish this world would just end.’
Lee Yujin let out a deep sigh while looking up at the sky.
While thinking about how he wished this world would end, he stared at the pitch-black sky illuminated by skyscrapers and hover-car skyways.
Swoosh─
It appeared suddenly, at that moment.
And very nonchalantly revealed itself.
“…Huh?”
The moment he saw it, it felt so natural that he didn’t feel any sense of dissonance about its existence.
It was completely natural.
But soon, he realized how utterly alien it was.
The moon? A planet?
Something huge and round floating in the sky.
But it had… a massive eye attached to it.
A giant planet with an eye attached.
It appeared, covering the sky.
“What is that?”
“Eh…?”
“Is this some kind of event?”
Fortunately, Yujin wasn’t going crazy – everyone was looking at it in confusion.
What could it be?
That massive object.
No, is it even an object…?
Could it perhaps be a living thing?
People started taking out their phones in confusion and began photographing it.
They posted it to their SNS accounts, and in an instant, it spread across the entire internet.
Though there wasn’t even a need for it to spread through SNS.
[ It’s visible in my neighborhood too. ]
[ Is it in Korea too? I’m in Japan and can see the exact same thing. ]
[ It’s here in America too. ]
The entire world.
These things had suddenly appeared all across the world.
‘What is this. What’s going on….’
Yujin took out his phone to check the internet and looked up at the sky once more.
But at that moment.
“Oh.”
“It closed its eye.”
The planet-like thing had its eye closed.
Right after confirming that.
[ The selection will now begin. ]
Zzzzing─
“Arghh!”
“Aagh!”
“My, my head!”
Suddenly, something like a will forcefully entered his mind.
The moment he felt it, his head started to hurt as if it would split open.
‘What, what’s this suddenly? Selection?’
Despite the headache, its will was etched into his mind with absolute clarity.
The selection will begin.
There was no need to think deeply about what that meant.
Because…
Splat!
The head of a man walking next to Yujin burst open, spraying blood.
“Ky, kyaaaah!”
“Urgh! Wh-what?!”
“A, a person’s head…”
The sudden situation caused absolute chaos.
It was understandable, given how people’s heads were popping like balloons, scattering brain matter everywhere.
But the commotion didn’t last long.
Pop! Splat!
Because the heads of people all around started bursting one after another.
“Uaah…!”
Pop!
Even the head of a woman trying to run away screaming.
“Mom…!”
Splat!
Even the head of a child crying out for their mother in the chaos.
“Wh-what is this…”
Splat!
Even a middle-aged man who was trying to make sense of the situation while looking around.
Regardless of age or gender, everyone’s heads exploded.
“……”
Yujin couldn’t say anything.
He couldn’t even scream.
What could anyone do when people’s heads were exploding all around?
He could only blankly pray that his own head wouldn’t explode.
After what felt like a few minutes.
The entire area was stained with a sticky red from blood and brain matter.
On the main street that had been full of people, only one person remained standing.
Only Yujin.
“Ah, uah…”
Only then did Yujin manage to let out a small sound.
But terrified that making a sound might kill him, he covered his mouth to prevent any louder noises from escaping.
As he did so, after a moment, another will entered his mind.
[ The selection is complete. ]
“Mmph…?!”
Though his head throbbed and hurt like it might explode again like before, worried that making a sound might be dangerous, he desperately held back his scream with tightly sealed lips.
Whether it was thanks to that effort, or whether he had been chosen to survive without any particular reason.
Yujin survived.
On this vast main street.
No… in the entire city.
No, in this entire country.
No.
In this entire world.
Including him, only 100 people.
Only 100 people survived.
Shortly after the message announcing the completion of the selection reached the survivors’ minds.
The 100 survivors from Earth were suddenly transported somewhere.
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It was a facility that felt like a massive studio.
“Wh-what?”
“What is this place suddenly?”
“Uaah…”
The survivors who had just witnessed people’s heads exploding were now in complete chaos after being suddenly transported here.
They hadn’t even processed the current reality yet, and things were changing too rapidly for them to adapt.
“Uaaaah! Julie!!!”
“Aaagh! Aagh!”
Among them were those crying out in anguish after losing family, lovers, or friends before their eyes.
“Wh-what? Where is this place?”
“Those people… is that blood?”
Meanwhile, there were others who, having been somewhere without people, were completely clean without a drop of blood on them, only interested in this place and the people around them.
Yujin stood between these groups, blankly staring at what was before him.
What caught his eye was, on a high stage set up on one side of the studio.
A man in a suit who was looking down at this situation as if finding it amusing.
