[After [Purple Talent: Transform All Beings] activated, amid a wash of purple light—]
[A familiar consciousness awakened once again.]
[The system notification rang out:]
[Ding! Congratulations, host! [Transform All Beings] activated successfully. Temporary ability acquired—[Escape One]!]
[Whether because of "Old Self" or sheer coincidence, the ability obtained this time was once again the heaven-defying [Escape One].]
["Old Self" possessed "Number Two Other-Self" again.]
[You had no idea what fraction of "Old Self's" strength had been synchronized this time. Come to think of it, you had not known how much had been synchronized the last time you summoned "Old Self," either. But "Old Self" seemed to rely on a mechanism.]
[In other words, the ability Escape One, rather than numerical values like a fraction of his strength...]
[You deployed him into the ["Cthulhu" Universe] through [the Chat Group].]
[Come to think of it, every [Group Mission] now seemed to require "Old Self" to make an appearance.]
[But there was no helping it. A-Rank Missions already involved the supreme level, far beyond anything someone at your level could intervene in.]
["Number Two Other-Self," possessed by "Old Self," was deployed into the ["Cthulhu" Universe].]
[Through your connection, you finally saw the sights of this world.]
[Your first impression was aberration.]
[It was even more aberrant than the realm formed from a torn page of the "True Scripture" that you had seen in your simulation memories.]
(Mentioned in Chapter 232.)
[Merely seeing it would affect anyone below the supreme level.]
[But you were protected by "Old Self's" power, so you remained unaffected.]
[Nebulae twisted into folds like rotting flesh, while enormous eyes without pupils floated over planets.]
[Soft-bodied creatures melted into stardust, their limbs sweeping outward like liquid tentacles.]
[Distorted light spilled unearthly colors with every breath, and even the laws