Having thought it through, Cheng Yu decided to get up and set the second act of his drama of the year in motion.
Just then, Yog said softly,
"I enjoyed the first act."
Cheng Yu froze, but he still replied with a cheeky grin,
"My honor, Mr. Producer."
Yog smiled faintly, then said pointedly,
"So you should take a little care with your second act."
Cheng Yu froze again, then began to feel uneasy. The big shot had specifically warned him about the second act. Could something really be about to happen?
Yog continued,
"This journey of ours is quite a perfect drama. At most, the first act merely established the background. The second act... is where the story begins."
Cheng Yu swallowed. The big shot's words left him with no choice but to think more deeply about it.
In the end, Cheng Yu ventured a question.
"Uh, well, boss, is it that God of Amusement? Is he..."
Before Cheng Yu could finish, the system immediately issued a warning.
"You are being subjected to information pollution of the highest sequence. The effect of the Epic-Rank title 'The Kid Watched by the Big Shot' has activated. Evaluating priority. Evaluation passed. Immunity to information pollution successful. The other party failed to inflict information pollution on you."
Cheng Yu's face instantly went pale.
Yog said softly,
"One of the reasons Nyarlathotep is called the God of a Thousand Faces is that any carrier of concepts pointing to him-language, sound, text, content, descriptions, memories, and so on-becomes one of Nyarlathotep's avatars once any sapient being 'understands' it."
At this point, Yog looked at Cheng Yu and continued,
"You knew this before."
Cheng Yu's pupils first contracted, then he remembered that he seemed to have mentioned it to Doggy, or someone else, before.