When Cheng Yu opened his eyes again, he saw a familiar ceiling.
Around him lay an old-fashioned courtyard, as though everything had been nothing but a fleeting dream.
But the haze in his consciousness told him that none of it had been a dream.
Besides, the idea of a Legendary dreaming was rather absurd in itself.
As Cheng Yu got up, he saw an all-too-familiar being sitting where Old Mu had once sat.
He approached that being and lowered his head.
"Big Shot."
"You seem to have a lot of questions."
Yog spoke.
Cheng Yu pressed his lips together, then said,
"Yes, but I know that if I'm allowed to know, you'll tell me."
Seeing Cheng Yu like this, Yog answered his first question.
"As for your first question.
Everything you experienced was real. All of it. If anything, you've tied yourself in knots. You know Nyarlathotep's nature, yet you don't truly understand it. Just as Snow Spirit said, Nyarlathotep is her, but she is not Nyarlathotep.
The same applies to Shen Tian, Niu Ba, and the others. As for your feelings, Nyarlathotep's influence did account for ninety percent of them. You should know what the remaining ten percent was: your own choice. Though you're already a Legendary, you've always clung to your past.
So, through all those coincidences, things between you and Snow Spirit fell naturally into place. There's nothing strange about it.
And your acting was, in essence, what drove Nyarlathotep's Script forward.
Shen Yu's Transforming Oneself into a Pass was an internal cleanup of the Amusement Park, keeping those rats outside from coming in to wreck it.
Yunyangzi and Niu Ba's journey was about preparing for the Amusement Park's owner to arrive and renovating its facilities.
Finally, your exploration of your true self was merely to make