"Yes. There is a blind and mindless being that will surely live until the multiverse ends."
After a long silence, Yog-Sothoth revealed a startling secret.
"What sort of being is it?" Ke Meng asked curiously.
"I don't know. All I know is that a group of mindless dancers with no fixed shape surrounds it, singing incomprehensible songs. From those mad songs, I remembered only a single name."
Yog shook his head, showing an unusual emotion for the first time.
Ke Meng noticed a trace of bewilderment in that emotion, along with fear.
What sort of god could frighten even the omniscient Yog-Sothoth?
"What name?"
"Azathoth." In a hoarse voice, Yog tried his best to reproduce the sound.
Ke Meng's spirituality did not react.
Whatever that name represented, he sensed no danger from the god's name.
Yog added, "When I read the beginning of time and witnessed the birth of the multiverse, Azathoth already existed."
"Azathoth has existed far longer than I have. If a truly omniscient and omnipotent being exists, it is probably that one."
Yog's omnipotence currently operated within the bounds of coherent logic, rather than transcending logic altogether.
For Yog, discovering Azathoth's existence was the greatest gain of his life.
But discovering Azathoth had also revealed Azathoth's past to him.
Ke Meng wanted to ask more, but Yog refused to continue.
It was as though the sound of Azathoth's name had stirred an unpleasant memory, and he immediately shut his door to visitors.
"Leave. Stop asking. I'm not receiving visitors."
Shut outside, Ke Meng waited for a long time. Realizing that this was where their encounter ended, he hurried away.
Ke Meng had not asked about the game's origins.
While absorbing higher-dimensional knowledge, he had already uncovered the truth about the game.
Behind the Game World, The One