They all call me an Outer God.

So one day, this former professor opened his door, wrapped himself in a thick blanket, left his home, and came to the streets where there was snow and corpses everywhere.

Excessive cold can create the illusion of warmth. Mu Wen looked up at the pale sun in the sky and smiled.

"That's right, the world should be as warm as it is today, with everyone basking in the sunshine and their faces full of happy smiles."

But his neighbor was dead, his friend was dead, and there was no one alive on the street except him. The bitter cold still lingered, even more scorching than before.

Mu Wen wanted to shout at everyone—

"Hang in there! Natural disasters can't destroy us. Hang in there! The news has reported that the meteorite's trajectory has been altered!"

Mu Wen crouched down and dug and dug in the snow with all his might, finally unearthing a woman and a child. Both of them were covered in frost, their hair and eyelashes were silvery white, but their facial expressions were peaceful.

Perhaps the mother felt the warmth, looked at the bright sun outside, and wanted to take her child out to bask in the sun.

But natural disasters never show them any sympathy.

The disaster was almost over, so why did this happen?

Just a few more days and we can go back to how things were before. Just a few more days, until the ice and snow melt and the sun shines again...

Mu Wen felt a sharp pain in his eyes. He wanted to cry, but the cold only froze his tears.

"If the sun no longer provides warmth, then what's the point of having it?"

He looked up at the cold sun, his eyes filled with extreme anger. At that moment, the snow near him was melted into a puddle of water, which then evaporated rapidly.

"It's too cold here. I can't wait that long, and nobody can wait that long."

During the harsh winter, someone must volunteer to be a torch, illuminating everything.

"If the sun stops providing warmth and only shines, what's the difference between you and a light bulb! Since even you can hang yourself in the sky, I might as well hang myself up there!"

"I will replace you and become the new [Sun]!"

On that day, Mu Wen's shouts echoed in the biting cold wind, and his whole body burst forth with extreme light, transferring all his body heat to the sunlight.

An ordinary human being can only provide a limited amount of heat, but he has already been polluted and often feels cold not because he is weak, but because his body absorbs all the heat like a bottomless pit.

On that day, the temperature improved like never before, the ice and snow melted, the power was restored, and people sang and danced to remind themselves that they had survived the disaster. They hugged each other, sobbing, their eyes filled with the joy of survival.

No one will remember someone who claimed to transform into the "sun," and only Bai Wentao placed a bunch of bright sunflowers in front of his portrait. The reason they were bright was because they were fake flowers.

In extreme environments, people are too busy taking care of themselves to care for these things.

"Professor Mu, I never expected you to pass away before me. Every time I bask in the sun, I always think of your face; your voice and appearance are still vivid in my mind..."

Bai Wentao slumped over the table where the portrait of the deceased was placed, his shoulders trembling incessantly, looking utterly grief-stricken: "I used to admire you so much. If you hadn't rejected me, I wouldn't have chosen that person as my mentor."

If only you hadn't rejected me. You didn't even want to see me back then. No matter how many awards and honors I had received, you didn't need me. Was I really that unworthy of your attention?

Now that you are dead, not many people even know why you died. They will only think it's their own doing, and in their eyes you are still a corrupted alien.

But I should also thank you, Professor Mu. Do you know why the weather is so cold, and why I admire you so much? It's because of your ability to absorb all the heat in the world. If it weren't for you, absolute zero wouldn't exist—and so many people wouldn't have died.

I really want to thank you! Hahahaha, this ending was so satisfying!!!

At this moment, he finally raised his head, his face devoid of tears, instead filled with a manic and twisted laugh.

“Those fools, celebrate now! The real disaster is not over yet. Soon you will know what true despair is.”

“Only those of us who have been contaminated can truly survive. Professor Mu, it would be such a waste for someone with your exceptional abilities to die… I won’t let you die so easily; you must live.”

"Then, I will tell you, bit by bit, about the good deeds you have done."

Ria continued to witness all of this from the sidelines, and then the flow of time accelerated continuously, and everything was just as Shub Nicholas had once said.

Even if humanity solves the meteorite problem, meteorites are just a trigger. What truly triggers all of this is "reincarnation." The replacement of the new universe and the collapse and fusion of the old universe often happen in the blink of an eye.

The outcome cannot be changed. Those who were polluted endured the effects of pollution in the universe for many years, transforming into the indescribable "Old Days," awaiting the restart of the next civilization.

Even if the flow of time were accelerated, this period of time would still be extremely long.

In the blink of an eye, Ria found himself in a dilapidated palace. He looked up and saw a huge inverted cross in front of him and the "Hanged Man" bound above it.

This was the first time Lia had witnessed the true face of the radiant sunrise. The tall and imposing man had long, half-curled golden hair, a full beard, and empty, lifeless blue eyes.

It's hard to reconcile this person with the Professor Mu of the past; he now resembles a defeated general more than a professor.

Recalling the sacrifices and prayers she had made to the radiant sun in the past, Ria's feelings became unusually complicated.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

After the young man used his intuition to discover that there was nothing around him that posed a threat, he realized that this was still a dream world under the bright sun.

Even in dreams, He binds Himself; is this due to some kind of influence from a harbinger of misfortune?

"His Majesty!"

Ria raised her voice, but the man still didn't react.

He was like a real corpse. Even when Riyad summoned the divine authority in His face, all that could be seen was a slight movement of His eyes before He completely lost all reaction.

Ria drew closer and called out the name from the past: "Muwen, Professor Mu."

This was said in the old language, and the reaction of the radiant sun was finally more intense, but Ria could only see endless pain and struggle in His eyes.

【Who are you?】

Sodris murmured unconsciously.

"I've come to save you, listen to me, we..."

I don't need to be saved!

Suddenly, tears of blood streamed down His face.

I don't deserve anyone's help. I was wrong, I'm so sorry... I'm the one who's guilty beyond measure.

"you're not wrong."

Ria emphasized that the other party only uttered painful babbling.

Why did you bring me back to life?

Why did you tell me the truth? Why did you make me witness the destruction of my homeland, robbing me of my last hope before I died?

Why can't I die...? Why are you taking everything away from me?

Whoever you are, kill me, kill me, Gheros, kill me!

"This isn't your fault, wake up!"

Ria's voice grew louder. He now understood how Gherus dealt with the Radiant Sun. After parasitizing the sun, He corrupted its mind based on its weaknesses, plunging it into constant guilt and madness. How despicable was this method.

The current situation of Guangyao Xuri is becoming increasingly strange.

If he doesn't awaken it, Ria won't be able to obtain the permit to advance to Meme One. Besides, killing a god? With his current strength, he simply can't do that, so this possibility was also erased from Ria's mind.

“I have to find a way to bring him back to his senses, but his past experiences have made it impossible for Professor Mu to wake up. Is there really no way to change all of this?”

Ria tried to use the power of trade to bring Him to his senses, tried to save Him, and even tried to slap the radiant sun with her tentacles.

However, all of this was to no avail; Guangyao Xuri remained trapped in an endless nightmare of self-blame and pain.

At this moment, a sense of irritation welled up in Ria's heart—she wanted to erase everything that bothered her.

He suppressed his inappropriate emotions and tried hard to think of a way to bring Sodris back to his senses.

He thought of going back in time.

Since this is a dream, dreams can be altered.

"I should try to prevent the tragedy from happening."

"In the dream, I am just an observer."

Ria muttered to herself, then suddenly realized something: "An observer? The entire universe is a primordial dream. What can't I change? My authority should be greater than everything..."

Theoretically, I could go back to the past, but that's just theoretical. To actually travel through time, I'd need to pray to a god with higher authority in that area.

Yog-Sothoth.

The first person that came to mind for Ria was Him.

He wanted to try to attract the other party's attention and get their help, but just as the thought crossed his mind, before he could even put it into action, a spatial rift appeared in front of him. Then, the rift expanded and expanded in front of him until it formed a "door" that people could pass through.

Controlling time and space, possessing absolute wisdom and omniscience, this is Yog-Sothoth's power. Perhaps He foresaw this moment and deliberately used His authority to open a door for Ria that could alter time and space.

This capability can also be understood as a kind of programming, automatically generating subsequent instructions after detecting a certain node.

The grandmother fallacy has always been a warning line in the realm of spacetime. Since Yog-Sothoth opened this door for Ria, it means that He is not afraid of spacetime being distorted or altered.

The past, present, and future within the same time and space are all predetermined.

He anticipated that Ria would return to the past at this moment, but since He did so, Ria could probably guess that this action was the only way to save the Radiant Sun.

"...Thank you."

As Ria approached the door, she politely thanked the master of the door.

In an instant, tiny, dense tentacles emerged from the edge of the door, swaying as if they were feeling immensely gratified.

They saw Ria off.

As Ria passed through the door, he heard some chaotic words, as if millions of people were whispering prayers in his ear.

【Origin＃%■】

【%＃End■End■……】

[From the beginning to the end...]

"Origin, end?"

For a moment, Ria was puzzled by what these words meant. They sounded like some kind of prayer, but also seemed like a simple warning.

"Should we pay attention to these two nodes?"

After a dazzling flash of light, the scene before Ria's eyes was completely transformed once again.

He was in a place that resembled a research institute, where a holographic screen was projected onto the cold walls, displaying today's news.

"For the first time, humans have discovered and brought back intelligent living beings from space, and they are currently in good condition."

Upon hearing this, Ria's eyelids twitched violently.

"At 10:12 AM International Time on May 6, 2348, the American research spacecraft Gal 10 concluded its exploration and returned to its capsule. The main planet explored this time was a pseudo-sun star in Solar System 16. The following is an interview with the researchers who completed the exploration."

On the screen, the astronaut who stepped out of the hatch first appeared pale, with bloodshot eyes and disheveled hair, but he still forced a wide grin at the media cameras.

"Hello everyone, I am Ben J. This exploration is a small step for me personally, but a giant leap for mankind in the exploration of other civilizations."

"We have found the sixteenth habitable galaxy. It's like convergent evolution in biology. These galaxies have an organizational structure that closely resembles the Milky Way, and they also contain stars similar to our Sun."

This is enough to prove the feasibility of the parallel universe theory, but instead of finding humans inside, we brought back some biological samples living inside the rocks. According to our observations, they possess intelligence comparable to a ten-year-old child, and they taste delicious.

"Mmm...delicious."

He licked his lips, his eyes revealing an unnatural greed.

The camera then pans to a creature inside a glass container that looks remarkably like a hermit crab.

When facing the camera, they become exceptionally ferocious, displaying obvious aggression towards anyone. Their hard shells are covered with dense tentacles that throb wildly with their rage.

Ben J. continued, "Solar System 16 will undoubtedly become a new star system that humans can choose to live in. At the same time, we have also discovered abundant water resources and life on many planets within it."

Subsequently, we engaged in friendly exchanges with these life forms, adhering to the principles of exploring the stars and promoting friendly coexistence and common development between humanity and extraterrestrial civilizations…

When Ria saw the media's flashlights shining on Ben J., his face became visibly stiff.

As for the alien creatures that were brought back and confined in the containers, Ria sensed a strong supernatural aura emanating from them.

The astronaut was contaminated and brought back to Earth creatures that originally lived in outer space.

(End of this chapter)