Ch.BONUS200. End

A week after the entire domain of the Human Federation and the monsters—the Hive Mind—had been spatially isolated, the distorted space suddenly vanished, and within it—

The “darkness,” which had become the space itself, equivalent to 2/3 of our galaxy, began eroding everything as if poised to devour all.

This “darkness,” having seized control of both the material realm and psychic dimensions, advanced like the embodiment of endless greed, swallowing the remaining 1/3 whole.

Microorganisms too small to be seen, aliens, machines, living beings, powerful psychic entities called gods, and even the very concept of space itself.

Having transcended any classification as a life form,

Having become something closer to a concept or phenomenon,

It finally consumed our entire galaxy before ceasing its expansion.

The only survivors of this phenomenon were the extremely few who managed to escape beyond the galaxy;

In the truest sense, our galaxy had become one.

And as this unified galaxy transformed into darkness, it soon coalesced into an egg—

What hatched from within this cosmic egg, which could rightfully be called a world-containing egg, was none other than—our galaxy itself.

It was the moment when an entity equivalent to a galaxy appeared in this dark and quiet world.

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Afterward, having merged with the galaxy and transformed into what could be described as a truly deified existence, I observed the entire observable universe,

And as a result, I could discern that there were no immediate threats within this range.

Therefore, concluding that all that remained was to endlessly devour everything, grow, and become the world itself,

I tried to raise my body, which seemed composed of cosmic space, from a small satellite and move—

“Hey there, hello hello~?”

《—————?!!!!!!》

Hearing the voice of a being I hadn’t detected despite having become the galaxy itself,

I turned my head in genuine surprise toward the source, moving the body that possessed vision,

And what existed there was…………

A girl, a girl wearing a black Gothic Lolita-style dress—or so she appeared, but her essence was a being infinitely divorced from 【that】.

While her external appearance was, as mentioned earlier, that of a girl dressed in a frilly black dress,

The essence of 【that】 faintly visible beyond the horizon of cognition was—

Chaos (混沌).

The concept itself had taken form as a hum……..no, as a singular entity.

Writhing, twisting, distorting, breaking, fluid yet solid things—the embodiment of uncertainty formed from “undetermined things” across the entire universe, all worlds, all dimensions.

Chaos, disorder, the very concept of the amorphous by any name, was now appearing before me and speaking.

Gauge its power? Oppose that being? Even that is impossible.

To begin with, I only know of 【its】 existence because 【it】 revealed itself directly to me.

This entity, which appears as if the concept itself has gained consciousness,

Is a fragment of infinite power that cannot be opposed—cannot even be observed.

“Hey, aren’t you being too tense?”

However, Chaos, clearly aware of my feelings,

Despite knowing the reason, acted like a cheeky girl and poked me with her finger.

……..She poked a body with mass equivalent to 5% of our galaxy observable from Earth—a piece of the night sky itself.

By this point, a question arises.

Why has this being, whose power I can barely comprehend but is infinitely close to limitless, capable of crushing entire dimensions, come to me?

Even though I’m a monster with the mass of an entire galaxy,

Compared to that which could crumple dimensions themselves, I’m merely a cat before a dragon.

Then the reason for taking such a cat would be…….

“Oh, I’m not taking you to keep as a pet. I just want to release you somewhere else.”

If one were to take these words at face value, they might seem like an expression of desire, need, or simple amusement, but that wasn’t it.

That being was simply the embodiment of change and uncertainty. It manifests across countless worlds,

Connecting world to world,

Creating all manner of variables without any reason—literally the concept of ‘chaos’ itself.

Just as it had thrown countless humans beyond, it was the fundamental cause of someone’s transmigration to another world—the reason I had been brought to this world.

It changes worlds that remain static due to homeostasis through mutual exchange,

One of the many laws (worldview settings) that constitute the world.

It was suggesting to me:

Become like itself—a medium and driving force that changes the world, a collective and individual entity that devours the world.

If I were to name this—

Yes, it would be a Hive Mind, something you’d expect to find in a game.

-The End-