Chapter40: The Beginning of the Deadly Silence
Unknown looked at the date sheet.
The date was 2/7/2020.
Unknown was shocked and quickly looked toward the sun.
The sun had just appeared; it was currently dawn.
Unknown began to recall what had happened. His body started trembling.
He was sure he had spent a long time wandering around that day,
but now...
He looked outside—
the sunlight was only just beginning to appear.
Then...
Unknown began to feel the fear rising again, more and more.
This time, he was struck by the same madness that had overwhelmed him earlier.
He began laughing, then crying, then muttering strange things.
After an unknown period of time...
Unknown was lying on the ground near a house in the city.
A faint light glimmered in his eyes—
Consciousness returned to them after a long absence.
Another unknown amount of time passed...
Unknown shifted his gaze from the sky to his body.
He began to tremble from fear and pain.
His body was covered in scratches.
Then Unknown's eyes rolled back, and the world around him started to dim.
He opened his eyes — those same eyes that had been unconscious —
and instinctively looked at the date sheet.
Moments later, a flood of memories surged into his mind.
He was shocked by what he saw.
He saw himself in a state of unnatural madness.
He saw himself losing his mind,
saw himself during those moments of unconsciousness.
Then he remembered the date written on the paper.
His eyes widened in shock.
He looked again...
The date was: 5/7/2020
Unknown stopped thinking clearly.
His heart was filled with fear, his mind with madness and hallucinations.
Unknown 2 had gone insane.
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Somewhere else...
Unknown 1 looked at the imposing man,
and began begging him to stop all of this.
The man scoffed,
then struck Unknown,
sending him flying a great distance.
After a long time…
Unknown 1 opened his eyes,
and saw the imposing man standing before him.
He remembered everything,
then clenched his teeth and asked:
"Why are you doing this?!"
The imposing man replied calmly:
"For your own good."
Unknown shouted, tears filling his eyes:
"No! That's not what I meant!
I meant—why are you doing something so inhuman?!!!"
A look of disgust spread across the man's face,
as if he had stepped barefoot into cow dung.
Then, with a tone full of revulsion, he said:
"Inhuman? What is this thing you call 'human'?
Here's some advice—
What's happening to Unknown 2 is nothing.
What if you saw what happened that day..."
A memory surfaced in the man's mind; he shook his head and continued:
"Child, don't be so weak."
Unknown looked like he was about to go mad,
but somehow calmed himself.
Then he said:
"I want to understand...
You said you'd teach him the Deadly Silence state,
but look at you! You're torturing him!
I don't know how, but it's impossible for someone to go mad that quickly!
How did you do it?! Why did you do it?!
And most importantly—is this really necessary?!
At first, I thought the Deadly Silence state was about calm and serenity,
but this?!
He was sitting, then laughing, crying, doing strange things…
How is this related to Deadly Silence?"
The imposing man laughed mockingly, then said:
"You haven't seen anything yet.
I only deluded him with a few things.
That's why it all seems illogical to you—and even to him, he doesn't realize what's happening.
In truth, you don't need to understand what's happening.
Being in this state of madness is the only requirement.
It doesn't matter how you get there."
Then he continued with a wicked smile:
"As for why madness is tied to the Deadly Silence state?
It's just the first stage, the preparation phase."
He started mocking Unknown again, and said:
"Did you think the Deadly Silence state was about peace and quiet?"
The imposing man smirked and said:
"In reality, this state is about:
Madness, illogic, calm, silence, no thought, no awareness,
the collapse of everything you know, destruction, ruin, annihilation, death, the end,
entropy, disorder, decay.
In this chaos, there is order, and within the order, there is chaos.
Mix them all together,
and you get this state—
This is what I call the Deadly Silence state.
And this is the gift I will give you."
Now...
The imposing man grinned viciously and said to Unknown:
"Now… enjoy watching how you will come to understand this state."