"Wow! What is this?""Could this be one of Lady Black Tower's new inventions?"
A curious voice echoed through the chat interface.
Saeko Busujima:"This is a very strange screen. It only appears in front of my eyes. Is it some kind of advanced technology?"
Apuru Party:"Hello, everyone! Is this a new way to chat? Or is something wrong with my empathy?"
Water Goddess:"This is Aqua, the Water Goddess. I don't know what this place is, but since there are people here… would you like to worship the Water Goddess? You should join the Axis Cult."
March 7th:"A Water Goddess? Could that be a Star God? But I've never heard of one like that!"
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Kisaragi Akira did not believe that they were suffering from some kind of mass delusion.
The Doomsday Chat Group was undeniably real.It had already granted him supernatural abilities—there was no reason to doubt its authenticity.
Now, however, it was time to clarify the situation.
Kisaragi Akira:"Everyone, please listen carefully."
March 7th:"Administrator!"
Apuru Party:"Oh? The Administrator finally showed up? Did you create this using Originium Arts?"
Kisaragi Akira:"No. Just like the name suggests, this is the Doomsday Chat Group—a platform that allows people from different worlds to communicate and resist the apocalypse together."
Before anyone could interrupt him, Akira continued.
"Before you draw conclusions, let me explain the group's functions."
Doomsday Check-In:Check in once per day to receive 1–100 Doomsday Points.
Doomsday Roulette:Spend 1,000 Doomsday Points for a chance to obtain items or abilities from any world.
Ability Enhancement:Use Doomsday Points to strengthen existing abilities.
Ability Recycling:Recycle abilities in exchange for Doomsday Points.
Ability Visualization:Allows users to view and analyze their own abilities and apocalyptic status.
Kisaragi Akira:"I recommend that everyone start by visualizing their abilities. It should also show whether your world is facing an apocalypse."
March 7th:"Hey! This screen says 'Future Apocalypse (9 stars).' Does that mean my world is really going to end?"
Saeko Busujima:"Mine says 'Future Apocalypse (4 stars).'"
Apuru Party:"Oh—mine shows 'Future Apocalypse (7 stars).'"
Water Goddess:"Doomsday? How could there be an apocalypse in the divine realm? Future Apocalypse… six stars? They're saying even the gods' world can end?"
"So the future really does come to an end?"
Kisaragi Akira stroked his chin, deep in thought.
Their results were completely different from his own.
His world contained three separate apocalypses—and each of them was rated twelve stars.
[Human]: Kisaragi AkiraPoints: 500
[Doomsday]:
Cognitive Doomsday (12★)
Abnormal Doomsday (12★)
Uncertainty Doomsday (12★)
[Abilities]:
Rank B: Physical Enhancement (Lv.2)
Five-Thunder Divine Art: Eclipse Thunder Form (Lv.3)
Saeko Busujima came from a world known as Highschool of the Dead.
A classic zombie apocalypse.
Dealing with a single zombie was manageable.But an entire world overrun by them?
A four-star apocalypse rating was more than fair.
The Apuru Party mentioned Originium Arts—technology unique to the continent of Terra in Arknights.
The nickname "Ah-Puru-Pai" made Akira think of only one person.
Exusiai.
Her real name was Remy, born in Laterano.
Terra was a complicated world.
A seven-star apocalypse likely meant overlapping disasters—sea monsters, demons, giant beasts… and possibly even extraterrestrial threats.
Then there was March 7th.
She mentioned the Black Tower and Star Gods.
Her tone and mannerisms matched perfectly.
There was no doubt—she came from the Star Rail universe.
But what exactly caused the apocalypse there?
A Star God?Or the existence that the Star God Qlipoth was resisting?
Finally, the Water Goddess.
She introduced herself as Aqua and even mentioned the Axis Cult.
There was only one possibility.
The infamously incompetent goddess from KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
If stupidity had a color, it would undoubtedly be blue.
Was even the realm of gods doomed?
That seemed unlikely.
More likely, she herself was tied to the so-called Demon King of her world.
"Future Apocalypse…"
Akira now had a rough understanding of what the term meant.
An apocalyptic disaster that should exist within a world.
As for his own world, he understood only one part of it.
Cognition.
Just like the evil spirits that Yotsuya Miko could see.Just like the ones he had destroyed not long ago.
This world was filled with abnormalities.
They were hidden only because of the world's self-protection mechanism.
Ordinary people couldn't perceive them—nor interact with them.
But recently…
That protection had vanished.
The extraordinary was beginning to overlap with the ordinary.
As more people became aware of it, extraordinary events would inevitably erupt.
And if all of them erupted at once—
The result would be absolute apocalyptic destruction.
While Akira was lost in thought, the others began testing the remaining functions of the Doomsday Chat Group.
Apuru Party:"The points from check-in are so low—only 60. You need 1,000 points just to spin the roulette. And Originium Memory Enhancement requires 10,000 points."
Kisaragi Akira was slightly surprised.
A 10,000-point upgrade requirement meant her ability was already at Level 2.
From what he knew so far:
1,000 points: Level 1 → Level 2
10,000 points: Level 2 → Level 3
50,000 points: Level 3 → Level 4
What came after that…
Even he didn't know.
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