It has been more than two weeks since the first exchange between Guan Li and Wen Shen.

This time is not long, but it is not short.

In addition to participating in the production of "World Trial", Wen Shen read all of Lovecraft's works.

Later, he also approached Guan Li and asked for more works written by Mr. Fei Luo, and called it "a multi-faceted observation of the development trajectory of Cthulhu culture".

Guan Li felt that this was all an excuse, he just wanted to read books from another world.

Despite this, he still asked the system to send those works to Wen Shen.

Because this is exactly the terms of the deal they negotiated, the two were able to form the basis of cooperation.

The text did not reply: "I just finished writing the title of the book. ”

Divine Will: "...... What's the difference between that and not writing?"

The title is a façade, and a good title can attract up to 33% of readers. Wen Shen said seriously, "It's easier to recommend it to others." ”

Guan Li was unmoved, "Then what is your façade?"

"Mythology: Anomalies and Miracles"

“......？”

"Ahem...... Well, I'm actually a naught......"

"So you know. After all, he is an author who can take out four words from the introduction as the title of the book, and he can't expect too much, Guan Li even suspects that "World Trial" has used up the brain cells of his life's naming.

Wen Shen immediately diverted the topic, "I don't have any other advantages as a person, that is, I am self-aware. ”

Guan Li didn't want to dwell too much on this topic, so he said, "What about the content? Even if the context of the story is not clear, at least I should have some ideas." ”

Wen Shen really has a lot of ideas.

Those books were full of jumbled thoughts, and he couldn't tell anyone else, but now he could finally fall down.

"In the beginning...... That is, the work of Lovecraft that you showed me is too different from the works related to the 'Cthulhu Mythos' system later. "Some of my thoughts also changed as I read them, causing me to vacillate between sticking to the original and being completely open. ”

Cthulhu, as a cultural phenomenon, is dynamic, changing, and contradictory.

Herein lies the problem.

How do you show this to the world? Imitate the original author?

Kwan Li's request was for him to write a book that "laid the foundation for the Cthulhu style of this world."

It's best to get close to the original, with the most possible expansion of the book.

But Wen Shen is not Lovecraft, and he can't use the exact same kernel as the original author to create.

After all, every creator thinks differently.

His "Cthulhu" can only be a "Cthulhu" that is recreated on top of his own understanding after reading through this system.

In the process, I was accidentally attracted by the books that followed, those books that were no longer full of obscure words.

He tasted his own authentic perception and found that he seemed to be more inclined to the style of writing that followed.

It's a bit awkward.

Although Guan Li said that it was okay to write according to his ideas, Wen Shen couldn't be perfunctory.

This is a crucial choice......

Sure enough, it is better to find another party to discuss together.

"The easiest way, of course, is to replicate the original path of Cthulhu, to lay the foundation, and to move from the hazy fog to the clear enlightenment. I can imitate Lovecraft's writing, but certainly not as good as myself. ”

"If I give up this direction and write with my own ideas, I will inevitably be affected by the current environment and will not be able to perfectly restore its own contemporaneity. However, there are also advantages, which will be more in line with the aesthetics of modern people, biased towards Internet culture, and easier to spread. ”

Wen Shen came up and gave two choices.

Guan Li said that he didn't want to choose any of them, "You can't compromise a little?"

Finding the balance between obscure kernels and superficial depictions, he doesn't believe that Wen Wei has no ability to do so.

"To what extent is the compromise? science fiction or mythology? Is the overall atmosphere to be thrilling and bizarre or heterogeneous and sublime?" Wen Shen didn't want to do this, "You don't give specific requirements." ”

That's why he hates custom texts.

At the beginning, someone asked Wen Shen for customization, but he didn't agree.

Who wants to dance in shackles if they are free to create?

Guan Li listened to him complain, as if he understood something, "Could it be that the title of your book is in this mood?"

"That's right. ”

"It's okay. ”

Anomaly or miracle, is this where Wen Shen is entangled......

To be honest, he understands well.

At first, Old Man Luo just wanted to write "Stories of Miracles of the Universe" and "Arkham Tales that recorded the truth of the unknowable world".

His creative mindset is extremely complex.

Later generations mostly attributed the birth of "Cthulhu" to "the author's fear of the unknown consequences of science's endless search for truth".

So Cthulhu is "anti-science", "anti-rational", "anti-intellectual".

But, is that really the case?

At least not in Guan Li's opinion.

He suddenly remembered an unrelated poem from T· S. Eliot's "The Waste Land": "I'm going to show you fear, in a handful of dust." ”

Cthulhu's worldview is a hopeless universe full of malice towards humanity.

However, in such a universe, there are still human protagonists—countless curious investigators—who venture into the deep darkness of the starry sky without hesitation.

Aren't they afraid?

is also afraid, as afraid as the author.

But they went anyway.

Divine Will: "The greatest fear of mankind is the fear of the unknown, and Lovecraft wrote a series of books about mankind's exploration of the unknown. ”

Even if most of them don't end well.

Wen Weifu: "?"

Wen Shen was stunned for a moment when he looked at this sentence, and then suddenly woke up, and his thoughts were instantly connected.

It was an angle he hadn't even thought about!

What kind of mood did the author, who is believed to have dreamed of the horror of the universe, write those crazy words?

Just to warn of humanity's endless exploration?

Or is it ......

In addition to this warning, he also has a little implicit longing?

Those investigators are the reflection of his heart.

Wen Weifu: "The universe we live in is a cold and cruel mechanical universe, even so......"

No, that's why humanity is trying to move forward.

The purpose of writing in the genre of evil is to ignite the light of goodwill, so why can't Cthulhu's work be created with the idea of inspiring exploration?

"Wait......" Guan Li found that Wen Shen seemed to be starting to get on his head: "This seems to be a bit too golden......"

Isn't this kind of human-supremacy optimism the spirit of golden science fiction?

Is there still a sentence that "the hymn of humanity is the hymn of courage"?

Don't add this weird stuff to Cthulhu!

"Isn't it all you fooling?" The system watched him try to test on the verge of playing collapse, and his mentality was not shocked after a long time of practice, "Look, what a great god of online literature, he is lame." ”

What inner curiosity and longing, non-existent, completely non-existent.

Lovecraft had already repeated his aesthetic countless times, and he just wanted to write about the crushing cruelty of the universe.

- "I choose horrors because they are most in line with my inclinations—that I want to fulfill at once one of my strongest and most enduring desires, fantasizing about the annoying limitations of time, space, and natural laws that magically suspend or violate forever and thwart our curiosity about the infinite cosmic space......"

In his eyes, the universe is a refuge of terrible miracles.

Humanity knows nothing in the shelter, as if it were teetering on the edge of the abyss.

And the kind of interpretation angle that Guan Li said can only be described by Qingqi, and when it is shown to the author himself, he can only get a question mark full of questions.

But that's exactly what he can think of.

The system sighed silently.

Because this kind of endless life and cruelty in despair is the style of "SCP Foundation".

- The SCP Foundation, inherited from the tradition of Rock's terrorism and awakened to the self-consciousness of humanity in the new century, is the complete opposite of the core of Cthulhu. 8)