The Unspeakable 'Me'

Here's another upcoming story of the same type: Meeting Myself from Another World Here's a friend's story: I'm Taking My Skeletons on a Tour of the Apocalypse by Zhi Zheyue; The Sweet, Mind-Reading Omega Is a Pretty Little Fool by Yu Li Main story blurb: [Self-Cest] [Lovecraftian Setting] The sky curves around a blood moon, and the stars blaze with ominous light. Monsters prepare for a gluttonous feast, the children of darkness cheer, and indescribable beings chant their songs, playing the overture to the coming of the Old Ones. Back when Bai Jiu was a high school student, his family had nothing, his father was violent, and everyone despised him. One day, he was kidnapped by cultists and made the sacrifice in a summoning ritual. But at the ritual's final moment, he transmigrated to another world. Now he's back, bringing with him knowledge of the supernatural, as well as a being called Yvette, created from the other half of his soul. And as soon as he returns, he's faced with a life-or-death question. He's at the site of the ritual, just resurrected, staring down cultists and the monsters they summoned. Bai Jiu: "..." He decides to see if he can still salvage the situation. Then he smashes in every single person's head. Reader's guide: 1. If self-cest isn't your thing, please don't click. 2. This story contains a little gore. 3. It includes Lovecraftian elements, but also a lot of my own worldbuilding. Upcoming story of the same type: Meeting Myself from Another World August 6, 2025. An apparently ordinary day. The sun suddenly disappears into darkness. When it reappears, it casts a cold, purple light, planting the seeds of mutation in the plants and animals it touches. The sky tears open with a long, narrow gash, its edges an ominous, glowing black-red. On the other side, monsters from another world hunger for this one. This is the beginning of the disaster. On that day, Tan Li was diagnosed with delusions by his psychiatrist. He claimed he'd dreamed of himself in another world. "Unlike me, he's exceptionally gentle and outgoing." "Since I started dreaming about him, I feel like I've been living like a real person." A faint smile appeared on Tan Li's face, long clouded by gloom. He rested his chin on one hand. Gauze wrapped his pale wrist, hiding the cruel, jagged scars left by self-harm. After his parents died, he became deeply depressed and lost his will to live. So Tan Li hoped he would get to see the other version of himself have a happy ending. But after the day of the disaster, he never dreamed about the other world's Tan Li again. Tan Li lost all desire to live and decided to leave this world. But a few days later, something unexpected happened. He met himself from another world. The other Tan Li was almost exactly as he'd imagined, but in a post-disaster world, someone so exceptionally gentle was an easy target for bullies. Tan Li promised earnestly, "I'll protect you." Anvis was intrigued and smiled faintly. Then he said meaningfully, "Then you have to... make sure you protect me." Tan Li nodded, not understanding. But when danger finally struck one day, Anvis immediately shed his mild-mannered facade and killed his enemies. Dressed in hunting clothes and black leather boots, he slipped a dagger back into his belt. The bright blade was spattered with blood. Monsters knelt in submission, too terrified to make a sound. He walked calmly through a sea of blood, treading over his defeated enemies' corpses, his eyes dark and unfathomable. Bloodthirsty, mercurial, twisted... He smiled at Tan Li, his voice touched with a strange delight. "What are you afraid of? Weren't you going to protect me?" Tan Li, who'd been fooled by his own imagination: "..." Weren't you supposed to be kind and gentle?!! A beautiful, intensely masochistic bottom vs. an optimistic, cheerful (?) and unhinged top Theme: Helping each other through hardship and striving for a happy life