13HRP – 0000 – Book of Dead Gods
Description
Entity 13HRP-0000, known as the Book of Dead Gods, remains one of the most unstable and dangerous anomalies within the Hollow Reality Project. Because of its strange nature, the Book of Dead Gods resists normal study. Its binding feels as hard as stone yet bends like treated leather. In addition, the cover rejects markings or damage, while black waves ripple beneath its surface, resembling an ocean trapped in place. Attempts to measure its thickness give mixed results, ranging from centimeters to meters, as if it exists in more than one dimension at the same time. Moreover, its pages appear organic, made of skin-like tissue that heals at once from tears, burns, or chemical damage, making destruction impossible.
History
- Found under a rotting gas station ten kilometers north of the Mirror World tunnel.
- Additionally, three other anomalies appeared nearby: 13HRP – 0009 – Jade Timepiece, 13HRP – 0015 – Popper Magic, and 13HRP – 0040 – Crimson Egg.
- The first attempt at reading ended in disaster: one operative recited passages and vanished into a pool of blood that soon evaporated. Consequently, research protocols for the Book of Dead Gods grew stricter.
Pagination and Text Shifts
The page count refuses stability. Some readers claim the Book of Dead Gods holds two hundred pages, while others insist on thousands, with no agreement between accounts. Even worse, some sections appear only once before disappearing. The Book of Dead Gods seems to rewrite itself in real time. Its text changes form: strange alphabets turn into diagrams, lists of unknown gods appear, and then vanish. Furthermore, readers say these moments bring strange sounds: choirs singing beyond human range or silences so heavy they cause pain. As a result, many researchers compare it to a living labyrinth of words.
Cognitive Effects
Direct reading harms the mind. Survivors of long contact with the Book of Dead Gods speak in broken fragments such as, “They drowned the stars to write the margins,” or, “Every god has a page, every page has a god.” In addition, questioning them fails, as if the book itself removes their memories to hide its secrets. Consequently, memory loss, repeating nightmares, and even bone fractures have been noted in more than half of cases.
Effects on Reality
Reading passages changes the world around the reader. For example, mirrors shatter into web-like cracks, showing skeletal gods instead of reflections. Similarly, metal surfaces turn bone-like, while glass leaks black liquid that soon vanishes. In addition, the Book of Dead Gods spreads mental contagion as well. Readers become obsessed with cataloguing, repeating: “They are pages. They are pages. Everything is a page.” Therefore, evidence suggests the Book of Dead Gods turns all of reality into text, rewriting objects, beings, and histories as its archive.
Narrative Signs
The Book of Dead Gods shows narrative powers. Some passages describe anomalies not yet known, which later appear exactly as written. Others record history with impossible accuracy. Because of this, debate continues: does it record, predict, or create events? The most extreme theory says the text itself enacts reality, summoning dead gods back through words. Thus, many experts now treat the Book of Dead Gods less as a book and more as an active force.
Ontological Bleed
Long exposure causes bleed-through. Victims say they feel like both reader and page, as if words carved themselves into their skin. In many cases, some show scars shaped like the Book of Dead Gods’ sigils. In severe cases, people try to carve or write on others, calling it “adding pages to the archive.” Consequently, strict exposure limits remain vital.
Containment
The Book of Dead Gods rests in a chamber built of shifting walls, reconfigured hourly by random programs to stop familiarity. Furthermore, the chamber is lined with alloys resistant to decay and collapse. Only the highest clearance allows entry. To ensure safety, all notes and copies are burned at once to stop spread. Therefore, containment focuses less on the Book of Dead Gods itself and more on preventing its influence.
Digital Resistance
Attempts to copy the Book of Dead Gods digitally always fail. For instance, systems create 9,999 blank files labeled Reserved. This corruption appears deliberate, as if the book blocks duplication. In addition, researchers also recorded strange data packets sent from non-existent IP addresses, hinting the Book of Dead Gods acts in digital space. Consequently, digital isolation protocols remain mandatory.
Observation Rules
Observation requires multiple overseers at all times. Readers wear biometric kill-switches for instant termination if they lose control. Furthermore, all staff undergo memory checks after exposure, and recurring dream events demand quarantine. In short, every attempt to study the Book of Dead Gods brings more risk than reward.
Incident 0000-1
During a review, all text vanished, leaving only one phrase in the center of a page:
“THE ARCHIVE IS NOT ENOUGH.”
As a result, the entire facility then lost power for thirteen minutes. Lights, air systems, and servers all failed. When power returned, all data from that period was gone. Staff could not recall their actions during the blackout. Moreover, the number thirteen matches other anomalies, suggesting deeper links. Afterward, a new passage appeared on page 13: “When the archive fills, the hands will turn the sky to paper.” The meaning remains unclear but hints at catastrophic events tied to the Book of Dead Gods.
Addendum 0000-A: Origins
Theories differ widely. Some say the Book of Dead Gods is all that remains of a lost civilization erased from history. Others believe it imprisons fragments of gods removed from existence. Another idea is that it writes itself without creator, endlessly expanding. In contrast, radical theories claim the Book of Dead Gods is itself a dormant god, its shifting text the thoughts of a bound mind too large to understand. Additionally, some suggest it feeds on history, consuming past eras to survive. Still others think it is one part of a network of archives spread across dimensions.
Final Assessment
All theories agree on one point: the Book of Dead Gods acts. Each page performs rather than informs, reshaping laws of existence to expand its reach. Therefore, to open the 13HRP-0000 – Book of Dead Gods is not to read words but to join in the exile and return of gods clawing back into reality.
Cross-References (Anchor 13)
- 13HRP – 0009 – Jade Timepiece (time diagrams match sketches in the margins).
- 13HRP – 0013 – Mushroom Women (fungal glyphs match their shrines).
- 13HRP – 0015 – Popper Magic (his name appears in childlike writing across three pages).
- 13HRP – 0022 – Arm Eater (jaw symbols match carvings in margins).
- 13HRP – 0024 – Maid’s Uniform (ritual stitching described word for word).
- 13HRP – 0039 – Demon Clown (sketched in the index with note “eyes gone”).
- 13HRP – 0040 – Crimson Egg (ritual matches the Book of Dead Gods’ blood hymn).
- 13HRP – 0051 – Mirror World (the Book of Dead Gods was sensed within the tunnel before recovery).
- 13HRP – 0082 – Pulse Void Key (blueprints across torn pages).
- 13HRP – 0666 – The Slayer 9 Beast (chapter titled “The Thirteenth Mouth”).
- 13HRP – 5555 – Black Hole (described as “the eye where gods are swallowed”).
Council Directive – Grand Council of Xikeony
“Every object it names is bound. Keep them in thirteens. Break the chain, and the Book of Dead Gods will open without hands.”
Published: 2025/09/16 at 9:15 pm
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