Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Indeed, the people of Yi are not to be trusted.

Liu Xing rubbed the back of his head, feeling uneasy about being manipulated.

Shaking his head, Liu Xing chose to leave the Soul Casket.

After leaving the Soul Casket, Liu Xing pondered for a moment and decided to abandon the idea of looking for Chrisiano. After all, openly exposing someone’s weaknesses could lead to resentment.

So, it was better to act as if he didn’t know anything about it.

With that in mind, Liu Xing applied for fast sleep from KP Chopsticks.

The next morning, Liu Xing woke up early.

The reason was simple; the beds of the Ancient Ones were quite different from human beds. Given the vast difference in body size, Liu Xing woke up feeling a bit stiff and sore from sleeping.

Arriving in the living room, Liu Xing found Chrisiano already awake.

Chrisiano looked at Liu Xing and smiled, saying, "Mr. Ryuusei, you must have met my compatriot who was staying in the Soul Casket. What are his thoughts on his new body? Considering he’s someone capable of using the Soul Casket, I assume he has strict requirements for his new body."

Liu Xing knew that Chrisiano was also trying to manipulate him to uncover Sirius’s true identity, to ascertain whether Sirius knew his true situation.

So, Liu Xing smiled and replied, "As Mr. Chrisiano said, he has decided not to use the facilities here to reshape his body, so I’ll have to trouble you later."

Chrisiano nodded, patting his chest, "No problem, consider it done. And I might need your help later, Mr. Ryuusei, as I no longer have the status of the Ancient Ones. There might be complications when entering the Ancient Ones’ ruins, so I’ll need your help with permissions... Of course, I won’t let you help for nothing. If you need my assistance in the future, just let me know."

Liu Xing nodded, saying, "No problem. Now, to help the one in the Soul Casket reshape his body, I’ll need to go to some Ancient Ones’ ruins to gather materials and information... But come to think of it, I sent those data into the Soul Casket, and the person there said this research facility would be scrapped after this round of experiments."

Chrisiano furrowed his brow, then nodded, "Indeed, there’s a possibility. Back when I was in office, I heard that some research facilities had this function because the Ancient Ones anticipated that it would be impossible to obtain new research data and intelligence from certain research facilities or military bases during the Great Retreat. So, they prepared a timed scrapping system in these research facilities. But our luck seems to be quite bad this time, encountering a facility slated for scrapping as soon as we arrive."

"Yes, so I think we must leave the research facility early, or else we might be trapped inside. Of course, we have another option, which is to leave the facility through a loophole in the warehouse," Liu Xing said earnestly.

Chrisiano nodded, saying, "It’s best to leave through the main entrance of the research facility because I suspect there might be issues with the teleportation this time, like only transporting a portion of the medium-sized synthetic beasts into the research facility. So, if we leave from the warehouse, we might encounter a large number of small synthetic beasts. If we leave through the main entrance of the research facility, at least we can assess the situation around Myriad Beast Mountain."

The main entrance of the research facility was halfway up Myriad Beast Mountain.

So, Liu Xing and Chrisiano decided to leave through the main entrance of the research facility.

At this time, Zhang Wenbing and others also arrived in the living room.

After breakfast, everyone went about their business, while Liu Xing’s main concern now was to continue to the laboratory to retrieve data for research.

Returning to his room, Zhang Jingxu and the others followed closely behind.

"Ryuusei, how’s it going?" Zhang Jingxu asked.

Liu Xing shrugged, explaining his situation in the Soul Casket.

"I see, I didn’t expect Chrisiano to have such a dark history," Zhang Wenbing sighed.

Liu Xing nodded, saying, "I think your China Dao Sect should consider your cooperation with Chrisiano. After all, Chrisiano is not to be underestimated. If he’s allowed to break the seal and restore his power, I suspect Chrisiano will choose to step forward and rule Earth."

Liu Xing’s thoughts weren’t baseless. After all, Chrisiano had contemplated becoming a king, and on the current Earth, there weren’t many threats to a fully powered Chrisiano, so Liu Xing believed Chrisiano might indeed choose to occupy Earth.

That would be troublesome...

After hearing Liu Xing’s words, Zhang Wenbing fell into contemplation.

At this moment, Zhang Jingxu spoke up, "Indeed, there’s such a possibility. I remember my master once told me that many dynasties on Earth had been infiltrated by mythical creatures, especially during ancient China or the myth era. Some mythical creatures even established their own dynasties or tribes, competing with humans for territory. However, most mythical creatures fought alone and were soon eradicated by humans. Some mythical creatures even joined the human camp."

"But for some unknown reasons, these mythical creatures suddenly disappeared without a trace in a short period of time. Later, they only sporadically appeared in the human world. Then, during the Middle Ages in Europe and the Warring States period in the Island Nation, there were several large-scale invasions of mythical creatures. At that time, many noble lords in Europe either received support from mythical creatures or were actually mythical creatures in disguise. However, just like last time, these mythical creatures suddenly vanished without a trace."

"So many occultists are now studying these histories, trying to figure out why these mythical creatures suddenly appeared in large numbers and then disappeared inexplicably. But because there are very few research materials about these histories, almost all of them are just folklore, so the accuracy of these research materials remains to be verified. However, an unknown occultist once proposed a theory that both world wars were caused by mythical creatures, but unfortunately, this is just a speculative guess lacking evidence."

Liu Xing nodded. In the Cthulhu mythos, those mythical legends could indeed be true. Creatures like Qiongqi and Taotie, ancient monsters, could also be some extinct mythical creatures on Earth.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing suddenly remembered a post he had seen on a forum a while back when he was idle, asking when the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall first appeared on Earth and began recruiting Earthlings to play the Cthulhu RPG Game.

Currently, the mainstream view in that post had two possibilities. The first was when H.P. Lovecraft wrote "The Call of Cthulhu," and the second was when Chaos Society released the first edition rulebook of the Cthulhu RPG Game.

However, there were still many people skeptical of these views because, in their view, the Cthulhu mythos and the Cthulhu RPG Game had existed before H.P. Lovecraft put pen to paper.

This was because the Cthul

hu mythos mentioned that Cthulhu’s whispers affected some humans on Earth, especially some artists, inspiring them to create bizarre works.

So even in the real world, some people believed that H.P. Lovecraft’s ability to create the Cthulhu mythos was due to Cthulhu’s whispers influencing him.

Therefore, many people on the forum believe that the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall appeared on Earth a long time ago, but in different forms, recruiting players for the Cthulhu RPG Game on Earth. Perhaps it was because the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall felt that their recruiting efficiency was too low, which influenced H.P. Lovecraft, leading him to write the Cthulhu mythos, and then influenced Chaos Society to create the Cthulhu RPG Game in the real world.

So, in that post, some people believed that books like the "Shan Hai Jing" in the real world recorded facts, and like what Zhang Jingxu just mentioned, those eras might have been due to many players playing the Cthulhu RPG Game, causing a large number of mythical creatures to appear in the real world. Then when those players were wiped out, all those mythical creatures disappeared.

This possibility seemed quite likely to Liu Xing, especially now that the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall had begun to invade the real world.

"Okay, okay, let’s not talk about these things now. Let’s discuss the present situation. What should we do after leaving the research facility? Should we head straight to Chrisiano’s yacht?" Ling Ishikawa asked.

Liu Xing shook his head, smiling, "Ling Ishikawa, have you forgotten about Miguel? He’s still waiting for us in the underground camp, so let’s go find Tong Hui and ask where their yacht is located. Then we can send someone to notify Miguel."

As Liu Xing finished speaking, the system suddenly prompted, "This round of experiments will end in half an hour. Researchers, please proceed to the designated location as soon as possible."

Liu Xing frowned. He hadn’t expected this round of experiments to end so soon. He had thought it would take a few more days to finish.

"Ryuusei, what did the system just say?" Ling Ishikawa asked with concern.

Liu Xing sighed and said, "The round of experiments will end in half an hour, so we need to get to the main entrance of the research facility quickly and prepare to leave."

Because the rest area was quite far from the main entrance of the research facility, Liu Xing and his group had to leave now.

So, Liu Xing, along with Buke and the others, headed directly to the main entrance of the research facility because Liu Xing knew that Chrisiano must be heading there too.

Twenty minutes later, Liu Xing and the others successfully reached the main entrance of the research facility.

At this point, Liu Xing could already see the situation outside through the main entrance. Myriad Beast Mountain was chaotic; there were no ordinary animals in sight, only small and medium-sized synthetic beasts.

But the good news was that Liu Xing hadn’t seen any large synthetic beasts yet.

At that moment, Chrisiano also arrived.

"I didn’t expect this round of experiments to end so soon, but it’s not bad news for us either. After all, there’s nothing worth remembering for us in the research facility now," Chrisiano said.

Liu Xing nodded. There was indeed nothing valuable for them in the research facility now.

At this moment, KP Chopsticks suddenly said, "Now, please choose a representative among you for a lucky judgment. The result of this lucky judgment will affect the direction of the next module’s plot... Well, let me be honest with you. This lucky judgment will determine how many synthetic beasts you will encounter next."

Liu Xing and the others looked at each other, and Zhang Wenbing spoke up, "Let me do it. I’m quite confident in my lucky judgment."

So, Zhang Wenbing was in charge of this lucky judgment.

Zhang Wenbing, 23/88, succeeded.

88?

Liu Xing looked at Zhang Wenbing with some surprise. He hadn’t expected Zhang Wenbing’s lucky value to be 88.

That was a very high value.

After all, luck couldn’t be seen or touched, so lucky values couldn’t be improved through training like strength or education values. Generally, players couldn’t increase their lucky values, so they could only rely on the initial lucky values randomly assigned by the character card.

And Zhang Wenbing’s 88 lucky value was obviously improved later, because the initial values on the character card were all multiples of 5.

It seemed that Zhang Wenbing had also had some adventures, raising his character card’s lucky value to 88.

But now the most important thing was that Zhang Wenbing’s lucky judgment was a difficult success, so their group shouldn’t encounter too many synthetic beasts later.

At this point, the system broadcasted again, "There are thirty seconds left until the end of the experiment. Researchers, please enter the designated location to receive research data..."

Then, the countdown began.

When the countdown reached fifteen seconds, Liu Xing requested the system to open the main entrance of the research facility.

So, when the countdown reached five seconds, the main entrance of the research facility finally opened.

At that moment, just as the synthetic beasts outside reacted and were about to attack Liu Xing and his group, a white light flashed, and those synthetic beasts disappeared without a trace.

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