CHAPTER 583: BEGINS

So, Liu Xing felt that the magic book currently in the hands of the Deep Ones was very likely one of the earliest Chinese handwritten copies of the ’R’lyeh Text’, which then leaked out to the Island Nation many years ago, and was sealed with a magic array by the person who obtained it.

Of course, it’s also possible that the first person who obtained this handwritten copy of the ’R’lyeh Text’ used it to cause trouble, and was then discovered and subdued by an enlightened person, and this harmful magic book was also sealed.

However, no matter what, the fact that the Deep Diving Society now has this magic book is not good news for their group.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing asked, "By the way, Rundell, what is your current position?"

Rundell immediately replied, "I’m still outside that area because as soon as I enter the range of that area, not only will I lose the ability to use Magic Spells and fly, but even this Ancient One’s communicator will stop working. So for now, I can only communicate with you, Ryuusei, from outside."

Liu Xing nodded. It seemed that the origin of that thing was extraordinary, as it could not only restrict the use of magic and flying abilities but also limit the use of high-tech items.

But come to think of it, this could also be the reason why the first team that entered the Fukushima nuclear power plant lost contact with the outside world, because even the Ancient One’s high-tech communicator was shielded, so it’s natural that human satellite phones would be shielded too.

Of course, Liu Xing felt that the people at the Fukushima nuclear power plant should have all died by now...

"Oh, so what’s the situation inside and outside the Fukushima nuclear power plant now? I heard that the Island Nation’s officials have already dispatched troops to the Fukushima nuclear power plant."

After a brief silence, Rundell said seriously, "I just flew up and took a look. The current situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is that there are layers upon layers, with mythical creatures and humans everywhere. To put it simply, the troops dispatched by the Island Nation’s officials are stationed in the outermost area of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, completely surrounding it. However, this poses no threat to the mythical creatures inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant, as the troops sent by the Island Nation’s officials are mainly infantry carrying light weapons. It seems the Island Nation’s officials are still quite wary of the Fukushima nuclear power plant and dare not use heavy weapons."

"As for the mythical creatures, they have basically all entered the Fukushima nuclear power plant and are each occupying a certain area, currently seeming relatively peaceful. But this peaceful situation is unlikely to last long because these mythical creatures all came to seize that thing, and there’s only one of it, so they will eventually have to decide a winner. The Deep Ones have also entered the Fukushima nuclear power plant through the sewers and are occupying the northwestern part. However, I can only see Oyamaya and those two Cosmic Country people, while Bai Hecheng is nowhere to be seen."

Bai Hecheng is missing?

Liu Xing frowned, but quickly realized that Bai Hecheng is now with the Cult of the Cadaver, not the Deep Diving Society, so it’s normal that he’s not with the Deep Diving Society members at the moment. After all, the Deep Diving Society wants to seize that thing, and one of their enemies is the Ghoul clan.

Although Bai Hecheng is a half-bred Ghoul, at the end of the day, he is a Ghoul. So for Bai Hecheng, a Ghoul, to not be with his fellow Ghouls but to mingle with the Deep Ones is rather strange.

However, Bai Hecheng’s purpose for coming to the Island Nation this time was to deliver half a statue to the Deep Diving Society, which has greatly enhanced their strength. So for the Ghouls inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Bai Hecheng’s actions are undoubtedly a betrayal. Therefore, it’s not a good thing for Bai Hecheng to go to the Ghoul camp inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant now.

So, Liu Xing felt that the best choice for Bai Hecheng now would be to leave quietly, conceal his abilities and identity, and directly leave Fukushima to return to Tokyo, then take a plane back to England. In this way, Bai Hecheng’s mission would be considered complete.

But the possibility of this is very low.

The reason is simple. If the current "Bai Hecheng" is controlled by a player, then it means Bai Hecheng is in a module, and the main quest of this module cannot be as simple as just delivering something to Fukushima and ending. Therefore, the most likely main quest of this module is to help the Deep Diving Society, the Island Nation’s Ghoul clan, or even Bai Hecheng’s own Cult of the Cadaver obtain that thing.

And this possibility is very high because given the current situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, it would be unconvincing if the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall didn’t arrange a few modules here, as this is such a great setting.

So Liu Xing believes that the current Bai Hecheng should still be inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant, but it’s uncertain exactly where, because it depends on which faction Bai Hecheng belongs to in this module. 𐍂аＮŎʙĚs

However, it’s no longer important, because he himself can’t go to the Fukushima nuclear power plant anyway, so he can only hope that Bai Hecheng will "die" inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing said to Rundell: "Rundell, do you want to continue monitoring the Fukushima nuclear power plant or return to Tokyo?"

Rundell immediately answered: "It depends on your arrangement, Ryuusei. If you need me, I can return to Tokyo right away. However, if you’re not in a hurry now, Ryuusei, I’d like to stay around the Fukushima nuclear power plant, because I still want to see if I have a chance to take advantage of the situation and get that item. After all, in the current Fukushima nuclear power plant, the only ones that can fly are us Byakhees, which is a huge advantage for us. If we’re lucky, we might even be able to snatch that item."

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows. In the setting of the Cthulhu RPG Game, there are few flying mythical creatures. The more common ones are the Byakhee clan and the Migo clan. However, due to the structure of their wings, although the Migo clan can fly rapidly in the vacuum of the universe, their wings become mere decorations on Earth, and their flying ability is greatly weakened. So the Migos on Earth can be considered to have become a kind of crawling creature. That’s why Rundell didn’t consider the Migos.

Of course, although other mythical creatures cannot fly directly due to their physiological structure, they can still use magic to make themselves fly. However, when these mythical creatures are engaged in a grand battle on the ground, they won’t have the spare time to cast a flying buff on themselves first.

So Rundell’s idea is quite good. It’s possible that he might be able to snatch that item thanks to his flying advantage.

"Okay then, Rundell, you guys stay around the Fukushima nuclear power plant for now. There’s nowhere in Tokyo that needs you at the moment, because the Island Nation’s official goal now is to deal with the Fukushima nuclear power plant issue first, and then deal with Thousand Face. So we don’t have a chance to deal with Thousand Face yet. So good luck, Rundell." Liu Xing said with a smile.

Rundell also smiled and said, "Okay, we’ll continue to stay around the Fukushima nuclear power plant for observation. If Ryuusei needs anything, just call me. I can basically return to Tokyo at any time now."

Liu Xing nodded slightly and ended the call with Rundell.

It was then that Liu Xing realized that Ling Ishikawa and the others had changed the topic of their conversation to Thousand Face.

That’s right, now even Meng Mengzi and the others have learned about the existence of Thousand Face.

At first, ordinary people like Meng Mengzi didn’t know about the existence of Thousand Face. But soon, information about Thousand Face and speculations about its possible connection to the Purple Dreamliner Cruise Ship incident leaked out on various forums in the Island Nation. Some players who had played the previous mobile game released by Thousand Face also came forward to testify, making the general public aware of the name Thousand Face.

However, for ordinary people, they only thought that Thousand Face must have been a victim’s family member from the Purple Dreamliner Cruise Ship incident, because they didn’t know the deeper truth.

"I think that if this Thousand Face wants to play big this time, he should have already arrived in the Fukushima area, or even near the Fukushima nuclear power plant. That way, when Inukai Abe arrives in the Fukushima area for a post-disaster inspection, Thousand Face can more easily assassinate Inukai Abe. And if Inukai Abe is bold enough to resort to a mutually destructive tactic, Thousand Face could even launch a suicide attack on the Fukushima nuclear power plant. At that time, it would truly be a super big news, at least bigger than the 9/11 incident in the United States of America." Zhang Shiwu said, enjoying the commotion.

However, although the speaker didn’t mean anything by it, the listeners took it to heart. Liu Xing and the others couldn’t help but frown, because they knew that Thousand Face was indeed capable of doing such a thing.

After all, for Thousand Face, its life was, to some extent, not very valuable, because given its current situation, it would be easy for Thousand Face to find a mythical creature that could use the reincarnation technique. So theoretically, it could already reincarnate indefinitely.

Therefore, the cost for Thousand Face to launch a suicide attack on the Fukushima nuclear power plant was very low, merely abandoning its current Kamafera body. And if Thousand Face did that, it would actually be a good thing for itself, because its current Kamafera body had already been exposed, so switching to a new body wouldn’t be a bad idea.

So in summary, Liu Xing and the others all felt that Thousand Face might indeed go to the Fukushima nuclear power plant for a suicide attack, directly blowing up the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

However, the mythical creatures inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant probably wouldn’t let Thousand Face succeed, because the explosive power of a nuclear power plant reactor explosion is no small matter. At that time, those mythical creatures waiting around the Fukushima nuclear power plant would basically not survive.

So this was also one of the reasons why the mythical creatures inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant were temporarily safe and sound.

However, just to be on the safe side, Liu Xing still contacted Rundell again, asking Rundell to pay attention to the situation around the Fukushima nuclear power plant, and if he discovered Thousand Face, he should immediately contact Liu Xing.

At this time, Liu Xing received information from Ming Hanxing—the Inspection Team was now ready to depart.

Liu Xing told this news to Meng Mengzi, and Meng Mengzi then waved his hand, instructing Zhang Shiwu to start playing a movie with a projector.

After the lights in the activity room were turned off, Liu Xing and others changed their positions, sitting near the back door of the activity room, so that they could conveniently leave the room if something happened.

At this time, Zhang Wenbing also took out a wireless headset and started monitoring the activity room of the Mysterious Stories Club.

At this moment, a familiar yet unfamiliar song suddenly reached Liu Xing’s ears.

Liu Xing was startled and looked back at the movie screen in front of him, only to find that Meng Mengzi was playing the movie "The Big Oxygen Sheep Movie".

Liu Xing and the others were speechless for a moment... Although, to be fair, "The Big Oxygen Sheep Movie" was still a decent quality movie.

At this time, Mu Yao, sitting in front, said a bit helplessly, "Sorry, Meng Mengzi accidentally deleted the movie that was previously prepared on the USB drive when he was leaving, so he randomly downloaded an animated movie from his computer for his younger brother and sister to the USB drive, so let’s just make do with watching this."

So that’s what happened.

Time passed bit by bit, and Zhang Wenbing, wearing the headset, remained silent, so Liu Xing and the others knew that Oyamaya and others had not made their move yet. However, this was also normal because if Oyamaya and his group were going to take action, they would likely do so after the Inspection Team passed through their club, since what they were going to do was something that should not be seen.

At this moment, Liu Xing received another message from Ming Hanxing—the Inspection Team had started inspecting the clubs on the top floor.

Zhang Wenbing also said in a low voice, "There is now a heated yet friendly discussion going on in the Mysterious Stories Club, it seems the Inspection Team has arrived there, so Ling Ishikawa, please notify Hu Li and Miguel to monitor the movements of the Mysterious Stories Club."

Ling Ishikawa nodded and took out her mobile phone to send a text message to Hu Li.

A moment later, Ming Hanxing sent another message, and Liu Xing knew without looking that the Inspection Team had completed their evaluation of the Mysterious Stories Club.

It seemed that Oyamaya and his group were about to make their move.

Liu Xing gestured to Lu Tianya, and Lu Tianya understood, taking out a handbag from his belongings and retrieving three handguns from it.

When facing ordinary human enemies, handguns were the perfect weapon.

At this moment, Zhang Wenbing said in a low voice, "Oyamaya and his group are getting ready to take action!"

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