CHAPTER 604 CHANGING WATER

Liu Xing shook his head, it seems that the Yellow King is not omniscient, because the Yellow King does not know the existence of the Mirror Realm Gem.

Of course, this is actually quite normal, after all, in this parallel world, the Yellow King is just an avatar of Hastur, and its level is definitely not up to the Great Old Ones, so it is understandable that the Yellow King's ability is limited.

And unless something unexpected happens, this Mirror Realm Gem may not be possessed by all the Great Old Ones, after all, even the Yellow King can freely enter and exit the Mirror World with its own ability, so the Great Old Ones must also be able to enter and exit the Mirror World without relying on the Mirror Realm Gem.

As for why Gralki's avatar is carrying the Mirror Realm Gem, it is most likely because Gralki's avatar's strength is somewhat weak, after all, Gralki's own strength is at the lower level among the Great Old Ones, and Gralki needs to summon multiple avatars to guard various lakes and wait for its believers to offer delicious sacrifices, so with Gralki's avatar's strength, it is very likely that it cannot smoothly pass through the mirror point for rapid movement.

But to put it another way, this Mirror Realm Gem is a good thing for our group, because it can be used to freely enter and exit the Mirror World, and if we can obtain this Mirror Realm Gem, we won't have to worry about the modules related to the Mirror World.

Thinking about this, Liu Xing couldn't help but ask, "Hu Li, is that Mirror Realm Gem still in Panlong Town?"

Hu Li chuckled and said seriously, "I understand your meaning, Ryuusei, but I have to tell you that the Mirror Realm Gem was taken away by Sister Green Willow and Elder Cat, because Panlong Town has been destroyed, and Sister Green Willow and the others felt that there was no point in staying in Panlong Town anymore, so when I told them that I would come to find you, Sister Green Willow and the others also chose to leave Panlong Town and travel around, so I don't know where Sister Green Willow is going now, but if nothing unexpected happens, Sister Green Willow should still be in Shudu, because Sister Green Willow has many friends in Shudu, so she won't be able to leave Shudu in a short period of time."

Liu Xing nodded, this is also within expectations, after all, in this real Cthulhu RPG Game, the NPCs also have their own social circles and behavioral patterns, so those NPCs who are not in the module will also have their own things to do, and they won't just stay in one place doing nothing, because every parallel world in the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall is a real world.

So now Green Willow and Elder Cat leaving Panlong Town is very normal, because the Panlong Town that has returned to the correct time point has become a ghost town, and all the residents have already died in the past, so Green Willow and Elder Cat have no meaning in staying in Panlong Town, it's better to leave Panlong Town and start a new life.

Of course, this may also be because the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall wants to avoid players coming back to rely on them, after all, Green Willow and Elder Cat's strength is undeniable, and they are two formidable existences for the players. Take the current situation as an example, Liu Xing feels that with Elder Cat's strength, it can definitely be on par with Thousand Face, or even surpass it, because Thousand Face's current body has started to rot, so Thousand Face's physical attributes have started to decline.

The most important reason is that our group has not raised enough favorability with Green Willow and Elder Cat, so the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall does not want our group to have any further dealings with Green Willow and Elder Cat, or it can be said that the setting of the Cthulhu RPG Game is like this, only when a certain favorability is reached can the players have the opportunity to seek the help of the NPCs.

So now the relationship between Liu Xing's group and Green Willow and Elder Cat is only slightly better than strangers, because they have joined forces to deal with Gralki's avatar, but that's all there is to it, so the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall has decisively chosen to let Green Willow and Elder Cat leave Panlong Town and travel around, and the most important thing is that Green Willow and Elder Cat are unlikely to return to Panlong Town.

Fortunately, Hu Li's favorability with Ling Ishikawa is high enough now!

Although Liu Xing's group has not raised enough favorability with Green Willow and Elder Cat, Hu Li's favorability with Green Willow must be enough, so now Liu Xing feels that his group can choose to take a roundabout approach and let Hu Li go find Green Willow for help, to get, no, to borrow that Mirror Realm Gem.

Thinking about this, Liu Xing immediately gave Ling Ishikawa a wink.

Ling Ishikawa understood, and said seriously to Hu Li, "Hu Li, if the Mirror Realm Gem really has such a powerful effect, then the one in Sister Green Willow's hand is now very important to us, because we may need to enter the Mirror World to deal with some things, so can you please go find Sister Green Willow for help now?"

Hu Li thought for a moment and then nodded, "It's possible, that Mirror Realm Gem is just a small toy for Sister Green Willow, after all, that Mirror Realm Gem can only be used to enter and exit the Mirror World, and it must have a Mirror World nearby, so it can't be used as an escape item. I think Sister Green Willow should agree to lend me that Mirror Realm Gem. But the problem now is that the Island Nation is still under a transportation blockade, and those black ships that do business with us mythical creatures don't dare to take on any work in the Island Nation these days, because the Island Nation has been very strict in this regard due to the Thousand Face incident, so I definitely can't leave the Island Nation and go to China's Shudu in the short term."

"And the more troublesome thing is that although Sister Green Willow should still be in Shudu, as you all know, the terrain of Shudu is mostly mountains, so except for a small part of the mythical creatures that have integrated into human society, the rest of the majority of mythical creatures will mostly stay in their caves in the deep mountains, apart from occasionally playing in the cities, so it won't be easy for me to find Sister Green Willow, because I don't know Sister Green Willow's friends, and I don't know where those mythical creatures' caves are on the mountains, and most importantly, if Sister Green Willow's true form is an animal, I can track its scent, but since Sister Green Willow's true form is a willow tree, its scent is very easy to be confused with ordinary trees, so if Sister Green Willow is really on a certain mountain, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for me to find her."

After listening to Hu Li's words, Liu Xing could only nod in agreement, because as Hu Li said, the Island Nation has now banned black ships related to mythical creatures from entering the Island Nation in order to capture Thousand Face.

Although the strength of mythical creatures is far superior to humans, not all mythical creatures can fly, walk on water, or dive into the sea, so many mythical creatures like Hu Li can only complete cross-sea actions through airplanes and ships.

As the saying goes, as long as there is a profitable business, there will be people who want to do it, so there are quite a few people with connections, both human and mythical creature, who have started to run black ships or even black planes, specifically doing business with mythical creatures, because in this modern society, the mobility of mythical creatures is also very high, and the profit of this business is not low, after all, most mythical creatures cannot take regular transportation.

Most importantly, a black ship full of mythical creatures is not afraid of the coast guard at all, so after some initial conflicts, the authorities of various countries have reached a "gentleman's agreement" with the black ship owners, which is that the authorities allow the black ships to operate in their countries (mainly because they can't control them), but the black ship owners must ensure that the mythical creatures on their ships are only "normal immigrants" or "visiting relatives", and not planning to cause a big incident in their countries.

Finally, that is, when necessary, the authorities have the right to require the black ship owners not to operate in their country's waters within a certain period of time, and the black ship owners must comply, otherwise the authorities will send the military to attack.

After all, the mythical creatures on the black ships are mainly land-based, if it's a sea battle, their strength is almost zero, so they can go against those coast guard ships that approach the black ships to enforce the law, but when facing the warships that open fire without hesitation, these black ships are really helpless.

The same situation also applies to black planes.

So after the Island Nation authorities prepared to capture Thousand Face, they issued a ban on the black ships to prevent Thousand Face from escaping, so now there are no black ship owners operating within the Island Nation, and Hu Li has no way to return to China through the black ships.

As for taking a regular flight back to China, that is basically impossible in the short term, because now all the major airports in the Island Nation are affected by nuclear radiation dust, so the Island Nation's external transportation has been completely suspended, and it won't be restarted until the end of this "holiday" at the earliest.

So in summary, unless Hu Li swims back to China, there is no other way for him to return to China in the next two days... Or maybe Liu Xing can arrange for Rundell to fly Hu Li back to China, since Hu Li's true form is very light.

Then there's the matter of Green Willow's scent.

Just as Hu Li said, the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall has some very special original settings for the "demon tribe" in the China region, which can also be said to be faithful to China's definition of monsters in the real world, and one of the original settings is called demonic aura.

In this real Cthulhu RPG Game, demonic aura only exists within the scope of Asian countries such as China and the Island Nation, on the bodies of mythical creatures whose true forms are ordinary animals or plants but have "become spiritualized" through various extraordinary encounters. The stronger the strength of these mythical creatures, the thicker their demonic aura will become, so their identity can be determined through their demonic aura. However, mythical creatures with sufficient strength can also conceal their own demonic aura.

But because the "body odor" of mythical creatures that have cultivated from plants is not very strong, their demonic aura is relatively "fresh and elegant", and to a certain extent, there is not much difference from ordinary plants.

So Hu Li may not necessarily be able to find Green Willow through the demonic aura on Green Willow's body.

Thinking about this, Liu Xing could only sigh silently in his heart, it seems that there is no way to borrow the Mirror Realm Gem from Green Willow in this module.

"Forget it then, now if Hu Li leaves home, there is also a possibility that she will be affected by nuclear radiation, because even if the Island Nation authorities send people to clean up these nuclear radiations, they can only reduce the impact of nuclear radiation on us to some extent, so we should just wait and see now, let the people of the Deep Diving Society and the Freemasons make the first move. I think if nothing unexpected happens, they should also have the Mirror Realm Gem or something similar," Ling Ishikawa said seriously.

Liu Xing thought about it and said to Miguel beside him, "Miguel, it's up to you next. After this week's holiday is over, you go to the Old Teaching Building of Tokyo Comprehensive University for observation. If any suspicious people approach Cross Lake, immediately notify us. I think whether it's the Deep Diving Society or the Freemasons, they will first send people to confirm the situation of Cross Lake before taking action."

Miguel nodded and said, "No problem, I can go to Tokyo Comprehensive University at any time. But it's a bit strange now, I can feel that the nuclear radiation level in the area of Tokyo Comprehensive University, or rather Cross Lake, is significantly lower than the surrounding nuclear radiation level, and it has already returned to normal."

Zhang Jingxue raised his eyebrows and said firmly, "It seems that the Mirror World has replaced the water of Cross Lake, in that case, the mythical creature in the Mirror World is very likely to have been affected by nuclear contamination, this will make things interesting."

Liu Xing couldn't help but look towards the direction of Cross Lake, beginning to worry about the abnormal behavior of the mythical creature affected by nuclear contamination.

Fortunately, if the Cross Lake in the Mirror World has really replaced the water of the real world's Cross Lake, then there is no need to worry about Tokyo Comprehensive University choosing to fill in Cross Lake, because the nuclear radiation index of Cross Lake has already returned to normal.

But Liu Xing suddenly thought of something else, if in the end his group still has to go to the Mirror World to compete with the Deep Diving Society and the Freemasons for that mythical creature, then they may still be affected by nuclear radiation, because the nuclear radiation in the real world's Cross Lake has gone to the Mirror World...

This is a bit troublesome.

After all, each Mirror World exists relatively independently, so Liu Xing believes that the nuclear radiation in the Mirror World may exist forever and cannot naturally disappear.