Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Chapter 436: News Brought by Hu Li

"Hu, Hu Li sister?!" Ling Ishikawa exclaimed.

Hu Li chuckled and said, like a hostess, "Why are you all standing at the door? Come in quickly."

So Liu Xing and the others entered the room with puzzled expressions.

What surprised Liu Xing again was that Hu Li had already set up ten cups of tea on the coffee table, and most importantly, the tea was still steaming.

From this, it could be seen that Hu Li already knew that their group would come here.

Before Liu Xing and the others could ask, Hu Li smiled and said, "I know what you want to say, so I’ll answer directly. Firstly, after you left Panlong Town, Green Willow and I returned there together. I don’t know why, but I could still sense your whereabouts. So, since I had nothing better to do in Panlong Town, I decided to come and play with you. However, I couldn’t take a plane to England, so I used some tricks to sneak in."

"Because I knew the address of this place while I was in Panlong Town, I guessed that you would come here. So, I decided to wait for you here to give you a surprise. But now it seems that this surprise is a bit too much for you to handle all at once."

Ling Ishikawa nodded and said with a wry smile, "Hu Li sister, this isn’t a surprise, it’s clearly a shock. But speaking of which, Hu Li sister, could you help us this time?"

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, silently applauding Ling Ishikawa’s boldness. After all, Hu Li was a rare combat power. If things went as expected, Hu Li should be able to charm both Ghoul and Deep One.

At this moment, Hu Li chuckled and nodded, saying, "Of course, you are my only friends now, so if you need my help, I will naturally choose to help. And I suppose what you need my help with is related to the series of foreign tourist disappearances happening all over England."

Ling Ishikawa nodded and said, "Exactly. In short, a few of Zhang Jingxu’s friends have also disappeared in England. And since we know Chief Chris of the Manchester Police, we managed to get into the special task force investigating these disappearances. So, if you can, Hu Li sister, please join us."

Hu Li thought for a moment and nodded, "Alright, since you, Ling Ishikawa, said so, I’ll join your task force. And I happen to have some useful information for you."

"Please tell us," Zhang Jingxu said promptly.

Hu Li thought for a moment and then said, "Here’s the thing. Due to my identity, I couldn’t enter England through normal channels. So, Green Willow helped me find a professional who specializes in overseas smuggling. Everyone on that ship had similar identities to mine, so I made some friends on board. Among them was a wolf demon from Cosmic Country who told me that the Deep One in Cosmic Country had unified the underground circles and begun expelling other demons and monsters within Cosmic Country."

"So, that wolf demon had to leave its homeland and come to England to seek refuge with a friend, coincidentally, that friend is the Vampire known to Green Willow. I’ve met that Vampire a few times, so it was natural for me and the wolf demon to become friends. It told me a piece of hearsay it heard back in Cosmic Country, which is that the Deep One of Cosmic Country has reached a cooperation agreement with the Cult of the Cadaver in England, intending to summon their worshiped Great Old One!"

With this revelation from Hu Li, everyone was astonished.

Before this, Liu Xing and the others had thought that the Deep Diving Society and the Cult of the Cadaver only sought secular leadership in their respective countries. They hadn’t imagined their ambitions went further, aiming to summon their respective Great Old Ones—Mordiggian and Cthulhu.

Of course, the possibility that the Deep Diving Society intended to summon Dagon couldn’t be ruled out.

However, regardless of the outcome, even if there was only Mordiggian, it could easily destroy this parallel world. After all, it wouldn’t even need to act; its thousands of Ghouls could slaughter all humans on Earth.

So, Liu Xing and the others began to feel a bit panicked.

But at this moment, Hu Li smiled and said, "There’s no need to worry too much. After all, we killed Gralki in Panlong Town, and that Gralki was a Great Old One. So even though I’m not familiar with the Great Old Ones worshiped by Ghoul and Deep One, I think we should be able to kill them too."

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, not knowing what to say for a moment. After all, he couldn’t just tell Hu Li that the Gralki in Panlong Town was just a clone, far weaker than its original form, and that the power of Mordiggian and Cthulhu surpassed Gralki’s by far.

But although Liu Xing couldn’t say it, Alice chose to speak up, "Gralki? Miss Hu Li, is that Gralki you mentioned a sea slug with spikes, and it likes to live in lakes?"

Hu Li raised her eyebrows, somewhat surprised, "That’s right, you know Gralki too?"

Alice nodded and said seriously, "In that case, the Gralki you killed in Panlong Town should only be a clone of Gralki because although the Great Old Ones are very mysterious, some information about them has been gathered. For example, this Gralki. Its main body has always lived in the Saven Valley area of England, but it can create clones in any lake in the world, enchanting ordinary people to pursue immortality and ultimately become its followers and slaves."

Hu Li frowned, somewhat incredulous, "What? That was just a clone of Gralki? Are you sure?!"

Alice shook her head and said, "I’m sure because this Gralki is the Great Old One with the most connections to the outside world, and it establishes various doctrines to enchant ordinary people. So, we’ve gathered a lot of information about Gralki. Once, during our investigation, we found Gralki simultaneously appearing in three lakes around the world, confirming its ability to create clones. And by the way, if I’m not mistaken, the Great Old One worshiped by Ghouls is named Mordiggian, and the one worshiped by Deep Ones is named Cthulhu. And the power of Mordiggian and Cthulhu surpasses that of Gralki."

Alice’s words greatly benefited Liu Xing and the others because, as the saying goes, what players know, character cards may not necessarily know.

Although "WatanabeRyuusei" also knew a lot about Cthulhu, Liu Xing wouldn’t mention it now.

"Ah, so that’s how it is... But come to think of it, I also learned some news from that wolf demon. It turns out that there was a conflict between the Deep Ones of Cosmic Country and Island Nation’s Deep Ones recently, forcing a group of Island Nation’s Deep Ones to flee to England. So, the Deep One from Cosmic Country who came to England to help the Cult of the Cadaver this time also came to chase down those Deep Ones." Hu Li said somewhat embarrassedly.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xing and the others who had experienced the Fisher’s Village module frowned. According to Matsui Yui, the Deep Ones near Fisher’s Village could be considered traitors among the Deep Ones. So, the Deep Ones mentioned by Hu Li, being chased by other Deep Ones, should be the Deep Ones from Fisher’s Village.

Most importantly, these Deep Ones also "coincidentally" arrived in England. So, according to the current situation of this module, Liu Xing could be sure that they would soon encounter Matsui Yui and her group again...

Liu Xing now began to suspect whether this module was a "nostalgic" module, where players and NPCs encountered in previous modules would appear in this module...

"Well, let’s not chat here. After all, this living room is too crowded with so many people, so let’s go to the basement." Ryuzaki suddenly spoke up.

Liu Xing nodded, as the ground floor was just a small one-bedroom apartment, so the living room area was very small, and with only one child among the ten people present, it felt very crowded.

So, led by Alice, everyone entered the basement one by one through the hidden elevator, which was the real safe point.

However, because the elevator could only carry one person at a time, Liu Xing and the others had to line up slowly.

After the elevator carrying Hu Li closed its doors, Alice couldn’t help but say to Liu Xing, "Mr. Ryuusei, what’s the background of Miss Hu Li? I have a feeling that Miss Hu Li is not human, am I right?"

Liu Xing nodded and said with a smile, "That’s right, Miss Hu Li is not human, but a fox spirit. However, despite being a mythical creature, Miss Hu Li hasn’t done anything harmful, and she has helped us a lot before. Most importantly, her ability is very powerful, so with her help, our chances of dealing with the Cult of the Cadaver will be much greater."

Alice nodded somewhat skeptically, still worried, "I hope so. I didn’t expect to cooperate with mythical creatures today, but since you, Mr. Ryuusei, are so confident in Miss Hu Li, I will trust her too... But come to think of it, Mr. Ryuusei, your luck is so good. It’s only been about a month since we left Fisher’s Village, and you’ve already gone to kill a Gralki clone. I have to say, I admire you."

Liu Xing smiled helplessly and said, "Miss Alice, do you think we wanted to encounter all these chaotic situations? You know, that Gralki clone almost wiped us out, and now, just a few days later, we’re caught up in the conspiracy of the Cult of the Cadaver again. What can we do? We’re desperate too."

Alice chuckled and changed the subject, "By the way, I remember, Mr. Ryuusei, you’re about to start school soon. Now you’re not facing the Deep Sea Gospel Society anymore but the even more powerful Deep Diving Society. So when you leave England and return to Island Nation, the pressure on you won’t be small."

Liu Xing sighed and shrugged, "We can only take it one step at a time now. Maybe this time we won’t even have a chance to leave England and go back to Island Nation for school."

At this point, only Liu Xing and Alice were left on the ground floor.

After entering the elevator, Alice suddenly spoke up, "By the way, based on my woman’s intuition, I think Miss Hu Li might like Ling Ishikawa."

Then, the elevator doors closed.

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, realizing that Hu Li had just called Ling Ishikawa directly by her name, "Ling Ishikawa," instead of "Ayako," as she did in Panlong Town.

So, Liu Xing could basically confirm that Hu Li already knew Ling Ishikawa’s true identity.

This was interesting.

After coming to the basement, Liu Xing directly contacted KP Li Shunchan, saying, "KP, have Ling Ishikawa and the others designated this place as a safe point? If not, then I’ll designate this place as a safe point."

KP Li Shunchan smiled and said, "OK, you’ve now designated this place as your new safe point. But Liu Xing, are you feeling pleasantly surprised now? Meeting so many old acquaintances."

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, saying, "I am indeed pleasantly surprised this time, meeting so many old acquaintances. Some of them I thought I’d never see again in my life."

"Then enjoy it, I hope you like it," KP Li Shunchan said meaningfully.

Liu Xing knew that he might have been arranged.

And arranging oneself so blatantly, Liu Xing could only think of one name—Aughra.

At this time, Ling Ishikawa walked over and said, "Leader, the area of this safe point is really beyond our imagination. It must be over a thousand square meters, with over ten rooms."

Liu Xing looked around and found that this safe point was indeed quite large. The hall in front of him alone must have been fifty or sixty square meters, and there was a complete set of furniture.

"It seems that the Manchester Police Department is quite rich. They managed to build such a large basement, and the furniture looks quite high-end too," Liu Xing couldn’t help but marvel.

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