Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

After making preparations, Liu Xing and his companions headed towards Myriad Beast Mountain.

Today, the number of small synthetic beasts around Myriad Beast Mountain had increased by more than ten, and even three medium-sized synthetic beasts appeared.

"Given the current situation, it’s possible that large synthetic beasts will appear in less than two days," Liu Xing sighed.

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said, "It seems that our decision was very correct. Although these small synthetic beasts are difficult for us to deal with, at least we don’t need even more powerful large synthetic beasts. All in all, we are not at a loss."

Forcing not to be at a loss...

When Liu Xing and the others arrived at the loophole of the research facility, Ling Ishikawa began to summon the Shoggoth that had been lurking underground. After all, the Shoggoth couldn’t use the beast retreat grass. If it walked openly on the ground, it was very likely to be attacked by those synthetic beasts, which might harm them as well.

As Liu Xing expected, when the Shoggoth emerged, the surrounding animals and synthetic beasts immediately focused their attention on it, staring at the Shoggoth.

Liu Xing frowned and said in a low voice, "Ling Ishikawa, hurry up and let your baby break through the wall. We need to go in quickly."

Ling Ishikawa nodded and ordered the Shoggoth to crash into the research facility.

The Shoggoth didn’t disappoint, effortlessly melting a large hole in the wall as if cutting through butter.

Liu Xing and the others quickly entered.

As Maisky had said, Liu Xing and the others entered the warehouse area of the research facility.

At this time, because the researchers of the Ancient One had evacuated in a hurry, only some important things were taken away, and some ordinary items were left in the warehouse. However, in the eyes of Liu Xing and the others, they couldn’t recognize any of these items.

So, to be safe, Liu Xing and the others decided not to touch anything randomly.

"Let’s go, let’s leave here as soon as possible to avoid trouble from the automated defense robots," Liu Xing said.

However, Liu Xing and the others had not taken a few steps when they saw many robots in shutdown mode. However, judging from the structure of these robots, they were probably just some transport robots.

These transport robots were generally about four meters tall, with a pair of caterpillar tracks and four mechanical arms. Each arm was equipped with different tools, and there was an additional backpack on their backs, which seemed to contain something.

It seemed that after the Shoggoth launched a rebellion, the Ancient One had chosen to mass-produce robots to fill the gap left by the Shoggoth.

Looking at these transport robots, Ling Ishikawa said thoughtfully, "It seems that the technology of the Ancient One clan was very advanced at that time. We humans still can’t manufacture these transport robots, right?"

Zhang Jingxu nodded, somewhat lamenting, "Yes, my master once told me that the technology level of the Ancient One clan, or many mythical creature races, was very advanced tens of millions of years ago, or even hundreds of millions of years ago, surpassing that of us humans. So, I have always felt that our current state as humans is simply a miracle."

"Yes, after I came into contact with the Daoist sect of China, my worldview was completely reshaped. I never thought that under human rule on Earth, there were so many terrifying secrets hidden. I feel that humans now are like a canoe on the sea. As long as a random wave hits, there may be no turning back," Zhang Wenbing said seriously.

At this moment, Buke pointed to a box and said, "Look at the pattern on this box."

Liu Xing followed the sound and saw that Buke was pointing to a box with a humanoid pattern painted on it.

Next to this pattern, there was a string of Ancient One language, which Liu Xing easily recognized—Experimental Embryo 4396.

Liu Xing frowned and quickly checked the other boxes next to it, only to find that each of those boxes had a different pattern, resembling some kind of animal, and beside them were inscriptions like Experimental Embryo 4399 and so on. ꞦΆℕօ฿ĚS

Could it be?! Liu Xing instantly understood what was inside these boxes, simply put, they were animal embryos not yet used for experiments by the Ancient One.

And this experimental embryo 4396 was very likely the embryo of the original human.

In the setting of the Cthulhu myth, there are many possibilities about the origin of humans, one of the more reliable ones is that humans were created by the Ancient One clan... more precisely, all the native species on Earth now were created by the Ancient One clan.

And now, from these boxes, it seemed that the origin of humans in this parallel world was likely based on this setting.

Liu Xing stroked his chin, starting to consider whether to tell Zhang Jingxu and the others about this matter.

After all, this was somewhat mind-blowing, and Liu Xing was worried that Zhang Jingxu and the others might not be able to handle it.

However, at this moment, Ling Ishikawa asked first, "Ryuusei, don’t you know the language of the Ancient One? Shouldn’t you be able to understand what is written on these boxes?"

Since Ling Ishikawa had asked like this, Liu Xing had no choice but to say what was written on the boxes and his own thoughts together.

Sure enough, when Ling Ishikawa and the others learned the truth, they all frowned, not knowing what to say for a while.

After all, if someone told you that humans were not the product of natural evolution but were created by aliens, most normal humans would find it hard to accept.

Just as Liu Xing was thinking about how to console Zhang Wenbing and the others, the surrounding transport robots suddenly made a "ding" sound, and then they all raised their heads and looked at Liu Xing and the others.

It seemed that these transport robots had all started working.

Of course, Liu Xing felt that the "work" of these transport robots now was probably to disassemble intruders like them into pieces and throw them into the trash can.

"Let’s run!" Liu Xing said decisively.

Although the main function of these transport robots was to transport goods, their four mechanical arms were not to be trifled with when necessary. Moreover, these transport robots weighed several tons, and Liu Xing didn’t think that he and his group could resist them.

As for the weapons in the hands of Liu Xing and his companions, Liu Xing felt that they could be discarded now because he didn’t think that they could break through the defense of these transport robots with old-fashioned shotguns and bows and arrows.

At this moment, Ling Ishikawa and the others also came back to their senses and immediately chose to run with Liu Xing.

However, Liu Xing and the others had not run a few steps when they found that these transport robots were just watching them and did not pursue them.

"Could it be that these transport robots were not designed by the Ancient One for combat? So they don’t have the ability to chase us?"

Buke wondered.

Liu Xing looked at those transport robots and said, "There is indeed such a possibility. After all, once bitten by a snake, one is afraid of ropes for ten years. The Ancient One clan should also be worried that these robots would develop artificial intelligence like the Shoggoth and rebel, so the Ancient One clan simply stipulated the roles of these robots, allowing them to only perform their duties. However, we still need to leave here as soon as possible because we have been discovered now, and those automatic defense robots should be on their way."

So, Liu Xing and the others began to act, and soon found the door of the warehouse.

The warehouse door at this moment happened to be slightly ajar. It seemed that when the Ancient One clan left this research facility, they were indeed in a great hurry.

Exiting the warehouse, Liu Xing and his group found themselves in a very futuristic corridor, surrounded by a silver-white hue.

"Right or left?" Liu Xing asked aloud.

At the same time, Liu Xing also contacted KP Chopsticks, "KP, I want to rely on a lucky judgment now to decide which way we should go. Is that okay?"

KP Chopsticks chuckled and said earnestly, "Of course, but I think the effect of your luck judgment now might not be significant because I will also cast a corresponding dark vote later. When that happens, the priority of my side’s dark vote will be higher, so Liu Xing, you can now choose any path randomly, and the difference won’t be too big."

In that case, Liu Xing adhered to the tradition of ’men to the left, women to the right’ and chose to go left.

Not long after they started, Liu Xing and his group arrived at a spacious area with some tables and chairs, and there were many screens on the surrounding walls.

Looking around, Liu Xing said uncertainly, "This seems to be the rest area of the research facility, but there’s nothing interesting here. Let’s continue."

As Liu Xing finished speaking, he heard the sound of dice rolling.

Then, images suddenly appeared on the surrounding screens—three people were being chased by an automated defense robot.

From the images, Liu Xing estimated that the height of the automated defense robot should be around two meters. Its hands had been modified into laser weapons, and it seemed to have small missiles installed on its back.

In short, this automated defense robot seemed to be extremely powerful.

As for the three people being chased, Zhang Wenbing immediately recognized their identities, "Yes, they are members of the Ancient One and the Daoist sect of China that we are looking for. We must find them as soon as possible now."

Liu Xing nodded and carefully observed the background in the images, saying, "If nothing goes wrong, they should be near the laboratory of the research facility now. We need to find a map quickly to determine the location of the laboratory."

So, Liu Xing and his group continued to move forward and entered the next area.

When Liu Xing saw the sign outside this area, he felt pleased because this area was the main control room of the research facility.

However, at this moment, the main control room door was tightly closed.

It seemed it was time for him to make an entrance.

Based on the information provided by Sirius, coupled with his experience in the mist trap last time, Liu Xing decisively walked to the entrance of the main control room. Then, he saw a red light enveloping his entire body.

Please, let there be no problem.

Liu Xing silently prayed.

Then, another round of dice rolling was heard.

Afterward, the door of the main control room opened.

Liu Xing breathed a sigh of relief, then heard a voice in what seemed to be the Ancient One language, "You have been granted temporary VIP access to this research facility. You are now free to move within this research facility, but you do not have permission to control any devices in the research facility."

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow. It seemed his Ancient One identity was still useful.

As Zhang Jingxu and the others approached, the voice in the Ancient One language sounded again, "Is this your accompanying creature? If not, I will arrange for automated defense robots to deal with it."

"Yes, yes, it is!" Liu Xing hastily replied.

"Understood, I have now registered the information of your accompanying creature into the system," the voice in the Ancient One language said seriously.

With this, Liu Xing and his group could finally move around the research facility with peace of mind.

However, what puzzled Liu Xing at this moment was why that Ancient One was still being pursued by automated defense robots?

According to Sirius, there were many places in the Ancient One’s research facility where identity verification could be conducted, so logically speaking, as long as that Ancient One went through identity verification, at least it should have been released from pursuit by the automated defense robots. So why didn’t it do that?

Could it be that Ancient One was a masochist, enjoying being chased?

With doubts in his mind, Liu Xing entered the main control room.

Although Liu Xing did not have the right to control any devices, according to Sirius, Liu Xing still had the qualification to request the system of the research facility to grant him certain permissions.

After all, Liu Xing’s current identity was a military officer of the Ancient One clan. In this unmanned research facility, Liu Xing was in charge.

When there’s no tiger in the mountain, the monkeys are kings.

So, Liu Xing tried to contact the system of the research facility, which was the voice he had just heard speaking in the Ancient One language.

"System, I would like to obtain permission to view all surveillance facilities in the research facility. Is that possible?" Liu Xing asked.

After a moment, the system replied, "I have detected that there is only one Ancient One in the research facility at the moment, and you also have the qualification to obtain corresponding permissions, so I have granted you the relevant permissions."

Only one Ancient One in the research facility?

Liu Xing frowned and quickly turned to Zhang Wenbing, saying, "Brother Zhang, are you sure the mythical creature you are cooperating with is an Ancient One? When I just contacted the system, it told me that there is only one Ancient One in the entire research facility."

Zhang Wenbing was also surprised, saying incredulously, "How is that possible? I can confirm that it is an Ancient One, after all, it has been recognized by the high-level members of the Daoist sect of China."

Liu Xing stroked his chin, now even more puzzled.

Could that Ancient One have a problem?

While Liu Xing pondered, he used his permissions to activate the monitors and once again confirmed the location of that Ancient One. It was indeed in the laboratory.

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