Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Unexpectedly, Liu Xing found it rather intriguing that Chrisiano had expanded to such an extent, even entertaining thoughts of self-proclaimed kingship.

Liu Xing stroked his chin, finding this rather interesting.

"By the way, Sirius, I just stored all the research data from Zekiel Island into the Soul Casket. Can you glean any insights from it?" Liu Xing asked earnestly.

As the Chief Researcher of the Ancient Ones on Earth, Liu Xing believed Sirius had a good grasp of deciphering the meanings behind these data.

Sirius nodded, smiling, "When you transmitted the data just now, Liu Xing, I took a careful look at it. I noticed a common hidden point among them—the numbering. I believe neither you nor Chrisiano knows the significance of these numbers."

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, recalling the series of numbers on the research data. At the time, he hadn’t paid much attention to them, as they seemed insignificant.

It was akin to a receipt; most people would focus on the items and prices listed, not the serial number.

Because, under normal circumstances, the numbering didn’t hold much importance.

Sirius continued, "Since the Ancient Ones prioritize technology, various researches are conducted simultaneously. To distinguish the origin and importance of these research reports, they are assigned corresponding numbers. There are hundreds of types of numbers accessible to the general public, but for researchers like us, there are nearly a thousand types frequently used. The numbers you transmitted to me belong to a very special category, which I’ve only heard of but never actually seen."

Hearing this, Liu Xing became intrigued by the numbers on the research materials. "Oh, Sirius, could you quickly explain what this number represents?"

Sirius nodded, saying, "Though the meaning of this number is somewhat special, it’s relatively easy to understand. Simply put, it’s a countdown number, indicating that the research using this number will end after a certain number of experiments. At the end of the final experiment, all research reports will be transmitted back to the capital research institute by special means, and the research facility will be automatically decommissioned. This was probably set up by those retreating researchers back then, knowing they might never return, to obtain the final research data."

Liu Xing frowned, immediately trying to recall the number of the last research report.

But before Liu Xing could remember, Sirius directly hinted, "Based on what I know about countdown numbers, the research facility on Zekiel Island will be decommissioned after the next round of experiments."

This meant that when those synthetic beasts were transported into the research facility, all research facilities on Zekiel Island would be completely decommissioned!

Liu Xing thought for a moment, then hurriedly asked, "So, Sirius, how does your Ancient Ones interpret decommissioning? And what about your understanding of research facilities?"

Decommissioning could mean either abandoning the research facility or activating an explosion program to completely destroy it.

Most importantly, Liu Xing wanted to know if the Ancient Ones considered research facilities to simply refer to their self-built structure or if it included Zekiel Island as a research site...

If the answers were all in the latter, it wouldn’t be good news. It meant that Liu Xing and his team had to leave Zekiel Island before the end of this round of experiments. Otherwise, they would be trapped with Zekiel Island.

If they couldn’t leave through the main gate by then, they would have to return to the warehouse to leave the research facility again.

That would be troublesome.

Liu Xing stroked his chin, planning to have a thorough conversation with Zhang Jingxu and the others after leaving the Soul Casket.

With a sigh, Liu Xing decided to change the subject, "By the way, Sirius, Chrisiano said he could use the materials in the research facility to create a new body for you, but the quality of this new body is not good overall. So, I don’t think you’re in a rush to resurrect, are you?"

Sirius nodded, saying seriously, "That’s right, I’m not in a hurry now because you’ve already found me a fellow Ancient One. So now, I just need to find suitable materials to shape my body. And although Chrisiano made some mistakes in the past, I believe he has reformed now and won’t cause any trouble while making me a new body."

Not necessarily.

According to Sirius, Liu Xing now believed Chrisiano was in a period of restraint, hence not openly displaying dissatisfaction with the Ancient Ones. After all, anyone imprisoned for millions of years wouldn’t have a good mindset, especially someone as self-centered and inflated as Chrisiano.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing hesitated and asked, "Speaking of which, does Chrisiano still have a chance to restore its original strength? The reason Chrisiano came to Zekiel Island this time was to regain its original power because it believed that the experiments on Zekiel Island were based on its previous situation, so it wants to find its power from this data."

Sirius first looked surprised, then shook his head, "That’s highly unlikely. Although the experiments on Zekiel Island did indeed start based on Chrisiano’s past situation, these data wouldn’t be of much help to Chrisiano. As you’ve seen, these research data can be considered extremely simplified. Without the previous research data to analyze together, this information is practically useless."

Hearing Sirius say this, Liu Xing felt relieved because he didn’t want to see Chrisiano restored to its former strength.

Because if the plot continued like this, there was a high probability that Chrisiano, once its strength was restored, would turn into an antagonist boss again, and then Liu Xing and his team would have to figure out how to deal with Chrisiano.

Troublesome.

All the questions Liu Xing wanted to ask had been asked, so he decided to leave the Soul Casket.

However, at this moment, Sirius suddenly said, "Liu Xing, there’s something else I want to tell you. It’s about why the Soul Casket left Fisher’s Village for a while."

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, recalling that there indeed was such an incident.

Upon careful thought, it was quite significant because, according to Sirius, the Soul Casket should have been buried at the bottom of the Fisher’s Village Underground Ruins, so retrieving the Soul Casket wouldn’t have been easy.

So, it meant that the person who took the Soul Casket back then wasn’t an ordinary individual.

With this in mind, Liu Xing quickly asked, "Oh, from what you’re saying, Sirius, the one who took the Soul Casket shouldn’t be an ordinary person, right? So, was it Baruka?"

The reason Liu Xing speculated it was Baruka was because Baruka must have known about the Fisher’s Village Underground Ruins. However, based on previous intelligence obtained in Fisher’s Village, Baruka also seemed to have only found out about Fisher’s Village after more than twenty years. After all, Baruka only went to the Underground Ruins to trouble the Shoggoth.

Sirius shook his head, saying, "The one who took the Soul Casket back then wasn’t Baruka but someone whose exact identity I’m not aware of... Let’s just call him a person for now. Even though he looked like an ordinary young Caucasian man, I could sense that he wasn’t human. Moreover, his behavior was very peculiar, leisurely strolling around. Most importantly, he also took the small box, or rather, his initial target was that small box."

Nyarlathotep?!

Since that "person’s" target was the glowing dipyramid and he could find the sunken Underground Ruins, it meant that this "person" knew about the glowing dipyramid’s location from the beginning. Therefore, on Earth, only Nyarlathotep’s other incarnations could possess such abilities.

Of course, it could also be a powerful player, as players always managed to obtain crucial information through various means. So, it could be possible that a player learned about the Underground Ruins from a Deep One NPC, then happened to know that the Ancient Ones had discovered something, and thus found their way there, instantly recognizing the glowing dipyramid at a glance due to its distinctiveness.

But that would be troublesome.

Although this Nyarlathotep incarnation, the night demon, had significant weaknesses, its power shouldn’t be underestimated. And now that this "person" specifically came for the glowing dipyramid, it meant he wanted to harness the night demon’s power, so... that posed a problem.

Liu Xing didn’t doubt that he would likely hear some news or rumors related to this in the near future. After all, that "person" probably didn’t just consider the glowing dipyramid as a collectible.

"And then, that person found my Soul Casket, so he carried it with him. I’m sure that person definitely knows the function of the Soul Casket, and he even knew that I was inside it, but he didn’t enter the Soul Casket to find me. Instead, he treated me like a personal possession, casually leaving me in temporary lodgings every time he went somewhere, then he would disappear for a while, only to bring me to another place afterward."

"So, this went on for a while until that person suddenly took me to a gift shop, where he chose a toy and directly fused me into it. I believe you can guess what happened next. I was bought by a child and brought to the Island Nation, then taken back to Fisher’s Village, and finally left in the room where you found me. So, I can now be sure that all of this was within that person’s expectations," Sirius said seriously.

Liu Xing nodded, saying thoughtfully, "Indeed, that’s a possibility. It seems that person is quite remarkable. So, Sirius, did you get any more information about that person back then?"

Although he asked this question, Liu Xing now almost certain that the person was one of Nyarlathotep’s incarnations.

But Sirius immediately contradicted, "Although that’s a possibility, if I didn’t hear wrong, that person was referred to as Will when he was seen with the Soul Casket by others..."

Will?!

This wasn’t a coincidence.

Liu Xing believed that this Will was the Yis People called Will that Chrisiano mentioned, and everything made sense.

Firstly, in that special space back then, Chrisiano likely mentioned the Ancient Ones conducting a massive search, so after leaving the special space, Will also conducted related explorations. Eventually, he pinpointed the location of the Underground Ruins, took the glowing dipyramid, and left.

Then, perhaps Will, through the Yis People’s innate abilities, realized that Sirius might meet Chrisiano and even help him. So, Will specifically fused Sirius’s Soul Casket into a toy because he knew that the toy would eventually end up in his hands?

Liu Xing knew he had also been manipulated by Will.

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