Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls
Chapter 563: Secret

Chapter 563: Secret

Liu Xing felt that, this time, if nothing unexpected happened, those Deep Ones should be acting according to the orders of the Deep Diving Society. After all, the Deep Ones near the Island Nation should now be under the management of the Deep Diving Society, or these Deep Ones are high-level figures of the Deep Diving Society.

But now the question arises: what exactly did the Deep Diving Society bring to Tokyo this time?

Liu Xing thought for a moment and believed that what the Deep Diving Society brought this time should have nothing to do with his group. After all, the threat posed by his group in the eyes of the Deep Diving Society should not be significant yet, not worth the trouble for the Deep Diving Society to deal with.

So, Liu Xing suspected that this time the Deep Diving Society made such a big move, most likely it was to boost the official favorability of the Island Nation, deliberately bringing something to deal with Thousand Face.

Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that the Deep Diving Society wants to capture the mythical creature under Cross Lake.

So, it’s still necessary to wait and see.

"By the way, Ryuusei, besides that magic rain, I also noticed that Thousand Face took advantage of the fewer people and went up to the rooftop again, and this time Thousand Face was making a phone call. It seems that this Thousand Face indeed has contacts within the Tokyo area," Rundell suddenly said.

Liu Xing frowned, not expecting Thousand Face to actually have contacts within the Tokyo area. But Thousand Face’s contacts should also be players, right?

Of course, Liu Xing also felt that it was not impossible to rule out the possibility of Thousand Face cooperating with the Deep Diving Society. After all, Thousand Face is a follower of Dagon, and Dagon is the strongest of the Deep Ones, in a sense, Dagon is the chieftain of the Deep Ones.

However, according to the information provided by Baruka, although the Deep Ones in this parallel world still nominally refer to Dagon as the father god and Hydra as the mother goddess, because Dagon and Hydra disappeared from the world many years ago, it is rumored that they are guarding the slumber of Cthulhu in R’lyeh.

Therefore, the leaderless Deep Ones, after millions of years, began to continuously differentiate into relatively independent tribes, and after continuous mergers and divisions, by modern times, the Deep Ones have been divided into dozens of large and small groups. Baruka belonged to the Western Pacific group, and the Deep Diving Society worships the Deep Ones of the Western Pacific group.

And because the boundaries of the ocean are not as clear as those of the land, this has led to almost constant conflicts between the Deep One groups.

As above, so below, just as the conflict between Cthulhu and Hastur extends to the conflict between the Deep Ones and the Byakhee, the secret cults that worship the Deep Ones will also be divided into different factions based on the Deep One groups they believe in, or even the worship of individual elite-level Deep Ones. These secret cults also consider each other as heretics, which is the main reason for the discord between the Deep Diving Society and some secret cults that also worship the Deep Ones.

However, Baruka also mentioned that if the great Cthulhu were to awaken again, then all the Deep One groups would unite once again to fight for the great Cthulhu, including Baruka himself, even if the great Cthulhu were to order them to attack humans and kill their own daughters.

The worship and unconditional obedience to the great Cthulhu are engraved in the blood of every Deep One.

But as for the commands of the father god Dagon, Baruka only said ambiguously, "might obey," because in Baruka’s eyes, although Dagon is called the father god, Dagon can only be considered the strongest of the Deep Ones, not the creator of the Deep Ones, so Baruka feels that the commands of the father god Dagon are not absolute mandates for himself.

Even for the leaders of the major Deep One groups, Dagon, this "supreme emperor," is only good as a mascot, and it is best not to intervene in their actions.

But on second thought, Liu Xing still had some doubts, because according to Baruka, since the great Cthulhu slept in the city of R’lyeh, Dagon and Hydra also suddenly disappeared, never appearing in the sight of other Deep Ones again. At that time, those Deep Ones searched almost the entire Earth to find Dagon and Hydra, except for the core control areas of other mythical creatures, the locations of certain Great Old Ones, and the only true god of the Deep Ones—Cthulhu in R’lyeh.

So in the end, those Deep Ones all believed that Dagon and Hydra had entered the city of R’lyeh, after all, those Deep Ones were unwilling to believe that Dagon and Hydra had been captured by other mythical creatures or Great Old Ones.

But now, because the Yellow King personally told him, Thousand Face is a follower of Dagon, which means Thousand Face should have seen the true form of Dagon. And the area where the Purple Dreamliner Cruise Ship sank years ago is clearly not within the range of R’lyeh.

This is quite interesting.

Liu Xing pushed the nonexistent black-framed glasses and said seriously to Rundell, "Rundell, I want to ask you a question now, do you have any understanding of Dagon, the leader of the Deep Ones?"

Rundell raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled, and said, "Of course I do. Ryuusei, you can’t possibly not know that our Byakhee tribe and the Deep Ones led by Dagon are mortal enemies. This Dagon can be said to be the most powerful existence among the Deep Ones. Currently, the chieftain of our Byakhee tribe once fought with Dagon. In the end, although I don’t want to believe it, I have to admit that Dagon’s strength is greater than that of our Byakhee tribe’s chieftain. But luckily, those damn salty fish can’t fly, so our Byakhee tribe still maintains dominance in warfare."

Liu Xing shrugged and said with a smile, "So you could say, I really admire the spirit of your Byakhee tribe, otherwise, if the Deep Ones could fly, I might not be seeing you now..."

Seeing Rundell’s unfriendly expression, Liu Xing immediately changed the subject, saying, "But speaking of which, I heard that Dagon has been missing for a long time. Your Byakhee tribe should have some understanding of this news, right?"

Rundell nodded, also looking puzzled, and said, "That’s right. Regarding the disappearance of Dagon and Hydra, our Byakhee tribe also knew about it almost immediately. But because at that time, our Byakhee tribe was still at war with the Deep Ones, contending for control over a strategically important archipelago, so at first, we thought that the Deep Ones were planning to lure us into a full-scale attack. After all, without Dagon and Hydra, the remaining strong members of the Deep Ones alone wouldn’t be able to withstand our Byakhee tribe’s attack."

"However, because the disappearance of Dagon and Hydra was too sudden, and completely evaded the investigation of our Byakhee tribe’s strong members, naturally, this aroused our suspicion. At that time, our Byakhee tribe was divided into two factions over whether to launch a sudden attack on the Deep Ones, and in the end, the conservative faction prevailed, deciding to wait and see how the situation developed further. As a result, we ended up waiting for decades, and when we found that the Deep Ones were searching the world for Dagon and Hydra, we thought the Deep Ones were just pretending to search for our benefit. It wasn’t until a hundred years later that we confirmed even the Deep Ones couldn’t find Dagon and Hydra."

"But after we confirmed the mysterious disappearance of Dagon and Hydra, we began to plan to revive the raid plan that had been shelved for a hundred years... Although it was called a raid plan, the whole plan could be summed up in one word—reckless. After all, at that time, the strength of our Byakhee tribe was already superior to that of the Deep Ones, so we just needed to go straight at them. After all, how could our Byakhee tribe lose with our superior faces? The Deep Ones are just a bunch of chickens... Ahem, recently I’ve been feeling a bit idle and decided to play a game. And coincidentally, SC2 has become free during this time, so I went to watch some videos by a certain professional commentator."

Of course, Liu Xing knew who the professional commentator mentioned by Byakhee was. After all, that person had already ascended to immortality even in the real world. Liu Xing was now very curious whether the true identity of that professional commentator in this parallel world might be one of the incarnations of Nyarlathotep, considering abilities like causality, which even Great Old Ones might not be able to master... Of course, that professional commentator could also be one of Yis People.

But on second thought, Liu Xing suddenly suspected whether the partner of that professional commentator might be Dagon, or no, it could also be Hydra.

Because f91 could be either my big brother or my wife.

Liu Xing’s imagination was growing bigger and bigger...

At this point, Rundell didn’t pay attention to Liu Xing’s distraction and continued, "Back to the point, when our Byakhee tribe had already assembled its main forces and was ready to raid an important stronghold of the Deep Ones, we suddenly received an order from the Yellow King to completely withdraw from the struggle for Earth, abandoning all our footholds on Earth. Although we were very puzzled as to why the Yellow King issued such a strange command, we still followed the Yellow King’s order and left Earth. From then on, our Byakhee tribe only occasionally responded to summons to come to Earth."

At this point, Liu Xing, who had regained his focus, frowned because if Rundell wasn’t deceiving him, then the command from the Yellow King at that time was indeed strange, or rather, inexplicable.

And then, combined with the sudden disappearance of Dagon and Hydra, and the cessation of the massive war between various mythical creature races on Earth, Liu Xing suddenly smelled a scent of conspiracy.

There must have been something happening back then!

Liu Xing speculated vaguely.

But considering the current situation, Liu Xing thought that Dagon and Hydra might have "disappeared" suddenly years ago because of Cthulhu’s command. It wasn’t until a few years ago that Dagon suddenly appeared for some reason and accepted Thousand Face as a follower. The most important reason for this might still be Cthulhu’s command.

So now Liu Xing feels that there’s a possibility that the mission Dagon gave to Thousand Face is likely related to Cthulhu’s awakening, and the reason the Yellow King asked him to deal with Thousand Face might be to prevent Cthulhu’s awakening!

Liu Xing suddenly felt immense pressure.

Seeing Liu Xing’s blank expression, Rundell stood up and patted Liu Xing’s shoulder, curiously asking, "Hey, Ryuusei, what’s wrong with you? Why are you suddenly zoning out? I know the information I just told you was quite heavy, but it shouldn’t cause your brain to crash."

Liu Xing knew Rundell probably wasn’t aware of the mission he received from the Yellow King, so he shook his head and changed the subject, saying, "Oh, I’m fine. Let’s get back to the point, Rundell, did you hear what Thousand Face said on the phone?"

Rundell rolled his eyes again, pointing to his ear, and said, "Come on, Ryuusei, you’re overestimating my hearing, aren’t you? Although the hearing of our Byakhee tribe is better than yours humans, I can’t possibly hear clearly what Thousand Face said on the phone from hundreds of meters away, can I? But our Byakhee tribe’s vision is quite good..."

Hearing Rundell mention his vision, Liu Xing couldn’t help but interrupt, "Uh, didn’t I hear that SC2 players like you have no vision?"

Rundell looked at Liu Xing speechlessly for a moment before saying softly, "Mr. Ryuusei, please don’t make jokes at a time like this... As the ’Air Force,’ our Byakhee tribe definitely has excellent vision. After all, have you ever seen a bird that can fly high but has poor vision? So I can now confirm that Thousand Face was using the Island Nation Language to contact the person on the other end of the phone. However, Thousand Face only said a few phrases like ’yes,’ ’go on,’ ’contact you next time.’"

Island Nation Language, huh.

Liu Xing nodded to himself and muttered, "If it’s the Island Nation Language, then the person Thousand Face was contacting should be a human, and most likely not from the Deep Diving Society, since in the Deep Diving Society, only the Deep Ones are likely qualified to call Thousand Face. So this human is most likely an undercover agent planted by Thousand Face within the Island Nation authorities... Oh right, Rundell, can you confirm if Thousand Face was answering or making a call at that time?"

As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, he heard the sound of dice hitting the ground.

Since KP Bamboo Rat was making a secret ballot at this time, it indicated that this judgment was very important.

Liu Xing became somewhat calculating.

After pondering for a moment, Rundell finally spoke, "If everything went as expected, I think Thousand Face was answering the phone because when I arrived over Thousand Face, he had already picked up the phone, and then he listened for quite a while before saying the first word."

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