Chapter 219 187. Unexpected Confession (please request full version)
“This is the secret code used by the cult, and its meaning is for grinding.”
When everyone looked at each other, Jiang Wenkan He stood up, broke free from the shackles of the rocks, and strolled to Li Ming's side.
"Cult? What do you mean..." Li Ming was a little confused.
"You have seen the hint in that Bible, Li Ming, please stop pretending to be stupid." Jiang Wenkan raised his eyebrows, "I am an undercover agent."
"I did think that you were an undercover agent. Although I didn't collect all the evidence, I didn't expect you to confess so quickly." Li Ming naturally took a step back and said in a calm and cold voice, "Then now... Does that mean you want to help Professor Takei? The reporter said that he used the magic circle to summon strange creatures...?"
"As expected of Li Ming, although he is usually as dark and damp as a mushroom in the corner, his mind is still very fast."< br>
Jiang Wenkan opened his hands, as if he were embracing the world.
“The first time I came here, or in other words, the motive for constructing this dream was to kill Kuranosuke Shirai in a white dream. Now that Shirai is dead, what motive do I have to harm you? ”
“Shirai?”
Li Ming suddenly recalled that Jiang Wenkan was indeed right. These inexplicable dreams were all caused by his hatred.
But... Shirai, how could he die?
Jiang Wen made a gesture, pointing to the wound on his body that had just been bitten by a ghoul, then spread his hands and smiled helplessly.
So that ghoul just now... was Shirai?
“So now, is it my turn to be a one-man show?”
Jiang Wenkan put his right hand on his left chest, leaned forward and made a gentleman's salute. Then he took out his glasses from his pocket and placed them on the bridge of his nose.
“Due to some kind of opportunity, or coming into contact with the ultimate reality of this world, I became a fanatical believer of the Ancient One.”
“I belong to a group called the Ruined One. The mastermind of the cult summons the mythical creature Shoggoth to learn more about Cthulhu civilization."
Cthulhu civilization...
Cthulhu civilization again...
Li Ming raised his eyebrows when he heard this. It seems that a large part of the themes of white dreams are related to the Cthulhu civilization. Is this a coincidence or... a premeditated construction?
"In the sect, we believe that "the sect is everything, and the representative who is at the top of the sect is the son of God. No matter what the cost, even if you have to burn your own life and that of your loved ones, We must also accomplish the goal of summoning Shogotz". "
"From the moment I joined this sect, from the moment I believed so deeply in my heart, I have long lost what can be called human rationality. "
"I came to Ikebukuro with the religious group. It is autumn now, and we have unprecedented good news..."
Jiang Wenkan paused and seemed to enjoy it. This storytelling atmosphere.
"The religious group, which was suffering from a lack of venues and fresh sacrifices, suddenly received assistance from an organization. The name of the organization is the Folk Culture Research Association affiliated with Shangying University. It is an academic institution composed of scholars and doctoral students."
“The person who contacted the sect was Professor Mitsuru Takei, the person in charge of the research association. Because I am a relatively low-level member, I have not met her in person. "
"Takei promised that all members of the research association would voluntarily become living sacrifices, and would also be willing to provide the underground space of the facility for the summoning of Shoggoths."
"Volunteer? How is that possible!" Lin Lu rushed forward and shouted. She seemed to get a little emotional when this topic was mentioned, but this was understandable because it was related to her biological sister.
"If you feel it is unreasonable, you can confront Takei personally." Jiang Wenkan spread his hands, "The higher-ups of the cult believed her, but I doubt whether she should be worthy of credit. Regarding the details of the handover, I I don’t know, I just know that this old guy saw something decisive for my superiors.”
"The renovation of the underground of the Research Society has been completed, and the date for performing the summoning ceremony has been set. In order to supplement the insufficient sacrifices, the religious group sometimes kidnaps some homeless people. I heard that although there is no case registered in the city, there are still some homeless people. It made some people panic. "
"Today the summons will be carried out underground. As a subordinate, I do not have permission to enter the underground, but I saw my companions carrying several people. Familiar figures..." Jiang Wenkan grinned, "Obviously these are you."
"I heard my companions say this... Of course, these are not my companions... I can only. Said that the identity they were given is like this."
""They are in the way.""
"These people said so, so I guess you may be the new living sacrifices. ”
"I was doing my work on the ground floor of the facility. However, the moment I heard footsteps, I lost consciousness due to severe pain in the back of my head. When I woke up, I was wearing a white garment made of non-woven material. , all the belongings were gone."
"When he lost consciousness, the uniform of the cult he was wearing was also missing. Looking around, he was in a museum exhibition hall. "
< br>Everyone knows what follows.
"What's the use of saying this... There is no detailed information or more details in it." Li Ming squinted his eyes.
"That's true, but there are more details about Shirai. Although he is a member of the fresh living sacrifices, the details and clues I found from him far exceed what we have now. Seen.”
Jiang Wenkan took out a piece of white paper stained with black mucus from his pocket. A few words were stained on it, but it did not affect reading.
Yuan Qingyu wanted to take it over and take a look, but was stopped by a young man wearing glasses. He pushed up his glasses: "These black mucus have an infectious effect. If ordinary people encounter it, they are likely to be assimilated into Ghoul, if Dr. Yuan Qingyu is not afraid of death, then just give it a try."
After hearing these words, Yuan Qingyu gave up the idea of going forward and taking it away. He took a few steps back and crossed his hands with a contemptuous attitude.
“I read a lot of details and clues from these white papers. Next, I will use my own narrative tone to tell you everything I read. I think this is escape. The key to getting out."
Escape...
Are you escaping to an underground facility?
Or should we escape from the dream?
Li Dang didn’t know why he had such an idea.
"As the saying goes, there is a fine line between genius and madness. This is exactly what happened with Professor Mitsuru Takei, the head of the Folklore Research Society affiliated to Joe Ying University and an archaeologist. She studies the subject of immortality myths. During a field survey, he accidentally found the relics of the great race of Yis, and then fell into the pursuit of Cthulhu. In the crazy obsession with mythology, "The Broken Hands of the cult that planned to summon the mythical creature Shoggoth seized this opportunity and reached a partnership with Takei. The cult gave Takei the knowledge of the mythical creature, and Takei was responsible for providing it. The venue and the human sacrifice as the summoning material”
"For this reason, Takei did not hesitate to brainwash the students and teaching assistants of the seminar, coaxing them to voluntarily participate in rituals that can obtain eternal life, and then kill each other as sacrifices."
Is the Cthulhu Mythos civilization really so fascinating? ...
Li Ming frowned, feeling more and more ridiculous in the world. He actually had ideas and interests because of an extremely absurd civilization, and he did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of his kind... and even had to be brainwashed.
This is how cults should be, this is what they do.
But Takei...
"What is the great race of Yis?" Li Dang asked, "And what is that relic?"
"I know this. The great race of Yis is from the Cthulhu mythology. A type of creature, they are an interstellar race from the universe, able to project consciousness across time and exchange bodies with other creatures. < br>
Sometime in the distant past, the consciousness of the great race came across the stars, exchanged bodies with a cone-shaped creature on the earth, and established a prosperous civilization on the primitive earth.”
Being worthy of being a loyal reader of the Cthulhu Mythos, Mikka Kurosawa quickly reacted and spoke to everyone.
In other words, this Yisi people... their civilization is higher than that of the earth, and it is normal for any weird things to appear.
Li Ming nodded thoughtfully and spread his hands to show respect.
“The professor discovered a mysterious artifact in the western wilderness of Australia in the 28th year of Heisei. It should be a device component left by one of the great race Yis in this era.”
"Although it was damaged when it was purchased and should have been thrown away casually, there is still technology in the device that can work. It can contain one person's will, which is what humans commonly call souls. "
"The original function of the device is unknown, but Takei found that the current function of the device is to "except for the contained." "The whole world outside of will" travels through time and space to continuously create the effect of a certain period of history, so she experimented with it and constructed our current situation. ”
“Next let’s talk about Takei’s experiment. ”
"Although the cult believes that Takei is the perfect collaborator in the summoning of evil spirits, she is not a loyal believer in the Shoggoths. Unlike the students and subordinates who became victims, she is mentally sound, evil and calm."
“As he grew older, Takei, who was constantly weakening, became obsessed with discovering the technology of immortality. However, he encountered a big problem in using the relics of Yis. The problem is how to let human consciousness enter the device."
"It should not be difficult to do if you have the complete technological level of the Yi people, but this guy lacks this condition, so the Folklore Research Association turned to this. Research on the Cthulhu Mythos.”
Li Ming thought of the absurd jokes he saw in his handbook. This was the evaluation given by Sakuma.
“What the professor found was a spell called Soul Binding, which uses a ritual to separate consciousness from the body. To achieve this ritual requires a large number of living sacrifices, so she coaxed the tutors and students who had been destroyed by the mythical content. They kill each other.”
"Out of interest and the reason to increase the number of sacrifices, she also accepted the summoning plan of the Order of the Broken Hand, but did not tell them the truth of the matter. The summoning of Shoggoths and the ritual of binding consciousness were carried out on the same day, and Takei used a camera from a safe location to observe whether Yis Technology could succeed. "
So that means they are now in a state of using each other.
The last sentence seems... a little scary.
If these clues are true, then this old madman may have observed everything happening now in the security cameras.
"So what are Shoggoths?" Hoshino Katsura asked.
"The Shoggoth is a creature in the Cthulhu mythology created by American novelist Howard Philip Lovecraft. It first appeared in his work "At the Mountains of Madness" published in 1936.
< br>As an amorphous protoplasmic creature, it is one of the most terrifying beings in the Cthulhu mythology. It looks like a giant amoeba made of tar, with glowing eyes on its surface. ”
Kurosawa. After recalling it for a while, he explained to everyone.
Jiang Wenkan nodded with great agreement: "This is also a creature in the Cthulhu mythology. The most critical part is now."
"The old woman will study The underground part of the institute was transformed into a summoning place. The brainwashed researchers and students were divided into several groups and held immortality rituals as a cover in the rooms of the facility. After the victims who were sacrificed died, the cultists of the Broken Hand chanted Sing the incantation of the Ancient One to complete the summons.”
"Behind the secret door of the Folklore Association, a huge artificial cave was prepared as a summoning site, and a huge magic circle was drawn... What you have all seen is the place where the central pattern has been washed away by the rain. ”
“Materials for drawing magic circles The material is the powder of some kind of meteorite that is actually the fossil of an ancient being. Because India is not within the range of common sense materials, it needs to be crushed with a special pestle and then used to draw the correct pattern."
Everyone turned their attention back to the pestle with different expressions.
“My words end here. These are all the clues I have got so far. What I didn’t expect is...the person who provided these clues was actually my old enemy Shirai. It’s really annoying. . ”
Before this, everything was broken.
After Jiang Wenkan said this, the rationality of all connections gradually became apparent, so they became more determined to leave here.
In addition to the pestle, there is also a cyan notebook in the briefcase. It looks very neat and the handwriting is orderly.
The first page of the diary contains a postcard of the snowy scene of Hokkaido, with a completely dried-up forget-me-not on it. The paper of the postcard is yellow, and the flower is withered and brittle, but it seems to have been carefully Saved.
It is written in child-like pen handwriting——
"Don't forget each other, forever."
Signed by Mizuno Ruri and Mizuno Rinji.
Liu Li’s handwriting is square, but Lin Lu’s is crooked.
A photo of two little girls was pasted on the postcard. One is wearing glasses and has a childish hair, smiling happily at the camera. The other looks older and has long hair. He put his arm around the other shoulder and smiled friendly.
(End of this chapter)