Chapter 893: Entering the dreamland |
Hu Cang took a puff of his cigarette, looked at the moon outside the window, and said, "Of course, we must use the remaining memory fragments for Liu Xing before we can determine whether our previous speculations are correct."
Yin En nodded, took out a piece of something that looked like broken glass from his pocket, and said, "Then this time I will use this memory fragment. The information recorded in this memory fragment is the most important and can help us determine many things. However, since Liu Xing has already noticed something, I plan to wait for a while before finding an opportunity to use it."
"No problem, but Yin En, you still need to hurry up because I found that the Aughra group is intentionally advancing the process, so we don't have much time left." Hu Cang sighed and said, "I have already sent Zhong Rensan to help you. His current identity is an ordinary believer of a secret cult in the Public Faction. He will contact you by phone and fully accept your instructions."
Yin En chuckled and shook his head, saying, "I didn't expect you, Hu Cang, to be willing to send Zhong Rensan to help me. It seems you are also a bit anxious."
Hu Cang also smiled and said seriously, "Yes, the current situation makes it hard not to be anxious. You and I both know what will happen next, and this is why we continue to cooperate here."
Hu Cang thought for a moment and continued, "There is one more thing I need to tell you. The little master has shown signs of awakening recently, so she may officially wake up after the Public-Military Conflict ends. It will be more troublesome for us to meet again then, as you probably don't want to meet the little master, right?"
Yin En frowned and immediately nodded, saying, "Of course, if she sees me, I will surely die. Besides, I shouldn't be here in the first place. So, after she wakes up, Hu Cang, don't come to me anymore. We will contact each other through Zhong Rensan."
Seeing Yin En like this, Hu Cang laughed even more happily, "No problem, I sent Zhong Rensan to be the liaison. Alright, I need to go back and continue my work. Yin En, be careful with your actions recently. If Liu Xing discovers any flaws again, we will have to confront him to prevent him from joining the Aughra side."
Yin En waved his hand and said with disdain, "Today was just bad luck. I didn't expect Shi Zixuan to be so powerful that I didn't even notice she was right under my nose. But speaking of which, I remember you, Hu Cang, still have some memory-erasing powder. Why don't you give me some so I can make Liu Xing forget what happened today?"
Yin En smiled bitterly and replied, "That's true. If Liu Xing recovers those memories, the entire Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall will have to be reshuffled. This is not good for us, and it would be a disaster for Liu Xing because he wouldn't want to remember those things. Moreover, the Aughra group would definitely tear off their masks and force Liu Xing to cooperate with them... if that can be called cooperation."
Hu Cang shrugged and said, "So, Yin En, don't expect Liu Xing to forget today's events. By the way, do you want to go to the Dreamrealm tomorrow and take the things I prepared for you?"
Yin En glanced at the sleeping Liu Xing and nodded, saying, "I will find a way to take them to the Dreamrealm. However, the Public Faction people have entered the Dreamrealm before us, so even though I know they won't pose any threat to us, I can't persuade Liu Xing and the others to believe this unless I tell them the whole truth. But the problem is that we still have other undercover agents among us."
Hearing this, Hu Cang couldn't help but laugh, "Yes, your player team is quite something. Everyone's background is complicated. Even I can only confirm they have issues, but I don't know what those issues are. So, Yin En, you need to be careful."
Yin En nodded and got up to see the guest off, saying, "No problem, but I think you, Hu Cang, need to leave first to avoid being discovered by others..."
"Especially the little master." Hu Cang interrupted with a smile.
Yin En looked at Hu Cang with a face full of helplessness, not knowing what to say.
Seeing this, the satisfied Hu Cang turned into a wisp of green smoke and flew out of the window.
Yin En closed the window, looked at the sleeping Liu Xing, and muttered to himself, "Indeed, those who know nothing live the happiest lives. But why did you join the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall?"
Yin En shook his head and went back to his bed to rest.
Nothing happened overnight.
The next morning, Liu Xing woke up and yawned.
Looking at Yin En, who was sleeping soundly on the bed next to him, Liu Xing realized a problem—why did he suddenly fall asleep yesterday? Did Yin En do something?
At this moment, Liu Xuyu's voice suddenly came from downstairs, "Everyone, come down quickly. There is a new situation in the villa next door."
Liu Xing immediately got up, dressed, and woke up Yin En.
Yin En looked at the sky outside, turned over, and said, "Ha~ Liu Xing, why did you wake me up so early? If it's just for breakfast, don't call me. I'll get up and eat after I sleep a bit more. After all, I have to risk my life this afternoon, and if I don't sleep well, it will affect my performance."
Liu Xing looked at the sleepy Yin En and said helplessly, "There is a new situation in the villa next door. Are you sure you don't want to check it out?"
Hearing this, Yin En immediately flipped over and said, "Oh, how can I miss this kind of thing?"
With that, Yin En quickly dressed and went downstairs with Liu Xing.
Yin En's behavior made Liu Xing breathe a sigh of relief because he had already planned that if Yin En wanted to stay in the room alone like yesterday, he would find a way to stay in the room and monitor him to prevent him from playing tricks again.
When they arrived at the living room on the first floor, Zhang Jingxu and the others were already there.
On the screen, the smoke and dust in the villa next door finally dissipated, revealing the villa's original... well, the villa now looked like it had been soaked in sulfuric acid for a day, with its exterior pitted and even a big hole in the room.
"Fortunately, we didn't rush into that villa yesterday. It seems that the smoke and dust are corrosive." Zhang Jingxu said with some lingering fear.
Liu Xing thought for a moment and said to Liu Xuyu, "Is there a way to see the situation inside the villa now?"
Liu Xuyu nodded and pointed to a drone on the table, saying, "I just finished charging the drone, and we can use it to check the situation now."
With that, Liu Xuyu began to operate the drone to fly into the villa.
Moments later, the drone entered the villa.
Compared to the terrible exterior, the interior of the villa was relatively intact, mostly maintaining its original state. For example, the half-eaten lunch boxes left by the Gun Dragon Group members on the table had not spoiled.
As Liu Xuyu controlled the drone to tour the entire villa, Liu Xing and the others became more nervous.
Because multiple corpses of Public Faction members were found in the Villa, among them, besides a few Gun Dragon Group members who had already turned into skeletons, there were also other Public Faction members who entered the Villa later, as they were all wearing gas masks.
However, the most important thing is that the wounds on these corpses are different. Besides being injured by the giant claws of the Ancient Rugged Giant, some corpses were obviously bound to death by some kind of tentacle monster, and some corpses even showed traces of various Magic Spells.
It is clear that the mythical creatures these Public Faction members encountered were likely more than one.
"How is this possible? In the Dreamrealm, the Ancient Rugged Giant is notoriously disliked. Other mythical creatures wouldn't even stand together with them, let alone cooperate. So what force could make these mythical creatures cooperate with the Ancient Rugged Giant?" Ding Kun asked in confusion.
At this time, Zhang Jingxu answered cooperatively: "Blackstone Mountain Prison? I remember that there are also Ancient Rugged Giants working as staff in Blackstone Mountain Prison, and they have a good relationship with other mythical creatures. However, the mythical creatures in Blackstone Mountain Prison rarely go out, and the distance between the Dreamrealm gates does not represent the distance between their locations. So although the gate of Blackstone Mountain Prison is not far from the gate in this Villa, the distance between Blackstone Mountain Prison and this volcano is probably more than ten thousand miles."
As soon as Zhang Jingxu finished speaking, Zhang Wenbing continued: "That's true, but we cannot rule out the possibility that this volcano is only a few hundred meters away from Blackstone Mountain Prison. More importantly, there might be those mythical creatures that previously attacked Blackstone Mountain Prison near this volcano. So everything that happened yesterday might be Blackstone Mountain Prison retaliating against those attackers, accidentally affecting the real world. However, because the mythical creatures in Blackstone Mountain Prison are relatively well-behaved, besides that Ancient Rugged Giant, no other mythical creatures came to the real world. As for the Public Faction members who entered the Villa later, I suspect they either died or were taken to Blackstone Mountain Prison."
At this time, the drone arrived at the room where the Dreamrealm gate was located, and the Dreamrealm gate was half-open.
"Anyway, those remaining Public Faction members should have gone to the Dreamrealm, so should we go and take a look?" Yin En said, touching his chin: "I think they should have no reinforcements left because the Public Faction has left few people in Tokushima City, and now they have to send people to guard the bank. So those who entered the Villa yesterday were all the forces the Public Faction could spare. Therefore, excluding the corpses we have already found, and considering they lost half of their forces in the Dreamrealm, they now only have two or three people left. We don't need to worry about them threatening our lives in the Dreamrealm."
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and shook his head: "We indeed don't need to worry about those Public Faction members, but we must be careful of those mythical creatures. If they are really staff from Blackstone Mountain Prison, that's fine. But if they are from other forces in the Dreamrealm, then we might be in trouble in the Dreamrealm. And most importantly, we have an important operation this afternoon, and we absolutely cannot afford any losses at this time."
"No, no, no, Liu Xing, you are being too cautious. Since the smoke and dust near the Villa have disappeared, it means that the mythical creature forces should have left. So the risk of us going to the Dreamrealm now is not high, and we might even have some unexpected gains. At the very least, we can help those Public Faction members collect their bodies. Since they dared to enter the Dreamrealm, it means they should have some good things on them. Otherwise, entering the Dreamrealm would be a waste of their lives." Yin En said seriously.
Liu Xing pondered for a moment and nodded: "Alright, we can indeed go to the Dreamrealm. If we find something wrong, we can just run away."
The reason Liu Xing agreed with Yin En's idea is that Liu Xing suspects Yin En... Yes, he suspects him.
Because from the current situation, Liu Xing believes that everything that happened in that Villa is related to Yin En, especially since Yin En is now urging everyone to enter the Dreamrealm.
So, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be safe for them to enter the Dreamrealm now.
Unless Yin En plans to wipe them all out at this time, but this possibility is not high because Liu Xing can't think of a reason for Yin En to turn against them now, especially since the Public-Military Conflict has just begun.
Since Liu Xing and Yin En both wanted to enter the Dreamrealm, Zhang Jingxu and others didn't think too long and agreed to enter the Dreamrealm together.
As for Liu Xuyu, of course, he stayed outside to keep watch for Liu Xing and others, in case other Public Faction members came to support.
So, after making preparations, Liu Xing and others arrived in front of the Villa.
"What a strong smell of sulfur." Liu Xing rubbed his nose and decisively put on a gas mask.
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