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Chapter 649: The Great Old One behind

The Call of Tsathoggua?

Liu Xing thought to himself, "This is not good." Although Tsathoggua is relatively approachable among the Great Old Ones, it is still a Great Old One. Just by encountering it, one must succeed a 1d10 sanity points check, and failure results in a 1d100 sanity points loss. At that time, Liu Xing might just see Tsathoggua and become a complete madman. Moreover, if some aggressive temporary insanity states are rolled, Tsathoggua would not hesitate to let him die on the spot.

However, Liu Xing now strongly suspects that the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall is trying to trick him, because they know they may not be able to prevent Ithaqua from taking the "Liu Xing" character card. But in order to have an "explanation," they lured him into this module and gave him the "Chris" character card, which is destined to be extraordinary.

After all, there are many character cards in the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall that have been invaded by Cthulhu in their dreams, but a character card that is also under the "Call of Tsathoggua" is extremely rare. Although Liu Xing’s "WatanabeRyuusei" character card is also quite powerful, it has not been invaded by Cthulhu and has even become the emissary of the Yellow King.

As Liu Xing was lost in thought, the Game Master (KP Time) continued, "I won’t say much here, because the player has received the call of Tsathoggua, so you need to complete the mission given by Tsathoggua. As long as the player completes this mission before the end of this module, the player will be able to see Tsathoggua in person and gain Tsathoggua’s recognition, and receive an unexpected reward!"

As soon as the Game Master finished speaking, a sentence appeared in Liu Xing’s mind: Help Miss Wang obtain the "Sacred Book".

It seems that this is the mission Tsathoggua has given him.

But what is this "Sacred Book"? Liu Xing has never heard of it before.

If this were in another game, the "Sacred Book" would definitely be an extraordinary item, or even a legendary divine artifact. But in the Cthulhu RPG, since the dark forces are so powerful that the light is no match for them, the sacred is out of the question.

 

So Liu Xing can be sure that the "Sacred Book" is an original magic book created by the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall. As for why Liu Xing is sure that the "Sacred Book" will be a magic book, it’s because in the Cthulhu RPG, almost all the books that can be used as items are magic books!

 

However, the name "Sacred Book" is also quite interesting. Liu Xing suspects that the magic spells recorded in this book are likely to be used to deal with mythical creatures or even Great Old Ones, after all, Tsathoggua has now arranged a mission for him to help Miss Wang get this "Sacred Book", which means the magic spells in this book should not be the common mythical creature summoning/banishing spells.

In addition, from the current situation, this "Sacred Book" is very likely the reason why Ithaqua came to this time point, and Ithaqua has gone to great lengths to make so many preparations, which means Ithaqua attaches great importance to this "Sacred Book" and is determined to obtain it... Most importantly, this "Sacred Book" is very likely the key to Ithaqua’s seizure of the "Liu Xing" character card!

Thinking about this, Liu Xing has already guessed the last part of this module’s main quest, which is to find a way to prevent Ithaqua from obtaining the "Sacred Book", and it doesn’t matter who the "Sacred Book" ends up in the hands of or whether it is damaged.

But now it’s different. Although Tsathoggua’s recognition doesn’t matter to Liu Xing, since the "Chris" character card is not his own, so even if he gains Tsathoggua’s recognition, the beneficiary will only be "Chris", and he will have to find a way to establish a relationship with "Chris" in the future in order to indirectly benefit from it.

However, the "unexpected" reward given by Tsathoggua is worth Liu Xing’s efforts to help Miss Wang obtain the "Sacred Book", because Tsathoggua is a Great Old One, and its reward must be good. Moreover, the Game Master used the word "unexpected" to describe this reward.

At this moment, Liu Xing suddenly heard a knock on the door.

Is it Leon?

Liu Xing was a little puzzled why Leon would come to see him at this time, but when he opened the door, he found that it was Miss Wang who was knocking.

"Miss Wang, why are you here? Did Leon bring you here?" Liu Xing asked, already knowing the answer.

Miss Wang chuckled and shook the keys in her hand, "As the landlord of you and Officer Chris, it’s normal for me to have the keys to this room. As for Officer Leon and Officer Jill, they are already asleep, so you don’t need to worry that they will know about our matter."

Seeing Miss Wang’s enchanting appearance and these seemingly ambiguous words, Liu Xing couldn’t help but have some improper thoughts... But he was still clear about why Miss Wang appeared in his room at this time.

So Liu Xing got straight to the point and asked, "Miss Wang, what is the ’Sacred Book’?"

Miss Wang chuckled and sat down in the bedroom chair, saying, "Chris, please sit down first, because what I’m about to say will be quite a lot, and it won’t be finished in a short time. First, I want to ask you, what do you think about the sentence that just appeared in your mind?"

Liu Xing frowned and couldn’t help but say, "Although I don’t know why that sentence appeared in my mind, I feel it has strong persuasiveness, so I’m still quite willing to do it."

Liu Xing was a bit speechless, he didn’t expect this mission to be forced on him, without any chance of refusal.

Miss Wang, upon hearing what Liu Xing said, said in a serious tone: "Of course, because the words that appeared in your mind were told to you by a great deity named Zhatuogua, who possesses endless knowledge and power."

Zhatuogua?

Liu Xing quickly realized that due to the translation, Tsathoggua can also be called Zhatuogua, and earlier the KP Time had issued a mission to him using Chinese, so it was different from the English used by Miss Wang.

As for the names Tsathoggua and Zhatuogua, Liu Xing still prefers the former, because Tsathoggua has one more character than Zhatuogua, so it can make the name sound more substantial (self-righteously).

Getting back to the main topic, Liu Xing frowned and said, "Zhatuogua? I’ve never heard of this deity’s name before."

Miss Wang nodded and continued, "Lord Zhatuogua now resides in an underground palace beneath this building. When I first came to England, I was summoned by Lord Zhatuogua and came to this building to meet him, and became his most loyal follower. Lord Zhatuogua has also given me a lot of help, otherwise I wouldn’t have become the so-called ’Chinatown Queen’ that others speak of. The reason you, Chris, have never heard of Lord Zhatuogua is that he is a great ancient deity, and the so-called gods that the heretics worshipped hadn’t even been born yet. However, Lord Zhatuogua had a great battle with other ancient deities, so he eventually fell into a deep slumber under the earth, and his name has gradually been forgotten over time, with very few people knowing of him nowadays."

Liu Xing thought about it and pretended to understand, saying, "I see, so Lord Zhatuogua is the so-called Great Old One."

"That’s right, Lord Zhatuogua is the Great Old One that the common people speak of, because in the past, the Earth was under the control of deities like Zhatuogua. And Zhatuogua has only been slowly recovering in the past few hundred years. But because some ancient deities who are hostile to Zhatuogua have already awakened, and there are too many heretics who have been brainwashed by false gods like the Christian God, Zhatuogua has chosen to continue hiding in the underworld and start cultivating new followers, and my ancestors happened to become Zhatuogua’s most loyal followers."

"And now, Chris, you have been summoned by Lord Zhatuogua and given a mission. As long as you can complete the mission given by Lord Zhatuogua, you can gain his recognition and directly become a representative like me, representing Lord Zhatuogua to handle some matters on the surface, such as helping Zhatuogua obtain the ’Sacred Book’ that will soon appear in London." Miss Wang said devoutly.

Liu Xing nodded and asked again, "So, what is this ’Sacred Book’?"

Miss Wang thought for a moment before speaking, "Lord Zhatuogua once told me that when this world was first born, there were three books - the ’Sacred Book’, the ’Book of Fate’, and the ’Book of Truth’. These three books contain all the knowledge that exists in this world, so whoever obtains one of these three books can become the supreme deity of this world, because deities like Lord Zhatuogua were created by these three books. And when the first ancient deity named Azathoth was born, it took the ’Book of Truth’, becoming the leader of the ancient deities and disrupting the other ancient deities’ plans to possess the remaining two books."

"Because Azathoth, who possessed the ’Book of Truth’, was so powerful, Zhatuogua and the other ancient deities could only choose to submit to Azathoth’s leadership. Azathoth then distributed the power of the ’Book of Fate’ to all the ancient deities, but deities like Nyarlathotep, Yog-Sothoth, and ShabuNicholas who were closer to Azathoth obtained far greater power than the other ancient deities. And when Azathoth fell into a deep slumber to digest the power of the ’Book of Truth’, Nyarlathotep and the other two ancient deities became Azathoth’s representatives, continuing to lead the ancient deities like Zhatuogua."

"But it was also because of Azathoth’s slumber that the ancient deities developed a desire for the last ’Sacred Book’. After all, whoever obtains the ’Sacred Book’ can become as powerful as Azathoth, so a great war broke out among the ancient deities. In the end, many ancient deities fell into slumber in various parts of the universe, and the ’Sacred Book’ was sealed by Nyarlathotep on Earth, so false gods like the Christian God were able to become the so-called new gods by obtaining the projection of the ’Sacred Book’."

"In fact, the ’Sacred Book’ in your mind is actually referring to the projection of the ’Sacred Book’, because the true ’Sacred Book’ is still under Nyarlathotep’s control. However, even the projection of the ’Sacred Book’ has tremendous power, which can help Zhatuogua recover to his full strength more quickly. But since the ancient deities like Zhatuogua cannot personally obtain the projection of the ’Sacred Book’, Zhatuogua has issued a mission for us to get the projection of the ’Sacred Book’ and then find a way to hand it over to him."

After hearing Miss Wang’s narration of the Cthulhu Mythos creation story, Liu Xing’s current thoughts are very simple - the ’Sacred Book’, the ’Book of Fate’, and the ’Book of Truth’ that represent the source of the universe are actually the source code of the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall!

Or more precisely, the source code of this parallel world!

Because Azathoth can be said to be the origin of all things in the Cthulhu Mythos, so Azathoth’s exclusive possession of the ’Book of Truth’, which is one-third of the source code, is understandable.

Then in the Cthulhu Mythos, Nyarlathotep and the other two major deities, as well as Zhatuogua and the other Great Old Ones, are the most important constituent elements, so their shared possession of the ’Book of Fate’, which is another one-third of the source code, is also very reasonable.

As for the other components of the Cthulhu Mythos, they can only divide up the remaining one-third of the source code. And the reason why the ’Sacred Book’ is sealed by Nyarlathotep on Earth is that the protagonists of the Cthulhu Mythos - humans - live on Earth.

Finally, the projection of the ’Sacred Book’ in Liu Xing’s view is a small part of the source code that has not yet been allocated, so Zhatuogua and the other Great Old Ones can use this source code to repair some of the intentionally left bugs in themselves, making them even more powerful.

If this is the case, Liu Xing feels that it can also explain why mythical creatures and the Great Old Ones like to eat humans - because humans are also a segment of source code!

Terrifying to think about.