The sun was shining across the sky, and the hazy night was looming over the filthy town. There were no bright lights, just the glowing eyes of the Innsmouth, and the damp, smelly air.

In the "squeeze" bus, when the two of them saw the half-fish, half-human face of the red-clothed priest, they both had a disgusting grotesque ferocity, especially the smile of unknown meaning, like a hunter staring at his prey, which made people have a lingering, unpleasant, as if remembering. It seems to be an unknown and strange evil, which is beyond the imagination of human beings.

"Did you just see that? The pastor's smile ......, "In this case, even Megumi Kuruma can't keep calm, she swallowed her saliva and slowly looked at Ye Yifan and said."

From that eerie smile, she knew that this mission at Innsmouth would never go well.

"The Esoteric Cult of Dagon...... I remember the hapless tourist who strayed into Innsmouth has an account. Ye Yifan also looked at Megumi and said.

Speaking of which, both of them recalled the Dagon Esoteric Cult in the description. It started out as an inferior order from the East, and when the sect came in, Innsmouth's fishing resources seemed to be depleting. Surprisingly, however, soon after the Order arrived, the fishery was once again full of fish, and it had not been depleted for a long time.

In this way, the Dagon Cult became the most influential order in the region, and even Innsmouth has survived to this day, thanks in part to its part.

Neither of them discussed anything about the Esoteric Cult of Dagon, and it was clear that the delirium had something to do with the Order. As for Ye Yifan, he thought of an outlier from the Dagon Secret Sect - the Lord of the Deep Divers, the father god Dagon.

Dagon can be said to be another spelling of Dagon, just as Laleier reads Luluye. As for Father God Dagon, in Ye Yifan's memory, there is no difference between him and the Deep Diver, and he can be regarded as an enlarged version of the Deep Diver. It is not an Old Dominator, but it serves Cthulhu, the Lord of Ralaye, and is close to the power of the Old Dominator at the bottom.

If Dagon appeared this time, Ye Yifan would not be sure to defeat it. If he can still use the power of Ultraman Galaxy, Ye Yifan can still fight with it, but if he doesn't, he can only rely on his fists to beat him. At this point, it wondered why it had not been able to use the Zappelio ray until now.

By the time Ye Yifan came back to his senses, the bus had already driven up a cobblestone path, with houses on both sides that were about to collapse, and occasionally shops on the ground floor with dirty and dilapidated signs. He and Megumi also saw a few disgusting-looking young people sporadically appearing on the sidewalk.

It's all Innsmouth faces, too. A narrow forehead, a flat nose, and bulging eyes that seem to never close. The skin is also rough and scabbed-like, and the sides of the neck are full of folds, or they are folded at all. It looks like a fish's head.

The older they get, the more serious it gets, but in this cursed town, the two barely see the old man, or even ...... There are also young people who are filthy, but they are all very handsome, more handsome than the stars of any country.

"It's weird...... Why do you think the people of Innsmouth look like this? Megumi looked at Ye Yifan next to him and said.

"I don't think it's like a physical defect of inbreeding, because that physical defect will look the same? Probably because of the evolution of adapting to the life of fishing. Ye Yifan could only vaguely tell Megumi that he didn't dare to say that those people were all hybrids between humans and deep divers.

After saying this, the two of them saw a rather deep cliff valley appear in front of them. A wide road bridge with iron railings stretches across the valley, and a plaza stretches out on the other side of the bridge.

As the bus clanged onto the bridge, Ye Yifan began to look to the sides, noticing some factory buildings built on the edge of the grassy cliff and a little further away. Deep in the canyon below, there was plenty of water, and I could see two rushing waterfalls on the upper right, and at least one more on the lower left.

After crossing the river valley, we drove into the huge semicircular square, and then drove to the right, and the car stopped in front of a tall building with a dome. There is some yellow paint left on the building, as well as a partially smoothed signboard, the Gilman Inn

This should be the city center of Innsmouth, and the two of them also got off the bus here. After stepping into this cobblestone street, an even more fishy smell of air came to the surface, causing Ye Yifan and Megumi to squint their eyes.

They saw that all around them were deserted old houses, dilapidated B&Bs. Even in the centre of Innsmouth, it's still lifeless and sparsely populated, making one wonder if there are more buildings than people.

After the two got off the bus, the battered bus drove away, as if it didn't want to stay here longer, and hurriedly drove to the next location.

It was nearly eight o'clock in the evening, the sky had completely darkened, and the streets were haunted.

The two didn't want to explore the city anymore, and walked into the shabby inn lobby. Strangely, the innkeeper didn't have an Innsmouth face, but he had a bad complexion, and it felt like a black shopkeeper.

"Boss? Are there any rooms available? As the person in charge, Megumi Kurama was the first to ask in English with a box full of equipment.

The boss glanced at Megumi Juma slightly, and then saw Ye Yifan behind her, his lazy expression suddenly became nervous, and he hurriedly replied in English: "Oh my God! Get out of here, outsiders are not welcome in Innsmouth. ”

The two looked at each other suspiciously, and then Megumi stepped forward and said, "We are travelers from Asia, and we wanted to go to Arkham but we got here in the wrong car. It's so late now, we can't leave if you let us leave, and that bus is already the last train. ”

"You have no idea the horrors of this town. Anyway, if you can't get to Arkham, you have to find a way to get out of this town, or you'll die here! The innkeeper said with a look of horror on his face, which didn't look like he was joking. You're coming by bus? So, have any Innsmouthians seen you, or have you talked to Innsmouths? ”

Seeing the fierce reaction of the innkeeper, Megumi Kurama said, "We took the bus directly to here, and no one saw us..... Just as we were passing by the church, a pastor took one look at us. And he gave us an incomprehensible smile..... Oh my God, that smile is so penetrating. ”

"Church priest?!"

The innkeeper was even more horrified when he heard this. The two eyes bulged out straight, and the mouth could be opened to stuff a ping pong ball, which seemed to be greatly shocked, but the reaction made Megumi Juma scratch his head.

"You must do it now! Get out of here now! Before it's late at night, hurry away from Innsmouth! Otherwise, you won't survive tonight! The Secret Church of Dagon has made you experience madness that is more painful than death! ”

Sure enough, there's something wrong with that Dagon Secret Sect......

Megumi thought so, and it seemed that she had to investigate it carefully. But to get out of here? That's impossible, they have to continue the investigation, otherwise the Brut team will die in vain.

"Boss, it's so late now, how can we leave so easily? You see my son's arm is hurt, and he's going to get worse when he goes out now. As she spoke, Megumi quietly put a 100-dollar bill in front of the counter and said, "Let's stay here for one night, and we promise to leave at dawn." ”

Son?

Ye Yifan's mouth trembled slightly, I don't know why I want to make up such a reason, they are not from the same country!

And the boss glanced at Ye Yifan behind Megumi Juma, and silently accepted the hundred-dollar bill, sighed and said, "Then you promise me that you will leave here as soon as it is dawn!" ”

The two nodded hurriedly, although they didn't know why the boss's reaction was so fierce, but fortunately, they used their money ability to get him done, so that they could also find a place to settle down and investigate. As for leaving tomorrow? That's tomorrow......

Then the innkeeper took the two to a guest room, and said, "For the sake of safety, you can stay in a room, anyway, the mother and son are not afraid of anything." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Ye Yifan to complain, the innkeeper opened the door, and a filthy stench came to his face. Even if the lights were not lit, Ye Yifan could observe the mess in the room. The ceiling and floor were cracked, and the bedding was so damp that it had plaque, and other things...... Ye Yifan didn't want to depict it anymore.

This can no longer be described as shabby, the prisoners live better than this! At the beginning of the period, I wanted to complain about living with Megumi Kuma, but now it is completely unnecessary because it is impossible for both of them to sleep here!

"Remember, don't come out at night when you close the door! Don't open the door, no matter what you hear or see through the window! Get out of here early the next morning, and don't tell the outside world about Innsmouth, or you'll be left with a terrible curse! ”

After the boss finished speaking, he was about to leave, and Megumi Kuruma hurriedly asked him: "Boss, why can't you go out?" Have any outsiders been here before? ”

The boss was stunned, and said without looking back: "A few days ago, someone from other places came, claiming to be someone from TPC....... I don't know what happened to them, but they certainly won't survive because they triggered the Innsmouth taboo. ”

When the two heard this, they knew that those people were the missing Brut team, but as for the taboo... What's that?

Megumi asked this question, and the boss replied, "In Innsmouth, outsiders should never talk to the locals, let alone go to church!" Otherwise, the consequences are more painful than death! Remember, don't go to church, and don't let the people of Innsmouth see you. ”

"Boss, why?"

The boss didn't answer her question and slammed the door shut.

Megumi sighed, she felt that the Brutes should have gone to the church, and then they should have been caught by the cardinal. So as for the taboo, it should be related to the cult rituals in Innsmouth, and the church is also a place that must be investigated.

As he spoke, Megumi took out the equipment from the box and found that the instruments were all out of order, and even the life detector did not respond.

"This mission was more difficult than we thought." Megumi Kuruma stuffed the equipment back into the box, and they were no different from ordinary tourists.

"Anyway, let's find a way to get through the night. We should consider returning to the camp tomorrow and then directly mobilizing the police to investigate the Dagon Esoteric Cult. Megumi said in the middle.

Ye Yifan shook his head, it remembered that there were records about the Dagon Secret Sect in the 20th century...... It's not so much Dagon as Dagon, the god of deep divers.

"Deputy Director of Intermediate, do you remember World War I records of American officers seeing sea monsters?" Ye Yifan looked at the intermediary and asked.

"Sea monsters?" Megumi asked suspiciously, then sat down on the box and said. "Do you mean that naval officer named Jack Wells?"

Ye Yifan nodded. It happened during World War I, when the officer named Jack Wells was captured by the German Navy. But then the officer escaped by stealing a lifeboat while the enemy was unprepared, and drifted in the Pacific Ocean for many days.

In the meantime, his boat drifted to a foul-smelling reef that he didn't know where in the Pacific Ocean.

There, he walked all day looking for rescue, only to encounter a giant sea monster on a hill that he called "Dagon". He was so frightened that he fell into delirium, and only vaguely remembered that he was running while singing, and finally fled back to the boat, and by the time he was sane, he was lying in the hospital in San Francisco.

He told the American officers about his surprise on the island, but no one believed him. Because there is no reef there at all, it is just thought that he has hallucinated after drifting at sea for too long.

But Jack was replaced with panic disorder, he couldn't eat or sleep well for a day, and could only rely on morphine to stabilize his spirit, but he also became addicted to drugs. He claimed that he dreamed that the sea monsters would one day drag humans into the abyss of the sea, and that the creatures of the sea would become the masters of this world.

Eventually, he died in a state of anxiety and panic, and people just thought he had gone crazy with too much morphine. As for what he said, it was recorded in the file, but no one believed it.

This file had been read by Megumi and Ye Yifan before going to Innsmouth, and they didn't think it was true, but they didn't realize anything until they saw the Dagon Secret Sect.

"You mean, the Dagon Esoteric Cult serves the sea monster named Dagon?" Megumi frowned, realizing that Dagon and Dagon were too similar, and that they were exactly the same spelling in English.

Then Megumi said again: "Then the island that Jack Wells landed on is the ultra-ancient ruin Luluye?" ”

Ye Yifan shook his head in denial: "Although it is in the Pacific Ocean, I don't think the island he landed on is Luluye." Because its descriptions are all gray-black goo, there is no building at all, and the only thing you can see is a stone slab carved with patterns. And the stone slab depicts a half-fish, half-human monster, that is, Dagon, don't you think Dagon looks very similar to the Innsmouth? ”

Hearing this, Megumi's eyes widened, and he stared at Ye Yifan in disbelief and said, "You mean..... Are all Innsmouth Dagon believers? That's why they look like that? ”

Ye Yifan nodded: "It's very likely, and I think the isolated island depicted by Jack Wells is very similar to the Devil's Reef in Innsmouth, or it is the Devil's Reef!" It's likely that the Dagon Esoteric Cult is performing an evil ritual on that Devil's Reef! ”

Megumi was speechless in shock, on the one hand, because of the truth of the Dagon Secret Sect, and on the other hand, because she was surprised that Ye Yifan's intelligence could deduce so much information in such a short period of time, it seemed that it was right to bring him here.

"If Devil's Reef is Dagon's territory, then the Bruts are likely to be sacrificed by the Dagon Esoteric Cult to summon Dagon. And we......

"It's likely to be the next batch of sacrifices as well."