Worried, Pan Long left the mobile city, which had been renamed the Tower of Babel.

Outside the city is the town of the Argots.

The Argots, also known as the "People of the Sea", had a descendant of sea creatures and lived in the sea. But due to some kind of accident, it is said that the Argots were attacked by dangerous monsters in the depths of the sea, and the Argos moved from the sea to the land, and established towns on the seashore to live by the sea.

Legend has it that there are still Argots who still live in the sea, they are more powerful than their land-like counterparts, with an almost completely untouched bloodline and an incredibly powerful body, and to this day they are still fighting against the dangers of the deep sea, and although most of them are generally outperformed, at least not completely defeated.

Of course, that's just a legend.

At least the Argots that Pan Long had seen in this town, although they were indeed stronger than ordinary people, and although they exuded the breath of the ocean, they were not strong enough to confront the behemoths of the deep sea, such as the giant octopus that Pan Long had seen last time in the desert wasteland.

However, their snacks are very interesting and have a unique flavor, which is worth eating.

The town is called "Thorn Tree", and there are a large number of Thorn trees in the town - Thorn tree, a type of spice plant that the Argots applied to grafting techniques to create the famous "Thorn Pepper". This spice is produced in good quantities and is one of the world's most famous popular spices.

Pan Long walked down the street, holding a cardboard box with several skewers of grilled squid in it, and although it had been chopped into pieces and grilled at high temperatures, the tentacles of the squid still trembled from time to time. Especially when you bite into it, you can even feel it struggle between your teeth and your lips and tongue.

This thing is really weird!

But this wonderful flavor has amazed many and has become one of the most famous delicacies in the town of Argo.

"Don't boast that you're a foodie if you haven't eaten the Argonauts" is a well-known saying.

In Pan Long's opinion, the taste of the Argo people's grilled squid is only medium, and it is not more delicious than other people's barbecue. But this is indeed the only one that is still struggling with the vitality in his mouth.

Of course, there are other "live" foods in the world, but those foods often have some meaning that challenges the limits of human senses – a typical example is a food called "squeak" on the southern coast.

That kind of food is eaten alive by specially bred young mice, and even the gourmets, most of them shy away from it, and do not have the courage to try it.

The same goes for Pan Long.

In addition, there are also things such as "live drunk shrimp", which are slightly more ferocious than this, and Pan Long can accept it.

But in general, these cruel delicacies are really a challenge to human morality, and he doesn't like it.

...... Argo's grilled squid, however, was completely different, he was 100% sure that the squid was dead - it had already been dismantled and grilled in high heat.

And this thing is evil in its own right, and it is said to be the offspring of some kind of deep-sea sea monster. After a squid has been cut into several pieces, it can grow back into several squid if it is thrown into the sea water without being burned by the fire.

Therefore, the barbecue stalls of the Argots are all set up with signs next to them, emphasizing that "squid should not be left overnight, and should not be soaked in water, especially not in seawater".

"What happens if you soak in the sea?" Pan Long asked curiously when buying the barbecue.

The long, golden-red Argonaut looked at Pan Long with eyes that seemed to be out of focus, and then replied in a low, whispered voice, "You don't ask, and I won't tell." In short, everyone who understands understands. ”

Well, this thing was probably not a sea creature in his last life, but a riddler.

Pan Long didn't bother to ask, he planned to test it.

Anyway, with his strength, even if this squid can really come back to life in water, it is nothing more than the result of being hacked to death with a knife.

Walking along the beach to the beach, he found a reef, smashed the shellfish, seaweed, and moss attached to the reef with one palm, then cleaned them off with the palm wind, sat down, picked up the last string of grilled squid, and soaked it in the sea.

Inside the sea, the tentacles of the squid vibrated violently, as if struggling. This surprised Pan Long.

It's all chopped, pickled, and roasted over a high heat, how can you still be resurrected?

This vitality is simply off the charts!

His eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the squid whiskers that were washing off all the sauce from his body and struggling to escape from the bamboo skewers, wondering if he was hallucinating.

Then, he heard a voice with a hint of mockery.

"Another tourist who listened to the story and thought that the grilled squid could be resurrected in the sea...... What the hell are you people going on in your heads? Don't demonize us Argonauts!"

Pan Long turned his head a little embarrassed and saw a girl with black and slightly brown hair, carrying a bamboo basket, looking at him with some unhappiness.

"This ...... It's really alive when you're soaked in water......," he argued.

"It's just a psionic skill. "A psionic technique that is very popular among our Argo chefs, it is able to store the life force of food and release it under certain circumstances, creating the illusion of 'resurrection'. It is only used to make the food taste more alive, and it does not turn a piece of squid whiskers that has been chopped into pieces, salted with salt and spices, and grilled at a high temperature for at least five minutes. ”

Pan Long took the skewers out of the water and looked at the squid whiskers who were still struggling.

"It's just psionic skills?" he was a little shocked, "There are such wonderful psionic skills?"

"Chefs also do their best to make their food more popular with diners. The girl said dissatisfiedly, "Don't underestimate the chef!

"Culture is also part of cooking, after all, diners need to be satisfied not only by their appetite, but also by their spirits," she said. Therefore, in the color, flavor, shape and meaning, the link of 'meaning' is the creation of food culture. But...... I have never been able to approve of occult approaches to food culture. What is fake is fake!"

Pan Long nodded, put the squid whiskers soaked in seawater into his mouth, chewed them in two bites, and swallowed them.

"At least one thing has to be admitted. "After soaking in the seawater, the thing is more alive and tastes better than before." ”

The girl was taken aback: "Are you stupid? You can't eat anything that has been soaked in seawater without washing it! There are a lot of bacteria in seawater!"

"Don't worry about this little detail, I can't help a little germ. Pan Long shattered the bamboo strings and turned them into countless debris and floated into the sea, then walked towards the girl and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand, "My name is Pan Long, a traveling gourmet. ”

The girl squatted down and washed her right hand, which was stained with a little mud and sand, in the seawater before shaking his hand: "Rebecca Chambos." He is currently working in a family restaurant and plans to become a doctor in the future. ”

Pan Long raised an eyebrow—this man's name seemed familiar, he must have heard or seen it somewhere.

Could it be that he was an important character in the original game?

"You work in a family restaurant, how about that restaurant?"

"At least it won't disappoint you. ”

"So what are we waiting for?"

About ten minutes later, they arrived at the restaurant called "Caliban Bay".

The owner of the restaurant is Billy Cohen, a strong man in his early forties, with muscles that can compete in a bodybuilding competition. Because of his work in the hot kitchen, he had no clothes on his upper body, revealing his arms like snake plates, tattoos made up of strange words and symbols, and many large and small scars.

You can see that this is a man with a story.

His cooking skills are indeed very good, especially the several seafood chowder style dishes, which are even more impressive.

After eating and ordering a glass of blended wine that was not too strong, Pan Long looked at the restaurant that had finished a wave of busyness, and asked Rebecca, who was sitting next to him resting: "Is your business in this store not bad, I see that you were busy enough just now, why don't you hire more people?"

"No, we don't have any business at all, we mainly do some seafood processing to make money. Rebecca replied, "It's not that bustling here, and it's only when the city moves to do business, and a small restaurant like ours gets busy." It's just a few days at a time, and it's not worth hiring another person. ”

"So...... Mind if I ask for some stories about the Argots?"

Rebecca smiled, "If you want to ask Argo's story, you've got the right person! Although I was born on land, Boss Cohen is a real deep-sea hunter." When he was young, he often went ashore to play the piano in bars after hunting deep-sea monsters, and was called the 'pianist of the sea'!"

Pan Long was a little surprised, he never thought that Boss Cohen, who looked more like a soldier than a chef, was still an artist!

While he was talking, Boss Cohen also cleaned up the back kitchen, put on a vest, and walked out.

"There's really not much to say about Argo's story. He said a little coldly, "It's just a mess of the sea." Kill them or be killed by them...... If you're a poet or a writer, you might be able to make up interesting adventure stories, but I'm a hunter, a cook, or at most a piano performer, and I'm not good at storytelling. ”

Pan Long smiled: "In this land, there is a famous saying in ancient times, called 'Faith is not beautiful, good words are not believed'. The truth may not be interesting, but the truth is the most valuable. ”

A smile appeared on Boss Cohen's face: "Okay, then I'll tell you about it." ”

So he told some stories from the past.

The ocean, the deep sea, the monsters with powerful psychic powers, the hunters who gambled their lives to fight the monsters, and the cult gangs that took refuge in the monsters...... There are both thrilling battles and chilling intrigues...... It's a pity that Boss Cohen is really not good at storytelling, and the stories that are obviously very wonderful are as light and tasteless as boiled water in his mouth.

So we rushed up and slashed it to death, killing two of us and seriously wounding six. ”

In this story, there were only eight people in their team at that time.

It's a thrilling thing to think about, but he's saying it lightly.

"They sacrificed more than a hundred people, and we finally checked the pile of corpses, and there were still fourteen or fifteen dead in it, but only two were not crazy. ”

This story makes people feel horrible, but in his mouth, it is just such a few simple words.

Listening to his story, Pan Long couldn't help but frown.

It's not that Cohen's story is told too poorly, but as he tells it, Pan Long gradually discovers that those things in the deep sea, no matter how you look at it, are very similar to the big octopus he hacked to death.

Whether it is the degree of strength, or the appearance characteristics or ability style, or the erosion of the human spirit...... They all look very similar to the big octopus.

Even if they weren't half-brothers, they were one family at least five hundred years ago.

This made him a little worried.

Pan Long still has some understanding of the "Psionic Energy Explosion", which is a kind of disaster that may occur in a small area after a large amount of psionic energy is activated in a short period of time.

Once such a catastrophe occurs, the first thing that will appear is the psionic mist. The intense psionic energy generated out of thin air will form a fog with a strong contagion, and ordinary people within the range of the fog will be infected almost immediately if they do not have adequate protection. The level of infection of the infected person will rapidly deepen, and if it is not suppressed, or if it does not leave as soon as possible, the spiritual energy in their body will easily exceed the threshold, and it will also become part of the spiritual energy explosion.

It's like ...... The same "chain reaction" he had learned in his previous life.

The psionic fog doesn't last long, it can be as short as three or two minutes, or as long as half an hour, and all the psionic fog will quickly shrink into a point and then explode.

Along with the explosion, there is a high probability of disaster.

Earthquakes, fires, strong winds, or wild vegetation, swamps, or simply poisonous gases or volcanic eruptions......

But none of these are actually the most dangerous types.

The most dangerous psionic eruption invites a giant creature known as the "Outer Spirit".

Legend has it that the "spirits from beyond the heavens" are messengers of the gods, who bring spiritual energy to the earth, bringing endless energy to the earth, as well as endless suffering.

In some religions, these extraterrestrial spirits are called "fallen gods", meaning that they are actually gods, but they have fallen into evil monsters and brought disaster to the world.

In other religions, they are called "revelators," meaning that they reveal to mortals the way forward—evolution, transcending flesh and blood, and eventually transforming into a form similar to them.

As for how to transform it into an octopus-style appearance no matter how you look at it...... Friend, have you ever heard of "form complements form"?

In short, it's just what you eat.

If you want to become a Revelator, eat the Revelator.

To do this, it is necessary to first summon the Revelator through evil channels such as blood sacrifices, and then use peaceful or violent means to make them surrender the flesh and blood, and then eat it.

Most of the people who eat this flesh and blood will be poisoned. If you're lucky enough, you may be able to complete your transformation into a creature with some sort of anomaly.

On top of that, and through the horrific need to be shot and deprived of political rights for life, these newborn monsters are able to rise to the top and eventually transform into new "revelators".

Boss Cohen, most of the cults they exterminated back then were of this type.

Of course, the good guys are basically the same, and the bad guys are all different. There are all kinds of cults in this world, and there are all kinds of cults, but not all of them are of this genre.

...... Anyway, in terms of being shot or hanged or taking the elevator, they are about the same.

Pan Long carefully recalled the information he knew about the psionic explosion, and compared it to what Boss Cohen said, his brows furrowed more and more.

In the end, he couldn't help but ask, "Is the goal of these cults to transform into that kind of monster?"

"Not necessarily, the ultimate goal of some cults is to summon gods from outside the sky. Boss Cohen replied, "Cults like that are generally stronger and more ferocious. ”

"Summoning the gods of the outer heavens?" Pan Long was taken aback - the spirit of the outer heaven is so powerful, and if there is another god of the outer heavens, then it will be worth it!

He hurriedly asked, "How can I summon the gods of the outer heavens?"

Boss Cohen frowned, looked at him carefully for a while, and did not answer, but asked rhetorically, "Have you been exposed to this kind of thing?"

"I've seen 'Spirits from the Outside'. Pan Long replied, "That's a terrible thing, one can destroy a moving city." I think the gods of the outer heavens should be more powerful than the spirits of the outer heavens, right? Once they come, it will be a super catastrophe!"

"It's no wonder. Boss Cohen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Like you said, the gods outside the sky are much more powerful than the spirits outside the heavens. Although so far, not even a single god from outside the world has descended on earth, we firmly believe that as long as there is one, even if there is only one, the history of human civilization will almost come to an end with it. ”

He sighed deeply and said, "I don't know how to summon the gods of the outer heavens, it's a secret that only the most elite hunters know. Each of them walked on the verge of death and madness, and could not even sleep. I strongly advise you not to try to inquire about this secret. For us mortals, 'ignorance' is in itself a protection and a blessing!"

His tone was heavy and serious, and it was clear that he had absolutely no intention of joking.

Pan Long nodded and sighed deeply.

He vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he didn't understand what the problem was.

So he quickly said goodbye and left, and found a random hotel in Thornton City to stay and sort out his thoughts.

It was soon evening, and after a seaside dinner at the hotel, Pan Long lay in bed, staring out the night sky through the window, listening to the never-ending waves, and fell into deep thought.

My intuition should not be wrong, and there must be a great danger in what I have learned recently, so that the intuition alarm has never stopped.

In fact, since he entered this world this time, he has been vaguely feeling danger. And when he read the newspapers and realized that the number of psionic outbursts had increased dramatically, the sense of danger intensified.

During the day, after listening to the stories told by Owner Cohen at the family restaurant called Caliban Bay, the sense of danger grew stronger.

It's as if he's already found out most of the information about the crisis, and now he's just one foot away from being able to completely lift the fog and know the true face of the entire crisis.

But this last kick stumped him.

"What the hell is going on? What else did I not expect?"

Lying in bed, he tossed and turned.

"Damn! There's danger brewing, but I can't figure it out...... No, I'll continue my investigation tomorrow. In any case, it must not stop there!"

"Whatever the danger is, I'm going to figure it out, and then—get rid of it!"