Chapter 22: Landing
On a cargo ship, Chi Bin woke up in a cramped cabin.
He picked up his bedside watch to set the time, got up and sat up.
After stretching his waist, Chi Bin picked up the communicator on the table and began to record his "journey".
"October 15, 2007, here is the investigator Chi Bin, it has been three days since I boarded the ship, everything is normal for the time being, there is no sign of evil god pollution, today I will land in Lites Town to investigate, over."
Chi Bin put on a windbreaker, put the communicator in his pocket, put on his hat and walked out of the cabin.
Standing on the deck, he looked out to sea, and could see a small island not far away, which was the target of this investigationβthe town of Lytes, or Lotters Island.
It has been a year since Chi Bin "crossed" into this world, and during this time, he has been receiving training in firearms and martial arts in the "Folklore Research Bureau", fortunately, with the advantages brought by the golden finger, it can be said that life is also very easy, giving him enough time to adapt to his identity.
After learning that the original name was also Chi Bin, and he was an investigator of the Research Bureau, he began to constantly look through the incident files in the bureau, and he didn't know if the regional bureau was too small and the number of files was too small, so he only read it in a week or two.
"Hey." Looking at the island, Chi Bin sighed, "I don't know what the pollution source will look like this time, I hope I can meet something that can be dealt with simply, but I don't want to die on the job for the first time." β
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In the blink of an eye, the cargo ship had arrived at Letters Island.
This island will attract the attention of the research bureau, mainly the frequent disappearance cases of people on the nearby coast, after the basic investigation, the bureau quickly determined that there is a supernatural force behind the incident, and the strange changes that have occurred on this small island in recent years have also been exposed to people's eyes.
The first is the sudden increase in fishing in previous years, and it is not temporary, since 04, the number of marine fish caught here has increased year by year.
It is hard to believe that the town's residents have begun to cut off communication with the outside world while their incomes have increased, and the cargo ship has become their only channel of communication with the outside world, which is used to exchange fish for some goods. Yes, it is as if the monetary system has been outlawed here, and bartering has been adopted instead.
"At 10:45 a.m. on October 15, I have successfully landed on Lites Island, and I will continue to work on the objectives of this time, investigating the traces of the cult on Lites Island and searching for the traces of missing persons, and I am done."
After arriving on the island, Chi Bin began to use the communicator to record the progress of his mission.
This communicator is issued by the Research Bureau to the investigators to record the process of uploading actions at all times, and of course the additional skills also have real-time positioning, communication functions, and more importantly, in order to prevent being affected by the evil gods, or tampering with the records, in the production process of the communicator, the Research Bureau added runes that can resist the erosion of the power of the evil gods, and it can be said that this communicator can be more valuable than Chi Bin himself.
After bidding farewell to the sailors on the cargo ship, Chi Bin carried his suitcase and walked towards the interior of the island, he had to step up the pace and move quickly, there were more and more missing people, and things could get out of control at any time.
But when Chi Bin actually walked into the town, the scene here was not what he had imagined before.
This town does not have the damp and gloomy atmosphere as expected, not even the smell of fish, it is not a remote island where cultists gather and monsters are rampant, but more like a paradise described in "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring".
Seeing the arrival of Chi Bin, a "foreigner", the residents of Letters Town did not show hostility, but saw his stunned eyes and enthusiastically stepped forward, showed him the way, and let him quickly come to the door of a hotel.
What Chi Bin didn't know was that as he advanced, the residents who passed by began to silently put down the things in their hands, turned their heads to stay on his back, and knew that they had gone far before they got busy with their work again.
After being warmly greeted by the innkeeper, Chi Bin successfully checked into a room on the second floor of the hotel.
Chi Bin searched the room to make sure that there were no strange cult items and monitors, and after putting down his suitcase, he was finally able to relax a little in this lonely environment.
"At 11:45 p.m. on October 15, I already have a temporary residence in the small town of Letters, and there is no trace of missing persons at this stage, but there is indeed a big problem in the town of Letters, and it may have reached the second or even third stage, and the situation may not be optimistic, apply for support, and it is over."
The peaceful atmosphere in the town did not make Chi Bin let down his vigilance, but only deepened his fear of the evil god forces here.
Not to mention why the residents of the town, who have severed ties with the outside world, are so enthusiastic about themselves, as "outsiders", there is no fishy smell in a town that makes a living by fishing and basically eats three meals full of seafood, which is also too abnormal, and this strange sense of abnormality is also reflected everywhere in this town, which already shows that the infiltration of the cult has reached a very high level.
In the archives of the Research Bureau, they divide the influence of the evil gods into four stages.
Stage 1: Someone comes into contact with the traces left by the evil god and has a certain perception of it.
Stage 2: Followers of evil gods appear and establish a cult organization to form a stable link with evil gods.
Stage 3: Cultists begin to summon the dependents of evil gods through rituals, or change their body structure and become inhuman.
Stage 4: The cultist successfully summons the evil god to the world through rituals.
After comparing the few pitiful file events in his mind, Chi Bin felt that the development of the cult in Letters Town had reached a very serious point, to be honest, it was said that he was conservative in the "second and third stages", and the battle in this town felt that even if he was preparing to summon the evil god himself, it was not an exaggeration.
He then took out compressed food and drinking water from his luggage, not daring to eat the food of this town.
For calling for support as soon as he landed, Chi Bin thought that there was no big problem, he was just a novice investigator, and the incident was far beyond his ability, especially his own golden finger - [Extraordinary Actor System], this thing is useless to Chi Bin at all, it is impossible for the Folklore Research Bureau to let his investigators make movies, even if he applies for resignation as a former employee, it is impossible, the Research Bureau is not a good stubble, you know how to let you show your head outside.
After coping with his lunch, Chi Bin also received a reply from the Folklore Research Bureau about the support and the arrangements for the future work.
[Investigator Chi Bin, the request for support has been received, and the team has also set off by boat, please make further investigations into the town during the period before the arrival of support, and pay attention to protecting yourself, every investigator is a precious treasure of the Folklore Research Bureau. γ
"Wealth, labor is right." Chi Bin complained about the fake care in this reply.
He lay down on the bed in the hotel, his hands under his head, "What are you doing to investigate, how dangerous it is, I'll just touch a fish." β