The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear, and the oldest and strongest fear is the unknown.

—Father of Cthulhu: Howard Philip Lovecraft

As everyone knows...... Well, it's not well known, but anyone who has at least a basic understanding of the Cthulhu Mythos system will know that one of the great characteristics of the Cthulhu system is that it is "impossible to look at, impossible to describe, impossible to accept, impossible to understand." ”

The root of this "indescribable" fear comes from the "unknown".

People will be afraid of the unknown because fear itself is unknown, and the unknown will make you feel at a loss, and you will not know how to solve problems when you encounter them.

Just like the description of the gods in the Cthulhu system, it will tell you that there is such a thing, but you don't know anything about this thing from the inside out, from the appearance to the sound to the features, and you don't have a basic understanding of this living being, so you will be afraid.

But sometimes, when you have witnessed this unspeakable existence, you will find that the fear of the unknown is too small.

This kind of fear that has been seen but is known but cannot be understood is far greater than the fear of the unknown.

This is Lu Mingfei's personal experience now.

Statues made up of the body parts of different creatures, and then stacked on top of each other to make up the various parts of the body of this behemoth, twisted and eerie.

The carved parts of the brass have oxidized and blackened, blending into the darkness, but the golden boy dotted on the statues one after another is like a pair of eyes that have opened in the dark, staring at Gu Lu and the others without blinking.

Lu Mingfei knows this kind of thing as Cthulhu, some of the games he usually plays, such as "Pineal Gland", "Sunken City", "Crazy Moon", etc., these games will also have a considerable part of Cthulhu elements, so Lu Mingfei is not ignorant of the Gram God system, on the contrary, because he always has to check the reason for clearing the strategy, he still has a relatively clear understanding of the characteristics of the Gram God.

But it was the first time he had such a deep understanding of what kind of gesture deserves to be called "unspeakable".

To tell you the truth, the moment he saw this pile of statues, the first thing that popped out of Lu Mingfei's head was a twisted and curious monster with eyes all over his body-Xiugos.

"The nightmarish black form, the amorphous body that emitted a foul stench, squirmed and flowed forward...... An amorphous mass of protoplasmic buoys with a faint glimmer. Tens of thousands of green, pus-like eyes continue to form and decompose on its surface. - "Mountains of Madness"

This is how Howard Philip Lovecraft described Shoggers in his book Mountain of Madness.

In Lu Mingfei's opinion, the monster composed of statues in front of him, except for its small size, which cannot move, and the eyes on its body are not green but golden, are basically no different from the Xiugs described in the book.

"Old ...... Boss, this ...... That's what you asked them to prepare? ”

Lu Mingfei shrank behind Gu Bei and said tremblingly, he was not just scared, this pile of sculptures was not a living thing after all, and he would be frightened at first glance, but after watching it for a long time, he felt more physical discomfort.

Gu Bei was very satisfied with Lu Mingfei's performance, at least this guy was not scared and fainted the moment he saw this scene, after all, he was also fighting with a lot of Deadpool, and Lu Mingfei had also grown.

Now Lu Mingfei is no longer the declining boy who only has empty fantasies every day, although he still maintains the fantasy of the declining boy, but he also understands what it means to face and bear.

Before coming to the Northeast, Gu Bei made it very clear to Lu Mingfei that he would not be distracted to take care of him during this mission, and all the problems encountered by Lu Mingfei had to be solved by himself, if he didn't want to, he could not come, everything was voluntary.

But even if Gu Bei said so, Lu Mingfei still followed, because after the trip to Tokyo, he recognized one thing.

He has a bloodline and has learned strange arts, but this does not mean that he is better than the ordinary people around him, nor does it mean that he can live the life of the protagonist who once fantasized about hugging left and right.

Instead, he walked into a much more brutal world, far bloodier than the world he once lived in, dragons, Deadpool, imps, occult sects......

In the original world, no matter how weak he was, it was nothing more than losing some face, losing some lining, losing a girl, and losing some votes.

But here, if he doesn't do something, then there is only one thing he loses, and that is his life.

So he came, even if Gu Bei said that it was very dangerous, he came, because he knew that even if Gu Bei said that he would not be distracted to take care of him, in fact, if he really encountered trouble that could not be solved, Gu Bei could still help him.

This is a rare opportunity, in the future, the boss, the senior brother, the little goddess, and the fengou cannot be by his side anytime and anywhere, he has to learn to do it, learn to stand up, learn to become a lion, and become the king of the lion pack.

Gu Bei nodded, he had the intention to cultivate Lu Mingfei, so he asked: "This is the statue of the god confiscated in the hands of the citizens in the name of patrolling, what do you think this represents?" ”

Lu Mingfei thought for a while and replied: "That's not all, there must be a lot of things that have not been collected, this number is very large, indicating that the other party's sphere of influence is very large, and it is likely that it has exceeded our expectations of Antu County or Ji Province, and may even have spread to the entire three eastern provinces." ”

Gu Bei's face remained unchanged, these were all things that could be seen in front of him, and he didn't ask these: "Go on." ”

Lu Mingfei then analyzed: "The other party's sphere of influence is so large, but we haven't found out until now, which shows that the other party either acts very secretively, or spreads extremely quickly, of course, the most likely is both." ”

"Not bad." Gu Bei nodded approvingly.

can think of this layer, which shows that Lu Mingfei's vision is not so superficial, and he has also used his brain, but ......

"What else?"

Lu Mingfei frowned and lowered his head and muttered: "There are ...... And ......"

Gu Bei didn't bother him to think, he walked straight to the mountain of statues, picked up a few casually and examined them carefully, and after a short time, he threw down the ones in his hand, and then picked up the others, and so on.

The warehouse was quiet all of a sudden, Lu Mingfei was thinking about the question raised by Gu Bei, while Gu Bei was looking for the clues he wanted in a pile of strange statues.

As the minutes ticked by, I don't know how long it was, someone knocked on the door of the warehouse.

Gu Bei gave Lu Mingfei a look and motioned for him to open the door.

The door opened, Gao Lian followed Lu Mingfei in, looking at the pile of statues that made people crazy, Gao Lian looked away, looked down at his feet and said, "Boss, Captain Gu Haitang of the Dragon Slayer Force has been waiting for you for two hours." ”

Gu Bei looked at the statue in his hand and didn't look back: "What time is it?" ”

"It's three o'clock in the afternoon."

Gu Bei put down the statue in his hand and stretched his waist, his voice was refreshing.

Those who know know that he has been busy in this pile of statues all afternoon, and those who don't know think that he has slept well.

"Let's go."

Gu Bei jumped off the pile of statues and left the warehouse first, followed by Lu Mingfei.

Gao Lian was stunned for a moment, and there was no one in the warehouse, only a bunch of strange statues to accompany him.

Gao Lian rubbed his arms, felt goosebumps, and hurriedly chased the two out of the warehouse, leaving only a pile of golden boys shining in the darkness.

Everything, manager's office.

In fact, it is the office of the two captains, Gao Lian and Sun Wu, but the disguise must always be disguised like a little, and the word "captain's office" cannot be pasted on the door number of the express company.

There are two office seats in the office, which belong to Sun Wu and Gao Lian, but now the position belonging to Gao Lian has been occupied by Gu Haitang, and Sun Wu's position is also empty.

Gu Haitang's aura is too strong, different from Gu Bei's soft and changeable momentum, Gu Haitang's aura is completely an eighth-level typhoon, and Sun Wu can't stand it a little bit, so he decisively opens it with good tea.

Gu Haitang waited for two hours and was not in a hurry, and when Gu Bei arrived, Gu Haitang was sitting there playing with snakes.

Seeing Gu Bei coming, Gu Haitang put away his mobile phone and said happily: "Chairman Gu is really a busy man, the little woman has been waiting for a long time." ”

"The First Evolution"

If these words are put in other people's mouths, they can't run away from the title of a great onmyoji, Gu Haitang's original intention was to complain, but as soon as he opened his mouth, it was a soft voice, how it sounded like he was coquettish, and there was a taste of resentment.

Gu Bei grinned, of course he knew that this old lady was teasing him, but he couldn't stand this trick and it worked too well, he silently recited Eri Yi three times in his heart, and then added three times to calm that restless heart, and even Lu Mingfei, who was affected, couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and look at the photo of Su Xiaoqiao on the screensaver.

After settling down, Gu Bei just wanted to speak, when there was a sudden shaking, the things on the table rolled to the ground, and the wall cracked into a "rattling" sound.

Fortunately, the four people in the room were not ordinary people, so they quickly adjusted their posture to stabilize their figures, and Gu Bei took the lead and climbed out of the window (good boy, don't be confused).

Fortunately, the houses in the logistics center are all low-rise bungalows, and although the office is on the highest floor, it does not exceed three floors.

Several people quickly rushed to safety, and looked at the surrounding houses that had fallen down, and their hearts were a little heavy.

The ground shook for about seven or eight minutes before it slowly stopped, and after a while, Sun Wu rushed over with someone.

"Boss, are you alright?"

"What can I do?" Gu Bei glanced at him, still thinking about being courteous at this time? It seems that the Northeast Division should indeed be put in order.

Sun Wu didn't realize that he was a little too much, and stood in place awkwardly with a group of people.

Gu Bei sighed, Sun Wu is barely a talent, greedy for power but has a bottom line, and if he has the ability, he will come to things, if he puts it in another place, he will definitely have a great future, but it is different everywhere, and greed for power is the biggest taboo.

However, now that Nadutong is in the stage of development, when employing people, it is not easy to replace a capable person like Sun Wu, so he can only make do with it.

"Gao Lian, you took the staff of Nadutong to assist the patrol and the army to clean up the rubble and participate in the rescue."

"Sun Wu, sort out the losses of the branch as quickly as possible, as well as the goods that have not been salvaged in the warehouse, and come up with a loss statement and compensation plan as soon as possible."

"Yes" ×2.

The two of them acted separately, and only Gu Haitang, Gu Bei and Lu Mingfei were left on the scene.

Gu Bei's gaze turned to Gu Haitang: "Sister Begonia, those members of your team ......"

Gu Haitang waved his hand: "They are all on a mission in the mountains, at most, they encounter landslides, it's not a big deal." ”

Gu Bei and Lu Mingfei have a black line, it turns out that the landslide is not a big deal, so what is dangerous in your eyes?

"Oh, by the way, I got bad news from the detection team, that big lizard may have woken up, and now there is no trace of him, probably avoiding us."

Hearing this news, Gu Bei was not surprised at all, but muttered: "Sure enough, ......"

In the process of checking clues, analyzing information, and sorting out information, Gu Bei's derivation of the truth has been basically completed, and now there are only a few pieces of the puzzle left to draw conclusions, and the news sent by Gu Haitang is one of the missing puzzles, which helps Gu Bei confirm some guesses.

"Oh, and," Gu Haitang asked with a frown, "You asked them to take me to the office to wait for you, did you already guess that I was coming?" Or do you have something to do with me? ”

Gu Bei shook his head: "No, not at all." ”

"I figured it out."

"Figured out? Are you bluffing me? ”

"What do you think?"

"Huh-" Gu Haitang pursed his lips, "It's mysterious, don't talk about it." ”

Gu Haitang twisted her waist and left, and before leaving, she told Gu Bei that she was ready to fight at any time, and the big lizard might not come out of anywhere at any time.

Gu Bei said he understood.

Everyone did their duty to do what they should do, and only Gu Bei and Lu Mingfei were left in the open space.

In autumn in the Northeast, the night came much earlier than expected, and the sun sank into the sky, fainting a red glow.

Gu Bei asked, "Have you figured it out?" ”

Lu Mingfei nodded: "The other party has a lot of power, and the development is very secretive, which means that the other party is in the stage of accumulating strength and does not want to confront us head-on, or the other party knows very well that he cannot defeat us in a head-on confrontation." ”

"This shows that the other party is likely to build up his power from scratch, and his strength is weak, so it is a good opportunity for us to win him."

Gu Bei smiled and nodded: "Smart." ”

Lu Mingfei's interstellar play is very good, he was born to eat tactical seedlings, but he lacks a little learning and experience, but it doesn't matter, he has talent, and Gu Bei will not let him waste this talent.

"But you're overlooking."

Gu Bei recalled in his mind the pile of statues in the warehouse, although the pile of statues looked exactly the same, but in Gu Bei's perception, the soul power in the statues was divided into two parts, and they were distinct.

"The reason why they can only develop in secrecy and not hype it up may also be that there is something wrong within."