"It's just a statue—"

"I know what you are, Uncle Xu." Chen Qiang shook his head.

He sweated in his palms.

He trusts Uncle Xu, but if Uncle Xu really attacks him, Chen Qiang can only use his strongest killer weapon after opening the secret keeper permission.

There are three "tools" in the Keeper Toolbox opened by Chen Qiang.

The first is [Invite Investigators]. This plugin is implanted in the phone's address book, allowing Chen Qiang to see the current sanity of all his contacts.

The second is the [Mythic Map].

And the last one ......

[Mythical Creature Interference].

By consuming the sanity in the pool of sanity, Chen Qiang was able to exercise one-time command power over mythical creatures that had no divinity. If the command matches the creature's personality or behavioral logic, the command will work permanently; Even if the command is contrary to the nature of the creature, the command can control the creature for a short period of time.

For Uncle Xu, Chen Qiang needs to consume 16 sanity points to control it perfectly. Chen Qiang suspected that there was some kind of formula behind this, but the system did not give it.

In the Cthulhu Running Group, the Secret Keeper almost does whatever he wants, and the skill of [Mythical Creature Interference] finally made Chen Qiang find a little bit of the Secret Keeper feeling in the real world.

[Mythical Creature Interference] in hand, even if Uncle Xu suddenly attacked, he could temporarily control Uncle Xu, and even order the other party to commit suicide.

It's just that...... I really don't want to get to that point.

And Uncle Xu's expression was complicated, as if he was engaged in a fierce psychological struggle.

"Uncle Xu, even if you force me to stay here," Chen Qiang said, "as long as I can't go back tonight, the people I arranged will also receive information about you." I'm not bluffing, didn't you hear the story I told Xiaoxue during the day? At that point, I planned everything. ”

[Speech 70/71 success]

Uncle Xu nodded slowly.

"I believe that you already know everything, and I believe that you are ready to do the future," Uncle Xu said, "but I also understand that Xiao Chen, you are not the one who has reached that point, and you have to die with me." ”

"So, that means you're not going to do anything to me?"

"My old Xu never kills," Uncle Xu seemed to be no longer panicked, "but I still beg you not to tell me about my situation." ”

[Psychology 7/56 Success]

Most of the psychological tests have to compete with skills such as the opponent's words, but Chen Qiang directly received a hint that the skill test was successful. Maybe the other party didn't want to continue to hide his intentions.

"That's nature, Uncle Xu." Chen Qiang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you want me to remove the disguise of this human skin?"

"No need," Chen Qiang said, he didn't want to cause an unnecessary impact on his sanity value because of witnessing Uncle Xu's hideous body, "That night of cleaning, you fell asleep inside, I peeked in curiously through the crack in the door, no, it scared me a lot." ”

[Speech 95/71 failed]

"You kid lied to me," Uncle Xu shook his head, "but it doesn't matter. I don't smell our people in you, and you're certainly not one of ours. Xiao Chen, no matter how you know about me, I believe you are a good person. ”

Uncle Xu, is it really okay to issue a card so straightforwardly?

"You don't want to see me for who I really am, and I understand." Uncle Xu said. He remembered the first time his wife saw her ghoul form.

"How did you become a ......?"

"At that time, Lei Lei was still in elementary school, and I injured my leg and couldn't find a job in the city," said Uncle Xu, "so I had to go back to my hometown and find a job in the cemetery while recuperating from my injuries." ”

"Where are you...... Met your kindred? ”

Uncle Xu nodded.

"At first I was scared," he said, wading into long memories, "but then I found out that they were actually friendly." My leg injury was finally healed, but I found ......"

"You're starting to be like them."

"I went crazy and asked for a way to go back, but they couldn't help it. In the end, it was the purple-robed high priest of the clan who thought of a way to teach me the spell of turning back into human form, and another spell to help me hide the stench of rotting food, and basically eliminate their toxicity to ordinary people. ”

"They didn't invite you to be with them?"

"I'm invited, but I can't let go of my wife and Lei Lei." Uncle Xu said.

"The ice cream parlor was their idea, too?"

"It's my own," Uncle Xu said, "I have a relative who drives an ice cream truck, and I think this will help me keep the carrion for a longer time." ”

"They must have helped you with something else," Mr. Chen said, "otherwise you wouldn't have been able to hide it alone for so many years." ”

"I have a fellow family member who used to work in a meat factory," said Uncle Xu, "and now he continues to do this." He somehow managed to hide the dead animals in the cold drink truck that he had brought me so that I could eat. ”

"Looks like you're quite a lot?"

"Maybe, but I don't know the third one," said Uncle Xu, "and then I thought I couldn't rely on him alone, so I opened another butcher's shop." ”

"Wouldn't it be nice for you to open a butcher's shop in the first place?"

"I didn't expect it at the time!" Uncle Xu glared.

Chen Qiang's heart suddenly moved.

"Uncle Xu, you tell me," he said, "you eat corpses...... Do you people who eat cooked food feel the same way we eat rotten things? ”

"It's disgusting." Uncle Xu nodded in acknowledgement.

"But I remember, every time Lei Lei came over, you ate with her......"

"That's my baby Leilei!" Uncle Xu said proudly, "Sitting with her, even if it stinks, my old Xu has to work hard to swallow it, right?" ”

“……”

I see.

As a human being, Wei Yuanshan took the initiative to turn himself into a monster.

And Uncle Xu, who is a monster, wants to be a human from the bottom of his heart.

Even if SAN has returned to 0, Uncle Xu's spiritual pillar still has not collapsed, guarding the last bottom line of rationality in his spiritual world for him.

Midnight has passed, and the duration of the Eye of the Keeper has ended. Chen Qiang didn't activate the second Eye of the Secret Keeper, because it was no longer needed.

"Uncle Xu."

"Huh?"

"Look me in the eye."

"What?"

"I, Chen Qiang, the last keeper of the earth, ordered in the name of the keeper of the secret," Chen Qiang didn't know why he did this, maybe this is the keeper of the secret, "Please always insist on your dignity as a human being." Even if you are physically different from us, you will always be a human being. ”

[Mythical Creature Interference] activates.

[Secret keeper's wisdom pool 50-16 = 34 points]

"What's wrong? Suddenly so. The order was completely in line with the subject's personality, and Uncle Xu didn't even realize that his spiritual world had been modified.

He only felt ...... With Chen Qiang's encouragement, after becoming a ghoul, the lingering loneliness that lingered in his heart disappeared.

And Chen Qiang smiled bitterly.

My 16-point sanity pool!

In order to prevent Uncle Xu from accidentally collapsing in the future, he used it on impulse!

"It's nothing," Chen Qiang hurriedly changed the topic, "Speaking of Uncle Xu, are you willing to be my investigator?" ”

Chen Qiang had already seen that Uncle Xu's name was gray in the address book of the invited investigators.

Mythical creatures can't be investigators.

When he says this now, he just wants to let Uncle Xu, a mythical creature whose physical strength is far better than ordinary people, escort other investigators when he hosts the module in the future.

"Huh? Survey? Uncle Xu didn't understand what Chen Qiang meant, "What is the investigation?" Okay. ”

The mobile phone in Chen Qiang's pocket suddenly began to vibrate.

[Mythical creatures that will "forever" see themselves as human beings and continue to adhere to the human way of life, and the system also sees them as humans]

[Your help to him is not meaningless]

[Even if his sanity is zero, as long as his mental pillar still exists, his reason will never collapse, and he will continue to explore the module as an investigator]

"It's ......"

[Congratulations, you have gained your first mythical creature investigator]

[You receive the investigator reward talent "Ghoul Friend": Your sanity will not be reduced by sightings of ghouls】

[You have received the Secret Keeper Reward "Extra Devices": Five sets of Mythic Tech Reality Devices for Investigator Trials will be delivered to you soon.] Note! The device uses some of the "Yoggs fungus" and "Is" technology, please be careful to keep it secret! Because your "Game Lobby Function" has not been turned on, it will be automatically teleported to you......]