For a moment, Fang Zheng just wanted to turn around and leave.

In fact, when Fang Zheng heard the name Innsmouth, he wanted to run away.

Because he already knew what kind of hell this place was.

Damn Cthulhu world!

What the hell are you doing, Goddess of Order!

Fang Zheng would never have thought that Cthulhu was right next to the main world?

Are you kidding me?

In this way, the miserable conditions of those soldiers can be understood. There is no doubt that they must have seen something "indescribable" and then became "indescribable" themselves.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng sighed inwardly, then glanced down. According to his experience, the system should pop up the main task at this time.

However……

“——”

The system still played dead, as if it knew nothing. There was no response at all, no tasks given, no prompts. This made Fang Zheng even more uneasy. Something must be wrong when things are abnormal. What the hell is going on? You want to pop out a task now, at least I know what to do, but you don't say anything, what does this mean?

"Master, is there something wrong with this world?"

Seeing Fang Zheng's frown, Nymph asked doubtfully, while Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"There is definitely a problem, but I just don't know what it is or how to solve it..."

Could it be that I should kill all the Old Ones in this world? From Cthulhu to Azathoth?

Oh my god, it can’t be that fatal.

Frankly speaking, Fang Zheng is not afraid of Cthulhu, as he can be dealt with by a fishing boat. But as for Azathoth... well, he would not be afraid of the Star-Forging Dragon King if there was one!

But isn't this true?!

By the way, let’s draw a soul stone first!

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng immediately opened the system. At the moment, he and Nymph were watching the scenery on the cliff on the other side of Innsmouth Town. That guy named Francis went to explore the secrets of the town by himself... Generally speaking, such people die quickly, but Fang Zheng couldn't stop him from committing suicide, right?

However, when Fang Zheng opened the card drawing system, he found out... He didn't know when, the system silently locked the ten-draw function. He could only draw individually, and only ten times. He couldn't use dimensional points to draw, but only something called a soul scroll... What the hell is this?

I'm not participating in an event to draw a limited prize, what the hell are you doing to me?

Fang Zheng was so angry that he almost flipped the table.

Do you really want me to kill all the Old Ones and Outer Gods in this world? !

To be honest, if we talk about the world that Fang Zheng least wants to go to, the world of Cthulhu is definitely in the top three.

Because this world is so weird.

Fang Zheng knew a little about the world of Cthulhu, but to explain why Fang Zheng had psychological trauma, we have to start from when he was in college. At that time, Fang Zheng's roommate invited him to play board games, and Fang Zheng, who had never played board games before, naturally agreed.

Unexpectedly, the bastards were running a Cthulhu game, and Fang Zheng knew nothing about Cthulhu at the time. He was forced to do it by them, which resulted in Fang Zheng not knowing how to deal with problems. For example, his character found a mysterious magic book on the map and needed to interpret it.

However, according to general traditional thinking, Fang Zheng must interpret it.

As a result, he failed to interpret the situation and turned into a madman.

This made Fang Zheng very unhappy. He asked for a redo. Then the interpretation was successful, and then - he turned into a madman.

Or Fang Zheng goes to a town to investigate a mysterious incident and discovers a strange shadow. He then follows the shadow to investigate and enters a mysterious nest. He is captured by cultists and sacrificed, and dies because of a failed struggle.

Or maybe he managed to escape after struggling, but because the other party summoned the old evil god during the escape, he failed the mental evaluation and became a madman again.

Then Fang Zheng learned his lesson and didn't go looking for anyone, but stayed in the hotel. As a result, the cultists' ritual in the middle of the night successfully summoned the evil god, and then the world was destroyed. Game Over.

At that time, Fang Zheng just wanted to say MMP.

At first Fang Zheng thought that other people were targeting him, but later with the help of his classmates he read the settings and novels of Cthulhu and finally understood what was going on.

Frankly speaking, Cthulhu's worldview is indeed full of charm, but more importantly, unlike the old-fashioned story that justice will eventually triumph over evil, Cthulhu's worldview places more emphasis on people's awe and fear of the unknown. The entire worldview is a warning that humans are too arrogant and fanatically pursue powerful forces that do not belong to them, which ultimately leads to destruction.

In the Cthulhu mythology, the gods are actually aliens who possess mysteries and knowledge that humans cannot understand. And many times, these aliens do not have any special feelings towards humans themselves. It is like a person seeing a group of ants. He may squat down and observe curiously, or he may glance at them and then look away, or he may step on them because he doesn't like them.

To humans, ants are of no concern.

And it is impossible for ants to cause any harm to them.

However, what Fang Zheng was most wary of was the "toxicity" in the Cthulhu world. According to the Cthulhu world, no matter if it was the old gods or the things they left behind, people would go crazy just by looking at them, because they were existences that humans could not understand. But Fang Zheng never figured out the reason for this process. Of course, if it was like the main world, it would be reasonable for people to become mentally ill because of the stimulation of the power of gods and dragons, but what about the objects?

Why do people have mental breakdowns?

What is the principle behind this? Can I be exempted?

Because of this, Fang Zheng has always kept his distance from the world of Cthulhu, because it is not as simple as a supernatural world. On the contrary, everything in it seems to be known, but in fact it is all unknown. For example, if you try to decipher the magic book of Cthulhu, most people will go crazy after reading it, regardless of whether the deciphering is successful or not. Of course, that may be because humans are mentally fragile, but what if those things carry mental pollution?

Fang Zheng had lost in the board game before and had a psychological trauma.

Fortunately, Innsmouth... in Fang Zheng's memory, was also considered a novice area. If he remembered correctly, according to the novel he read at the time, this was the lair of Cthulhu's followers - the Deep Ones, and Cthulhu was not here. The Deep Ones themselves were just a group of weaklings with a combat power of less than five, and even the national army of this era could send them to the west.

By operating on them, maybe we can figure out what is going on in this world, and then see what to do next.

As for going back... it's impossible to go back. Fang Zheng had just asked Nymph to go back to the tunnel they came out of, but she couldn't get out at all. Fortunately, they were able to contact the Tiandao Palace, and Fang Zheng could open up the dimensional channel and bring his subordinate fleet and soldiers here in a critical moment, so he didn't have to worry about any big problems.

"Hey, sir! Sir!"

Just when Fang Zheng was bored looking at the scenery, that energetic voice rang out, and Nymph disappeared into thin air again. Fang Zheng turned around and saw Francis running towards him, waving.

"What are you doing here?"

"Look at the scenery. Although there's nothing to see, there's really nothing else to do."

“That’s true…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Francis' expression was a bit complicated. At this moment, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the young man in front of him. If he remembered correctly, then this Francis should be the protagonist of the Cthulhu series novel "The Shadow of Innsmouth". According to the story, this young man also has the blood of the Deep Ones. In fact, not long after Innsmouth was destroyed, he was completely brainwashed, and then took the initiative to go to the deep sea city of R'lyeh and became a member of the Deep Ones.

Perhaps by following him, I could study carefully what is going on?

"How's your exploration going?"

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng also retracted his gaze, looked at Francis with a smile and asked, while Francis sighed helplessly.

"Nothing good, to be honest, I just heard some things from a crazy old man... nothing more than superstitions, ancient legends and foolish memories, but..."

At this point, Francis shuddered.

“Honestly, it’s really scary.”

"It's not surprising that there are all kinds of legends in the countryside."

Fang Zheng comforted Francis with a few words, which made his originally panicked expression become much more relaxed.

"Anything else?"

"Well, I was planning to tell you to get in the car, but the driver told me that there was a problem with the car and it might take a day to fix it, so we might have to stay here tonight."

Having said that, Francis rubbed his hands and looked at Fang Zheng somewhat embarrassedly.

"So...if it's possible, I would like to ask if you are willing to live with me? To be honest, I heard a lot of bad rumors before I came here. Although I didn't take these news to heart at that time, I am really worried now. After all, this is a remote and desolate place...In a rural place like this, I am a helpless outsider, it is really not very safe..."

"Of course not."

Fang Zheng recalled the plot and nodded to Francis.

"But I'm curious, aren't you worried that I'm in cahoots with them?"

"Hahaha, you are joking, sir. I can see that your temperament and behavior are completely different from those of the people here. Of course, I know you may be a little worried, but I can assure you that if we can get to Arkham safely, I will give you a reward. Although I am a poor student, my mother's family is there, and I have a little money..."

"Okay, I understand."

Hearing this, Fang Zheng also laughed. Although this young man was a bit reckless, he was not stupid. He naturally understood that it was impossible to ask a stranger to face danger with him without any evidence, so he was very sensible and gave some small conditions...

"Since you said so, I will protect your safety along the way."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng shook the other person's outstretched hand.