ushernet Chapter 523: Liu Xing Wants to Drop Out
Chapter 523: Liu Xing Wants to Drop Out
Chapter 523: Liu Xing Wants to Drop Out
"Did the drowning person not even cry out for help?" Liu Xing murmured to himself.
Hearing this, Liu Xing had some guesses forming in his mind.
Ming Hanxing continued, "That’s right, the drowning person didn’t make a sound, and even though the location where they fell into Cross Lake is the deepest part, the rescue team arrived in less than a minute. By the time they got there, there wasn’t a single ripple left at the spot. When divers went in an hour later, there was nothing to be found."
"However, Tokyo Comprehensive University and the police still didn’t believe it. They thought this drowning was just an accident, possibly caused by a sudden illness that made the student faint and fall into the water. Due to losing consciousness, the student didn’t call for help and ended up in the unfinished underground parking lot at the bottom of Cross Lake. Since the situation in that unfinished parking lot is complicated, it was normal for the divers not to find the body. Of course, while this reasoning seemed reasonable, almost no one believed it was the truth."
"But at this moment, the abbot of the temple next to Tokyo Comprehensive University stood up again and told the university’s president that there was a sinister ghost lurking beneath Cross Lake, which had come from the sea through a sea eye. It had the ability to control human consciousness, causing them to fall into the water to become its food. However, at present, the ghost’s power was not that strong, so it could only control one person at a time. If there were others around, it would give up controlling the drowning person."
"Naturally, the president of Tokyo Comprehensive University didn’t believe the abbot, but because the abbot had a decent reputation in Tokyo, the president agreed to let the abbot take charge of investigating these consecutive disappearances for a period of time. The abbot’s method was simple and crude: installing a large number of monitors around Cross Lake to ensure twenty-four-hour surveillance, then having all the guards leave Cross Lake and stand by in the nearby Old Teaching Building."
"Only two days passed, and one night, a student who was walking alone around Cross Lake suddenly stood still as if in a trance. After about a minute, the student looked around, made sure there was no one else, and then jumped into the water. The abbot immediately ordered the guards to go and rescue the drowning student. Fortunately, because the Old Teaching Building was very close to Cross Lake, the guards quickly arrived at the lake."
"At that moment, the drowning person, who had been completely still and seemingly sunk, suddenly surfaced and started shouting for help. After the guards rescued the drowning person, they said they had been happily listening to music while on a walk, preparing to meet their friends and leave campus to sing karaoke. However, when they approached Cross Lake, they suddenly heard a strange song, thinking they had switched songs by mistake. But soon they realized that the song playing in their headphones was still the one they liked."
"The strange song seemed to appear directly in the drowning person’s mind, impossible to shake off, and there was no aversion to the song. This caused the drowning person to lose consciousness without realizing it and when they came to, they had already fallen into the water. Most importantly, there was a humanoid monster in front of them, grinning slyly, making the drowning person feel as if they were in an ice cellar."
Hearing Ming Hanxing’s account, Liu Xing could now confirm that there was a humanoid mythical creature in Cross Lake capable of controlling humans. However, to be honest, Liu Xing still couldn’t figure out what kind of mythical creature it was.
Initially, Liu Xing thought that since the Deep Diving Society was interested in Cross Lake, the mythical creature there should be a Deep One. But on second thought, the behavior of this mythical creature in Cross Lake didn’t match that of a Deep One. So, the option of a Deep One was now ruled out.
However, the mythical creatures Liu Xing remembered were vastly different from the one in Cross Lake. Could it be an original mythical creature?
If the mythical creature in Cross Lake was an original one, that wouldn’t be good news. After all, players’ biggest advantage in the Cthulhu RPG Game was their understanding of the mythical creatures in the game, knowing their basic settings. This way, players could determine what mythical creature was causing trouble in the current module by following clues. Even if the player’s character card didn’t know about these mythical creatures, players could avoid making wrong choices with some reasonable justification.
The appearance of an original mythical creature would be bad news for players, as no one would want to face a monster they knew nothing about.
Just like encountering original mythical creatures in Panlong Town, if it hadn’t been for Hu Li’s help, Liu Xing felt that dealing with those original mythical creatures would have been difficult, or perhaps evenimpossible...
It seems that the creature’s ability is quite powerful, enabling precise remote control to eliminate targets.
It looks like in this module, they not only have to deal with the members of the Deep Diving Society but also guard against the mythical creature in Cross Lake.
"Alright, let’s change the subject for now. After the term begins, should we start our own club or join an existing one?" Liu Xing proposed.
Zhang Jingxu considered it and earnestly replied, "I think it’s best if we join an existing club. After all, starting our own club would be quite troublesome, and it wouldn’t be easy to gather information. Joining an existing club would make it much more convenient to seek answers."
Ling Ishikawa nodded in agreement, "Exactly, I think the same. If we were to establish our own club, everything would have to start from scratch. Joining an existing club should allow us to obtain information related to the Deep Diving Society from senior students."
Naturally, Lu Tianya supported Zhang Jingxu’s opinion.
So, the group decided to join an existing club, and most likely, they would choose to join the China club recommended by Zhang Shiwu.
Soon, two days had passed.
Tokyo Comprehensive University officially started the new term.
Liu Xing looked at his admission letter and found himself momentarily speechless because the major written on it was Early Childhood Education!
Yes, Liu Xing’s university major was in early education!
Liu Xing finally understood the meaning of the Interlude Growth at the beginning of this module. It was used to determine his university major.
It seemed his luck wasn’t great as he had randomly been assigned the early education major.
Liu Xing was now considering dropping out...
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