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The scene rewinds to the chaotic moments when Alexander and the others left the club. Inside the club, bedlam reigned as the massive, grotesque creature rampaged around. Seven or eight team members fired frantically, 7.62mm bullets raining down like a storm, and it took a tactical grenade to barely suppress the situation.
A squelching sound echoed as the massive, honeycombed flesh transformed into a swirling vortex of black ooze—a shapeless, dark mud-like substance. It stretched like a tornado, opening a portal from deep within the vortex, where a pitch-black void and starlight shimmer emerged.
An inexplicable fear gripped the hearts of those present, a primal instinct of animals, unavoidable for any living being.
Something was trying to squeeze out from within...
Once it emerged, no one would survive...
It was a lethal malevolence, the most primordial darkness...
At this perilous moment, a footstep echoed from outside. Then, a calm yet intense voice resonated within the room.
“dfarxxxxr423rfsdafdsf!”
...It was an unexplainable intonation, more like a whistle or an insect-like sound. Under the hurried incantation, the eerie vortex gradually ceased spinning and vanished with a sizzling sound.
A severely mutilated corpse fell down—once the bald man's human form.
"Apologies, Commander. We didn't anticipate needing heavy equipment before coming, so we didn't carry much..." A sergeant saluted the newcomer.
"Handling paranormal phenomena isn't NRO Delta's specialty. No need to worry about it!"
The newcomer laughed coldly. He was young but authoritative, which commanded respect from the sergeant. He didn’t stop at the entrance but quickly approached the bald man's corpse, inserting a gloved hand into the abdomen.
He fished around and retrieved a thin parchment.
"What I found in the caverns below is exactly what haunts my dreams. That thing, bloated and hideous, carries an indescribable ancient evil from the sunken kingdom of R'lyeh, serving the mad Cthulhu; and the great beast, neither dead nor alive, is held in the death dream by a simple stone engraved with a star and burning eye."
Flipping through the pages, the young man revealed a sinister smile.
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"Just as I thought, it's the 'Confessions of the Mad Monk Clithanus!’"
This manuscript, written by a monk named Clithanus around 400 AD in Latin, was first published in 1675.
Clithanus lived in Lynwold Monastery on England's northeast coast, where he discovered a series of sea caves. Exploring them, he encountered a massive entity which he called "the mad Cthulhu's servant."
Attempting to use magic to interfere with this beast, he inadvertently released it. The creature began slathering the surrounding land. Terrified, Clithanus fled to seek help from the wise Saint Augustine—then visiting Lynwold—who utilized a star-shaped sigil to rebind the beast within the sea cave. Clithanus went mad from this ordeal and vanished after being sent to Rome.
The young man looked wickedly at the parchment, a smile twisting his face.
"With this, everything is complete."
Turning around, he revealed a face that Xu Lin and Alexander would find astonishing—it was none other than Janet himself.
...
"Could there be something wrong with Janet?"
Before leaving town, the group took a risky trip into town to buy some supplies and then drove towards the Mash Refinery.
Fortunately, no pursuers followed them. In reality, the unit wasn’t after them and cared little about their situation.
"Why do you say that?" Alexander was puzzled by Xu Lin's suspicion but trusted his judgment, so he probed for an explanation.
"There's one thing we overlooked—dark realm never mentioned anything about Janet, and even we don’t know his full name."
Xu Lin was driving a minivan swiftly along the mountain road.
"I asked Linda and the others, and finally learned Janet’s full name is the same as his cousin Annan Williamson—Janet Williamson..."
"How is that possible?"
"Annan takes his mother's name, while Janet Williamson is a true member of their lineage."
Williamson isn't a particularly unique surname, but in Innsmouth's context, if you trace it back, you find its origins in the protagonist of that famous story, ‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth.’
His family is indeed the Williamson clan, and tracing it further back reveals deep ties with Innsmouth's Marsh family...
"The protagonist in that novel eventually exhibited the Innsmouth look, almost transforming into a Deep One, intent on becoming a Cthulhu devotee returning to the underwater city."
Alexander understood: "In our script world, titled 'The New Shadow Over Innsmouth,' it suggests the possibility that Janet could eventually betray us..."
"If that's the case, we need to find Annan before he does!" Xu Lin asserted.
By now, they had driven back to the Mash Refinery, a dilapidated site but once a stronghold of the Dagon cult.
"The key is finding Dr. Madara. Locate him, and we might find Annan. Finding Annan could help us break through the current situation."
Xu Lin pressed on: "Even with the main story changed, the main task remains. This means the storyline clues still exist, and we must persist in solving this task..."
"Why insist on this if the main task has changed?" Jin Jianshu asked, puzzled.
"Because, for now, the change in the main storyline hasn’t introduced new plot tasks. If it hasn’t, it’s best to pursue the previous main task. There’s precedent—it's an opportunity to earn rewards for two main tasks..."
Carmen added: "The survival points for a nightmare-level main task are substantial, around 400 points, nearly double a normal main task. Completing two main tasks could yield 600 points, which is a fortune for newcomers!"
—Great in theory, but where is Madara?
The newcomers pondered this, gathered in a secluded corner of the ruins, avoiding Linda and Roland, discussing their next move.
At that moment, Xiolan, the high school student accompanying Linda and Roland, staggered over, his forehead stained with blood.
"Bad news, Roland and Linda drove off!"