Chapter 607 - The Janitor
However, if Su Ziche's sister really is the "Holy Maiden", that's not good news for Liu Xing and his group, because given their current strength, they won't be able to confront Su Ziche's sister from any angle.
Unless Liu Xing can convince the Yellow King to intervene.
Of course, Liu Xing knows he has no way to convince the Yellow King, because although Serpent God Yig is a bit weaker than Hastur, it's still not something the Yellow King can easily provoke, and Liu Xing hasn't heard of any conflict between Hastur and Serpent God Yig.
So Liu Xing suddenly feels it's better for his group not to provoke Su Ziche's sister, lest she, as a "divine second-generation", directly wipe them out.
Thinking about this, Liu Xing spoke up: "Everyone, I just thought of a possibility, which is that Su Ziche's sister is very likely the Holy Maiden of the Freemasons, because as far as I know, some secret cults will hold rituals to pray to the deities they believe in for various things, including creating a Holy Maiden through blessings or divine intercourse. So this can well explain why the Freemasons have gone to great lengths to hide the existence of Su Ziche's sister, and then have been keeping Su Ziche's sister in a Native American Reservation under their control."
Liu Xing's words made everyone present furrow their brows and fall into deep thought.
After a while, Zhang Jingxu was the first to speak: "Ryuusei, the possibility you mentioned is indeed quite high, because I've also heard that some secret cults will set up positions of saints, Holy Maidens, etc. within their churches, and many of these saints and Holy Maidens are hybrids of humans and mythical creatures, and some are even purely mythical creatures. For example, in Europe and America, I've heard that some secret cults refer to a mythical creature called the Black Mountain Goat Hatchling as a saint, and they willingly offer themselves as food for the Black Mountain Goat Hatchling, believing that as long as the Black Mountain Goat Hatchling eats them, they will have a chance to become the new Black Mountain Goat Hatchling."
"As for human-mythical creature hybrids, there are even more of them. Many cults that worship the Deep Ones will regard those Deep One Hybrids as saints or Holy Maidens. However, regarding the hybrids of Great Old Ones and humans, I really haven't heard of any so far, after all, the size difference between Great Old Ones and humans is just too great, and the attitude of Great Old Ones towards humans is like the attitude of humans towards ants - they mostly just ignore them. Of course, the Gralki we encountered in Panlong Town is an exception, as Gralki can be said to be one of the few Great Old Ones who actively recruit followers."
"But to get back to the point, the blessing method seems to be quite reliable, after all, it's just a word from the Great Old One. As long as a Great Old One casually says a certain child is not bad, the followers below will unhesitatingly worship that child as a saint or Holy Maiden. As for the so-called divine intercourse, I've also heard that some secret cults claim their saints or Holy Maidens are born through divine intercourse with the Great Old Ones, but this is just a claim, and the credibility is not very high... Still, the gap between humans and Great Old Ones in all aspects is just too great, so I don't really think Great Old Ones will have offspring with humans."
At this point, Ling Ishikawa shook his head with some confusion and said, "If that's the case, Su Ziche's sister's father shouldn't be Serpent God Yig. Then if Su Ziche's sister is really the Holy Maiden of the Freemasons, it means the deity the Freemasons worship is actually a snake man, not Serpent God Yig. But Su Ziche's sister doesn't look like a snake man hybrid either."
"That's right, basically all the genes of mythical creatures are superior to humans, so human-mythical creature hybrids will all exhibit the characteristics of mythical creatures, and after a period of development and maturation, the human-mythical creature hybrids will eventually directly turn into mythical creatures. So unless the Freemasons have cast an illusion on Su Ziche's sister, Su Ziche's sister should have snake scales all over her face by now," Zhang Wenbing said seriously.
Liu Xing nodded and said, "So we still need to be careful. Su Ziche's sister must not be easy to provoke, or rather, the Freemasons behind her will definitely protect her without holding back. So for the sake of safety, I still suggest that we don't harm Su Ziche's sister unless necessary, so that we don't offend the Freemasons in addition to the Deep Diving Society."
The group unanimously nodded in agreement with Liu Xing's idea.
So Liu Xing and the others reached a consensus to continue to be evasive with Mu Yao and the others for the time being, and to avoid conflict if possible. The best outcome would be for Mu Yao and the others to get into a conflict with the Deep Diving Society behind Zhang Shiwu, so they could then take advantage of the situation.
It's hard to say whether the Freemasons, as the "river dragon", will have a chance to overwhelm the Deep Diving Society, the "local snake".
After confirming their attitude towards Mu Yao and the others, as well as the action plan for Miguel to enter Tokyo Comprehensive University in a few days, they all dispersed.
Of course, since it's still early, Liu Xing and his group couldn't go out, so they started playing cards and mahjong in small groups. Especially at Liu Xing's table, the sound of dice rolling was constant.
Whether on the mahjong table or in Liu Xing's ears.
This time, KP Bamboo Rat had also prepared a small mahjong program for Liu Xing and the others, although the results of the mahjong game had already been predetermined at the beginning, the mahjong program faithfully reflected the results of each hand.
However, it didn't take long for Liu Xing and the others to abandon this mahjong program, firstly because the sound was too noisy, after all, in normal circumstances, the progress of mahjong is quite fast, with each hand only taking a few seconds, while the sound of the dice rolling during the Judgment phase would last about two to three seconds; secondly, since Liu Xing and the others were not playing in secret, everyone could see the Judgment results of each hand, so they were all judging the strength of their opponents' hands based on the Judgment results, making the mahjong game even more intense.
So, Liu Xing and the others very tacitly had KP Bamboo Rat turn off that mahjong program.
And so, by the evening, the lucky Liu Xing had won five bottles of "Fatty Otaku Happy Water" from Zhang Jingxu and Ling Ishikawa. You know, because of the scarcity at home, and there's no replenishment channel now, the beloved "Fatty Otaku Happy Water" has started to be rationed, with each person only able to get one bottle per day, which has led to the constant sound of mahjong in the house these days, as everyone is coveting each other's "Fatty Otaku Happy Water".
But speaking of which, because they've been staying at home eating and drinking well these past few days, and have hardly done any exercise, Liu Xing found that he seemed to have gained a little weight, as he could clearly see that his body type value in the character card interface had temporarily increased by 1 point.
If Liu Xing continues to be so idle in the coming period, then this 1 point of body type value will be secured.
Liu Xing thought about it and finally decided to take this body type value, because his character card's body type value was not high to begin with, and now that he can increase it a little, it's a gain rather than a loss.
This body type value is the biggest harvest for Liu Xing these past few days.
After dinner, Liu Xing habitually lay by the window watching the situation outside.
It has to be said that the Tokyo metropolitan area, with not a single person on the streets, makes one feel a bit strange, especially since Liu Xing has gotten used to seeing the bustling Tokyo metropolitan area.
This feeling makes Liu Xing feel like he's run onto the set of a Resident Evil movie, no, he should say the set of a movie depicting the extinction of humanity.
Perhaps when Cthulhu awakens from its endless slumber, the world may be like this... Of course, in the Cthulhu RPG Game, it's not just Cthulhu that can destroy the world.
Thinking about this, Liu Xing couldn't help but let out a sigh, because in the background of the Cthulhu Mythos, humanity is destined to be exterminated, after all, the Yis People are now living on an Earth where humans have already perished.
This makes Liu Xing feel a sense of melancholy and powerlessness, because no matter how hard the players in this parallel world try, they cannot prevent this parallel world from heading towards destruction.
And when the final remnants of this parallel world are projected onto the real world, the real world will also be doomed.
GG.
This is fate.
Liu Xing sighed, only hoping that this day would come a little later.
Just as Liu Xing was lamenting the past, the sound of mahjong reached his ears.
This made Liu Xing immediately perk up and turn around, saying, "Damn, you guys are playing mahjong and didn't even call me!"
And so, another two days passed.
Since the situation remained the same, there was no new news these two days, except for some so-called experts engaged in heated debates on the damage caused by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident.
Now, after a few days of cleanup work, the Tokyo metropolitan government has announced that the nuclear radiation dust in the public areas of the Tokyo metropolitan area has been completely cleaned up, and the nuclear radiation dust has also been greatly reduced through natural degradation over the past few days, so the residents of the Tokyo metropolitan area can now go out and engage in normal activities.
At the same time, the official forum of Tokyo Comprehensive University has posted a very special part-time job message, simply put, Tokyo Comprehensive University wants to recruit a group of students to clean up the campus, and the pay is quite high.
However, at this time, the prices of household services in the Tokyo metropolitan area have been pushed to the sky-high level, after all, in the current metropolitan area, there are still many non-public areas that need to be cleaned up, so Tokyo Comprehensive University has not been able to find enough cleaners, or directly speaking, it does not have enough financial budget.
Therefore, Tokyo Comprehensive University can only resort to recruiting cleaners from among the students.
This makes Liu Xing think of a trick played by the Island Nation in the real world, which is to have domestic schools, especially those in Southeast Asia, recruit so-called trainees, and then send them to clean up the mess at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Of course, since most of these Shimbun articles appear on some Island Nation forums, their authenticity may be questionable, but Liu Xing can be sure that the trainee system in the Island Nation is really screwing people over, and can even be seen as a form of modern slavery, because the trainees are nominally sent to the Island Nation for technical training and job placement, but in reality they are just cheap labor, and they lack various living guarantees.
As for the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Island Nation government claims to have recruited a group of volunteers, and these volunteers will undergo short-term training before entering the Fukushima nuclear power plant to carry out more professional cleanup work, while the previous suicide squad has already withdrawn from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, because the nuclear radiation level at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is simply too high.
Based on the official report from the Island Nation, everything seems to be developing in a positive direction, but Liu Xing and others are well aware that Yomiuri Shimbun is preparing a major move, waiting for the right moment to deliver a fatal blow to the Island Nation authorities.
And that right moment will be when the "volunteers" mentioned by the Island Nation authorities enter the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
"Things have become a bit tricky. Now, Tokyo Comprehensive University is recruiting cleaners from among the students, and it's highly likely that Zhang Shiwu will choose to join them. This way, Zhang Shiwu can legitimately enter Tokyo Comprehensive University and investigate the situation. At that time, he should be able to discover that the nuclear radiation levels around Cross Lake are somewhat abnormal, and then he might notify the Deep Diving Society to take action ahead of time," Zhang Wenbing said with some concern.
Liu Xing nodded, knowing that Zhang Shiwu would certainly not miss this good opportunity.
"So, what should we do now? Should we also apply for the cleaning job?" Zhang Jingxu asked.
After some thought, Liu Xing shook his head and said, "If we apply for the cleaning job, we might arouse Zhang Shiwu's suspicion. Although we haven't revealed our family background to Zhang Shiwu, he should be able to analyze our attire and behavior and deduce that our family conditions are quite good. Therefore, we have no reason to apply for the cleaning job, as the salary is decent, but the difficulty and danger of the work are not low."
Since they were not short of money, Liu Xing and the others had acquired a set of branded clothing after arriving in Tokyo, and Liu Xing had even specially bought an expensive branded watch.
After all, this watch could enhance some of Liu Xing's skill levels in the university.