Chapter 1411 Meijia's request (finally arrived at Xiaoxitian)

As an Old One, the deeper Duanmu Huai digs into his divine power, the more he finds his vision is different.

To put it bluntly, it is the perspective of the victim and the perpetrator.

The setting of a standard Cthulhu story is like this—————A group of people are locked in a closed space in ignorance. At the same time, in the corner of this closed space, there are some terrifying and terrible existences, trying to kill them. In order to escape from these terrible guys, the investigators tried their best. They paid the price of sacrifice and blood. Some people were killed to protect their companions. Some people are willing to sacrifice their lives to open the mechanism, and some people choose to die with the monster.

In the end, the only survivor opened the closed exit. He was carrying everyone's expectations and was about to leave this gloomy, terrifying, and evil place and return to the real world. At the same time, he secretly vowed that he would never forget the sacrifice of his companions.

However, when the survivor pushed open the door, what appeared in front of him was the city that had been razed to the ground and the monsters that were rampant everywhere. It was not until this time that he understood the truth of the matter—the whole world had been destroyed, and this was the last refuge for mankind.

But now, all that was left was despair.

In the final analysis, the core of Cthulhu mythology is irresistible despair. As a tiny creature, human beings are as insignificant as dust in front of the universe and those indescribable great beings.

Well, if we use the human empire as an analogy—a group of star soldiers encountered cultists and demons at the bottom of the hive. When they fought desperately to repel the opponent's attack and opened the door to try to escape, they found the Grey Knights and Inquisitors who appeared in front of them.

Well... condolences.

This is also the essence of Cthulhu mythology—the perspective of the victim.

In the final analysis, investigators are powerless. In the face of an existence that humans cannot resist, all they can do is resist like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

But the other way around, it may not be so dramatic.

For example, Duanmu Huai, as an inquisitor, learned that there were cultists summoning demons at the bottom of the hive, so he led the Grey Knights to investigate and destroy them. However, when they took the elevator to the bottom of the nest, they encountered bloodstained and half-dead Astralis. Considering that they might be contaminated, Duanmu Huai gave them the choice of either turning around and sacrificing for the Empire or being purified by the Grey Knights on the spot.

There was nothing dramatic, and he didn't want to scare these Astralis. This was just Duanmu Huai's duty as an inquisitor.

Similarly, if Duanmu Huai led a group of Night Guards to massacre the Na'vi, then in the eyes of the massacred Na'vi, perhaps Duanmu Huai and the Night Guards were as terrifying as those indescribable demons. But for Duanmu Huai, they were just aliens that needed to be eliminated, that simple.

So………………

"…………People feel terrified because they are subjectively aware of the irresistible power, not because the other party is threatening them, do you understand?"

Duanmu Huai looked at Medea sitting in front of him and said.

The reason why it became like this was that not long ago, Duanmu Huai gave Irisviel and Medea a class, teaching them some common sense about the Old Ones and the Outer Gods. In order to explain it better, Duanmu Huai also gave them a few stories as examples.

The result was that Medea nodded thoughtfully after listening, and then spoke.

"I understand, so the Old Ones are the kind of existence that tries to make themselves more scary and scare others to the point of mental breakdown? So MASTER, do you also want to become more scary? But I think you are already very scary..."

So next, Duanmu Huai had to spend five hours carefully explaining the difference to the two of them - I didn't get the position of the Old Ones because I look scary!

……………It shouldn't be, right?

It must not be!

"Ming, I understand………………"

Looking at Duanmu Huai, Medea nodded a little uneasily - she had never seen Duanmu Huai say so many words!

"Well, I understand."

Duanmu Huai nodded with satisfaction, and at this time Sha Jiuye also poked his head out from the stairs with dissatisfaction.

"Come and eat if you understand. Really, brother always gets entangled in some weird things."

What do you mean I always get entangled in some weird things? If this thing is not right, it will never end!

Dinner was made by Sha Jiuye, and it tasted good. The family had a happy meal. Only Ziyuan Temple Youzi was a little reluctant. In fact, after she came here at first, she had been shrinking in the room and didn't go out. Even eating had to be sent to her room by Sha Jiuye, and then she would come to the door to take away the dishes after eating.

But Duanmu Huai didn't spoil her. This is not a hotel, and Sha Jiuye is not doing room service. If you want to eat, come down and eat! Otherwise, you will starve to death!

So in the end, Ziyuan Temple Youzi had to be obedient and come down to eat on time every day. The hall was originally converted from a cafe, so there are many places to eat. Before, it was a bit empty with only three people, but now with Irisviel and Medea, there are five people in total, and it seems a lot more lively.

"By the way, brother."

During dinner time, Sha Jiuye thought of something and looked at Duanmu Huai.

"Are you free next week?"

"What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Duanmu Huai thought for a while. Recently, he had nothing to do except tracking down the Light of the Universe. Duanmu Huai also gave the task of tracking down the Light of the Universe Sect to Irisviel, Medea and Shionji Yuko. The former two can detect in reality through familiars, while the latter can track in the information field through the Internet, which just makes up for the weaknesses of both parties. However, so far, there has been no movement from the Light of the Universe Sect. Apart from that, Duanmu Huai currently... seems to have nothing to do.

"Meijia invited us to the banquet..."

"? Again?"

"Uh......"

Facing Duanmu Huai's complaints, Sha Jiuye's expression was also a little embarrassed. After all, the last time Meijia invited them to a birthday party, something went wrong.

As a result, it happened again.

And...

"Actually, Meijia hopes that you, brother, can help her investigate a case."

Sure enough, I knew it was not that simple.

"Tell me what the situation is."

So Sha Jiuye also quickly explained the situation.

Strictly speaking, this is not Meijia's business, but Baifan's business.

The theme of the incident is "God Hiding".

As mentioned before, Baifan's family has many industries, including a hot spring hotel located in the mountains. Due to its superior geographical location and good environment. Baifan's family has carried out a series of industrial expansions around the hot spring hotel, and of course hired many local people to work there, intending to build it into a high-end convalescent community.

All along, Baifan's family has cooperated well with that village. After all, they hired local people to work there, which also provided a lot of jobs for the local area. The village is also very supportive of Baifan's work, which can be said to be a happy cooperation.

But there is no banquet that will not end, and even the partners who cooperate happily will part ways one day.

Not long ago, the son of the village chief found the person in charge of the Baifan Hotel and negotiated privately. To put it bluntly, it is to ask for money. After all, in the eyes of the village chief's son, these lands belong to the village. As a large capital company, Baifan's previous price was too low, so he believed that Baifan Company was maliciously suppressing the price, so he asked them to make up the difference again, otherwise he would see them in court!

The Baifan family naturally disdained this. Capitalists and lawyers were paid by group. Any land acquisition contracts and the like were clearly stated. The Baifan family wanted to turn this place into a high-end nursing home, so there would be no hidden dangers. Everything was clearly stated, and there was no price difference at all.

So they rejected the man's request. Although the Baifan family was wealthy, the money was not blown by the wind, and this kind of person was greedy. If he was given money this time, he might come again next time. This hole must not be opened!

The village chief's son left with a dark face when he failed to get the money. At that time, no one took it seriously. After all, the village chief's son had a bad reputation, and he left the village after graduating from junior high school, saying that he was going to a big city to start a business. As a result, more than ten years later, he came back in disgrace and looked even poorer than before. On the contrary, those country people he looked down on made a lot of money because they were attached to the big tree of Baifan Enterprise. No wonder he would find a way to ask for money.

But a few days later, something bad happened.

First, the village chief mysteriously disappeared, and then the village chief's son also disappeared, which immediately caused a lot of discussion in the village. Not only that, after that, several people disappeared in succession. Although they also reported to the police, the police investigation did not make any progress.

This is naturally not a good thing for the Baifan family. After all, the residents there are now in a panic. Some people even want to say that the village is cursed and want to escape from here. After all, they also made a lot of money when they were working at the Baifan Hotel, so they still have the confidence to move.

Originally, this had nothing to do with the Baifan Hotel, but the problem is that the Baifan Hotel hired locals! If the locals all ran away, where would they hire people?

And if there is a rumor of a curse, will others come after hearing it? Wouldn't their high-end convalescent community be in vain?

"I understand the situation."

After listening to Sha Jiuye's explanation, Duanmu Huai nodded.

"So Meijia wants me to investigate the disappearances there? What does this have to do with her?"

Even if the hotel belongs to Baifan's family, it doesn't mean that Meijia has to show up, right? What about the owner of the hotel?

"Brother, don't you know? That place was originally a birthday gift from Baifan's family to Meijia, and she is the owner of the place... It's just that someone else is currently acting as an agent."

"…………………………"

Okay, rich people are amazing, I won't play anymore.

Duanmu Huai sighed silently, so you see, this is capital, the little girl is only 16 years old, not even old enough to drink, and she runs a hot spring hotel.

And ordinary people who work hard all their lives probably don't have this good.

By the way, your family also gives birthday gifts to hotels? When can you give me a plane?

Duanmu Huai finished his inner complaints silently, and then thought for a moment.

"Okay, I agree."

After all, I'm just sitting around doing nothing...