Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls-Chapter 663: The enemy’s enemy is a friend
Chapter 663: The enemy’s enemy is a friend
Liu Xing nodded and said, "That’s right, I’m the new member who just joined the Dreamers’ Guild a couple of days ago. But just now, I saw a few of our colleagues being captured by that group of Deep Ones. They are now tied to a huge stone pillar, so I came back to find the friends of the rescue team."
The middle-aged man chuckled, patting his chest and said, "The reason we are here is to rescue Mr. Dio and the others, so you..."
"My name is Chris," Liu Xing capsule said.
The middle-aged man nodded and continued, "I’m Bentker, the captain of this rescue team. Since Mr. Dio and the others were suddenly captured by the Deep Ones, there are only four of us in this rescue team. Therefore, we need your help, Chris. Of course, if you don’t want to participate, we won’t force you, as those Deep Ones are not easy to deal with."
How could Liu Xing choose not to participate?
So Liu Xing shook his head and said seriously, "Of course I’m willing to join the rescue team. First, I have some acquaintance with Dio in the real world, and he also led me to join the Dreamers’ Guild. Secondly, my profession in the real world is a police officer, so I think my strength is not bad, and I should be able to cooperate with you all."
Bentker looked at Liu Xing with some surprise and said with a smile, "I didn’t expect you, little brother Chris, to be a police officer. This is perfect. Then I’ll give this gun to you to use, as we don’t know how to use guns."
Bentker took out a strange-looking handgun from his pocket as he spoke.
If Liu Xing had to describe it, this handgun would look more like a strange creature in his eyes.
The overall shape of the handgun was similar to a normal handgun, but the entire body was a disgusting black-green color, and it felt a bit slimy. There were also two attachments that looked like hanging infrared sensors under the muzzle, making it look like two eyes. In addition, the trigger was similar to the fangs of some animal, and the grip was like a straight bone.
To be honest, when Liu Xing saw this handgun, he felt a chill, and his sanity points began to decline slightly.
However, at this point, Liu Xing could only grit his teeth and take the handgun.
Just as Liu Xing had imagined, the handgun felt very slippery, like a peeled yam, and he felt that if he gripped it too hard, it might slip away at any moment.
In short, the feel of this handgun made Liu Xing very uncomfortable. No wonder Bentker was willing to give it to him to use, as having a handgun for self-defense in this ghostly place would be the best.
Of course, the moment Liu Xing took the handgun, he immediately obtained the exact information about it.
Mi.Go’s Bioweapon Pistol, a creation of a certain Mi-Go when it opened its mind, using a mysterious biological creature as the main body to make this handgun. It can fire special bullets formed by the coagulation of the mysterious creature’s blood. And because the blood of this mysterious creature has extremely strong toxicity to the Deep Ones, the Deep Ones hit by this handgun will immediately lose their combat effectiveness, and if they do not receive the corresponding treatment within one minute, they will die directly.
This handgun has a magazine capacity of three rounds, and one round can be restored every day. However, the user can exchange 1 HP per minute to obtain one round, but there is a 10% chance of triggering an instant death effect each time.
If a human uses this handgun, they need to pass a Difficult Judgment check to successfully hit.
PS: This item can only be used in the City of R’lyeh in the dream world.
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows. This handgun was also a biological handgun, similar to the one he had obtained in the floating island module, but this one was clearly specialized for dealing with the Deep Ones, as it could be said to be one Deep One per shot. ṚàƝ𝐎BƐs̈
However, the restrictions on this handgun were also very numerous. The most important thing was that the magazine capacity was only three rounds, and it would take at least one minute to load a new round, not to mention that this round would also consume 1 HP. And there was a 10% chance of instant death.
Fortunately, the "Chris" character card had a trait called "Firearms Talent", so Liu Xing’s shooting accuracy with this handgun would still be 60, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
As long as he could shoot accurately, this handgun would be quite useful.
"Chris, this handgun is something we found in a nearby ruin when we arrived here. Since the magazine can’t be pulled out, we’re not sure if there are still any bullets in it, so you need to be prepared that this handgun may be empty," Bentker added.
Liu Xing nodded, pretending to weigh the handgun and then said, "Although the appearance of this handgun is a bit strange, I can feel that there should be bullets in it, so thank you, Captain Bentker, for giving me this self-defense weapon."
Bentker waved his hand and said with a smile, "It’s nothing. Chris, you can just call me Bentker. In this kind of situation where we’re all dependent on each other, there’s no need for so much formality. As for this handgun, it can only be used effectively by someone with the right abilities. Before, we all tried it, but we couldn’t aim it properly, so it’s better to let you, the professional, take charge of it."
The other three rescue team members all nodded in agreement.
Liu Xing also smiled, as Bentker and the others’ handgun shooting skills were not high, and with the special properties of this handgun, their skills were directly reduced by half. It would be a miracle if they could use this handgun well.
After deciding on the ownership of the handgun, Bentker went on to the main topic: "According to our Dreamers’ Guild’s investigation over the years, if the Deep Ones use that large stone pillar for the Ritual Ceremony, the entire process may last about an hour, and they will only kill the sacrificial victims at the last moment. So we have about 45 minutes left to try to rescue Dio and the others."
Liu Xing furrowed his brow, saying with some concern, "I just took a brief look at the sacrificial site, and there are at least 30 Deep Ones there. It won’t be easy to rescue Dio and the others from their hands, as we only have five people here, and those Deep Ones are definitely more familiar with the terrain than us."
Bentker sighed and said, "You’re right, Chris. If we had five more companions now, I would have over a 50% chance of rescuing Dio and the others. But with just the five of us, I only have about a 20% chance of success, even if everyone here is not afraid of life and death, I can only increase the success rate to about 25%."
A 25% success rate? That was indeed a bit too low, and it was also based on the premise that everyone was not afraid of death.
Liu Xing looked at the other three rescue team members, who seemed a bit hesitant, and knew that they were unlikely to truly be fearless of life and death.
Of course, Liu Xing understood the three rescue team members very well, after all, Dio and the others were just colleagues to them, so it’s unlikely that anyone would choose to sacrifice their own life for their colleagues.
Putting himself in their shoes, if Liu Xing wasn’t required to complete the Main quest, he probably wouldn’t have chosen to rescue Dio either, and would have just found a place to hide and wait for the Cthulhu’s dream invasion to end.
So, Liu Xing estimated that even if these three rescue team members verbally claimed to be fearless of life and death, they would still choose to save their own lives in the actual process, so Liu Xing felt that the success rate of the upcoming rescue operation would still be around 10%.
A 10% success rate in Liu Xing’s eyes is basically equivalent to zero...
So, Liu Xing knew he couldn’t really count on Bentker and the others, and could only hope that Bentker and his team could attract as many Deep Ones as possible.
Bentker was also well aware of the nature of his team members, so he could only shake his head helplessly and say, "Alright then, let’s take a relatively safe strategy. That is, to use the tactic of luring the tigers away from the mountain. Although there are more than 30 Deep Ones present, 10 or so of them need to preside over the Ritual Ceremony, and they will be unable to move freely once they start chanting the incantations. So we don’t need to worry about those Deep Ones, and we only need to deal with about 10 or so Deep Ones."
"At that time, the four of us will hide in the four corners of the sacrificial site, and after I make my move, everyone will throw smoke grenades to create chaos in the sacrificial site, then throw rocks or something to anger the Deep Ones and lure them away from the sacrificial site to capture us. The last person will then go directly to rescue Dio and the others. The Deep Ones chanting the incantations won’t have the ability to stop this from happening. Finally, once we’re sure we’ve escaped the pursuit of the Deep Ones, we’ll regroup here."
As Bentker finished speaking, he and the other three rescue team members looked at Liu Xing.
Liu Xing knew that Bentker’s intention was for him to be the last person.
After all, the mission of the last person sounded relatively simple, but everyone knew that there would certainly be a few free-moving Deep Ones left at the sacrificial site, and rescuing Dio in front of a few Deep Ones would not be an easy task.
Furthermore, since Liu Xing was a newly joined member of the Dreamers’ Guild, he was not acquainted with the other rescue team members, so they would naturally be more willing to let this unfamiliar stranger take on the risk.
So at this point, the perceptive Liu Xing could only "volunteer" to become the last person.
After getting Liu Xing’s affirmative response, Bentker smiled and took out a few small round balls, saying, "Since you, Chris, are willing to take on this important task, I’ll leave you a few more smoke grenades. These smoke grenades are self-made by us Dreamers’ Guild using materials found in the dream realm. Just throw them hard on the ground and they’ll release a lot of smoke. Chris, you can sneak in and rescue Dio and the others during the chaos. Of course, if the situation looks bad, I still suggest you choose to give up."
Liu Xing nodded and took the smoke grenades from Bentker’s hand.
Without further delay, after finalizing the plan, Liu Xing and the others set out for the sacrificial site.
Bentker and the others had dispersed in advance, so Liu Xing was alone, hiding in a two-story building about 20 meters away from the sacrificial site.
Fortunately, the number of Deep Ones at the sacrificial site had not increased.
At this time, more than 10 Deep Ones were standing around the large stone pillar, constantly chanting what they called incantations, while the remaining Deep Ones were kneeling around.
Just then, Liu Xing suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the path he had taken.
Liu Xing turned back and saw a Shoggoth the size of a car approaching the sacrificial site.
Liu Xing frowned, knowing that this Shoggoth was very likely his "old acquaintance" - the mysterious black liquid that had almost attacked him the last time he entered the dream.
However, Liu Xing didn’t know whether this Shoggoth was friend or foe.
After all, in the battle between the Deep Ones and the Ancient Ones, the Deep Ones had also found opportunities to control a batch of Shoggoth that had defected from the Ancient Ones, so it was normal to have Shoggoth in this City of R’lyeh.
But according to Liu Xing’s understanding, the Deep One clan had specialized personnel to control the Shoggoth, so if there were no professionals at this sacrificial site, those Deep Ones probably wouldn’t be able to control this Shoggoth.
However, if there were Deep Ones at the sacrificial site who could control the Shoggoth, that would not be good news for Liu Xing, as his handgun could only be used against the Deep Ones.
So, Liu Xing decided that if this Shoggoth became an accomplice of the Deep Ones, he would just sell out Dio and then return to the real world to think about how to help Miss Wang clear her name.
Just then, the sound of dice hitting the ground rang out.
Then, some Deep Ones noticed this Shoggoth.
The Deep Ones who were not chanting the incantations immediately stood up, staring intently at the Shoggoth, while the Shoggoth continued to advance.
Then, those Deep Ones picked up weapons from around them.
Seeing this, Liu Xing couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seemed these Deep Ones were unable to control the Shoggoth.
So, the enemy’s enemy is a friend, and Liu Xing instantly felt a fondness for this Shoggoth.
Of course, the prerequisite was that this Shoggoth didn’t harm him.
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Chapter 663: The enemy’s enemy is a friend
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