Me and countless me.

Chapter 592 The Bizarre and Evil Innsmouth

The Cthulhu Mythos is a man-made mythology known for its mysterious, grand, unknown, and indescribable nature, as well as its numerous tentacles, physiological structures beyond normal human comprehension, and incomprehensible logic.

Its symbolic representation is the powerful quality that causes humans to gradually lose their rationality, even to the point of being completely unable to maintain normal thinking, after directly gazing upon the deities and traces they have left behind. There are even deities whose mere presence can overwhelm one's mind with endless knowledge.

Although their combat power may not be very high—for example, the most famous Cthulhu was killed by a fishing boat—any human who has seen their traces will be forever trapped in nightmares and fear, tormented by endless nightmares and doubts, and will eventually meet a terrible end.

However, the original purpose of the work is that humanity should not underestimate the unknown, but should cautiously explore what is unknown, after all, who knows what may exist in the unknown, or whether it may easily destroy humanity. The various gods depicted in the story may not even be living beings, but rather some kind of natural phenomenon that humans do not yet understand, only to be mistaken for gods and living beings by people's shallow cognition and backward senses.

It was the fear that arose from the people of that era's reckless exploration of the unknown; to some extent, it could also be described as a fear of the unknown.

However, many subsequent creations shifted more towards depicting monsters and gods with terrifying powers.

Dagon is one of them. As Cthulhu's subordinate, he leads countless merfolk in worship and prepares for Cthulhu's resurgence, while continuously leaving his bloodline among humans.

Now, Dagon, who should have awakened and responded to Cthulhu's summons, is instead trapped in endless nightmares and fear because of Li Ke, the human host of Ultraman Tiga!

That's right! Just like the mortals who looked directly at him, Dagon, who was worshipped as a god by countless monsters and humans, was now experiencing a gradual collapse of his mind and reason due to Ultraman's power!

With just a casual glance, the glorious god sealed the tragic fate of this mortal!
Dagon was overjoyed in his dream. He dreamt that his stars had finally returned to their correct positions, all the Great Old Ones had been revived, and he, along with Cthulhu and countless other Great Old Ones, launched a battle against the stars. But before that, they had to clear away the mold that had grown on Earth during the years they were away—that is, those insects that called themselves humans and occasionally worshipped them.

Led by countless chaotic, indescribable, majestic, and powerful monsters, they easily trampled the insects' homeland. A mere glance was enough to cause the users of the powerful weapons they created to collapse and then turn on each other.

They easily harvested the flesh and souls of these insects, preparing for the great war to come. He reveled in it all, and he and his descendants gleefully killed the men and took the women, increasing the population of his Deep One army, that is, his offspring.

But just when he thought this wonderful life would continue until the great war officially began—

A beam of light fell upon the dark earth.

The light formed an indescribable, radiant giant that roared as it charged toward its opponent. The opponent merely glanced at it, and the radiant eyes robbed the giant of all its fighting ability and courage. The giant instinctively dodged, which ironically saved its life.

"just!!"

The giant of light roared angrily like thunder. He clearly saw that with this roar, the lowly mold and the humans looked at him as if he were a savior. Then the giant of light's body began to be stained with a golden, noble light and filled with a terrifying power that he could not understand or recognize!
Countless terrifying attacks, beyond his imagination, rained down on the giant, but they couldn't even break through the golden light surrounding him. Instead, the giant simply stood there, and their army felt fear and panic.

He saw his ruler, Cthulhu, charge forward fearlessly, but with just one punch, his superior, Cthulhu, was reduced to a shower of flesh and blood, and even his soul vanished.

Cthulhu's eldest son, Gatanothor, angrily lunged at his opponent. He could see the golden giant startled by Gatanothor's sudden appearance with his conch shell-like body, but the next moment, he knew that it was not fear, but anger at being offended!
Golden light burst forth from the chest of the giant of light, and countless Cthulhu monsters and Great Old Ones melted away like snow under its radiance. Even the enemies of these Great Old Ones perished under its light.

He saw it very clearly: while the other Great Old Ones perished, a being named Nyarlathotep also tried to stop this radiant giant, but to no avail. Even the Great Evil God, one of the three pillar gods, had no ability to resist this golden light.

After that, wherever there is light, that giant will suddenly appear! And then kill those fellow Great Old Ones!

The terrifying scene drove him to flee frantically, constantly trying to escape the golden giant.

He saw that the Deep Ones and the Great Old Ones who harmed humanity were killed, while those who got along well with the mold were unharmed. He felt absurd and terrified by this, because such gods were protecting the mold. This was something his brain could not understand, and his reason and consciousness could not accept!
Especially the giant's figure, that terrifying giant seemed to be watching him at any time, ready to jump out of his dream at any moment and reflect that terrible reality onto the real earth!

"What kind of monster is that?! What kind of monster is it?! Why does such a thing exist in the world? Light! Light!! It's light! Ah!! Light!!"

Dagon awoke with a scream, too terrified to recall his past misdeeds against humans, and filled with horror as he watched his offspring, subordinates, and even companions continue to corrupt human women and taint their will. He was utterly terrified that these actions would attract the dreadful Demon of Light!

However, he could sense that the Demon of Light was approaching! It hadn't appeared in his dream! It was approaching him in reality!
This shattered his last shred of reason.

"What to do, what to do... We absolutely cannot let any light in! Absolutely not!!"

Having completely lost his reason, Dagon could only think of one solution!
That is to kill! Kill all the offspring who did these things! Then flee far away, to a place where the light cannot reach!

With bloodshot eyes, he roared and lunged at his offspring!
The enormous, hundreds-of-meters-tall merman angrily tore apart one of his offspring, which was tens of meters tall, and devoured its flesh. But while the other offspring thought that this person had angered their father and did not take it seriously, Dagon's slaughter did not stop!

One by one, monsters tens of meters tall were quickly reduced to meaningless fragments under Dagon's claws. Only when he had killed more than half of his offspring and torn his mate Hydra apart did his offspring suddenly awaken and realize that their father had gone mad.

"Father God! What are you doing! Why are you doing this!"

"Help! Father God has gone mad!"

They screamed and tried to escape, but under the increasingly crazed pursuit of Dagon, the Deep Ones' empire began to crumble amidst the ever-flowing blood. As Dagon's rage and fear intensified, the seawater turned black, the sea creatures began to riot and become restless, and the ocean itself grew increasingly agitated.

However, Li Ke, who had just arrived here, got off the carriage and looked at this place called Innsmouth with a belly full of complaints, especially the gloomy sky and the dark sea, which made him unable to help but complain.

"It's so dark here, it's like there's no light at all. I really want to shoot a blast at the clouds here so that the sunlight can shine down."

It was ten o'clock in the morning, a time when the sun should be shining, but all he saw was a gloomy sky and dark sea. If it weren't for the fact that there was some light, he would have thought he was still in the night before dawn.

Li Ke opened a bottle of chilled cola and watched the interns carrying his luggage, and couldn't help but sigh with satisfaction.

Hiring several servants to carry his luggage and take care of his needs would cost ten pounds per person, but it would be much cheaper to bring interns who urgently need to graduate and young people who have just graduated and are looking for jobs.

The former only requires meals, and the other party also has to pay for the internship, even offering a large amount of money and connections for the opportunity. The latter, on the other hand, only requires five pounds to hire for a long time.

It would be even better if he had young and independent female students, who would admire his talent, thus saving on maid fees. Although he didn't recruit female students but brought his own maids, the professors who accompanied him didn't hold back, their ambiguous interactions with their female students were nauseating.

His friend, Professor Dale, didn't hold back in criticizing this behavior.

“I don’t think you need sunlight, because you vampires will die if you are exposed to the sun. Li Ke, and you all, the wages you pay those young people are too low. This will make those young people’s lives very difficult, and they may not even be able to find a suitable partner.”

Professor Dale disapproved of Li Ke and other professors' practice of paying their assistants, the recent college graduates, low wages, but Li Ke stood by his word. "You can criticize others as you please, but as for me, I haven't skimped on their food and lodging. You know my food standards and the rules of the lab. Besides, if you let these young people with no self-control have too much spare money, you'll definitely hear about countless bizarre deaths and accidents."

After Li Ke finished speaking, he took another sip of cola; he really didn't dare to give more.

These days, the ethical oversight of science is inadequate, especially regarding the complete lack of regulation of various chemical reagents. The image of his first batch of students using his lab equipment to make their own nitrous oxide and other contraband that could be imprisoned but not jailed, and then announcing to him that they had found a panacea, is still vivid in his mind!
If we really pay these people high salaries, these ambitious young people might just come up with some amazing work.

"That's why I'm talking about you guys. And don't forget, you're only eighteen, Professor Li Ke. Sometimes I even feel like you're not a young person."

Dell glared at Li Ke with annoyance. He was quite helpless with his former student and now friend, but Li Ke's extraordinary knowledge and demeanor always made him feel that Li Ke was his peer.

But at that moment, Li Ke subconsciously looked towards the sea.

Upon arriving here, he sensed a dark and insane power lurking beneath the seabed, like prey cornered by hounds, unusually mad and terrifying. This made him frown, as he had a feeling that a monster might appear here.

"Could it be that there are dark forces in my world? But why don't I feel the slightest threat?"

Li Ke felt uneasy, so when he saw Professor Dale still intending to lecture him, he raised his hand.

"Alright, I have a feeling something's not right here... Let's hurry up and find your student's whereabouts, otherwise who knows what might happen to him."

Professor Dale nodded and sighed helplessly. It wasn't that he was impolite; it was just that he thought highly of his friend Li Ke and wanted Li Ke to become the perfect scholar in his eyes. That's why he spoke to Li Ke like that. He was actually extremely grateful to Li Ke and the other professors for their help.

"I remember you took the police officer certification exam, and you were even a certified detective in London. But seriously, how many certifications have you actually obtained?"

"Engineer, painter, doctor, journalist, occultist, hacker... well, you can ignore that. Besides, I was specially trained in espionage skills by MI5 for a period of time, so you can also consider me an investigator and agent. In addition, some of our experiments have been illegal this year, so you can also consider me a legal criminal."

Li Ke made a lighthearted remark, tightening the brown overcoat often worn by scholars. Looking at the wary Innsmouth locals staring at him, he noticed their gazes were anything but friendly. Their expressions were blank, as if they were looking at monsters rather than humans.

So, Li Ke spoke in a low voice.

"Also, I think your students probably disappeared due to human error, Dell, you see."

He glanced discreetly at the church behind them, and Dale also saw the sign on the church.

What was hanging in the church was not a cross, but a symbol that looked like an eye, which he had never seen before, so he pressed down his hat and asked in a low voice.

What is that symbol?

"According to the legends of this world, the symbol of the god Dagon, also known as Dagon, is the chief god of the Philistines. He is depicted as a mermaid and is said to be the son of El and the father of Baal. He is also the Semitic god of agriculture and the sea god. However, judging from the current situation, the people here do not worship God or Dagon, but rather an evil god who uses Dagon's name."

Li Ke recalled some information about this world and casually recited it.

Dale's heart sank immediately, because if things got involved with a cult, it would be very dangerous, and he was also worried that the indescribable monsters he had seen in Antarctica would appear here!

But just as he was filled with fear, the Ultraman Tiga statue that Li Ke had given him, which he carried with him, gave him a warm feeling, which gradually made Dale's fear disappear and gave rise to a glimmer of hope in his heart once again.

"Perhaps my students are simply imprisoned."

However, just as he said this, an old man who looked like the town mayor came out.

The old man looked very slovenly, with protruding eyes like those of a fish. He was hunched over, holding a harpoon in his hand, and staring at them with an unfriendly expression.

What brings you here?

However, as he spoke, his eyes turned to Ushia Kambaro, the maid behind Li Ke. She was an orphan who had been taken in by him as a maid after being kicked out of the orphanage. He looked at her as if she were a rare treasure, and even subconsciously took a step forward, wanting to see Ushia's face clearly and confirm his suspicions.

So Li Ke stepped in front of his beautiful maid, only to find her staring intently at the dark sea, as if something there was drawing her in. She only snapped out of her reverie when Li Ke approached, and then became very uneasy.

However, she found that the closer she got to Li Ke, the less uneasy she felt. This discovery made her feel genuinely happy, so she leaned against Li Ke, wearing her specially made maid outfit, and enjoyed the warmth and security she felt.

However, Li Ke, who was being held back by two full landmines, still answered the town mayor's question first.

“We are scholars here to study the local fish population. This is the permit the Spanish government gave us. We are here on official commission, so please don’t be so hostile. This is for your own good.”

Li Ke took out the documents he had obtained through connections, but the town mayor didn't even glance at them. He stared intently at Li Ke, his expression unusually gloomy. The gazes of those around him seemed to bypass Li Ke, trying to see Ushia behind him.

But after seeing how many of them there were, the mayor revealed a somewhat strange smile.

"Then you can stay, but be careful, outsiders, you are not welcome here."

After saying that, he left with a cold laugh, while the townspeople remained silent, looking at them with hostile eyes, and went back to their homes, closing their doors tightly.

This scene clearly indicated that there was definitely something supernatural here, but Li Ke didn't care. He just smiled and gripped the magic light stick in his arms.

If he possessed the power of Ultraman Tiga and could frighten these cultists, then he would be a Babar!

The key is--

His caravan contained three heavy machine guns, a disassembled mortar with fifty rounds of ammunition, two flamethrowers, two hundred hand grenades, plus twenty automatic rifles and three thousand rounds of ammunition.

Moreover, they are all enchanted versions that he created by hand!

(End of this chapter)