CHAPTER 652: THE MEETING BEGINSКЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВАDICE IN THE DARKNESSПОДЕЛИТЬСЯКОММЕНТАРИИ

However, according to the rules, even if the "Fearless" trait needs to be triggered, the game master should have notified the player first.

So Liu Xing always felt that the "Chris" character card was not that simple.

But now Liu Xing couldn’t figure out the reason, so he decided to just go to sleep.

Early the next morning, Liu Xing was woken up by Leon.

Seeing Leon’s half-reddened face, Liu Xing said with some surprise, "Leon, what happened to you? Why does your face look like this?"

Leon rubbed the back of his head, saying gloomily, "I don’t know either. That’s why I came to find you, Chris, to ask if you heard any strange sounds last night. I suspect I was sleepwalking and ended up sleeping on the living room floor all night..."

Hearing that Leon had slept on the floor all night, Liu Xing knew it must have been Miss Wang’s doing. Yesterday, when Miss Wang came to see him, she had used some tricks to make Leon and Jill faint, so the unfortunate Leon must have been lying on the living room floor.

And from the way Miss Wang ignored the fallen Leon when she left, Liu Xing felt that Leon’s love for Miss Wang was probably unrequited. But that was probably for the best, as an ordinary person like Leon could never handle being the messenger of Tsathoggua.

Although Miss Wang didn’t say it directly, Liu Xing knew she must be a messenger of Tsathoggua. Otherwise, the task of competing for the projection of the "Sacred Book" would not have fallen on her, not to mention that she could command the Formless Offspring and the Ghoul who had defected to Tsathoggua.

Speaking of the Ghoul, Liu Xing suddenly remembered the Crimson Ghoul statue.

According to Dio’s explanation, the Crimson Ghoul was a traitor of the Ghoul clan, who had betrayed the Ghoul King Mordiggian and was transformed into a blood-red, tormented being, some of whom were even made into Crimson Ghoul statues.

And from the current situation, the Ghouls who had betrayed Mordiggian now seem to be under Tsathoggua’s command, so Liu Xing guessed that the Crimson Ghoul statue Ithaqua obtained was likely related to Tsathoggua.

It seems that next time he talks to Miss Wang, he needs to ask about this Crimson Ghoul.

Seeing Liu Xing suddenly lost in thought, Leon asked puzzledly, "Chris, what are you thinking about?"

Liu Xing snapped out of it and said, "Uh, nothing. I was just thinking that maybe you drank some water at Miss Wang’s place last night, and she might have put a Sleeping Potion in it."

Leon’s face flushed red, and he said gloomily, "Chris, how can you think of such a thing? Does Miss Wang seem like that kind of person? Your thoughts are really disgusting... But now that you mention it, I did drink a cup of water at Miss Wang’s place, and it tasted a bit strange. Miss Wang said it was Chinese medicine from her hometown. Now that I think about it, I did suddenly faint after going back to the living room. Could it be that Miss Wang really drugged me? If so, I really got the short end of the stick this time!"

Seeing the regretful Leon, Liu Xing didn’t know what to say.

After chatting with Leon for a while, Liu Xing got up and went to the living room with Leon to have breakfast.

However, at the dining table, Liu Xing suddenly received a call from an unknown number.

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, as "Chris" was not good at socializing, so there were very few phone numbers saved in his mobile phone. The calls he received were usually from those saved numbers, so it was rare for him to get calls from unknown numbers.

After all, mobile phones and phone bills were still quite expensive in the year 2000, so telemarketing calls were not as rampant as they would be more than a decade later, as personal information was not as easily available back then (these days I get harassed by calls trying to sell me insurance, tea, or loans every day).

So Liu Xing knew that the owner of this unknown number must be someone he knew, so he went aside to answer the call.

"Chris, are you free today?" Dio’s voice came from the other end of the line.

Liu Xing furrowed his brow, not expecting Dio to contact him using a different phone number. It seems Dio is likely in some kind of trouble.

This made Liu Xing think about the things Miss Wang had said the night before.

With that in mind, Liu Xing immediately asked, "I’m free all day today. Dio, is there a problem on your end?"

Dio sighed and said somewhat helplessly, "It’s like this: Locke just called me and said he wants to cooperate with our Dreamers’ Guild. Now I don’t know if this is a blessing or a curse, so I plan to hold the Dreamers’ Guild’s weekly meeting this afternoon, so that everyone can brainstorm and come up with a strategy."

Just as expected.

Since Miss Wang knows about the Dreamers’ Guild, it’s only natural that Locke, as a believer of the Cult of the Cadaver, would also be aware of the Dreamers’ Guild’s existence. And with the competition for the projection of the "Sacred Book" starting in about half a month, it’s normal for Locke, as a representative of the Cult of the Cadaver, to come and seek the support of the Dreamers’ Guild.

However, Liu Xing suddenly had another question pop up in his mind: how did Locke, who was transformed by a Crimson Ghoul statue, become a believer of the Cult of the Cadaver? Could it be that Locke was not completely transformed into a Ghoul?

But now that the Dreamers’ Guild meeting is being held earlier, Liu Xing thinks it’s a good thing.

So he agreed to Dio’s invitation to meet at the Big Ben at 1 o’clock in the afternoon.

After hanging up the phone, Leon said mischievously, "Chris, why did you go off to the side to take that call? Did a girl invite you out to play?"

Liu Xing gave Leon a sideways glance and said, "Leon, you’re half right. I do need to go out this afternoon, but the one who invited me is not a girl..."

Before Liu Xing could finish, Leon exclaimed in an exaggerated manner, "What, Chris, are you actually...? How could you do this to our lovely Jill!"

Liu Xing facepalmed and said helplessly, "Just listen to me, okay? The one who called just now was Dio. He said he has something to discuss with me this afternoon, so I agreed to meet him."

Hearing the recent phone call was from Dio, Jill, who was originally watching the show with a smile, immediately asked seriously: "What, Dio wants to meet Chris at this time? Is it related to Dio and that family of five?"

Leon nodded, and asked with some concern: "Although Dio may not be the Blood Hand Print Killer, we can’t let our guard down. If Dio wants to meet Chris alone this afternoon, he may have ulterior motives, so should I and Jill secretly follow you?"

Since Jill and Leon did not know about the Dreamers’ Guild, and Liu Xing also did not want Jill and Leon to get involved in the fierce competition for the projection of the "Sacred Book", Liu Xing decided to continue to keep Jill and Leon in the dark.

Therefore, Liu Xing shook his head and said, "I still trust Dio quite a bit. Moreover, even if Dio wants to harm me, Jill and Leon won’t be able to save me. So to show my sincerity, I think it’s better for me to meet Dio alone. But if I don’t come back by 6 o’clock this afternoon, you can go to the captain and inform him of the situation."

Jill and Leon nodded, because they knew that what Liu Xing said was true, and they alone couldn’t protect Liu Xing.

So the disappointed Jill and Leon didn’t bring up going out to play, and kept reminding Liu Xing to be careful and cautious when facing Dio.

After lunch, Liu Xing took a taxi to the Big Ben to meet Dio. Before leaving, Liu Xing also reminded Jill and Leon not to follow him, to avoid unnecessary trouble.

At 12:30, Liu Xing arrived at the foot of the Big Ben.

In the real world, as a Manchester United fan, Liu Xing had been to England to watch a football match before, and since Manchester United was playing against Arsenal away at the time, Liu Xing stayed in London for three days. So Liu Xing had been to the Big Ben before... or more accurately, he had just passed by the Big Ben, because foreign tourists are not allowed to visit the interior of the Big Ben, so Liu Xing only took a quick look at the Big Ben from the outside at that time, and then went to play at other tourist attractions in London.

So Liu Xing originally wanted to take the opportunity to go inside the Big Ben and have a look around, after all, if he didn’t seize this chance, he would have to get an England national character card again in the future if he wanted to visit the interior of the Big Ben.

However, Liu Xing was disappointed again, because even if you are a citizen of this country, you still need to make a reservation in advance to visit the Big Ben.

Just as Liu Xing was considering whether to take out his police officer ID and use the excuse of "investigation" to enter the Big Ben, someone patted him on the back from behind.

Liu Xing turned around and found that the one who patted him was Dio.

"Chris, are you trying to visit the Big Ben?" Dio said with a smile.

Liu Xing nodded and replied a little depressed, "Yes, I saw that the time was still early, so I wanted to go in and have a look, but I didn’t expect that you need to make a reservation in advance to visit the Big Ben now."

Dio chuckled and handed Liu Xing a badge, saying, "It’s normal that you need to make a reservation to enter the Big Ben now, after all, a landmark like the Big Ben is not suitable for open visits. But Chris, as long as you wear this badge, you can come and go freely in the Big Ben."

Liu Xing took the badge and found that an artistic word "dream" was engraved on it.

It seems that this is the logo of the Dreamers’ Guild.

At this time, a staff member of the Big Ben base smiled and said, "Mr. Dio, is this a new friend of yours?"

Dio nodded and said, "That’s right, Chris will be our friend from now on. And because a sudden incident happened today, we need to hold the gathering activity in advance. Later, I’ll need your help to provide cover for us."

"No problem, Mr. Dio, you can go in first," the staff member said, opening a path.

So Liu Xing followed Dio into the interior of the Big Ben.

"Your Dreamers’ Guild is really something, actually holding the gathering in the Big Ben," Liu Xing said in surprise.

After all, the Big Ben is the bell tower attached to the Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament), so Liu Xing really didn’t expect the Dreamers’ Guild to dare to hold a gathering inside the Big Ben.

Although the Dreamers’ Guild is not a real secret cult, if it is discovered, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

After all, that company dares to organize the annual meeting in the parliament building...

Dio chuckled confidently and said, "Chris, you don’t need to worry, most of the people responsible for managing the Big Ben are members of our Dreamers’ Guild, so there won’t be any problems holding the gathering here. But you can’t tell anyone about this, okay?"

Liu Xing nodded and followed Dio into a storage room.

In the storage room, a young man dressed as a janitor said, "Mr. Dio, the president, Robert, asked you to take this new member to the third rest room to meet him."

Dio nodded and said, "Okay, I’ll take Chris to see Robert now."

The young man knocked on the shelf behind him, and the shelf silently moved to the left, revealing a dark private room in front of Liu Xing’s eyes.

After entering the private room, Liu Xing found that it was actually a large elevator, and there was only one button - the underground conference room.

And on the side of the elevator, there was a large box containing various styles of masks.

Dio pressed the elevator button and picked up a mask, saying, "Chris, you can choose a mask to wear. The members of our Dreamers’ Guild come from all over the world, and some of them have very special identities. So to protect their privacy, the members can choose to wear masks when attending the gathering. Of course, you can also choose to show your true face."

Liu Xing nodded and picked up a Fishman mask, saying, "Then I’ll wear a mask, after all, I’m a police officer, and it might cause trouble if I’m seen by others in this kind of place."

As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, the elevator door opened.

Dio led Liu Xing out of the elevator and said, "This place used to be a small secret prison, specially used to detain some people with special identities. But after the current Queen ascended the throne, it was officially abandoned by the British government. So after renovation, it has become our Dreamers’ Guild’s gathering place. The third rest room we’re going to is the former No. 3 prison cell."

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