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Chapter 1387 Waiting for the opportunity (too many games to play recently)

The next morning, the news reported that the Jiumen family's mansion was destroyed due to a gas explosion. Of course, as part of social news, the host also asked the city government to test the safety of the gas pipeline... However, only ordinary people would pay attention to this boring news.

For example, Duanmu Huai would not pay attention.

"Are you sure you want to see it?"

Duanmu Huai sat on the sofa, staring at the two detectives.

"I have already told you about the dangers. I hope you won't forget it."

After breaking into Jiumen's house last night, Duanmu Huai found the script of "The King in Yellow" and brought it back. Duanmu Huai did not mention this thing. But he also explained some things to the two detectives, especially about "information pollution", after all, this is much more terrifying than ordinary monsters.

It must be said that after hearing the explanation from Duanmu Huai, the two were quite shocked. After all, they had never heard of such a thing that would infect people as long as they knew about it.

So Duanmu Huai gave the two some time to consider whether to accept it.

And now, it's time for both of them to give their answers.

In response to Duanmu Huai's question, the two looked at each other, and then the idol detective raised his hand.

"No problem, we accept it!"

"Really? Are you sure? If you leave without knowing anything, you won't run into any trouble in the future. But once you learn that information, your whole life will be entangled with it, and even your family and descendants may become victims. Even so, are you willing?"

"of course."

The food detective nodded vigorously.

"Detectives exist to explore the truth. If we choose to leave without knowing anything, then we would not have chosen to be detectives in the first place. After all, truth and danger always live side by side. No one understands this better than a detective."

"very good."

Duanmu Huai nodded, then reached out and took out two injections from his pocket.

"This is?"

"This is a counter-memetic vaccine. It will protect you from contamination to a certain extent."

"Anti-memetic vaccine... can this actually be used for protection?"

The idol detective took the injection curiously and looked at it carefully.

"Is this also a product of the organization called the Inquisition?"

more or less.

Duanmu Huai casually brushed off the idol detective's question. This vaccine did not come from the Inquisition, but from the Foundation. When Duanmu Huai used the Blood Raven Heart to dig out the Foundation's lair in Yellowstone Park, in addition to the [Deus Ex Machina], he also got some good stuff, and the anti-meme vaccine was one of them.

Strictly speaking, this thing is also very useful. After all, the evil god in the subspace is also similar to the information pollution of the King in Yellow. Of course, this vaccine is a copy that Duanmu Huai scanned from the inventory and copied with a shadow, so strictly speaking, he intends to use these two detectives as guinea pigs.

If it works well, Duanmu Huai can start mass production of the anti-meme vaccine when he returns.

"How to use this?"

"Just inject it into your arm."

The two men followed Duanmu Huai's instructions, picked up the injection guns, pointed them at their arms and pulled the trigger. After a moment, when they were sure that everything was fine, Duanmu Huai took out the script of "The King in Yellow" from his arms and threw it over.

"This is it?"

Looking at the script on the table, the idol detective was a little surprised.

"Honestly, it looked like a normal script to me, just like I've seen so many similar things on set."

"That's why it's dangerous, because something that's really dangerous won't have 'I'm dangerous' written on its face."

"you sure?"

The idol detective glanced at Duanmu Huai, then looked away with a smile, then took the script and opened it.

"Okay, let's take a look at what's written in here."

The entire script of The King in Yellow is actually very simple.

Queen Cassilda is running out of time. The country she ruled has begun to decline, with riots and desolation everywhere. Cassilda has a daughter and two sons. As the queen, she has to choose one of the two sons as the next heir to the throne. But in fact, in addition to Cassilda's two sons, her brother Adonis also covets the throne.

In addition, the priests of the sect hope that the great nameless king will rule the country. The priest cooperates with one of his sons to try to find the yellow seal, so as to call the coming of the Yellow King and let this immortal god become the ruler of the country.

A court conspiracy, a boring drama, and finally the arrival of the King in Yellow. The shadow of the Lost City covers the kingdom, and this country becomes a part of the immortal God forever.

"Now it seems that the most important characters in this drama are just a few."

After reading the script, the idol detective spoke first.

"As the main thread of the story, there is the queen, her two sons - victims who were deceived, played with, and then killed. The queen's brother who thought he had everything under control and schemed and plotted. And the princess who fell into madness and ended up with a tragic end. The priests who believed in the evil god, the guards who guarded the palace... In other words, according to Mr. Duanmu, are we now in the middle of a large-scale real-life drama?" "That's right."

"So, just like the final act of this drama, the King in Yellow will finally come here and devour this city?"

"If you think of this city as a country, this is it."

Duanmuhuai nodded.

"To be honest, this feels like a nightmare to me."

The food detective put his hands on his forehead and shook them constantly.

"A drama, the resurrection of an evil god, the destruction of a city... Is this some kind of myth? So what can we do? Should we find the evil god and kill him?"

"That's a great idea, but we won't be able to find it until it's revived."

After all, they were far away in outer space, and Duanmu Huai didn't even have a shuttle, and even if he had one, he didn't know where it was.

"I don't think it's that simple, but we can't tell anyone else about it, right?"

"Yes, the anti-memetic vaccine is not cheap. You don't think that everyone can get one like the chickenpox vaccine."

After all, it is a printed replica and will disappear if it is fifty meters away from Duanmu Huai.

"Well, now we are facing a completely different enemy, but we don't have any means to deal with it yet..."

As he spoke, the food detective walked to the window, opened it and looked out. As he cast his eyes toward the sky, the food detective seemed to see something, and suddenly trembled, and sat down on the ground in fright.

"Oh my god! What is that!?"

"Ok?"

Seeing the appearance of the food detective, Duanmu Huai and the idol detective also came to the window and looked outside. However...

"Nothing?"

Looking at the azure sky, the idol detective blinked, looked at the sky, then looked at the food detective, with a puzzled look on his face. Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes, and his thousand eyes opened at this moment, passing through countless dimensions and capturing the scene hidden in another world.

It was a lake. A huge lake from a distant planet, hanging upside down in the air. On the other side of it, the silhouette of a huge city emerged. The spires on the horizon, the strange, pink two moons. The narrow shadows under their illumination, the ancient palaces and domes.

That is the lost city of Carcosa.

A silhouette from a distant planet, it looks like a meteorite, slowly but surely approaching.

Duanmu Huai closed his eyes, then opened them again, and the sky in front of him was still a deep blue.

At this moment, behind him, the conversation between the idol detective and the food detective was heard.

"You saw it? You really saw it?"

"Of course, it's right there. Damn it, didn't you see it? Why was it just me who saw it? We were all vaccinated... That's Carcosa? What will it bring us? Hey, answer me!"

"There's not much we can do."

Hearing the food detective's question, Duanmu Huai was silent for a moment, then he turned around and looked at other people.

"At least for now, it seems that all we can do is wait."

Waiting for the inevitable arrival, and... the appearance of the nameless king.

As long as it breaks free from the seal and appears here, Duanmu Huai will be confident enough to deal with it.

No one saw it.

In other words, other people can't see it.

That silent, terrifying, indescribable ancient city. The streets that seemed to be completely frozen in time. When you looked up, you saw the huge city that was slowly approaching. It was hanging upside down above March City, completely shrouding everything here in its shadow.

Duanmu Huai and the Food Detective were not the only ones who saw this scene.

On the top floor balcony of a hotel, a man in a suit was sitting in an outdoor chair. He was wearing a pure white mask without any expression or facial features, and holding a glass of red wine in his hand.

“No one can stop this.”

The laughter from behind the mask was full of calm and madness.

"The show has begun, the roles have been assigned, and everyone's fate has been determined. The great nameless king is about to return, and all struggles are but futile resistance."

He knew what had happened in the city during this period, and also knew the news that the mental hospital and the Jiumen family had been destroyed, but for him, all this would only make the stage more boiling and eye-catching. This would be the most wonderful drama, and everything they did would not disrupt the plan, but would only put everything back on track.

"When this city is restored to Carcosa, these words will forever echo in the streets outside. There is no release, no end, no future..."