Rustle, rustle, rustle, the sound of the sea churning.
"Don't mind me …" Gu Jun stopped and listened to the sound of the waves quietly, allowing his thoughts to wander into the distance, to the hazy memories in his mind. He seemed to be leaving the dissection room. The light of the shadowless lamp was fading …
Another light appeared in front of him, like the gleam of scales. No, it was more like the gleam of sunlight on the surface of the sea.
When the scale-like objects became clear, it was the reflection of the sea.
The humming of the ship could be heard. Gu Jun felt like he was on the bow deck of the Seagull.
This was a scientific research ship, including his parents. The registered data showed that the ship was 103.8 meters long, had a displacement of 5,536 tons, and was four stories high. There were 28 crew members, 82 for scientific research, and a total of 110 people. He could vaguely see some figures walking on the ship …
When he played on the ship, he liked to run around. He had seen almost every crew member, but he was too young back then to notice their abnormalities.
When these people looked at the sea and talked about the sea, there was an unusual fanaticism in their eyes.
"Kid, let me tell you, this world is very strange." A voice suddenly rang out. "There are some places that you know exist. You've heard a lot about them, come into contact with a lot of things, and even seen people from there, but you just can't find that place."
Gu Jun's head was getting more and more painful, but he still focused on sensing. The square face was flickering …
But as the voice and the face gradually overlapped, he suddenly thought of someone. Uncle Li! Uncle Li Zhenhong.
The first mate, the first mate of the Seagull, Uncle Li Zhenhong.
Even though he had not been on the Seagull many times, he still remembered Uncle Li Zhenhong. This was because Uncle Li Zhenhong was tall, handsome, and humorous. He treated Gu Jun very well, telling him stories and giving him snacks … Gu Jun's head was throbbing with pain.
Uncle Li … Had he transformed into a half-man, half-fish creature …
"What place?" He heard himself asking. At that time, his childish voice did not understand the deeper meaning of the man's words. R'yleh?
"A lot." Uncle Lee said with a smile. His face was bathed in sunlight as he looked into the distance. "For example, a small town called Innsmouth. It should be there, but I just can't find it. If I tell you this, your parents will scold me again. Haha. "
Innsmouth? Gu Jun's aching head was filled with his own doubts and curiosity at that time. What was that place?
"There are too many secrets in this world." Uncle Li said as he walked into the distance. Gradually, he walked further away.
"Wait …" Gu Jun wanted to stop him, but the memory, or the illusion, was twisting and shaking. Suddenly, the surroundings seemed to become a violent storm. The research ship rumbled in the churning waves, and in the huge waves, there seemed to be some indescribable strange shadow looming.
He thought he heard shouts of surprise and enthusiasm from the crew. "Dagon, Dagon, Dagon …"
Suddenly, the image dissipated, and Gu Jun came back to his senses. He almost lost his balance and fell on the dissection table.
"Ah Jun?" Thankfully, Uncle Dan reached out to catch him. Wu Shiyu, Deng Ximei and the rest were already there. Wu Shiyu quickly asked, "Do you want it?"
"It's fine …" Gu Jun answered hoarsely as he stared at the inhuman face of the Deep One. The pair of grey eyes, the scales, the white abdomen, the gills on the neck, the webbing between the limbs, the sharp claws …
How could such a monster be Uncle Lee … But this did appear to be Uncle Lee.
If the first mate of the Seagull was like this, then would the captain, the ship doctor and the rest of the crew be in the same state?
Were the 110 crew members among the 165 Deep One bodies?
Why did they convert into Deep Ones? Was it to go to R'yleh?
According to the research conducted by Angell's Order, R'yleh was an ancient city that was submerged at the bottom of the sea. If one wanted to go there, it would be impossible for a normal human body to reach it. However, if one was a Deep Diver, they could dive several thousand meters into the sea … Gu Jun had already considered this possibility.
"I'm reminded of something, I'll go talk to the command central first."
He put down the scalpel and exited the autopsy room. He came to the communication room next door to inform the command central about this possibly confidential matter.
The body was suspected to be the first mate of the Seagull, Li Zhenhong. Searching for the mysterious town 'Innsmouth' was one of the Seagull's objectives. The name of the place sounded like this but it was unclear what language it was in or how it was spelled. There was also another name that seemed to be from a giant sea monster, Dagon, which was the sound of Dagon.
"Roger that, we've started the investigation." The command central replied.
However, the latter question was answered soon. Tong Ye said, "Dagon is the Philistinian's Fish God, he's half human and half fish."
Gu Jun listened to the information silently. The Philistines were an ancient Mediterranean people who had died out long before the Christian era. They were good at sailing and worshiped the god of the sea. "Dagon" was their god of fish, which was recorded in the religious scriptures of the Old Testament.
Actually, Phecda had done his own research on these legendary sea monsters because myths and legends often had their origins.
However, every race had their own legends about similar sea monsters so Gu Jun did not know that Dagon would be the most important one.
If Gu Jun's memory was correct, Dagon might be related to both the Deep Ones and R'yleh.
While Gu Jun was thinking, there was progress at the command central. Tong Ye said excitedly, "We found an old newspaper from the Republic of China, it's from 1920. There's a strange story about an American navy officer who claimed to have seen the sea monster Dagon on a lonely reef in the Pacific Ocean!"
Phecda's database had always collected information from various newspapers. After knowing that secret organizations like the Afterlife Cult and R'yleh Cult existed during the Republic of China, Phecda had collected a large amount of information from these old newspapers. No matter what they were, they were all recorded into the database.
Now that he searched on the computer, he found this old story. It was published on the World Daily's 20th June 1920 Strange World News.
Usually, it was very difficult to pay attention to the things recorded in this kind of column, because they were all strange stories, sometimes ghosts and gods, sometimes demons and monsters.
But now, he seemed to have found something interesting.
Soon, Gu Jun saw the faxed copy of this page of the old newspaper. It was printed vertically in traditional characters and read from right to left. This column of World Wonders only took up a small corner of the World News section. It was probably just there to entertain the readers.
"Missing American Navy Officer Mysteriously Survives, Claims to Have Seen Sea Monster in the Pacific Ocean"
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