Inside the run-down apartment, Gu Jun and Yu Chi exchanged information about the two worlds. They had new understandings and more questions.
Yu Chi, 29, 175cm, archaeologist. He joined Mysterium when he was 21, joined the headquarters' Icebreaker when he was 25, became the team leader when he was 27, went on leave due to PTSD when he was 29, he had been in this semi-retirement state for half a year.
Yu Chi's background was not that complicated but there was a story behind it. His grandfather and father were both archaeologists. They both died from mysterious causes but they did not work for Mysterium. Due to the changes in the past two years, Yu Chi found out that his father was harmed by the cultists and the case was closed.
Gu Jun briefly mentioned his background as a Spirit Child and the foreign world, but there was no mention of the foreign world or the Afterlife Cult.
As for Dreamlands …
"No, we haven't heard of it." Yu Chi was surprised. "We've been to different dimensions and we can have lucid dreams but there is no Dreamlands."
This was out of Gu Jun's expectation. He thought these different Earths could all be connected to Dreamlands through this.
"Could it be that you haven't discovered it yet?" He asked.
"Unlikely, we probably haven't but it would be strange if the cultists didn't either." Yu Chi scratched his head. Gu Jun understood this logic, the cultists would not give up on the chance to use Dreamlands. Yu Chi thought about it and said, "Perhaps this is a unique characteristic of different worlds?"
The two put this topic aside for now and moved on to the next topic, the cult.
There was no R'yleh Cult or Dagon Esoteric Cult here, Mysterium's main enemy for the past few years was the cult, Land of Mu.
Land of Mu, Gu Jun's world had the same theory. Similar to Atlantis, it was an ancient continent sunk at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. It was as big as North and South America combined. The cultists of the Land of Mother believed that the Great Old Ones, Gatanotoya, was trapped on the Land of Mother. When this lost land rose again, humans would usher in a new world.
When Gu Jun heard the term 'Great Old Ones', he frowned. It could not be a coincidence that so many worlds had the same name …
"Gattanotoya, we have seen its image in some stone carvings and frescoes." Yu Chi passed the few files to Gu Jun. His eyes reddened at the mention of this, he appeared to have lost his mind. "This image can affect your mental state, be careful …"
"Captain Yu, we are in the same boat." Gu Jun could not help but laugh at himself. Even when he saw the image of the Great Old Ones in the past — even if it was just a photo of the stone sculpture — his mind would be affected, let alone now.
Sure enough, with just a glance, he felt a sharp pain in his head. This feeling was as accurate as an alcohol detector. This existence was not just an unfounded legend.
How to describe the images in these pictures? He could not describe it in a very specific way. It was almost indescribable. He could only describe it in terms that humans could understand. It was huge, had countless tentacles, and its eyes were like an octopus in the deep sea. Its body looked very soft, with some scales and wrinkles …
"This appearance …" Gu Jun took a deep breath. This was similar to the Lord of R'yleh but there was a difference. The details were different as well.
He put down the files and told Yu Chi about R'yleh, "Could this be the same legend but in different forms?"
"Captain Gu, names, names have power." Yu Chi said hoarsely. "Spells rely on the true name of the source of power, or at least the closest human can mimic. If Cthulhu has power and Gatanotoya has power, then they should be two different entities …"
Gu Jun nodded. That was indeed the case. For spells and rituals, the slightest mispronunciation on the name would result in failure.
But why were they so similar? Not only the image, even the legend was similar. R'yleh was a city and Land of Mu was a continent, both sunk deep in the ocean.
These were new questions.
The two continued to talk about spells. Gu Jun realized this world was more advanced. Mysterium already had a spell department about 20 years ago.
In fact, even the name 'Mysterium' was related to this. In an incident that happened more than 30 years ago, researchers unearthed a stone-carved scripture called Mystic Scripture from an ancient tomb of the Pre-Qin Dynasty. It was a major archaeological discovery, but it was not announced to the public because Mystic Scripture was a curse book.
After years of research, they managed to master some spells from it. It was called the Nine Mysterium Arts. There were summoning, mental attack and defensive spells.
Gu Jun was tempted. "Captain Yu, what is the source of power for Mysterium Codex? How did you solve the problem of mental corruption? "
"We call its source of power 'Lord of Mysterium'." Yu Chi answered, "There was another important artifact that was unearthed at the time. It was a giant opal stone. It should not have appeared there because it was identified as an opal stone from the Australian continent."
Gu Jun then realized it was the Ancient Seal. It was carved on the opal stone but here it was called the Bough Seal.
The Pnakotic Manuscripts was a manuscript so it was not surprising that the information recorded in it could be passed around in other ways. The strange thing was the similarity between the two worlds.
The two confirmed it. Even though the method of acquisition was different, both worlds had the same technology, the Ancient Seal, purification and surveillance.
The two worlds had been different in small matters since ancient times, but in many important matters, they had gone through different processes and produced similar results.
Did they develop independently or did they influence each other?
The Pnakotic Manuscripts did not originate from the Dreamlands but they had the Ancient Seal technology. So who exactly were the Yith? Gu Jun thought about it for a long time. And where were they? Yu Chi and the others had not heard of the Yith and they had not been to the large library.
However, Mysterium was a powerful organization. There were more than 10,000 people at the headquarters who knew spells and they were stationed all over the world.
Phecda and GOA would need a few more years before they could reach this scale.
"Even though we have many countermeasures …" Yu Chi said, "Excessive use of spells is not a good thing. Our rate of elimination is very high …"
Before they could discuss the technical measures, Gu Jun had a question he wanted to know.
"Captain Yu, you said you saw me in an illusion. What was that about? What did you see? "Gu Jun hoped Gu Jun did not see him when he was being intimate with Wu Shiyu.
Yu Chi explained, "People with high spirituality and special talents like us can see illusions. Sometimes we can help but sometimes we harm ourselves. Half a year ago, we defeated a faction from the Land of Mother … Then I became like this. I could receive that signal and I started to see your illusions. "
Gu Jun nodded. From the time the man mentioned, it was not a live stream, Captain Yu saw things that happened in the past.
"Then I told the others that I saw you on another Earth. Everyone was skeptical at first, but later on, they all thought that I was crazy. Am I crazy … "
"Captain Yu … you didn't see anything private about me, did you?"
He looked at Yu Chi's excited face and decided to ask. Otherwise, he would not know how to face the man.
"What do you mean?" Yu Chi scratched his beard. "Is walking on the street a private matter?"
"It's about me and my girlfriend." Gu Jun answered directly, "That kind of thing."
"What, you have a girlfriend?" Yu Chi was startled and then he panicked. "I thought you were a couple with the brother with the little hair."
"Who, Zixuan?" Gu Jun tried to describe, it was indeed Cai Zixuan. He frowned and shook his head. "No, Zixuan has a girlfriend too, really, we are not."
As if sensing Gu Jun's gaze, Yu Chi said hurriedly, "I, I am not … but I don't have a girlfriend, I don't have time to date, I'm too busy …"
"I understand." Gu Jun said, "I really do."
As they chatted, they returned to the mysterious signal and the split cross.
This matter was urgent and important.
"Brother, now I feel like we are not from a parallel world." Yu Chi's tone turned heated. "I feel like we are from different sides of the same world."
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