Fangzheng would never have guessed that his golden legendary item was actually a crowbar.
Pfft, what's the use of this thing?!
It's not like I don't have any weapons!
What's the use of that Hyperdimensional Touch anyway! But …
Thinking of this, Fangzheng narrowed his eyes. He opened the system again and scanned through the [Evil God Destroyer] title. He had a nagging feeling that there was a hidden meaning in the title's description, but so far, Fangzheng had not fully understood it …
Knock, knock, knock.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door. Fangzheng frowned and turned off the system notification. At the same time, Asakura Ryoko came to the door.
"Who is it?"
"It's me. Mr. Francis is here too."
Soon, Detective Valentine's voice sounded from outside, and Fangzheng nodded. Upon seeing his signal, Fangzheng opened the door for Cang Liangzi, and the two entered the room.
"Alright, have a seat. Is there anything else?"
Fangzheng leaned back on the sofa and looked at the two with a chuckle. The two looked at each other before Francis bit the bullet and said, "Yes.
Francis bit the bullet and said, "That … Mr. Van Helsing, we're here to, um … to ask you …"
"Hmm?"
"It's about the things we saw earlier."
Compared to the hesitant Francis, Valentine obviously went straight to the point.
"You know, we just went to see the unconscious crew members … In fact, they're already delirious …"
"Oh, that's a pity. You can let them drink more mineral water to nourish their bodies."
Fangzheng took out two bottles of psychotropic drugs from his pocket. Of course, he did not know how effective they were.
"I want to ask you … Mr. Van Helsing, what was that?"
However, Valentine did not answer Fangzheng's question. Instead, he continued to stare at him.
"We're very sure that we weren't dreaming, nor did we take drugs. At that time, we did see a city floating up from the bottom of the sea. We also heard a very scary cry, and … those monsters … "
Valentine's face turned ashen as he spoke.
"What … are those? Could it be the Atlanteans? A lost underwater civilization? Or aliens? What did you do? Why did those things suddenly disappear? "
"Detective Valentine, I don't think your job includes investigating personal privacy, and I seem to have warned you before not to investigate these things too deeply."
"Even if you didn't tell me, I've already heard it from Mr. Francis."
Hearing this, Fangzheng rolled his eyes and looked at Francis. Francis smiled awkwardly. He was just a college student. How could he be a professional detective's opponent? Maybe the two of them would go out for a drink and Francis would sell everything.
"Are those monsters threatening and even destroying humanity?!"
At this point, Valentine's expression turned much more solemn.
"We can report this to the government, and the government will organize an army … to wipe them out!"
The 1930s was a very "sci-fi" era, but it was also a very "disastrous" era.
During this period, human beings had only a smattering of knowledge about science. Because of this, all kinds of scientific fantasies emerged one after another. From space expeditions to immortality, in people's eyes, there was almost nothing that science could not do. Well, that was true.
Therefore, at that time, many people believed in the mysterious Atlantean underwater ruins and the existence of aliens. Because of this, there were some ridiculous things that people did not know whether to laugh or cry.
The most famous one was, of course, the "World War" incident. Fangzheng later watched a movie based on this book. To put it bluntly, it was a story where Martians rode three-legged octopus-like robots (Hmm? This design is terrifying!) to Earth and launched an attack on humanity. Humanity retreated step by step and even almost perished. In the end, these Martians defeated humanity, but they were defeated by a cold virus. It was a story of complete failure.
The "World War" incident was a very famous incident.
It was in the late 1930s. An American radio station made up a radio drama based on the book "World War". It was designed in the form of a news report to describe how the Martians invaded, how they killed people, how they destroyed cities, how people fled, and so on.
In order to complete the drama, they even made a live interview, including the death toll, military response, celebrity expert interviews, and so on. The radio station thought that they just wanted to make a spoof radio program.
However, things got out of hand.
Because this radio drama was so realistic, many listeners treated it as something that was actually happening. Of course, the listeners in the cities only found it interesting. After all, they worked and lived in these cities, and they had not seen many aliens.
However, it was different for people in other places.
That was the 1930s! At that time, people mainly relied on phone calls and letters to communicate. Now, all you had to do was take a video or simply do a live broadcast, and the rumors would collapse on their own.
The broadcast spread like wildfire. In the end, about six million people listened to the broadcast, and 1.7 million of them treated it as a "real" news report.
So, things got out of hand.
Those who believed the report called and were told that "there was no Martian invasion" (which was also reasonable). As a result, those people thought that the government was deliberately covering up the truth. The truth must be that the Martians were invading them, and the government deliberately did not say anything in order to cover up the truth!
So people went to those cities, and it caused all kinds of commotion. During this period, the US government also sent police and military to suppress it. In turn, those people thought that this was evidence of the Martian invasion. The government even sent the military and police, and they still said that there were no Martians?!
At that time, the US government was wronged.
In the end, the "World War" incident evolved into a big uproar that affected the United States. Some people even began to rob supplies and hide in the mountains because the end of the world was coming, trying to avoid the Martians' pursuit. There were also people who felt despair in the face of the possibility of aliens and chose to commit suicide.
When people died, things naturally got out of hand.
Although the rumors were refuted in the end, for the United States, the loss of this rumor was not much less than the alien invasion.
Of course, such a thing had not happened in this world yet, but "World War" had already been released. It was probably only a matter of time before something happened. By that time, Fangzheng only needed to watch the show.
And because of this, the concept of alien invasion in this world was quite popular. No wonder Detective Valentine focused on this aspect.
What's more, he was right!
From a certain perspective, this was really an alien invasion!
"The government is useless."
Fangzheng peeled a nut and put it in his mouth, then shrugged.
"To be honest, in front of these monsters, the current human civilization is basically going to die. It's useless no matter who comes."
"But, but, didn't you destroy them?"
"Yeah, I can do it, but it doesn't mean that others can, right?"
Fangzheng shrugged.
"And, since you have already investigated, then you should understand that these things are not good stuff. If you report to the government, they may not completely destroy them like I did, but keep them for research, then what? "
Having said that, Fangzheng smiled and looked at Valentine. When he heard this, Valentine suddenly remembered what he found during his investigation …. This made him feel a chill in his heart. Indeed, if it were someone else who did not know the situation, they might think that Fangzheng's statement was unreasonable, but Valentine had seen those things during his investigation …. To be honest, Valentine himself was more inclined to smash them and burn them.
But what if he reported it to the government?
What would the officials think?
Detectives had a tendency to despise authority and the government. After hearing Fangzheng's words, Valentine immediately threw his original thoughts to the back of his mind. However, he did not give up on this idea.
"Mr. Van Helsing, I'll be straightforward. I hope we can cooperate."
"… Cooperate?"
"Yes, cooperate."
Valentine stared at Fangzheng and nodded.
"I know you're a capable person, but you can't handle everything alone. Like what happened today … I don't know if it's an alien, an Atlantean, or a devil, but they will definitely appear again. You're fighting them, right? If it's possible, I'd like to contribute my strength as well! "
"You should know that it's dangerous. Just look at that woman named Wendy."
Fangzheng shrugged. Although Wendy had woken up after he destroyed Cthulhu, her mental state was still very fragile. She even showed signs of neuropathy. She had been sent back to her hometown to recuperate. He might even spend the rest of his life suffering from a nervous breakdown.
However, it was not strange for someone to go crazy in Cthulhu Mythology. It was a common practice.
If a person asked for it, they would die.
"But I already have experience with this."
Valentine did not look like a detective now, but more like an interviewer. He clenched his hands and looked at Fangzheng.
"I already know what to do. I'm sure you'll track down other monsters, Mr. Van Helsing. With a detective like me to help collect information, won't it be faster? I've already experienced it once, so I'll only get more familiar with it … "
"Hmm …"
Hearing Valentine's words, Fangzheng thought for a moment and nodded silently in his heart. Indeed, as Valentine had said, judging from these two hidden achievements, it was obvious that he was going to train with the Great Old Ones of this world. But in this world, because science and civilization were not advanced enough, little angels could not help much, so in terms of manpower …
"Me, me too!"
Francis raised his hand as well.
"Although my matter has been resolved, I feel that this may be my mission … I also want to help Mr. Valentine and do this together!"
"Yes, we can set up a foundation!"
"Foundation? For what? "
"To seal those mysterious and strange things. As you know, Mr. Van Helsing, the things prepared by these cultists are equally evil. In fact, Wendy became like this because she came into contact with those relics. So we plan to find those things in the course of our investigation and seal them all! "
Are you trying to do the same thing as the SCP Foundation? We take them in, we fail, and we run away?!
Hearing Francis' suggestion, Fangzheng was taken aback.
"There's no need for that. Those things are a scourge, hmm …"
Having said that, Fangzheng looked at Francis and had an idea.
"Francis, we're friends, right?"
"Of course, Mr. Van Helsing."
"That's good."
Hearing Francis' answer, Fangzheng nodded in satisfaction. He then took out a crowbar from his back and handed it to Francis.
"Take this. If you encounter those things, just smash them with it …"
"This is …"
Francis could not help but be taken aback when he received the item from Fangzheng.
"A crowbar?"
"That's right. And don't underestimate it. It can also protect your life."
Saying that, the corners of Fangzheng's mouth slightly curled up into a smile.
"This crowbar is a priceless treasure. Since we're fated, I'll give it to you. In the future, I'll leave the task of punishing evil and maintaining world peace to you."
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