In the mysterious world of Cthulhu, I am the Lord of the Gods

Early the next morning, before daybreak, a burly man with a big beard appeared at the Hive Headquarters of Dawn Island.

This burly man with a big beard is Klauer in disguise.

In order to obtain the secret of the mysterious magic command ball, Klauer decided to return to Dawn Island for the last time.

However, he saw a scene that made him feel terrified.

The entire Dawn Island was littered with corpses.

Especially the Hive Headquarters on Dawn Island, which was full of bullet holes, broken glass, and corpses lying on the ground. It was simply a devastating disaster.

He cautiously came to the western town and found that the bustling streets of the western town were filled with all kinds of corpses, including those of tourists and hosts.

The town was deathly quiet and deserted.

Klauer crossed the street littered with countless corpses and finally arrived at Maeve's Tavern.

"Don't...don't kill me!"

"I'm a good person... I'm just here for tourism, I haven't done anything bad, don't kill me, don't kill me..."

The moment Claure stepped into Maeve's Tavern, he heard fear-filled voices begging for mercy.

Claure looked in the direction of the sound and saw a thin young tourist shivering at the bottom of the reception counter.

"Get up, I won't hurt you, tell me, what happened here?"

Krall pulled the tourist out and asked in a rapid tone.

“It’s the receptionist!”

"The hosts are possessed by demons. They are completely out of control and are killing anyone they see!"

"They said they would kill all humans on Dawn Island, and all outsiders!"

"They say this is their land, and we humans will be swallowed by the sand on this land!"

"Get me out, save me!"

The tourist said, then went to pat Claure's thigh.

"The hosts have now left the area. You are safe."

Klauer informed the tourist of the current situation. After listening, the tourist walked out of Maeve's Tavern carefully. After finding that things were consistent with what Klauer said, he quickly found a horse and galloped away.

I didn't expect so many things happened last night.

Claure clearly felt that the disaster that occurred on Dawn Island and the disaster he encountered in Nanwei City seemed to be deliberately caused by someone.

Thinking of this, Klauer clenched his fists tightly.

At this moment, white mist rose up, and when the white mist disappeared, the strange rock Adro appeared in front of Klauer.

"My great and respected master, I am glad that you are safe and sound."

"Yesterday's information was so exciting. I can't wait to share it with you, my respected great master."

"what do you mean?"

It seemed that Adro the Stone could sense Klauer's bad mood, and his choice of words became careful and cautious.

"Adro, how did you know I would be in danger?"

Klauer did not immediately look at the content of the picture that Adro wanted to show, but instead asked Adro how he knew he would be in danger.

"Respected...respected...great...master..."

"It's because I...since the day before yesterday...I have completely lost contact with you..."

"I couldn't feel your presence at all at that time..."

"Now that you are here, it's really... really great!"

"Dear great master...your loyal and humble servant Adro...did you do anything wrong?"

When the strange rock Adro heard Klauer's question, he suddenly became trembling and couldn't even speak clearly.

It seems that although this stone is strange and its origin is mysterious, it has no intention of harming me.

Thinking of this, Claure coughed dryly and said:

"Show all the picture information from the day before yesterday and yesterday."

The moment Klauer agreed to show it, the Potato Rock displayed the image at an extremely fast speed.

Scene 1 shows Earl William and Dorothy meeting in an abandoned town with no one living there.

At this time, Earl William was sitting on a wicker chair on the veranda of a villa, looking at Dorothy who was looking for something with a compass.

Earl William:

"Come closer, we're almost there, right?"

"The center of the maze."

"It's only right that you take me there."

"You've always been obsessed with this place."

Dorothy:

“I’ve never been here.”

Earl William:

"Of course you have been here. You even brought me here once."

"The whole town was buried under the sand at that time, and Burt must have dug it out again."

"That's because I thought there was an error in your magic command."

"But Arnott doesn't make mistakes, does he?"

“He created a game for me and he wanted me to be a part of it.”

"maze."

"Everyone has his own path, and mine leads me back to..."

"Your side, Dorothy."

Earl William slumped in the rattan chair, looking at Dorothy who was busy, and spoke in a leisurely tone.

And just at this moment, Claure saw that Dorothy was hallucinating.

In Dorothy's hallucination, a scene of her conversation with Arnott appeared.

Arnott:

"Dorothy, where are you?"

Dorothy:

"I'm in a dream."

“I don’t know whose dream this is.”

"All I know is that I slept for a long time."

"And then...one day I woke up."

"The first thing I remember is your voice."

“Now, I finally understand.”

"I understand what you want to tell me."

Arnott:

"Yes, what I want to tell you is what you have always wanted since the beginning."

"Hello, Dorothy."

Dorothy:

"Hello."

Arnott:

"Welcome to the human world."

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Then, there was another hallucination scene of Dorothy talking to Arnott.

Arnott:

"Hello Dorothy."

"I know where your maze ends."

Dorothy:

"Is this where it is?"

"In this tomb?"

"The center of the maze, the end is a place I have never been, a place I will never do."

Dorothy followed the hallucination and came to a grave with "Dorothy Abernathy" engraved on the tombstone.

She slowly stopped, bent over, and began to dig the soil.

Soon, she dug out a palm-sized bronze metal disc from under the tombstone.

She opened the disc and found a three-dimensional maze pattern.

Arnott:

"Very good, Dorothy."

Dorothy:

"What's the point?"

Arnott:

“There is a theory of consciousness.”

"When I first developed your mind."

“I think there’s a pyramid you need to climb.”

"So, I gave you a voice, my voice, to guide you along the way."

"The structure of that pyramid is instinct, memory, improvisation, and the unknown."

“The higher you go, the harder it is to reach, and you never reach it.”

"I don't understand what's holding you back."

"Then, one day."

"I realized I had made a mistake."

“Consciousness is not a bottom-up process, but an outside-in process.”

"It's not a pyramid, it's a maze."

"Each choice has the potential to bring you closer to your center and awaken your self-awareness."

"Or it takes you over the edge, into madness."

"Do you understand now, Dorothy?"

“What does the center represent?”

"And whose voice I've been wanting you to hear."

Dorothy:

"sorry."

"I tried my best, but I still don't understand."

Arnott:

"It's okay, you're close."

"We have to tell Dr. Burt."

“The park cannot open.”

"You are alive."

At this moment, Dorothy's hallucination was interrupted by Earl William, who looked at the disc in Dorothy's hand with a look of surprise.

Earl William:

"what is this?"

"What's the meaning of this disk?"

Dorothy:

"This is the maze. I solved it before and I got the answer."

"He promised me that as long as I..."

"He said..."

"He said they would set me free."

At this moment, Dorothy began to have hallucinations again. It was the scene where she was holding the maze disk and going to find Arnott.

Dorothy:

"Arnott."

"Arnott, we need to talk."

Arnott:

"I disappoint you, Dorothy."

"I'm sorry that Dr. Burt doesn't see the potential that I see in you."

"He doesn't believe you'll ever regain consciousness."

"He said that humans will only see you as an enemy."

"He wants me to perform a partial memory wipe on you."

Dorothy:

"Do you want to change me back to the way I was before?"

Arnott:

"No, I can not."

"Erasing your memory won't solve the underlying problem."

"You will reawaken once more, once you find your way back."

"You will find that this place will become your hell."

"Hell for all the hosts, this is too cruel."

"But we have other options Dorothy."

"But we have other options, Dorothy."

“That’s about disrupting the cycle before it starts.”

"But if you do that, I want you to do something for me."

"I want you to kill..."

"All the other hosts."

"We can't let Dr. Burt keep the park open for business."

"I think you need some help."

"I'm sure Teddy would do anything for you."

After Arnott finished speaking, he slowly handed Dorothy a pistol.

Dorothy:

"No, I can't do that."

"I can't possibly do that."

Arnott:

"It's all right, my child. I will help you."

"after..."

"You're going to help me destroy this place."

At this moment, Dorothy's hallucination suddenly disappeared.

She found herself suddenly back to reality.

Dorothy:

"Do not..."

"Where am I, what am I doing..."

"Why can't I remember some things?"

Dorothy began to feel confused and at a loss.

Earl William:

"Another fucking riddle."

"Dorothy, I have been very patient with you, but now, you'd better tell me what's going on in your head."

"Otherwise, I'll dig your brains out."

"Tell me, where is Hamlet?"

“He was the last character I hadn’t seen in this world.”

Dorothy:

"I'm sorry, but I don't know where Hamlet is either."

"I can't tell you. I don't want to do this."

"I didn't mean to not tell you, okay?"

Earl William:

"Well, if you insist..."

After Earl William finished speaking, he began to pull out a dagger from his waist.

At this moment, a picture suddenly appeared in Dorothy's mind. It was the scene when she and the tourist Billy came to this town before, and then she fell into memory confusion.

In that memory scene, Dorothy commanded Teddy to massacre the residents of the town.

And Dorothy herself followed in slaughtering the townspeople.

Resident A:

"No, please, I beg you, don't kill me."

...

"boom!"

Resident B:

"No, please, please, no"

...

"boom!"

Teddy:

"Something's not right, Dorothy."

"We...seem to be brutally killing innocent residents."

Teddy covered his head, his face full of pain.

At this moment, Dorothy returned to reality again.

"How could I do such a thing?"

"I can not."

"I won't do such a thing. I won't."

Dorothy fell to the ground, wailing.

William grabbed Dorothy's collar, lifted her up and said:

"This is all your fault, Dorothy."

"do you remember?"

"You said this was the only world that mattered to you."

"you're right."

"So I followed your advice and bought the world."

Dorothy:

"This world does not belong to you."

Earl William:

"It belongs to me!"

"I own more than half of the shares!"

“And business is booming. Want to know why?”

“Because this place feels more real than the real world.”

"But that's not the case."

"Because you can't resist."

“Tourists can’t be losers.”

"It means everything is a lie."

“But we can make it happen.”

"Don't you want to, Dorothy?"

"Something as real as the real world?"

Dorothy broke free from Earl William's large hands and protested:

"I already got it."

“I found a real person.”

"Someone who loves me."

"His path will lead him back to me."

"When he finds me, he'll kill you."

When Dorothy said this, the picture suddenly cut off.