Chapter 337: Gathering in R'lyeh

Countless cylindrical stone pillars were half-buried in the seabed silt, their surfaces carved with spiral grooves.

In the deepest part of the city, a super-massive archway was vaguely visible, the coral growing on its frame forming precise geometric patterns. The water behind the archway was pitch black, avoided even by bioluminescent creatures, and occasionally, the silhouettes of enormous shadows beyond the scope of human cognition flashed by.

As the *Night Skeleton* slowly sailed into this massive and eerie half-sunken city, Captain Mei Pengcheng could clearly sense the feeling of fear emanating from the *Night Skeleton*.

For a ghost ship to possess an emotion like fear was truly unbelievable.

Everyone on board, as veteran pirates, knew that the *Night Skeleton* had its own emotions, but "fear" and "terror"—that was simply absurd!

Give me a break!

This is a ghost ship!

"Big Sister! You aren't mistaken, are you? Are you sure Miss Vivian and the others are here too?"

Mei Pengcheng wasn't afraid; after all, compared to the woman standing beside him, the shark skeletons on the shattered streets over there looked quite delicate. Furthermore, he himself had been reborn and transformed into a powerful 【Tidal Lord】.

Nie Yingying ignored the chattering of "Shouhou." After spending so much time together, she had grown accustomed to his nagging. Instead, she was currently very interested in the greenish, abandoned ancient city surrounding them.

The leaning stone towers with honeycomb-like holes cracked into their surfaces, the eerie bridge arches opening like fanged stalactites, the statues of countless tentacled monsters intertwined together, and the green ghostly light hidden in the mist deep within the city!

Everything proved that this city, half-sunken in the Storm Sea, was absolutely extraordinary.

"R'lyeh! Legend says R'lyeh is an incomparably massive city, entirely submerged under the sea, with only one giant stone fortress exposed above the water. The great C... *cough cough*... *hum hum* sleeps there."

Xie Yaoyao was rolling a strangely shaped black stone in his hands. The completely alien architectural style surrounding him made the excitement in his eyes nearly impossible to suppress.

"A-Yao! You... you've finished your seclusion!"

Nie Yingying was somewhat surprised. Since escaping from *Jiguang Island*, Xie Yaoyao had kept himself locked in the ship's cabin. She hadn't expected him to come out on his own today.

"Finished seclusion? Ah! Right, yes, I've finished! Hehe!" Because his soul trauma hadn't fully healed, he had been alone, sorting out his spirit while thinking of a way to deal with the Dark Mother. Hearing it from Nie Yingying, however, it sounded like he had been in seclusion practicing some divine art. "Why did we come here? Or rather, how did we find this place? Did someone have a dream?"

"A dream? A-Yao! Do you know about this strange island?"

After her previous experiences, Nie Yingying had grown quite a bit, and upon hearing Xie Yaoyao's words, she instantly grasped the key point.

"Of course it was a dream! The great Cthulhu is the Master of Inspiration; he wanders into people's dreams all day long, and he's always eager to teach others all sorts of chaotic knowledge." Xie Yaoyao spoke with a mocking tone; he was starting to believe in fate now, or rather... the world's assistance. "Yingying, have you never heard of Cthulhu Mythos?"

"Cthulhu Mythos?" Nie Yingying looked blank; Xie Yaoyao's words had indeed touched upon her blind spot.

"You've really never heard of it? Have you forgotten the Dark Mother we encountered before?"

A body like mountains and ridges, indescribable, with an aura that could make a person's brain explode just by looking at it!

"That kind of monster? Is it like other mythological systems, having a whole series of gods?"

Xie Yaoyao shook his head with a wry smile.

"Gods? The status of a god is correct, but 'divinity' is nonsense! You've seen it yourself; that's just a bunch of insane monsters!"

Nie Yingying nodded, fully agreeing with Xie Yaoyao's definition of that monster.

"Then you mean... this strange, eerie city... is also related to a... a monster evil god like that?"

"Not related! This city of R'lyeh is the palace of a Great Old One. If the legends are true, this one might just be sleeping right beneath our feet!"

"Sleeping? A-Yao, you mean... there is a true form of an evil god..."

"Yes, the true form of an evil god!"

Everyone on the *Night Skeleton* was stunned by Xie Yaoyao's words. The huge and terrifying figure of that evil god on *Jiguang Island* was still fresh in their minds, but that had only been an avatar of a god's descent.

If the true form of an evil god was slumbering in the massive city beneath their feet...

"Big Brother! Big Sister! We... we should probably retreat! A place like this definitely won't have the legendary 'Fountain of Youth.' It's possible Miss Vivian and Miss Agasha have already left!"

The newly promoted 【Tidal Lord】 was clearly spooked. He clearly remembered that when Xie Yaoyao fought that evil god avatar, even Big Sister and Miss Duanmu didn't have the qualifications to assist.

And that was just an avatar; this time, it was the evil god's true self taking a nap. If someone like him got close, he'd probably just end up dead!

"Besides, Big Sister, the ship can't get in any further!"

Look, the ship can't even get in; why don't we leave first?

Who knew his good Big Brother would speak up with a grin.

"Do as you please! I intend to go in and stroll through this legendary ancient city of R'lyeh! After all, this is the arrangement of fate!"

Opening his little red umbrella gently, Xie Yaoyao, rolling that strange black stone in his hand, jumped off the *Night Skeleton*.

A twist of fate?!

Has this guy been in seclusion for so long that he's gone stupid again?

Why is he acting like some kind of charlatan!

Nie Yingying found Xie Yaoyao's speech extremely strange and couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Duanmu Xing, this guy definitely has a problem; I have to keep an eye on him!"

After saying this, the heroic female Blood Clan member also leaped off the ship, and upon landing, she couldn't resist giving Xie Yaoyao's butt a kick.

That's for acting all mysterious on me!

"Brother Yao! Sister Nie! Wait for me! Sister Vivian and Sister Agasha must be here too; I want to go find them with you!"

Following this, Duanmu Xing didn't hesitate to grab the little mermaid Ariel's hand and hurriedly chased after them off the ship.

The three experts on the ship had left in the blink of an eye, and Mei Pengcheng's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

No way!

What happened to the promised true form of the Evil God?

What happened to it being incomparably dangerous?

Turning his head to look at the pale-faced pirates, the Captain instantly made a decision—staying in such a dangerous place with the big brother and big sister must have a much higher survival rate than staying with a ship full of losers!

"Big Brother! Big Brother! Wait for me! How am I supposed to live without you guys!"

Mei Pengcheng grabbed a cable and swung off the ship, displaying his pirate boarding techniques to the fullest.

The pirates were no fools; in this situation, no one wanted to stay behind. Furthermore, the 'Night Skeleton' was a ghost ship, so there was no need to leave anyone to watch it. All the pirates immediately scrambled off the ship in a chaotic swarm.