Chapter 340: The Contest Between Fate and World Will

"Shasha, why did you guys come to this city of R'lyeh?" Nie Yingying couldn't figure it out; this place clearly had nothing to do with the so-called *Treasure Island*. "Also, where are that Prince of the Lisi Kingdom and his men?"

After chasing the noisy Vivian and Ariel to the side to play with the pirates, Duanmu Xing took the initiative to shoulder the heavy responsibility of taking care of these two mentally challenged children.

"It was all led by the 【Astrologer】 on the ship! Looking at the situation, he did it on purpose, it's just that he went crazy as soon as he arrived here!"

As a traveler, Agasha naturally wasn't afraid of adventure, but this matter did reveal all kinds of strangeness.

"Went crazy? Then that's it! Yingying, do you remember what I told you, people with high inspiration are also prone to hearing the whispers of Outer Gods or Great Old Ones!" Xie Yaoyao nodded, and after explaining the basic logic of Cthulhu Mythos, he continued: "And among the Great Old Ones, Cthulhu has the most to say, after all, he also has the title of the Sleeping God!"

"Brother Yao, you mean, the old 【Astrologer】 was guided by the Lord of R'lyeh in his dreams, and then incited the Lisi King to build a ship and go to sea to come here?"

Agasha had always been steady, so naturally, she wouldn't casually speak the name of an evil god, especially when she was on someone else's turf, and according to the habits of the Elf race, she used titles like "Lord of R'lyeh" instead.

"Hmm, this is almost certain! And as an 【Astrologer】, it's even less strange that Cthulhu chose him! After all, now that the stars have changed, an 【Astrologer】 would surely be better able to help him break the seal!"

Xie Yaoyao knew deeply that Cthulhu sleeping on this seabed was influenced by the cosmic phase and the power of the seal.

"A-Yao, didn't you say before that these evil gods have no brains? How come what you just meant..."

Nie Yingying still couldn't distinguish the relationship between Outer Gods, Ancient Gods, and Great Old Ones, so she simply collectively referred to these indescribable monsters as evil gods.

"They have no brains, but their instincts are more direct. Influenced by their powerful status, even without any main consciousness, things will unconsciously develop in the direction they hope for! They... are gods!"

Can they unconsciously influence the development of things?

This is truly terrifying, it feels like manipulating fate!

"Brother Yao, according to what you said... then the *Golden King* has been encountering storms ever since it set sail from *Golden Port*, and even encountered the sea monster Kraken on the way, is this influenced by... influenced by the one under our feet?"

The fact that the *Golden King* had been encountering storms ever since it set sail had always made Agasha feel strange. Even if the Storm Sea is the Storm Sea, it's impossible for there to be storms all day long, right!

If that were really the case, then there couldn't be any ships on this ocean, let alone developing the three major routes.

"It is influenced by Cthulhu, that's right!" Xie Yaoyao pondered for a moment, nodded, and then shook his head. "But I guess it's a negative influence."

"Negative influence?"

Xie Yaoyao's words left Nie Yingying and Agasha both confused.

"Hmm, it's a negative influence! I guess that's the world will of the Fairytale World preventing you from finding this lost ancient city, storms, sea monsters, all of them!" Xie Yaoyao's tone was a bit uncertain, he pointed at the bridge of his nose with his index finger and continued: "Shasha, have there been any changes along your journey?"

"Changes? If you talk about changes... the storms have indeed been getting smaller and smaller, until the storms disappeared completely after arriving here."

From the storms almost overturning the *Golden King* when it first set sail, and the sea monster almost destroying the *Golden King*, to the fact that although the wind and waves were still very large after passing the *Pales Archipelago*, they could no longer do anything to a large ship like the *Golden King*.

"Oh, there's one more point, that old 【Astrologer】! As the voyage got closer, he became more and more aged. In the first half of the voyage, he said he couldn't perceive the stars and astrology at all, but in the second half, he was able to perceive the positions of the stars and navigate correctly."

Actually, Agasha didn't know that the reason for old Altarlos's aging was that he had used a skill he didn't need at all when exchanging life in *Pales Port*.

However, this was actually influenced by the world will of the Fairytale World, but in the end, it didn't directly take his old life, successfully allowing him to lead the fleet here.

"Hmm, looking at it this way, then I really guessed right! That old guy was unconsciously influenced by Cthulhu to come here to break his seal." Nodding, Agasha's words confirmed Xie Yaoyao's conjecture. "But just relying on him as an 【Astrologer】 isn't enough to break Cthulhu's seal, there must be an important key missing in this, I just don't know what this key is?"

However, none of this matters!

Cthulhu will find a way himself!

"Boom!"

A section of the wall built of giant stones collapsed with a bang, and behind it, the ant-like army of Deep Ones broke through the skills of Nie Yingying and Agasha and charged out in front of everyone again.

That overwhelming number immediately made the pirates who had never seen such a battle drop their jaws.

"This... this... Big Brother! Run quickly..."

Sure enough, his 【Tidal Lord】 was nothing, the confidence Mei Pengcheng had built up not long ago collapsed instantly!

Sure enough, there is no chance for him to show off where Big Brother and Big Sister are.

Not to mention those pirate minions, even the usually combative Vivian let Setus on her shoulder grow bigger again, ready to run to the sky to hide at any time.

Vivian hated these endless fishmen; not to mention they were incomparably fishy and smelly, there was no pleasure in fighting at all, only endless boredom and fatigue.

"The number is too large! A-Yao, let's retreat!"

Nie Yingying frowned again; she had seen the number of these fishmen in the sky just now, no wonder Vivian and Agasha would be chased and killed with their strength.

"It's okay! Quantity means nothing to me!" Stepping into the threshold of a god, even if it's a demigod, the numerical advantage of mortals doesn't exist. "However, let's not stay here either, I feel the plot is about to start, we are the protagonist group, we can't be late!"

Still the same recipe, Xie Yaoyao casually tore off his left arm and threw it toward the surging army of Deep Ones, then walked toward the center of the city without looking back. The four women, one fish, and the pirates followed.

That arm torn off by Xie Yaoyao was just bitten by a Deep One and swallowed into its belly in two or three bites.

But when this Deep One shouted the slogan "Wala Wala" and was about to continue charging forward, it suddenly exploded and died without warning.

Pink flesh and blood splashed onto the surrounding Deep Ones, triggering a chain explosion. In the blink of an eye, the flesh plague spread wildly, and the edge of the entire city fell into a hell of self-explosion. ===== CHAPTER 341 =====