Chapter 2816

The story of Cobblepot and Gordon was a bit complicated. Cobblepot was actually a descendant of the four major families. By this era, the Cobblepot family had already declined. Little Penguin only left an old ancestral house, and he and his mother lived here.

The inheritance of the Cobblepot family was almost completely broken. Cobblepot didn't know the things his father arranged back then, but it might also be a coincidence. Cobblepot heard a few crazy words from his mother's mouth. He originally thought it was just nonsense when she was sick, but he really found the stairs leading to the attic behind the bookcase.

Cobblepot discovered his father's diary in the attic of his ancestral house. When he discovered it, there were already anomalies in Cat Getan City. Cobblepot immediately linked these two things together and learned about the plan plotted by the four major families 20 years ago.

It was basically already late to start, but fortunately his father did a lot back then. Their family's task was also relatively simple, which was to hold the last base of the Court of Owls and watch the equipment for refining Bat-metal.

The four major families of Cat Getan each performed their own duties. The Kane family and the Wei En family were responsible for finding metals outside, while the Elliott family and the Cobblepot family were responsible for collecting and refining metals in Cat Getan City. This pool of Amber Gold was collected by the Elliott family, and the Cobblepot family only needed to collect Bat-metal.

Through the memories Martha obtained from the cultists, they ended the laboratory that refined Bat-metal, but because they didn't have any occult knowledge, they couldn't move the equipment, so they could only blockade the laboratory, let members of the Cobblepot family watch it, and take away the results after the metal refining was completed.

Cobblepot didn't go early or late. The metal had just been refined, but all metals had one property, which was that it was difficult to save with conventional equipment. Test tubes, syringes, and the like didn't work.

But the four major families back then had already researched methods to save them using Amber Gold, which was to use the human body to save them directly. Cobblepot used surgery to peel off the skin on his legs and put Bat-metal in his calves.

Following the clues he got from his father's diary, he came to the Wei En Hotel and successfully transported the Bat-metal.

Gordon actually had nothing to do with this matter. The one who really had something to do with it was one of his team members. That person was a descendant of the Kane family, responsible for collecting Promethium metal, and rushed to the Wei En Hotel at the first opportunity.

But as can also be known from the original work, the Kane family basically didn't produce any capable people. This unlucky guy who received the task was just an ordinary person. Not long after entering, he encountered a life-and-death crisis and could only ask Gordon and the others for help.

Gordon was a policeman after all. He couldn't sit idly by, so he brought his team members to the Wei En Hotel. Fortunately, that unlucky guy didn't die. He saved the person, but found that he was trapped in the hotel.

It was also that unlucky guy who told him that he must go to the rooftop swimming pool, because he learned from the records of his family's elders that the follow-up plan was placed on the 4th floor of Wei En Manor at the swimming pool.

Obviously, this manor was still a bit too dangerous for ordinary people. The team was almost wiped out. Gordon was also polluted. That guy named Kane knew he couldn't live, so he could only tell the plan, let Gordon use his body to go to the 4th floor, and got the specific location of the ancient city.

Promethium metal was placed in this team member's body. After Gordon got the body, he used the polluted ability to transfer the metal to his head, so no matter how he changed bodies, he could bring the metal along.

Gordon originally intended to wait in the ancient city like this, but at that time that big head guarded the entrance to the back garden. He couldn't get past it by himself, so he had to turn back to bring reinforcements. When he was resting in room 19, he met Schiller.

As for the N-metal in Alfred's head, Schiller thought it should have been put in by Thomas. After all, the four major families all made contributions. The leader of the four major families, Thomas Wei En, couldn't not make a contribution. He should have found N-metal, but knew that his body might be taken over, so he put N-metal in the old butler's body.

Amber Gold came with the ancient city, Bat-metal was refined by the Court of Owls and brought by Cobblepot, Wine God Factor was refined by Jerome who learned about Martha's plan, Promethium metal was handed to Gordon by the descendant of the Kane family and brought over, N-metal was found by Thomas and put in Alfred's head. Up to this point, the sources of the five metals were basically clear.

And from this, Schiller could also roughly infer the situation of the hotel. The conspiracy faction that had been obstructing the guests in the hotel was actually the pollution power of the Outer Gods, and the reckless faction that used toilet water and door-bashing monsters should be the four major families who mastered the underground water system and Amber Gold.

The balance presented by the hotel was actually deliberately done by the four major families, because there was a road to the ancient city under the ground of both the hotel and Wei En Manor, but because Thomas Wei En and Martha Wei En suffered, the manor must be extremely dangerous, so the descendants of the four major families could only come to the ancient city through the hotel.

When the pollution broke out, the hotel would definitely become dangerous, so there must be a force to check and balance the pollution of the Outer Gods to ensure that people who got the metal could smoothly come to the ancient city. So they used the underground sewers to mix Amber Gold containing Cat Getan's dark pollution into the water and then send it into the hotel to resist the pollution of the Outer Gods.

The monsters in the hotel that basically had no consciousness and only knew how to bash doors were actually polluted by Cat Getan's darkness, which had the same effect as those crazy animals polluted by Cat Getan's rain.

And the clever part was that local Gothamites like Jerome or Cobblepot were actually not afraid of the pollution of Amber Gold, similar to lice not itching if there are too many. They didn't know how many rains they had been drenched in since they were young. Even high-concentration Amber Gold would at most make them high for a while. This was the guarantee that they could pass through the hotel to the ancient city.

From an overall perspective, the plan of the four major families was executed perfectly. If it weren't for their lack of some occult theoretical knowledge and bad luck, Barbatos happened to be locked in the source of darkness, they could have really opened the Metal event today.

But unfortunately, just as Schiller said, a miss by a hair, a loss by a thousand miles. Barbatos couldn't come today. The Gray Mist came to rub a meal of wine and ran away. The spokesperson of a certain Dark Lord was nothing but running errands. Schiller really didn't know how to solve this mess.

The so-called 'the one who tied the bell must untie it'. In the whole story, only one heavyweight protagonist hadn't appeared yet.

Just as Schiller thought this, he saw the surrounding scene retreating rapidly. Within a few seconds, the dark and damp walls of the underground ancient city had retreated tens of thousands of meters away, and those people who were originally close at hand also became smaller and smaller, disappearing at the end of the sky.

A cold wind blew, and countless snowflakes flew in the air. When Schiller opened his eyes, he only saw a vast expanse of white land. A group of hunched figures walked past on the skyline, but disappeared into the wind and snow in an instant.

With a 'clatter', Schiller heard the sound of something falling to the ground. He turned his head and saw a black thing on the snow not far away.

He walked over and discovered that it was a flute, seemingly made of damp ebony. When Schiller picked it up, he found that it was heavier than he imagined. No need to play, just the sound of the wind on the snowfield made it emit a 'woo-woo' wail.

Schiller put the flute to his mouth and paused, seemingly thinking about what kind of music to play. After a long while, a cheerful little tune rang out on the snowfield.

Generally speaking, people call this cheerful, humorous, and childlike tune—Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

The flute disappeared with a 'pop'.

Schiller smiled and didn't care. He stepped forward, because he had already seen a small wooden house in the direction the flute pointed.

It looked very close but was very far. Schiller walked for a long time without arriving, but he still insisted on walking forward and looked back at the long string of footprints he left on the snowfield.

Finally, he came to the door of the hut, shook off the wind and snow on his body, and when he opened the door, the scene in front of him changed again.

This was a dark cemetery, with no sky, no sun, and no moon, only endless darkness, towering tombs, and shadowy tombstones whose shapes couldn't be seen clearly.

The skyline was occupied by one tall room after another, from which came terrifying, hoarse, and crazy drumming sounds and the monotonous and subtle timbre of a flute.

Schiller walked toward the big house, passed through row after row of tombs, and walked to the tall building that seemed to be inhabited by giants.

Those buildings spread out from there, layer after layer downward. Schiller discovered that he was already standing on the edge of a cliff, and the layered houses guarded the largest giant room in the very center.

Schiller saw many black shadows holding golden utensils dancing between the buildings. The dance was graceful and weird, and from time to time, desolate singing drifted in the wind.

Schiller stood on the very edge of the cliff. The wind blew up his hair and robes. He shouted toward the bottom of the cliff: "Nyarlathotep—"

No one responded to him. A gust of wind blew, and Schiller's eyes were blurred. He reached out his arm to block it, but when he put his arm down, he discovered that he was already in a desert.

In the distance, the tall pyramids shone with brilliant luster under the sun. People leading camels walked past in the distance, and the wind carried the water vapor of the oasis.

Schiller looked back and saw an oasis in the distance. He didn't know if it was a mirage, but he still lifted his feet and walked toward the pyramid.

The distance this time wasn't far. He soon came to the door of the pyramid, but this pyramid was much taller than the pyramid in reality. When standing in front of the gate, humans weren't even as tall as a brick at the doorway.

Schiller walked in along the carpet laid out. The structure here didn't have half a similarity to the Pharaoh's tomb, more like a huge temple. Statues of Anubis were placed in rows on both sides of the passage, and portraits of Pharaohs were hung on the walls, with solemn and respectful faces.

Schiller walked forward all the way until he came to a brightly lit temple hall. He saw a tall figure standing in front of the throne. He was wearing Pharaoh's attire, and the black and gold intertwined robe dragged to the ground, spreading down from the steps, like golden quicksand.

Every gesture carried an arrogant elegance. The dark appearance emitted an irresistible attraction, and the eyes, which were almost too dark to see the eyeballs, emitted faint light in the dim room.

When he looked over, Schiller happened to meet his gaze.