The lakeside hospital in the middle of the night looked a little gloomy, and from time to time there were a few coughs of patients and the sound of footsteps of unknown people, so that the faint of heart may not even have the courage to walk. ◢ With the *dream* small ◢.com

Except for the patients and doctors, the average person in the hospital at night was afraid to enter, not only because they could not trespass, but also because they could not restrain the fear in their hearts, but it was clear that Edwin and Margaret were not among them.

The two of them have been sneaking into the hospital for more than ten minutes, all the way from the first floor to search and then gradually upward, because their movements are very fast, no one has found them along the way, of course, in addition to the tradition of Blackwater Island, if Blackwater Island introduces the latest technology, then the entire hospital may have already installed monitoring, and then they may have nothing to hide.

Searching all the way from the first floor to the fifth floor, there was no trace of bee-eating manipulation during this period, which makes people suspect that there are secret rooms in this hospital.

Otherwise, why would a living person be unable to find this not too big hospital?

"It's not a way to go on like this, we'd better go on separately, maybe the odds will be greater."

Hearing Margaret's proposal, Edwin thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, you take this"

As he spoke, he handed the other party a mobile phone.

It's the first time Margaret has seen such a high-tech product, and she played with it in her hand for a while but couldn't figure it out, "This, how to use it?" ”

Edwin amusefully told the other party how to send a message, and he quickly mastered it even if his mind was not too stupid.

After having a mobile phone, the communication between the two is much simpler, even if they act separately, there is no need to worry about not being able to meet, and even if they encounter any special circumstances, they can also call for help and warn through the mobile phone.

As the two separated, Margaret spontaneously went to the fifth floor, and her idea was to search again from top to bottom.

Edwin, on the other hand, chose the first floor, he thought that even if there was a secret room, it should be on the first floor, maybe not a secret room, maybe it might be a basement, as for where it was, at least it would not be built so conspicuously.

Coming to the first floor, it seems relatively empty, after all, it is used as a hall and a place for injections, and at night there are few people here, only a few nurses take care of the patients who are infusion, and they look drowsy.

Edwin ignored them, quietly crossed over, and came to the kitchen, the closed door was suddenly pushed open at this time, but saw a middle-aged man in a chef's uniform pushing a supper and walked out.

Originally, Edwin was going to leave, but when he thought of something, he looked at the back of the chef, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes.

There is a late-night snack in the lakeside hospital, after all, there is no place to eat around, whether it is a hungry patient or a nurse, they need to eat at night, so the chef also has a night shift.

The chef doesn't cook too much for each supper, because not everyone eats, after all, he has to carry the list before that, so that it is convenient for him to deliver.

The range of activity of the chef is on the first floor, and there is no rule that he can go up, and he doesn't want to go up himself, because it is too troublesome, so if the people upstairs want to eat, they can only come down and get it themselves.

The cook handed out the food, and it didn't take long for the leftovers, and almost just as he was about to leave, the head nurse, Elizabeth, stopped him, "Tom, don't throw these portions away, the patients in the special ward need them." ”

Chef Tom bowed, put down the few unfinished portions, and pushed the food cart towards his kitchen, his night shift was now over.

Elizabeth, the head nurse, found a bag, filled it up, and headed for somewhere on the first floor.

At this time, a figure that seemed to have been lurking for a long time suddenly appeared in the dark, and when he heard the special ward that the head nurse Elizabeth said, the first thing that came to his mind was whether the bee-eating exercise would be locked inside?

With this doubt, he quietly followed the head nurse, and followed him to a place on the first floor that he had not looked for before, under a statue placed in the back hall, there was a secret door that led to nowhere.

Edwin watched Elizabeth enter, he didn't go any further, and when he looked at the statue carefully, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes, if he was not mistaken, this statue should have been made with reference to the Fuller doctor himself, because he was the only doctor in the entire lakeside hospital.

Who would have thought that this guy was so narcissistic that he actually set up a secret door under his statue.

Elizabeth had been in for a while, but Edwin had been slow to act, and after sending a message to Margaret, he remained motionless until Elizabeth walked out of it and disappeared into the back hall.

Edwin stepped out of the shadows, groping his way with the name of Fuller engraved at the foot of the statue, and after pressing a letter, the secret door opened, and he crept in.

After entering the secret door, there was another staircase, and after walking down the staircase about a floor and a half, he saw a rusty iron door, which could be seen from its shape and materials, and this iron door belonged to the most old-fashioned kind, and it was made of copper keys.

And generally a door like this is either easy to open or kicked open, because it is too fragile; Either it's difficult, because this kind of door appears in the basement, which is enough to show that without a key, others simply can't open it.

Where did they become confident? The answer, of course, lies in the old seals engraved on the door.

There is an old seal in the hospital, which is enough to show that this hospital, no, it should be Fuller, he must be related to the Hawkins family, otherwise why is it so coincidental that the old seal will appear in these two places?

If you want to talk about the old seal, Edwin is not an expert, even if he has the means, he will not forcibly crack it, because it is easy to alarm the person who applied the old seal, so professional things naturally need professional people to solve.

It didn't take long for Margaret, who had received Edwin's previous message, to arrive, and when she saw the three old seals on the door, she was obviously stunned, and it was obvious that she had also thought of the question that Edwin had been thinking about before.

But even if you want to think about something, you need to open the iron door in front of you, "These three old seals correspond to three places, these are three places should contain things that can echo the old seals, as long as they are broken, the door will open, of course you can also go and get the key, but I can't guarantee that the key will be useful if it falls into your hand." ”

Hearing this, Edwin was a little surprised, "Why is the key useless even if it falls into my hands?" ”

"It's a spell that binds the effect of this object to the user's soul, and the thing only works on the person's body."

Edwin shrugged, "That is, this door will only open until the three corresponding things are found?" ”

Margaret nodded, her eyes beginning to look around, "This is the only way now, these three old seals are no less powerful than the one in the Hawkins family." ”

Recalling the energy contained in the old seal in Hawkins' house, Edwin couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes, once the old seal was triggered, its power after explosion was enough to raze the entire Hawkins manor to the ground, with modern weapons, its power was no less than the next small intercontinental missile, but here, there are three. Its coverage is so wide that it can even affect the town of Blackwater.

"So, what would the counterpart be in general?"

Margaret's eyes were still searching for something, until she saw an oil lamp, walked over, and said at the same time, "There are many kinds of counterparts, it may be a dead thing, or it may be a living thing, and a dead thing is like this oil lamp in front of you." ”

With that, she blew and extinguished the oil lamp, but saw that one of the old seals on the door had faded away, and then vanished.

Seeing that it worked, Edwin couldn't help but become more interested in the occult, which refers to the study of mysterious powers and the study of 'secret knowledge' or 'hidden knowledge'.

The occult also includes supernatural functions, occult phenomena, magic, alchemy, yoga and other supernatural phenomena.

Today, most of them have been answered, and these mysteries have ceased to become mysterious, and they have gradually broken away from the category of occultism and begun to form their own system.

And the Cthulhu mythos that Edwin is now in contact with is still in the realm of mystery, and no one understands the mystery of it, only a few people who are interested in its mythology and study it spontaneously, just like the occult master who taught Margaret, if you want to say that he doesn't know much, maybe only knows some skins, among which the knowledge and use of the old seal is the most obvious among Cthulhu.

The Old Seal works best against the mythical creatures of Cthulhu, why do you say that?

Because the old seal is a very strange existence in the Cthulhu mythology system, simply put, the old seal has a miraculous effect on most mythical creatures, because the old seal is actually equivalent to filth in the eyes of these mythical creatures, just like the product of human reincarnation, but for most mythical creatures, especially those evil gods have no so-called good intentions and malice towards human beings, just like the attitude of human beings towards ants, they are all casual. Therefore, many evil gods would not attack humans with old seals under normal circumstances, for fear of getting their hands dirty.

So, this is the status of the old seal in the Cthulhu mythos, of course, some of the old seals are the products left by the rulers of the old days, and the lethality of those mythical creatures is first-class, but like this old seal is generally not in the hands of humans, because they can't control it.

As the Cthulhu Mythos gradually became accepted by the world, there were also many occultists from ancient times to the present day, who studied the old seals, and then improved and extended them, gradually adopting the power of the old seals for themselves, and finally gradually evolved into a school.

Edwin didn't know when to trace this faction, but the descendants of this faction were standing right in front of him.

That's right, that's Marguerite, and the knowledge she learned came from this school, strictly speaking, God is very popular, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this school of thought is a heresy, so a long time ago, the people of this school were either burned at the stake or beheaded, until now that a free and peaceful world has come, they can no longer hide in the corner like rats, and can finally come out and breathe free air.

Far away, back to Margaret continued to look for reactants, she just said that the objects corresponding to unlocking the trap of the old seal are divided into dead things and living things, dead things can be many things, as long as they are stationary objects, it is possible, and what about living things?

In this basement, except for some mosquitoes and flies that cannot be seen clearly, there seems to be only rats and the like.

"Generally speaking, the selection of living creatures will not be too small, because it is impossible for human spiritual power to be refined to that extent, if he can really do it, he will already be a master of occultism, so the counterpart selection of living creatures should be"

At this point, Margaret paused, and was waiting for Edwin to ask, when the knife flashed, and he looked down, only to see a dagger nailing a mouse to the ground.

At this time, another old mark on the door slowly disappeared.

Margaret sighed, "There's one last one left, let's look around." ”

Edwin began to search for possible dead and living creatures as Margaret had previously said, but after trying many things to no avail, he wondered if the counterpart wasn't here at all.

When Edwin said his thoughts, Margaret directly denied, "No way, the counterpart will never be more than 20 meters away from the old seal, otherwise, the counterpart will be invalid, so the last counterpart must be here, probably hidden in the wall." ”

"In the walls?" Edwin frowned, "There are walls on both sides, it would take a bit of work to break them all apart, and we can't even be sure how deep the counterpart is buried. ”

Looking at the walls on either side, Margaret fell into thought and muttered to herself, "Am I thinking the wrong way?" It shouldn't be, it doesn't seem right for the counterpart to be buried in the wall."

At this point, you need to use your brains, where will the last counterpart be?

Edwin's mind flashed with inspiration, and he suddenly felt as if he had captured something, and asked, "You said before that the counterpart can't be too small, right?" So what if it's the other way around? ”

Margaret was stunned when she heard this, and immediately shook her head, "I haven't encountered this, but according to common sense, the larger the object, the more mental power is needed,"

Edwin's mouth curled slightly when he heard this, "I seem to have found where that last counterpart is." ”

Margaret looked surprised, "You know? ”

Edwin snapped his finger at her, "Follow me." ”

Margaret followed her suspiciously, and when the two walked out of the basement, Edwin stopped, "That last counterpart is here." ”

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