Chapter 15 "The Gate of Moros"

"Xiaochi, if you see this passage, it means that I have probably encountered misfortune."

The first sentence on this first page calmed Chi Heng, "Did you write it to me?"

But this is a bit strange. My uncle left Dock Town and went to Mississippi for four years before he picked him up to the United States. At that time, my uncle must have no idea that his sister would leave her son and run away four years later. How could he write this note four years in advance and leave it to Chi Heng?

Could it be that... after he was brought to the United States, my uncle sneaked back to Dock Town and left notes?

This doesn't make sense.

With confusion, Chi Heng continued to look down.

"Xiaochi, you will definitely be confused. Why don't I explain it to you, but leave you with a written record, because it is obvious that you may not be here. When you come here, you may not be able to find this basement, a notepad. There are always surprises in life. If you haven't even come to this basement, why should you tell you so many troubles?"

"But if you really have found this basement, I think you should have discovered the 'Gate of Moros' in advance, and you are wondering about it."

Chi Heng was a little surprised when he saw this passage because "Moros" was an elf who controlled fate in ancient Greek mythology. His other name was Oretros (Ολεθρο, meaning "destruction, death"), that is, "The Gate of Moros" can also be called "The Gate of Death".

This is obviously not a good vocabulary meaning.

After this passage, there should be a map drawn by Chen Liu by hand, but his hand-painting is very sloppy and Chi Heng can't understand it very well.

Another world?

Chi Heng was shocked.

Inside the gate, it is not somewhere on the earth, but another world? Is it another planet?

To be honest, it is too stupid to bet on your own life for a curiosity.

Obviously, uncle Chen left him the opportunity to choose whether to spend his life safely, or to satisfy his curiosity and usher in the threat of death.

But this curiosity is not caused by ordinary reasons. The mystery of this basement and the secret source of the door caused it to be unimaginable.

"I said above that the 'Zuojie' is very dangerous, not a joke. Given a special reason, I cannot explain it in my notes in detail, because it will bring you danger, and it is not that I deliberately acted as a riddle. You just need to remember two o'clock. First, before night comes, you must return to the earth. The 'Zuojie' can only explore during the day, and there will be great danger at night. Second, the 'relics' of the research base and the metal box in the basement room. Except for the 'Red Dragon' you can use, do not destroy or force the rest of the boxes. If possible, take the metal box back to the research base to seal it, and never try to bring it back to the earth."

When Chi Heng saw this, the content of this page came to an end.

Or should you turn on the second page and reveal the secrets in the face of the threat of death?

"You probably are curious about what another world is? What I can tell you is that it is at least not in the Milky Way anymore, because the stars you see at night have nothing to do with any constellations known to us humans. The magical thing is that the planet where that world is located has the air on which we humans rely on, which is exactly the same as the composition of the earth's atmosphere, and even bacteria and viruses are the same. So at the beginning, even I couldn't tell whether it was the earth or another planet. Until night, I saw two moons."

"Okay, it seems that you chose to stay, which is not unexpected to me, because if it were me, I would make this choice."

Chi Heng thought carefully. He gave up all this and left. Can he really not think, think about it, and regret it in the rest of his life?

Chi Heng joked and laughed at himself, turning on the second page of notes.

But when you open the third page, there are more maps. Chi Heng was so impressed that he couldn't help but complain: "Uncle, you're too hasty, right? How can I understand it? If you don't have this talent, don't draw it!"

"I have been here for nearly ten years. Writing this note before leaving means that my research has basically failed and given up. One of my main purposes here is to study the "Gate of Moros", the magical gate that can lead to another world."

He remembered that his uncle liked to read Lovecraft's novels, and he couldn't help but complain: "Uncle, are you telling me that the more you know, the more dangerous you are, right?"

"First of all, I'll answer some of your questions and give you some advice."

His expression became solemn.

"The next thing is the key point. The 'Absolute Realm' is very dangerous. I didn't find anyone in the research base left by humans in parallel worlds. Don't be surprised, because I also wonder where they went, why only an empty research base was left. The focus of your exploration in the future is this research base. Maybe you can uncover this secret..."

It’s not that my uncle didn’t explain it on purpose, but that he didn’t explain it to him for some reason. What does it mean to explain it, which will bring danger to him? Shouldn’t it be to explain everything clearly to avoid danger?

"Xiaochi, now I will give you two choices. The first choice is, you take the cash of the inheritance I gave you, leave here, return to a stable city, and spend your life peacefully. The second choice is, you continue to turn on the second page of notes, but this means that your life will no longer be ordinary. This extraordinary does not represent glory and wealth, but death and disaster that may come at any time. The only benefit is to satisfy your curiosity and be interesting."

As soon as Chi Heng saw this passage, he realized that his uncle was using this metaphor to warn him.

In Lovecraft's novel, there is an eternal law, that is, ordinary people face knowledge and secrets beyond the scope of human cognition, and the more they know, the more dangerous they are.

After reading this page, Chi Heng's doubts increased instead of reducing.

I'm afraid it's difficult to do it.

What choices will others make at this moment?

Leave without hesitation with a hundred thousand dollars?

"I won't say much about the extra words here. The place where the 'Gate of Moros' leads to is not the first to discover it. Other humans have long discovered it. Well, I call those humans the humans in parallel worlds. They left a research base there to study the world where the 'Gate of Moros' leads to, and called it the 'Essence of Realm'."

"Sorry, uncle, as you said, life is always full of surprises. Even if I give up and leave, it doesn't mean that I will be safe, happy and happy all my life. Maybe I will be snatched up halfway?"

But there is no evil god in this world. Lovecraft is just a novelist. His Cthulhu myth is only a modern myth or a newly created school. In the real world, there is no law that the more you know, the more dangerous it is.

My uncle used this passage to warn him with a metaphor, which should be a different meaning.

He paused and thought for a while, but he still didn't understand. However, he knew two points. The "destiny" leading to "Moros Gate" was dangerous, especially at night, so he could not spend the night there.

Secondly, in the room where metal boxes are stored in this basement, or in other words, the things stored in the metal boxes are also dangerous. They should have been brought out by my uncle from the "Zuojie". My uncle seemed very regretful to bring these things out and asked Chi Heng to have the opportunity to bring these metal boxes back to the "Zuojie" research base for sealing.
Chapter completed!