Indescribable cyberpunk

The light of the mobile phone's lighting reflected on the ceiling, and fine dust trembled in the constantly vibrating air, floating around in the thin white light.

Until it touches the slender tentacles like spokes on a wheel, it suddenly bounces away as if encountering some special protective layer.

These tentacles that suddenly appeared in the billiard room were extended, exploring the unfamiliar environment. A gray-brown cortical folded body emerged in the center of the billiard table. There were protruding knob-like objects on the top and bottom of the barrel, and from the knobs there were Five long, flat arms stretch out, and the long arms taper at the end, like a starfish.

Although he once had a chance encounter with this ancient intelligent race in Greenland, Zhu Jue's sanity was still impacted by meeting him again.

His body's instinct was urging him to leave here quickly, as far away as possible!

"Hello?"

He waved his hand and said hello like a young man participating in a college student social activity.

The mood is the same nervousness, not fear, just worried that the other party will leave directly like before.

The purpose of summoning the ancient one has been completed, and the next thing to do is to naturally find a way to communicate with the other party. When Zhu Jue heard the cultists inside using human language outside the corridor, he thought that the ancient one could understand the meaning.

The ancient one did not respond to the sacrifice offered by the cultists and chose to leave directly, while Zhu Jue did not even prepare a sacrifice. He did not want the ancient one to disappear in front of him with just a word.

The greeting was followed by silence.

But compared to the illusion when it first arrived, the spiritual projection of the ancient one not only had no intention of returning, but instead became more solid.

A tentacle stretched out towards Zhu Jue.

Forcibly restraining his body's subconscious counterattack, Zhu Jue vaguely noticed something and stood there with a frown on his face. Even the scavenger was deliberately hidden in his body.

The round ball on the top of the ancient man's head that looked like the ends of the limbs of a starfish suddenly lit up, and a brown-yellow light immediately lit up at the top of the tentacles. An inexplicable suction force completely enveloped Zhu Jue!

Deep purple light appeared everywhere in his body, and Zhu Jue's eyes widened. He had never known that there was such a thing in his body.

no doubt.

This is the remnant of the Ancient One's crystal!

"Crystal. Inside your body?"

The vibration in the air brought about a low humming sound, and for some reason, intermittent sounds suddenly appeared in Zhu Jue's mind.

Sure enough, the sacrifices were secondary. The key to the ceremony was to make the ancients willing to talk, otherwise no matter how many things they offered, they would have no effect.

Zhu Jue decided to continue following the ancient one's words.

"I obtained this in Greenland, when I encountered a creature like you and an amorphous terrifying monster. It saved my life and transformed my body."

Zhu Jue tried to bring the topic to the changes that the Ancient One's Crystal had made on him, but Zhu Jue was not in a hurry to reveal his true purpose.

"That's the situation of our servants, the crystal-controlled Shoggoths, of the same race."

Obviously, accidentally learning information about his own race made the ancient man in front of him become interested in the topics mentioned by Zhu Jue, and the content transmitted through his mental fluctuations increased.

Crystal controls shoggoth?

Can the Ancient One's crystal control that amorphous and terrifying monster?

No wonder it was desperately hunting down the person who held the Ancient One's Crystal. The Ancient Ones were also trying to retrieve the crystal. However, in Zhu Jue's memory, the Ancient One should have obtained the Ancient One's Crystal first. , why was he still killed in the end?

"They were devoured by the Shoggoths, and the crystal seemed useless. I wanted to help you, but my soul was completely contaminated at that time. It was your kind who threw the crystal to me. I relied on the crystal to survive. "

Zhu Jue was a little cautious when talking about this part. He was not sure whether the ancient one would suddenly become angry and make some unexpected moves after learning about the death of his kind.

"The crystal needs a device to activate. I want you to destroy the Shoggoths. You fused the crystal. You are very special."

The ancient man's emotions did not fluctuate, and his absolute reason allowed him to keep thinking even in the face of the death of his own race.

Before he finished speaking, several tentacles stretched out and began to truly contact Zhu Jue.

This time, no light appeared. Zhu Jue only felt a weak electric current flowing through his body, and a numb feeling spread from his tailbone to the back of his head.

"You, are very special, the human soul should not be so powerful. Is has helped you. Strange energy, water, its servants. Or itself? No, it was sealed and now it has fallen into sleep, Lale Before Jesus rises, this is a deeper level that even I have never seen."

The ancient who noticed something through detection once again emphasized Zhu Jue's specialness, and there was even a layer of doubt in his words.

In the long years, it has received many contact requests from humans, but it has never seen such a special existence. In Zhu Jue's body, it did feel the energy of the crystal, but at the same time, it was in the other person's body. The imprint left by the great race of Yis and some other extremely strange energies are felt in the soul.

The ancient man was full of curiosity about the person in front of him. The ball on the tentacles above his head flashed repeatedly. The slender tentacles in the middle of the body curled and stretched, and the body also swelled slightly.

"Actually, I contacted you because my current abilities have reached their limits. Unless they are enhanced by external objects, those abilities are not owned by me after all. I want to break through this limit. Your crystal once allowed me to It worked once, so I thought you might have other methods."

Zhu Jue undoubtedly overestimated his mental endurance. Conversations with the ancients were extremely consuming. After all, Zhu Jue was not one of those cultists who had been completely contaminated. As a person who retained his own consciousness, he was barely able to resist at first.

But when the ancient man began to mention some special existences, the impact on his spirit became more serious. The crazy whispers began to ring in his ears, making Zhu Jue have to take the initiative to speak out his goals, hoping to get what he wanted as soon as possible. reply.

"You want to be stronger. You have reached your limit. The energy in the crystal is extremely huge. You fuse it to complete the strengthening. The great race of Yis releases the soul. This changes your soul. There are no shackles, but your body limits your soul. We once had great technology and might be able to help you, but time has weakened us. Years of war and the betrayal of the Shoggoths have caused our civilization to decline again and again. I can't help you!"

The meaning revealed in the intermittent words made Zhu Jue feel chilled. He did not think that the ancient one had any reason to deceive him here.

The implication of the ancient one is very clear. Zhu Jue's soul may have transcended restrictions with the help of the great race, but his body has not been liberated. Or in other words, as long as he does not give up the human body, his soul have been restricted.

To give a simple example, if Zhu Jue's soul is compared to water, then his body is a wooden barrel. His actions of absorbing the energy in gems and reading ancient books are like adding water to the wooden barrel. It doesn't matter if you add more or less. , the key is that the size of the barrel is fixed, even if the entire sea is poured into it, the amount of water that can be held in the barrel will still only be so much.

This is not to say that Zhu Jue is weak. In fact, his current strength has surpassed that of most humans and even a considerable number of mental pollution monsters. With the help of special means, he can defeat even some superior independent races.

But just defeating the superior independent race obviously cannot make Zhu Jue feel at ease. Regardless of the distance, the future he saw when he accidentally released the divination method that night in the clinic, the black cocoon that seemed to condense all the dark matter, revealed No matter how many times he recalled the breath, all Zhu Jue could feel was the panic of being overwhelmed.

He was unable to make any comment on the scene at that time, and could only relive it over and over again with unspeakable bitterness.

Even such aftertaste was out of his control, but only appeared in his nightmares.

If his soul had not been strong enough, he might have fallen into irreversible madness like most people who have seen those indescribable things.

As for the ancient man's remarks, Zhu Jue could actually feel it vaguely in the few battles in which he used the mutant state.

Five years ago, because he was affected by the furbolg, every time he entered a mutation, it felt like a life-and-death game. But today, five years later, this situation has completely reversed.

In the mutated state, he could feel himself relaxed, as if this was his original appearance. It was like the frame of the barrel was raised, and the water in the barrel would naturally flow with ease.

After returning to human form, although his spirit will return to normal, Zhu Jue can realize that his strength has stagnated.

And this is the biggest contradiction Zhu Jue faces.

Perhaps this is also the contradiction faced by all human beings who are invaded by unspeakable things, but they have no power to choose. They often lose control of their souls and bodies as soon as the contradiction occurs.

But Zhu Jue is different.

Even though he knew clearly in his heart that he could no longer be called a human being to some extent, it was absolutely unacceptable for Zhu Jue to give up his identity and live as a monster.

Because he also understands that once he truly accepts this kind of self-understanding and maintains a mutated form at all times, then one day in the future, his spiritual will may truly transform in this way.

What's the difference between him like this and a mutated person after being mentally contaminated?

"Is there really no way?"

He asked with some persistence.

"Our technology cannot help you. The souls of the great race of Yis are extremely powerful. Even they have to temporarily abandon their bodies when performing some actions, and you cannot be them."

At this point, the voice of the ancient one became fainter and fainter in Zhu Jue's mind, and it was obvious that it was ready to end this conversation.

Zhu Jue opened his mouth, and finally said dryly: "Goodbye, thank you for answering my questions."

The figure in mid-air gradually became transparent, and its head and tentacles could be vaguely seen shaking, as if paying tribute to Zhu Jue.

He stroked his forehead and breathed a sigh of disappointment.

Suddenly, the space in front of him shook again!

The figure that should have disappeared completely appears again!

"Mi. Go. I feel their existence. They are nearby. They actually appear on this planet. You may still have a chance!"

The voice of the ancient one is truly wonderful to hear at this moment!