Real Game: I Exposed the Old Ones

Only then did Zhu Zheng realize that Peanut's little body was curled up into a ball and still trembling.

Strange, why are you scared?

Zhu Zheng touched Peanut's little head with his fingertips and asked the question directly.

Because apart from a slight sense of depression, he didn't feel that there was a terrifying existence hidden around him.

Peanut also had a confused expression on her face, as if she herself felt very strange.

Afraid. But I don't know the reason. I feel inexplicable and vaguely uneasy.

disturbed?

Well, you will feel better only if you stay with the master.

That's it.

Zhu Zheng wrapped Peanut's young body with his hands.

With his company, Peanut's anxiety subsided and he lay comfortably in Zhu Zheng's palm.

Pay close attention to the naive peanut.

Sherlock's detective instincts kicked in.

Several lines of text appeared one after another.

[The pupils of the eyes are natural and not evasive, with a look of confusion in them. 】

[Facial pale and trembling inexplicably]

[The initial judgment is due to instinctive uneasiness.]

Instinctively uneasy

What is it that can make shoggoth larvae instinctively uneasy?

Zhu Zheng began to think seriously.

He felt that the answer was on his lips, almost ready to come out.

suddenly.

A flash of light hits the brain!

Zhu Zheng suddenly sat up from the bed, with an excited look on his face.

The strong reaction frightened Peanut.

Peanut looked at Zhu Zheng with confusion.

I don't know why my master is so crazy.

I see.

It's the Ancient One! It can only be the Ancient One!

The Shoggoths have evolved a second brain through continuous iteration over hundreds of thousands of years, completely abandoning the stigma of being enslaved by the ancient ones, and turning against the ancient ones. But Peanut is different.

Peanut is a brand new individual regenerated based on the original brain, closer to the original Shoggoth.

Hundreds of thousands of years of enslavement have been deeply imprinted on the original brain. Although I have complete control over the original brain, this instinct will not disappear.

So, the disappearance of the staff at the Elonsos Polar Research Station is related to the Ancient One?

Zhu Zheng's eyes flashed with excitement.

He had a hunch that figuring out the reason why the Ancient One appeared at the scientific research station would improve the [worldview deciphering] a lot.

He plans to use [Chasing Sound] to recreate the experiences experienced by the scientific expedition team members.

Just let me face the Ancient One, okay?

Zhu Zheng suddenly discovered that there was a very inconspicuous translucent money icon in the upper left corner of his field of vision.

A thought came to my mind.

The money icon is touched immediately.

In front of Zhu Zheng's eyes, a shadowy figure shrouded in golden light appeared silently.

Young brave man, I am a plane merchant who travels between many dimensions. You are very lucky to be able to trigger the mark I left.

Let's make a fair deal and you can buy anything you want from me.

Of course, the price is your most precious item!

[You have encountered a plane merchant. Now you can use points to purchase items from the plane merchant. Do you want to trade? 】

[Note: Plane merchants are greedy by nature. You need to spend at least 100 points to satisfy the plane merchant. 】

Zhu Zheng blinked.

Plane merchant?

Oh, this is in-game purchases.

Zhu Zheng looked at his points.

After purchasing games and characters, plus the points returned carefully, I currently have a total of 636 points left.

That should be enough.

Zhu Zheng chose to trade.

boom!

Zhu Zheng suddenly appeared in an empty shopping hall.

There are a dazzling array of products on the surrounding cabinets, numbering at least one hundred thousand.

There are so many that it is impossible to read them all in a short time.

Zhu Zheng said with a trying attitude: Plane merchant, please show me items that are suitable for me.

There were tens of thousands of items left in the window immediately.

So humane!

You can also customize filter conditions.

Zhu Zheng added several more preconditions and finally reduced the quantity of goods to an acceptable level.

He browsed carefully.

Soon, he took out several more useful props.

[Scarlet goggles, level 1, can directly observe invisible objects after wearing goggles. It has a slight resistance in the face of mental pollution. It sells for 10 points. 】

[The fiery dragon-hunting type III musket, level 1, can spray thousands of degrees of blazing flames and cause slight damage to indescribable monsters. It sells for 10 points. 】

[Good Luck Compass, level 1, can point you to a path full of good luck in more dangerous situations, priced at 10 points. 】

[Igloo, Level 1, a freely retractable mobile capsule, containing one room and one living room, can be used as a temporary camping site. The price is 10 points. 】

In the plane merchant's mall.

Level 1 item sales are worth 10 points.

Level 2 props are sold for 100 points.

And so on.

The highest level is level 9 props.

And the higher the item level, the greater the ability.

Based on his current situation, Zhu Zheng purchased Level 2 [Scarlet Goggles], Level 2 [Fiery Dragon Hunting Type III Musket], Level 2 [Good Luck Compass], and Level 1 [Igloo].

In addition, Zhu Zheng bought thirty more military ration pills.

[Military grain pills, level 1, with a shelf life of one year, can quickly replenish the nutrients consumed by the human body in a day. Sold for 1 point. 】

These items cost a total of 370 points.

It is worth mentioning that the budget-conscious attribute also took effect, returning 37 points.

There are currently 303 points left.

The plane merchant smiled and said: Young brave man, I look forward to our continued trading next time.

After the plane merchant disappeared, the items Zhu Zheng purchased fell to the ground.

He puts all these props in his inventory.

With the help of these props, he felt that he could confront the ancient one.

My move is called money power!

Okay, let's start tracking the sound.

After calming down, Zhu Zheng activated [Chasing Sound].

He fell into the familiar haze again.

[Located event: The disappearance of the Elonsos polar scientific expedition team]

[Captured a derivative scene with unknown sound source*48]

【Do you want to start listening? 】

[Entering the derivative scene]

【Scenes.】

Look, guys, what good things have I brought back?

What is this? Why does it look like chicken feet?

Hell, Paul, this piece of ice is at least tens of thousands of years old. Were there creatures like chickens in Antarctica at that time?

The laughter kept coming.

It could be heard that everyone was very excited.

Because members of a scientific expedition team they sent out for regular inspections unexpectedly discovered an ice-cracked canyon and discovered an obscure corpse frozen in it.

This thing is covered by a thick layer of ice, and you can vaguely see the weird revelation like a five-pointed star, as well as the wrinkled skin.