Hang up to study, I became a master of esoteric religion

The squad leader turned his head slowly, and saw a petite figure sitting on the chair beside the bed, with his petite face lying sideways on the bed, the flesh was squeezed into a ball, chubby, very cute.

Yuanzi held the towel in one hand, and tightly held the monitor's palm with the other, her eyes were closed tightly, as if she was lying on her stomach from exhaustion.

It turned out that Mariko was asleep.

Seeing this, the squad leader was a little relieved.

Then, she saw the towel in Yuanzi's hand, her naked body, and the smell of sweat in the air, and she came back to her senses.

It turned out that Yuanzi had been helping her wipe sweat, it was really hard work for her, the monitor's eyes became gentle when he thought of this.

Chapter 21 Cthulhu Background

14th day in this world.

"Cough cough cough."

Yuanzi coughed softly, with a wet towel hanging on her forehead, she continued to have a fever.

The two huddled in the room and did not go out for a long time.

I usually throw a garbage bag from the window to the outside of the courtyard.

The squad leader took out the thermometer and put it under Yuanzi's armpit. After a while, he took it out and looked at the number in the air.

37.8 degrees, low fever.

It should be because I took care of her some time ago and accidentally caused a cold.

So in the second half, he became the squad leader to take care of Yuanzi, feeding porridge and vegetables every day.

However, this low-grade fever is really extraordinary. It has not subsided for several days, and the temperature has been increased vaguely, reaching 39 degrees.

On the 19th day, Mariko was able to get out of bed.

"I feel fine, don't feed me."

Yuanzi waved her hand and said, she ate mutated food for many days, and her numerical ranking kept rising, jumping multiple levels, and now her ranking has jumped to "4,699,994,209".

The ranking has risen by 5997 places, which shows how powerful the mutated food is, and it is much more efficient than killing monsters.

While Yuanzi's physical fitness is improving, the squad leader's numerical ranking is also upgrading, but the speed of advancement is not as fast as Yuanzi's. She only advanced 4481 places, that is, "4,599,995,500".

The lower the ranking, the greater the growth rate of eating mutated food, which is not difficult to understand.

"But if the fever persists and reaches forty degrees, it's still not good."

"Then go learn Chinese medicine and try some antipyretics." Yuanzi thought.

When people catch a cold and have a fever, they usually think of western medicine, but in this uninhabited city, the shelf life of western medicine has long passed.

The two can only find Chinese medicine to eat.

"Well, that's fine, but can you maintain a high-intensity battle?"

"Don't worry, I'm not that fragile." Yuanzi waved her hand weakly, she's not a doll, she doesn't need to be taken care of so carefully.

Seeing that Yuanzi could still carry a rifle and walk without wobbling, the squad leader felt relieved.

The two went to the library to look for books on Chinese medicine.

Yuanzi also looked for Chinese medicine books together. After all, it was a matter of life, so he had to take care of it.

She has the ability to learn on-hook, so she should be faster than the class leader of the Xueba class to read a book on Chinese medicine, right?

Of course, Yuanzi hasn't compared her learning ability with the class monitor yet, so she doesn't know who will finish a Chinese medicine book first.

Not long after, the two found several Chinese medicine books and moved them back to the library desk.

"Hey, shall we compete to see who can learn faster?" Yuanzi asked.

"Concentrate on reading." The squad leader didn't agree, and concentrated on reading.

The class monitor browsed quickly, and she didn't have the heart to compare with Yuanzi's learning ability. She just wanted to finish learning quickly and prescribe medicine for Yuanzi.

Learning Chinese medicine to treat colds, the class leader thinks that she does not need to read the entire book, as long as she grasps the content of the cold and fever, and changes to a new book after reading a paragraph, making multiple comparisons.

On Yuanzi's side, once he starts to hang up, the learning content will be determined by the system. Yuanzi himself is also a scumbag, and it is difficult to control his own learning progress.

[Current progress bar: 0/19]

[Knowledge point +1]

[Knowledge point +1]

At noon, the squad leader closed some medical books, took Yuanzi out of the library, and went to the traditional Chinese medicine hospital to get medicine according to the old map.

It is estimated that the Chinese medicinal materials here have also been affected by radiation, and they are quite well preserved, with no signs of damp and mold.However, Yuanzi did not see the numerical ranking. It is estimated that Chinese herbal medicines and seeds are the same, and they are not included in the ranking rules.

Take the medicine pot back to soak the medicinal materials, and then cook in two rounds. After cooking, uncover the pot, and a thick black medicinal soup reverberates in the pot.

To be reasonable, this thing has an indescribable taste. Yuanzi looked at the pot and felt inexplicably afraid.

She was not afraid of the traditional Chinese medicine soup, but the black color, as if there was something hidden in it.

Yuanzi hesitated for a while, filtered it through a filter several times, added water to make it clear, and waited until the color was not so dark and the fear in his heart dissipated before he dared to speak.

Gollum.

Taking a sip of soup into his mouth, it seems that something strange has poured into his brain, which makes his consciousness much clearer.

It was as if the dark clouds hanging over the head were suddenly broken by the sun.

"How about Yuanzi, does it work?" The squad leader watched her drink the soup. To be honest, the squad leader was quite frightened by the color of the soup.

"Although this soup is unpalatable, it is very warm." Yuanzi smacked his mouth, and the pressure really eased a lot.

As it turns out, this soup really does work.

The next day, Yuanzi woke up full of energy, walked vigorously, and could run for a long time with a rifle in his hand.

When I was sick, I couldn't walk that far at all, and I was sore and tired.

Yuanzi checked his numerical ranking, and the ranking jumped by [-] places. It's not that exaggerated, but it's still very impressive.

Seeing this, the squad leader also made up a bowl of medicinal soup, and became full of energy in the afternoon.

That night, both of them slept very sweetly.

After Yuanzi woke up, she was very suspicious that these medicinal materials had the effect of curing mental state, otherwise how could the effect be so good.

Yuanzi's mental state has improved now, and she has time to recall the horror at that time.

Then Mariko and the squad leader had a detailed chat about that horrible dream.

Chatting and chatting, the two discovered common characteristics, and both heard strange voices in their dreams.

"Squad leader, do you still remember how that voice pronounced it?" Mariko asked.

"It seems to be called..." The squad leader frowned slightly, and opened his mouth to reproduce the pronunciation, but his throat seemed to be stuck and he couldn't pronounce it no matter what.

Mariko also consciously opened her mouth, trying to reproduce the voice she dreamed that day.

But as I said before, it is a sound made by a pronunciation part that does not belong to human organs, and it is difficult for humans to imitate.

It is impossible to reproduce the original sound, so it can only be imitated with homophony.

Yuanzi thought for a while, then changed his pronunciation and said, "Cthulhu."

When the word Cthulhu came out, the squad leader also nodded, "Yes, it probably sounds like 'Cthulhu'."

After confirming the guess, the two fell silent.

Mariko is a time traveler, so he has naturally heard of the fame of the Cthulhu Mythos on Earth in his previous life.

And this world is actually similar to the previous life, but there are some differences.

For example, cultures such as Cthulhu have no relevant records in local classics, and there is no original author of "Love Craftsmanship".

Therefore, the squad leader didn't know what Cthulhu represented, but felt that the sea monster was really terrifying, so terrifying that it suffocated her.

"Squad leader, I think I probably know what that is." Mariko said.

"You know?" the squad leader said unexpectedly, a little unbelievable, "Which book did you read in the library, let me read it too."

"Well, I don't know much about Cthulhu. He is a terrifying old ruler, known as the God of Sleep and the Lord of R'lyeh..." Yuanzi said.

Chapter 22 Reading Ritual Mysteries

Yuanzi is not a fan of Cthulhu, and has never played the running game.

But even if he hasn't played it, Mariko knows some of Cthulhu's background settings under his influence.

According to legend, Cthulhu was imprisoned in the deep sea Lalye, where Lalye is located in the South Pacific.

If you want to break the seal, you have to rely on some means, this Yuanzi is not clear.

In addition, I heard that under Cthulhu's banner, there is also a famous servant race, which seems to be called deep divers, or what name it is.

Yuanzi still remembers a famous stalker, Ke Zong Weak Boat.

It is said that humans used boats to hit Cthulhu who had just awakened. Cthulhu was defeated by the boat and returned to Raliyah.

As for what happened to the human beings who used the boat to break into a new world, and whether they were tortured by eternal nightmares, Mariko did not know the end of this story.

She doesn't know much about this thing herself, it's all hearsay, and it's pretty good to know about it.

Mariko intermittently talked about Cthulhu's background setting with the squad leader, and said a little bit when he thought of it.

Her understanding of the Cthulhu system was incoherent, and her speech was scattered and messy.

The squad leader listened hard to Yuanzi's popular science, and used his own understanding to reorganize the information about the Cthulhu myth.

Apart from concealing that the knowledge of Cthulhu was known in the previous life, Yuanzi has no reservations about the rest of the knowledge, and tells the squad leader everything.

In Yuanzi's view, if you want to live in the dream of Cthulhu's world view, you must have a clear enough understanding of this thing, and try your best to preserve your sanity.

The value of SAN is a very important thing in Cthulhu culture.

Yuanzi doesn't know the specific meaning of the SAN value, and has never played the Cthulhu board game.

Without the reference of the prototype setting, Mariko self-righteously understands the SAN value as human reason.

Once the rationality of human beings collapses, people will go crazy, which is almost equal to the end of death.

After listening to Mariko's understanding of "SAN value", the squad leader frowned and was very disturbed.

"Hey, once we've been exposed to a lot of horror, our sanity keeps dropping."

"Once the threshold between sanity and madness is broken, people will completely fall into madness."

"The correct way to survive is to die less." The squad leader concluded with his own understanding.

Yuanzi nodded heavily, as expected of a top student, she understood really quickly.

However, Mariko does not have the "Cthulhu Running Group Rule Book" or "Cthulhu Mythology (Compilation)" at hand. It is not clear whether what she said is true or not, and whether it conforms to the world view of the dream.

An hour later.

The squad leader already understands the importance of maintaining sanity, so he pays more attention to the traditional Chinese medicine soup to restore the mental state.

If you want to live in an absurd world, you must go hand in hand and help each other.

The squad leader is grateful to Yuanzi for sharing the background information of the Cthulhu mythology. The only doubt is that Yuanzi can't tell where this knowledge comes from.

The squad leader made insinuations, only knowing that Mariko learned this kind of knowledge from that horrible dream.

So here comes the problem.

Is it possible that the background knowledge of Cthulhu obtained by Yuanzi is a gift from the evil god Cthulhu?

The squad leader was thinking wildly while spending time with Mariko in the library reading.

The monitor brushes up books mainly because she loves to learn and firmly believes that as long as she is knowledgeable, she can always find a way out.

The squad leader was looking for books with historical records, and wanted to see what happened a few years ago, and a huge and irrational monster like the evil god Cthulhu was born.

When the squad leader was picking books, Yuanzi was bored and just randomly scanned the books with a rifle in his hand.

When passing by a bookshelf, I suddenly felt something.

He picked up a book called "The History of Changes in Ancient and Modern Religious Sacrifice", spread out the first page, and glanced at it.

[You found the occult book. 】