Episode 58
Episode 58: Migo’s Laboratory (2)
But I can’t meet Migo today anyway.
This is because Migo escaped from this laboratory when Je Mu-gyeong and his friends started an uprising.
Instead, you can meet something else.
– who… … nine… … ?
An unpleasant voice is heard.
“who is this!?”
“Hold on the curtain call.”
-Who is it… … ?
– why… … like this… … It’s dark… … ?
“Kim Shin-hwa, that’s… … what?”
“That… … “I’m Migo’s assistant.”
Migo’s assistant is the only survivor among the hospital’s researchers.
I don’t know if this can be called survival.
I don’t know the name either. In the game, it was just displayed as ‘Migo’s assistant’.
Migo’s assistant comes to talk to me.
– how… … what happened… … It happened, right?
“You were fooled by Migo.”
Bubble… … Bubble… … .
There is nothing human-shaped in this room.
There is just a large glass tube sitting on the desk.
It is a glass tube connected to a mechanical device of avant-garde design.
The glass tube contains a living human brain.
It’s often said as a joke… … ‘Brain in a vat’.
This is ‘Migo’s Assistant’.
[System: The exclusive attribute ‘Abyss Madness’ is activated. Nullifies mental agitation.]
Bubble… … .
A bubbling sound spreads from the glass tube.
A strangely modulated human voice comes out of a speaker connected to a mechanical device.
An emotionless voice continues to ask me questions.
– why… … My body… … It doesn’t move… … ?
– different… … people… … Where is it… … ?
– at home… … Going back… … want… … .
Migo often engages in such mischievous behavior for the sake of their own research.
Open the human head, take out the brain, and lock it in [Migo’s brain storage container].
I don’t do this to just anyone… … They usually do this with good intentions to people they like.
It is the so-called gift from Migo.
Why is this a good intention and a gift?
How would I know?
Even if you try to understand it, you will not be able to understand it because it has a completely different culture and ideology from humanity.
Here, I tell this brain about my state, and instead of going completely crazy, it gives me Cthulhu mythological madness and wisdom.
If you persuade this brain well, you may be able to find out the truth about what happened here.
Either way, I don’t really need them. Because both routes have already been experienced in the game.
“Kim Shin-hwa, kill this!”
Suddenly there was a curtain call.
“wait for a sec.”
“Ah, kill this!”
“wait.”
Instead, the life support device under the glass tube was turned off.
– yet… … Near… … do you have?
– hey… … ? hey… … ? hey… … ?
– Anything… … Please tell me… … .
– nothing… … Can not see… … .
– It’s dark… … It’s dark… … .
– cold… … cold… … cold… … .
– cold… … .
– cold… … .
– cold… … .
[Migo’s Brain Storage Box] soon became quiet.
“Ha, is he dead?”
“That’s right, he’s dead.”
“It was an unlucky thing to do.”
ha… … I know. I feel bad. If you go through an event that is hostile to Helistic, you will have several more opportunities to confront Migo. At that time, I will have a chance to relieve this dirty feeling.
Curtain Call and I moved further into Migo’s laboratory, and soon discovered a special space.
The first thing that catches your eye is the large operating table.
This is not an ordinary operating table.
Restraints are installed on each part of the operating table to bind the hands, feet, and torso.
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Attached to the head of the operating table are ugly rotating saw blades, drills, and mechanical arms whose purpose is difficult to understand.
“What is this strange thing?”
“It’s a wonderful operating table where you lie down here and the mechanical arm moves automatically to open your head and take out your brain.”
How many people did you get from here?
“Is there nothing but this kind of shit here?”
“I brought him here because he wanted to come, but he’s still dissatisfied.”
“I thought there would be more to kill.”
What does that mean again?
“I’m not having fun anymore, so I’ll stay in the elevator. Kim Shin-hwa, take your things and come quickly.”
“Hmm, okay, okay.”
In any case, there is nothing here that would be of interest to the curtain call. I need the book that made Je Mu-gyeong go crazy.
Je Mu-kyung clearly spoke and acted completely differently from in the game.
I definitely changed because of that book.
‘I have to get out of this world.’
It’s not strange that I, who come from outside this world, would think such things, but why would Je Mu-gyeong, a being from this world, think such thoughts?
And the last message that researcher Migo sent telepathically.
The clues to all these secrets will be in that grimoire.
‘found.’
I found an old old document with a red cover on an avant-garde bookshelf placed nearby.
[Mongrimun Domilmangyeong (Dream-裏聞道謐忘經).
Category: Grimoire
Author: unknown
Year of production: 16th century
Language: Tibetan
This is a book about the principles of life and death and the secrets of reincarnation. The afterlife and the world of dreams are described in detail, and the method to attain liberation is described.
Research is needed to confirm the book’s true value.]
The tooltip window is displayed normally.
Originally, if you pressed the [Research] button, research was done automatically… … Now I guess I’ll have to see for myself.
Because it is an old book, the paper is extremely worn.
Seeing that the cover is in relatively good condition, it appears that someone at a later date may have rebound the cover.
I opened the book slowly, being careful not to tear the paper.
A thin piece of paper with holes here and there unfolds… … .
what? The yellow thing is paper, and the black thing is writing.
‘You can’t read the writing…’ … ?’
[Mongrimun Domilmangyeong (Dream-裏聞道謐忘經)
Language: Tibetan]
No matter how intelligent you are, you cannot immediately read a language you have never seen before.
How did Je Mu-gyeong see this? Does that bastard speak Tibetan?
I was able to check the answer soon.
This is because an artifact was discovered that provided language decoding ability.
But it’s something I can’t use.
I lifted up a small flask I found on the shelf.
Inside the flask is a strange thumb-sized creature with tiny cilia.
Even if you try to say it in a nice way, it has such a terrible shape that it is difficult to say that it is a creature that resembles Grima.
[Language assistance parasite (Class B implant): This is an implant that assists one to use other languages fluently. Currently, 78 languages used on Earth and 8 languages off Earth are stored.
A parasite created using Migo’s technology. It can be inserted directly into the brain using a dedicated surgical device.]
Although there are side effects such as insanity or a drastic decrease in humanity, it is a highly efficient artifact that allows you to master dozens of languages very simply.
If you put your head on the operating table over there, you can insert this alien Grima into your brain.
Since it’s not my life in the game, I often do it… … Ha, SiX.
I’m already crazy and I don’t want to put a grima in my brain while I’m in trouble.
“Tsk, do I have to manually interpret Tibetan somehow?”
It may take some time, but with my current intelligence, it is not that difficult.
In the end, I gave up looking at the Mongrimun Domilscope right now and put it in my backpack.
It’s unfortunate that we don’t know the answer right away, but this isn’t the end of what we need to take care of here.
I checked some of the books gathered on the bookshelf.
It would be of great help if there was something like a research log left by Migo himself, but there is no such thing.
Perhaps because their body structure is different from that of humans, they did not leave any research logs.
“But they collaborated well with humans and created something like an experimental subject… … .”
Migo are guys who are very proud of their skills.
It is classified as a taboo to teach one’s technology to other races, such as humans.
If there’s someone stealing his technology, he’ll send an assassin right away.
Nevertheless, collaborating with a human company like this… … This is because there is a purpose so great that it goes beyond the taboos of the Migo clan.
Although there are no documents left directly by Migo, that does not mean that there are no books that can be helpful.
“Was this written by human researchers?”
It’s a note written by someone’s hand, but the test subjects… … Among them, it contains information about the experiments conducted on Je Mu-gyeong.
The people who recorded this must have ended up being killed by the test subjects or had their brains pulled out by Migo.
Although they were not the level of magic books, they were useful books in games anyway.
I threw those experiment notes into the cart and looked through other books.
Other books are mostly about biological knowledge or human body modification.
As I get involved with Helistic, things like this just keep piling up.
If you combine these materials with [Secret Knowledge: Creation of Life], which you obtained as an attribute last time, you will be able to do amazing things.
Knowledge of life creation is a trait that has never been acquired while playing [Cthulhu World], so it is difficult to determine how to use it yet.
I took all the books that were reasonably usable.
‘Oh, there was one more thing to take care of.’
Aren’t there some gamers who have to rub against every wall and open every box they see to relieve their frustration? I am one of those gamers. There is a lot of time wasted, but there is also information that can only be obtained if you have that type of personality.
‘I was around here… … .’
Put your hand into the small groove hidden between ordinary-looking mechanical devices… … If you pull it… … .
Crash.
‘yes.’
There is a very small secret box here. It looked more like a secret shelf than a box, but I put my hand inside and took out a small rock the size of a small stone hidden inside.
It is a shiny, smooth stone about 5cm in diameter.
On one side, a star-shaped magic circle is engraved in the middle of the fuselage, which shines in emerald color. Rather than being a product of technology, it is an object that smells like magic.
[Ancient God’s Guardian (Class B magic tool): It is a protective amulet with the power to drive away unclean powers and weaken the beings of the abyss. The blessings of the ancient gods reside.]
Although it is an item with a grand explanation that it contains the power to weaken the beings of the abyss, the gap between grades in this Guardian series is extremely severe. If it is class B, it has no direct effect on the beings of the abyss, but only has the effect of pushing away their minions.
Well, it is an item that is also harmful to Migo.
However, it seems that Migo ordered human researchers to insert a guardian into this mechanical device and extract the energy of the ancient god contained in this guardian.
I don’t think it will be able to perform at its best because the magic power contained in that wind has been used up.
‘Still, it’s a thousand times better than nothing.’
If it doesn’t work out, it can be used as a material or catalyst for other artifacts.
I packed up my belongings and headed in the direction of the elevator.
“I can go back now.”
As I walked toward the elevator, I saw Curtain Call standing against the wall. Where her eyes are directed… … The brain container of Migo’s assistant, who died earlier, can be seen.
‘That is a sight that is difficult to describe.’
What are they thinking?
“Curtain call, let’s go back now.”
“You killed a lot, Kim Shin-hwa.”
“what?”
“I think we killed about 50 people. yes?”
There were 58 test subjects here, including Je Mu-kyung. There were some people I overpowered, so that’s probably the number of test subjects who died at the hands of the curtain call.
“What do you want to say?”
“I need to kill some more… … Only then can your wish come true.”
hope? Is this some kind of psychopath asking for food again?
It reminds me of Jang Hyeon-deok and [The King in Yellow Clothes], which I met not long ago. He told me to make a wish. If the word wish is mentioned in [Cthulhu World], it is not a good situation.
It means that something is going to break, someone is going to die, or something is going to get weird, or it already is. It is a word that is only mentioned in such situations.
I said as I walked closer to the curtain call.
“What wish comes true?”
“well? It doesn’t matter. “What’s important is that it comes true.”
“Curtain call, I don’t really understand what you’re talking about… … ?”
“Did you just kill Kim Shin-hwa for no particular reason?”
“No, there is a reason.”
Or maybe there was no reason not to kill him.
“No, can’t you hear my voice?”
“what?”
“The revelation to kill that thing. “You just kill people without that?”
“who… … “You say something like that?”
Curtain Call looks at me with big eyes and smiles.
“That is [the mother of all things].”
“ah.”
That’s a familiar name.
This is the nickname of [The Black Goat Who Gives Insanity], the abyssal being that turned Lee Chang-hyuk into a mutant.
The monstrous power and strange madness of Curtain Call, a surreal force that can only be called a mutation. I found out where it all came from. Curtain Call was a cult member who received the grace of the [Black Goat Who Breeds Madness].
A dangerous and terrible cult who praises the Great Goddess by repeatedly slaughtering her according to her revelations.
but… … For some reason, the blade seems to be aimed only at beings related to a company called Helistic.
Not yet… … And I decided to keep an eye on her for a while longer… … She said no more that day and parted ways with the curtain call.
fantasy,
