"What is it, Kim Shinhwa? what's the matter?"
It's a curtain call.
From her perspective, it must have looked strange as I was standing still, looking up into empty space. Since he's even wearing a mask, you can't even guess what he's thinking.
"No, wait. "Just wait a moment."
"You look like you're hallucinating."
I wondered if I could see the facial expression of the person wearing the mask, but the point made by the curtain call was very realistic, so I hesitated for a moment and then gave it up.
"what… … That's not it. "Because he's a wizard."
There's something about wizards that warriors don't, that should suffice. As expected, the curtain call was like that. He looked like he was wondering for a moment and then nodded.
"Yes, because I'm a wizard. "I'll wait."
[How long can your previous knowledge protect you? As long as the beings of the abyss are watching you, there may come a day when the knowledge you possess becomes a curse. But you will be able to overcome even those difficulties.
Remember. There isn't much left!]
… … Be very abusive. Well, the content printed in the message window is not completely wrong. Someday, the knowledge I believed in may become an obstacle. For this reason, it is necessary to understand how the world is changing and what it is moving towards.
When I turned my head, the curtain call was waiting for me with a bored expression.
That guy is also a problem I have to solve... … Anyway, it's temporary because we haven't finished everything we have to do yet, but we're colleagues now.
"It's over now."
"okay? what?"
… … What does this woman know?
"Who said what?"
"Do you know what the friend in your head said?"
I almost misunderstood for a moment, but they were talking about something different.
"I can't say I'm sane, but I'm not crazy in that way, so don't worry."
"is it? "It's not fun."
"I'm sorry for making you wait like this, but let's get moving. "Because Helistic's manager might come in."
"Are you going to retrieve data from the lab?"
"that's right."
"I don't know how to do that, so I'll ask you nicely."
"It's not a big task."
"Okay, okay. Come on, let's go, go."
Curtain Call answered in an insincere manner and picked up the yam sword.
To prepare for any emergency, I created a magical alarm and attached it to the window, and moved around wearing protective clothing.
This building, which was already in disarray due to the experiments of the test subjects, was in an even more terrible state due to the traces of the battle created by me and Curtain Call.
Fireballs, waves, lightning, earthquakes, and even some of the holes in the floor extended all the way to the first floor. A completely crushed car can be seen through the hole.
And the third floor was littered with completely dismembered corpses.
"You made a huge mess, Kim Shin-hwa."
"I have nothing to say about this."
I even turned them into zombies and even pulled out their organs and used them to attack, so the chaos on the third floor was even worse than when I first entered here.
Here and there, soot-mixed black water, flesh, blood, and internal organs were clumping together to form a terrible lump.
These were all atrocities I committed, but I made quite a mess.
It's surprising that the building is still standing.
Not long after, we arrived at the laboratory director's room in the most corner of the third floor.
As it is the place where the most important and sensitive information is stored in this building, this room, unlike other places in the hospital, has specially strengthened security measures.
"Is this wall okay?"
"The inside of the walls here are reinforced with metal. "They built a kind of bomb shelter."
"Then the director of the research center could be hiding here?"
"no. "The face leather that Je Mu-gyeong was wearing belonged to the head of the lab, so that can't be possible, right?"
"Oh, that face was the head of the research institute?"
"okay."
In addition, this is a room equipped with power and servers that is completely separated from the outside.
As long as this is okay, you can proceed with the double contract quest without any problems.
The door is locked, but now it's just a formality.
I activated the magic without even stopping as I walked towards the door.
[Unlock]
Crash.
Good profit… … .
There is no door I cannot open unless it is magically locked.
Even if it's magical security, it's only a matter of time. It's not a big problem.
"what. "Wasn't it opened with that USB?"
"No, the USB is needed to access the main computer."
"It's so complicated. What is it."
The director's office was a very typical, old-fashioned room.
You can see a large leather sofa, a bookshelf with books, and a desk with a computer on it.
You can see blood stains and meaningless spilled books. The large executive chair next to the desk has also fallen over and been pushed into the corner.
It is a trace of Je Mu-gyeong's coming and going.
However, compared to other places in the hospital, it can be said to be neat.
There is no need to investigate this room.
Unless you are curious about the clear evidence that Helistic is involved in this laboratory or the research process of the test subjects, there is nothing else to look at.
Helistic is a company of mad scientists who research eternal life, immortality, and the supernatural potential of humans.
Well, anyway!
I pulled up the overturned executive chair and sat down.
"Oooooh… … ."
How much is this chair? It's super soft?
Cotton candy-like cushions cover the hips, and the stable, curved backrest caresses the waist and back.
"Ugh… … ."
As I sit down in this large, luxurious chair, my tension naturally melts away… … My eyes close... … .
"What are you doing Kim Shinhwa? "Are you stupid?"
"Oh, please. "I'm not a healthy person like you."
I answered appropriately and plugged the USB into the computer.
It's a kind of data key… … .
When you plug it into your computer, the dedicated program automatically runs.
A designated program window opens on the monitor and a message is displayed.
- This program can only be operated by personnel with a specified security level.
- If you would like to approve, please enter your password.
The password can be found by solving a puzzle hidden on the second floor.
Of course, no matter how many times I clear the same game over and over again, I can't memorize a password that will be used once and thrown away in a place like this.
Besides, the password... … It is M1g0'5WI+I15|73I2.
In this world, before you gain this ability, it is a code that you cannot memorize even if you are told to do so.
However, thanks to an intelligence stat of 30, you can recall all the trivial sentences and texts you have seen in the game.
Therefore, I was able to simply enter a meaningless 17-digit password that was a tangle of special characters, numbers, and the alphabet.
- Approved.
The program starts running with a dry message.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch… … .
"what?"
"It's not a big deal, so don't worry and just wait."
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch… … .
You can feel the slight feeling of floating that you often experience in an elevator, along with a slight vibration sound that echoes throughout the room.
Doors locked with magic can be opened as many times as you like.
However, there is no magic that operates an elevator that operates only with a dedicated program.
This director's office is a large elevator in itself.
This is the only way to go underground.
The elevator continues to move at a slow speed.
The basement is not as deep as one room.
If it was that deep, it would have been better to just destroy the floor with magic instead of going through all that trouble.
But right now, this elevator is going down almost 10 meters, which is too much for me to feel with my sense of magic.
Coo... … .
The move to the director's office has been completed.
Now, if you get up and go out the door... … It works... … It works... … My butt doesn't fall off.
"Okay… … ."
I want to rub it some more, but this is not the time.
Write… … Besides, considering what awaits us here, there is no need to talk nonsense like this.
In the basement, an even more unpleasant event awaits than what was seen on the third floor.
Sigh… … .
The door to the director's office was opened.
A completely different scene unfolds from the first floor of the hospital that we saw a moment ago.
The basement is dark. There is a light fixture installed, but I know it won't turn on now, so I don't need to touch it.
[Dancing flames]
Hwaak-.
A ball of light bloomed from my fingertips, swaying here and there.
The large space of the basement is revealed.
The area... … It looks like it's about 100 pyeong.
Inside, unidentified machinery and luggage boxes are piled up haphazardly.
Originally, it had to be sorted according to the standards... … It seems that Je Mu-gyeong's condition became strange and he caused a ruckus here.
Most of what is visible is equipment that can be seen in the game, that is, in the real world outside of [Cthulhu World], but strange devices that cannot exist in reality are also often seen.
Special devices monopolized by large corporations operating in secret in the darkness of [Cthulhu World]. It is not a popular computer on the market, but a real computer created by stealing alien technology.
At the curtain call, where he faced the long-awaited secret devices, he spoke with an expression of admiration.
"What is this…" … What about tacky toys?"
That's an incisive comment.
Even though it is a futuristic computer made with alien technology and ahead of its time, its design is not futuristic and sophisticated. The computers and mechanical devices that were revealed had an unsophisticated and ugly appearance, reminiscent of something that would appear in a science fiction animation from the 60s or 70s.
Analog dashboards with a clock-like design, large buttons that shine in primary colors, antennas of unknown meaning, and even a large glass dome.
Even if we look at it very generously, it is a shape that would not have appeared after the 90s.
"It may seem strange, but we ended up like this because the aliens were downgrading their technology to something humans could handle."
[A great achievement achieved! You have discovered 'Migo's Laboratory' hidden underground.
You have obtained 'High-level Achievement: Seeker of Migo's Trail'.
As a reward for the achievement, you will receive Migo's gift and additional experience points.]
The word 'Migo' suddenly struck me.
Mi-go. One of several alien races that appear in the Cthulhu mythos. They are a different race from an alien universe far away from Earth, and they possess super-scientific technology and mythical knowledge that far surpasses that of humans.
Of course, since these guys are also mythical creatures, they are also dangerous guys whose minds are at risk of collapsing just by looking at them.
In fact, among the monsters that appear in [Cthulhu World], are there any that are not dangerous? … .
The plan is to set up outposts on Pluto and the moon and snoop around little by little to steal Earth's resources.
And a guest from beyond the galaxy who presents Helistic with wisdom that humans cannot reach.
That is Migo.