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Chapter 118 Hastur's Whispers
[You saved your life and the lives of a handful of passengers and passed the game. 】

[Facing the old days: face-to-face with Cthulhu - 10 points;]

[Escaper: Cowardice is not shameful, what is shameful is death—10 points;]

[The old days sleep forever: Cthulhu was wounded and fell asleep in the duel with Hastur - 10 points;]

[The helpless rescuer: You only saved less than one-third of the passengers - 30 points. 】

[Score for this task: 60 points (stepping on the line to pass). 】

"Long live 60 points!"

Zhou Zezhen yelled, feeling quite excited like he didn't pass all subjects in his junior year.

Quickly click to unlock the hidden bonus item.

[Hidden bonus points ①: The more passengers you save, the higher your score will be. If you save a total of 2021 passengers on the cruise ship, you will get the rating of 'No Time to Rescue'. 】

[Hidden bonus item ②: destroying the blood sacrifice and causing Cthulhu to fall asleep after being severely injured can fully enhance the title effect of the "Old Sleeper" and add a random passive gain. 】

[Hidden bonus item ③: Keep the cruise ship safe and sound to get the evaluation of "Shengui Biyi". 】

"The first bonus item has been expected. Did the cruise ship have a total of 2021 passengers? It coincides with this year's number. I don't know if it's a wicked part of the cult's ritual plan or the cruise company's activities."

Zhou Ze rubbed his chin to ponder the clues of these extra points.

The second bonus item belongs to a part of the operation that he has already explored.

That is to let the group of students summon Hastur to severely injure Cthulhu, but he still has no clear idea about how to destroy the blood sacrifice. Although he found the cult priest, he couldn't handle the old man.

The third hidden bonus item is a bit difficult to deal with.

Keep the cruise ship safe and sound?
Can it be understood that not only the passengers must be saved, but even the cruise ship must not be damaged?
If the ship capsizes and blows up the blood sacrifice, or if the hull is damaged due to too much turbulence, I am afraid that there is no way to complete this bonus item.

"There are still too few clues."

Zhou Ze sighed and shook his head in front of the screen.

Just as he was about to read the file back to the beginning and went to find the specific location of the cult priest in the crowd, a gleaming blood-colored no-pupil sign in the lower left corner caught his attention.

Blood-red stick figure eyes, but no pupils, a bit weird.

He hadn't seen this no-pupil sign before when he cleared the level, but this time the settlement evaluation just appeared abruptly.

"Interesting, have you unlocked new content?"

Zhou Ze, who was stuck in the deadlock of the game, naturally clicked on the eye without pupils sign without hesitation.

Variables are better than a pool of stagnant water.

["Rite of Cthulhu" in-app purchase item: Hastur's Whispers. 】

[Do you want to consume 20 points of merit to transform Hastur's whisper into understandable information, and obtain a valuable extra clue? 】

[Remarks: Unlike Cthulhu, who has natural malice towards human beings, in contrast, the king in yellow is extraordinarily "tolerant and friendly" to believers, and even takes the initiative to point out the way for them...Of course, if you understand His whispers no longer need guidance, a madman does not need reason. 】

I don't know if it was because I got a 60-point evaluation to clear the level, or because I found a cult priest, or because I survived the level after triggering the battle between Cthulhu and Hastur, this in-app purchase project was triggered.

"A clue of 20 points of merit? This is too expensive."

Zhou Ze frowned.

Diligent and frugal, he has always never spent money until it is necessary.

He belongs to the kind of person who can save tens of thousands of gold coins and a lot of potions that he can't bear to drink after playing stand-alone rpg games.

but.

There are still differences between world games and ordinary games.

Playing ordinary games is purely to pass the time and have fun, and whether to krypton or not is nothing more than a matter of fun.

But the world game needs to race against time...

For him now, time is far more important than merit.

He can get a maximum of 600 merit points for clearing this game, and besides, he still has 286 merit points on hand, so he can spend a small amount to save clearance time, and use the saved time to clear more games, maybe this is the right way.

The place where the money should be spent cannot be saved!
If you need krypton, you get krypton.

Click to buy 'Whispers of Hastur'.

[The translator is whispering...]

[The translation is complete. 】

[Hasta’s guidance: Amytheus is not a loyal servant of Cthulhu, and it serves Cthulhu only temporarily. The real target of the blood sacrifice is not drunk, you can try to make a deal with it and convince it Abandon Cthulhu and leave the world. 】

[Bonus reminder: Amytheus is not a human being, but an advanced life form close to the old level. 】

"Ametheus? Could it be that you are talking about that cult priest?"

At first glance, this clue seems useless, but if you look at it in conjunction with the whole plot, it is very meaningful.

If the cult priest can be persuaded to give up the blood sacrifice, wouldn't it be possible to pass the level directly and perfectly?The cruise ship can also sail away from the sea area where Cthulhu sleeps without incident, and the follow-up is at best to clean up those cultists and deep divers who are not strong.

However, Hastur mentioned the word trade.

Obviously, it will not be too easy to take a shortcut to pass the level, and it is very likely that there will be a price to pay.

“There is one more way to pass customs, but I don’t know if this road is worth taking.”

Zhou Ze wrote down the name Amishus.

He had a hunch that this game would not be the last time he had to deal with this cult priest, planning with the other party's mysterious means and strength, he had almost no chance to solve the other party in the game.

Although the world is big, the protagonists on the stage have always been just a few people.

They will definitely meet again in the future.

This piece of information is not only useful in this game, it may also come in handy in the future,

"When you find the old man, try a sneak attack first. It would be best if you can solve it on the spot. If you can't solve it, then load the file and try to trade."

Zhou Ze muttered something to himself.

Compared with a deal that might cost a price, he naturally prefers to simply and rudely deal with the enemy.

Especially for mysterious enemies like cult priests, who are powerful and have ulterior motives, and whose motives are difficult to fathom, the mere existence of them makes people feel uneasy, and it may appear when they will appear to kill you.

Read the file and go back to the moment when you first set foot on the cruise ship.

Zhou Ze couldn't remember how many times he read the files, maybe hundreds of times.

He was no longer in the mood to appreciate the lively and noisy crowd scene on the cruise ship, and the camera quickly turned to look for the figure of the cult priest.

Soon he found the white-haired old man standing in front of a shop window in the central square on the second floor of the cruise ship.

With the opponent's conspicuous attire in a British suit, as well as his tall figure of nearly 1.9 meters and gray hair, he can be seen even in the crowd.

After all, there are still mostly yellow people on the cruise ship, and the number of white people may be less than one-twentieth.

(End of this chapter)