Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 271 Life Support Chamber

The power of a wizard comes from learning, and the greatest motivation for learning is curiosity.

They will not let go of anything that interests them and this curiosity can cause them into a lot of trouble.

Oldie is no exception.

The psychic core of the Conch Shell is right in front of us. If we don’t grab it, wouldn’t this trip be in vain?
After losing power, it was obvious that the air around was becoming as cold as outside the conch shell. The crystal that was originally brightly lit and full of light began to become dimmer and dimmer, and gradually became similar to the emergency light that would automatically light up during a power outage.

This means that the Snail Shell is now operating at low power and using its only remaining backup energy.

It also means that if there are still mind suckers on the Snail Shell, they must have noticed the invasion.

But as mentioned before, Oldie is not afraid of the Illithid monster at all. As for whether other people would be scared when they see the Illithid monster's octopus head, that is not within her consideration.

After all, we are not familiar with each other. It is just a simple relationship between boss and employee. Do I need to care about your mental health?
The three people who were kept in the dark were obviously unaware of this. They all looked a little regretful, probably because they had not seen any gold coins or gems yet.

Everyone left the engine room and went up the chitinous stairs again, returning to the previous intersection and continuing up.

As expected, continuing to walk up, we soon arrived at a particularly spacious room with a good view.

It was a high-ceiling chamber with a dome from which hung a complex apparatus composed of tissue resembling glowing jellyfish, which constructed a shimmering map of the stars with their curling, glowing tentacles.

Below was a high-back chair with short armrests, inlaid with some sparkling blue crystal balls, all of which were tilted towards the star map, as if attracting people to come over and manipulate it.

This is the bridge of the Snail Shell Ship, the core area that controls the entire Snail Shell Ship.

Directly in front of the chair is a floor-to-ceiling window made of transparent petals, from which you can see the scenery outside the conch shell ship, but it is not covered with snow.

The snowfield that I saw before was an illusion, but when I looked out through the window of the snail-shell ship, I saw large areas of bare dark rocks, as if they were in a huge cavity underground.

If you get closer, you will find that there is a bottomless abyss not far in front of the Snail Shell. The Snail Shell has made an emergency landing on the edge of the abyss and is about to fall in.

Noticing this, Draeger's legs immediately went weak and he quickly and quietly moved away from the window.

Dwarves all have one characteristic, which is that they are afraid of heights. The height of riding a horse alone is enough to scare them so much that they dare not move, let alone such a bottomless place.

"We are lucky. If we had accidentally stepped on air and fallen into the abyss under the cover of the illusion just now, we would have been hopeless."

Everyone felt relieved after hearing what Alday said. At least luck was on their side, at least so far.

On the starboard wall, there was an open panel, revealing a fleshy tentacle embedded with crystal fragments, and on the flat part below were some patterns etched that looked like words.

This aroused Oldie's interest.

"Do you understand the writing of the illithids? What does it say?"

"I can barely understand it. It says that the ship was attacked by a red dragon. The coordinates were entered incorrectly during the emergency jump, causing the hull to come into direct contact with the ground and be destroyed."

This part was consistent with Olde's guess, but the following content was a bit exciting for the other three.

"There were a total of four crew members on board, three of whom died when the Conch Shell crashed, and one was seriously injured."

Alde turned around and pointed to the stairs leading to the upper reaches at the rear of the bridge:

"The seriously injured left a record and waited for rescue to arrive. I returned to the captain's room and used the life support device to hibernate temporarily."

"Could it be that……"

"Yes, it may still be alive now."

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The horror legend of the mind-thirsty monster has almost become a story used by adults to scare children. Many people have childhood trauma from this. Even though they know that the mind-thirsty monster may be seriously injured, the octopus face alone is enough to awaken the psychological trauma.

But you have to go up.

Oldie unplugged the plug of the spiral shell ship, and the life support device would soon fail, thus awakening the hibernating mind sucker. The few of them did not want to be hunted down by the octopus head.

So after weighing the pros and cons, the most appropriate action was to strike first before the mind sucker fully awakened. So several people immediately climbed up the chitin stairs, came to the door of the captain's room and looked inside.

The dome chamber was filled with miscellaneous items, many of which were piled on a workbench with legs only half a meter high. Behind the workbench was a crystal ball as big as a human head, which was mounted on a low stand.

Five strange, glowing gadgets were fastened to the chitinous wall seven feet above the ground. These devices looked like the ends of metal wands held in pliers.

In addition, the most obvious thing is a "coffin" placed right in front of the gate.

It was an oval, capsule-shaped object, with the bottom made of flesh and chitin, and the upper part made of a dark red translucent lid, and a rotating structure could be seen at one end of the lid.

This is the life support device.

Because the lid is dark red and translucent, only a humanoid shadow nearly two meters tall can be seen in the dim light, and the long tentacles on its face can be vaguely seen.

Nimia, the wanderer used as a scout, was about to stick his head in to take a closer look, but was immediately stopped by the staff extended by Orday.

"There is a trap here, be prepared to fight"

Alde only explained this and then whispered a spell.

As the spell progressed, everyone saw crystal balls of all sizes in the room burst and explode one after another, screaming like living things. It was not until the last crystal ball exploded that Alde signaled everyone that they could go in.

Compared to other things in the room, what everyone was most concerned about was the mind-thirsty monster lying in the life-support device. Everyone drew their weapons and approached the capsule-shaped device cautiously.

Because they had stayed here for too long, the outer shell of the capsule-shaped device was covered with a layer of dust. Nemia looked back at the others and saw that they had clenched their weapons and were ready to fight at any time. Nemia went up and wiped off the dust with his hand.

As a result, when he waved his hand, the octopus head under the deep red translucent shell, which had originally not reacted, suddenly opened its amber eyes, and Nemia screamed in fright.

"Quick! Close the hatch!"

All of the mind-thirsty creatures can be controlled by psionics, or telepathy.

The hatch of the life support device opened upwards at the command of the mind sucker, and several people standing next to the hatch quickly lay down to prevent the hatch from opening.

At this moment, the dwarf Drerg, who was the heaviest and most powerful contestant in the ballast cover, felt as if a bomb had exploded in his head, making him dizzy and his consciousness blank.

Others saw Draeger suddenly let go of his hand and kneel down towards the life support module.

"He's being mind controlled!"

The horror of the mind flayers comes not only from their appearance, but also from their ability to control other creatures through telepathic powers.

This mind-thirsty monster might have just awakened, and its psychic abilities hadn't recovered yet, so it just asked Drager to kneel on the ground and stay out of the way.

But the physical strength of the mind sucker is not weak, and the speed at which the mind sucker recovers after waking up is much faster than everyone expected.

Without Derger's suppression, Nimia and the halfling priest Perrin were unable to suppress the monster, and the mind flayer was about to crawl out of the life-support cabin.

At this time, Orday leaped onto the hatch, raised his staff while riding on it, and smashed the staff head inlaid with a huge blue gem towards the head of the mind flayer.

Then there was a loud bang like thunder. Nimia and Perrin, who were holding the hatch, had to let go and cover their ears. The terrible sound echoed farther away like a shock wave.

However, the mind-thirsty monster that tried to lift up the hatch rolled its eyes, and purple-black blood oozed out of its eyes and skin, and it became motionless again.

"What happened just now? I felt like someone pulled my head."

Draeger pressed his temple and stood up. Seeing Nimya and Perrin covering their ears, he still didn't understand what was going on.

"It's okay, the mind sucker is dead."

Oldie turned over and jumped down from the life support capsule, but before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw a pile of black, liquid substance appear at the door.

These liquids flew out from the wall near the door like spraying. They were sticky and seemed to gather together consciously. In the blink of an eye, they turned into three black sticky objects in the shape of mind flayers.

"It's liquefied consciousness. I didn't expect the mind sucker to have such a trap."

It's a little bit tricky...

(End of this chapter)