Chapter 3206: The Haze of Faraines (14)

Batman's willpower is absolutely unquestionable, but it is another matter in this kind of game. Although Schiller feels that he should have put enough points into willpower for himself, if he fights monsters above his level, no matter how high the points are, it is useless.

Looking at Batman like this, he must have come into contact with some higher-level existences, the level must be higher than the Deep Ones, and he accidentally fell into their trap.

But Batman must not be completely unprepared and without the power to resist, otherwise he wouldn't have frequently shown abnormalities, causing Schiller's vigilance.

If Batman had really behaved normally, Schiller wouldn't have dared to say that he wouldn't have been deceived by him, but Batman's performance was too wrong, as if he had written the words "I have a problem" on his face. Schiller feels that he should not have been controlled by someone, but possibly influenced by something in his spirit.

This reminds Schiller of that strange-acting little girl, Jeff's youngest daughter. She also looked fine on the outside, but just revealed a kind of weirdness.

Schiller thought of the "Water God Cthaya" book he found in Jeff's cellar. The several boxes covering this book had nothing in them, only the topmost box had a little bit of forage debris.

The feed stored in the cellar is used to feed sheep. Schiller, although he has never been engaged in animal husbandry, roughly understands the principles of farming. These livestock raised for food are often not just relying on being put on the mountain to eat grass.

Generally speaking, no matter how abundant the pasture is, ranchers will definitely hoard feed, because sometimes the weather is bad, and sometimes the pasture cannot provide enough nutrition to make the livestock's weight reach the standard, so they need extra supplementation.

Schiller calculated the date. The day Jeff's family's sheep went missing mentioned in the diary was not very early, and it should also be winter. Although goats can eat grass roots, after all, there is no fresh pasture, so Jeff probably couldn't avoid using feed to supplement their nutrition.

The several boxes placed above the Water God book were obviously obstacles Jeff used to cover the traces of this book. He deliberately didn't put feed in them, perhaps also worrying that this book might affect the feed.

But Schiller discovered that there were traces of feed having been put in the topmost box, which means someone put feed into that box.

Although the book doesn't look poisonous, this kind of terrifying thing is really hard to say. What kind of influence would it have if things for entry were placed on it? No one knows.

If these feeds really had problems, then that mountain sheep that suddenly went missing might have an explanation.

Batman is like that mountain sheep, and also like Jeff's youngest daughter. They look like there is nothing unusual, but that is just a disguise. They are just using seemingly normal actions to lure people into traps step by step.

To be honest, this doesn't look like the style of the Cthulhu Mythos, but rather like the style of a demon.

"There are no demons in this game." The Transcendent speaks out: "There is no heaven or hell, no real magicians, you can directly exclude this inference."

Schiller understands. This is obviously not a sword-and-magic dungeon. Wanting to engage in any heaven-hell war or magic bombardment is definitely impossible.

Then this is a bit like human work.

Except for Nyarlathotep, the higher-level existences in the Cthulhu Mythos system have nothing to do with cunning. They don't engage in conspiracies, don't deliberately harm anyone, just exist quietly. Everything that collapses because of them is just because humans cannot restrain their greed for forbidden things.

Schiller doesn't feel that Batman is a greedy person. He can restrain his desires very well, so he might have fallen into a trap.

Schiller checked Batman's body and didn't find any suspicious objects, but discovered a wound on his right hand. It looks like the blood-colored spells in the study should have been written by him with his own blood.

Linking to Batman putting points into Psychoanalysis, that should be his Sanity declaring bankruptcy. He had to put points into this skill, wanting to turn the tide, but failed, and then went crazy.

No, it is also possible that it was not a failure, but it was precisely this Psychoanalysis that caused his already low Sanity to drop rapidly.

Look, what did he say? This thing is not reliable at all. Except for Schiller, whoever uses it dies.

Schiller sighs in his heart, but he still has to find a way to save Batman back.

Just as he is thinking about where to trigger a few battles, let his skill cooldown finish, and restore some sanity to Batman, Batman lying on the ground suddenly groans.

Schiller is startled. He hasn't forgotten that Batman is still in a state of madness. He doesn't have much confidence in being able to beat a crazy Batman.

Watching Batman slowly climb up from the ground, Schiller grips the crowbar tightly with one hand and touches the pistol with the other. As long as the opponent shows any abnormality, he will act immediately.

But Batman just turns over and lies down again. Schiller hears him say: "I am fine."

"What on earth is wrong with you?" Schiller still cannot fully trust him, so he still stands two meters away.

He sees the wound on the back of Batman's head gradually healing, guessing that he should have used a healing skill, but he feels that the opponent's Sanity still hasn't improved, because he also knows that there is no skill in the skill list that can directly restore this value.

"There is a problem." Batman says: "Have you ever considered why we go crazy when our mental health is not healthy?"

Schiller is stunned by his question, saying: "You might as well ask directly, why do we go crazy when we go crazy?"

"I mean, why do we become crazy when we fall to the bottom? Are we that kind of person?"

There is no battle triggered now, they cannot directly say words related to skills and values, and can only hint in circles.

Schiller is not stupid either. He understands Batman's hint. Batman is actually asking why they go crazy after their Sanity hits bottom.

Schiller has always felt that this is actually a game setting. It's a game setting, don't be too picky. What happens when the value hits bottom? There must be a penalty. Doesn't it die when the blood volume hits bottom?

But Batman seems to have a different view.

"Someone told me that I was cursed." Batman says: "An indescribable magical existence, contact with him caused my spirit to fall to the bottom, but just when I was about to go crazy, he helped me break free a bit and told me the truth."

"Who is he?"

"He said his name is 'Dagon'."

Schiller is shocked. Sure enough, Batman really came into contact with a Great Old One. Dagon is the god worshipped by the Deep Ones.

But as far as he knows, Dagon is very mysterious. Cthulhu occasionally grabs two ships, but this guy seems to have been staying at the bottom of the sea, with no action, and never heard of him communicating with anyone. Most sailors just dreamed of such a monster, saw some blurry shadows, and Batman actually contacted him?

"Why would he help you?" This is what Schiller doesn't understand the most. Dagon is a fish god. He should have no good feelings for humans, and it is even less likely to actively help humans.

"He feels very novel."

"What?"

"I said, I found the correct application method for Psychoanalysis." Batman says: "He was very shocked by everything I saw. He thought I was the same kind as him."

Schiller is stunned on the spot.

He seems to understand what Batman is saying, but precisely because he understands, he feels it is absurd.

Schiller himself knows that when his mental state is bad to a certain extent, his Psychoanalysis talent will gradually reveal itself, but rather than saying it is a talent, it is better to say it is some bizarre hallucinations that look groundless.

But it is precisely these hallucinations that can accurately predict many things, and can even act as his senses, allowing him to understand this world more clearly than ever before.

The Transcendent said before that level 3 Psychoanalysis is actually connecting his own talent, that is to say, people who put points into this skill might also see more things the worse their mental state is.

If Batman really maxed out this skill, and he happened to be in a situation where his Sanity was extremely low, the hallucinations he saw must be very amazing.

If he communicated mentally with Dagon in this situation, how would Dagon look at the hallucinations in Batman's brain?

According to Batman, Dagon was also very shocked.

This world is too crazy. Humans can actually mentally pollute Great Old Ones in turn.

But it seems that it was precisely because of this bizarre mental state that Dagon didn't feel that Batman was a human. He might have thought that Batman was also a Great Old One similar to him, so he helped him out.

Schiller suspects that it might also be because these hallucinations gave Batman the ability to communicate with Dagon. After all, Great Old Ones don't speak human language, and the information they transmit mentally is polluting, so special methods must be used to communicate with them. Batman shouldn't know any special methods.

And it just so happens that the senses of Schiller's talent, which is fully fired, are confused. His method of perceiving everything in the world is by hallucinations, which instead transformed Dagon's language into hallucinations he could understand.

This is really progress in the era and development in society. Humans are no longer satisfied with accepting God's gifts and have begun to directly use the Black Tiger Steals Heart on God.

But it might be this accidental mistake that saved Batman, pulling him back from the edge of complete madness.

"What is going on with the curse?" Schiller asks after being shocked for a while.

"Literal meaning, when our mental state becomes bad, we go crazy is a curse." Batman says.

This makes Schiller fall into thought. He originally thought that this was actually a game setting. After all, the Transcendent also emphasized it, but although it is a setting, it is not impossible to make up a story, or rather, in relatively careful scripts, they will all make up stories for players' special abnormal states. This can enhance immersion, instead of thinking of settings as soon as they encounter this state.

Thinking carefully, it is also quite abnormal. Batman's encounter shows that going crazy after Sanity hits bottom is not an indiscriminate attack on everyone, but actually a carefully set trap and taking people there.

This doesn't look like going crazy at all, but rather like being controlled by something. It has to be done even if there is no sanity at all, which is really suspicious.

Schiller thinks about it and says: "Although we all have our own reasons for coming here, it can also be said to be a kind of fate. Perhaps it is precisely because we have the same curse that we came to such a remote place at the same time."

"Where do you think the curse comes from?" Batman looks at him and asks.

Schiller doesn't speak, just turns his head silently and lets his gaze fall on the towering cross beside him. ===== CHAPTER 3207 =====