Giant of Light: I am the Old Ones

Chapter 280 The Past of the Shoggoths

Even though I had some guesses before, I never thought that this would be the case after the ancient man's body was dissected.

Underneath the entire thick skin layer is a thermal insulation structure similar to fat. Under this layer of structure, there are no so-called muscles or bones, but some kind of meridians with intertwined roots.

These meridians are connected by different nodes, and there are no animal organs that humans can understand.

Even thinking of it as a pure plant would be inappropriate.

This anatomical structure is more like a self-contained structure, with more subtle levels that can be dissected.

"I'm a little surprised. I had the same expression when I saw it back then. I thought it was just a small tree inside. This thing couldn't move at all."

The professor's tone was a little sad, and then he said:
"The scary thing is that the liquid that once existed between the gaps in these root nodes must have been Shoggoth."

In the professor's schematic diagram, the pure ancients relied on their own thoughts to act, but after being invaded by the Shoggoths, their bodies would be completely out of control.

At the same time, because they have been restricted in shape by their master's body for a long time, those Shoggoths who have parasitized the ancient ones will be more inclined to transform themselves into the shape of their master after leaving their host.

They occupy every aspect of the Ancient One's body and can learn to imitate everything the Ancient One does.

Even the so-called thinking.

It is precisely because of the birth of this kind of thinking that the Shoggoths who were made as tools would choose to rebel against their masters.

Perhaps the seeds of resistance at the beginning came from an ancient being's willingness to let their tools enter the body.

Amanda realized that the Decrelian cry might actually be the language of the Ancient Ones.

It's a pity that those voices sound exactly the same, and there is no difference even in intonation. It is impossible to tell whether it means a pure modal particle, a related vocabulary, or even a complete language system. There is no way to do this. Understand.

"Based on experiments on temperature changes, we believe that in ancient times the earth's continents were actually closer to the current equator, and there were no Antarctic and Arctic land. So all the individuals we found in the Antarctic were not able to endure the cold, even if they were repaired Same with Gus.”

The professor continued and made a terrible inference:
"The School of Geography believes that the splitting of the continental plates was not a natural formation, but that at the end of the war, the ancients gradually promoted the movement of the entire planet's continental plates in order to confine their enemies to the extremely cold areas. , and became the current continental distribution.”

Amanda asked curiously:
"But that was too long. At least 1 million years ago, the current Antarctic continent had not yet appeared in the Antarctic region."

The professor was also a little helpless and said:
"Perhaps there is some secret in this process that we don't know, such as time jump. But judging from the current situation, this method is undoubtedly successful. Therefore, we infer that the activation of Shoggoth requires heat and has been activated. The Shoggoths are not very affected by the environment, but it is best for them to be in an active state in the ice and snow."

Amanda continued:
"So Professor, because extreme cold areas are not livable areas for civilization, even if there are awakened Shoggoths, it is difficult to find a host. We have been in peace for so many years. Can I understand that?"

The professor nodded and continued:
"It can be understood this way, but there are even more bizarre conclusions. In fact, in the history of biological evolution, there is no shortage of intelligent civilizations that can develop in cold environments. At least we have records in the memories of aliens we have come into contact with. So, Some people are willing to believe that the ancients imposed a program on the natural environment of the entire region, making the evolved creatures prefer to live in so-called habitable areas and instinctively avoid going near extremely cold areas."

Amanda felt a little emotional, if the ancient civilization back then could really do this, what a powerful level of civilization it would be.

As the culprit of the ruined ancient civilization, Shoggoth must not be as simple and weak as it seems now.

There must be something else that I don't know about.

The professor saw Amanda's doubts and continued:
"According to the information currently summarized by the academy, the Shoggoths discovered so far are not powerful, but they have a very special property. That thing seems to be able to copy the genes of all intelligent life forms it comes into contact with, so even the craziest ones in the academy can Those people are also prohibited from directly using the human body to contact the Shoggoth. Combined with the speculation that the Shoggoth can copy the wisdom of the ancients and destroy civilization, we believe that the harm of this creature does not actually lie in itself, but in the things it can come into contact with. level of intelligent civilization.”

The professor added:
"And this replicability will decay, so that when we see the only remaining individuals, they will only imitate the calls."

Yes, if so, these problems can be explained.

Amanda thought.

The professor laughed and said:
"Okay, that's all the information I have confirmed for you. Don't be so serious. You are still a young man, even older than me. Tell me what you think."

Amanda nodded and said:
"According to this information, it is not difficult to deal with the Shoggoths. But what we are meeting now is actually the Shoggoths that were parasitized by Sphia. The academy should be able to find some records from the memories of the Lebxians."

The professor touched his stubble and said slowly:
"Sphia, in that world, there is a mechanism that prevents intelligent civilization from moving into the universe. Failed civilizations will be assimilated or fall into technological collapse. Even aliens that can travel through the stars still need to be captured. It’s a shame that slaves come to work. According to this, Sphia’s purpose is actually to allow various civilizations to stay on their home planets with peace of mind.”

Amanda said:
"That's right, but now it has been confirmed that the individual Sphijashogs has appeared. What is not certain is who is the dominant one among the two."

That's what Amanda was worried about.

For existences at the level of evil gods, or monsters like Hyperjackton, Sphia will be absorbed as food or nutrients.

Ordinary monsters will be parasitically strengthened by Sofia, with Sofia's consciousness taking the lead.

But now the problem lies in the Shoggoth. According to their inference, he is a being who becomes stronger when he is strong and becomes weak when he is weak.

I wonder what kind of will this kind of neither superior nor inferior person will follow after coming into contact with Sphia?

Is it to destroy all civilizations, liberate the Shoggoths as tools, and replace the existence of intelligent life?
Or, are all the intelligent civilizations on this hunting planet preventing them from leaving their own planet?

(End of this chapter)