Real Cthulhu Running Game

“Medieval castles basically don’t consider lighting issues. This is one of the reasons why not many people choose to buy castles in the real world, because you need to spend a lot of money just to lay circuits in the castle. , after all, for safety reasons, these circuits cannot be completely routed outside. There must be a circuit buried in the wall, but it will cost a lot of money to penetrate these stone walls."

As Alice spoke, she knocked on the wall beside her and said, "I remember, didn't someone in China spend hundreds of millions in recent years to build several new-style castles as tourist attractions and hotels?"

Liu Xing was stunned at first, and then looked at Li Hanxing and Sun Huiwen with some doubts, because Liu Xing really didn't know about this, but Liu Xing was sure that it should be true. . . China has copied many famous foreign buildings in recent years, so it is not unusual to build several castles.

At this time, Li Hanxing nodded and said with a smile: "I know this. When I bought that castle, I saw relevant news. It was said that a designer invested hundreds of millions to build several castles, and the main character among them was It can be said that the castle is high-end and classy. Not to mention the castle we are in now, even Duke Gundogan’s castle is nothing more than that. Unfortunately, it is just a man-made landscape after all. In the final analysis, it is just a theme hotel. , so apart from the fact that there will be some tourists at the beginning, it can’t be said to be empty later on, because the nearby travel agencies that organize tours for middle-aged and elderly people like this kind of attraction.”

"My home is actually not far from that castle, so one time I went for a walk with my friends when I had nothing to do, and even stayed for one night. The experience was quite bad. It was basically the same as in a big city. Those chain hotels are on the same level, and there is nothing worth visiting in the entire castle, because many places have not been renovated, and there is no intention to continue the renovation, and the most interesting thing is when you walk out of your room When you arrive, you will find that there are not many residents like you around, but there are many old men and women chatting in the hall below, and it feels like the whole castle is divided into two spaces."

"When I left that time, I saw a singing competition for the elderly being held in the castle. I thought it was quite strange. As for the other small castles, I have never been there because the roads leading there are It is still the kind of dirt road that has been leveled casually, but it is said that it has long been dilapidated. And can you imagine someone drying rice and corn outside a castle? This castle can only be said to have been born at the wrong time and was poorly managed. , at that time I thought about whether to buy that castle, because the price of the castle was quite low, and the various facilities were also very modern."

"That castle next to your house? Oh, it turns out to be that castle. I remember that a very famous funny movie was filmed there recently. Isn't that the only highlight moment of this castle?" Sun Huiwen, who was hiding in the darkness, spoke.

Hearing what Sun Huiwen said, a picture suddenly appeared in Liu Xing's mind, because Liu Xing had also seen the funny movie Sun Huiwen mentioned. . . Although in the real world and not this parallel world.

Wait, wasn’t that castle originally a CG?

Liu Xing touched the back of his head, and suddenly some information, or the memory of "Liu Xing" came to his mind.

After reading this memory, Liu Xing frowned and said: "Li Hanxing, the castle you are talking about should be called Chengwen Castle, right? I remember that the castle seemed to have been closed half a year ago. Although I don't know the specific reason, but I found a possibility from various revelations on the Internet, that is, there seems to be a door to the dreamland in Wencheng Castle, so mythical creatures came to the real world through this door, which caused some people to go to the real world. casualties, but an incident like this is really difficult to handle, so Chengwen Castle can only close its doors."

"Ah, is this still happening? It seems that I was quite lucky and did not encounter those mythical creatures. Otherwise, you would not be able to see me today, because I was injured and unarmed at that time. Li Hanxing said with some fear.

I don’t know if anyone will deal with the modules in Chengwen Castle. . . To be honest, Liu Xing really wants to visit Chengwen Castle now, because Chengwen Castle looks quite good in the scenes of that funny movie.

Wait, it seems that I have set a flag for myself again without knowing it.

The four Liu Xings were chatting while watching the group of NPCs handling the food.

I don’t know if these NPCs have just started cooking, or if they intend to show it to their group. In short, these NPCs waited until Liu Xing and others arrived before they just processed the ingredients and then started the barbecue.

"We have to ask those two guys to set up some torches on the road later. It's quite troublesome to set up torches in the dark." Li Hanxing complained: "But this is not a bad thing for us, because Sun Huiwen and I are still quite Good at fighting in such dark places.”

As Li Hanxing spoke, he stared at the rabbit on the grill, "If nothing else happens, those guys will probably pass the rabbit to us on the grounds that ladies are given priority, so Alice, you have to find a way to refuse first." Once, because we are still not sure whether any of the condiments were spiked."

"Heroes see the same thing." Alice whispered: "The rabbit was the first one to get on the grill, so it has no reference value. And if those guys really want to do something small, then they are indeed It's possible that this rabbit could be used to trick us."

As expected, after the first rabbit was roasted and sprinkled with various well-known or unknown seasonings, it was delivered by one of the knight NPCs.

As the only woman present, Alice refused with a smile: "No, no, you can eat first. We are here to eat, how can we start eating before the host's family?"

After some refusal, the knight NPC could only choose to pick up the rabbit and eat it.

After making sure that the seasonings should be fine, Alice took over today's dinner.

To put it bluntly, the seasonings in this special world are quite good and have a unique flavor.

In this way, the dinner was finished safely, and the moon was about to reach the designated position.

Ever since, Liu Xing and others came to the room again, and the two knight NPCs also ordered their men to place torches along the way.

In the room, Alice volunteered to pick up the bronze mirror, and then found an angle to reflect the moonlight on the small bead.

Liu Xing felt that there should be the sound of the dice falling here, but unfortunately he couldn't hear it for the time being.

But it didn't take long for Liu Xing to know that Alice was very lucky this time because the judgment was successful.

After the small bead absorbed enough moonlight, it began to change from the original colorless and transparent to a slightly turbid white. Even Liu Xing could see that there seemed to be tiny cotton wadding up and down in the small bead. Flying.

Soon, the small bead turned pure white. . . Next is the time to witness the miracle.

I saw that the small bead instantly turned back to the colorless and transparent state, and the key turned silently, and then everyone present heard a "click". It seemed that the iron door was opened. .

At this time, the vigilance of Liu Xing and others had been raised to the highest level. Li Hanxing had already put his hand on the hilt of his sword, ready to draw his sword to attack at any time; as for Liu Xing and Sun Huiwen, they were already ready. Prepare to pounce on nearby NPCs and snatch away the daggers from their waists.

Fortunately, these NPCs did not intend to take action at this time, but the knight NPC who gave the rabbit before took a step forward and silently squeezed Alice away. It seemed that he wanted to open the secret room by himself. iron gate.

Of course Alice didn't say anything, she just stood back beside Liu Xing and others.

After the two knight NPCs communicated with their eyes, the iron door was finally slowly pushed open. . . Then, the figure pushing the iron door suddenly stopped, and finally fell down in front of everyone's puzzled eyes.

At this time, Liu Xing and others discovered that a small knife appeared silently on the knight NPC's head and hit him directly in the forehead.

The NPCs present were all confused and at a loss.

"This knife should be poisonous, otherwise it wouldn't be able to even scream." Alice frowned and said: "Logically speaking, we opened the mechanism correctly, because if it was done in the wrong way, If the mechanism is opened, then this should not be a knife, but a poisonous mist pouring out of the secret room."

Liu Xing nodded, raised his voice and said: "It seems that we underestimated this iron door. In fact, this iron door requires a total of three steps to be opened safely. The first step is to get the correct key, and the second step is to get the correct key. The first step is to use moonlight to activate the small bead, and the last step is to open the door correctly, that is, the iron door should be opened instead of pushed open directly. "

The reason why Liu Xing raised his voice was to take a preemptive strike and try his best to distance himself and his group from the unexpected incident, characterizing it as the knight NPC who chose the wrong way to open the door, lest the living knight NPC Taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

However, the current situation is indeed even worse for Liu Xing and others, because when they went downstairs, Liu Xing and others discussed one thing, that is, if their group found out that these two knight NPCs were preparing to cross the river and tear down the bridge. , if you want to kill the donkey, then you and your group will have to find a way to use the alienation strategy.

Although these two knight NPCs seem to be brothers, Liu Xing and others know one thing very well, that is, these two guys should be money fans, so if there is a chance to enjoy a treasure by themselves, they probably won't Choose to reject.

But now, I didn't expect that the mechanism that opened the door would directly kill one of the knight NPCs. Now the remaining knight NPC can confidently recruit his good brother's men.

As a result, although Liu Xing and others lost one enemy, the remaining enemies were all of the same mind.

Now it's a bit troublesome.

But fortunately, the remaining knight NPC may have considered that there may be a mechanism in the secret room, or he did not intend to take action until he saw the treasure. Of course, it is also possible that Liu Xing and others are treating it with a villain's heart. A gentleman, in short, he did not choose to take action at this time. Instead, he ordered a subordinate to go up and open the iron door according to what Liu Xing just said.

The guard was also a smart man. He hid directly behind the iron door, and then slowly opened the iron door.

This time, the mechanism was not triggered again. It seemed that the iron door really needed to be opened rather than pushed. This was taking advantage of people's habit of pushing the door instead of pulling it.

It seems that the original owner of this castle was indeed a smart man. I don't know how this smart man came to be in ruins.

Because they had learned from the past, Liu Xing and others were extremely careful when entering the secret room, but nothing happened.

And the area of ​​this secret room is not too big, just a rectangular space of about fifty square meters, with a bunch of large and small boxes placed next to the wall.

But what worries Liu Xing and others the most is that in the secret room, apart from these boxes, there is only one oil painting. This oil painting depicts a young man wearing an aristocratic dress, but this young man has an oriental appearance.

Oda Nobunaga!

Liu Xing and others immediately recognized that the character in the oil painting was Oda Nobunaga, because after coming to the island country, Liu Xing and others had seen many paintings about Oda Nobunaga.

But the question arises again, that is, why does Oda Nobunaga’s oil painting appear here?

According to the current known situation, this oil painting is less than ten years old, so this oil painting was most likely completed after the previous owner of the castle fell into financial ruin and was forced to leave the castle.

This means that Duke Gundogan should have been here, and he brought this oil painting here!

Thinking of this, Liu Xing and others all had a clear understanding.

At this moment, an NPC couldn't help but open a box, and then saw more than ten gold bars neatly placed in the box.

In an instant, the secret room was filled with exclamations, and Liu Xing noticed that the eyes of those NPCs suddenly became strange.

Fortunately, Liu Xing and others have already regarded money as dirt. Even if these gold bars can bring out this special world, Liu Xing and others have no interest in taking one.

At this time, Alice said decisively: "Can you hand me the oil painting?"

The remaining NPC looked at Alice in surprise, but he didn't say anything more and arranged for his men to hand the oil painting to Alice.

After getting the oil painting, Liu Xing and others began to exit the secret room in a tacit understanding.