Real Cthulhu Running Game

"Bamboo leaves?"

Zhang Jingxu walked over and said with some confusion: "Why are there bamboo leaves here? And this bamboo leaf looks like it just fell from the bamboo, so...where did it come from?"

Liu Xing shook his head and said with a puzzled look on his face: "I vaguely saw a green light from the ashes, so I realized that there might be something here, but I didn't expect it to be a bamboo leaf."

As Liu Xing spoke, he continued to pull away the ashes in front of him, "If I guessed correctly, these ashes should have been a few books, because I burned a lot of paper money when I went back to my hometown to worship my ancestors last year. Those paper money The ashes are similar to the ashes on the ground, so this bamboo leaf may be a bookmark in a certain book? But the book has been burned to ashes, how can the bookmark be preserved?"

"So this bamboo leaf was put in later? That's unrealistic. Logically speaking, the spirit of fire should have walked out of this basement, so there should be no living people in the basement at that time. As for what happened after the fire , if anyone had discovered this basement, this big stove would have been taken away long ago."

As soon as Yin En finished speaking, Li Hanxing came over and said, "It's okay, I'm sure we were the first people to find this basement after the fire, because after I discovered this basement, I paid attention to the traces along the way, so I can confirm that there are no other people’s footprints or other traces along the way.”

"There's nothing special about this bamboo leaf."

Yin En, who took the bamboo leaf from Liu Xing, raised his eyebrows and said: "So is this the leaf of Zhutori? But the leaves of Zhutori shouldn't be so common, right? And why is Zhutori related to a place like this? , isn’t she afraid of being burned to ashes by the spirit of fire?”

"Forget it, let's take this bamboo leaf back and keep it safe. Anyway, it doesn't take up much space. As for the specific situation, we'll wait until we get the bamboo back. But this bamboo leaf can be regarded as a reminder to us that on this ground There might be something else in the ashes."

After saying this, Zhang Jingxu squatted down and pulled up the ashes on the ground, while Li Hanxing and others began to try to lift the big stove out.

To the surprise of Li Hanxing and others, this seemingly heavy stove was unexpectedly light, and Li Hanxing could push it alone.

"Here I go, this big stove is so light. I should have pushed it back if I had known."

After Li Hanxing complained a few words, he continued to push the big stove out of the basement, while Liu Xing and others stayed to help Zhang Jingxu "clean up" the basement.

Soon, Liu Xing and others found the second thing - old printed coins.

But what Liu Xing and others didn't expect the most was that there was a yellow seal on the back of this old-seal coin.

"What's going on? Isn't the person who minted this coin a genius? He actually put the old seal and the yellow seal together. Isn't he afraid of being chased by the King in Yellow?"

As the designated apostle of the King in Yellow, Liu Xing couldn't help but said: "It seems that the person who minted this coin does not know the true meaning of the old seal and the yellow seal, so he, who is ignorant and fearless, combined these two seals in Together...perhaps he thought that this coin containing two sigils could double the effect."

Like the bamboo leaf, this strange coin is not a prop. It looks like it was cast by an ordinary person.

"This coin looks like it's made of silver."

Alice looked at the coin in Liu Xing's hand and continued: "And the edge of this coin is irregular, so this coin should be purely handmade, and it should be some years old."

"Hey, this is still an antique." Yin En said: "But this kind of coin has no practical use. After all, the old seal can be used to disgust mythical creatures, but it has no practical effect at all; as for the yellow seal What’s even more interesting is that although this thing can represent the King in Yellow, the King in Yellow has never determined the specific shape of the yellow seal, so there are now more than ten styles of yellow seals circulating on the market.”

"I only know the six styles of yellow seals."

Alice said seriously: "On the continent of Europa, as long as the kingdoms were powerful for a while, there are legends about coming into contact with the King in Yellow. In other words, it is because of the existence of the King in Yellow that these kingdoms can become powerful. , because the King in Yellow is quite easy to communicate with under most circumstances, and is also willing to give some benefits to his followers... Wait, is this the name of the caster and the date of casting?"

Liu Xing looked up and found two capital letters - K.T and four numbers - 1077 engraved on the narrow edge of the coin.

"1077? Canossa Incident?"

As a liberal arts student with a good history record, Liu Xing immediately thought of the famous Canossa Incident. Henry IV, the future Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, had to bow to the Pope due to internal and external troubles. In Canossa, I stood outside the castle for three days and three nights, and it was still snowing.

At the end of the Canossa affair, the Pope pardoned Henry IV as a victor, which also represented that the authority of the church exceeded the authority of the king. . . But as the saying goes, in the past thirty years east of the river and thirty years west of the river, after Henry IV settled the internal conflicts, he led the army to capture the Papal State and forced the pope to die in a foreign country. From this, he gained A chance to become Holy Roman Emperor.

Therefore, the Canossa incident can be regarded as the most famous incident on the continent of Europa in the Middle Ages. However, another reason why Liu Xing remembers this incident so clearly is that Liu Xing booked a game called "Cyber ​​2077" in the real world. , so Liu Xing remembered the Canossa incident in 1077.

"The Canossa Incident, I heard that an Old Dominator was involved in this incident. At that time, Henry IV decided to go against the church because of the support of this Old Dominator. As a result, Henry IV did not expect that his subordinates Those nobles were all young men, forcing him to bow his head temporarily... But this coin shouldn't be related to the Canossa incident, right?" Alice frowned and said: "And in that era, the abbreviation K.T was used Celebrities, I really can’t think of any at the moment.”

"Then let's add this coin to our collection first, and then go back and find out which famous figures in that period could be related to this K.T. After all, in that era, coins could be made from silver, and the workmanship was so good. This person should most likely be a noble lord."

Yin En took the coin and put it in his pocket, and continued: "However, there is no smoke on the surface of this coin, and there are no traces of being burned by fire. So if the bamboo leaf is really related to Zhutori, then this coin is very likely to be Eighty-nine also has its own merits."

After discussing the coins, Liu Xing and others continued to search for the "treasures" in the ashes in the secret room. After five minutes, they determined that there were no other things in the secret room that had not turned into ashes, and Li Hanxing has now fixed the big stove on the car and can transport it back to the farm at any time.

As a result, Liu Xing and others returned to the farm with the big stove after closing the basement door again.

After returning to the farm, Liu Xing and others carefully inspected the overall condition of the big stove and found that although it was very light, its hardness was very high. Even a humanoid mythical creature like Mai Yuqiang tried his best to break it. Can't hurt it at all.

"If nothing else, the raw material of this big furnace should be an unknown metal from aliens, so I am even more sure that this big furnace is used to summon the spirit of fire." Li Hanxing said seriously: "But just to be on the safe side , why don’t we try to light a fire and see if we can be ourselves in this big furnace?”

Hearing what Li Hanxing said, Liu Xing always felt that he had set a huge flag for this big stove.

The result was just as Liu Xing thought, the big stove was just close to the fire source. . . That is, when a lighter was used, it began to melt continuously like slime, and finally turned into a lump of golden liquid in the surprised eyes of Liu Xing and others.

Fortunately, Liu Xing and others had made preparations before and placed the big stove in a large basin for fixation, so the melted big stove filled the big basin.

"So, can this thing really be used to summon the spirit of fire? I'm afraid that the spirit of fire will be evaporated as soon as it comes to the big stove... But the melting point is too low, and a lighter can do it. Boil it directly into water."

Liu Xing looked at the basin of water and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Then the question is, what should we do with this basin of water now? It's impossible to just put it here, right?"

As soon as Li Hanxing finished speaking, he found that everyone around him was looking at him, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Okay, let me be responsible for this basin of water, but I can't guarantee that I can restore it."

Having said this, Li Hanxing honestly called Sun Huiwen, and the two of them left carrying the basin of water.

As for the remaining bamboo leaf and the coin, Liu Xing and others still found nothing after studying for a while. After all, they were not props, so as players, Liu Xing and others could not confirm these two items at the first time. The origin of something. . . But even without any evidence, Liu Xing felt that this bamboo leaf was related to Zhutori.

Since there was no progress, Liu Xing and others could only choose to give up the research and temporarily leave these two things to Alice for safekeeping, because Alice has been selected as the person in charge of the farm.

Soon it was daylight.

"Liu Xing, the Kamakura family sent an instruction manual."

Liu Xing took the letter from Mr. Kokawa and said with some surprise: "What the hell is this manual? Does the Kamakura family regard Sakai Masachi and the others as robots?"

Before Mr. Guchuan could speak, Liu Xing continued to ask: "By the way, your leader?"

Looking at Liu Xing who was hesitant to speak, Mr. Guchuan sighed and said: "The situation of the leader is not optimistic because he has already contacted his father and made it clear that we have joined the Yellow Clothes Sect. The Wu family faction, but the leader’s father was still unmoved and even wanted to instigate us to join the public faction, so the leader directly chose to refuse... It can even be said to be a severance of friendship. "

"Huh? This..."

This time Liu Xing was really hesitant to speak, because Liu Xing did not expect that Watanabe Ryusei would kill his relatives out of justice and break with his father.

But after thinking about it, Liu Xing felt that this was actually quite normal, because Watanabe Ryusei was indeed an ambitious person, and he did not want his father to come back to seize his power.

All in all, although Watanabe Ryusei's operation was unexpected by Liu Xing, it was also reasonable.

"Okay then, little husband, help me give your leader a message, saying that we will be his most solid backing, and we also believe that he will lead the Huangyi Sect, together with our Zetian family, to lead the Wu family The faction won the final victory... Of course, I still feel that your leader’s father did not sincerely choose to cooperate with the Kamakura family.”

"I will convey it truthfully, so now Liu Xing, please read this letter called the instruction manual. I will go back now."

After watching Mr. Guchuan leave, Liu Xing looked at the letter in his hand.

Just as Mr. Onikawa said, this letter has the words "Instruction Manual" written on it.

What exactly is this operation?

Liu Xing, who looked confused, opened the envelope, and inside there was only an A4 paper filled with words.

Liu Xing paid attention to the beginning and end, and found that the letter from the Kamakura family had Sakai Umeko as the sender, and the recipient was the Sawada family.

When he saw the three words "Zawatian Family", Liu Xing felt a lot more at ease.

However, after Liu Xing read the letter, he found that the Kamakura family was really a little bit stubborn, because they felt that they had "cheated" the Sakai Masa family group away with their ability, so they did not take the group away in vain. The reason for returning it, and at the same time, I hope Liu Xing and others will not interfere in this matter casually, because this matter has nothing to do with the Zetian family. . . Of course, the Kamakura family has also heard about the Sawada family's status in the samurai faction, so they are still willing to pay for the Sawada family's decline.

"This is really interesting. They actually want to bribe us."

Liu Xing touched his chin, shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the reward you gave us is too small, so our Zetian family will still stand opposite you."

Just when Liu Xing was about to take the letter and burn it, he suddenly discovered that there was actually a line of small words on the back of the letter, and the content of this line of small words was even more interesting to Liu Xing.

To briefly condense it, it is "If the person who gets this letter is willing to promote reconciliation between the Kamakura family and the Sawada family, then the Kamakura family will also come up with a special gift."