Real Cthulhu Running Game

"Liu Xing, what do you think the plot of this module is? I know now that the main plot should be Xiaogang's disappearance, but based on your experience, there seem to be a lot of side plots in this module, or Is it extra plot?"

Yin En, who was lying on the bed, picked his teeth with a toothpick and said: "There should be a plot line with Xiaogang's uncle over there in the Artisan Village, that is, the lock you saw before may appear in his in hand; then there are more plots in Goldfish Village. First, there is the line of Taichi Hiramoto. His sister's divine hiddenness should be related to his failure to tell you the truth, and then there is the old village chief's ten-year relationship. The story of Zhang Jingxu and Ding Kun."

"There should be more than two plots in Goldfish Village. There should be a problem with the fish pond, and I think the Sakai Masa Co., Ltd. line may also need the help of Uncle Eight to cut into it; as for Kujing Village, except for Xiaogang's disappearance, After the main plot, we may also intersperse the mystery of the relocation of Kujing Village. I think the reason why Kujing Village chose to relocate is not that simple, or the sewage pollution from the chemical plant is just an excuse."

Liu Xing played with the stone sculpture in his hand and continued: "The white mist in this stone sculpture should be related to the big tree, and if there is no problem with this big tree, then there is really a ghost, so I suspect that the big tree may be A mythical creature. At the same time, the villagers of Kujing Village, or only the village chief and other respected people in Kujing Village know about this. As for the reason for moving the village, maybe they want this big tree to have a better growing environment, or It’s said to avoid certain risks.”

"Risk? Putting this tree that can release white fog that can kill humans instantly in the village is the real risk." Yin En complained: "But as far as I know, although plant mythical creatures are very rare, their distribution The scope is quite wide. Almost anywhere in the world where plants grow, it is possible to find mythical plant creatures. Among these mythical plant creatures, various tree demons account for 90%. Besides trees, the only ones that can become monsters are other large plants, such as cacti, but the brains of these mythical creatures don’t work well, or they have no brains in the first place.”

"Botanical mythical creatures are basically acquired, because they were a group of ordinary plants at the beginning. Later, due to some reasons, they embarked on an unimagined path, such as the enlightenment of ancient gods, Either they accidentally come into contact with something special, or they are transformed by magic into a golem-like existence. In short, their intelligence level is either very low, or they have no intelligence at all. They just act on instinct, and the instinct of plants is to absorb water and nutrients from the earth, and then receive sunlight from the sky.”

"So mythical plant creatures will not take the initiative to attack humans under normal circumstances, but they will choose to take action when competing with other ordinary plants for living space, and use various means to make other surrounding plants wither and wither. So if you see an area with no other plants in the wild, but there is a big tree that is very moist, it means that this big tree is most likely a mythical creature. Of course, there are also some plant myths. Creatures also like to create clones of themselves, such as some trees that can grow into a forest from a single tree."

Speaking of this, Yin En looked in the direction of Kujing Village and said: "So, I think that the big tree in Kujing Village should also have no intelligence, or the level of intelligence is quite low, so although it usually shows some strange things, it is The villagers of Kujing Village regard it as a god, but it itself knows nothing about it; when it was affected by the sewage from the chemical plant, it subconsciously released the sewage through white mist, and was regarded as a god by the villagers of Kujing Village. Oracle, so I chose to relocate.”

"There is also a possibility that someone is eyeing this big tree."

Liu Xing said seriously: "There is no airtight wall in the world, so maybe not only people in Kujing Village know about the magic of this big tree, so some people have bad thoughts about this big tree, and Kujing Village They had to choose to move, but these people who were interested in the big tree did not choose to give up.”

"Liu Xing, do you mean that Xiaogang's disappearance may be caused by these people?" Yin En asked doubtfully.

Liu Xing nodded and replied seriously: "Yes, I think Xiaogang's disappearance may have been taken away by someone, or a mythical creature. The purpose was to make the villagers of Kujing Village have a feeling for this big tree. Doubtful, because after eliminating all wrong options, no matter how unreliable the remaining option seems, it is indeed the truth. Therefore, after eliminating other possibilities, Kujing Village can only At the time of identification, the big tree wanted to bloom."

"Or did you do it, Shi Liu Xing?"

Yin En touched his chin, patted his thigh and said: "If we choose not to show up in Kujing Village in the early stage after the next reset of the world, then the villagers of Kujing Village may really think that this big tree has eaten them. Xiaogang, they will have only two choices at that time, one is to cut down the big tree, and the other is to leave Kujing Village directly; the possibility of the latter is not high, because Kujing Village just moved here not long ago, and now It’s not easy to relocate the entire village.”

"So, now the villagers of Kujing Village have only one choice, which is to cut down the big tree that they used to regard as their patron saint. Of course, to be on the safe side, it is better to uproot it. And at this time, if there is a If the expert comes forward and says that he can solve the problem, then the villagers of Kujing Village should choose to hand over the big tree to the expert, and the expert can directly pack the tree away; but apart from this Apart from the explanation, I think there may be another explanation for Xiaogang’s disappearance.”

"Shenyin?"

Liu Xing knew what Yin En wanted to say, "Since Taichi Hiramoto's sister also died because of Shenyin, then there might really be a powerful mythical creature in this area, and this mythical creature also likes to treat children. But I think this possibility is actually not high, because we are professionals after all, and we also know that there are not many mythical creatures that can do this. Anyway, in my impression, maybe only Konggui can do this. Do."

"Yes, although there are many mythical creatures that can do this, Konggui has to steal children without anyone noticing, while other mythical creatures can stand up and do this in a big way. After all, their strength does not allow them to sneak around."

Yin En smiled and continued: "But if it is really Konggui, then this module cannot be played anymore, because Konggui is a dimensionality-reducing blow to us now, and it only bullies us. , and this does not explain why the stone sculpture in your hand, Liu Xing, can absorb the white mist that kills people if touched. At the same time, this stone sculpture is actually placed in the safe of an ordinary person. Of course, this ordinary person may not be ordinary either. .”

Hearing what Yin En said, Liu Xing took out the mirror flower again, "There is also this. I can't understand why this kind of thing fell into the hands of an ordinary person. If the boss who sells second-hand safes didn't cheat, In my words, that person should be the mirror flower obtained from the craftsman village; of course there is another possibility, that is, this world should not exist in the first place, but was separated from the main world for some reason."

"Split? It seems that this is really a possibility."

Yin En thought for a while and expressed his thoughts, "This world is indeed quite strange. Putting aside the fact that it will restart if we press it first, it is outrageous that so many plots can be crammed into such a small place. This It's like a palm-sized pancake. If you apply a layer of sauce and sprinkle with some chopped green onion and sesame seeds, then it will be a good sauce-flavored pancake. Then add some meat, vegetables, etc., and it will be a pizza. At this time, the style of this cake still looks normal."

"But if you suddenly add cheese, ham, sausage, even meatloaf, glutinous rice balls, and another piece of cake to the cake, you don't know how to describe it. There are so many messy ingredients at the same time. It's delicious when taken apart, but who knows what it tastes like when put together, so I don't think many people will eat this piece of cake unless necessary? Even if someone wants to eat it, then you tell him that he must. If he eats it in one bite, then this person should choose to refuse it honestly, right?"

"Yin En, your metaphor is really wonderful..."

That's what he said, but Liu Xing still nodded and said: "But this is also correct. Although the Cthulhu Run Game Hall has not said how many plots and tasks are appropriate in one area, but such a large area is crammed into it. With so many things down, I think this is obviously abnormal, and this should be the reason why this world has been separated..."

Before Liu Xing finished speaking, KP Broken Bridge stood up and said: "Congratulations to the player for successfully triggering the real name of this module - Overlapping World. The condition for triggering the real name of this module is to be aware of the content of this world. 'It seems too rich."

"Oh, is there any reward for triggering this module's real name?" Liu Xing asked curiously.

"No."

kp Duanqiao said without hesitation: "This is just a little easter egg. Of course, you can also see some clues from the real name of this module."

A clue?

"Overlapping worlds?"

Liu Xing closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then said to Yin En: "Yin En, the kp should have told you the real name of this module just now, right?"

"Overlapping worlds?" Yin En nodded and said: "Judging from the name of this module, our world may be the overlapping of the original sites of the Nagoya Industrial Zone in multiple parallel worlds..."

Before Yin En finished speaking, Liu Xing interrupted directly: "No, I think the name of this module means Kujing Village, Craftsman Village, Goldfish Village, and Nohara Village, which I haven't been to yet. Essentially, they are villages in the same location in different parallel worlds, and then they were overlapped together for some reason, so the modules that were originally located in four different parallel worlds were superimposed together, so it became What has happened now is that there are too many plots in one module, and there are not many connections between these plots, because there is no connection between them in the first place!”

"Yes, it seems that Liu Xing's statement is more reliable."

Yin En rolled his eyes and continued: "We have been to the countryside for several modules before, such as the Peach Blossom Spring module, the Fisherman's Village module, and the module in Star Color, and among these modules The villages are basically no smaller than the area of ​​the industrial zone, so it is obviously unreasonable for four villages to appear in one area after such heavy rain, even in a country as small as an island country."

"Yes, I thought it was unreliable that there were four villages here. After all, each village has a lot of households, but I didn't think much about it. After all, this is also a suburb of Nagoya. The village It's normal to have a small footprint; but when I heard the name of the module Overlapping World, my first thought was the same as what Yin En said, but then I thought of a question, that is, four villages. Now I have been to three of them, and if I dig deeper into the plots I triggered in these three villages, they are not related in any way."

"The first is Kujing Village. The plot of Kujing Village obviously revolves around the big tree. Then if the players follow the plot, they will know the story of Kujing Village before the relocation. Then the players may need to deal with a It’s just a tree demon; the plot of Goldfish Village is based on the death of Taichi Hiramoto’s sister. After advancing the plot, players will find that something is wrong with Taichi Hiramoto, because he told a lot of lies to the players, and the players will also I found that there seems to be something wrong with that fish pond.”

"Then there is the Craftsman Village. The story of the Craftsman Village should start with the widowed man who got the Mirror Flower. Players may have to first figure out where the Mirror Flower comes from, and then they can decipher it step by step. The final task The goal may be to find Kyoka's other half, Suigetsu; as for the last Nohara Village, because the information known so far is very limited, I think the story of Nohara Village may be a clan conflict. After all, the villagers of Nohara Village are basically all We are a family, so the quarrel is still a family conflict, but that Nohara Saburo may not be a good person."

As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, Yin En shook his head and said, "Liu Xing, have you ever thought that there may be a fifth village in this module."

Liu Xing frowned. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Yin En, you mean the village before Kujing Village was moved?"