Real Cthulhu Running Game

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Liu Xing frowned and said with some worry: "If I guessed correctly, there shouldn't be a so-called test server in the Cthulhu Game Hall today, right? So..."

Before Liu Xing finished speaking, kp Duanqiao rushed to say: "Yes, the Cthulhu Run Game Hall has not conducted any content testing except for the initial internal test, so the Cthulhu Run Game Hall Naturally, there is no test server in the game lobby, or in other words, all parallel worlds are test servers, so I am now very worried that the Mother of Stars will destroy this parallel world."

"Huh? How do you say this?" Liu Xing asked quickly.

kp Duanqiao sighed and said seriously: "Liu Xing, as a player, you don't know something. If the Mother of Stars really becomes a bug, then Tenal will be insignificant in front of it, because No matter how much Tenal makes a fuss, it will only affect you, Liu Xing, and at most your teammates; but the Mother of Stars is different. If it becomes a bug, it is likely to affect this parallel. All players in the world plunge the entire parallel world into chaos."

"To put it simply, under normal circumstances, it is the module that affects the player, because if the player wants to enter this parallel world, there is a major premise that cannot be bypassed - the start of the module, so at this time the player is in a state of passive acceptance. , thus inevitably being affected by the module, and the effects here are what the Cthulhu Run Game Hall wants to see; but when Mother of Stars becomes a bug, it means that Mother of Stars has been removed by players or NPCs , of course, it can also be directly said to be controlled by the Church of the Stars, then the situation will be a bit troublesome."

"Because the situation of the Star Mother is quite special, you can either regard her as an old ruler, or you can directly regard her as a ship, that is, a location. This means that the module can take place among the stars. On this ship controlled by the Mother of Stars, the players of the Church of the Stars only need to provide appropriate guidance to control where their next module will go; I personally think that by then the Mother of the Stars and the Church of the Stars will become one. The catfish that stirred up the pond caused the originally orderly fish population to explode."

After Liu Xing was silent for a moment, he said: "Yes, the Mother of Stars and the Church of Stars are like wild horses running wild, messing into other people's modules everywhere, which will lead to plot lines originally set by many players. Therefore, it is discontinued... Moreover, this is a group of fanatical believers backed by the Old Ones, and ordinary players will suffer a lot if they compete against them."

"Liu Xing, you are right. Our kps and modders are very stressed about this, because it will directly double our work intensity. Of course, this is not the most important, because the more important thing is Cthulhu The running group game lobby doesn’t want to see all this happen; to put it bluntly, we low-level employees don’t know what the higher-ups are thinking. Sometimes the decisions just stand out in two words – outrageous, because they are simply not Think about the causes and consequences, and focus only on the things in front of you.”

Liu Xing was actually startled when he heard kp Broken Bridge say this, because what kp Broken Bridge said was already considered internal information in the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, so would he, an outsider, hear it? has a problem?

The city gate caught fire, affecting the fish in the pond.

Liu Xing didn't want to be implicated in Kp Broken Bridge and directly become a titled Douluo.

kp Duanqiao also understood Liu Xing’s expression, so he quickly said: “Liu Xing, don’t worry, the higher-ups will only pay attention to our work efficiency and not what we say, so you don’t need to worry about hearing something you shouldn’t. What I heard..."

KP Broken Bridge's words suddenly stopped, which frightened Liu Xing into thinking that KP Broken Bridge had been banned from talking and locked up in a dark room by the people above.

But at this time, Liu Xing noticed one thing, that is, there was another person in the treatment room at some point.

Ao Guan Hai!

As for Lendl and the King in Yellow in the treatment room, they stood there like two sculptures, motionless and silent.

Seeing this situation, Liu Xing knew why KP Broken Bridge suddenly became silent.

"Long time no see, my friend."

Ao Guanhai still had a smiling face, but at this time Liu Xing already knew that Ao Guanhai was not only the clone of Nyarlathotep, but also the senior management of the Cthulhu Running Team game hall, so now Liu Xing has I don’t know how to answer Ao Guanhai, or Liu Xing doesn’t know what attitude I should take to face Ao Guanhai now.

Should we treat Ao Guanhai as an NPC or as a GM?

"Well, I know Liu Xing that you don't know how to face me now, or where to put me, so I'll just say this, Liu Xing, you can treat me as a friend, of course when necessary Please respect my position."

Ao Guanhai conjured a chair out of thin air, sat down and said: "To be precise, we should be in a cooperative relationship now, because as one of the managers of the Cthulhu Running Group game hall, although I can play in various parallel worlds I can move freely, but there are many things that I cannot do, so I need someone to help me do some things; but most of the time I will not stand up directly, but use my authority to help someone Some players have released modules. For example, Liu Xing, when you traveled back to London in the past, all you had to do was find Turner."

Hearing what Ao Guanhai said, Liu Xing couldn't help but ask: "What do you mean, the bloody ghoul incident didn't actually need to happen, and I didn't need to play Chris in that module. ?”

"That's right."

Ao Guanhai shrugged and said: "According to the original module process, Liu Xing, you were supposed to travel through the physical body. After arriving in London, you only had one task - to find Tenal, so the module is simply a In the game of hide-and-seek, you only need to find Tenal before the designated time ends; but I need you to find the book and give it to Satogua, so I will arrange for you to soul It's on Chris."

I see.

Liu Xing's mouth twitched, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

When working on that module, Liu Xing felt that something was wrong with the situation, because although the Scarlet Ghoul incident was also related to Turner, the connection between the two was actually not close. . . To paraphrase the words of an anime character with the same name as Christian Dior - do you remember how much bread you have eaten?

That's right, for Tener, the bloody ghoul is just a piece of bread, the kind that is forgotten once you eat it. Even if the bread is very delicious, at most you will just buy a piece of the same bread when you think of it later. .

So when Liu Xing was working on that module, he felt that this module was a bit indifferent, because his purpose of doing this module was to find Turner and get his character card back from him, but this module The plot is already halfway through, and Tenner didn’t even have a name?

At the end of the module, Liu Xing felt that Turner's role could almost be described as dispensable, because without him, it would not have much impact on the plot of the entire module, which means that in the end, Chris would not be able to change. Just a bloody ghoul.

As a result, looking at it now, it turns out that Ao Guanhai forcibly modified the plot of this module, or let himself experience what happened to Chris; and originally this module was supposed to be about himself traveling through the previous London. According to Various clues are used to determine where Turner is, and Turner is completing the necessary tasks while evading his own pursuit.

As for the book in Ao Guanhai's mouth, Liu Xing still doesn't know why he handed it to Satogua himself, but what is certain is that Satogua who got the book will definitely be able to reach the next level. of steps. . . So is it possible that Ao Guan Hai wants to support Satugu Adam as his younger brother?

"According to the original plot, that book should not have been released, because as Liu Xing, you also know that the book is, to put it bluntly, a string of codes in the Cthulhu Game Hall. NPCs can know it as long as they get this string of codes. The truth of this world, so..."

Looking at Ao Guanhai with a smile on his face, Liu Xing suddenly opened his eyes and said: "You mean, the reason why Alice was able to awaken was because she actually got a part of the code?!"

"I knew Liu Xing that you were a smart person."

Ao Guanhai said with a smile: "Yes, as the one who is most like you humans among the brothers and sisters, I am also the one who likes to communicate with you humans the most. I am still very understanding of the world; of course, the most important thing is The reason is that Alice was already dead at the time. After all, the building collapsed. A child like Alice would die if she was close to or touched, so how could she walk out of the ruins unscathed?"

"But Alice has already appeared in the future. I can't just use cloning technology to get over it, right? So I can only choose to resurrect Alice, but even if I want to resurrect an NPC, it's not easy; in Csu In the Cthulhu Running Game Hall, you can also understand that everything in front of you, whether it is an NPC or a scene, is a code. According to the operating rules of the Cthulhu Running Game Hall, an NPC will have a piece of the most important code leave the body when it dies. , which is what you humans often call out-of-body experience.”

"As the manager of the Cthulhu Running Game Hall, I have no way to prevent the code from leaving, because it already involves the operating rules of the Cthulhu Running Game Hall. Unless my brothers and sisters and I reach a consensus, we cannot do anything about it. This section of the operating rules needs to be modified, but more importantly, even if we reach a consensus, we still have to pay a certain price to complete the modification, and the price here can be said to be that we can only get it together by selling iron."

"So, I had no choice but to intercept a part of the code from that book to resurrect Alice, but it was precisely because this code made Alice doubt the world, which led her to complete her awakening; of course I wanted to Fat NPC does not necessarily need to get a code to complete the awakening. For example, the player only needs to tell the NPC the truth about the world and the existence of the Cthulhu Running Game Hall. However, because most of the time, the player has a kp watching around him, so kp You can use the excuse of super gaming to reset the memory of NPCs and at the same time punish players who don’t understand the rules.”

Speaking of this, Ao Guanhai showed a strange smile, "But Liu Xing, you also know that KP is just a low-level employee in the Cthulhu Running Group game lobby. They don't actually have many permissions, so they want to go around It’s actually not difficult to open a kp to do certain things. For example, I can give you Liu Xing a jammer right now, which will prevent you from being monitored by the kp in a short period of time.”

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.

Liu Xing decisively chose to refuse, "Well, forget it, I don't think I need to awaken certain NPCs now, because this is not a good thing for me or them... So I would like to ask O Mr. Guanhai, why did you come to me this time? I don’t think you wanted to tell me what happened back then?”

"Oh, I wanted to lay out a few more words before getting to the point, but I didn't expect that Liu Xing, you couldn't wait any longer, so I'll get straight to the point."

Ao Guanhai pointed at the King in Yellow and said seriously: "One of your current identities is that of the King in Yellow's envoy, so do you know why you became his envoy? Although your other character Ka - Watanabe Ryusei is indeed his believer, but this is not enough for you to establish contact with the King in Yellow. After all, there are so many secret churches in the world. If the corresponding old rulers need to respond one by one , then their daily work becomes making phone calls, so the purpose of the King in Yellow is to use you to transform himself into Hastur."

"Huh?! How is this possible?"

Liu Xing couldn't help but said: "The King in Yellow is one of Hastur's clones. This means that the King in Yellow is a part of Hastur. So it is not easy for Hastur to control the King in Yellow. , unless the relationship between Hastur and the King in Yellow belongs to the main personality and sub-personality in a state of split personality."

"There is another possibility, that is, the current King in Yellow is no longer controlled by Hastur." Ao Guanhai immediately replied: "Under normal circumstances, the clone must be 100% controlled by the main body, but. .. Well, there are some things I still can’t tell you directly, so all I can say now is that Hastur can no longer control the King in Yellow. It has even become very weak, so the King in Yellow is born. Such a bold idea.”

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, feeling that there was something in Ao Guanhai's words, because the relationship between the King in Yellow and Hastur was exactly the same as the relationship between Ao Guanhai and Nyarlathotep, so Liu Xing was very suspicious of Ao Guanhai. This is using the names of the King in Yellow and Hastur to metaphorically describe the situation between himself and Nyarlathotep.

However, Liu Xing also knows that there are some things that cannot be said directly.