Real Cthulhu Running Game

"Is this, it seems that a mythical creature has attacked the public faction's camp?"

Yin Luyang frowned and said seriously: "And this is a large mythical creature... It should be an earth-burrowing demon insect!"

Looking at Liu Xing and others who were a little surprised, Yin Luyang continued to explain: "Miskatonic University used to have an experimental project, which was to record the sounds of various mythical creatures releasing spells in daily activities and battles, so as to decipher them. Although the results of the languages ​​​​of these mythical creatures and the spells they use are somewhat unsatisfactory, we have recorded the true pronunciations of many mythical creatures; so since then, graduate students in occult and other majors at Miskatonic University There is an additional entry test - identifying mythical creatures by listening to sounds, so I can roughly confirm that the strange noise coming from the other end of the walkie-talkie is actually made by the earth-burrowing demonic insect."

"Earth-boring demonic insects? How did the people from the public faction provoke these terrible guys?"

As Liu Xing, who has seen the Earth-Drilling Bug with his own eyes and even been suffocated by the Earth-Drilling Bug, he still remembers the performance of the Earth-Drilling Bug, especially the effects that the Ground-Drilling Bug brought to Liu Xing during the pursuit. The oppressive feeling makes Liu Xing's heart skip a beat just thinking about it now.

So encountering earth-burrowing demon insects without water will definitely be a very bad experience.

So is there water on Mount Fuji? Of course there is, and there is a lot of it, but most of this water exists in the form of ice and snow, and the remaining water is distributed in several mountain lakes.

Therefore, there are no visible water sources in most areas of Mount Fuji. Therefore, Liu Xing and others carried a large amount of mineral water when they went up the mountain to ensure that they would not be short of water on Mount Fuji.

Although earth-boring insects are very afraid of water, it is not advisable to talk about toxicity regardless of dosage. Therefore, if you want to make an adult earth-boring insect escape because of fear of water, you only need to rely on people to drink it bottle by bottle. It is definitely unrealistic to splash water, not to mention how many people dare to throw cold water when faced with a sudden attack by an earth-boring demon insect?

Isn’t this a boring life?

Therefore, without support, unless the public faction's camp has a powerful mythical creature like Baruka or a bloody ghoul, it is impossible to stop this earth-burrowing demonic insect.

At this moment, a voice came from the intercom, "Let me go, why did this earth-boring demonic insect attack the public faction's camp? And it seemed very angry?"

Sure enough, the thing causing a commotion all over Mount Fuji is indeed an earth-burrowing demonic insect.

But then again, why did this earth-boring demonic insect suddenly attack the public faction’s camp? And still in a very angry state? Could it be that someone in that camp didn't have eyesight and pissed it off?

"Summon earth-burrowing demonic insects?"

Zhang Jingxu put forward his own idea, "Could it be that someone used the magic to summon/contact the earth-burrowing demon insects when they were idle? As a result, the earth-burrowing demon insects felt as if they were being tricked, so they came to make such a big fuss in the camp. drama?"

"It is indeed possible. Under normal circumstances, if you use a spell to summon or contact the earth-boring insect, then you have to think in advance how to appease the incoming earth-boring insect to ensure that it will not It will complete the task you gave it, or you can stay with it peacefully for a while, and then happily send it away; this is like you calling to invite a gold medal thug, but someone else comes and you Tell him that you don't have a penny on you, so it's a good thing if he doesn't beat you to death."

Yin Luyang shook his head and said with a smile: "Speaking of this matter, I remembered such a story that my grandfather told me - Ye Gong loves dragons. I believe everyone has heard of the popular version of Ye Gong loves dragons. He is a person who likes dragons very much. , but when he saw the real dragon, he was frightened. The version told by my grandfather was actually very similar. The difference was that the dragon was actually summoned by Mr. Ye himself, because he bought a copy of "The Dragon" from a roadside stall. One Hundred Ways to Summon a Dragon"."

"The title of this book is quite strange, but it's good that ordinary people like Mr. Ye didn't get scared to death when they saw a dragon for the first time." Liu Xing said with a smile.

Liu Xing has also heard of the Cthulhu Mythos version of "Ye Gong Loves Dragons" in the real world. It is nothing more than Ye Gong really summoning "dragons" through various methods, but there are so many kinds of dragons here, just There are more than ten kinds of dragon-like mythical creatures that Liu Xing has heard of, so Liu Xing is not sure what kind of "dragon" Ye Gong saw.

""One Hundred Ways to Summon a Dragon" is actually a pseudo-magic book that was once very popular in China. From what I saw, it looked like a very capable veteran who had nothing to do, so he and a few friends collected various information about dragon-like types. The story of mythical creatures is put together, and then other spells are modified and treated as spells to summon these dragon-like mythical creatures. Logically speaking, they should not be able to summon anything, so this is essentially a layman's book. A lively, insider’s storytelling session.”

"So at that time, when you don't know whether the other person really has something or is just an ordinary monk or Taoist priest, you can use this book to ask his opinion, so that you can know whether he and you are on the same page. people; at the beginning, these books were only circulated in this small circle. As a result, some books later became popular among the people for various reasons, but these books did not cause any waves. After all, the summoning spells in the books were all it is wrong."

"In the end, Ye Gong made one mistake after another, and actually summoned a dragon-type mythical creature. Fortunately, someone nearby took action at that time, otherwise Ye Gong's good dragon would have turned into Ye Gong summoning a dragon to destroy the city. Later, these books were They were all collected and destroyed, because no one knew whether other summoning spells could also summon a dragon-type mythical creature with some modifications. You must know that the combat effectiveness of this dragon-type mythical creature is generally not low, and the underground Demonic insects are also one of them.”

Speaking of this, Zhang Jingxu looked at Mount Fuji and shook his head: "So now I also suspect that someone from the public faction camp is looking for trouble and used a spell that he didn't know the specific effect of, because there are many spells circulating. There are no instructions for use during the process, so this type of nameless spell is like opening a blind box. If you are lucky, a gold nugget may appear directly, but if you are not lucky, a poisonous snake will appear."

"Then this is indeed quite exciting, but it is a good thing for us. Without a bloody battle, there will be one less public faction camp." Shi Zixuan said with a smile.

"Yes, unless the public faction is sure to kill the earth-boring insect directly, their best way is to let the earth-boring insect destroy the camp and wait for it to leave on its own, because then send people there It's just a waste of money; but more importantly, no one knows if there are more earth-boring bugs underground. If they get rid of this earth-boring bug, more earth-boring bugs will be attracted. If the insect avenges him, then this matter will be troublesome."

As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, Shimazu Nakano's voice came from the intercom, "Everyone, please pay attention, everyone is starting to prepare for the counterattack on Mount Fuji now. If the earth-boring demonic insect can cause more damage, then we will You can take advantage of the chaos to attack."

"clear."

"learn."

Listening to the response from the intercom, Liu Xing nodded and said: "If the anger of that earth-boring devil can be extinguished without destroying a camp, then it would be a good choice to take advantage of the chaos to counterattack Mount Fuji now, because this earth-boring devil is The insect is enough to disrupt the defense arrangements of the public factions, but the water can carry and capsize the boat. If not handled properly, this earth-boring demonic insect may in turn attack us."

"Yes, launching a counterattack now is a big gamble. If we win, we will win the civil war, but if we lose, we may not have the capital to launch another attack."

Zhang Wenbing frowned and continued: "So should we start making preparations? In fact, if we go up the mountain now, it may be very dangerous no matter whether we win or lose, because even if Shimadzu Nakano and the others win a big victory, they will not be able to eliminate Tai There are many enemies, so we are likely to encounter defeated troops dozens of times ours. If they can't defeat Shimazu Nakano and others, can they still defeat us? As for Shimazu Nakano and others, if they lose, then we can It just depends on how much you can run.”

"Yeah, I also think it's better for us to stay here honestly now. If someone escapes here, we can safely collect tolls. If there is no one, we will go directly up the mountain to meet Shimazu Nakano and the others. , when the time comes, there will be no credit but hard work." Zhang Jingxu nodded and said.

Ever since, Watanabe Ryusei just removed all the outer checkpoints and asked everyone to return to the river defense.

In the end, the battle did not start, because the earth-boring demonic insect disappeared directly into the soil after completely razing the camp to the ground. Therefore, the disappointed Shimazu Nakano could only order everyone to stop preparing for the war and continue to wait for the opportunity. .

Liu Xing and others restored the outer checkpoints, and then a group of people continued to walk and chat in the forest, which was considered a good activity.

To be honest, Liu Xing now regrets not going to the tunnel with Yin En and others. At least there you can hide and play poker or something, which is better than walking around here with nothing to do. . .

"So the question is, what should we do in the subsequent counterattack on Mount Fuji? We can't really intercept the public faction's defeated troops, right?"

Faced with Zhang Wenbing's question, Liu Xing shook his head and said: "Of course, there are only a few of us, so we don't want to be a mantis, so I think our mission is just three words - the atmosphere team, run up and scare the people from the public faction. That’s enough, after we complete the mission, we can just find a place to hide and wait to enjoy the fruits of victory.”

Speaking of this, Liu Xing thought of the treasure map and the "Undersea Maze" again, so while Yin Luyang was by his side, Liu Xing quickly asked: "By the way, Professor Yin, have you ever explored the sea at Miskatonic University?" Ancient ruins? I think your footprints should have spread all over the land, so you should have thought about going underwater, and you should also have the ability to explore these underwater ruins."

Yin Luyang looked at Liu Xing with some surprise, then nodded and said: "Yes, although it is a bit troublesome to explore the underwater ruins, it is not an impossible task, so we at Miskatonic University have indeed tried to explore several The harvest from ancient ruins offshore is indeed better than those on land, because the underwater environment is relatively more stable, and there are no bold thieves who dare to enter and die; but if something happens to the ruins under the sea, then Ninety-nine percent of the time, the group will be destroyed directly, so our Miskatonic University has not approved the exploration team of the undersea ruins for a long time."

"Yes, we humans are still too weak after all. Although we can use various equipment to make ourselves a lot stronger, we will return to our original shape as soon as we leave these equipment. Therefore, if the expedition team to the underwater ruins loses their diving equipment, Just finish it." Zhang Jingxu agreed.

Yin Luyang nodded and said with some fear: "I almost went to participate in an adventure project about Atlantis. I had already packed my luggage, but my mother was hospitalized because of a car accident, so I gave up the expedition project... Then the expedition team lost contact the next day, and there is no news at all to this day."

"Atlantis? Mu continent?"

Looking at Liu Xing with a surprised look on his face, Yin Luyang shook his head and said: "Atlantis is just a project code name. Basically, we will call the ancient ruins related to the ocean Atlantis first, and then based on the results of the expedition, we will call it Atlantis." Change its name; as for the real ruins of Atlantis, we have actually found it, but because the difficulty of the expedition is really high, we at Miskatonic University have never taken any official action."

"Then the ruins of Atlantis really have something to offer. Otherwise, with your Miskatonic University's fearless temper, how could you give in in front of a small ruin?" Shi Zixuan smiled. said.

Yin Luyang shook his head quickly and said seriously: "The ruins of Atlantis are actually nothing, or the Atlantis civilization itself is just a very ordinary civilization, just because Plato promoted it. , so its reputation is very great; as for why the ruins of Atlantis scare us, the reason is that a group of uninvited guests came to the ruins - Shoggoths, and these Shoggoths began to refer to the ruins. Imitate the various documents left behind!”