Real Cthulhu Running Game

If tens of thousands of magic notebooks are placed in a facade of less than 80 square meters, they can only be displayed on the bookshelf, and only the backs of the books are taken out to show others. . . Because these were all notes, there was naturally no book title on the back of the book, so Liu Xing didn't know how to start for a while. After all, it was impossible to tell which one was good and which one was bad from the appearance.

However, Liu Xing was soon attracted by a book, or a volume of magic notes, because this volume of magic notes was a set of bamboo slips.

Bamboo slips can be said to be a unique "book" in China, because bamboo in ancient times was basically distributed in East Asia, South America and a small part of Africa. Among them, civilization in South America and Africa started relatively slowly, so writing The emergence of bamboo slips will also lag far behind, so bamboo slips are not used much; as for bamboo in East Asia, apart from China, it is mainly concentrated in Southeast Asia and the ancient Asan Kingdom. Although the civilization here started earlier, it is also affected by the climate. Basically, bamboo slips cannot be used. After all, the production of bamboo slips cannot be done by splitting them into several pieces, and the preservation of bamboo slips also has certain requirements on the surrounding environment.

Therefore, nine out of ten bamboo slips that have survived to this day are from China, and they were concentrated before the Tang Dynasty. Because papermaking technology had been very perfect by the Tang Dynasty, paper replaced the bamboo slips. Of course, some people may also like the retro style. Bamboo slips, but bamboo slips quickly became history because of their inconvenience in writing and preservation.

Therefore, this bamboo slip version of magic notes may come from the Qin and Han Dynasties, or even China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. . . However, this possibility is not high in Liu Xing's opinion, because Liu Xing feels that this bamboo slip can be regarded as one of the most unusual existences in the store. After all, other magic notes nearby are either paper or... It is made of leather, and most of the guests who come here are professionals, so they will definitely be very interested when they see this scroll, especially those who know the history of the bamboo slips will read it.

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Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and found that this magic notebook was quite difficult to judge by "page". Therefore, when purchasing other magic notebooks, customers can also directly turn to the middle part to test the reliability of its content, but this The rolled bamboo slips may only be able to open the frontmost point.

So what would be the first part of a notebook? Except for some people who like to get straight to the point, when most people start writing a notebook, they either write a preface or record some introductory content. In short, it is unlikely to make big news right away.

But more importantly, a bamboo slip can actually record very little content. After all, China did not use simplified Chinese characters at that time, so a standard bamboo slip may only record a few hundred words, and this is also a lot of bamboo slips. Ancient books of the period were often divided into chapters and paragraphs, because before writing their articles on bamboo slips, the authors of these ancient books had to count the number of words in the article to ensure that one bamboo slip could be written down.

Therefore, although the ancient people's "learned and rich five carriages" may seem exaggerated, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that you and your group can also be called this idiom, because at that time, the bamboo slips filled with five carriages may actually contain It's not as good as the textbooks you read in the nine-year compulsory education. . . Of course, this metaphor is not appropriate. After all, there were only so many books in ancient times, and some books were the private property of certain large families and would not be shown to outsiders.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing felt that the reason why the scroll of bamboo slips in front of him was still here was not that other customers did not know the goods, but that they knew that the risk of "buying" this scroll of bamboo slips was too great. It’s a fake product, and even if it is a genuine product, the content recorded on it is very limited. After all, what can be explained in just a few hundred words?

So Liu Xing also planned to give up this bamboo slip. . . But just when Liu Xing looked away, he couldn't help but look back at the bamboo slips, because Liu Xing suddenly felt that this bamboo slips might be destined for him.

That’s all, let’s use this preview opportunity to see what this bamboo slip is about.

Liu Xing took the bamboo slips, untied the rope and pulled them open. As a result, he pulled out the width of an A4 paper and couldn't pull it out anymore. It seemed that Marta had already given this special magic notebook a long time ago. "Locked".

But then again, Liu Xing realized that after picking up this bamboo slip, he did not get any relevant information about it. If it is ruled out that this bamboo slip is a defective product of modern craftsmanship, it means that this special store It is also a benefit provided to players by the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, so the official plug-in for players - identification technology is blocked.

When he saw the text on the bamboo slip clearly, Liu Xing felt that it should be a bamboo slip from the Qin and Han Dynasties, because the text used by the author was Xiaozhuan. Fortunately, the Cthulhu Running Group game lobby did not turn off the text conversion function, so Liu Xing You can still recognize what these small seal characters are writing. Of course, even if the Cthulhu Run Game Hall has turned off this text plug-in, Liu Xing can still understand most of the small seal characters, because the small seal characters were created to be able to read them clearly. The use of scale, so starting from the first emperor's order of "writing with the same text", the small seal script is much simpler than the large seal script of the Zhou Dynasty, and has certain similarities with today's traditional Chinese characters.

"Master Fusu?"

Liu Xing looked at this bamboo slip with some surprise, because its author's signature turned out to be Fusu, the eldest son of the First Emperor.

This is interesting.

Regarding the Qin Dynasty, the general perception of the Chinese people is that in addition to the great unification, it was the death of the second generation. After all, such a dynasty that should have been greater quickly collapsed after the death of the First Emperor. It is really a bit sad, and All of this is also attributed to Hu Hai seizing the throne of his brother Fusu, because according to various historical records, Fusu is definitely a better benevolent king than Hu Hai, so if Fusu is allowed to inherit the throne, the Qin Dynasty should It is possible to smoothly transition to the third generation.

As a result, Hu Hai seized the throne with the assistance of Zhao Gao and other powerful officials, and at the same time forced his biggest rival Fusu to death. Fusu in historical records was also a bit stubborn. He should have resisted or escaped, but he chose to Died at the hands of Hu Hai.

So is this Fusu's last edict?

Liu Xing continued to read and found that the beginning of this bamboo slip was very simple, that is, after Fusu found out that his father was dead, and that the power in the court had been gradually controlled by Zhao Gao and others, he realized that he was in danger and could be at any time. They might be killed by Zhao Gao and others, so they thought of the art of suspended animation that their master had taught him, and Fusu's master was another person Liu Xing knew well - Xu Fu.

So Fusu found an opportunity to fake his own death, and also found the clues left by his master in Xianyang. Finally, he successfully came to Penglai Island to join his master, and then became the leader of Xin Qin with the support of his master. .

The story ends abruptly here, because what follows is paid content. . .

Putting down the bamboo slips, Liu Xing didn't know whether he should buy it for a while, because from what he had seen so far, he couldn't analyze how much useful information was recorded in the remaining bamboo slips, and he couldn't. It’s ruled out that this is a diary written by Fusu, or a fan fiction written by someone under the guise of Fusu’s name.

But when Liu Xing wanted to put the bamboo slips back, a magic notebook next to him suddenly turned upside down, directly blocking Liu Xing's attempt to put the bamboo slips back.

Is this God's will?

Liu Xing was stunned for a moment, and then made up his mind to pick up the bamboo slips and go to the checkout counter, because at this time Liu Xing thought of what his father once said - when you can't determine whether something is true or false, good or bad. If so, then you have to trust your intuition.

As a layman, after losing the official plug-in provided by the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, Liu Xing can be sure that he really cannot tell the authenticity and quality of these magic notes. After all, although Liu Xing has collected many There are fragments of the "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Sutra", but Liu Xing has never read any of them carefully.

So at this time Liu Xing could only choose to believe in God's will.

As a result, the price of this bamboo slip was very cheap, so Liu Xing paid one-fifth of his points to get this bamboo slip. However, Liu Xing could not buy other magic notebooks within a year.

At this time, Yin En and others had also finished their conversation with Marta, and Zhang Jingxu and others had also selected the magic notes they wanted, so after Yin En, who finally came out, selected a note, Liu Xing The others returned to the dormitory at Miskatonic University.

At this moment, Liu Xing suddenly received the message of this bamboo slip - Fusu's Notes. The notes written by Prince Fusu after he came to Penglai Island. In addition to recording what he saw and heard, he also left behind The specific coordinates of Penglai Immortal Island were obtained.

Players have a chance to crack the coordinates of Penglai Immortal Island once a month, but the success rate in the first month is only 1%, and then the success rate will increase by 1% every month until the success rate reaches Up to 10%; if players successfully crack the coordinates of Penglai Island, they can open the special module - Penglai Island at any time.

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that the bamboo slip in his hand turned out to be a "treasure map" that could guide him to the legendary Penglai Island.

But having said that, Liu Xing feels that this so-called Penglai Fairy Island should be an unnamed island in the Pacific, and there is a dream door on this island, so the Xinqin where Fusu is located may be an unknown island. The human city-states in the dreamland may have become the dust of history.

"It seems I'm pretty lucky. This is actually a notebook about astrology. If I can pass the three modules in the future, I can directly master astrology." Li Hanxing said: "But this notebook only It can be used by one person, because the handwriting inside will continue to fade after it is opened. In theory, it can only be read quickly by one person. If you try to copy it by taking pictures or other means, it will directly become a useless book. Paper."

"Isn't this a magic notebook shop? How come my notebook is a sword technique?"

Zhang Jingxu said with a bit of laughter and tears: "The owner of my notebook is a magician with average strength. One day after competing with others, he found that he was not good at learning, so he decided to give up magic and switch to learning swordsmanship. As a result, he was really disappointed. Became a great master."

Among Liu Xing and others, Sun Huiwen was the unlucky one who got a useless notebook. However, except for the treasure map in Liu Xing's hand, the other people's gains were average, and they were all tasteless. , it’s a pity to abandon it.

"Penglai Immortal Island, I also think it may be like what Liu Xing said, it is actually a human city-state located in the dreamland, but I have never heard that a human city-state in the dreamland is related to Xinqin ." Zhang Jingxu touched his chin and said: "Until the success probability reaches 10%, we basically don't have to consider whether we can successfully crack the coordinates of Penglai Immortal Island, so the expected value should be within two years, and I think This particular module may be very difficult, after all, this module involves a group of Qin people who may have lived for thousands of years, if Xu Fu really found the magic of immortality.”

"Yes, this special module is not simple at first glance, and it may be easy to get in but difficult to get out, because after so many years, we have not heard about Young Master Fusu, Xu Fu and others. This means that they It is very likely that he will never return and never leave Penglai Island again."

At this point, Yin En suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Yes, do you think Fusu and the others have entered the world of poetry and poetry, hiding in some article written before the Qin Dynasty?"

"It seems that this is really possible, because the world of poetry and poetry is more stable than the dream world, and is rarely disturbed by external factors, so Fusu and the others should have no problem staying there for thousands of years. of."

Liu Xing said while looking at the bamboo slips in his hand, "But we don't have time to do this completely unknown module now, so this bamboo slips will be put here for the time being. Everyone can look at it and play with it. Anyway, it doesn't have It stipulates how many people can participate in the cracking of coordinates."

"Well, actually, I said at the beginning that since this bamboo slip was written by Fusu after he came to Penglai Island, it means that Fusu or someone else left Penglai Island and took this bamboo slip with him. come out."

As soon as Tian Qing said this, Liu Xing's expression became a little embarrassed.

In order to ease the embarrassment, Li Mengyao on the side quickly said: "Liu Xing, please open the bamboo slips now and tell us what happened to Fusu next? Maybe we can know what Penglai Immortal Island is from his records. place."