Real Cthulhu Running Game

"Then the question is, if we are all members of the Huaxia Taoist Sect, can we enter without taking the exam? Just like Zhang Jingxu, your junior sister." Yin En asked seriously.

Zhang Jingxu shook his head and said with a smile: "My junior sister came to Miskatonic University to help, so she enrolled directly without taking the exam at the beginning, and even received a full scholarship, so she didn't have to attend classes or take exams. "So I think that even if we all become members of the Huaxia Taoism, we should still have to pass the exam to enter Miskatonic University, unless the Huaxia Taoism is willing to write us a letter of recommendation."

"Zhang Jingxu is right. Although the relationship between our Huaxia Daomen and Miskatonic University is very good, Miskatonic University is not willing to let us become its non-staff members unconditionally, not to mention that we can still use their banner. Do things." Zhang Wenbing continued.

Just when Yin En was about to say something, he suddenly froze in place.

Liu Xing followed Yin En's gaze with some confusion, and saw a few pedestrians walking normally on the sidewalk. As for the vehicles, they were also driving normally on the road, and there was nothing special about it.

Could it be that someone carried out a long-range sneak attack on Yin En? !

Just when Liu Xing was thinking wildly, Yin En frowned and said, "I don't know if my eyesight is dazzled. I just seemed to see my childhood neighbor, the family of three who suddenly disappeared."

Liu Xing and others also frowned, because the family of three that Yin En mentioned disappeared in the real world, and now they suddenly appeared in America more than ten years later, and they were still in the Cthulhu Run Game Hall. In the parallel world.

"Isn't it? Is the efficiency of the Cthulhu Run game lobby so high? In just one day, the story we handed in was realized, and we were also prepared to directly turn it into the original soup. Let us solve this problem directly. Group?" Ding Kun complained.

Yin En thought for a while and said with some uncertainty: "How should I put it? I just saw the family of three walking through the corner in front, so I only saw their profile, and the whole process took less than two seconds. clock time, so I’m not sure if they were my neighbors when I was a child... And it’s been more than ten years, so my impression of that family of three has long been blurred.”

"Yeah, if I were to recall my classmates in elementary school now, except for those friends who I knew well and had contact with later, I have almost forgotten the others. Even if they stand in front of me now, I can't recognize them." Liu Xing smiled and said: "But according to the operating habits of the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, it is indeed possible to arrange Yin En and your neighbor into this parallel world."

"But I'm really not familiar with them, so I can't just run to them, right? And if they really appear in front of me, wouldn't they tell me clearly that this is a trap? Besides, they should also recognize it. Don’t leave me alone.”

Yin En said while walking: "I was quite fat when I was a child. After all, the elders who take care of children like them to be fat and white, so that they look healthy and blessed. Moreover, my grandparents are usually in the chess and card room, so in order to avoid me I was hungry when I was at home alone, so I packed a lot of snacks at home. Therefore, I gained a lot of weight compared to my peers at that time. If I hadn't tried to fall in love early in junior high school, I wouldn't have lost weight. "

As they talked, Liu Xing and others came to the Shu Di chess and card room.

Because Zhang Jingxu and Zhang Wenbing were both members of the Huaxia Taoist Sect, Liu Xing and others asked them to take the lead and go in to have a good chat with their colleagues. What Liu Xing and others did not expect was that the chess and card game at this time The room was empty.

"Is there no one? Shouldn't it be?" Liu Xing stood in front of the bar at the door, looked around and said: "That guy has made an agreement with us, so he won't treat us like this, right? Could it be that they have something to do temporarily? left?"

"If you leave temporarily, you should hang a sign at the door, right?"

Shi Zixuan pointed to the ashtray on the bar and said: "There was a cigarette in the ashtray that was put out halfway through, indicating that there was something urgent at the time, but there was nothing in the ashtray except this cigarette. Ashes and cigarette butts, this seems a bit strange, could it be that the ashes from half a cigarette were just shaken to the ground?"

"Then should we sit in the hall for a while and wait for someone? Or should we go back to school directly?" Ding Kun took a look and continued: "That friend of mine plans to come over to play with us. He also likes to play mahjong. After all, People who do business more or less like to engage in small gambling to get closer to each other."

"Then just sit in the hall and wait for a while. Anyway, we have nothing else to do now."

As Liu Xing spoke, he found a seat near the bar and sat down, because Liu Xing was someone who could sit but not stand. . . Also known as lazy dog.

"Then I'll call my friend now to see if he can find the phone numbers of the members of this branch."

After Zhang Wenbing finished speaking, he took out his mobile phone, then frowned and said, "Why is there no signal here?"

Hearing what Zhang Wenbing said, Liu Xing quickly took out his mobile phone and took a look. He found that there was indeed no signal in the chess and card room at this time, and this was definitely abnormal.

Although America's network service providers are very "commercial", resulting in the lack of network services in many areas that "do not have sufficient commercial value", under normal circumstances, large cities like Arkham City will not have such services. Network situation.

"Did someone use a signal jammer nearby?" Liu Xing frowned and said, "There's something wrong. Could it be that we were tricked?"

At this time, Li Hanxing, who was standing near the door, pushed the store door, but it opened directly instead of being locked as Liu Xing imagined.

This means that Liu Xing and others can still leave the chess and card room at any time.

"Then I'll go take a look in the private room."

Master Xuan Yi was so bold that he turned into an afterimage and entered a private room, and then came out quickly.

"Everything is normal inside, but I remember Liu Xing that the mahjong in your Shu area only has Tiaozi, Tongzi and Wanzi, right? The mahjong table here seems to have Zhongfabai and Sifeng tiles, and there are also a few flower tiles. "Master Zixuan said.

Liu Xing was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "The mahjong in our Sichuan area is relatively simple. There are only three types of tiles that are convenient and quick to play. As for the places with Zhongfabai and Sifeng tiles, there are a lot of mahjong, but we also bring flower tiles. I don’t know what kind of local mahjong there is. I just remember that these flower tiles are pure bonus cards. After you touch them, you can draw another one, and each flower tile will make the Hu tile count one more time. "

"Then this mahjong is really about luck. Even if you just make a small pair of cards, you can still make a grand slam with the flower tiles." Zhang Jingxu said with a smile.

Liu Xing shook his head and said seriously: "If you are playing Shu Mahjong, these eight flower tiles can indeed allow you to directly hit the top of a flat hand, because the maximum limit of Shu Mahjong in actual combat is generally eight times, but In places with flower tiles, the number of mahjong numbers is even higher. I remember that the national standard is up to eighty-eight times, and of course the largest one can reach hundreds of times."

"Wait a minute, Liu Xing, you said there are eight flower cards?" Shi Zixuan said in surprise: "I saw that there were only four flower cards in the private room. The pattern seems to be plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum."

"That's wrong. There are usually eight flower cards. In addition to plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, there are four spring, summer, autumn and winter cards. And these are all regulated. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to have only plum orchid. Bamboo and chrysanthemum or the four flower cards of spring, summer, autumn and winter.”

Liu Xing said seriously: "The number of mahjong tiles is very particular. The Chinese Standard uses 144 tiles, so the four players theoretically have 36 tiles each. Here are the Sifang and Thirty-Six Tiangang. Meaning, the word cards among them - the Four Winds card and Zhongfa Bai, as well as the eight flower cards, add up to 36 cards, which is the same number as the Wansan San in the tube, so this means balanced correspondence and other meanings "As for the white hair in the middle, it means Zhongzheng, wealth and innocence respectively, while the flower card represents the four seasons of the year and the four gentlemen in the flower, so these are indispensable."

"Then why are there no word tiles and flower tiles in mahjong in Shu and other places?" Zhang Jingxu asked curiously.

Liu Xing shrugged, shook his head and said: "The flower tiles are purely reward tiles, so they were the first to be removed from mahjong in various places. Then in order to speed up the game and make it easier for newbies to get started, the word tiles were removed. After all, there are words Mahjong in the tile area only has a lot of tiles, and some numbers have to be added together to calculate the numbers; but in Shu Mahjong, it is much simpler, because there are only three tiles, and one of them needs to be missing to be able to fool. So in the end, it’s a flat Hu, a pair of Hu, all colors, a flower on the bar, a cannon on the bar, a small seven pair, a dragon seven pair, and at most the rules behind the kong card. This is very useful for newcomers. Very friendly.”

"Uh, so that means the card table in the private room is missing the four flower cards of spring, summer, autumn and winter?"

As soon as Shi Zixuan finished speaking, kp Kong Jing stood up and said: "I didn't expect that there are people in your team who know mahjong so well. Congratulations on triggering a special side mission - the disappearing flower tiles. As long as you can Find the remaining four flower cards of spring, summer, autumn and winter in the chess and card room, then you can gain the favorability of the Huaxia Daomen branch at Miskatonic University, and you can continue to improve it by playing mahjong with branch members. Favorability, and when the favorability reaches a certain value, you will receive corresponding rewards."

Hearing what kp Kongjing said, Liu Xing said with a bit of laughter: "Huh? There are such weird tasks in the Cthulhu Run Game Hall? You can actually get rewards by playing mahjong?"

kp Kongjing laughed and said: "Actually, special tasks like this can only be triggered by players who have reached the Cthulhu area, because the modules in the Cthulhu area have no time limit or region limit, so players can go anywhere in the world. If you want to run around, you can spend your whole life in this module, so our Cthulhu Running Game Hall has set up some camp favorability or contribution systems that are common in other games, so that players can Use some mini-games to increase the favorability of a certain force to gain rewards and help; for example, with most of the forces in Samba Country, as long as you are friendly with them, you can gain their favorability by playing football. .”

"Of course, these rewards are actually quite weird. Under normal circumstances, they should be just some decorations. For example, if you reach the highest favorability level in this division, you can get a set of truly. completely random mahjong tiles. These mahjong tiles have no pattern before being turned over by the player. After being turned over, a pattern will appear randomly. Of course, the pattern that appears at this time will not be the same as the mahjong tiles that have been turned over. In this way, It guarantees the absolute fairness of the game! As for the forces in Samba Country, they may give you a signed football with the signatures of all football stars from ancient times to the present!"

"Is there anyone who belongs to me, Captain Gao?" Yin En asked quickly: "I, Captain Gao, can be regarded as the first football star in history. After all, I should be famous in football, right?"

kp Kongjing smiled again and said affirmatively: "Of course there is, there is even a signed version of Gao Qiu's jersey, so some players in the Cthulhu area like to brush up the favorability of these forces and collect various information when they have nothing to do. There are all kinds of weird rewards, and some of them are unique, so many players now work in an insurance company in Wisconsin, because there was a salesman in that company who invented "Dungeons and Dragons" ", so although the NPCs in this company are all normal people, they hold the legendary first running group suit."

"Ah?! kp, can we give up this entrance exam now? I also want to compete for the legendary running group suit!" Yin En said excitedly.

kp Kongjing chuckled and replied seriously: "Of course that's not possible, because only players who have reached the Cthulhu area can trigger the corresponding special tasks, and the main reason why you can trigger the special tasks of this chess and card room is Because your status is just right, and you are about to become players in the Cthulhu area; in a sense, players in the Cthulhu area have graduated from the Cthulhu Game Hall, so they can fill up the map Running around everywhere, and our Cthulhu Run Game Hall has set up these messy special tasks in order to allow these graduated players to still play."

Before Liu Xing and others could speak, kp Kongjing continued: "This is mainly because the time span of the Cthulhu area module is too long, and there will be a lot of gaps in between."