Real Cthulhu Running Game

Liu Xing thought about it and realized that if he joined such a survival module with hundreds of players participating and survived to the end, then unless he was very lucky to find a lot of materials, he would definitely have conflicts with other players. Conflict, and even take action to rob other players of their supplies. . . In other words, you must trade the lives of others for your own!

This is a bit uncomfortable.

If it is a life-and-death confrontation module, Liu Xing will not have any psychological pressure to attack other players. After all, this module must have a winner, and it is only a winner. Therefore, Liu Xing must not die if he does not want to die. You have to go all out to send your opponent on the road.

But for a survival module like this, although theoretically speaking, each player team can live in peace without fighting, the prerequisite for this is that each player team can obtain enough supplies, and the Cthulhu Running Team Game Hall You won't do such a good thing, so the supplies in the entire module may be enough for half of the players to survive, but it would be good if the players can find half of the supplies. After all, some supplies may be in a dangerous situation, such as a crumbling building. Or in the realm of mythical creatures.

This means that in a survival module with hundreds of people like the one Huang Haoran participated in, the materials that players can obtain can only ensure that a quarter of the people survive, and this does not include various unexpected situations. Therefore, if you want to survive in this situation until the end, the player team will definitely have to fight with each other.

For Liu Xing, if his group can find enough supplies, he will still have the confidence to deal with those players who try to buy for zero yuan. However, if his group does not find enough supplies, he will go to other players to "borrow" them. "In other words, Liu Xing feels that it is still difficult for him to kill him. After all, he is the villain. . .

This may be called the final bottom line.

"You should all have heard of the term sunk cost, right? It means that too much manpower, material resources and energy were invested in the early stage, so when you encounter various problems in the later stage, although from a rational point of view you should choose to give up, this way You can avoid more losses, but when you think that you have already invested so much cost in the early stage, and now there seems to be some chance of success, then you will choose to continue to invest more.”

Huang Haoran suddenly said: "I majored in finance at university, so many professors and lecturers have mentioned that for decision-makers, sunk cost is the biggest test for them, and it is also an almost unsolvable problem. This is like your early investment. The cost was one million, but I encountered a choice in the later stage - either give up the upfront cost of one million, or add another one hundred thousand funds, and there was a 20% possibility of getting one hundred and fifty thousand. An income of 100,000 yuan, or to recover a total cost of 1.1 million yuan, then how do you think the decision-maker should choose?"

Of course Liu Xing had heard of the term sunk cost, but Liu Xing had never encountered a similar situation, so Huang Haoran's question stopped Liu Xing.

However, Tian Qing quickly replied: "I should choose to continue investing money, because in my opinion, the additional 100,000 yuan in capital will have the opportunity to bring me at least 1 million in income. After all, if I don't add more If you invest, you will definitely lose one million in upfront costs.”

"Yes, most decision-makers will think so. After all, the initial investment cost is too much, so in the end everyone wants to take a small gamble and take a big gamble. If the gamble wins, at least all the investment can be recovered, but From a probability point of view, the possibility of losing 1.1 million yuan is 80%, and the possibility of recovering all investment is 20%. This means that if you invest additional money, there is an 80% chance. There is a possibility that you will lose more! This is the terrible thing about sunk costs, which will make many decision-makers make wrong choices.”

Huang Haoran sighed and continued: "In the module I just mentioned, the most terrifying thing is not that the player teams are fighting each other for supplies, but that in the later stage, many players have to face sunk costs. choice! Yes, in the last day or two, the Cthulhu Run game lobby will start various activities, so that players’ supplies may suddenly decrease, and at the same time, the weather will become worse. Therefore, it becomes very difficult for players to go out and continue to search for supplies... Then many player teams will face the same problem - who should survive."

Hearing this, Liu Xing and Tian Qing couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, because this is really too heart-wrenching. After all, most player teams are brought together by players trusting each other, just like Liu Xing and his team. , there is no distinction between them. Of course, the three people who are mainly responsible for command and decision-making are Liu Xing, Yin En and Zhang Jingxu.

So Liu Xing thought about it for a while and found that if he and his group had to give up some people and let others live, it would be difficult to make a choice. Unless some people actively choose to give up, but who is not willing? To survive?

So what will it be like then?

Liu Xing really shouldn't think about it anymore, because Liu Xing knew that it was impossible for him to choose to sacrifice his life for righteousness, so the last and fairest way was for everyone to draw lots to decide whether he would live or die. . . But even so, those who are unlucky will have grudges, and when a team has cracks, it is not far away from falling apart.

If these unlucky people did not choose to accept it calmly, then this matter would be even more troublesome. A big fight would definitely be inevitable, and the player team would be gone.

"For most players, they have already paid a lot of sunk costs to get to this point, so it is unrealistic for them to sacrifice themselves for others, so many player teams choose to fight among themselves, but this is not the scariest thing. , because some players are faced with a more crazy choice, that is, if they want to survive the last period of time, they must eat some food, and the only food they can find now is the cards torn by other players. . Then after considering their sunk costs, many players chose to take the plunge.”

As soon as Huang Haoran said this, Liu Xing and Tian Qing took another breath of cold air, because this was really terrible.

Although Liu Xing has heard of some similar cases, many people in desperate situations were "supported" by their deceased companions before they were rescued or escaped, and they also received support from most people. I understand, because this person has passed away, so in order to survive, you can do some things that you definitely can't do normally.

But some people still blame these survivors, and survivors often think of scenes they want to forget.

As for the players in that module, they have already made it to the end of the module and can successfully pass the level immediately. If they encounter such a situation, then there will definitely be players who consider their sunk costs. Choosing to take this scary step.

This is also murderous and heart-breaking.

It also forces players to break through their own bottom line.

"So after the end of this module, many player teams were disbanded without a trace. At the same time, many players also developed psychological problems. Therefore, after two or three modules, at least 30% of the players never came online again. However, the closed test at that time only lost so many players every ten times of the module. This shows how terrible this module is, and those of us players who left the module earlier felt that Csu Lupaotuan Game Hall is using sunk costs to harm these players."

Huang Haoran shook his head and said seriously: "Actually, there are still many modules like this, so I think the Cthulhu Run Game Hall has become more restrained after the open beta. Although the difficulty of the modules is still very high, and The fault tolerance rate for novice players has also dropped a lot, but such heart-wrenching modules have become very rare. However, I think the reason why the Cthulhu Run Game Hall made such a change is to ensure stability. The number of player teams is large enough so that some later modules can be arranged."

"That's right, after arriving in the Hounds of Tindalos area, 99% of the players have already started to form a team, and the remaining 0.10% of the players are unable to form a team due to various reasons. After all, forming a team The advantages and benefits are obvious." Liu Xing nodded.

"So I think you have to be careful, because I think the Cthulhu Run Game Hall has definitely not given up on this kind of murderous and heart-wrenching module, but rather uses this module as a means to keep the bottom of the box. After all, it is in closed testing There are many types of modules, and I think the Cthulhu Run Game Hall has learned through that closed beta which types of modules are the scariest.”

Huang Haoran's words made Liu Xing and Tian Qing nod in unison, because Liu Xing and Tian Qing thought so too.

"By the way, apart from these modules, what impressed me most in the closed beta was the NPCs, because the NPCs at that time were almost exactly the same as ordinary people. However, judging from the current situation, these NPCs may indeed be a group of ordinary people. People, but we players seem to suddenly appear around them; the modules at that time were that we players suddenly came to a certain place, and the NPCs were all aborigines or staff of this place, so in these NPCs In the eyes, we are just foreign travelers." Huang Haoran continued: "To put it simply, we had nothing to do with the NPCs in the module at the beginning."

Huang Haoran's words reminded Liu Xing of a certain death primary school student. He often "passed" somewhere and was suddenly involved in various incidents. Then he and his friends had to Resolve these incidents.

"In this case, the players during the closed test should have been transported to a parallel world that has not yet been assimilated by the Cthulhu Game Hall, so they can only start the game as outsiders and compete with NPCs. After the open beta, players will go to the real world that has been assimilated by the Cthulhu Runner game lobby, so players can play the game as locals, and there will be several familiar NPCs upon arrival." Tian Qing said.

"So in the real world we live in now, will there be some sudden alien players entering?"

Liu Xing raised his own question.

"There should be. Maybe those mythical creatures Huang Haoran mentioned before are actually players? Or they are character cards that fell off. They wandered into our world after losing the control of the players, instead of following the players back to Kremlin. Sulu Running Group Game Hall." Tian Qing said seriously.

Just when Huang Haoran was about to say something, he saw the waiter starting to bring out the dishes.

"This is my girlfriend. The reason why I left the Cthulhu Run game lobby after I collected enough points is so that I can live an ordinary life with her. Therefore, when I was doing the final mod I set a classic flag - after completing this module, I went back to the real world to marry her, and the result turned out to be like this... So naturally, it was impossible for me to marry her under such circumstances, because I don’t know when I will suddenly disappear, and there will be no scum left. Of course, she doesn’t know the existence of the Cthulhu Run Game Hall yet.” Huang Haoran said in a low voice.

Hearing what Huang Haoran said, Liu Xing and Tian Qing knew they had to keep his girlfriend a secret to prevent her from entering the Cthulhu Run game lobby.

"I heard that anyone who knows the Cthulhu Mythology or the Cthulhu Run game may become a player in the Cthulhu Run game lobby, so I deliberately chose to open a B\u0026B here to Try to ensure that she will not be exposed to relevant content."

Huang Haoran continued: "My B\u0026B has no WiFi or TV, and I also deliberately raised some flowers and small animals in the yard behind to ensure that my girlfriend can spend a lot of money on this every day. She has a lot of time, plus I accompany her every step of the way, so she doesn’t have much time to be exposed to outside information.”

Well intentioned.

Liu Xing shook his head. If he had known that Tian Qing might join the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall, then he would have tried every means to keep Tian Qing away from relevant information. He even directly applied for a marriage certificate and went back to his hometown to farm and live a life of picking chrysanthemums. Below, you can leisurely see the pastoral life of Nanshan.

Anyway, I have enough points to exchange for cash, so I can enjoy farming at home.

Of course, Liu Xing still has to face an unsolvable problem, that is, after entering the Cthulhu Run game lobby, he suddenly disappears for several days, or even ten days and a half month, so he stays What should Tian Qing do in the real world?