Real Cthulhu Running Game

After dinner, Huang Haoran arranged for Liu Xing and Liu Xing to stay in the best room, which was the top floor of this three-story B\u0026B. The special feature was that the ceiling was replaced with tempered glass.

"It's interesting. Huang Haoran, do you plan to turn this B\u0026B into an internet celebrity attraction?" Liu Xing asked with a smile.

Huang Haoran shook his head, pointed to his head and said: "I came here to open a B\u0026B just for peace and quiet, so at the beginning I didn't care about the decoration here, so I just found an acquaintance. I came to be responsible for the overall design and decoration, and the result was that I agreed with that sentence - if you work with acquaintances, you can charge as much as you can. After all, he also knows that I am very rich now, so you can find that my B\u0026B can be said to be five-star. For the horizontal decoration of a first-class hotel, the best materials are used; therefore, if the ceiling is not renovated, it can be purchased for RMB 100, but if it is replaced with glass, the price can be raised to RMB 1,000.”

Liu Xing thinks this is the case.

"By the way, no guests have actually stayed in this room before, because my girlfriend and I both have a Buddhist background and have never taken the initiative to introduce this room to guests, and I also casually wrote 888 on the price. . What's more, to be honest, apart from the glass ceiling that allows you to see the sky, there is nothing praiseworthy about this room. Anyway, there is no way I would spend so much money just to see the night sky." Huang Haoran said with a shrug. .

Me too.

After sending Huang Haoran away, Tian Qing said: "I didn't expect that the Cthulhu Run Game Hall would ever conduct such a closed test. It seems that they have been prepared for it. From the beginning, they wanted to find out whether we human players have any Those weaknesses, what kind of module can directly address our pain points."

"Yeah, I think the Cthulhu Running Team game hall prepared a set of elimination criteria at the beginning to ensure that players suitable for them are screened out as soon as possible... But now I don't know about the Cthulhu Running Team. Why does the game lobby need us players? It stands to reason that they can directly assimilate the real world and do not require so many fancy operations, so I don’t understand what significance we players have to the Cthulhu Running Group game lobby." Liu Xing He said doubtfully.

After Tian Qing thought for a moment, he answered seriously: "The answer may be the name of the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall, because this is the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall, so there must be players participating, otherwise This is not a game hall. After all, Liu Xing, didn’t you say that the Cthulhu Run Game Hall has staff, and the task of these staff is to execute modules or create new modules, so these tasks Why do people have these tasks? That is because the managers above really operate the Cthulhu Run Game Hall as a real game hall."

After listening to Tian Qing's explanation, Liu Xing suddenly had an idea.

Before that, Liu Xing thought that the Cthulhu Run Game Hall was a refuge left by Nyarlathotep for his clones, and it was also a duel ground for the clones. Only the last clone standing could truly control it. Cthulhu Running Game Hall; as for the players, they are assisted by various avatars, and can even be said to be props with different functions! And the quality of props is distinguished by dividing areas.

But if it is true as Tian Qing said, then the situation will be very different, because this is a topic of which comes first, the chicken or the egg.

So why did Nyarlathotep build a game hall? Why does this make people feel a little too serious? After all, according to Ao Guanhai, when Nyarlathotep created the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, the situation was at its most critical. At that time, the pursuers of Shub Nicholas and Yog-Sothoth were in is in hot pursuit, so if Nyarlathotep just wants to escape better or have a hiding place, then it should directly create a shelter without other additional functions, which is more convenient. Fast.

So why is it the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall?

"I think the reason why it is a Cthulhu Running Group game hall is that Nyarlathotep is preparing to make a comeback, so it needs some qualified subordinates, or more advanced cannon fodder, so it uses these modules to Train players to understand various mythical creatures, know what is the best choice when facing certain mythical creatures, and how to use certain props; in short, I think Liu Xing, if you get rid of the Cthulhu running group Bound by the rules of the game, if you encounter various mythical creatures in the real world, you should be able to fight them."

Tian Qing looked at Liu Xing and said seriously.

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, nodded and replied: "Yes, in fact, if we really face mythical creatures like ghouls and deep divers now, then the chance of winning in a fight in the real world may be better than in Kremlin." The Cthulhu Running Game Hall is much higher, because we don’t have to worry about making mistakes due to luck, and we can also make more operations; so I also think the Cthulhu Running Game Hall is actually a player training Center, maybe it will be possible for us to fight real mythical creatures in the future. As for players like Huang Haoran who leave after collecting enough points, they are regarded as reserve teams in the Cthulhu Running Team Game Hall."

"If this is the case, then we must be more careful, because no one knows when the Cthulhu Run Team Game Hall will pull down its mask and send us to fight with those mythical creatures in real combat. Let's fight... But the Yithian who stole your account before seems to be a real mythical creature, not data created by the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, so the Cthulhu Run Game Hall Why not use this Yithian to do things? For example, check the location of the pursuers?"

Tian Qing's question was regarded as asking Liu Xing.

In fact, Tenal's situation is similar to that of Alice and other NPCs. They were originally ordinary creatures in a parallel world. However, they were suddenly dragged into the water by the Cthulhu Runner game lobby and inexplicably turned into puppets. Although Because they lost their original memories, they still felt that everything was normal and the world in front of them was the same as before.

Isn't this "The Truman Show"?

Although for Truman, who knew the truth, he had always lived a good life with loving family and friends, but when he found out that all of this was false, his original joy and joy would become even more intense. sad emotions. . . So Truman knew that he could just pretend that nothing had happened, go back and continue to be a good actor, and he could also take this opportunity to ask the director to arrange a better plot for him, and enjoy a more perfect life. In the end, even if this reality show was due to ratings If the business rate drops and it closes down, Truman can still ask for a large sum of compensation, live a good life in the outside world, and perhaps continue his acting career.

In Liu Xing's view, this is the best choice for Truman, but Liu Xing feels that if he were Truman, he would make the same choice as him.

Sometimes, it is a person's instinct to seek truth, because only truth can make people feel at ease, and if an NPC discovers that he was originally a real person, but now suddenly becomes an NPC in the game, that kind of despair The feeling makes Liu Xing feel terrible even thinking about it.

So after Tenal realized this, it could have continued to be an NPC with peace of mind. Anyway, as a Yithian, it was almost invincible in the Cthulhu Running Group game lobby, as long as it was not provoked Just those Great Old Ones.

But Turnard chose to resist and became a player by completing account hacking through his own talent. In this way, Turnard changed from a chess piece to a player. . . A larger chess piece, or a rook from a pawn, can at least take a few more steps each time.

"Of course, no matter what the truth is, we are just pawns in the Cthulhu Running Team game hall, because we don't have the ability to resist the Cthulhu Running Team game hall yet. After all, our abilities and props are all about defeating the Cthulhu Running Team. Given by the Sulu Running Group Game Hall."

Tian Qing suddenly said with some pessimism: "The gap between us and the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall is still too big. To describe it as a chasm is to say it is too small, so we should still be like monks hitting the clock every day. This is a mod that allows players to live their lives one day at a time. In short, they can live as long as they can. Of course, it would not be bad if it can improve the quality of life. After all, we can already live in a villa per person in the Cthulhu Run game lobby. "

Liu Xing sighed, hugged Tian Qing and said, "As long as we can continue to be together."

Nothing happened all night.

Because they only had three days of free time, Liu Xing and his wife prepared to return to Chengdu early the next morning.

Huang Haoran also knew that as a player in the Cthulhu Game Hall, Liu Xing and others would definitely not be able to play here for a few more days. After all, the time to return to the real world was too precious.

"By the way, don't go to Longquan in the past two days, because I heard that a very powerful mythical creature has appeared in Longquan. At least three shadow players have already fallen into its hands, so the group leader is already here We are preparing to organize a team of five people to deal with this mythical creature, but the group leader has not yet revealed what this mythical creature is."

Huang Haoran, who was standing at the door, said seriously: "When the group leader gives us a task to deal with a mythical creature, he will tell us the general situation of the mythical creature, such as what kind it is, whether there is anything special about it, and its general characteristics. The activity area is generally not large. It is often several adjacent streets or communities. It is rare that such a large area directly occurs. Therefore, several acquaintances and I suspect that this mythical creature may not Simple!"

Hearing Huang Haoran say this, Liu Xing and Tian Qing's expressions became solemn, because Longquan is not far from Liu Xing's home, which is about an hour's drive, so if this mythical creature can move freely, then it It is possible to run downstairs to Liu Xing's house.

"So will these mythical creatures attack ordinary people?" Liu Xing asked quickly.

Huang Haoran nodded and said affirmatively: "Of course, these mythical creatures will also attack ordinary people, so I sometimes clean up the scene and erase all traces of the mythical creatures. Of course, there are some truths. It is a difficult scene to deal with, so I can only restore it directly... So some disappearances that occur in big cities are related to mythical creatures."

Speaking of this, Huang Haoran suddenly showed a puzzled expression, "What's a little strange is that 80% of these mythical creatures appear in big cities, while the remaining 20% ​​are in uninhabited areas such as deep mountains and old forests. In short, These mythical creatures almost never appear in small cities or towns, but we all know that many of the modules in the Cthulhu Run game lobby occur in small places. After all, the Cthulhu Run game needs to be in It’s more interesting to do it in a small place like this.”

"Huang Haoran, are you talking about the island country model? Small places can indeed create a better atmosphere. After all, venue restrictions will make players have fewer choices and better means." Liu Xing said.

Huang Haoran smiled, nodded and said: "Yes, I have been playing a martial arts chicken game recently when I have nothing to do. There are two characters in it whose ultimate moves are to transform into full health, so they are suitable for open areas in the wild. During the battle, I didn’t notice that there were terrain restrictions above me once, so I died without firing my ultimate move.”

Liu Xing looked at Huang Haoran with some confusion, wondering why he suddenly got involved in other games. Did he receive advertising fees from game manufacturers?

Huang Haoran saw Liu Xing's doubts, so he continued: "You may often stay in the Cthulhu Running Group game lobby, so you don't know much about some things that have happened in the real world recently, and I and other shadow players Because of the mission, we started to pay attention to various news, because some of the news may be related to mythical creatures; as a result, we recently discovered that many hit games suddenly appeared around the world, and these hit games have clear geographical divisions , which means that players who like a certain game will not like other popular games!"

"This is indeed a bit abnormal, because today's Internet is so developed, it is easy for hit games or movies and TV series to sweep the world. Especially today's games are unlikely to be made unless they are very niche. There is a situation where only players in a certain place like it; and under normal circumstances, it is good to have one or two hit games a year, and this has to be staggered by a few months."

Now Liu Xing is even more confused.