Real Cthulhu Running Game

Before entering the game lobby of Cthulhu Run, Liu Xing was quite fond of playing games. He dabbled in stand-alone games, online games and mobile games, so Liu Xing was quite aware that the most popular games in the gaming industry were within three years. It took three years to open, after all, there are only so many game players, and players only play for so long every day, so it is difficult for several hit games to appear at the same time, or some games that have the potential to be hit. Because it was a step slow, it became a popular game, or even an ordinary game.

More importantly, 99% of popular games do not have high barriers to entry. After all, it is impossible for a game with high barriers to become a hit, even if it is like Miyazaki's Souls. Although these games are highly discussed among players and are well received by players, the number of players who have actually played a certain process is out of proportion to the popularity, because the threshold for these Souls games is too high, let alone This is a handicapped player. Even an ordinary player will say "die" twenty or thirty times an hour.

Therefore, Liu Xing, who considers himself to be a good gamer, has always stayed away from Souls-based games and feels that it would be good for him to be a cloud player.

Ahem, back to the topic.

Because the entry threshold for popular games is not high, they can attract most players to enter the game and then retain players through various methods. Moreover, in the early stages of the popularity of popular games, because they have sufficient playable content, they can attract players. Players keep playing, so other games that appear at this time will have inherent shortcomings and cannot reach the height they should have.

Therefore, in recent years, game manufacturers have begun to stagger game schedules in a tacit understanding to ensure that their works will not compete with the masterpieces of "friends" next door, thereby affecting the sales of their own works. This is similar to the situation in the film industry. It's somewhat similar. When a movie that is highly anticipated by the audience is announced to be scheduled, if the movie in the same schedule can be rescheduled, they will definitely change the schedule without hesitation.

All in all, Liu Xing feels that it is impossible for several hit games to appear at the same time!

Of course, the most important thing is another point - these hit games are all popular in a certain region.

Liu Xing took his mobile phone and checked the martial arts game Huang Haoran just mentioned, and found that it is very popular now. The top ten most popular anchors on all live broadcast platforms are playing this game. As for the popular videos in the video APP, it is also Two-thirds of it is about this game.

This is a bit outrageous, right?

"I believe you have discovered the strange thing about these hit games, right? It is so popular, and it became popular very suddenly! I admit that the quality of this game is not bad, but it will not be so popular in such a short time. It has become a phenomenal game."

Huang Haoran said seriously: "A few days ago, I found that my girlfriend quickly became obsessed with this game after being exposed to it. You know, my girlfriend didn't even play mobile games well before this. She has never played computer games, because she thinks these games are virtual and there is no point in playing them.”

"That is indeed a problem, but Huang Haoran, don't you think there is anything unusual about your playing this game?" Liu Xing asked.

"No."

Huang Haoran shook his head and said: "Although I also like playing this game, I just think it's fun. So after completing the daily tasks, I only play two or three games before quitting. I don't even think about it when doing things. I will think about this game; but my girlfriend is different. She plays games for more than four hours every day to ensure that she will not think about this game at other times, so now I am very suspicious of this game and other places. All the hit games have problems!”

"Is the Cthulhu Run Game Hall causing trouble again?" Tian Qing said doubtfully: "But the scale is too big. At least tens of millions of people must be affected by these games, so I really can't figure it out. What kind of modules did the Cthulhu Run Game Hall prepare to make such a big fuss?"

"Yes, this is not like the style of the Cthulhu Running Group game lobby. Even the just-concluded Public Martial War seems to have affected the entire island country, but in fact it only affects the major families and secret churches of the island country. Except for a few unlucky ordinary people, the other ordinary people in the island countries are just outsiders watching the fun and not really participating in it."

Liu Xing also said with a puzzled look: "So is it possible that there are other forces silently promoting all this? But it shouldn't be. I don't think such powerful forces will appear in the real world, let alone them. And for what purpose? Do you want these players to give them krypton gold?"

"I don't know, so I hope you will try this game when you go back and see if this game has any impact on you two active players in the Cthulhu Run Game Hall. If not, it means Cthulhu The running group game lobby is resisting the influence of this game for us... If this is the case, I have a little doubt that in this world, besides the Cthulhu running group game lobby, there are actually some powerful beings who want to have fun with us. ...Although my identity as an online author is a bit weak, I also like to read novels, so I also know that the theme of world gamification has become popular in the past two years."

Huang Haoran's words shocked Liu Xing, because Liu Xing had also read the novel theme he mentioned. One day, for some reason, monsters and NPCs from a certain game suddenly appeared in the real world. At the same time, Everyone discovered that they could call up the mission panel, and then everyone could play the game in the real world.

So Liu Xing suddenly suspected that when enough people play these popular games, one day the games will suddenly become a reality. . . Isn’t this competing with the Cthulhu Games lobby for business?

Liu Xing felt that after returning to the Cthulhu Running Group game hall, he had to take the time to talk to Ao Guanhai about this matter and see if he had any opinions on it.

After talking about the game, Liu Xing and the two said goodbye to Huang Haoran and returned to Chengdu.

"Liu Xing, I'm going home to see my parents, so do you want to come with me?"

Tian Qing's sudden "meeting parents" shocked Liu Xing.

"forget it."

After thinking about it for a moment, Liu Xing shook his head and said, "If you and I go back to see our parents, I think our parents will have to get together to talk about our marriage, but the current situation is that we can't get married yet. ... Of course, if we really want to get married, it’s not impossible, but it’s just not suitable for the time being, because we need to regularly participate in the Cthulhu Run game lobby module, and this is all about risking our lives.”

Tian Qing nodded, sighed and said: "I think so too. If there is no Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall, I think there is no problem for us to get married this year, but forget it now... Then you Just take me to the subway station, it will be more convenient for me to take the subway home myself."

Liu Xing originally wanted to drive Tian Qing back, but not long after he got off the beltway, he saw a series of car accidents in front of him, blocking the road Liu Xing was going to take. It happens to be a subway station.

So Liu Xing could only let Tian Qing take the subway home, while he drove a rented car and waited for the traffic to resume.

Idle time is also idle. After Liu Xing was sure that the road would not be restored for a while, he got off the car like other drivers to watch the excitement.

The accident involved a bus and three cars. Liu Xing heard that it seemed that a red car rear-ended the bus first, and then hit two other black cars next to it. Fortunately, it didn't. There were no serious casualties, but the three cars seemed to have been badly hit.

However, Liu Xing heard from people next to him that the culprit of all this, that is, the driver of the red car, after the accident, ran directly into the green belt next to him while wearing a motorcycle helmet, and then disappeared. After all, there were not many pedestrians on the streets here, and the drivers who witnessed the car accident did not react.

"A monk who can run away can't run away from the temple. Unless the driver is a car thief, then it is necessary for him to escape. But if not, he can definitely be found through the license plate of the car, so if he runs away like this, it will be an additional crime. ah."

Hearing what the drivers around him said, Liu Xing nodded in sympathy. Besides, in addition to vehicle information, the nearby surveillance cameras should also be able to capture the driver's escape route and even the driver's face. , after all, he can’t always wear a motorcycle helmet, right?

Wait, why is this driver wearing a motorcycle helmet?

Liu Xing took a look at the red car and determined that its trunk could not hold a motorcycle. So why did the driver have a motorcycle helmet? And judging from the descriptions of eyewitnesses, the driver started running away the moment after the accident, so the motorcycle helmet should be beside him, or even on his head!

So who wears a motorcycle helmet and drives a car?

Obviously, the driver wearing a motorcycle helmet should be worried about his face being captured by illegal cameras along the way. This means that the driver himself has a problem, and the problem is very big, otherwise he would not think of doing this.

"Why do you think this driver wears a helmet to drive? Could it be that this guy is a fugitive? But if he is a fugitive, he shouldn't be so bold and drive into the city by himself, right?"

A driver next to him said: "But I heard that the Longquan side has been uneasy recently, and if the Longquan side wants to enter the city, they have to take this road, so could this driver run away from the Longquan side?"

After the driver's reminder, Liu Xing remembered that this road was indeed the only way for Longquan to enter the city. Of course, if you want to take a long way to enter Chengdu from other entrances, you are free to do so. . . But this is not important. What is important is whether the driver who escaped is the mythical creature Huang Haoran said.

If so, where does this guy want to escape to?

Liu Xing calculated the distance between here and his home and found that the distance was quite far, so he felt relieved. Of course, Liu Xing also felt that since this mythical creature knew how to escape, it should also know that the surveillance cameras in the city would allow it to escape. It has nowhere to hide, so it probably hangs around the outskirts of the city and won't actually run into the city.

Of course, it would be another matter if it was willing to go through the sewer or crawl along the green belt.

However, this also allowed Liu Xing to know that this mythical creature was humanoid, otherwise witnesses would definitely have noticed something unusual about it.

It didn't take long for the road to become smooth again, and after Liu Xing told Tian Qing about the incident, he continued to drive home.

After arriving home, Liu Xing also told his parents about the incident, and just in case, Liu Xing also reminded his parents to close the clinic early these two days.

Then, Father Liu suddenly mentioned Song He, because Song He has now become a big anchor with tens of millions of fans.

Yes, today Song He suddenly became popular thanks to that martial arts game, but this is quite normal in Liu Xing's view, because when a hit game appears, there will always be some small anchors who suddenly take off by taking advantage of this popular style. And it's the kind that goes straight to the sky.

Because for the anchors, a new popular game means that they have another way to go, and it also means that there is more "cake", and you can also grab some of the "cake" from others.

It's just that Liu Xing really didn't expect Song He to catch up with this trend.

But Liu Xing didn't know whether this was a blessing or a curse for Song He.

"By the way, there is a Cantonese restaurant opened on the next street. We tried it the day before yesterday and thought it tasted pretty good, so we will go there for lunch today." Mother Liu said with a smile.

As a foodie, Liu Xing would naturally not refuse.

As a result, after entering this Cantonese restaurant, Liu Xing discovered that the owner and waiters of this Cantonese restaurant were actually the players he met with Song He before!

Isn't that mod finished yet?

Liu Xing looked at these players with some confusion, and they also recognized Liu Xing, but they still didn't know that Liu Xing was also a player, so they just said hello to Liu Xing and said that they could get a 20% discount on this meal.

It's a bit strange, isn't that mod supposed to be over? Wait, is it that the weirdo hasn't been caught yet?

Liu Xing calculated the date and found that he was only gone for five days this time, and logically speaking, a module like this that requires catching weirdos shouldn't last that long.

On the first day, we collected information and saw the weirdo for the first time, but we couldn't do much because of the distance. If we continued to collect information on the second day, we should be able to determine the specific situation of the weirdo, and then encounter the weirdo at close range.

On the third day, the roles were reversed.