Real Cthulhu Running Game

"So we continued to pretend we didn't know anything and just followed the plot honestly. Anyway, this module will be over in two days."

Yin En shrugged and said: "Besides, if all this is as we thought, then we would have a chance to go to Shenglong City. I just don't know if Tener is ready to model and build Shenglong City." NPC."

"I'm afraid Thang Long City is a city that only exists in NPC conversations. And based on the transportation conditions in ancient times, it would probably take us ten days and a half to be sent to Thang Long City, so we shouldn't even think about traveling outside. ”

Zhang Jingxu stretched, stood up and said, "It seems that everyone has eaten and drank enough, so why don't we go back to the courtyard to continue chatting? After all, there are people coming and going here, and we have to be careful that the walls have ears."

As a result, Liu Xing and others put down their dishes and returned to the small courtyard. For the sake of safety, they also closed the door of the courtyard. Ding Kun also prepared several small mechanisms to hide in the dark to ensure that if someone planned to secretly He can be discovered immediately by eavesdropping.

"By the way, according to the currently known world view, this is indeed a low-martial world as we guessed before, but there are more sects, and it seems that these sects have their own characteristics. The most important thing is that they It seems to be in harmony with the imperial court, so we can refer to "Longmen Inn" to analyze this module; first of all, based on what we found in the real world, the Taoist temple may really have been subjected to the Luban technique. Of course, the Luban technique in the module is An enhanced version, maybe it can launch a substantial attack."

Zhang Jingxu took a sip of tea and continued: "As for the snakes and rats, they may not be as mysterious as Luo Yun said. There are people using certain means to guide these snakes and rats. Of course, myths like Guoshanfeng Creatures also exist, but this Guoshanfeng keeps wandering around in one place. I suspect that it may have been controlled by the Luo family, or that all this is directed and acted by the Luo family, because didn't the Luo family say Well, if we only focus on hard power, the Luo family may not be as good as other families in Heshan County."

Liu Xing thought for a while, nodded and said: "Zhang Jingxu, what you mean is that in order to ensure their own status, the Luo family chose to use the so-called Huang family curse to integrate the major families in Heshan County. After all, only the Luo family can act as a middleman. To unite these big families, so as long as the Huang family's influence does not completely leave Heshan County, the Luo family's position will not be shaken for a day... This is a bit like America's endless actions against certain organizations, But they only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Of course, this is not because America is not strong enough, but because some people need these organizations to continue to exist so that they can ask for funds openly."

"The cunning rabbit dies and the lackey is cooked."

Tian Qing shook his head and said: "Judging from the current situation, it seems that none of the two generations of the Luo family can fight, so they can only continue to control Heshan County in this way to prevent other families from stepping forward to take their place; Based on Zhang Jingxu's speculation just now, these rats and snakes were created by the Luo family themselves, and they also publicized them so much that people in Heshan County hid in their homes and did not dare to go out when the time came. As for those who really wanted to see them I'm afraid the lively people will not end well; as for the so-called outsiders who died of poisoning, either they don't exist at all, or they are actors invited by the Luo family. Of course, I think it is possible that they were actually silenced by the Luo family. ”

"I think he was silenced because Luo Yun only informed Liu Xing that he was dead after hearing about Liu Xing's medical skills. So I think Luo Yun might have changed his story temporarily because he was afraid that Liu Xing would see something strange."

At this point, Yin En shook his head again, "But all this is based on our guesses being completely correct, so we can't guarantee that we haven't thought too much."

"Then let's wait and see what happens, but there are only about two days left, so we don't need to wait too long, but the problem now is that if we don't take the initiative, then we may not be able to go There is a Taoist temple, and this Taoist temple is definitely worth a lot of points, so we still need to go and take a look." Zhang Wenbing said seriously.

Regarding the Taoist Temple, Liu Xing's views are similar to Zhang Wenbing's. He also thinks that the Taoist Temple may be a very important place. There may be only one side mission there that is not closely related to the main plot. However, in some games, the side missions are not shorter than the main missions. And the rewards are also very rich.

For example, the world's most famous stand-alone game - Warcraft III, has a battle about Beast King, but the number of maps in the Beast King battle seems to be much less than that of other battles. Liu Xing, who was still young at the time, thought that Beast King was a It would be nice to have a campaign for a neutral hero in a tavern, but it would be okay if there were fewer maps.

As a result, Liu Xing later learned that although there were not many maps in the Battle of Beast King, the time required to play all the processes was actually much longer than that of other battles, because there were many side plots in Battle of Beast King, and these linear plots were not included in the plot. It is marked on the map, so players can only follow various prompts to reach the designated location, such as a cave that looks very much like a sticker.

Of course, even if you don't complete these side plots, you can still clear the main missions directly, but the rewards in the side plots can make it easier for you to clear the main missions.

Therefore, Liu Xing suspected that Turner had referred to this memory of his own when designing the plot of this module, and prepared a side plot with generous rewards in the Taoist Temple.

When Liu Xing expressed his thoughts, he was recognized by Zhang Jingxu and others.

"This is indeed a very classic plot arrangement, using generous rewards to attract players to try these unnecessary side plots."

Yin En held his chin and said: "I suspect that this is Tenal's attempt to consume us and make us lose one or two people outside of the main mission. However, the rewards here should be pretty good. I think it might be realgar or something like that." Medicinal herbs that can repel snakes, insects, rats, and ants.”

"So the question is again - should we lose manpower for some unclear rewards? Or are we making a profit or losing by doing this?" Liu Xing asked.

"I think we can do a side mission like this, because there is no shop like this after passing this village, and this Taoist temple should be able to provide us with some good things to deal with snakes and rats."

Zhang Jingxu said with certainty: "Don't forget that Taoism may be related to Luban Shu, and Luban Shu focuses on one word - object. To put it simply, there is Luban Shu related to something, so The reward we can get is this object.”

"This is just looking for something, but there may be a time limit."

When Liu Xing was still about to say something, there was a sudden crackling sound outside Luo Mansion, which sounded like someone was setting off firecrackers.

"This should be a firecracker, right? Not a firecracker?" Liu Xing asked in surprise.

Shi Zixuan on the side nodded and said: "It's firecrackers, because firecrackers don't sound so rhythmically. After all, when people throw bamboo into the fire, the temperature of each bamboo tube rises differently. In addition, the bamboo tube explodes. The standard is an interval rather than a specific number, so these bamboo tubes cannot ring so rhythmically."

"What's more, we can all smell the gunpowder now."

Yin En sniffed, shook his head and said: "This is not good news for us, because it means that this fictional world already has gunpowder, and it has begun to be used in specific applications, so we may be able to There will be attacks from musketry and even artillery.”

"Then we're gone."

Liu Xing said depressedly: "Although the gunpowder in this fictional world is only used to make primary firearms such as matchlock guns, these firearms are just one shot for us, so if a sharpshooter comes to deal with us, then We basically have no choice but to fly away when disaster strikes... But these firecrackers are usually set off during weddings and funerals, so did something happen today?"

Shi Zixuan stood up directly and said with a smile: "Then I'll go out and see what's going on."

After saying this, Master Zixuan climbed out of the window directly.

"Gunpowder is also a good thing. Made into firecrackers, it may be used to drive away rats and snakes. After all, animals are afraid of fire and loud noises, but the rats and snakes here are definitely different from their distant relatives."

Liu Xing sighed, shook his head and said: "We thought this was a very monotonous module at the beginning, but we didn't expect that so many messy elements suddenly appeared today, which made people feel overwhelmed."

"Perhaps this is the test that Turner wants to give us, allowing us to pick out those that are more important and those that are distracting from the complicated information."

Tian Qing shook his head and said: "It seems that this Tenal really wants to teach us something, and the priority of judging whether the information is true or false should be regarded as a required course for us players."

"That's right. For us players in the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, this information is our life, because wrong information may lead us to a dead end." Liu Xing nodded and replied. .

At this moment, Master Zixuan came back.

"There is a family doing a happy event, and the custom of holding happy events here in Heshan County is for the newlyweds to travel around the city together and receive blessings from residents along the way. The purpose of setting off firecrackers is to remind those in front to be prepared."

Shi Zixuan shrugged and continued: "So I think it's nothing, because there are many places with wedding customs like this."

Just as Liu Xing was about to nod, he remembered that before entering the Cthulhu Run game hall, he saw some people doing idle things in the real world, and those people also set off firecrackers.

Is this a coincidence?

"Yeah, I think these firecrackers are reminding us that this is a world with firearms, so that we won't be caught off guard."

When Zhang Jingxu wanted to say a few more words, there was a sudden knock on the door.

If nothing else, Luo Yun should have found a group of "test subjects".

Sure enough, Luo Yun found ten very suitable experimental subjects, because these guys were all masters of the Qiuhou Wenzhan. As soon as they heard that they could survive by playing the flute, they immediately chose to join, so Luo Yun asked Liu Xing to let go. When doing experiments, you don’t need to think too much.

As for Luo Yun himself, he had to take care of his third son who had just woken up, so he couldn't rush to the scene yet.

Liu Xing handed the magic flute to experimenter No. 1 and asked him to play the magic flute on his own. Although experimenter No. 1 was obviously playing randomly, the magic flute still produced a pleasant tune.

The most important thing is that not long after, more than ten mice appeared near Experimenter No. 1, but Experimenter No. 1 was calm and composed at this time. It seems that Luo Yun should have told them about the magic flute in advance. role.

Everything seems to be going well.

Everything that goes smoothly is a bit unreal.

Liu Xing thought for a while and said to Experimenter No. 1: "Let's walk! You can walk any way you want."

Experimenter No. 1 nodded slightly, and then moved in the opposite direction. As a result, the rats were behind him, and they also directly ignored the surrounding bystanders.

"This is too smooth."

Li Hanxing whispered: "Is this number one the real chosen one? So..."

Before Li Hanxing finished speaking, Experimenter No. 1's flute sound suddenly stopped for half a second. Although he immediately continued to play, the mice fled in displeasure.

After that, no matter how much Experimenter No. 1 played the magic flute, the mice never appeared again.

"Well, I blew too fast at the beginning, so I couldn't help but take a breath..."

Experimenter No. 1 said very awkwardly: "So what should I do now?"

"Just watch from the side first." Liu Xing shook his head and said, "It's your turn No. 2."

Experimenter No. 2 nodded, took the magic flute and started playing. He also absorbed the lessons of Experimenter No. 1 and kept his breath stable.

After seeing the mouse appear, Experimenter No. 2 started walking without waiting for Liu Xing to speak, and the mouse followed suit.

But not long after, Experimenter No. 2 also made a mistake. . . While he was concentrating on playing the magic flute, he didn't pay attention to his steps, so he stepped on gravel and fell.

This mistake made Liu Xing feel sorry for him.

However, there was nothing that could be done, and the errant Experimenter No. 2 was unable to summon those mice again.

"It seems that the standard of playing the magic flute is not high, but as long as there is a little interference, all the efforts will be wasted! And the reason why these rats did not attack the magic flute player is probably because they knew that their number was too small, so they would definitely not be able to defeat them. There were so many of us, so we chose to escape directly."