Real Cthulhu Running Game

"There is indeed something wrong with this module. I didn't expect that a generation of NPCs like Mager could complete their awakening."

As soon as the Black Pharaoh finished speaking, Ao Guanhai directly interrupted: "No, no, this Mager has not awakened, because it is impossible for this generation of NPCs to complete the awakening. The reason is that these NPCs are not transformed by normal people. Here we come, but a group of serious artificial humans! They can also be said to be NPCs in the true sense, but even if we want to create such perfect artificial humans, it is not easy, and it takes too much time and energy. Besides, the game map in our Cthulhu Run Game Hall is an open world and requires too many NPCs, so we started converting ordinary people to act as NPCs."

"That's right. When the Cthulhu Run Game Hall was undergoing internal testing for the first time, the total number of players did not exceed three digits, right? Moreover, these modules were recycled, and the game scope was limited to one building. On an isolated island, in a villa or an abandoned mine, the largest one is an uninhabited city. In short, there are not many NPCs needed; the most important thing is that these NPCs are not static, they can be replaced at any time. With the new identity, he was a good person in the eyes of the previous group of players, but in the eyes of the next group of players, he became a heinous villain."

The Black Pharaoh looked at Magur and continued: "Could it be that this Magol's memory has overflowed, or that the experience in the previous module has not been completely erased, so he saw what happened before in his dream? However, it stands to reason that the NPCs of this first generation would not be so stretched. After all, 50% of the reserve energy in the Cthulhu Run Game Hall has been used up by these NPCs and modules. Why is Tink Department so stretched? Crotch thing?”

"That's not clear. After all, only the eldest lady knows everything about what happened back then. Together, we only know a little bit of insignificant information. But since this Mager has exposed his flaws, we can add fuel to the flames. After a while, it will cause him to have more severe emotional fluctuations, and maybe it will make him think of more things! So this module has to implement Plan A to let Mager's sister die first."

As Ao Guanhai spoke, he took out something like a remote control from his pocket, with dozens of different buttons on it.

Just when Ao Guanhai pressed the "A" button, Liu Xing felt that the surrounding time and space seemed to have suddenly stopped for a moment, but before Liu Xing could react, time and space returned to normal again.

What's going on?

Could it be that there was something wrong with Magol, so the Cthulhu Run game lobby scanned this module, preparing to eliminate the possibility of Magol's awakening?

Liu Xing thinks this is very possible, because the Cthulhu Running Game Hall can indeed do this kind of thing, and the Cthulhu Running Game Hall is definitely not willing to see so many NPCs complete their awakening.

However, Liu Xing still finds one thing strange, that is, most of the modules in the Cthulhu Run game lobby, or 99.9% of the modules are one-time use, because Cthulhu Run The Tuan Game Hall is an open world game, so even if it is an isolated island like this, it will enter the overall settlement process after finishing a module. After that, even if a new module takes place in this small island On the island, the plot flow and NPCs of the module will have to be changed.

For example, this module now has two endings, that is, the player clears the level and the group is destroyed. The former is when the player defeats the villain, and the latter is when the villain defeats the player, but no matter what, the NPC must win. There are a few less, so after entering the settlement screen, this resort island will most likely be completely abandoned. After all, a resort island that has had several murders is unlikely to have hard-headed tourists coming here to have fun in the future.

Therefore, this resort island must either be completely abandoned by the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, or a new module must be built on it.

So the question is, why did Marger dream that she appeared on this holiday island many times?

Could it be that this module is a special welcome module created by the Cthulhu Run Game Hall just to be lazy, so that all new players "born" near America can complete the first official module here?

If this is the case, it can explain why Magur's dream has a "post-darkness", because at that time the module was not completely finished, and Magur, who had received the lunch, could only listen to the show in the background. .

This is interesting.

Liu Xing has never encountered or even heard of such a module.

"By the way, have you heard about a completely abandoned city over there - Menkan? It was a big city built on the basis of a mining area. However, one day something suddenly went wrong in the mining area and it was completely closed, so the city People have chosen to leave one after another." Mager suddenly asked.

Resource-depleted cities.

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but said: "There are many cities like this, right? Most of them rely on some kind of minerals to emerge and grow, so most of the industries in the city rely on mines. As a result, with the development of minerals, The depletion of the economy has led to the continuous collapse of supporting industries. In the end, the entire city cannot provide enough jobs and salaries, so most people will choose to go out to work, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled to stick to the city; but Lao Maozi's It is indeed not suitable for everyone to live in a world of ice and snow, so it is normal for it to be completely abandoned, right? And I remember that there are similar cities in other countries, but most of them are in the suburbs of certain cities, which have become degenerated because of the closure of factories there. barren."

At this time, Philip continued: "Yes, I have seen some documentaries before, which said that during the transformation process of some industrial cities, the factories were not completely dismantled due to cost reasons, so the transmission belts and some were left in the factories. Abandoned machines, as a result, as time went by, various animals and plants appeared in these abandoned factories, so scholars began to study whether there were any changes in the creatures living in abandoned factories. After all, the factory The environment is still very different from the wild, so some animals have indeed changed their way of survival."

Mager nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, so my supervisor has applied for funding and is going to take a few graduate students to Menkan to investigate whether the local animals have adapted to the urban environment, because although Menkan has been completely abandoned For more than ten years, but you also know that even if no one maintains a reinforced concrete city, it can remain standing for decades without encountering natural or man-made disasters. Therefore, these buildings provide a large number of nests for animals. And these nests are safer than in the wild, and the terrain is more complex, so it's a challenge for predators."

Hearing this, Liu Xing could be sure that the Menkan mentioned by Mager should also be the location of one or even multiple modules, because this place is simply not suitable for a Cthulhu running game!

There are so many plots that can be drawn from an "unmanned" city, not to mention that the reason why this city was abandoned is related to the sudden closure of a mining area, so if nothing else, there must be something hidden in this mining area. Big secret!

After all, this secret scared Lao Maozi to abandon the entire city, so Liu Xing estimated that the mining area might hide terrifying mythical creatures like earth-burrowing demon insects, or even some old man who was sleeping. Dominator!

And Mager's teacher leading a team to investigate in such a place is basically no different from seeking death. Of course, if the graduate students brought by Magur's teacher are all players, there should be a glimmer of hope.

But will Magal come along?

This is a very important question.

So Liu Xing pretended to be curious and asked: "Magel, will you participate in this survey? If you participate, let's leave a contact information? If you take a video then, give us a copy. , we also really want to see what this kind of city that has been abandoned for more than ten years will look like."

Mager sighed, shook her head and said: "It's a pity that I have already graduated. Because my sister's academic talent is about zero, she dropped out of school very early and went to work in a supermarket. She also spent money lavishly and basically couldn't save anything. They had to ask me for help from time to time, so I had to end my studies early and start working to support my sister... But my teacher also knows my family's situation, so I can occasionally get jobs from him. Invitation, so this survey may also invite me to participate, and I actually want to participate in this survey, after all, this kind of experience is really rare.”

"So let's exchange contact information with each other. If I can go, I will live broadcast the entire investigation process for you. However, there should be a lot of videos like this on the Internet, because video bloggers who investigate abandoned cities like this are not Some even went to explore some abandoned military bases and ships. Of course, some people seemed to have found the air-raid shelters dug back then. The first-person perspective was more exciting than watching a horror movie; but I still worried about my sister, because Jack That kid is really unreliable, and I’m always worried that he will use my sister to do some shameful things.”

As soon as Mager finished speaking, Liu Xing saw Rose getting up and walking to the second floor, while Jack walked towards the bar.

Jack was an acquaintance. Halfway through, he smiled and said to Liu Xing and others: "Brother, what are you talking about? If you don't mind, add me."

Liu Xing naturally didn't mind chatting with Jack to see if he had any questions, so he winked at York, and York also made a cocktail with understanding and handed it to Jack.

Jack took the wine and continued: "Thank you, I am Marger's brother-in-law Jack. I am currently a freelance worker. I occasionally take on some drama acting jobs, and I have also participated in some Hollywood films, but they are all It’s the kind of passer-by character who passes by in a flash.”

"Oh, then I wish you can become a real Hollywood star in the future." David said.

Unexpectedly, Jack immediately shook his head and said with a serious face: "I originally had a chance to make it in Hollywood, but I chose to give up in the end because there were too many things I had to pay, or in other words, those things People who can let my name appear on posters, the tricks they know are more terrifying than the last, and I don’t want to do that at a young age.”

Hearing what Jack said, the three Davids nodded sympathetically. It seemed that they had heard something.

After all, there are a lot of good-looking people these days. If you add in those who have fine-tuned their APP values, the number will be even greater. Therefore, if these ordinary people want to become stars, they must pass some "tests" "It doesn't matter if you refuse. Anyway, you are the only one who agrees.

So even Liu Xing, a foreigner, has heard that Hollywood has a lot of fun, and there is nothing they can't do that only you can imagine.

But when it comes to Hollywood, Liu Xing remembers that there seems to be a very special secret church there. This secret church seemed to be founded by a Yisi man. It was to pave the way for a few actor friends with good relationships, and He organized a secret church that was a bit like a fan club, and then provided enough performance resources to make his friends stars. As a result, after it left, the secret church turned into an actors club, using that Is Some tools left behind by people to do shameful things.

"So now I can only come back and be an ordinary drama actor. However, the drama industry has not been very prosperous in the past two years. Everyone is more willing to watch popcorn movies with lots of special effects."

Jack sighed and continued: "So I have decided to change my career now and am ready to try my ability to be a video blogger, so this time I came to this island for vacation with Rose and my uncle. Actually, I just wanted to shoot a few videos and post them online.”

"I see. No wonder you took Rose to the beach when you had nothing to do." Mager frowned and said, "But can you really make money as a video blogger?"

"Of course, uncle, you are busy with your own career. I don't know that if today's video bloggers do well, it is not a dream to earn millions a year, and the time cost is not much. Shooting a joke video It only takes one hour to shoot the material, two or three hours to edit and add special effects, and then produce two or three videos a week, which means you only need to work for one or two hours a day.”

Jack said very confidently: "I have met several editor friends before, so I have asked them for a few good jokes. If nothing happens, it should be a hit!"

Mager looked at the confident Jack and finally shook her head helplessly.