Real Cthulhu Running Game

What is the operation of digging a tunnel?

Looking at Liu Xing who was a little confused, Baihe City explained: "Although the trading company we took over is located in the central area of ​​Far West City, there is also a supporting yard close to the city wall of Far West City. The straight-line distance may be only ten meters. Duomi, so if we have to dig a tunnel to the outside of the city, it will only be about 20 meters; if we work overtime, we should be able to complete it within half a month, so Yang Yu and I have discussed it and think If there is a chance, we should dig out such a tunnel to ensure that we can escape through it in certain moments of crisis."

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, nodded and said: "Your idea is very good. Digging such a tunnel can indeed save your life when necessary, but the problem is that this tunnel is not easy to dig. After all, the city wall brings The pressure is not small. If your tunnel is not reinforced, it will easily collapse; and now Far West City will soon enter a state of war preparation. Your father-in-law will also prepare for the tunnel to prevent the enemy from passing through the tunnel. Come and catch yourself off guard, cooperate inside and outside."

"Yes, this is also what we are worried about, because I met with my father-in-law two days ago, and then I saw him arranging people to make relevant preparations, such as the most classic water tank tunnel survey , as long as the water in the tank suddenly ripples continuously, it means that someone is digging a tunnel nearby; in addition, my father-in-law also mentioned that a friend he knew before was an inventor and made There are many weird things, including an enhanced version of the seismometer, which can also be used to monitor whether anyone is digging tunnels nearby."

Baihe City sighed and said helplessly: "Although the seismometer may not be in place yet, the water tank seems to have been buried near the city wall. However, no one has been arranged to guard it for the time being, so Yang Yu and others are struggling. Do you want to take action, because if others find out about this, we will be in trouble."

"Yes, you have to be charged with colluding with the enemy. I will feel strange if there is no execution..."

Liu Xing shook his head and said seriously: "So if you have a way to ensure that the tunnel can be completed without being discovered by outsiders, then you still have to dig such a tunnel for insurance, but don't risk digging this tunnel to avoid compensation. He lost his wife and lost his troops! What's more, you still have a chance to break out with your father-in-law, because Taishou An is the master of the third prince, and there is a high probability that he will get the order from the third prince to retreat! So in Baihe City, you will follow the general at that time. Just retreat together as a team.”

"That's true. In short, I will act according to the situation after I return." Baihecheng nodded.

As soon as Baihecheng finished speaking, a young man ran over and said, "Master Bai, I want you to come over now, saying that I have something important to discuss with you."

Baihecheng nodded, and then said to Liu Xing: "I guess it's about getting married, because my father-in-law has long planned to hold a wedding for me and his daughter, and he thinks that after we get married, his daughter will not go there easily. I am studying with a teacher outside and haven’t been back home for several months; so I will go over there now and if anything happens, I will go to the cafeteria to find you.”

It was already three o'clock in the morning, so the canteen's opening bell had already rang. Therefore, after watching Baihe City leave, Liu Xing came to the canteen alone.

At this time, there was only one acquaintance in the cafeteria, and that was Zhang Jingxu, the first teammate Liu Xing met in the Cthulhu Running Team game hall.

"Yin En is having dinner with Young Master Ying. It seems that he is going to have a barbecue party by the river. However, I always feel that it is a bit strange to have barbecue at noon on this hot day; and Brother Ding has gone to the forest to find Ge Jing and is going to let him go. Ge Jing, who has nothing to do, went to investigate whether there are any monsters in the upper reaches of the river." Zhang Jingxu said.

"What? Brother Ding is going to ask Ge Jing to investigate this matter? That can be regarded as making the best use of everything. After all, we have done Ge Jing such a big favor. It is also very useful to ask him to see if there are any monsters nearby. It's normal, and we didn't let him deal with this possible Warcraft; but having said that, I think it's not necessarily the Warcraft that's looking for food this time, but a group of NPCs eyeing Sweetwater Town, or rather Young Master Ying just arrived."

Liu Xing sorted out his thoughts, and then continued: "My idea is this. First of all, we all know that when setting up the tasks in the module in the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, they usually use triggering, that is, When the player or NPC reaches a certain place, the corresponding task will be triggered. For example, when we arrived in Sweetwater Town, we directly activated the wine gorilla in the woods, so it arranged for its own monkeys and monkey grandchildren to come and cause trouble for us. ! But this time the martial arts module is quite special, because its scale is really too big, and there are too many players and NPCs, so there are countless various plots and tasks."

"Then the question comes. Some of the more important NPCs, such as the Young Master Eagle we are meeting now, must be involved in multiple tasks, and there are many plots related to them. So if I were the designer of this module, Then a special ending will be set for the tasks related to Young Master Eagle, that is, an ending without the participation of players! Or it can be said to be a plot line. After all, the player is the protagonist of the module, even in this martial arts module In the early stage of the game, even a weak player has the ability to change the final plot."

"So is there a possibility that a certain NPC will encounter a World of Warcraft in a mid-term mission, but this NPC will disappear in the early stage? This means that a certain NPC in the future will The task has lost its triggering element, and the monster related to the task can no longer appear in this module? More importantly, this monster may also be involved in some subsequent tasks, such as the need to use this monster Materials on Warcraft? In this way, when an NPC disappears, all the plots and tasks related to him will disappear like dominoes."

"This is very likely to cause plot bugs, or to directly lose an entire important plot line. Therefore, the processing of certain tasks in the Cthulhu Run Game Hall may be changed from a triggered to a timed system. That is to say, some tasks will start the corresponding plot on time regardless of whether there is a corresponding NPC at the time! For example, a certain task requires the player to follow an NPC to hunt in the nearby woods. As a result, the player has nothing to do in order to get close to the NPC, so he I went to have a few more drinks, missed the scheduled hunting time, and might even have taken this NPC to another place for other tasks."

"In this case, will the Warcraft that originally appeared in the hunting ground still appear? If it appears, it will wander around nearby. What if it is eliminated by other players or NPCs in advance? Is it better to spawn another one? Is it a new World of Warcraft, or will it be judged that the players who have accepted the mission before have directly failed? You must know that this is still a Warcraft that can easily clarify the logic. If the mission is related to another group of NPCs, then the matter will be a bit difficult to handle. After all, you can't Let a group of NPCs wander around with nothing to do, right? Or just stay in a daze at the mission location in advance."

Having said this, Liu Xing took a sip of mung bean soup, "I personally think that this martial arts module is a super large-scale multiplayer online game. Many plots may be calculated in real time, so corresponding tasks are also possible. It is not a trigger type or a timed type, which means that in addition to some important tasks, other tasks may also be generated in real time based on the player's situation at that time! In other words, the martial arts module is constantly evolving according to an established plot line. Then when the player variable appears at an important node, a related task is generated, and then after the player and the task are gone, the result of the variable is put into the real-time calculation of the plot."

"For example, if we hadn't established an alliance, we might have taken a trip to Sweetwater Town, but nine times out of ten we wouldn't have entered the woods, because we had no reason to do so. Then we would only have had a quick look at the ruins of Sweetwater Town. We went straight back without finding anything; of course, even if we went to the orchard for nothing and met the men of the wine gorilla again, we would choose to retreat in spite of the difficulties, because there are only a few of us, and we will not be able to do anything for a while. There is no way to find enough helpers in Heshan County."

"So if nothing else happens, this Wine Orangutan is not actually prepared for us, because the players who have set their birth point in Heshan County, as well as Boyang City and Far West City, if they want to establish an alliance, they have time for Fire Crow. The first target, after all, the hunting difficulty of Skyfire Crow is not high, so this wine ape actually appeared near Sweetwater Town in advance for other tasks; we also now know that there is a scrap iron sword in the wine ape’s lair And the token left by the former prince, here represents some stories that will happen in Sweetwater Town between the two forces, Prince Eagle and the former Shadow Guard."

"So is there a possibility that if we had not established an alliance in Sweetwater Town, Young Master Eagle might have appeared in Sweetwater Town for other reasons, and then he saw the former Shadow Guard preparing to attack the Liquor Ape, and Knowing that they wanted to get the Scrap Iron Sword and the important token! Therefore, the weak Young Master Ying might return to Heshan County to look for helpers. After all, the situation was urgent and he could not return. Go to Liangcheng to move reinforcements. This is the mission prepared by the Cthulhu Run game hall for players in Sweetwater Town."

After listening to Liu Xing's long speech, Zhang Jingxu nodded and said: "Liu Xing, what you mean is that although we have changed some plots and solved the wine monkey in advance, and also discovered the scrap iron sword and token, but The Cthulhu Run Game Hall still arranged for Young Master Eagle to come to Sweetwater Town, and also refreshed those former Shadow Guards near Sweetwater Town?"

"There is a possibility, but I suspect that the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall will adapt to the situation and replace the originally prepared Shadow Guard with another Warcraft! Or this Warcraft is used to replace the Wine Ape, because The original plot may also be that Young Master Eagle is preparing to hunt the wine gorilla, and invites nearby players to be helpers or guides, and then everyone solves the wine gorilla together. Then, after a lucky decision, the player discovers the scrap iron sword and the wine gorilla. Token, of course, if the luck check fails, the discoverer will become Young Master Eagle." Liu Xing said seriously.

After Zhang Jingxu pondered for a moment, he nodded and said: "Perhaps this is really possible, but Young Master Ying did not mention that he knew about the existence of wine orangutans, or that no one knew that people could live near Tianshui Town, which had been abandoned for many years. There is a drinking gorilla, so the beginning of all this plot may be traced back to our old friend-Ge Jing! Yes, Ge Jing will still be chased by the people from the Fox Hunting Sect, and without our help, he Nine times out of ten, he will run into the forest in a panic, and then the existence of the wine gorilla will be made public!"

"As for Young Master Ying, it may be because Guo Er became the city lord, or it may be that he happened to hear about the existence of the wine ape in order to bring reinforcements or secret orders to his father's mentor! So according to the instructions of the new Dragon Emperor many years ago, there are Perhaps due to the curiosity of Young Master Eagle, he decided to come and find out what this wine gorilla is; then I might become a guide. After all, my character card is the only local in Sweetwater Town. , so this position of guide belongs to me."

At this point, Zhang Jingxu slapped his thigh and said: "I see, the reason why my character card is a special character card is because of the relationship between my character card and Tianshui Town, so the originally scheduled special mission may I just followed Young Master Ying to investigate the situation of the wine ape! Unexpectedly, we players entered Sweetwater Town in advance and killed the wine ape first, so did my special mission disappear like this?"

This is the butterfly effect.

Liu Xing shook his head and said with a smile: "Perhaps this is true, because the most special thing about your character card, Zhang Jingxu, is that it is related to Tianshui Town, and the biggest discovery we have made in Tianshui Town so far is the wine ape. As for the Scrap Iron Sword and Ling The cards are also trophies after we deal with the Alcoholic Ape. After all, if we hadn’t dealt with the Alcoholic Ape, we wouldn’t have found the scrap iron sword and the token, because they are all next to the Alcoholic Ape’s bed!”

"Then the question is, if according to Liu Xing's guess, Young Master Ying will come to Tianshui Town no matter what, and now because we have established an alliance in Tianshui Town, he has transformed into an envoy to escort the reward, but The problem is that the original important supporting role - the wine monkey is gone, right?"