Real Cthulhu Running Game

"Treasure chest?!"

When Liu Xing heard the word "treasure chest", he immediately became interested.

As a senior game player, Liu Xing started to play with the Famicom, or the Subor learning machine, in elementary school, and then naturally started to play in the arcade with his friends. Because one of Liu Xing's classmates' family opened an arcade, he had a lot of arcade coins at home, so Liu Xing and this classmate could not go to his home arcade to play, but they could take these coins to other arcades to fish in troubled waters.

After all, the coin-operating mechanism of the arcade is to use the gravity acceleration of the arcade coin to rush through an active mechanism, so that it is considered a successful coin-operation, so these arcade coins are so important, so although the coins of different arcades may be different, they are basically universal.

So, Liu Xing and his classmate went to other arcades to play. They pretended to buy a few coins, and then they could get double or even triple the fun. As for more fun, it was better not to go too far, lest they be discovered by the owner of the arcade. So Liu Xing and his classmate only played when there were many people.

However, Liu Xing didn't play in the arcade for long, and was attracted by the new PS and computer, because they were much more fun than arcades, and the money they needed to spend was about the same, so it was natural to give up arcades. After all, arcades began to go downhill after the emergence of Internet cafes. However, Internet cafes have also replicated the rise and fall of arcades in recent years, and have gradually declined under the impact of mobile games.

There is no way, who said that mobile games are more convenient to play? And they also have stronger social attributes.

However, no matter what game it is, "treasure chest" is an important part of it, because treasure chest can be used to stimulate the reward mechanism of the player's brain, so that the player can get great happiness in an instant, especially with the cool light effects and sounds, it can really make people get instant satisfaction, so many crappy games nowadays do nothing else, just make those fancy light columns and wings.

There is no way, some people just like it.

So even in the Cthulhu running group game lobby, occasionally some treasure chests will be hidden in the module as easter eggs, but these easter eggs are not hidden very deep. For example, Liu Xing has been in the Cthulhu running group game lobby for so many years, and he has not found a treasure chest.

If it weren't for the fact that those players who found the treasure chest could get a title called "treasure chest collector" in the forum, I'm afraid most players would think it was just an illusory urban legend.

As for what can be opened in the treasure chest in the Cthulhu game lobby, it depends on the person, because lucky players can open some fragments of magic books, such as the "Xuanjun Seven Chapter Secret Scripture" or a part of the "Book of the Dead" that Liu Xing has been collecting, while players with less luck can only open some gold and silver jewelry, which can only be brought to the real world to show off to others, but are of no use to their character cards.

As for the various props that players with average luck can open, they are the most useful, because although the fragments of those magic books are very precious, there are very few players who can use them. After all, it is not difficult to learn the spells recorded on them, but it is easy to send yourself to a special hospital if you want to use them, and most people's MP values ​​can only be used for one or two spells before they are exhausted, and then you can feel what it means to be hollowed out, so if you don’t have some talent, you should not study those magic books.

Therefore, Zhang Jingxu is the only one in Liu Xing's team who has a good magic talent, but the spells he has can only be said to be better than nothing, because there are too many things that can replace these spells, and the cost of using them is even lower.

So it is better to open some more practical props. For example, a player opened a box of enchanted bullets from the treasure chest, which will have a significant bonus when fighting mythical creatures, but these bullets are too gun-consuming. It can be said that you have to change a gun for each bullet.

If it is a pistol bullet, it is okay, but this thing belongs to a shotgun, so even a shotgun with a sawed-off barrel is difficult to carry multiple at a time for movement, not to mention that this bullet must pass through a long enough barrel to activate the magic, so this player can only hold a shotgun with his teammates, and fight the mythical creatures on the opposite side.

If I don't send you away with a round of volleys, then you can come up and send me away.

So Liu Xing was quite envious of this player, because the props he opened could be said to be very useful. Even though the restrictions on their use were quite strict, they could effectively damage mythical creatures, so it was worth spending a little more effort.

Unfortunately, the treasure chests in the lobby of the Cthulhu game were not as traceable as the Easter eggs in other games. You could not find any common points from the experience provided by other players, so you could only rely on luck to find the treasure chest. Moreover, the treasure chests were also large and small. There were the super-large treasure chests that were very common in the game, which looked like a freezer, and the super-small treasure chests that looked like jewelry boxes, which you would ignore at a glance.

In addition, these treasure boxes will only prompt you after you get started, so if it is placed in a pile of boxes one by one, it will be lost among all the boxes. Therefore, Liu Xing suspected that he had opened the pile of safes before. , there was actually a treasure chest inside, but unfortunately I didn’t find the right one.

The more I think about it, the worse I feel.

Looking at Liu Xing who was suddenly distracted, Baihecheng shook his head and said: "I saw those scarecrows deliberately covering a box with straw when they were escaping, and the pattern and shape of the box looked like that kind of game. It’s a common treasure chest in the treasure chest! So I suspect that if we just get rid of the Scarecrow King, we might not get the rewards we deserve, because the real rewards are all placed in that treasure chest, so in addition to finding the Scarecrow King, we , we have to find a way to find this treasure chest, otherwise our rewards in this grid will be greatly reduced. "

"Then we have to find the treasure chests hidden by these scarecrows first, and then deal with the Scarecrow King."

Baihe City said seriously: "According to my understanding of the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, if we solve the Scarecrow King first, then there will be a time limit for opening this treasure chest. That is to say, if we cannot open it within the specified time, This treasure box, then we will never be able to open this treasure box! For example, this treasure box requires the energy core of the Scarecrow King, which is the small black stone. After all, if this treasure box is to be locked, then the person who locks it must It could only be the Scarecrow King.”

As soon as Baihecheng finished speaking, a panting player came running from a distance.

"Oh, my scout is back."

Baihe City smiled and said: "When I came back, this player volunteered to stay as a scout, saying he wanted to see where the treasure box would be taken! And the most dangerous place is also the safest place. When those scarecrows were chasing us, he was able to catch those scarecrows by surprise. Those elm-headed ones, no, the straw-headed ones probably wouldn’t have thought that another player would stay where they were.”

"This player is a bit brave to risk his life and survive."

Liu Xing came back to his senses and said with a smile: "But this is normal, because the thinking logic of these scarecrows is similar to that of the online games we played before. That is, when a player attracts the hatred of the monster, then the player next to him only needs to Don't do any strange operations, these monsters will not change targets, so it is normal for this player not to be discovered by the scarecrow."

As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, the player had already ran over, "Leader, Brother Bai, I saw the group of scarecrows with treasure boxes walking into a paddy field and not coming out again, so I suspect that these scarecrows directly I sank into the paddy field to avoid our search, but I have marked them. If nothing happens, we can still find them, and maybe there will be an unexpected harvest, because I I also saw a special scarecrow with a strange bracelet that looked quite shiny, but not that metallic.”

"Plastic bracelet?"

Liu Xing said subconsciously: "I have an aunt who once wore this kind of polished plastic bracelet. It looked pretty good. If she hadn't said it, I really wouldn't have known it was made of plastic, because Before this, I always thought that this bracelet was not made of some kind of metal that I didn’t recognize.”

"Ah? Can you ask about polished plastics? But some plastics are indeed quite shiny, and you really can't tell them apart at first glance."

Zhang Jingxu stretched and yawned again, "After eating and drinking and exercising a lot, I almost want to take a nap, but then again, we really didn't sleep today. How long, so after coming to the dreamland, the physical fatigue is relieved, but the mental fatigue is still accumulating, so should we find a time for everyone to take a nap and restore their mental state. "

"After we take care of all those scarecrows, let's rest for a while before setting off, but we still have to do our shifts well to avoid being sneak-attacked by these NPCs who are making a comeback."

After Liu Xing made this decision, the players set off again after a brief rest, and this time the person leading the way was replaced by White River City. . . But I don’t know whether I should say that this White River City has a childlike innocence, or something else. In short, this guy picked up a fairly straight branch from somewhere, and walked at the front to clear the way.

Wait, are there trees in this farmland grid?

Liu Xing suddenly realized a problem, that is, he had not seen many trees after entering the farmland grid. Even if there were, they were relatively low mulberry trees, and there were not many big trees, and the branches of these big trees looked very thin. It also looks crooked and can scare children at night on the set next door.

So where did Baihe City get this branch? And Liu Xing remembered that Baihe City didn’t have this branch in his hand when he came back, right?

Could it be that this guy was worried that he would snatch the branch from him, so he hid the branch on purpose?

Isn't this too narrow-minded?

But having said that, Liu Xing saw that Baihe City was like this now, so he knew that he didn't know that Li Mengyao had also joined the team.

This is a good thing.

Liu Xing took out his water bag and took a sip of water, and then said to Zhang Jingxu next to him: "Old Zhang, if nothing else happens, we probably won't be the biggest winners of this event, unless the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall will come later. Targeting us, so I’m going to let you establish a branch in Boyang City.”

"Branch? Hasn't Boyang City always had a branch?"

Zhang Jingxu looked at Liu Xing with a puzzled expression. He wondered if Liu Xing was a little confused and could say such strange words.

Seeing Zhang Jingxu's expression, Liu Xing knew that he had misunderstood him, so he said seriously: "In my opinion, Zhang Jingxu and you two have a contact point in Boyang City at best, and it is not a real separation." Ministry, because you have all been in Boyang City for more than two months. So far, in addition to collecting some important information, there is no news that has been effective yet. What is more important is that something big has really happened. , Don’t you have to come back and inform me first? After all, the distance between Boyang City and Tianshui Town is too close.”

As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, Zhang Jingxu said even more doubtfully: "Yes, the distance between Boyang City and Tianshui Town is really too close. If we hurry up, we can reach it in about two hours. Of course, if there is another If one person is paired with two horses, or even three horses, the speed will be faster. So unless it is an emergency where life and death are on the line, I am personally more inclined to listen to your ideas. After all, my shoulders are only that broad. A little bit, but I can’t bear such a big blame.”

"That's why I want to put an extra burden on you."

Liu Xing said with a smile: "After all, Tianshui Town is just that big, and there are many NPCs living in it, so some things are still inconvenient. After all, we have not completely distinguished players from NPCs! More The important thing is that there is no need to gather so many players in Tianshui Town. At the same time, I don’t need to say more about the three cunning rabbits, right? In short, I am ready to have a genuine branch in Boyang City and Far West City, as long as it is not a threat. When it comes to whether the alliance can continue to exist, the division can make its own decisions.”