Real Cthulhu Running Game

"By the way, how were you feeling when you were dealing with those goblins just now?" Liu Xing couldn't help but ask.

In the end, it didn’t matter if Liu Xing didn’t ask. Yin En’s expression turned bad when he asked, “How should I put it? Although I used a gun to kill a fanatic in the game before, but you also know how powerful guns are to people. The impact is definitely not as strong as a cold weapon like Fang Tian's painted halberd, so I almost vomited it out just now, after all, Goblin is also a humanoid creature..."

After Liu Xing was silent for a moment, he slowly said: "What if we encounter human enemies in the future? For example, if we determine later that Shen Dazhuang or Shen Aotian has an ulterior relationship with the goblins, then there is a high probability that we will Jiu will fight with them, and there should be other followers of Bahamut around them to help out.”

After Yin En was silent for a long time, he shook his head and said, "Can we stop talking about this issue?"

Liu Xing nodded and said nothing.

Now in Liu Xing's view, the real difficulty of this module is the player's mentality. Because this module has just started, it has brought huge psychological pressure to all players. First of all, the living environment in this module has a negative impact on the player's mentality. For players who come from modern society, this is a bit difficult to accept. There are all kinds of filth everywhere in the town, the stench is blowing towards your face, and the most important thing is that there is no toilet paper. There is not even a toilet in the inn. !

That's right, when Liu Xing got up and wanted to use the toilet last night, he just couldn't find a toilet in the inn. Then Liu Xing remembered that there was indeed no concept of "toilet" in medieval Europe, or that the whole house was just one big toilet. .

In addition, Liu Xing also found that all NPCs in this module do not take a bath or wash their hair. The reason is still because the background setting of this module refers to medieval Europe. . .

All of this made Liu Xing feel a sense of despair, especially when Liu Xing thought that he would have to stay in this module for a long time.

Then there’s the combat in this mod.

According to Liu Xing's understanding of Dragon Quest games, there is definitely no shortage of humanoid and human enemies in these games, so every battle is a huge mental shock for the players. After all, players are in other modules. Neutralizing those mythical creatures is like fighting against the five scum, only being tortured, and most of them have no relevant experience in the real world. Therefore, when players personally deal with a humanoid monster and a human enemy, they feel that kind of feeling. The feeling is really indescribable, especially the total cold weapon. . .

The most important thing is that there will definitely be no shortage of such battles.

Therefore, Liu Xing doubted that his group might have serious mental problems when clearing this module.

Now Liu Xing has begun to think about a question, that is, after he clears this module, should he see a psychological counselor. . .

At this moment, Yin En suddenly said: "Liu Xing, I think after we have experienced several battles, even if our characters cannot lose their sanity, we ourselves will enter a temporary state of madness, especially when facing human enemies. When... To be honest, I would rather kill a hundred human NPCs with a gun now than use Fang Tian's painted halberd to cut them off with one move."

Me too.

Liu Xing said silently in his heart.

But Liu Xing also knew very well that Yin En was already suffering from psychological problems.

Because Liu Xing had only taken psychology courses in college, Liu Xing didn't know how to treat Yin En's psychological problems.

So Liu Xing could only pat Yin En on the shoulder and said: "Don't think so much. After all, this is a Cthulhu team game. There shouldn't be so many fighting opportunities, and these battles should be possible. Avoided."

Yin En nodded reluctantly and said with a wry smile: "I hope so. Anyway, I don't want to become a lunatic in the real world. Let's discuss this matter with Zhang Wenbing and the others later."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, "Liu Xing, it's time for us to leave for the banquet."

Ten minutes later, Liu Xing and others arrived at the Shen family mansion.

As the largest family in the blacksmith village, the Shen family mansion naturally occupies the center of the blacksmith village, located next to a blacksmith shop.

And to the right of the Shen family's mansion is the health center of Blacksmith Village.

Because the actual manager of the Blacksmith Village was Shen Kuanglong, the empire did not divide the Blacksmith Village among the surrounding lords, so it only set up a guardhouse in the Blacksmith Village for the guards to live and work.

Of course, Zhang Wenbing found out that the guards at Blacksmith Village would not obey Shen Kuanglong's orders.

Therefore, although Shen Kuanglong actually controls the Blacksmith Village, there are not many things that Shen Kuanglong can make decisions about.

However, when Liu Xing and others entered the Shen family mansion under the leadership of Shen Aotian, Shen Kuanglong did not come to greet them, not even Shen Dazhuang came.

This made Shen Aotian look a little embarrassed. After all, he invited Liu Xing and others to the banquet, but now no one came to greet the guests.

"Well, maybe my father and the others are busy right now, so they didn't come to greet all the brave heroes right now." Shen Aotian said, "Then let's go to the living room first. I believe my father and the others should be waiting for you in the living room. The arrival of the brave man."

As Shen Aotian spoke, he led Liu Xing and others to the living room.

Halfway there, Zhang Jingxu couldn't help but ask: "Shen Aotian, how many people are there in your family now?"

Shen Aotian immediately replied: "After our Shen family became prosperous in Blacksmith Village, many relatives who I didn't know came to join us. Therefore, our Shen family alone has more than fifty people, so we also hired more than thirty servants. People take care of all kinds of things.”

"So, why haven't we met anyone else yet?" Zhang Jingxu asked again.

Shen Aotian's expression changed, he stopped and said, "Yes, logically it's impossible for us to walk for so long without meeting anyone else!"

After Shen Aotian finished speaking, he quickened his pace.

Liu Xing and others looked at each other, and then followed Shen Aotian's footsteps.

Soon, Liu Xing and others followed Shen Aotian into the living room.

Then in the living room, Shen Kuanglong, who had met Liu Xing and others this morning, and several others were lying in the living room.

Shen Aotian immediately stepped forward to help Shen Kuanglong up, only to find that Shen Kuanglong was bleeding to death.

The same is true for others, and among them is Shen Aotian's mother. . .

Seeing this situation, Shen Aotian stood motionless on the spot as if struck by lightning.

Liu Xing frowned and whispered: "It seems that Shen Kuanglong and the others died of poisoning."

At this time, Zhang Wenbing stepped forward and touched Shen Kuanglong's body and said: "Shen Kuanglong's body still has body temperature. It seems that he died of poison not long ago, and it seems that he drank something on the table. It’s those drinks that caused poisoning.”

There are several glasses of wine on the table in the living room, and it can be seen at a glance that these glasses of wine have been drunk.

Ignoring Shen Aotian for the time being, Liu Xing and others began to check the situation in the living room.

Judging from the state of the deceased lying on the ground, the poison they were poisoned should be strong poison. Shen Kuanglong and others were killed soon after the attack. Therefore, the deceased did not knock over the wine glasses, tables, chairs, etc. to the ground. The scene was preserved It's still in good condition.

But apart from the possibly poisoned wine glasses, there was nothing of note in the living room.

Liu Xing sighed and said: "It seems that the poisoner is very confident and has no other preparations at all."

Ding Kun, who was holding a half-full wine bottle in his hand, nodded and said: "Judging from the current situation, the poisoner should be very familiar with the Shen family, and his goal is also very clear. Only with this bottle of wine It's poisoned."

"Oh, Ding Kun, why are you so confident that the poisoner only poisoned the wine bottle in your hand?" Zhang Jingxu asked curiously.

Because there are several wine bottles in the living room, but the other wine bottles are basically full, but in Liu Xing's opinion, the wine in these bottles all looks the same, and it is impossible to tell whether the other wine bottles have been contaminated. poison.

Ding Kun chuckled, shook the wine bottle in his hand and said, "You are far apart now, so you can't see the white powder on the mouth and body of this wine bottle. If nothing goes wrong, these white powders should be The poison was in the wine, so judging from the location of the poison residue, the poisoner should have made a temporary decision to poison on the spot, so the poison may not have been poured into the wine due to nervousness and other reasons."

Liu Xing and others suddenly realized.

If the poisoner did not poison on the spot, then the poisoner who had sufficient preparation time would definitely not leave traces of poisoning on the wine bottle, which might attract the attention and vigilance of Shen Kuanglong and others.

At this time, Ding Kun stood in the center of the living room holding a wine bottle, facing the fallen corpses and said: "Judging from the direction of these corpses, the poisoner should have been standing in front of them at that time, and for some reason The poisoner poured wine for the deceased, and then used some excuse to make the deceased take a sip of wine, and then the deceased died of poison, while the poisoner retreated calmly."

Liu Xing and others nodded, feeling that Ding Kun's guess was very correct.

At this time, Shen Aotian had come to his senses and said with a confused expression: "Then who poisoned my family to death?!"

Ding Kun shook his head and said: "Judging from the current situation, I can only infer that the poisoner should have a good relationship with the deceased, and he is also the kind of person with a certain identity, otherwise he would have no chance. Toasted the deceased, and calmly entered and exited the Shen family mansion without being suspected by others."

At this time, Zhang Wenbing suddenly continued: "If nothing else, the poisoner should also be a member of the Shen family, and this person also has a certain status in the Shen family, because he wanted to prevent others from discovering what he had done, or to discover it in advance. These were the dead, so he should have specifically ordered others to stay away from the living room for the time being, so we didn’t meet anyone else along the way.”

Speaking of this, a name appeared in the minds of Liu Xing and others - Shen Dazhuang!

Logically speaking, Shen Dazhuang, as an important figure in the Shen family, should also be in this living room at this time, but now Shen Dazhuang is nowhere to be seen.

Moreover, Shen Dazhuang also fits the characteristics of a poisoner, because his status in the Shen family should be second only to Shen Kuanglong, so he is fully qualified to order other people in the Shen family mansion to avoid the living room for the time being, and then he can also use "he is too busy at work and can't Attending a banquet" and other excuses to toast Shen Kuanglong and others to apologize.

But why would Shen Dazhuang murder his family at this time?

If Shen Dazhuang is the mastermind behind all this, then the targets of his poisoning should be his own group, because this is more cost-effective. After all, just poisoning Shen Kuanglong and others will do more harm than good to Shen Dazhuang.

As for Shen Dazhuang wanting an excuse to frame himself and his group, this is unlikely in Liu Xing's opinion, because anyone with a normal IQ knows that his group has no reason to poison Shen Kuanglong and others.

Unless Shen Dazhuang has controlled all the guards in Blacksmith Village!

At this moment, several men wearing leather armor walked into the living room talking and laughing.

Then, after seeing the bodies of Liu Xing and others, the men immediately pulled out the weapons from their waists.

"Mr. Rodriguez, please don't be impulsive. My parents were poisoned and had nothing to do with the brave men." Shen Aotian immediately stepped forward and said.

At this time, Zhang Wenbing whispered to Liu Xing and others: "That Rodriguez is the guard leader of Blacksmith Village."

After Rodriguez saw the appearance of Shen Kuanglong and others clearly, he put away his weapons and said, "Shen Aotian, what is going on?"

Shen Aotian sighed and told Ding Kun and Zhang Wenbing's guesses.

After Rodriguez was silent for a moment, he said, "Could the poisoner be Shen Dazhuang? He just came here to invite us to this banquet, and then asked us to come over first on the pretext that he had something to do in the blacksmith shop."

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said seriously: "In this way, Shen Dazhuang is the biggest suspect now, so Mr. Rodriguez, please take people to protect the scene first, and let us go to Youjian Blacksmith Shop to arrest Shen Dazhuang!"

Rodriguez thought for a while, shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't believe you, Lord Brave, but the current situation is a bit special, so I think we should each send half of our people to stay here to protect the scene, and the other half to go Capture Shen Dazhuang."

Two-line plot?

After Liu Xing and others looked at each other, Zhang Jingxu nodded and agreed to Rodriguez's request.

Then, Zhang Jingxu decided that Yin En and Ding Kun would stay at the Shen family mansion and take Liu Xing, Zhang Wenbing and Rodriguez to arrest Shen Dazhuang.

As a result, Liu Xing and his party had just arrived at the door of a blacksmith shop when they heard from the gatekeeper that Shen Dazhuang had not returned.

Because the gatekeeper of a blacksmith shop was one of Rodriguez's men, Rodriguez immediately took Liu Xing and others to the nearest city gate.