Miskatonic University can be said to be an important part of the Cthulhu Mythos, because in many works of Love Craftsman, the human characters who appear are more or less related to Miskatonic University, and " The meme "Watchdog of the University of Michigan" is also widely circulated in the Cthulhu circle.
In related settings, Miskatonic University is a fictional town in Sussex County, Massachusetts, in the American lighthouse state of Arkham (the Arkham City in Batman is a tribute to it, (and both can be described as "brilliant"), a fictional university named after a fictional river called the Miskatonic River.
It was mentioned in "The Dunwich Horror" by the master of craftsmanship that Miskatonic University is a world-class university with a far-reaching reputation, comparable to Harvard University. They are also the "old gentlemen" of Massachusetts. "The two most famous schools for our children.
Since as a world-renowned prestigious university, Miskatonic University must have its own merits, so in addition to its achievements in history and psychology, Miskatonic University has also made great achievements in archeology and mysticism. It has reached the top level in the world, so a large number of students come to Miskatonic University to study every year. . . Although many students ended up in Arkham Asylum next door, or were sent directly to the grave. . .
In addition to strong academic strength, Miskatonic University also has a rich library. In the library of Miskatonic University, you can find almost all magic books or magic books that have appeared in the Cthulhu Mythos. Related books include the "Necronomicon", but most of them are translations in modern languages.
Therefore, in the Cthulhu Run game, if players have the opportunity to come to Arkham, they will definitely choose to go to Miskatonic University. If players arrive at Miskatonic University, they will definitely go to Miskatonic University. Take a walk around the university library.
By the way, in the works of the Cthulhu Mythology, the scientific expedition team organized by Miskatonic University was very troubled. During the scientific expedition to Antarctica, Egypt and other places, they encountered various mythical creatures. After suffering so many devastating attacks, Miskatonic University was still able to organize a world-leading scientific expedition team. This shows how deep the foundation of Miskatonic University is. . .
Therefore, Liu Xing once saw such a post in the forum of the Cthulhu Run game lobby, which listed the possible "hell difficulty starts" for the player's character card. The highest-ranked one was "Study/work at Miska Tonic University Students/Faculty” and then “Living in Arkham City”.
Of course, although this is said to be a "hell difficulty start", in fact, from another perspective, it can also be said to be the most profitable start, because your character is stuck in Arkham City and has gone through several modules. After that, you can quickly obtain a large amount of Cthulhu Mythos knowledge values and correct the mentality of the character card. After all, it is like Liu Xing’s character card "Liu Xing". Although he has experienced several supernatural events and seen many myths Creatures and fanatical believers, but Liu Xing knew that "Liu Xing" was still "superstitious about science" and had not completely accepted the world view of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Of course, risks and rewards coexist, and the character card that can come out of Arkham City alive is one of the best. However, players who have such a character card will basically become players in the Cthulhu area.
That's why Liu Xing and others are so surprised now that Alice actually has a teacher from Miskatonic University, but this may also be a big reason why Alice joined the Deep Sea Gospel Society. After all, like this Deep Sea Gospel The leader of such a secret church basically has a very low level of Cthulhu Mythology knowledge and mysticism, so Liu Xing began to suspect that Alice’s teacher was the leader of the Deep Sea Evangelical Society, or a senior figure in the Deep Sea Evangelical Society. .
But none of this matters.
"Miskatonic University? That is one of the most famous universities in the world. I didn't expect you, Miss Alice, to be a student of Miskatonic University... Uh, I mean, Miss Alice, as a Miss It really surprises me how a student from Catonic University would choose to open a bar in Kyoto." Panda Pig said pretending to be surprised.
Alice chuckled and said, "Mr. Panda Pig, you have some misunderstandings. Although my teacher once worked for the occult major at Miskatonic University, he participated in a Miskatonic event many years ago. After joining the scientific expedition team organized by the university, for some reasons, he decided to retire from Miskatonic University and returned to London to live his life."
"But because my father became a lawyer after experiencing the midnight subway serial murder case, but under the arrangement of the London police, he became a lawyer specializing in certain supernatural cases, so I My father got to know my teacher, and because I have been interested in occultism since I was a child, he became my master's registered disciple and learned a lot of occult knowledge from my master... So it's no accident. If so, we would have been involved in a supernatural incident now."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
And Liu Xing is now certain that if he and his team have in-depth exchanges with Alice, it is very likely that plot points on Alice will be triggered, and there will be a chance to trigger corresponding modules in the future.
Therefore, Liu Xing is a little confused now. Should he trigger the plot point in Alice?
After all, Liu Xing is 70% sure that the module related to Alice will involve Elizabeth, or that the boss of the module is Elizabeth. If this is the case, then Liu Xing has a certain advantage.
More importantly, if you have in-depth communication with Alice, you will have the opportunity to meet Teacher Alice and have the opportunity to go to Miskatonic University.
Modules related to Miskatonic University, whether in the real Cthulhu Run game or in this real Cthulhu Run game hall, are called "sharpening knives" for players. Stone", or "Dragon Gate".
Because the modules related to Miskatonic University basically involve a large number of NPCs and mythical creatures. Putting aside those mythical creatures for the time being, these NPCs alone give players a headache because of their identities. Each is more mysterious than the last, and the background is more terrifying than the last. If I apply a sentence from a certain fantasy novel, the NPC of Miskatonic University is "Archaeologists are walking around the streets, and there are as many occultists as dogs", "Throw a stone at random" If you go down, you can hit an important member of the secret church."
Therefore, maybe the NPC who was chatting and laughing with you one second will push up his black-rimmed glasses and use some kind of time-based spell on you the next second.
Therefore, the difficulty of the modules related to Miskatonic University will be relatively high. Basically, as long as one step is missing, the whole game will be lost.
Therefore, only by clearing the modules related to Miskatonic University can one be considered a senior player of the Cthulhu Running Game and be eligible to be promoted to the Cthulhu area, except for certain special occupations, of course.
Although Liu Xing is still a player in the Shoggoth area now, one must prepare for a rainy day.
But before Liu Xing could speak, Zhang Jingxu smiled and said: "Miss Alice, if possible, I hope you can recommend your teacher to me in the future, because I have been interested in occultism a long time ago, and Miskatonic University’s occult major is number one in the world.”
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Zhang Jingxu would steal his role. According to Liu Xing's idea, Zhang Jingxu didn't need to go to Miskatonic University.
After all, Zhang Jingxu's profession is a Taoist priest, which is the special profession mentioned by Liu Xing before. Therefore, if Zhang Jingxu wants to be promoted to the Cthulhu area, he only needs to follow his master's missions honestly and "subdue demons and demons" everywhere. Yes, there is absolutely no need to participate in the Miskatonic University-related mods.
And Alice thought the same way, "Well, Mr. Zhang Jingxu, isn't your profession a Taoist priest? According to my understanding of you Chinese Taoist priests, your theories should be quite different from our Western mysticism."
As Alice said, although the relevant knowledge and theories of Taoist priests are also classified into the skill of occultism in the Cthulhu Running Team game, this is still different from the "occultism" studied in the Western world, and even There are some contradictions.
To put it simply, the relevant doctrines of Chinese Taoism and the "occultism" of the Western world are both branches of the occult skills in the Cthulhu Running Game. However, there are still conflicts between the two branches, so Alice Only then would I feel a little surprised.
Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, although the Taoist knowledge I learned before this is different from Miss Alice's Western occult theory, we can still seek common ground while reserving differences, especially when I am here. After encountering such supernatural events and mythical creatures, I also felt that my knowledge was limited, so in order to improve my own knowledge level, I planned to study occultism, but it turned out to be shallow on paper. People basically don’t get much useful information just by reading books.”
"So, I wanted to find a professor who studies occult science to teach me and explain my doubts. Originally, I planned to go to Miskatonic University to study, but I still lacked a guide. Even if I went to Miskatonic University, At most, I will just be an auditor, which doesn’t mean much to me, so I very much hope that Miss Alice can introduce your teacher to me, and I will definitely pay your teacher a remuneration that satisfies him."
Alice thought for a while and said: "There is no problem with this. My master is a relatively open-minded person. He is very interested in the occult theories related to the Eastern Church. Unlike other occultists who come from academic schools. Professor, he only insists on his own opinion and is complacent. He believes that only Western mysticism theory is correct and Eastern mysticism is nonsense. So if nothing else happens, my master should be very willing to meet you, Mr. Zhang Jingxu. After all, China My master has never been exposed to Taoist occult theories, but before that, we still want to find a chance to escape from the Fisherman Village."
After getting Alice's affirmative answer, Zhang Jingxu breathed a sigh of relief and said relaxedly: "Yeah, let's exchange contact information after we leave Fisherman Village."
Liu Xing noticed that something was wrong with Lu Tianya's face at this moment.
Sure enough, women all like to be jealous, even though Zhang Jingxu and Alice were talking about "work".
Zhang Jingxu clearly felt the murderous aura coming from beside him, but what impressed Liu Xing was that Zhang Jingxu said without changing his expression and his heart not beating: "Okay, I'm full now, everyone, please eat slowly. I will go back to the room to prepare first and help Miss Alice dispose of the compound magic circle. Tianya, if you have eaten, please come up and help me."
After saying that, Zhang Jingxu stood up and left the dining table.
However, Liu Xing still noticed that Zhang Jingxu's movements were a little stiff, and Lu Tianya was walking beside Zhang Jingxu, using Zhang Jingxu to block the sight of Liu Xing and others, but Liu Xing could still see that one of Lu Tianya's hands was on his Zhang Jingxu's waist.
Seeing this scene, Liu Xing smiled knowingly, but soon Liu Xing's smile froze instantly, because Liu Xing found that as a single dog, he seemed to be stuffed with dog food again.
After a while, Zhang Jingxu went downstairs and said to Alice: "Miss Alice, if you can, go upstairs and chat with Lu Tianya first. Lu Tianya will help you solve the problem of the compound magic circle in the room later."
Alice nodded with a smile and went directly upstairs.
At this time, the secret room time started.
"Classmate Zhang Jingxu, I didn't expect that you are also a strict wife." Panda Pig said with a smile.
Zhang Jingxu smiled helplessly and said, "Stop teasing me. What can I do? I'm also desperate. Let's get back to the topic. I didn't expect that the boss of this module would be Shoggoth. It’s going to be troublesome all of a sudden.”
Liu Xing nodded, shrugged and said, "Yes, according to what I found in the underground ruins this afternoon, there must be more than one Shoggoth in Fisherman Village, and there will definitely be an elite-level Shoggoth. But logically speaking, we should have a way to avoid direct conflict with these Shoggoths. After all, with our current combat power, we may not even be able to defeat an ordinary Shoggoth."
Although Liu Xing said so, he still had no idea in his heart, because Liu Xing really couldn't figure out what to do to avoid conflict with the Shoggoths in Fisherman Village.
