Generally speaking, in addition to the inspiration judgments that players actively apply for, the inspiration judgments made at other times can be directly regarded as a sinkhole, because as long as you pass these inspiration judgments, you will most likely lose your Sanity value.
Therefore, Liu Xing estimated that if he passed the inspiration test this time, he would either see mythical creatures or supernatural phenomena.
Liu Xing succeeded.
Good luck.
"OK, then all players have successfully passed the inspiration judgment. Now the first side mission is officially triggered. Next, players will enter the story mode." kp Xuefeng said with a smile.
Liu Xing sighed silently. It seemed that the module had a bad start this time. . . Or is kp Xuefeng’s poisonous milk already effective?
Just when Liu Xing was complaining in his heart, Liu Xing suddenly felt something in his heart and looked in the direction of the bridge involuntarily.
Then, through the dense rain curtain, Liu Xing still saw very clearly a huge, dark and shiny giant python, or a dragon entangled on the bridge.
Then there was only a thunder, and the black dragon squeezed the bridge to pieces, and then fell into the river.
"Because all the players have witnessed a terrifying scene beyond your imagination, we are now starting to perform the sanity test. However, because the specific situations of each player are very different, the sanity test that each player needs to perform is different. Now I We will contact each player individually to conduct their own sanity test." kp Xuefeng said with a smile as before.
But Liu Xing didn't pay much attention to what kp Xuefeng said now, because Liu Xing was stunned by the black dragon that just appeared.
In the Cthulhu Running Game, in general, body size represents combat power. The larger the mythical creature, the more powerful its combat effectiveness. After all, size and strength are directly proportional, and in the Cthulhu Running Game , the results of physical confrontation and strength confrontation largely determine the outcome of the battle.
Therefore, looking at such a huge black dragon, Liu Xing's heart felt cold, because Liu Xing estimated that the combat power of this black dragon should be about the same as that of an adult earth-burrowing demon insect, and this black dragon was also Not afraid of water. . .
Therefore, Liu Xing felt that if his group went into battle with this black dragon, they would definitely be completely crushed, unless Li Dian or Wan Zhongshan's body was the incarnation of Nyarlathotep.
In the USB flash drive that Yin En gave him yesterday, Liu Xing saw a very interesting message, which was "Inventory of stories about the incarnation of Nyarlathotep pretending to be a player for modding."
After incomplete statistics, players are now certain that there are at least 32 character cards belonging to the incarnation of Nyarlathotep, and there are at least five in each game area, and these character cards have appeared in at least two games. times or more.
The most important thing is that the character cards controlled by these Nyarlathotep incarnations are relatively friendly to players, and have saved players who were on the verge of team destruction many times.
Therefore, Liu Xing is still very much looking forward to encountering the character cards controlled by the incarnations of Nyarlathotep.
Back to business.
Although Liu Xing was quite wary of the existence of the black dragon, Liu Xing did not think that his group would have a head-on conflict with the black dragon unless his group triggered a group-killing plot kill.
And maybe this black dragon has some fatal weakness?
Liu Xing comforted himself.
At this time, kp Xuefeng contacted Liu Xing and said: "Player Liu Xing, because the situation of your character card is very special, so now you only need to lose 0 san points if you succeed, and lose 1d3 san points if you fail, and you will get the same Points of knowledge of the Cthulhu Mythos.”
Liu Xing nodded, he could still accept such a sanity test.
Liu Xing, 34/? ? ,success.
Looking at these question marks, Liu Xing felt a little headache, because Liu Xing suspected that if this continued, his character card would sooner or later turn into a bunch of question marks. . .
After finishing his sanity test, Liu Xing immediately turned back to observe the situation of Ishikawa Ling and others. After all, he needed to make a sanity test this time, which meant that Ishikawa Ling and others were likely to enter a temporary state of madness. After all, KP Xuefeng’s poisonous milk is really untouchable.
Fortunately, except for Wan Zhongshan who looked a little distracted, both Ishikawa Ling and Zhang Jingxu were just a little surprised.
"Did you see it? A big black snake just crushed the bridge?!" Ling Ishikawa stuttered.
Zhang Jingxu shook his head and said with a solemn expression: "No, no, no, that is no longer a big snake, but a dragon in Chinese legend. And if nothing else, this dragon's Taoism is not shallow."
Liu Xing sighed, pointed to the broken bridge and said, "The main problem now is that the bridge has been broken by the black dragon, so we have no way to go back and leave here."
Zhang Jingxu pretended to be relaxed and shrugged, and said with a smile: "This is not a big problem. You must know that China is known as an infrastructure madman. Even in such rural areas, roads are extending in all directions, and we can still pass Other roads lead to our destination, or back to Chengdu."
That's true, but players all know very well that the "old town" they are now in has become an isolated island.
At this time, Wan Zhongshan also came to his senses and quickly said something to Zhang Jingxu, and Zhang Jingxu now habitually translated it in real time, "Wan Zhongshan said that he will follow us now. After all, this The black dragon looked really scary, and he was afraid that something would happen if he stayed alone in the bus."
Liu Xing nodded, now if Wan Zhong Mountain is alone, it is indeed easy for accidents to happen.
As a result, Liu Xing and the other three took their luggage and left the bus with Wan Zhongshan.
Returning to Hu Cang's store, Liu Xing saw Li Dianzheng talking to Hu Cang with a shocked look on his face.
Without Zhang Jingxu's translation, Liu Xing also knew that Li Dian was probably asking Hu Cang about the black dragon. However, seeing Hu Cang's calm expression, Liu Xing guessed that Li Dian would not be able to get any results from his inquiry. of.
But it seems that Hu Cang should know something.
"Li Dian is asking about the black dragon, but Hu Cang said that there is no dragon here at all. The bridge collapsed just because of disrepair. Now Hu Cang invites us into his house." Zhang Jingxu said in a low voice.
Ever since, everyone entered Hu Cang's house.
Only then did Liu Xing discover that the first floor of Hu Cang's house was actually a small clinic. Like other clinics, it was divided into outpatient areas and injection and infusion areas. However, perhaps because business was not doing well, there were very few medicines in the glass medicine cabinets.
At this time, Hu Cang carried out a table, motioned for everyone to sit down first, and then went to the kitchen on the first floor to prepare meals.
"This Hu Cang doesn't look simple." Liu Xing said in a low voice.
Zhang Jingxu nodded and said: "Yes, there is obviously something wrong with this Hu Cang. I just asked Li Dian. Li Dian said that after seeing the black dragon, he immediately asked Hu Cang what was going on, and Hu Cang Cang clearly saw the black dragon, but he kept his eyes open and lied, saying that he didn't see anything, and that there was no legend about the black dragon in Panlong Town."
"Panlong Town?" Liu Xing said with some surprise, because Liu Xing's hometown is also called Panlong Town (also the author's hometown).
The most important thing is that when Liu Xing was a child, he once understood the meaning of "panlong" from his grandfather.
In China, the word "pan" means "lying on the ground", so Panlong refers to a dragon lying on the ground or coiled up in a ball. However, "pan" is often used to refer to earthworms and other underground insects. It means that Panlong is not very classy, so there is a saying that Panlong is a hornless and inferior water dragon inferior to Jiaolong; there is also another saying that Panlong is a kind of creature that will die if touched and looks like a python. Poison dragon.
All in all, the black dragon that Liu Xing saw just now is very likely to be actually a dragon.
Therefore, Hu Cang said that there is no legend about the black dragon in Panlong Town, which is impossible no matter how you look at it.
Therefore, there is only one truth, and that is that Hu Cang is lying!
But why did Hu Cang lie?
Just when Liu Xing was deep in thought, Zhang Jingxu was chatting animatedly with Wan Zhongshan and Li Dian. As for Ishikawa Ling, he was sitting in his seat bored and took out his mobile phone to play games to pass the time.
But something pleasant happened. Ishikawa Ling found that his mobile phone "really" had no signal.
Ishikawa Ling sighed and told everyone about this expected situation.
While everyone was checking their mobile phones, Hu Cang came out with a pot of fried rice and said, "Whenever it rains here, there will be problems with the mobile phone signal. Well, I don't have anything prepared at home right now." Food, so I can only make some fried rice for you to eat, I hope you don’t mind.”
Because of the language barrier, Liu Xing feels quite embarrassed now. Because he doesn't know what others are saying, he can only keep smiling and wait for Zhang Jingxu to translate for him. . .
After putting down the fried rice, Hu Cang took bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen and distributed them to everyone, and then said, "Okay, everyone, eat slowly. I'm going back to the room now."
After saying that, Hu Cang left.
Obviously, this is the space that the module leaves for players to spend time in the secret room.
Therefore, Liu Xing did not hesitate to apply for secret room time from kp Xuefeng.
"OK, the secret room time is now open. I hope that all players can take the time to communicate. By the way, all players have now triggered the first side mission - the legend of the dragon. The mission requirement is that players need to find ways to understand the hidden secrets. The true situation of the black dragon in Panlong Town. Completing this side mission will earn you 500 points and 30 'truth' points." kp Xuefeng said with a smile.
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that this side task was worth 30 "truth" points. It seemed that the difficulty of this side task was not as simple as stated in the mission introduction.
"Okay, don't waste time, let's start summarizing the current situation now." Ishikawa Ling clapped his hands and said.
Li Dian looked at Ishikawa Ling and said with some surprise: "Ah, it turns out you are from China. Why did you get a character card of an island nation?"
Ishikawa Ling sighed helplessly and said: "Liu Xing and I are both Chinese, but because of a certain module, the character cards we use now become islanders, which makes us return to China now. They all don’t understand the language..."
Wan Zhongshan smiled and patted Ishikawa Ling on the shoulder, and said: "I can understand your feelings on this, because my last character card was an Englishman, and then I was assigned to a module with all Englishmen. Inside, I couldn’t understand the language with them during the secret room time, and I felt like an outsider. In the end, I was betrayed by those damn English people.”
Non-my family, its heart must be different.
In the Cthulhu team game, players are definitely more willing to cooperate with players from their own country on a deeper level than foreign players, and when one or more teammates have to be sacrificed, they are definitely in the minority." obey" the majority, or the majority "entraps" the minority.
Therefore, what Wan Zhongshan encountered is neither an exception nor an uncommon situation.
At this time, Li Dian said: "Okay, let's get back to the topic. When Zhang Jingxu and you went back to get your luggage, I asked Hu Cang some information about this town. First of all, this town is called Panlong Town. Surrounded by a river named Panlong River, it is connected to the outside world by three bridges. So if nothing else, the current Panlong Town can be understood as an isolated island, because the bridge when we came has been covered by the black The dragon was destroyed, and because of the height of the other small bridge, the floodwaters of the Panlong River due to heavy rain should have submerged that small bridge. As for the last bridge, there will most likely be an accident."
Everyone nodded in unison, agreeing with Li Dian's view. After all, this can be regarded as a standard routine in the Cthulhu group game.
"In addition, according to Hu Cang's introduction, I summarized some noteworthy places in Panlong Town - Panlong Elementary School, Panlong Junior High School, Pig Killing Farm, Health Center, Bamboo Forest and Black Internet Cafe. After all, this time The module does not have main missions, so these locations may trigger side missions. As for the specific locations of these locations, Hu Cang has promised to send us a map." Li Dian continued.
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows. These places mentioned by Li Dian may indeed trigger side missions, because places like Panlong Elementary School and Junior High School are the places with the largest flow of people in Panlong Town, and places like the health center and pig killing farm , and places like black Internet cafes where things can easily go wrong, not to mention the bamboo forest at the end, which might help a few mythical creatures.
PS: All the side missions in this module are adapted from some legends about monsters that circulate in my hometown.
