"Speaking of side tasks, based on the current situation, I estimate that there will be at least five side tasks in this module, and we need to complete at least three to four side tasks to clear this module, but now The most important thing is, should we choose to work together to carry out the same mission? Or should we go our own way and complete the side missions we want to do?" Wan Zhongshan said, rubbing his chin.
Liu Xing thought for a while and said: "I agree with your idea, Wan Zhongshan. I also think that we need to complete at least four side tasks to successfully clear this module. However, according to the usual characteristics of Cthulhu group games, I think some side tasks may limit the number of players, or allocate 'truth' points based on the player's performance in this side task. This should not give us the opportunity to complete the same side task together to clear the module. After all, this If we do this, then the 'truth' point setting in this module will be completely meaningless."
As Liu Xing's staunch ally, Ishikawa Ling naturally answered immediately: "Yes, the setting of 'truth' points in this module is obviously hoping that we can each achieve it by completing different side tasks. The purpose of clearing the module, so I think the 'truth' points provided by all the side tasks in this module are either 500 points, enough for all of us to clear the module, or 600 or 700 comparison points. Surplus situation, but we still have to consider the worst-case scenario, that is, the total number of 'truth' points that all side tasks in this module can provide does not exceed 500 points, which means that the five of us present It is impossible for players to complete the module together..."
Ishikawa Ling's words left everyone speechless for a moment. After all, what Ishikawa Ling said was very reasonable, and everyone was also thinking about the last possibility raised by Ishikawa Ling.
If, as Rei Ishikawa said, the side mission of this module cannot provide 500 "truth" points, then at least one player will surely tear the card and lose the qualification to advance to the Hounds of Tindalos area. .
People don't suffer from scarcity but from inequality. No one wants to watch their other teammates successfully clear the module, but they themselves end up in a situation where they are stuck.
"Oh, it seems it's time to use that prop, kp. I'm going to use the question card now. How many 'truth' points can the side missions of this module provide to our players?" Li Dian took it out of his pocket. He picked up a white card the size of a business card and said.
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect Li Dian to have a question card.
The question card is a special prop sold in the mall, priced at 500 points. The effect is that you can ask questions to the kp during the secret room time, but the content of the question cannot involve the core data of the module, such as how to clear the level, the mod Questions like who is the boss of the group.
Liu Xing had seen question cards when browsing the mall, but in Liu Xing's opinion, the cost performance of this question card was too low. After all, the question card was a one-time prop, and the questions asked were greatly restricted, so Liu Xing complained at the time, "Only people who are stupid and have a lot of money would buy such props."
Liu Xing did not expect that he would meet Li Dian, who is "foolish and rich" so quickly.
Li Dian noticed something strange in the way Liu Xing and others looked at him, so he could only smile helplessly and said: "I know you may think that I am stupid and rich enough to buy props like question cards, but I just want to I have been tricked. In the first few modules, one of my teammates encountered some difficulties. However, since I had to pay a certain price to help him, other teammates and I could only express our inability to do anything. "
"So, my teammate expressed his willingness to give an item worth 500 points as reward, so I couldn't resist the temptation and chose to help that teammate. What I never expected was that the item in that guy's mouth It turned out to be a question card, if I had known I wouldn’t have helped him.”
At this time, kp Xuefeng said: "Well, player Li Dian, your question card has taken effect. The answer to your question is that the side tasks of this module will provide a total of 650 points, and by the way, you will receive an additional Information, some side tasks will limit the number of players, and players can obtain more than 100 'truth' points."
Hearing kp Xuefeng say this, Liu Xing breathed a sigh of relief. Although there are some restrictions, 650 'truth' points should be able to allow all players to successfully clear the module.
"Huh, it seems we are a little too worried." Ishikawa Ling said with a smile.
Zhang Jingxu looked at Ishikawa Ling with a speechless expression, and finally couldn't help but joked: "It's not because you made us worry too much. We didn't even think of this at first, but what you said made us so sad." I’m starting to get nervous and worried, and I just started thinking about how to get rid of you.”
Although Zhang Jingxu's ridicule was not taken seriously, Liu Xing knew very well that if kp Xuefeng's answer just now was "less than 500 'truth' points", then everyone present, including himself, would definitely start thinking about who to join forces with to go Who to deal with.
But even so, Liu Xing feels that he still has an advantage. After all, Yin En must be his staunchest ally, because "Ishikawa Ling" is a believer of "Watanabe Ryusei" and the possibility of rebellion is extremely low, and Zhang Jingxu should be I will choose to stand on the side of myself and Yin En, because at the beginning of this module, Yin En and Liu Xing acted together, and everyone has completed the module together once, so there must still be some trust between them. of.
So no matter what, Liu Xing felt that his side already had the numerical and professional advantages.
But now, the "truth" points should be enough, and there is no need for players to scheming and deceiving each other anymore.
At this time, Liu Xing also noticed that Li Dian and Wan Zhongshan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that they had also thought of this and knew that Liu Xing and the others were a small group.
"Okay, although the 'truth' points in this module are more than enough, in order for us all to cooperate better and avoid unnecessary disputes, we still have to set some rules now. What do you think? What?" Liu Xing said.
No rules no standards.
Everyone nodded in agreement, and then the discussion began.
Soon, everyone established two rules.
First, if a side task limits the number of players who can receive the side task, then the first player who discovers the side task can first choose whether to receive the side task, and if there is a time requirement for the remaining quotas, then the players present will do it. If there is no time limit to receive it, then the remaining players will discuss it before receiving it.
Second, players should try their best to reasonably arrange the side tasks they accept, so that the "truth" points they obtain can be maintained at around 100, so as to avoid the "truth" points from overflowing and affecting other players.
At this time, there are still five minutes before the end of the secret room time.
Liu Xing thought for a while and said, "What do you think about this Hu Cang now? Anyway, I think there should be something wrong with this Hu Cang, and he should also know the information about the black dragon."
Zhang Jingxu nodded and said thoughtfully: "I think so too. I think Hu Cang should be the most important NPC in this module. He should also have side tasks and be involved in other tasks." Side mission, so I think we need to have a good relationship with him, and if nothing else happens, we should be trapped in Panlong Town now, so we have to stay at Hu Cang’s house for a while.”
However, Li Dian, who had communicated with Hu Cang the most, shook his head and said helplessly: "To be honest, this Hu Cang is really a bit out of his element. No matter what I ask him, he always acts like a coquettish person." Qingyundan, with a look that has nothing to do with him, if he hadn't looked so young, I would have thought he was an old man in his seventies or eighties."
"An NPC with this kind of personality is really troublesome. We may not be able to obtain useful information for the first half of the day, but there is important information on him that is worth exploring." Wan Zhongshan said distressedly.
Liu Xing shrugged and said with a smile: "Anyway, you will be responsible for communicating with Hu Cang. After all, the character cards of Ishikawa Ling and I cannot speak the same language as Hu Cang, so we are powerless this time."
Hearing what Liu Xing said, Zhang Jingxu said decisively to Li Dian: "Li Dian, you have the most communication with Hu Cang now, so I decided to leave the task of discovering Hu Cang's intelligence to you."
Facing Zhang Jingxu's blame, Li Dian could only nod helplessly and said: "Okay, I will be responsible for this task, but I have one request, that is, if there is a suitable side task, I will I need priority, after all, I have to deal with Hu Cang, a boring gourd, and I don’t have the time or energy to go out and trigger other side tasks."
Everyone nodded in agreement, because Li Dian's request was very reasonable.
At this time, Liu Xing suddenly remembered something, that is, until now, the whereabouts of the driver and female tour guide were still unknown.
Liu Xing frowned and said with some worry: "By the way, there is another question now, that is, where have the driver and female tour guide gone? Although I think they must have been in an accident now, after all, almost an hour has passed. ”
Wan Zhongshan thought for a while and said: "I was sitting at the front of the bus at that time. I saw the driver and the female tour guide walking directly towards the front. However, you all know the situation at that time. The visibility under heavy rain was extremely poor. Low, soon the driver and the female tour guide disappeared without a trace."
Li Dian nodded and continued: "Yes, I also paid attention to the dynamics of the driver and the female tour guide at that time. The result was the same as Li Dian's. They disappeared without a trace after taking a few steps. However, If nothing else happens, they should be dead by the time we encounter them again."
At this moment, kp Xuefeng said with a smile: "Okay, now the secret room time is over. Please resume your role-playing state."
Liu Xing and others looked at each other, and then unanimously chose to bury their heads in eating.
After a while, Hu Cang came down with several flashlights. After saying a few words, he gave the flashlights to Liu Xing and others, and then Hu Cang returned upstairs.
"Hu Cang said that we should bring flashlights, so that it would be easier to get up at night. After all, the third floor where we will live today does not have electric lights, and there is only one toilet on the far left. Then Hu Cang went back to his room to rest. ." Zhang Jingxu opened his mouth to translate. .
Ishikawa Ling raised his eyebrows and said with some surprise: "This Hu Cang is really big-hearted, isn't he even afraid of us causing trouble?"
Liu Xing looked at Ishi Chuan Ling helplessly and said, "Hu Cang trusts us, but why do you think Hu Cang is a fool? Ishi Chuan Ling, you don't want to think this way."
After eating, Liu Xing and his party went directly to the third floor.
However, what worried Liu Xing was that the flashlights sent by Hu Cang were very old and required two AA batteries to be used. In Liu Xing's memory, he also used this kind of flashlight when he was a child. , but after junior high school, this kind of flashlight was basically eliminated.
There are three rooms on the third floor. One of the largest rooms faces the street, and you can see the bus in the rain at a glance.
At this time, the rain became lighter again, and Liu Xing and others could already see clearly what was going on inside the bus, but the bus was still empty at this time.
"Mr. Zhang Jingxu, please tell Li Dian and Wan Zhongshan for us. Regarding room allocation, it will be fine as long as Ling Ishikawa and I live together." Liu Xing said to Zhang Jingxu.
Zhang Jingxu nodded, turned around, and went to discuss room allocation with Li Dian and Wan Zhongshan.
Soon, the room allocation results came out.
Because they were "worried" about the safety of the driver and female tour guide, Li Dian and Wan Zhongshan lived together in the largest room so that they could observe the situation of the bus; while Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling lived in the third room because of "language reasons". In the second largest room, Zhang Jingxu, who is single, lives in the smallest room.
Entering the room, although there was very little furniture, only a bed, a cabinet and a wooden table, Hu Cang kept it very clean, so Liu Xing was very satisfied with the room he would stay in for the next few days.
Liu Xing came to the window and discovered that the Panlong River was outside the window. More importantly, a huge snake-shaped figure could be vaguely seen in the Panlong River.
Needless to say, this must be the black dragon, but at this time the black dragon seemed to be dead, motionless in the Panlong River.
At this time, Liu Xing suddenly heard a strange sound, like someone wearing high heels walking on the cement floor, and there was only the sound of the heels hitting the ground.
