Real Cthulhu Running Game

Chapter 2592 Miskatonic University Research Institute

At this time, Liu Xing was still curious about whether there was a hidden plot in the FireWire module that could summon the younger brother of the Whateley brothers back from another world?

If so, it's quite interesting.

In the original work, Whateley's brother has a very obvious characteristic, that is, he can become invisible, and it is also a passive type of invisibility. Unless special props are used to make him invisible, ordinary people cannot see his appearance clearly.

But because Whateley's brother can be regarded as a huge mythical creature, uh, no, it would be more appropriate to describe him as "demigod". After all, his father is Yog-Sothoth. In the world of Cthulhu Mythos, One of the most powerful beings, so the Whateley brothers are both "demigods" in theory, but the performance of these two brothers cannot support the title of "demigod", because the performance of both brothers can only To describe it, the name does not match the reality.

Needless to say, the elder brother of the Whateley brothers is one of the biggest laughing stock in the Cthulhu Mythos. After all, he was killed by the watchdog of Miskatonic University alone, so someone took advantage of it. He is compared to the most disgraceful of mythical creatures, the Hollow.

However, from a rational point of view, it is not difficult to find that the elder brother of the Whateley brothers is more human, while the younger brother can be recognized as a monster at a glance, so we have reason to suspect that the elder brother of the Whateley brothers is a Ordinary people, because Yog-Sothoth gave everything to his younger brother.

After all, Yog-Sothoth is not an "ordinary person", so it is fully capable of allowing only one of the twins to accept its inheritance.

As for Whateley's brother, his performance in the original work is quite impressive. It is not as good as ordinary mythical creatures such as deep divers and ghouls, because its size and abilities are even higher than that of the black goat cub. Lou, the performance turned out to be worse than Konggui.

It's like playing a game when you're playing a team with full equipment, but the result is just one-for-one.

This is somewhat difficult to stretch.

However, there is one thing to say. When the master of craftsmanship wrote this plot, he obviously did not intend to exalt Whateley's brother too much. Otherwise, he would not have given him an invisibility passive and then made him a heavyweight player. Therefore, the invisibility effect is greatly reduced. After all, the original work took place more than a hundred years ago, and there was not much cement floor at that time, so Whateley's brother could leave obvious traces on the ground even if he took a few steps.

Therefore, the professors at Miskatonic University were able to determine the approximate location of Whateley's brother, then used special props to make him appear, and finally banished him directly to another world.

But then again, I don’t know where Wortrey was exiled, could it be the Dreamland?

Logically speaking, banishing Whateley's brother to Dreamland is indeed a convenient and quick choice. Because Dreamland gates are theoretically distributed all over the world, there should also be Dreamland gates near Dunwich. Moreover, many Dreamland doors look like an ordinary-sized door frame, but in fact, even a dump truck in a mine can pass through it smoothly!

So after driving Whateley's brother into the dreamland, and then trying to get him to take a few more steps, Whateley's brother should not be able to find his way home with his IQ, because Liu Xing remembers this The intelligence level of Whateley's brother is relatively low. After all, monsters like this that are known for their strength generally have poor intelligence.

"But when it comes to the FireWire module, I think of a little easter egg in the FireWire module, that is, after players complete a series of side tasks, they can summon the most famous existence in Dunwich - Whateley. Brother, of course, whether you summon an older brother or a younger brother depends on your luck, but whether it is an older brother or a younger brother, they are just a projection, which means that they will only exist for a few minutes at most, and then they will disappear. "

Mr. Luo said with a smile: "After all, this is just an easter egg. You can't let this easter egg take the spotlight. So triggering this little easter egg is quite troublesome, but for the players it only costs some time! So I still remember it now. The first batch of players to participate in this FireWire module spent a lot of effort to summon Whateley's Brother. But just when they wanted to use the power of Whateley's Brother to do something, Whateley's Brother Just disappeared."

To put it bluntly, if I were a bystander, I would find this very funny, but if I were a personal participant, I would only find it terrible.

It's like drawing a card. You finally draw the card you want, only to find a line of small words written on the back of the card.

Yes, trial card.

At that moment, you may greet all the staff of this game. After all, you spent a lot of time, energy, and money to draw this card, but in the end you told me that this card is only For trial use, then don’t blame me for cordially greetings to your family.

But as Mr. Luo said, in the final analysis, this is just an easter egg that has nothing to do with the main line module, so it’s okay if you are willing to spend time and energy to watch it for fun, but don’t expect that such an easter egg can bring you Come as many benefits as you want.

After all, in other games, Easter eggs like this have similar settings, and they can only make you smile. . . But after all, this is still the Cthulhu Running Game Hall, so some players are really good at brainstorming, so they will think that this easter egg related to the Whateley brothers is a serious plot. After all, in Cthulhu Real Cthulhu and Hastur have already appeared in the game lobby. But if you tell me that the Whateley brothers are just a dispensable easter egg, then this is a very difficult result to accept.

Fortunately, I haven’t been to FireWire Module yet.

But having said that, Liu Xing still remembers that before the promotion of the martial arts module started, he, Zhang Jingxu and others also discussed whether to participate in the FireWire module, because Dunwich, where the FireWire module is located, is far away from Miskatonic University. Arkham is not far away, and there has always been a vague connection between the two. After all, there have been many big events in Dunwich, and almost all the people who solved these events came from Miska. Tonic University.

So Liu Xing heard that Miskatonic University has a less formal branch in Dunwich, which is a research institute composed of several professors. This research institute may only cover an area of ​​​​1. It's more than a hundred square meters, but there are several floors underground. But it is difficult to get into this institute, even if you are also a member of Miskatonic University.

That's right, unless you get a letter of introduction from a dedicated person, you won't have the chance to enter the research institute. You must know that even Ao Guanhai's human body cannot enter this research institute. After all, he is in charge of the research institute. Those professors are all highly respected and important figures in the world, not to mention that everyone who knows this institute knows why this institute exists.

As for how much security this research institute has, Liu Xing heard that dozens of mythical creatures live in the research institute alone. Although this sounds like a large number of people, it is actually just a corpse. Ghost tribe.

Yes, the underground part of this research institute is the former site of this ghoul tribe. They originally had a small conflict with Miskatonic University, but in a subsequent incident, Miskatonic University helped regardless of the past. Because of them, and because the new generation of this ghoul tribe has adapted to life in human society, this ghoul tribe simply joined Miskatonic University.

Of course, according to the gossip obtained by Liu Xing, the reason why this ghoul tribe chose to seek refuge at Miskatonic University was that they were deceived by a snake man and inexplicably took the statue of Mordiggian. It was replaced by the snake **** Yig, so this ghoul tribe lost Mordiggian's favor.

Logically speaking, if this ghoul tribe wants to regain Mordiggian's favor, even if it can prove that it was tricked by the snake man, it will have to pay a big price, such as removing all the members of the tribe. If an important member is sent to be a blood ghoul, and he has to hand over a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry, the tribe will be severely weakened.

As for really running to seek refuge with the snake **** Ignatius, that is definitely unrealistic, because in the worldview of the Cthulhu Mythos, as a senior believer of a certain old ruler, if you dare to seek refuge with other old rulers , then he will definitely be punished by the original ruler of the old days. Punishment, the punishment here can be roughly divided into two types, one is the bloodline punishment that is automatically triggered, that is, for existences like ghouls that have long taken refuge in Mordiggian on a racial basis, the bloodline of their members is The seeds that were both a blessing and a curse were planted long ago.

If you continue to be loyal to Mordiggian, then this seed will allow you to gain the power given by Mordiggian, but when you choose to betray, this seed will make your life worse than death. After all, some things are The price has been marked secretly.

Of course, you can also ask your new boss to help you solve these problems, but unless you are one of those rare potential stocks, it is impossible for your new boss to help you remove the "thorn". After all, poaching has already happened. This is a very hateful thing, and now you are still casually helping people solve their worries. Isn't this a slap in the face?

For those who are on the poached side, it is already a shameful thing for one of their subordinates to be poached by their peers. As a result, the peers can help those useful talents solve their worries, because this is what he should do. After all, you Poaching should be expected to bring huge profits. . . If he wasn't promised huge profits, wouldn't it mean that the treatment on his side was so poor that his subordinates would casually go to join other people?

So at this point, the party being poached can still accept the status quo, but when he discovers that his peers even ordinary people will solve their worries for him, it is a clear slap in his face, because he can't even take symbolic revenge. , doesn’t that mean that not only will he be poorly disciplined, but he will also be unable to “find” those weak points?

In this way, those of my subordinates might take action if they are even slightly tempted. After all, they have learned from the past and all they have to do is follow suit.

Is this still fun?

So at this time, there is a bug that can be stuck for those "footballers", that is, if they join other old rulers, it will definitely trigger the "seed" in their bloodline, so if they both When he couldn't take refuge in the snake **** Ig, and couldn't return to Mordiggian's command, he could only choose to cooperate with humans.

There is no way, who said that there is no Old One on the head of mankind?

To be precise, there is no old ruler or ancient **** who can make most human beings loyal to them. Therefore, in the eyes of those old rulers, human beings are typical rootless duckweeds. Not only do they have no one behind them, but they themselves The strength is not worth mentioning either.

Therefore, those ghouls chose to cooperate with Miskatonic University. After all, Miskatonic University is considered the most powerful force among mankind, especially those legendary investigators who can face the old... Even the Three Pillar Gods like Nyarlathotep can take a glance at the existence of the Sun Ruler.

The most important thing is that even if most humans cooperate with mythical creatures, they are generally in a disadvantaged position. Even if humans have an advantage on the surface, after all, humans' innate conditions are much weaker than mythical creatures. So it is normal to lack confidence.

What's more, for these mythical creatures, although they are a little weaker, they can still shout out the phrase "I don't leave you here, I have my own place" when necessary. After all, they are absolutely scarce in human society. Resources, any organization that is dominated by humans will want to recruit a team of mythical creatures for their own use.

In other words, I can do without it, but I absolutely cannot live without it.

So the ghouls of this tribe signed an employment contract with Miskatonic University, and the content of the contract is to help Miskatonic University guard the research institute. As for other things, these ghouls don't need to worry about it, because Their food, clothing, housing and transportation are all taken care of by Miskatonic University.

The most important thing is that if there are ghouls from other tribes coming to investigate, Miskatonic University will come to deal with it. . . So this group of ghouls has nothing to guard against except ghouls.

In addition to this group of ghouls, Liu Xing also heard that there are other mythical creatures hidden in this research institute as secret sentries, including the best tool among mythical creatures-Shoggoth. After all, as long as you master With the right method, even ordinary people can control several Shoggoths to work for them.