Real Cthulhu Running Game

Chapter 2599: Get the artifact!

"Um?"

Liu Xing suddenly saw two familiar names in the remaining portfolios—Yin En and Li Ningzhou.

What is going on?

Liu Xing really didn't expect to see the names of these two acquaintances at this time, and the people represented by these two names seemed to be people who could not be beaten with eight poles, right?

Li Ningzhou and he could only be said to be acquaintances, and we all sat together and chatted for a while, and then nothing happened. However, the story Li Ningzhou told Liu Xing still cared about it. After all, this story. . .

etc!

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and suddenly remembered that in the story Li Ningzhou told, many people were taken to another world by a mysterious force, and the operation of this mysterious force seemed to be the same as the one he was familiar with. The Sulu Running Game Hall is very different, so this should be an existence similar to the Cthulhu Running Game Hall that opens this door-opening challenge in order to recruit "newcomers".

So behind this mysterious power, could there be a world with weird rules?

So after entering this villa grid, he subconsciously thought of Li Ningzhou?

As for Yin En, although he has been his teammate for many years, in the recent period, he has found a lot of strange things about him. He seems to have done many things behind his back, so it is really possible that Yin En Like himself, he is a real beta player in the Cthulhu Run game lobby.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Yin En to be on the list at this time.

The only problem is that Liu Xing doesn't recognize the names on the remaining two portfolios.

Zhang Mengbai and Yu are in trouble.

That's right, Liu Xing wasn't even sure whether the word "恣" was pronounced "Ci" or something else.

As a man who has been a Chinese language class representative for more than ten years, Liu Xing still doesn't know much about some rare characters, and as a Shu native, he often recognizes only half of the characters, so he feels that this character should be pronounced "Ci" Bar?

But wouldn't it be very embarrassing if the wrong name was called?

And in Liu Xing's impression, he really didn't know anyone with the surname "Yu", and he had never even heard of anyone with this surname, so this made Liu Xing feel a little strange.

If these four names are the names of his acquaintances, then everything is fine. This can be explained by the fact that he triggered this strange rule after entering the villa grid, and this strange rule requires a sufficient number of "players" Come and participate. At the same time, if there are less than five players entering the villa grid, the villa grid will also fill in a corresponding number of NPCs to participate in the next rule talk. These NPCs may have their own fixed names and models, or they may Randomly recognize people's names and appearances for players?

But the problem is that there are only two people whose names he knows. Although the name Zhang Mengbai is quite common, Liu Xing does not have such a number one person in his impression. As for Jade, Liu Xing is even more suspicious. It was a name that came up randomly.

But now that time is of the essence, Liu Xing does not intend to dwell on the issue of these names anymore. Anyway, he will be able to meet the characters corresponding to these portfolios later.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing touched his pocket and found a key, so he opened the door and walked into the villa.

Well, it's a very standard villa layout, and at a glance, I can see four people, three men and one woman, sitting on the sofa not far away, so that woman must be Jade, right?

After all, compared to the name Zhang Mengbai, Yu Hetancai seems more feminine.

But having said that, Liu Xing found that the remaining three men all looked very young and seemed to have not left school yet, but it was certain that Yin En and Li Ningzhou were not among them.

Although Liu Xing also changed his appearance at this time because he became a middle-aged man, this change can only be described as insignificant. Anyone who is acquainted can recognize that the middle-aged man in front of him is Liu Xing. .

Among the young people in front of Liu Xing, there are no young versions of Yin En and Li Ningzhou, so is this just trying to sell dog meat?

To be on the safe side, Liu Xing showed the file bag in his hand and asked: "Yin En, what about Li Ningzhou and Yu? And Zhang Mengbai are here, right? I found these file bags at the door, and in There is also a rule at the door that says we must pretend to be a family after ten minutes. If we don’t act well, we will have to bear the consequences.”

After Liu Xing finished speaking, he put the file bag on the table, and then discovered that a person he didn't know at all took away "Yin En"'s file bag, and the only woman present took away "Yu Xuntuan" "portfolio.

"My name is Yu Xituan, Mr. Liu Xing."

When Yu Xuntan directly called him by his name, Liu Xing took a special look at "Yin En" and found that he had no reaction. It seemed that he did not recognize him.

Are you really trying to sell dog meat?

In other words, this is the characteristic of the villa grid, that is, only one player may be able to enter it, and then there will be NPCs with names familiar to the players to participate in this strange rules talk. The purpose is to make the players suspect that these NPCs are actually their acquaintances. , so there are some mistakes when talking about rules?

Although this villa grid has a name with strange rules, it is still the territory of the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, so when certain settings conflict, the Cthulhu Run Game Hall must still be followed. rules!

Therefore, if you overplay the game, that is, say something that they cannot understand in front of NPCs, you will be the unlucky one in the end.

But having said that, the rules provided by this strange story are a bit few. What I saw at the door were just some basic rules, so there should be some rules in this portfolio, right? After all, judging from the feel and weight, there are only a few pieces of paper in this portfolio?

Does it mean that every player needs to follow different rules?

Maybe there is such a possibility, because the rules at the door mentioned that the players need to act as a family, so as a family, they must have different identities. For example, I and the middle-aged woman named Yu Tuan should be like this The head of the family, and those three young people should be the three brothers?

Therefore, with different identities, the rules you need to abide by should also be different. For example, at this time, Liu Xing felt that as the head of the family, he had many more things to consider than young people like "Yin En", and Maybe there is some "work" that needs to be done, so I have to stay in the study at some point to do things?

And if Yu Xuntan is a housewife, then she will need to be responsible for the meals for the family of five, and she may have to go to a certain room to clean something during these three days.

As for "Yin En", the three brothers may need to focus on their studies or complete some after-school homework, such as making a sculpture in a certain room or something?

According to Liu Xing's understanding of the strange rules of the game, such a strange game of rules that is limited to indoors will definitely require players to complete a certain task, and there is a high probability that they will temporarily lose contact with other players in the process, that is to say You need a person to complete the task. . . But that doesn't matter, he has to leave here in a few minutes anyway.

"Huh? Birthday horoscope?" At this moment, "Li Ningzhou" who Liu Xing also didn't recognize suddenly said: "Why is there a birth date on this jade tablet? Although this birthday horoscope is somewhat similar to mine, it is not the same. What’s my birth date?”

Birthday and horoscope?

Liu Xing watched these NPCs take out a piece of paper and a jade token from their portfolio, and then opened his own portfolio.

Although Liu Xing once memorized his birth date, he had not used it in these years, so he could only remember the beginning. The birth date written on this jade tablet was obviously not his.

If there was only a discrepancy in his birth date, Liu Xing would suspect that it was because he was special as a player and was a completely fictional character in this strange rules story.

As a result, it seems that everyone's birthdays and horoscopes do not match each other, which means that this is actually a small clue in this strange rule talk.

"The rules on the paper say that we must wear this jade medal, otherwise we will bear the consequences, and no matter what we do in the next three days, we cannot take it off. It seems that this jade medal is the rule for this time A key prop in the ghost story.”

"Yin En" had just finished speaking, Yu Xituan next to him sneered and said: "So that's it, the real identities of us are actually Fuke! I didn't expect that in this villa that looks like a 21st century style, There is such an ancient setting hidden, so we almost capsized in the gutter. "

Fook?

Blessed guest?

Liu Xing looked at Yu Xuntan with some doubts. She didn't know what "Fu Ke" in her mouth meant. Could it be that there was something about Fu Ke on this piece of paper?

Thinking of this, Liu Xing quickly picked up the piece of paper that belonged to him. After a cursory glance, he found that it only mentioned "guest", and there was no "Fu Ke" or words with similar pronunciation.

However, it is worth noting that the beginning of this piece of paper reads: Dear guest, please abide by all the rules on this piece of paper.

guest?

Is this a way of calling players in the world of strange rules?

That's not right. Liu Xing remembered that the term "player" was mentioned in the rules at the door, so why did he change his mind at this time?

Could it be because the villa grid was originally designed in a hurry, so it is normal for some things to be different, especially this kind of typographical error.

At this time, Zhang Mengbai also stood up and said: "Yes, our identities in this strange rule are not residents of this villa, but invited guests. It is no wonder that the five people in the group photo are all The face was blurry, I thought it was because the rules of Kaitan World wanted to recycle this module, That’s why we didn’t put our faces on it! As for the rule on the door, we should start pretending to be family after ten minutes. At the same time, there is another rule on the paper that we should wear the jade plaque within ten minutes. The two rules clearly work together and imply something.”

Take a photo?

Only then did Liu Xing notice a photo of five people on the wall next to him, but none of the five people in the photo had faces.

etc.

Fook?

Liu Xing suddenly remembered that he seemed to have heard the term "Fuke" in an online novel before entering the Cthulhu Run Game Hall.

If Liu Xing remembers correctly, Fuke is actually a special profession in some places. To put it bluntly, it collects money from people and eliminates disasters for them. However, the disasters here are related to weirdness, so another way of saying it is to give people money. Others are the scapegoats!

It’s no wonder that these jade tablets contain other people’s birthdays and horoscopes, because as “Fu Ke”, I and my group need to protect the owners of these birthday horoscopes from disasters, and these jade tablets can make Weiyi identify the wrong person.

After all, Weird, like many wild animals, has poor eyesight and can only identify targets through other means.

Therefore, when Liu Xing was a child, he heard the elders in his family say that you should not wear various personal belongings with other people's birthdays and horoscopes, because this will make you look like him or her in the eyes of some unknown creatures.

I see.

At this time, Liu Xing finally figured out the cause and effect of all this, that is, this weird rule talk dug a hole for the players at the beginning. If the players don't know what "Fuke" is, they may think that these are inconsistent with them. The birth dates and horoscopes are just new role settings arranged by the rules for himself.

After all, there is another similarity between the strange rules and Cthulhu running games in the real world, that is, players may need to play new roles when they come to a new module, and the role here may have a very different relationship with you. Big discrepancies, for example, you are an old man in his sixties, but in the module you have to play a popular star who can not only sing and dance, but also play basketball.

Moreover, in the strange rules of the game, players also have to make some actions consistent with their identity in the presence of NPCs. If they are placed in the Cthulhu Run game lobby, they cannot super travel casually, so the more Liu Xing thinks about it, the more he feels that This strange rule story is similar to the Cthulhu running game.

If the player accepts the new birth date, then he will feel that he is the owner of this villa, and will not realize that he is actually a paid scapegoat?

In this way, players may make some actions that are inconsistent with their identity, and then violate certain rules, leading to plot kills!

What a cruel method!

But these two NPCs directly told the truth, so this is quite conscientious, right?

But this is not important. What is important is that Liu Xing has found the goal of his trip.

The substitute jade token can transfer the damage received to other people!

What an artifact!

Liu Xing did not expect that he would find this god-level prop mentioned by Mr. Luo just after he walked into the villa.