Half an hour later, because Alice and the others planned to continue searching the studio, only Liu Xing and Mai Yuqiang came to the deserted dock area of Duwang Town and saw Yui Matsui and Duo who were driving a fishing boat.
Goeg.
Because Matsui Yui and Mai Yuqiang had something serious to talk about, Liu Xing started chatting with Dogo Ige... To be precise, Liu Xing asked Dogo Ige for his "benefits".
"Well, Liu Xing, those things of yours are still being warmed up, and it will take some time before they can be used normally." Dogo Aige touched the back of his head and said: "Shimada Xiao has gone back to Dreamland in the past two days, and he plans to go
Talk to his friends about Ii Naoraku and the unknown old ruler behind him, because he thought about it carefully and felt that he could not let this matter develop uncontrollably, so those magic props that needed to be nourished
It will take more time to get back to normal without someone hosting."
Liu Xing nodded and said: "I see, it seems that Shimada Xiao has realized the seriousness of this matter. It would be great if he could take action; but then again, Dogo Aige, you guys
Are you free to come here today?"
Dogo Aig looked at Matsui Yui, and then said in a low voice: "We are basically done with things in Kyushu, so we plan to go to the Fisherman Village to do some preliminary preparations, so I heard about the swelling two hours ago
After my daughter has given up control of Duwang Town, we wanted to come over to see the situation here and have a good chat with Mai Yuqiang."
"That's right. Then why are you speaking so quietly, Dogo Aige?" Liu Xing said with a smile, "This is not a shameful thing."
Dogo Aige shrugged, pointed in the direction of Duwang Town and said: "Aren't I afraid that the Swollen Girl is still hiding in the darkness of Duwang Town? What if the Swollen Girl wants to come this time?
If I try to play hard to get, I will regain control of Morio Town after attracting more people into Morio Town. Then I may be in trouble if I speak loudly here, because I have heard that the Swollen Daughter is a very narrow-minded old ruler.
Or, someone once spoke ill of her in Morio Town, and as a result, this person was forcibly joined the Morio Town Protection Association, and the killers sent by the Swollen Daughter would attack him first."
interesting.
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "So that's the case, but I think the swelling girl's hearing should be very good. She can hear you even if you speak softly, but Doge Aige, you mentioned
The so-called "play hard to get" is probably not very reliable, because even if outsiders know that Morio Town is no longer controlled by the Swollen Daughter, they have no reason to come to Morio Town to organize a group tour. After all, in addition to having many Chinese delicacies, Doio Town does not have any
What’s so special about it?”
"No, no, no, this is Liu Xing, you don't know something." Doge Aige said seriously: "Let's put it this way, Liu Xing, you can't possibly think that the swollen daughter just found a random place and founded Duwang Town.
Right? If you want to find it, the Swollen Daughter can definitely build a Duwang Town or something in China. After all, China is the sphere of influence of the Swollen Daughter, and although the island country is very close to China, and there are no other old rulers entrenched in it,
However, the influence of the Swollen Girl in the island country is still limited; in summary, many people now believe that there must be something hidden under the land of Morio Town, which is why the Bloated Girl placed Morio Town here.
"
After hearing what Dogo Aige said, Liu Xing suddenly felt that what he said seemed quite reasonable.
"If you, Liu Xing, think so too, then Liu Xing, you are thinking exactly the same as 90% of the secret churches in the island country; what is certain at present is that the Daughter of Swelling is indeed very concerned about the land of Duwang Town. It is true that
It is said that the underground people in Morio Town are very considerate. Several secret churches once sent people into Morio Town to develop land and wanted to dig more swimming pools for Morio Town. However, these people did not know it as soon as the construction started.
His whereabouts are still unknown." Dogo Aig said seriously.
Liu Xing couldn't help but stamp his feet, and didn't feel anything strange about the ground under his feet.
At this time, Mai Yuqiang came over and said: "Dogo Aige is right. There were indeed many secret churches from island countries who came to dig for treasures in the past. As a result, as long as they pushed the project underground, it would not last more than a day.
They would disappear, and the holes they dug would be filled in; once our Morio Town Protection Association also sent people to monitor those guys, but the person sent to monitor fainted inexplicably in the middle, so we
I also think there should be something underground in Morio Town."
As soon as Mai Yuqiang finished speaking, Matsui Yui on the side immediately added: "My father once mentioned Duwang Town. He said that there should be a very powerful magic item buried underground in Duwang Town. Even if it is an old
The Sun Dominators were also unable to control this magical item, so the Swollen Daughter only occupied this land instead of taking the magic item away."
Hearing what Matsui Yui said, Liu Xing couldn't help but frown, because Liu Xing knew that the Swollen Girl was not the old ruler in the minds of Matsui Yui and other NPCs, but a higher-level clone of the Outer God.
Magic items that even the clones of foreign gods cannot take away, how powerful must they be?
Is it the real shining cubehedron?
It shouldn't be. The rule book of the Cthulhu Run game does not mention how strong you need to be to take away the shining Cube Trioctahedron. To be precise, most of the props in the Cthulhu Run game are
There are no "pickup" restrictions, and there are even very few props with usage restrictions... Although some props have no usage restrictions, these props may kill people as soon as they are used...
So, what will be the props in the underground area of Morio Town?
"Okay, let's not talk about these things. Anyway, as long as the swollen girl does not die, it is impossible for us to see the true form of the magic prop. So Liu Xing, can you tell me why you came to see me today?
For what? I heard from Mai Yuqiang that you came to me for something?" Matsui Yui said to Liu Xing with a smile.
Liu Xing came back to his senses, nodded and said: "Actually, there is nothing wrong. I just wanted to ask if the magic props in Shimadaxiao Manor have been warmed up."
As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, Mai Yuqiang slapped his head and said, "By the way, I almost forgot to give you that thing."
After Mai Yuqiang finished speaking, he opened his suitcase and rummaged around, and took out a palm-sized wooden doll. However, this wooden doll looked very rough in workmanship, and the coloring was a bit perfunctory. It was the kind of thing that no one would want if it was given away for free.
s things.
"Liu Xing, you may not think this doll looks very good, but its effect can be said to be very powerful, and sometimes it can even save your life!" Mai Yuqiang said seriously.
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, took the doll with a smile and said, "Is this the legendary stand-in doll?"
In the end, Liu Xing really got it right.
Stand-in doll (cursed version): This stand-in doll can form a connection with the host through blood. When the host is cursed, the stand-in doll will absorb the curse.
Please note that the stand-in doll can absorb a certain "amount" of curses. If the number of curses absorbed by the stand-in doll exceeds the upper limit, the curse absorbed by the stand-in doll will double back on the host.
If the host wants to cut off its connection with the stand-in doll, it only needs to keep a distance of ten kilometers from the stand-in doll for more than twenty-four hours.
"This stand-in doll was made by a powerful onmyoji. It is said that this onmyoji was Abe Keimei hundreds of years ago. After Abe Keimei created this batch of stand-in dolls, he put them
Hidden throughout the island country, waiting for the right person, these stand-in dolls can be divided into three categories. One type can absorb physical attacks, the other type can absorb magic attacks, and the last type is responsible for absorbing curses, but these three
There is no difference in the appearance of the stand-in doll, so I don’t know what kind of damage this stand-in doll can absorb."
"But the most important thing is that these stand-in dolls will not break apart when they receive excessive damage like in anime, film and television dramas. They will only bite back the host after absorbing the maximum amount of damage, so I advise Liu Xing.
Don't "believe too much in your luck. Just throw it away when you feel that the stand-in has absorbed enough damage, and then walk as far away as possible, so that you can break the connection with the stand-in, right?"
, if you want the stand-in doll to absorb the damage for you, remember to put a drop of blood on its head first." Mai Yuqiang said seriously.
Liu Xing nodded and said solemnly: "In this way, this stand-in doll is like the stock market. If you want to maximize your profits, then you need to bet on how high it will rise.
, and then you can make a lot of money by selling it at the highest point, but this stock will fall to the bottom as soon as it passes the highest point, so if you want to get greedy again, it will explode, which is a bit exciting just thinking about it.”
"Yes, that's why I haven't used it all this time, because I don't dare to bet on how much damage this stand-in doll can absorb, and you have to know that the damage that each stand-in doll can absorb is different." Mai
Yu Qiang said truthfully.
Liu Xing looked at the stand-in doll in his hand, his expression became a little solemn.
"Okay, if you don't have any other questions, Liu Xing, then we have to go to Kagoshima City first, because we still have to make some preparations to send Mai Yuqiang back to China."
Matsui Yui looked at Liu Xing with a smile, and then gave Liu Xing an eviction order.
Liu Xing shrugged, turned around and left very coolly.
Soon, Liu Xing returned to his studio in Baihe City.
At this time, Alice and the others had turned the studio upside down, but no useful clues were found.
"Forget it, since we can't find any clues now, let's go directly to Nagoya." Liu Xing handed the stand-in doll in his hand to Alice, "Alice, you should know what this is, right? "
Alice glanced at the stand-in doll and said with some surprise: "Liu Xing, where did you get this? I remember that this should be the stand-in doll left by Seimei Abe, right?"
"What, Seimei Abe?"
Li Hanxing and Sun Huiwen both came over. After all, for the players in the Cthulhu Game Hall, Abe Keimei can be said to be the most familiar figure from the island country, because Abe Keimei is the most famous island country in most parallel worlds. A powerful mage, and compared to other famous mage in the world, Abe Keimei is the youngest among them.
Therefore, in some parallel worlds, Abe Keimei even lives into modern times... Unfortunately, in today's parallel world, Abe Keimei has been confirmed dead, and even his ashes may have been exhumed, but because this is considered It is a dark history, so the descendants of Seimei Abe "cooperated" with other insiders in a very tacit understanding to conceal the specific details of this story.
Alice thought for a while and continued: "I had heard of these stand-in dolls when I was working as an undercover agent in the Deep Sea Gospel Society. Although the origin of these stand-in dolls is unknown, the mainstream view still believes that they are from Abe Keimei. Hands, because Abe Keimei once made similar dolls; but there are still quite a lot of these stand-in dolls, and almost every senior member of the Deep Sea Gospel Society alone has one."
"But although this stand-in doll is very effective and can absorb a large amount of damage, and can even absorb almost indefensible curses, it is essentially a time bomb. Who knows how much damage this time bomb will absorb? Explosion, so these stand-in dolls are not popular on the black market of the island country. I remember that before I left the Deep Sea Evangelical Society, there were more than ten stand-in dolls for sale on the black market of the island country, so I think Liu Xing, you must not do it as a last resort. , never use this stand-in doll in advance."
"Then how much is the price of this stand-in doll on the black market?" Liu Xing couldn't help but ask.
Alice rolled her eyes at Liu Xing and said: "The black market for trading these magic props is all barter, but now the market price of the lowest purity source stone is one dollar, so this stand-in doll is worth one thousand dollars." About US dollars.”
Hearing what Alice said, Liu Xing suddenly felt that the stand-in doll in his hand was no longer good. He even began to suspect that Mai Yuqiang had bought the stand-in doll temporarily to fool him.
Just when Liu Xing was about to speak, he heard someone pushing the door open and entering the studio.
The person coming is Isabella.
Looking at Isabella, Liu Xing remembered one thing, that is, he seemed to have promised Isabella to investigate Wang Bao's death together, and to find out why her good friend left Duwang Town.
But he forgot about it when he was busy. If Isabella hadn't come to the door now, I'm afraid he wouldn't have thought of it when he arrived in Nagoya.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing immediately took the lead and said, "Isabella, you came just in time!"