"Ricky, I'm not trying to make any excuses, but how did you recognize your brother Cheke when he grew up?" Liu Xing asked.
Ricky pointed to his right temple and said seriously: "My brother has a birthmark at this location. It looks like a triangle. I believe that we can count such birthmarks on one hand in the whole world.
If the remaining people are similar to my brother in terms of age, gender and appearance, I can only say that this is a joke from God... But this is the Cthulhu Running Group game hall, so I can be sure that person is the elder brother.
Big Queen Cheek!”
"Then you didn't go to meet him formally?" Zhang Jingxu continued to ask.
Ricky shook his head and said with a wry smile: "If this were in the real world, I would definitely run up to him and recognize him without hesitation, but this is the Cthulhu Running Group game hall, and one person has disappeared for more than ten years.
A young man suddenly appears in front of you, and he is in a ghost place like Arkham City. I really don’t have the courage to go up and recognize him, because I don’t know if the Cthulhu Run game lobby has already dug him up for me.
The trap is gone!”
Sure enough, heroes think alike.
Liu Xing sighed and said seriously: "Yes, we also encountered a similar situation, so we thought the Cthulhu Game Hall was targeting us, but we didn't expect that this time it was treated indiscriminately, and many people were treated out of thin air.
There are so many NPCs coming out...but we still haven't figured out why the Cthulhu Run Game Hall does this? Are they just taking advantage of us for fun?"
Ricky shook his head and said with a puzzled look on his face: "We don't know why this is happening now, because even players in low-level areas, when they see an old acquaintance who has been missing for a long time suddenly appear in front of them,
They should also choose to wait and see for a while, after all, there must be monsters when something goes wrong, especially in the world of the Cthulhu Run Game Hall."
At this point, Ricky also sighed, "That's true, but I still can't forget that it was because of me that my brother disappeared suddenly, so I have been regretting it all these years.
It was only in the past two years that this incident was gradually buried in the depths of my memory. But when Cheke suddenly appeared in front of me, I realized that I had never forgotten him.
.”
Hearing this, Yin En suddenly said: "Well, after hearing you all say this, I suddenly had a bold idea, that is, these people who suddenly appear are, in a sense, the ones we feel we owe something to.
People, like Ricky, you think it was you who caused Cheke's disappearance, and the family of three I know, I also think it was you who caused their accident."
"Well, it seems to be true, because if you didn't say so, Yin En, I wouldn't have discovered it. I actually think that Wang Qi's accident had something to do with me, but I don't feel that I owe him anything, and I even feel that he
My death was self-inflicted, because this guy actually wanted to trick me into giving away my life." Liu Xing said.
"So judging from the current situation, those people who suddenly appear should have a certain connection with us players, so it can be inferred that this must be intentional in the Cthulhu Run Team Game Hall, but it stands to reason
We are going to the Kingdom of Earthsea in two days, and normal people will not go to that ghost place, so it is unlikely that these people will follow us to the Kingdom of Earthsea, and if we want to come back from the Kingdom of Earthsea, we must at least
In ten days and a half, it’s impossible for these people to suddenly feel that Arkham City is a place they don’t want to leave, so they buy a house here and spend time with us, right?”
"Yes, I did a brief investigation before and found that Cheke should be traveling with his girlfriend, so he will leave in a few days..."
Before Ricky finished speaking, Liu Xing and others' cell phones all rang text message alerts in unison.
"It seems that it should be a matter of the expedition team, otherwise we wouldn't have received the text message at the same time."
As Liu Xing spoke, he took out his phone and took a look, and found that it was a text message sent by Yin Luyang, and the content of the text message was very simple, that is, the expedition team had been formed and all preparations had been made, so he decided
Go to Earthsea in advance. After all, the previous expedition team was still sitting in a big pit looking at the sky. Moreover, according to the latest weather forecast, there may be a heavy rainstorm in Earthsea at any time in the next two days, so in order to ensure
Those people in the big pit would not be soaked in the water, so Liu Xing and others had to go to Earthsea as soon as possible to pull them out.
Then Yin Luyang privately sent a text message to Liu Xing and others, saying that the leader of the expedition was his good friend Prince Norton, so Yin Luyang had asked Prince Norton to take care of Liu Xing and others along the way; as for the expedition,
The main reason why they were in such a hurry to leave was that America's officials had decided to "help" the country of Earthsea restore normal order, so they had prepared several transport planes to go to the country of Earthsea. Therefore, Miskatonic University wanted to
Take a ride.
As a result, Liu Xing and others went back to their rooms to pack their luggage, and then they arrived at the entrance of Miskatonic University and got on a black bus, with Ricky and Zakharenv's team also on the bus.
superior.
Because everyone is not familiar enough, and there is also an "outsider" like the driver, everyone on the bus closed their eyes and rested. After all, it is not too early now, not to mention that they will take a military transport plane to the destination later.
Haiguo, you must know that this military transport aircraft does not pay attention to the passenger experience. Not only are the seats simple, but the sound insulation measures are outstanding, so ordinary people can't even think about sleeping on this military transport aircraft.
I don’t know how long it took, but Liu Xing, who had fallen asleep, was woken up by the driver Hei, and then found that he had arrived at the airport, next to a military transport plane and several identical black buses.
After following the trend and boarding the military transport plane, Liu Xing discovered that the number of people in his expedition team was quite large, exceeding three digits.
"It seems that the ruins of that ancient civilization are not simple, otherwise there would be no need to organize such an expedition team of over a hundred people."
After sitting down, Yin En said: "It seems that our entrance exam this time is a bit difficult. There will most likely be something wrong, but we don't have to think about Wang Qi and others for the time being."
As soon as Yin En finished speaking, a middle-aged man in his sixties with an unshaven beard stood up and said, "Everyone, be quiet. Let me introduce myself first. I am the leader of this expedition - Norton."
As soon as Norton finished speaking, those who looked like they were still students stood up, bowed with smiles and said, "I have met His Royal Highness Prince Norton."
"Prince, this level is not low, but I don't know which country this Norton comes from. If it is just a small country like Fairy Tale Country, then the title of prince is not very valuable." Liu Xing said with a smile: "But it depends.
It turns out that Prince Norton is quite popular among the students, so he should be a good expedition leader."
Norton smiled, pressed his hands and said: "Okay, gentlemen and ladies, please sit down. I am going to start explaining the main tasks and relevant rules of this expedition. But I also believe that everyone already knows what we are going to do.
What to do, so I won’t go into details about the main tasks. The focus is on what we need to pay attention to when we go to the Kingdom of Earthsea this time - first of all, the Kingdom of Earthsea is not peaceful now, so it is best not to act alone. If
If you really have anything to do, please report it to me first, and then find a few more acquaintances to act together; and then don’t have too much contact with the locals, because the medical level in Earthsea is really about zero, so who knows how many people there are
A strange disease, and we may also introduce a new disease to the Kingdom of Earthsea."
As a doctor, Liu Xing deeply agrees with what Norton said, because some countries today are really out of touch with modern society, so many diseases that have been eliminated outside can still be easily spread in these countries.
To find samples, when traveling to certain countries, you have to take several more shots of different vaccines to ensure your own safety; and people born in modern society have more or less received a lot of vaccines, but this
It does not mean that the corresponding diseases will stay away from you, because they just cannot attack you, so you can still spread these diseases to other people.
Therefore, in some islands and deep mountains and old forests today, there are still some uncivilized tribes that have accepted the influence of modern civilization. Some tribes are even better than those in the Stone Age. Therefore, some people who are very hypocritical in Liu Xing's opinion decided to
To "protect" them, or to continue to let these tribes fend for themselves in a small area, to observe how these tribes will develop... Of course, this is protection, and to put it bluntly, it means prohibiting outsiders from approaching these tribes to avoid
Various diseases brought by outsiders directly brought disaster to these tribes, just like those who discovered the New World.
So when a modern man enters a primitive tribe, it is very likely that there will be an outcome of mutual harm - the primitive tribe regards the modern man as food, and then the modern man will destroy the entire primitive tribe.
"In addition, there is another very important thing I have to tell you, that is, there is no serious network signal in the country of Earthsea, so the mobile phones and computers you bring will turn into bricks, but we are still prepared
I have purchased some satellite phones to facilitate your contact with your family. If you need anything, you can come to me. If I am not here, go to the logistics manager of the expedition, Ms. Elizabeth."
As soon as Norton finished speaking, a young woman who looked to be in her twenties stood up. However, it was not known if there was something wrong with her eyes, so she did not open her eyes the whole time when she greeted everyone.
"Elizabeth."
Ricky, who was sitting next to Liu Xing, suddenly said: "This Elizabeth can be considered a legend at Miskatonic University, because even though she looks like she is only in her twenties, in fact she may be older than this plane."
The combined age of everyone on the planet is older!”
"Um?"
Looking at the confused Liu Xing, Ricky continued: "Elizabeth is actually a demon doll, and on the day Miskatonic University was built, she appeared at the university's opening ceremony and explained herself to the then president.
The idea of wanting to work in school; although Elizabeth looked like she does now, her movements and language were not flexible, and she had an obvious mechanical sense, so the principal and others knew that she was not a normal person.
But they still gave Elizabeth the opportunity to work at Miskatonic University. From then on, the director of the logistics department of Miskatonic University was Elizabeth, and Elizabeth is now just like a normal person."
"Of course, in the past few hundred years, some people have been investigating Elizabeth's life experience. After all, she appeared too suddenly, and many professors from Miskatonic University also tried to create a new Elizabeth, but they all failed.
ended, so many people think that Elizabeth's owner, the maker, is actually a very powerful magician and mechanic. However, there is no news about such a powerful person among us humans, so there is
Some people think that the maker of Elizabeth is not human; because of this, some people begin to be hostile to Elizabeth and think that Elizabeth may be harmful to us humans."
"From the naked eye, we can no longer tell the difference between Elizabeth and us humans, except that she likes to close her eyes. After all, the eyes are just decorations for her, so this is already a very scary thing.
Because if Elizabeth can pass her data to other similar demons, then these demons can mix into us humans in groups. At that time, if these demons want to be detrimental to us humans, they can come
One move makes us not know whether there are golems among the people around us, so we humans have to play a super-large werewolf killing game."
Hearing what Ricky said, Liu Xing also realized the horror of this matter, because once this became a reality, then humans all over the world would begin to doubt whether other people around them were golems, and once this suspicion
If it appears, it will gradually accumulate little by little, and finally force people to "find the answer."
"But judging from the current situation, Elizabeth has never shown hostility to humans, and Miskatonic University has been supervising Elizabeth's actions, so we don't have to worry about the omnic crisis for the time being."
Ricky looked at Norton and continued: "But I think the story of Prince Norton is more interesting."
