Ryuzaki looked around and saw that there were no outsiders before continuing: "This is said to be a treasure map, but in fact it is more like a time capsule. It contains a letter written by my father and others during college.
The content of the letter is about a little secret shared by the three of them... Although it is a little secret, looking at my father's look, I feel that this secret should not be simple, otherwise he would not tell me at this time.
Sent to retrieve the treasure map."
"Wait a minute, according to Ryuzaki, your father shouldn't need a treasure map to find the time capsule, right?" Liu Xing asked curiously.
Ryuzaki smiled, shook his head and said, "I thought the same thing at the beginning, but I never expected that my father and his friends would really play the game back then. This so-called treasure map was divided into three parts.
One part records the location of the time capsule, because this time capsule was buried by the chief; one part records the password to open the time capsule, which is in the hands of my father; and the last part is a deciphered copy,
In the hands of the uncle I don't know yet."
"Your father and the others are really good at playing. I really didn't expect this set of operations." Yin En shook his head and said, "But let me put it bluntly here. I think Ryuzaki, your father and the others want to preserve the things together."
The secret is definitely not simple, and may even affect the quality of the rest of their lives, and they do not trust each other, otherwise they would not have thought of this operation to ensure that no one can start this past alone."
Ryuzaki nodded and said with a serious face: "Yes, people who know the location of the time capsule, even if they can find and use various means to open the time capsule, will not be able to decipher the content of the letter in the end, and know how
The person who deciphered the content had no idea where the time capsule was... As for my father, who knew the password to open the time capsule, it was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so I also felt that the three of them were checking each other and not wanting anyone to get it.
Know the whole truth, and then use it to threaten the remaining two people."
"Actually, after I received this assignment from my father, I went to investigate what happened that year. As a result, I easily found a piece of news in the newspaper. The content was about the place where my father was when he was in college.
There was a theft case at the university, and a "Encyclopedia of Birds" treasured in the library was stolen. Today's market price of "Encyclopedia of Birds" is as high as hundreds of millions of dollars, because the book's
There are just too few of them left in the world."
""Encyclopedia of Birds"? I seem to have heard of this book. Although the author of this book is not very famous to the public, he is considered a big shot in the industry, and he wrote this "Encyclopedia of Birds"
The most distinctive point is that all the birds recorded in it are hand-painted in life-size form. Therefore, large raptors such as eagles would make this book half a person tall. Therefore, publishers at that time basically refused to publish it.
After all, such a large book requires the preparation of various printing tools, and these printing tools will most likely not be used in the future. At the same time, the sales of this book are also very worrying." Zhang Jingxu said.
Liu Xing imagined the size of the "Encyclopedia of Birds" and felt that if this book were published now, it would have a big gimmick to sell more copies. After all, modern logistics can allow this book to reach buyers directly.
At home, the buyer does not need to find a way to carry it home from the bookstore... However, this book is very expensive at first glance, after all, the illustrations in it are purely hand-drawn.
"Yes, this book was finally published by ordering in advance, so the original version of "The Encyclopedia of Birds" was not in large numbers, and many of the original copies were damaged to varying degrees due to poor storage.
Therefore, there are only a few copies of "The Encyclopedia of Birds" that are in good condition in the world, and the stolen "Encyclopedia of Birds" was also called the one in best condition before it was stolen, because this "Encyclopedia of Birds" was in good condition.
"Encyclopedia of Classes" has always been collected in the university library."
Ryuzaki thought for a while and continued: "According to the information I found, because there were not many surveillance equipment in the university at that time, based on the information provided by witnesses, the number of thieves was estimated to be around three to four; these
The thief got in when the library was about to close in the afternoon, disguised as a janitor, knocked out the staff on duty at the time, and then put the "Encyclopedia of Birds" in the garbage truck and pushed it out.
Driving away in a van."
Hearing this, Liu Xing couldn't help but ask: "Then Ryuzaki, how did you confirm that this matter may be related to your father?"
"My father's family conditions were pretty good, because my grandfather was a famous engineer in my hometown. Unfortunately, my grandfather had a car accident when my father was in college. Although he saved his life in the end, the family conditions plummeted. This made me
My father suddenly changed from a young man to a pauper; but not long after, my father claimed that he had found a good part-time job, so he quickly returned to his old life and even went to the island country at his own expense."
Ryuzaki sighed and said a little depressed: "Judging from the current situation, my father should have participated in this theft case and then received a sum of money from other people in advance, and this so-called time capsule contains
Maybe it's not a letter, but the "Encyclopedia of Birds"! Of course, this "Encyclopedia of Birds" may have been sold, so what's in the time capsule should be the incriminating evidence about all this."
"I see, no wonder no one trusts anyone. If it were me, I wouldn't trust my so-called classmates and friends in the face of the benefits of hundreds of millions of dollars. Even my family members may not trust them. After all, so much money has already been spent."
It’s tempting enough.”
Yin En shook his head and said: "Then Ryuzaki, you have to be careful later. If the chief tells his family about this before leaving, it will not be easy for you to take away the things.
You might even be kidnapped."
Ryuzaki patted his chest and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have been a soldier for a few years. Although I have not been in actual combat and the training intensity is relatively low, I still have no pressure to deal with ordinary people. What's more,
I also brought several bodyguards with me this time. If it doesn't work, you won't watch me explain here, right?",
"Okay, it turns out that this is why you came to see us, Ryuzaki." Zhang Jingxu pretended to be angry and said, "Then you go, we won't come to save you, so you'd better ask for your blessings.
"
After laughing and joking for a while, Ryuzaki stood up and left.
"Congratulations to all players for triggering an optional mission - a friend is in trouble. If you choose to accept the mission, your friend Ryuzaki will have an accident soon. The type of accident will be determined by a 1d10 dice; of course
If you don't choose to accept the mission, nothing unexpected will happen to Ryuzaki, but you will not be able to accept subsequent missions."
kp Kongjing suddenly said: "How do you say this optional mission? In fact, it is similar to the mission you used to gain favorability in the chess and card room. They are special missions that have nothing to do with the main mission and are optional. This
The difficulty of these tasks is not high, so the rewards obtained are not very useful, but they may also have miraculous effects; in short, these tasks are to fill in the long-term blank time that may exist in the main tasks in the Cthulhu area. Of course, these tasks are basically
The city will be related to the NPC you are familiar with!"
Just when Liu Xing was about to speak, kp Kongjing continued: "This is actually a watershed, because before this, you and those NPCs were just good friends. Although you have experienced a lot of things together, your
Cooperation is more about coming together because of interests, so these tasks can make you and familiar NPCs become real good friends. Although they are not close to life and death, they will reach out to you most of the time.
A helping hand, so my personal suggestion is to do whatever you can.”
Hearing what kp Kongjing said, Liu Xing and others looked at each other and finally accepted the mission.
Although Ryuzaki is just an ordinary person, he is about to become the head of a certain family in the island country, and his father is also somewhat influential, so Liu Xing and others will also have some influence if they carry out certain tasks in the island country in the future.
The opportunity came to use Ryuzaki, so Liu Xing and others finally chose to help Ryuzaki overcome this difficulty... Although if Liu Xing and others chose not to accept this mission, Ryuzaki would have successfully completed the trip.
, go home for dinner without any surprises.
"Then when you are not performing the main mission, the next step of this optional mission may be triggered at any time, so please be prepared at any time." kp Kongjing said with a smile: "I can actually tell you that this optional mission
The reward for the mission, in addition to Ryuzaki's favorability, will also be an original copy of "The Encyclopedia of Birds", which contains a unique illustration that is not available in other original copies."
Liu Xing raised his brows and said subconsciously: "Is it an illustration by Bayaki? If the author of this book saw Bayaki from a distance, he might indeed have regarded it as a special kind of bird."
"You are right, this illustration is indeed related to Bayaki, but the point is that there will be a good thing in the background of this illustration, so this illustration is actually a real treasure map. You can check it through
From this illustration and the accompanying text, we can deduce the specific location, and then we can go hunting for treasures." kp Kongjing said with a smile.
When it came to treasure hunting, Yin En immediately became energetic, "I am very good at treasure hunting. When I was a child, I used to watch those adventure movies..."
Before Yin En finished speaking, Norton's voice suddenly sounded in the room, "Ahem, everyone can go to the cafeteria for lunch now. Because the food supply here is not enough, the lunch time is only half an hour. It's not too late.
Wait."
Now that Norton said so, Liu Xing and others got up directly and went to the airport's "canteen", which is also the departure hall.
At this time, Zakarev and Ricky also left the room with their respective teams. They had seen Liu Xing and others having visitors, so they went back separately.
Because they were not acquainted with each other yet, Zakarenfu and Ricky did not ask about Ryuzaki, but talked about whether they wanted to go to the city for a walk in the afternoon.
Although the capital was still in chaos at this time, the urban area had returned to normal order. Because the businesses there were all covered by people, they could resume business faster.
"The road from the airport to the city is relatively smooth, and we won't pass through shantytowns on the way, so we don't need to worry about encountering any danger. In other words, our danger still comes from those mercenaries." Ricky said seriously.
Said: "I know you may ask why you prefer to go to the tiger mountain despite knowing that there are tigers in the mountain. That's because both Zakarenv and I believe that those mercenaries are actually potential partners for cooperation. The reason is that there is nothing bad between us.
Conflicts to be reconciled, so maybe we can have a good chat."
Liu Xing thought for a while and found that the expedition team he and his group were in actually did not have many direct conflicts with the mercenaries, unless they had regarded the ruins of the ancient civilization as their core goal, but this was basically not the case.
It's possible. After all, if they came for this ruins, then the expedition team wouldn't fall into the pit, and they wouldn't come here.
The Miskatonic University expedition team is very reasonable. If there is already a first comer in a place, then the Miskatonic University expedition team will choose to disband on the spot or temporarily avoid it until the first comer leaves.
Let’s make further plans, so the reputation of Miskatonic University will always be so good. Even if the secret church does not involve its core interests, it will give Miskatonic University a face.
Of course, there are actually several secret churches under Miskatonic University. After all, Miskatonic University comes into contact with too many monsters and monsters, so many professors and students have gone astray. However, these professors and students
They all still retained their last sanity, so they established a secret church that did not do bad things. They would also make white gloves for Miskatonic University and be responsible for handling some difficult things.
"If we can really see those mercenaries, we can reach a consensus with them on the condition of non-interference, and even support them in completing their plans. After all, a place like Earthsea cannot get worse.
"
Liu Xing expressed great agreement with Ricky's words, because anyone who has a certain understanding of Earthsea will feel that Earthsea has reached the minimum standard of a country, so Earthsea has long since stopped declining.
