"There is a saying that the earth should indeed be renamed the water ball, because the ocean area is much larger than the land area."
The bloody ghoul said somewhat depressedly: "Although as a ghoul I can still move freely in the ocean, the speed of movement is simply speechless, so I will never go near any sea area if it is not necessary.
; Of course, except for the Dead Sea, because there I can really use a trick to float on the water."
"The Dead Sea, if I remember correctly, the Dead Sea today has been renamed the Dead Lake, because the area of the Dead Sea has shrunk a lot, and it seems that only half of it is left."
Li Mengyao frowned and said: "I had planned to travel to the Dead Sea before. After all, everyone knows the characteristics of the Dead Sea, so the Dead Sea is simply the best place for people like me who don't know how to swim but want to play in the water.
It’s a good place to go; and before that, the Dead Sea in my mind was just a big lake. But when I searched online that day, I found that the Dead Sea has lost so much. It’s really not much different from an ordinary lake, so I decided to
I gave up my travel plans.”
"Is it so much less? I remember that the Dead Sea used to be about the same size as the Bohai Sea in China, right? That was in the 2000s. At that time, I remember that there was a question-and-answer variety show that had a seven-day tour of the Dead Sea as the grand prize.
I asked if the area of the Dead Sea is similar to the body of water we are familiar with, and it was because of this question that I remembered that the areas of the Dead Sea and the Bohai Sea are almost the same; but when it comes to the Dead Sea, it sounds like a series of Aral Seas.
It’s even worse. Now it has shrunk by nearly 90%, leaving only a few scattered small lakes. The Aral Sea may be delisted in a few years, or it may become the next Lop Nur.”
Ding Kun touched his chin, suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "By the way, I remember that a batch of Dead Sea documents were recently unearthed over at the Dead Sea, so Miskatonic University is organizing people to go there to conduct research, and by the way, investigate the local documents.
No more discoveries to be made.”
Dead Sea Papers?
Liu Xing was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the Dead Sea Documents did not refer to a single book, but to a series of books unearthed near the Dead Sea, so they were quite rich in content. However, due to preservation reasons, these books
, or the parchment was damaged, so they all became fragments; however, in the Cthulhu Run game, there are many well-preserved magic books mixed in the Dead Sea documents, and the eras of these magic books span
It also lasted for thousands of years, which means that during this period, people were constantly hiding new Dead Sea documents near the Dead Sea.
This is a bit strange, because not many people settled near the Dead Sea in ancient times. After all, although the Dead Sea is a large area, the problem is that about 97% of the water in the Dead Sea is extremely salty.
Salt water is the reason why the Dead Sea can make people float. Whether this water is used for drinking or irrigating crops, it is drinking poison to quench thirst.
Therefore, the Dead Sea seems to have a large amount of water resources, but in fact the number of people it can carry is very limited. However, this also prevents the Dead Sea from dying together with the Aral Sea next door, because the Aral Sea is not salty enough.
It was pulled to irrigate nearby farmland, eventually turning the Aral Sea into an Aral Lake.
Therefore, not many people have settled near the Dead Sea, and at the same time, they have not developed a decent power. So when the first batch of Dead Sea documents were discovered, Miskatonic University went to study it, and in the end there was still no
I don’t know why the magic books in the Dead Sea Script appear here, and I don’t know where these magic books with all kinds of strange styles and contents come from.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that those magic books do not include the author's name.
That's right, none of the magic books currently found in the Dead Sea Documents has the name of the author, and there is no indication of the year the magic book was written. Therefore, the authenticity of these magic books can only be determined based on information such as material.
Approximately written time.
In addition, the contents of these magic books are also complicated, recording a large number of lost spells. However, the main reason why these spells are lost is that there are new spells that can completely replace them, and these new spells are not only
It is easy to use, consumes less money, and even has better results.
So it can be said that the spells recorded in these magic books are all old-fashioned products. Even if they enter the market, few people will buy them. And even if someone buys a few for nostalgia, they will be shelved after just a few uses.
.
This is like asking gamers who are accustomed to playing 3A masterpieces to play those FC games. Although most players will say that this game is playable, if they have a choice, they will definitely go back to play 3A masterpieces.
Although there are many classic works in FC games, the sensory stimulation they can bring to players cannot be compared with today's 3A masterpieces, not to mention that some of the features of these FC games have been absorbed and carried forward by later 3A masterpieces.
Therefore, why these magic books appeared in the Dead Sea Documents became the primary research direction of Miskatonic University. As a result, it did not take long for a new discovery to be made - the carrier materials of these magic books came from different regions.
Or rather from all over the world!
Yes, many of these magic books use animal skins as carriers, so Miskatonic University soon discovered that the animal skins here include not only common sheepskins, but also alpaca and kangaroo skins from across the ocean.
The skin is even whale skin or shark skin! This shows that these magic books may have been written from all over the world. In addition to animal skins, there are also many magic books that use paper as a carrier. It turns out that these papers are made from different varieties.
trees.
As for the final handwriting research, it was also found that these magic books should be written by different authors.
This is even more strange, because magicians from different places, even half a world apart, have to put their works near the Dead Sea, and mix them with ordinary books, which makes people touch them no matter what.
I'm confused and can't figure out what this is doing.
Moreover, Miskatonic University also teamed up with other forces to ask those big guys who have lived for thousands of years, hoping to learn from them what happened near the Dead Sea in those years, and whether any of their colleagues "contributed" to the Dead Sea.
The result is naturally nothing.
Therefore, after researching for a long time without any results, Miskatonic University chose to give up and had no idea of collecting these magic books. Firstly, because these spells were completely outdated and had no research value at all;
Secondly, these magic books are already old, and they are still full of salt content. The northwest wind has its own salty smell near the Dead Sea. It is very difficult to keep these magic books intact, so long distances
Transportation can easily make these magic books literally disappear.
As a result, these magic books were collected nearby, and a professional team was responsible for their care and further research... Of course, the professional team here is composed of a group of old professors who have nothing to do and have begun to retire.
Therefore, Liu Xing suspected that if it weren't for the martial arts module that prevented him from getting away, Liu Xing might have accepted this mission and traveled to the Dead Sea.
But to be honest, Liu Xing also really wants to travel to the Dead Sea, because like Li Mengyao, Liu Xing only has a basic swimming skill, but he is also very interested in getting into the water, so the Dead Sea is the only place in the world for Liu Xing.
It's relatively friendly and you don't need to worry about yourself sinking.
Wait, a thought suddenly flashed in Liu Xing's mind, that is, there may be more Dead Sea documents buried on the bed of the Dead Sea!
Because the salt content of the Dead Sea is extremely high, only 3% of the water can be called fresh water today, so there are not many living things in the entire Dead Sea. After all, the Dead Sea is just an inland salt lake, so the ocean
Creatures will not go to the Dead Sea to settle, and freshwater creatures will really only have one word when they reach the Dead Sea - death.
Therefore, the Dead Sea has always been regarded as a scenic spot of life. Only a very small number of creatures can adapt to the environment of the Dead Sea, so people no longer focus on the river bed of the Dead Sea, because it is a bare area with nothing but sand and stones.
Something else!
Over time, no one set their sights on the Dead Sea.
So is there a possibility that the Dead Sea documents found near the Dead Sea are all a deception, just to make everyone focus on these things that seem to have some value, but in fact they have little value! And really there is
Those worth of Dead Sea documents can be used to hide under the lamp and continue to wait for the destined person?!
Liu Xing thinks this is really possible, because Liu Xing himself has done this... When he was a child, in order to hide some cards at home that his parents were not allowed to buy, Liu Xing divided these cards into two piles, among which the less important ones were
A pile of them is placed in a common hidden place, that is, the kind of place that can be found as long as you are willing to look for it; and the remaining important cards are hidden nearby, but in a more secret place, so that your own
Even if parents come to search for their own cards, they will stop after finding the unimportant pile, because at this time, they will start to educate Liu Xing.
So by giving up his car to keep his handsomeness, Liu Xing successfully kept his cards, which may still be in a drawer at home.
Therefore, Liu Xing believes that the Dead Sea Documents should also be divided into a "public version" and a "collector's version", and the public part is the Dead Sea Documents that have been discovered. Among them, those magic books should be purchased by someone specifically and then placed near the Dead Sea.
A smoke bomb to confuse researchers; because when knowledgeable people see these magic books, they will wonder where these magic books come from and why they appear near the Dead Sea?
In this way, the Dead Sea Document can slow down the progress of researchers' investigations and ignore what is right under their noses.
"interesting."
Liu Xing looked at the people discussing the Dead Sea documents, and suddenly remembered that there was another speculation about the Dead Sea. That is, some players believed that the reason why the Dead Sea has such a high salt content, in addition to its own natural conditions, may also be related to the depth of the Dead Sea.
Divers have a certain connection! Because deep divers want to change the environment of the Dead Sea so that they can live more comfortably in the Dead Sea and turn the Dead Sea into a land fortress for themselves.
After all, there is still a clear gap between the combat effectiveness of deep divers in water and on land.
So are these Dead Sea documents a deception used by deep divers?
At this moment, Liu Xing heard a phone ringing in his ear, and then subconsciously took out a mobile phone from his pocket.
It was a call from Tian Qing.
Of course the Tian Qing who called was a real person in the real world, not the character card Liu Xing saw now.
"It seems that the Cthulhu Run game lobby is quite user-friendly. Seeing that I haven't started the game yet, I transferred the call from the real world."
While Liu Xing was talking, he was thinking about answering the phone, but found that he couldn't answer the phone at all. It seemed that he could only return to the real world and answer the phone again.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing could only choose to leave the Cthulhu Running Group game hall, because Liu Xing knew that Tian Qing must have a reason to call him at this time, and if he didn't answer it at this time, he would not call him again in the future.
I know how the Cthulhu Run game lobby will automatically restore itself.
After returning to the real world, Liu Xing quickly answered the phone.
Tian Qing on the other end of the phone got straight to the point and said: "Liu Xing, Li Mengyao and I are going to participate in a low-level module again to gain experience, and Lu Tianya will also come to participate this time, because she has not done a module in a long time.
Now, I need to resume some exercise; Liu Xing, didn’t you say that my uncle and aunt have already gone on a trip? So you are idle, so why not accompany us to participate in a module?"
So that’s what happened.
Liu Xing thought for a moment before replying: "No problem, I really have nothing to do at the moment, because after playing the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, those computer games have no attraction for me anymore.
I'm exhausted, so I really don't know how to live these two days; then the question is, do you plan to use the previous white character card to participate in the new module? Or change a new one? This way we can be better
We’ve formed a team.”
If the character cards of several team players are in different areas and do not know each other yet, then the Cthulhu Game Hall can only find a way to force these character cards together; with luck, these characters
The card becomes a netizen, and then everyone goes out to travel when they have nothing to do. Of course, it is also possible that several people who do not know each other go to the same place for business or tourism.
And if you are unlucky, you may meet in a special space.