At this time, a female voice sounded, "Hello everyone, I am the kp of this module, my name is Xuefeng. I hope all players can successfully pass this promotion module."
Wait, Yukikaze?!
Liu Xing was shocked. He did not expect that the kp of this module would be called such an auspicious name. He also wished him the best to pass the module. It seems that if nothing else happens, he will be promoted to the module this time.
The group is going to be cool.
"Well, I know that some players may have some misunderstandings about my name, so please don't be too superstitious. This Xuefeng is not that Xuefeng, and it will definitely not bring good luck to everyone." kp Xuefeng said helplessly.
After a few seconds, kp Xuefeng continued: "Okay, back to the topic, this module is actually a special module. To put it simply, this module does not have a real main mission, but
It is composed of multiple side tasks, so when the player completes a certain side task, he will get a certain amount of 'truth' points. When the 'truth' points reach 100 points, the player can clear this module and get 1500
Points are given, and of course, you will be rewarded with corresponding points by completing side tasks."
"As for the secret room time that players are most concerned about, this module is set up in this way. Each player has only two opportunities to initiate secret room time. Each secret room time can last ten minutes. Of course, the dialogue between players during the secret room time
It cannot be heard by NPCs or mythical creatures, otherwise you will be punished for super travel. I hope you can pay attention to these details."
"By the way, because this module takes place near Rongcheng in China, all players should be very aware of the security situation in China. Therefore, some of the players' props have been automatically removed. Players can
After returning to the real world, check it in the prop interface. Okay, now players, please get ready, we are going to officially start the game."
As soon as kp Xuefeng finished speaking, Liu Xing found that he was sitting in a bus, with Ishikawa Ling sitting next to him. There was pouring rain outside the bus window, and Liu Xing couldn't see the situation outside the bus at all.
Liu Xing looked around and found that he and Ishikawa Ling were sitting at the back of the bus. The person sitting in front of him was Zhang Jingxu. There were also two tourists sitting in the middle and at the front of the bus, and standing next to the driver's seat.
The driver and the female tour guide were there.
According to "Watanabe Ryusei"'s memory, because no one had a driver's license, and there was no fixed bus to the mountainous area where the ancient man was, "Zhang Jingxu" suggested taking a certain tour group's bus to the destination, and because it was currently
It was the off-peak tourist season, so there were only two tourists on the bus besides the three of us.
Twenty minutes ago, that is, at nine o'clock in the evening, the bus was traveling normally on the highway. Suddenly, there was a heavy rain, causing a landslide in front of it, completely blocking the highway. Therefore, the driver immediately rushed to ensure safety.
I found an intersection and got off the expressway, and after crossing a bridge, I came to the place where the bus currently stops.
At this time, the female tour guide said: "Dear tourists, because there are only two umbrellas in the car, the driver and I will get off the car first to seek help from the locals to arrange accommodation and meals for tonight. So please
Tourists are asked to stay in the car for the time being to avoid accidents."
After saying that, the female tour guide and the driver left the bus holding umbrellas.
From this point of view, the remaining two tourists are both players.
"Mr. Zhang Jingxu, I just said don't be anxious. We won't encounter these things until we leave the next day." Ishikawa Ling said to Zhang Jingxu with a smile.
Originally, "Watanabe Ryusei" and "Ishikawa Rei" planned to set off again early tomorrow morning, but because "Zhang Jingxu" insisted on visiting the ancient man as soon as possible, because the ancient man's whereabouts were erratic, maybe because of
After arriving an hour or two late, the ancient man could no longer be seen, so "Zhang Jingxu" forcibly pulled "Watanabe Ryusei" and "Ishikawa Rei" into the car.
Zhang Jingxu shook his head helplessly and turned around and said: "What can I do? I'm very desperate now. Who would have thought that it would suddenly rain heavily and cause landslides, but this time it's not because I want to help Meteor
Classmate, you go visit that ancient one, otherwise we wouldn’t have encountered these things.”
Suddenly being thrown away by Zhang Jingxu, Liu Xing said speechlessly: "Okay, okay, I can't bear this responsibility, but looking at the current rain, I'm afraid it won't stop until tomorrow morning."
At this time, the player sitting at the front also stood up and walked to the middle of the bus to chat with another player. However, only then did Liu Xing realize that he did not understand what they were saying at all, although Liu Xing knew that they
They are communicating in Chinese.
Oops.
Liu Xing then remembered that after arriving in the Shoggoth area, players would begin to experience "language barriers". If the character cards used by players did not have corresponding language skills, they would not be able to understand what the other party was saying at all.
Therefore, because the character card used by Liu Xing is from the island country, and he has not learned the skill "Other Languages: Chinese", Liu Xing is definitely unable to communicate with those two players in language now.
Fortunately, the character card used by Zhang Jingxu happened to be able to speak Chinese and island Mandarin, so in this module, Zhang Jingxu had to play the role of a translator.
Of course, this is not good news for Liu Xing. After all, the main language in this module is definitely Chinese, so if you don’t understand Chinese, it will be difficult for you to move forward in this module, let alone search.
The information was obtained, and the information obtained was only second-hand information, which required Zhang Jingxu to translate. If Zhang Jingxu's translation was biased, things would be even more troublesome.
Ishikawa Ling also realized this problem, so he smiled and said to Zhang Jingxu: "Zhang Jingxu, it seems that we will need you to be our translator later. After all, neither Meteor nor I speak Chinese."
Zhang Jingxu sighed, shrugged and said: "No problem, when I invited you to come to China, I was already mentally prepared, but you should not have too high expectations for my translation skills. After all, my island Mandarin
It can only be said to be average, and some things may be translated strangely."
Liu Xing nodded. It seemed that Zhang Jingxu's "Other Languages: Island Mandarin" skill value should be around 50. He could converse proficiently in Island Mandarin, but he was powerless with some rare or professional words.
It seems that the module is in trouble this time.
Liu Xing and the other three looked at each other.
At this time, the other two players also ended their conversation and came over and said: "@♂▲..."
Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling both looked confused.
"These two people came to introduce themselves. The tall and thin one is called Li Dian, who is a local forensic doctor in Rongcheng; and the dark one is called Wan Zhongshan, who is a geologist from Xishan. I have already mentioned
I told them your situation." Zhang Jingxu translated.
Liu Xing raised an eyebrow. The player configuration this time was quite interesting. There were "rare professions" such as forensic scientists and geologists.
In the USB flash drive that Yin En gave him yesterday, the first message Liu Xing saw was "About the professional ratings in the Cthulhu Running Team game". Among them, forensic medicine is considered to be an intermediate profession that "can be used once."
Geologists, on the other hand, are a low-profile profession that "it's better to get a new card".
The reason for such a rating is because in the Cthulhu Run game, players' skill points are divided into two categories - professional skill points and interest skill points. Generally speaking, a player's professional skill points are higher than interest skill points.
Much higher, but professional skill points can only be spent on skills related to this profession.
Therefore, it can be said that occupation-related skills such as geologist cannot be used once in most modules, and even if they are used, they will not have very good effects.
Therefore, the professional skill points of a geologist can be said to be very cost-effective.
In the same way, the professional skills of forensic doctors can only be said to be relatively average. Although they can use their skills on many occasions, the effects they can achieve are also very average, and some skills need to be used with relevant props.
Therefore, professions such as forensic scientists and geologists can be regarded as "endangered professions" in the Cthulhu Run game. Firstly, almost no players will choose to create character cards for such professions. Secondly, this
Basically, character cards cannot survive a single module...
Therefore, Liu Xing looked at Li Dian and Wan Zhongshan with some surprise. He did not expect that he would encounter two "endangered professions" at the same time in the promotion module. Liu Xing did not know whether he was lucky or unlucky.
All in all, Liu Xing felt that he should be mentally prepared for a bad start.
Under Zhang Jingxu's translation, everyone was chatting happily, but Liu Xing also noticed something strange at this time, that is, the female tour guide and driver have not returned yet.
By rough calculation, it has been almost twenty minutes since the female tour guide and the driver left the bus. Logically speaking, regardless of whether they found help from the local villagers, someone should come back to inform them of the news.
Although Liu Xing guessed from the beginning that the female tour guide and the driver were two cannon fodder NPCs who would be killed by the plot, Liu Xing did not expect that the plot would come so quickly, and he immediately eliminated the female tour guide and the driver at the beginning.
.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing told Zhang Jingxu his guess, "Zhang Jingxu, why haven't the driver and tour guide returned yet? Will something happen to them?"
Zhang Jingxu frowned, and first translated Liu Xing's words to Li Dian and Wan Zhongshan out of habit, and then expressed his own opinion, "It seems that something might have happened to the driver and tour guide. After all, it is easy to have problems with such heavy rain."
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At this time, the rain outside the car window suddenly became lighter, and Liu Xing was finally able to see the surrounding situation clearly.
The bus was parked in the middle of the street in the town. On both sides were rows of closely packed single-family three-story buildings, with shops on the first floor and housing on the second and third floors.
At this time, a light suddenly appeared on the second floor of the building on the left side of the bus.
"Look, there are lights over there." Liu Xing said.
Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with some confusion: "What should we do now? How about we go over and knock on the door of that household. Maybe the tour guide and driver are there?"
Liu Xing and Ling Ishikawa naturally agreed with Zhang Jingxu's idea. After all, they had already collaborated on a module and trusted each other very much, so the cooperation was reached without any further words.
After Li Dian discussed with Zhang Jingxu for a while, he also agreed to act together with Zhang Jingxu. As for Wan Zhongshan, he said that he would stay in the bus first and wait for the tour guide and driver.
So Liu Xing and the other four ran to the brightly lit building in the heavy rain and knocked on the rolling shutter door on the first floor.
While waiting for the response from the owner of the building, Liu Xing couldn't help but look at the bridge that the bus passed by when arriving.
According to one of the laws of the Cthulhu Running Group game, important passages like bridges that connect to the outside world will definitely break due to various reasons, so now Liu Xing is very curious about how this bridge will break.
However, Liu Xing already has some guesses. Although the story background of this module is full of question marks, some clues can still be seen from the name of the module.
Old town.
Liu Xing can be sure that the "old days" here does not refer to the Old Ones. After all, this module is only a module for the Shoggoth area, and there is no way that the Old Ones will appear.
Therefore, Liu Xing believes that the "old days" in the name of the module most likely means "past" or "ancient", because the building in front of Liu Xing now looks very old, and the rolling shutter doors are already
It's rusty.
Therefore, Liu Xing thought that the bridge should have broken under the erosion of heavy rain due to its age and disrepair.
At this moment, the rolling shutter door was opened, and a plain-looking man who looked about twenty years old looked at everyone with a puzzled face.
Because Zhang Jingxu was responsible for translating for Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling, Li Dian volunteered to talk to the man.
"The man's name is Hu Cang. He is a local. He is willing to provide us with food and accommodation tonight." Zhang Jingxu translated in a concise and concise manner.
Liu Xing nodded and said, "Well, let's go back to the car and bring the luggage over now. It will be bad if the car leaks."
According to another major law of the Cthulhu Running Game, when trapped on an "isolated island", vehicles will basically be damaged due to various reasons, so it is best not to put important props in vehicles.
As a result, Li Dian was left to continue communicating with Hu Cang about the details, while Liu Xing and the other three ran back to the bus to take away their luggage.
As for Wan Zhongshan, he said that he would wait on the bus for a while.
At this moment, kp Xuefeng said with a smile: "Okay, now all players, please make an inspiration judgment."