Although Liu Xing knew that the dead elementary school students were all NPCs, just a bunch of data in the Cthulhu Running Team game, this did not prevent Liu Xing from feeling pity and helplessness for their deaths, but fortunately, if he
If the party can complete that side mission, their deaths can be prevented.
Therefore, Liu Xing took a deep breath and said: "Let's not talk about this for now. After all, some things have passed. It's a problem to continue to be entangled like this. Besides, we have done our best, so don't
Let these things affect our mood."
Ishikawa Ling nodded and said with some confusion: "That's right, let's not talk about these sad topics now, but do you think it's a little strange that we didn't see the victims' family members at the fire scene?
Moreover, the number of people present seems to be a bit small, and those who come are basically men.”
After hearing what Ishikawa Ling said, Liu Xing immediately began to think about the situation at the fire scene this afternoon, and it seemed that this was really the case.
The first is the issue of the family members of the victims of this fire. In Liu Xing’s impression, when encountering this kind of situation, there will definitely be family members of the victims crying at the scene. After all, when they think that their children have been buried in the sea of fire, everyone will be in a state of mind.
Collapsed.
What's more, in a small town like Panlong Town, everyone is basically related to each other, and at least they are all acquaintances with each other. Moreover, Panlong Town is such a large area, and news can be transmitted very quickly, so Liu Xing
But I don’t think that at the fire scene just now, there were no family members of the victims among those who participated in the firefighting.
However, the families of these victims behaved very calmly. They devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the fire-fighting operations. They did not cry or make trouble, and they did not go to the mayor Li Ming to make any unreasonable demands, such as sending someone to the police.
Liu Xing couldn't help but feel a little incredible that people risked entering a fire scene. After all, Liu Xing didn't think that the families of these victims had such a good psychological quality, because this involved their children and their future.
You must know that for parents and elders, children can be said to be everything to them, and they will do anything for their children, just like in the two world-famous terrorist attacks that occurred in the Bear Country, in order to rescue
The parents of their own children bring their own weapons to attack terrorists.
Although in a strict sense, the behavior of the parents of the Bear Country disrupted the police deployment, caused serious adverse consequences, and resulted in a large number of casualties, no one can blame those parents of the Bear Country too much.
, after all, they are doing this for the safety of their children.
Therefore, Liu Xing felt that the family members of the victims of the black Internet cafe fire were a little too calm.
The second is the number of people at the fire scene. Although Liu Xing did not pay careful attention to the count, but looking back now, Liu Xing estimated that the number of people present at the time should be about forty or fifty, which was obviously abnormal.
Because based on what he saw and heard this afternoon, Liu Xing initially estimated that the number of residents in Panlong Town should be around 300 to 500 people. This means that there was only one-tenth of the population at the fire scene just now.
Residents of Panlong Town were present.
You must know that no matter where they are, most human beings have the habit of joining in the fun. Usually when two people quarrel and fight, a circle of people will gather around them. What's more, this is a fire, a major event that may involve relatives and friends.
Therefore, Liu Xing said that not only the entire Panlong Town people should be present, but at least half of the Panlong Town people should be present for it to be normal.
As for the last point that Ishikawa Ling said, Liu Xing became even more strange the more he thought about it. At the fire scene just now, apart from the proprietress of the black Internet cafe, Liu Xing really didn't see a single woman...
etc.
Liu Xing frowned and began to think carefully about all his experiences today. It seemed that apart from the proprietress of the Internet cafe, he only saw Hu Li!
Thinking of this, Liu Xing immediately said: "By the way, do you think we didn't see any other women today except the wife of the black Internet cafe and Hu Li?"
Ishikawa Ling and Zhang Jingxu both frowned and shook their heads after thinking for a moment.
As for Wan Zhongshan and Li Dian, after Zhang Jingxu translated, they shook their heads and said that they did not see other women.
This is very strange. Could it be that the ratio of men to women in Panlong Town is so imbalanced, or that women in Panlong Town don’t like to go out?
"Okay, how about I ask Hu Cang these questions later?" Zhang Jingxu said.
Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling naturally agreed. Anyway, they were unable to communicate with Hu Cang. Among the three Zhang Jingxu, Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling definitely believed in Zhang Jingxu more.
However, when Zhang Jingxu was discussing with Li Dian and Wan Zhongshan, Liu Xing could tell that Li Dian had some opinions, so after Zhang Jingxu and Li Dian had a discussion, Zhang Jingxu decided to hand over the leadership to Li Dian.
"The progress on Li Dian's side is very good, and he can be regarded as a brother-in-law with Hu Cang. Especially after we told Hu Cang this afternoon that he already knew the secret of the black dragon, Hu Cang became more open-minded, so it's better to
It would be better for Li Dian to ask Hu Cang for information, and I can also translate their conversation for you, Meteorite, in real time. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the time." Zhang Jingxu said with a smile.
Liu Xing nodded. It was a good thing that Li Dian could successfully establish a relationship with Hu Cang.
Ishikawa Ling thought for a while and said: "Well, Zhang Jingxu, tell Li Dian for me and ask him to ask Hu Cang about the specific situation of the drowned elementary school student, and who is the person who set fire to the Internet cafe this afternoon?
who."
Ishikawa Ling was obviously planning for the side mission that had just been triggered. After all, he and his team knew nothing about the drowned elementary school student and the person who set fire to the Internet cafe today.
If we go back in time, it would be very embarrassing if we and our group don't know the NPCs we need to contact to complete the side missions.
Just after Zhang Jingxu translated Ishikawa Ling's words to Li Dian, Hu Cang began to serve the dishes.
So, everyone tacitly got up and went to the kitchen to serve food.
After a while, everyone sat around the table with Hu Cang and started eating dinner.
After Li Dian took a few bites of rice, he began to talk to Hu Cang.
And Zhang Jingxu naturally started his real-time translation work, "It seems that Li Dian is quite good at chatting. He first complimented Hu Cang's medical skills, and then started to ask Hu Cang about the arson case that just happened in a black Internet cafe."
The whole story, and Hu Cang directly told everything he knew. First of all, the name of the primary school student who was drowned at the beginning was Wang Haiyang. He lived in Wangjiazhai outside Panlong Town, so he was a general school student and usually lived in
Panlong Town Primary School."
"We have all seen that the best entertainment place for primary school students in Panlong Town is the black Internet cafe. After all, games have a fatal attraction for children. Even if they cannot operate it with their own hands, watching
Playing games is also a good way to pass the time, so Wang Haiyang often goes to black Internet cafes to watch others play games, because Wang Haiyang’s family conditions are relatively average, so Wang Haiyang basically has no pocket money, so he can only watch but not play.”
"Based on Hu Cang's understanding, the proprietress of the black Internet cafe is a petty person. She has never given a good look to those elementary school students who only watch others playing games on their own territory without spending a penny on themselves. So,
According to Hu Cang's speculation, the proprietress of the black Internet cafe at that time probably said or did something to Wang Haiyang because Wang Haiyang did not spend money to play games, which caused Wang Haiyang to commit suicide by jumping into the river."
"As for the person who set fire to the Internet cafe today, it has been found out that it is Wang Haiyang's father Wang An'an. He is an ordinary farmer. He is honest and loyal. His reputation in Panlong Town has always been very good. However, because Wang Haiyang is Wang An'an's only
is a child, so it is reasonable for Wang Anping to do such a thing as burning down the black Internet cafe. Moreover, Wang Anping also knew that he had made a big mistake and would definitely die, so he burned it on himself before entering the black Internet cafe.
He poured gasoline, and he was the first to die in the fire, and the confirmed death toll in this fire is thirteen people, including Wang Ping'an and the proprietress of the black Internet cafe."
Sure enough, you can't mess with honest people.
Liu Xing sighed and said: "So, it seems that this is really a completely avoidable tragedy. If Wang Haiyang was not addicted to games, there would be no such fire; if the boss of the black Internet cafe could not be so petty
, then there would not have been this fire; if Wang Ping'an was not so impulsive and chose such an extreme method to avenge his son, then there would not have been this fire."
The reason why Liu Xing said this was actually to remind Ishikawa Ling and others to make a basic strategy for the next side mission. At that time, as long as they follow these three main points and the specific situation after turning back time, they can
You can easily complete this side mission...right?
After learning about the causes and consequences of the fire in the black Internet cafe, Liu Xing felt that the difficulty of this side mission was a bit too low. Basically, with a few words and one or two judgments, he could directly complete this side mission and prevent the fire in the black Internet cafe from happening.
Will the Cthulhu Run game arrange such simple tasks?
of course not.
After all, this is a promotion module for the Shoggoth area. It is impossible for such a simple task to exist, even if the rewards of this side task are relatively average.
Therefore, Liu Xing felt that it was either this side mission or something fishy. After all, Hu Cang was just a bystander and had heard some rumors, so Hu Cang’s words could not be taken completely seriously; or this side mission was just a prerequisite mission.
After completing this side task, a new side task will be opened, and this new side task may be very difficult.
At this time, Zhang Jingxu interrupted Liu Xing's thinking, "Okay, Li Dian started to get to the point. He was asking Ishikawa Ling the questions you just mentioned. However, Hu Cang looked like these questions were not difficult to answer. According to Hu Cang,
According to Cang, because the next town opened an embroidery workshop a year ago, and the business was very good, basically all the women in Panlong Town were recruited to work, so now there are only more than 300 women in Panlong Town.
The permanent population, excluding some old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as those primary school students, is only fifty or sixty young and strong men."
Liu Xing nodded, and Hu Cang's explanation was relatively perfect, basically answering Ishikawa Ling's questions.
However, Liu Xing could clearly feel that Hu Cang was avoiding the important and trivial, because Hu Cang's answer intentionally or unintentionally ignored the most important key point, which was the issue of the victim's family.
Liu Xing frowned and said, "Zhang Jingxu, did Li Dian just ask Hu Cang about the victim's family?"
Zhang Jingxu shook his head gently and said helplessly: "Li Dian asked, but Hu Cang has always been talking about him and intentionally avoiding the question, so Li Dian can't bother with this anymore.
To avoid causing Hu Cang’s resentment and dissatisfaction, after all, we are just outsiders.”
Because Hu Cang deliberately guided the topic, the subsequent conversation between Li Dian and Hu Cang was all nonsense, which made Liu Xing even more convinced that Hu Cang was still hiding something.
After the meal, Liu Xing and his party went directly to the third floor, sat down in the room of Li Dian and Wan Zhongshan, and then Wan Zhongshan activated the secret room time.
"Here I go, this module is too weird. It includes so many original mythical creatures. It must be trying to trick us." Wan Zhongshan complained.
Ishikawa Ling nodded and said with deep sympathy: "Yes, I suspect that the number of original mythical creatures in this module should be more than ten. The most important thing is that these side tasks are also very confusing. According to the current situation
Look, these side tasks may involve and interfere with each other. It is very likely that after completing a certain side task, the other side task will no longer be completed."
"It's possible, you should have noticed that the relationship between Hu Cang, Xiao Mochen and Hu Li is not simple, and the three of them should be important NPCs in this module, so they have
Each of us may only be able to choose to do one or two of the side tasks, so I suggest that in the next action, we split up and take action. I will continue to be in charge of Hu Cang, and Wan Zhongshan will be in charge of Xiao Mo.
Chen Chen, and Zhang Jingxu, you three should try to communicate with Hu Li." Li Dian said seriously.
Liu Xing strongly agreed with Li Dian's idea, "OK, let's allocate it as you said, Li Dian. But having said that, Wan Zhongshan, did you gain anything from playing cards with Xiao Mochen this afternoon?"
Wan Zhongshan nodded and said with a strange expression: "Yes, yes, but I'm not sure. I just suspect that Xiao Mochen may be a woman..."
PS: Tomorrow is May Day, Labor Day. Let me, a working people, have a day off, okay?