Real Cthulhu Running Game

Liu Xing frowned, and said, "Could it be that our mobile phones have problems at the same time? Why is the time displayed on the mobile phones at eleven o'clock, and we obviously only stayed outside for about half an hour?"

Zhang Jingxu shook his head, and said seriously: "There should be no problem with the mobile phone. Li Dian made it clear that he can be sure that he has been in the clinic for more than two hours. Because of the sudden heavy rain yesterday, several patients for infusion came to the clinic after we left. Therefore, Li Dian always needs to pay attention to the time to change the medicines of the patients. That's why Li Dian dares to be so sure."

"It shouldn't be. We obviously only stayed at the Broken Bridge for about ten minutes, then went to the bamboo forest and stayed for a minute or two, then went straight back to the Broken Bridge, chatted with Xiao Mochen for a while, and then came back. It must have taken half an hour." Ishikawa Ling said suspiciously.

Liu Xing touched his chin, lost in thought.

What is certain at the moment is that if Li Dian hadn't lied, or in other words, conspired with Hu Cang to deceive his group, then his group's time had indeed disappeared for two hours for no reason, and his group hadn't noticed it at all.

Therefore, Liu Xing's biggest suspicion now is the mythical creature deep in the bamboo forest. After all, the only abnormal situation that his group encountered in these two and a half hours was being targeted by this mythical creature outside the bamboo forest.

First of all, Liu Xing can rule out the possibility that his group was controlled by the mythical creature with some kind of magic, so he did not perceive the passage of time, because Liu Xing did not hear the sound of the dice falling to the ground at that time, which means that kp Xuefeng did not cast secretly at that time. You must know that even Mr. Ke needs to roll dice when he exerts influence on the players, so this mythical creature cannot be more powerful than Mr. Ke.

And judging from the story in Xiao Mochen's mouth, that mythical creature should not have the ability to control time. After all, if that mythical creature really had the ability to control time, then it should not have been trapped deep in the bamboo forest by that Taoist priest. What's more, even in the Cthulhu running game, there are very few mythical creatures that can control time. Strictly speaking, it can be said that there are almost none, because people like Yisi just travel through time and do not really control time.

Therefore, Liu Xing ruled out the possibility of the mythical creature affecting time.

Could it be Xiao Mochen?

Liu Xing shook his head. Although Xiao Mochen's overall image seemed a bit out of place with Panlong Town, it didn't mean that there was something wrong with Xiao Mochen. After all, personal clothing depends on personal preferences. Even today, you can occasionally see Shamat on the street. . .

It is not advisable to judge people by their appearance, and according to a major theorem of the Cthulhu running game, people like Xiao Mochen who look different are generally not likely to be the final boss, at most they can only be regarded as more important NPCs.

Therefore, Liu Xing also ruled out Xiao Mochen, but now Liu Xing is also firm in his idea of ​​going to Xiao Mochen's teahouse in the afternoon, because Liu Xing thinks that Xiao Mochen should also have side missions and some important information.

Next, Liu Xing directly ruled out the possibility of the black dragon. After all, the black dragon hadn't appeared in the scene today, and the reason for excluding the mythical creature was the same, Liu Xing didn't think that black dragon would be able to control time.

In the end, Liu Xing ruled out the possibility of Hu Cang. Although Hu Cang might affect his group by putting medicine in the food, after all, the food his group ate in the module came from Hu Cang, but Li Dian was not affected, and Liu Xing couldn't figure out why Hu Cang did this, because if Hu Cang really wanted to deal with his group, he could just kill his group with poison.

Now Liu Xing's mind is already in a mess, and he really can't think of a reason.

At this time, Ishi Chuanling on the side said, "I may know why we lost two hours inexplicably."

While talking, Shi Chuanling gave Liu Xing a wink.

Liu Xing understood Shi Chuanling's meaning, so he nodded lightly, indicating that Shi Chuanling can now tell Zhang Jingxu his speculation this morning.

As a result, Ishikawa Ling first told Zhang Jingxu this morning's conjecture, and then continued: "Although the current Panlong Town has become an independent space, if this independent space does not have a strong existence to maintain it, then there must be some abnormalities in this independent space. For example, just like what we encountered, the flow of time in a certain area suddenly accelerated."

"When my cheap master Serac was teaching about these space knowledge, he told a little story by the way, that is, an evil magician appeared in the ancient times of Sybril, because this evil magician wanted to become a king on his own, so he borrowed the power of a certain old ruler to turn a city into an independent space, and then became the king of this city."

"Because the strength of the old rulers is too strong, those who came to destroy the evil magician could only return in vain because they could not enter the city. However, the evil magician did not take pride in it for too long, because maintaining this independent space required a lot of mana, so the evil magician was unable to maintain that independent space in the end, which caused various abnormalities in this independent space."

"For example, a fire suddenly broke out in a certain area of ​​the city, turning that area into scorched earth; or the people in a building suddenly rejuvenated and all became newborn children; or a black hole appeared directly, sucking everyone in the square; in short, that independent space eventually collapsed directly, and the city and the evil magician were wiped out."

Liu Xing frowned, and said, "Ishi Chuanling, you mean that our luck is pretty good now, and we didn't directly encounter that fatal abnormal situation."

Shi Chuanling nodded, and said seriously: "That's right, our luck today is indeed very good, we didn't die by the river for no reason, and I can now be sure that the place where we encountered the abnormal situation was next to the bamboo forest, because when I was looking at the top of the bamboo forest, I noticed that the position of the sun was still normal at that time, and when we returned to the broken bridge, I felt something was wrong with the shadow on the ground, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time."

Liu Xing thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there was such a thing.

"Then let's not go near that bamboo forest for the time being, lest we stay there for more than ten minutes, and a day will pass in the real world." Liu Xing said with a frown.

Shi Chuanling shook his head, and said: "Actually, there is no need to be so afraid of the area of ​​the bamboo forest, because the abnormal situation is called an abnormal situation because it will not continue to appear in a certain area for a long time, otherwise it should be renamed as a common sense situation."

Well, Liu Xing realized that he was worrying too much.

After roughly "solving" the problem of the inexplicable disappearance of time, Liu Xing asked Zhang Jingxu not to tell Wan Chongshan and Li Dian about these conjectures for the time being.

Zhang Jingxu nodded, and turned around to chat with Li Dian and Wan Chongshan. As for Hu Cang, he had already gone to the back kitchen on the first floor to cook.

Liu Xing and Shi Chuanling could only sit aside first, chatting casually.

After a while, Zhang Jingxu also sat next to Liu Xing, and said, "Just now I asked Li Dian and Wan Chongshan, and they also felt that there was something weird about Panlong Town itself, which caused our time to suddenly speed up, and Li Dian had initially gained Hu Cang's trust."

"That's a good thing. Judging from Xiao Mochen's performance, we can now be sure that everyone in Panlong Town should know the existence of the black dragon, but they all chose to avoid it for some ulterior reasons. If the relationship between Li Dian and Hu Cang can go further, then Li Dian can learn the story of the black dragon from Hu Cang's mouth." Shi Chuanling said with a smile.

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said, "Well, speaking of which, the version of the story that Hu Cang told Li Dian is more complete than what we heard from Xiao Mochen. For example, the story happened fifty years ago, and the monster's real body was actually a black cat; other than that, there are some discrepancies. For example, one of the bear children is not dead, and they are still alive and well. Also, the black cat demon did not kill a town in one night, but the black cat The demon has indeed killed many people."

Black cat demon? !

Liu Xing frowned. In all kinds of folklore stories in ancient and modern China and abroad, cats have a very high chance of appearing, especially black cats, which basically appear as villains.

After all, cats are mysterious animals that come and go without a trace, and black cats can blend into the darkness because of their body color, and the sound of cats walking is very soft, so black cats are easy to scare people at night. Over time, black cats have become synonymous with unknown.

In the Cthulhu running game, the probability of the black cat demon appearing as a mythical creature is still quite low. After all, compared with mythical creatures such as ghouls and deep divers, the black cat has a large gap in strength, and unless it is a modified version of the black cat demon, the ordinary form of the black cat demon will not be able to scare people at all.

And for players, it is very troublesome to deal with the black cat monster, because if the black cat monster is to appear as a mythical creature, it is a self-created mythical creature, because there is no template for the black cat monster in the rule book of the Cthulhu running game, so the author of the module can only set the black cat monster.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help sighing. It seems that there will be many original mythical creatures in this module. After all, this is just the beginning, and there are two original mythical creatures, the black dragon and the black cat demon. It is estimated that with the development of the plot, there will be many original mythical creatures.

At this time, Hu Cang had already come out with lunch, and everyone went to the table to eat.

I have to say that Hu Cang's craftsmanship is quite good.

After eating, everyone found an excuse to take a nap and went back to the third floor, where they gathered in Li Dian and Wan Zhongshan's room to discuss the situation.

Of course, because the number of times the secret room time can be used is very limited, and until now kp Xuefeng has not stated the approximate duration of this module, so the number of times the secret room time can be used should be sparing.

But this time, in order not to bother Zhang Jingxu to perform simultaneous translation, Liu Xing and others divided into two small groups for discussion. After the two small groups finished their discussions, Zhang Jingxu passed the results to both parties for the second round of discussion.

Zhang Jingxu was naturally on the side with Liu Xing and Shi Chuanling.

Soon, everyone reached a consensus.

First of all, the sudden acceleration of time should be just a case, so don't pay too much attention to it.

The second is the black cat demon in the depths of the bamboo forest. It's better not to provoke it now, after all, this black cat demon has killed people before, so it's not a good thing no matter how you look at it.

Then, Li Dian continued to build a good relationship with Hu Cang. As for Xiao Mochen, he also needed someone to follow up, and the best candidate was Wan Chongshan, because Wan Chongshan liked playing mahjong very much, so Wan Chongshan should have a common language with Xiao Mochen, the teahouse owner.

After all, in the Rongcheng area, or even in the entire Bashu area, teahouses are basically equivalent to mahjong parlors.

Finally, the itinerary for the afternoon is arranged. First of all, everyone must go to Xiao Mochen's teahouse to have a look. After all, no matter what game you are in, places like teahouses and taverns with a huge flow of people and responsible personnel are good places to collect information.

More importantly, Liu Xing is already a little itchy now.

As a native of Rongcheng, Liu Xing has learned to play mahjong since he was a child. After all, during festivals, weddings, funerals, and gatherings of relatives and friends, he will definitely choose to play mahjong, so Liu Xing can also be said to have been influenced by it.

But after graduating from university, because the job of a doctor is too busy, Liu Xing can only play mahjong with his cousins ​​during the Chinese New Year all year round, so now Liu Xing is eager to try, after all, Liu Xing has never played mahjong in the Cthulhu running game.

Of course, having said that, the essence of Mahjong and Cthulhu running game is still the same, mainly depends on the player's luck and choices.

PS: After writing this, I want to play mahjong again. . .