my cthulhu game

Chapter 11 My Old Xu Just Wants to Live a Peaceful Life
Uncle Xu would never have dreamed of it——Chen Qiang already knew all about his secret.

After unlocking the Keeper's toolbox, Chen Qiang's mobile phone map has the function of "retrieving all mythical creatures and mythological books within a radius of 2000 meters".

He can freely search for mythical creatures around him without worrying about being discovered!

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?
In the past few days, Chen Qiang has already searched the entire university town on his bicycle.

What?Why not drive, or at least ride a small eMule?

I'm sorry, knowledge of mythological creatures is very important, but physical fitness is equally important. I, Chen Qiang, will work hard to exercise from today on!

In conclusion, apart from "The Court of Carcosa" locked up by him, the only thing in the university town that has a mythical reaction is the ice cream shop where he works, and that one stays in the shop most of the day mythical creature.

Plus……

In the contact list, Uncle Xu's sanity value is a beautiful 0.

"I can't believe it's you." Chen Qiang sighed as he looked at the item "Summer Strange Talk" in the phone's [Currently Available Modules].

Every time Chen Qiang approached the ice cream shop, his phone would pop up a prompt "Whether to enter the module "Summer Strange Talk"".He is now the Keeper, and he can freely decide whether to join the module or arrange for investigators to enter the module.

Speaking of which, isn't it summer yet?Is the name of this mod really okay?
……

Chen Qiang guessed that Uncle Xu's secret in the basement was not groundless.

In his last life, he also worked in Uncle Xu's ice cream shop, but Uncle Xu didn't stop him from going into the basement at that time.

So... Uncle Xu's strict prohibition of outsiders from entering his basement in his life is related to the fact that the whole world has become the world of Cthulhu mythology.

……

Chen Qiang tiptoed towards the door at the end of the steps.

The door was closed, but Chen Qiang opened it with a light touch.

Perhaps Uncle Xu was too hasty when he left and didn't have time to lock the door.

Pre-prepared special tools are not used.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Qiang pushed open the door.He is already prepared to lose some SAN (sanity value, hereafter referred to as SAN value).

"……fine."

Chen Qiang ignored those freezers on the left that belonged to human civilization at a glance.There were some half-decomposed livestock carcasses hanging from the ceiling on the right hand side, but Uncle Xu specially set up an incense burner in the corner, which greatly covered up the rotten smell.Maybe there is some magical effect here, and it's not certain.

But Chen Qiang's attention was focused on a small altar carved from black rock in the corner.The altar is covered with a gray-white shroud, and in the middle is an urn with strange strips of writing engraved on it.

"The Altar of the Great Old One, the God of the Ossuary, the Great Ghoul Mordiggian."

"Uncle Xu, you really turned into a ghoul."

Chen Qiang glanced at his mechanical watch—45:[-]pm.

……

Uncle Xu took longer to answer the phone than expected.

Putting down Lao Lu's call, Uncle Xu received another call from his daughter Xu Leilei.

During the day, after Chen Qiang told him that he wanted to start a business, he sent a text message to Leilei, asking her if it was reliable.

IT, I don’t understand, but Leilei knows better than me, right?

Xu Leilei, who lives in the school, is preparing to take the college entrance examination, so she can only make phone calls with her after evening self-study.

"Hello?" Lei Lei's noisy voice came through the phone, "Dad? You must persuade Brother Chen!"

"Why, Leilei..."

"He started a business!" Xu Leilei said anxiously, "Dad, you don't know that now college students start a business, and they are almost dead! Especially games, the situation is not good this year, and there is no life at all!"

"Okay, okay," Uncle Xu said with a headache, "Chen Qiang is right here, why don't you tell him yourself. Hey, Xiao Chen..."

Uncle Xu came out from the back room, but Chen Qiang was not here.

He looked down the stairs leading to the basement.The door opened a crack.

"..."

Ever since he transformed from a human into a ghoul, Uncle Xu hasn't experienced the feeling of fear for a long time.He even thought that he would no longer have the emotion of fear.

But at this moment, the ghoul really felt frightened.

"Leilei," Uncle Xu said decisively, "Dad will call you later."

Ignoring Leilei's yelling, Uncle Xu hung up the phone and ran all the way to the basement.

Chen Qiang must have entered the basement.

Now, there is still room for redemption, Uncle Xu thought.It is impossible for Chen Qiang to know that there are intelligent races other than humans in the world.Maybe he just heard some strange rumors.

Those dead animals can be covered up with strange quirks; altars can be said to be purchased works of art!
In short, you must never let the truth that you are a ghoul be exposed!
My wife finally accepted the fact that she became a ghoul, and she must not let Leilei suffer such a fright!

I, Old Xu, just want to live a peaceful life!

……

Chen Qiang heard Uncle Xu's hurried footsteps.

coming.

The time is 57:[-] pm.Just right.

Contrary to what many people think, the ghouls in Cthulhu mythology are not undead creatures.They are either born with ghoul blood, or they have been transformed into ghouls after spending too long in the cemetery infested by these scavengers.

It is true that many ghouls have given up all reason and become abominable monsters that enjoy eating humans, but there are also some ghoul clans that adhere to their principles and only feed on animal carcasses.Mordiggian, the god of the ghoul clan, is also considered to be a special and relatively gentle Old One. According to legend, a living couple accidentally offended its temple, but it forgave them.

Followers of Morkidian are even hostile to necromancers, because in their eyes, the corpses of all the dead will eventually belong to the god of the mortuary, and the behavior of letting the dead walk in the world again is intolerable.

Perhaps to Morkidian, there is no difference between human corpses and livestock corpses, so it has no interest in actively causing killing...

From Chen Qiang's point of view, Uncle Xu is probably the kind of moderate ghoul.

Uncle Xu's integration into the human way of life, as well as the dead animals in the basement, prove this point.

"The Eye of the Keeper!"

I didn't trigger the "Summer Strange Talk" module, so I had to activate the talent of the Keeper's Eye to observe the real world from the perspective of the result of the dice test.

The Keeper's Eye can only be activated for 3 minutes a day, but it will be refreshed at zero o'clock; that is, if the card is used at 57:6 in the evening, it can be used continuously for [-] minutes!
The door opened.

Uncle Xu appeared at the door with a pale face.Seeing Chen Qiang with a calm face, he forced a smile.

"Xiao Chen," he said, "what are you doing here?"

Chen Qiang didn't speak, but moved his eyes to the livestock beside him.

"These?" Uncle Xu said, "Oh, these were shipped from the butcher shop in the commercial street. The freezer over there couldn't hold them, and they all broke..."

Uncle Xu tried his best to remain calm, as if he was talking about a very ordinary matter, but Chen Qiang could still see the panic between his brows.

[Skill check confrontation, psychological confrontation speech technique]

[Psychology 49/56 success]

[Speech skills failed 6/5]

【Successful skill confrontation】

It turns out that Uncle Xu, your speaking skill level is only 5, and you have worked hard for such a long time.

Many keepers choose to hide the results of psychology checks from the players, so as to prevent players from using psychology skills as lie detectors, but Chen Qiang, who has the authority of the keepers, has nothing to hide.

"Uncle Xu, stop talking," Chen Qiang said, "Then, what is this altar?"

Uncle Xu's face became paler.His eyes became bloodshot.

(End of this chapter)