my cthulhu game

Chapter 277 The Last Salute to Civilization

The civilization on the island was far from being very developed, but the population was prosperous; but when the western colonists found this lonely and desolate island, the tribes on the island were few, backward and barbaric, and suffered from famine.

Only the towering stone statues are still telling the past glory of Easter Island.

Outsiders cannot imagine how these natives could build such a magnificent group of stone statues.

... Could it be that their ancestors were helped by aliens?
Some scholars also believe that as the population expanded, the islanders exploited the island's resources and finally reaped the consequences.After the resources were exhausted, they didn't even have the wood needed to build a ship to escape from the island, so they could only be trapped on the island to die.

And for investigators of various organizations, there is another version of the story in their literature.

As one of the closest human settlements to R'lyeh City, the great Cthulhu, the terrifying god from the deep sea, corrupted the island's residents.The islanders built stone statues to worship Cthulhu, exhausted their last sanity and fell into crazy cannibalism.

The leafy island became devastated.

When the last big tree fell, the islanders who could do nothing could only guard the barren land, looking at the ocean and sighing.

Civilization rises and civilization declines, leaving only countless lonely stone statues looking helplessly into the distance, looking at the eternal city in the sea, Raliyah.

For the great Cthulhu, the rise and fall of civilization is but an instant.

Today, Easter Island has become a holiday paradise for tourists.Airports and hotels were built on the island, and tourists from all over the world flocked to it.

People were discussing the island's past with great interest, marveling at the prosperity of the island, as well as the short-sightedness and stupidity of the islanders.

"Perhaps the 'veil breaker' wants to tell me," Chen Qiang thought silently, "this planet... no, the entire galaxy is just a larger Easter Island in the eyes of the eternal gods of the past? And human civilization, after all, will look at the immortal ruler of the past, submerged in the vast ocean of 'universe'?"

Chen Qiang and Qin Lingxue walked through the aisle of the hotel.At this time, Chen Qiang was very fortunate that he kept the face-changing mask lent to him by the skeleton-eating clan, otherwise the arrival of the world-famous Mr. Chen would inevitably cause commotion.

"listen."

In the distance, melodious music came from the hotel lobby.A string quartet is playing.Chen Qiang does not have much musical talent, but he also felt the length and depth of the piece; Qin Lingxue, who listened carefully to the "lecture" by Dr. Todd, who was in charge of taking care of Beethoven's old man, performed slightly better, and could recognize that this was the last work of Beethoven's life , "String Quartet in F Major" (OP.135).

The music is not extremely beautiful, but it is incredibly deep and sublime, as if a world that cannot be expressed in words flows out of the composer's heart.However, the creation time of this piece was after Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" and before his death due to illness. Beethoven himself traveled to this parallel universe of the present, and even he himself read his own music through the score. "Swan Song".

Music critics called the piece a mystery. "While being the most free, it is also the most constrained by musical logic." Perhaps this is the so-called state of "doing what one wants without going beyond the rules."

But not everyone has the heart to appreciate this timeless and profound music.A young male voice shouted something over the gurgling music.

[Chen Qiang succeeded in listening test 36/73]

[Qin Lingxue failed the listening test 93/29]

"What is he shouting about?" Qin Lingxue frowned.

"Oh, he is showing off something," Chen Qiang wanted to hear more clearly. There was a lot of boastfulness in the man's tone, "It seems that he won an auction. Let's take a closer look."

Chen Qiang and Qin Lingxue stood in the lobby.Many young people gathered in the corner, with expressions of admiration on their faces, and the center of the crowd was a guy who looked like a rich second generation, holding a virtual helmet produced by "Fortress of Sanity" in his hand.

"I have banned private transactions on the account," Chen Qiang said softly, "But it seems that this kind of thing is always banned repeatedly, and I don't bother to care about it."

Anyway, the "game" will soon be tested on a large scale, and the efforts of the scalpers are destined to be in vain.

The rich second generation who spent a lot of money to get the game helmet couldn't help bragging, greeted the envious eyes of the onlookers, and some people muttered, "Do you think Mr. Chen believes that the game is a sci-fi background? No, the game of the fortress of reason is only Two kinds, horror games, and horror games that don’t look like horror games.”

Everyone didn't know that the chief boss of the fortress of reason was silently watching all this beside him.As they speak, the work to distribute the first batch of virtual headsets is still progressing.

[Recruiting a total of 300 players for the "Eternal War" game, completed]

[Trial: Complete all missions in the mission hall, completed]

【分别前往20世纪、21世纪、30世纪（可意识前往）的南纬27度，西经109度（南太平洋海域）巡游，剩余：1（20世纪）】

"It's time to go." Chen Qiang said.

……

One nine two three.

Compared with later generations with developed transportation, in this era, it was extremely dangerous to approach Easter Island rashly.There is no pier or port on the island, and incoming ships can easily be affected by the currents and run aground on nearby volcanic rocks or coral reefs.

The Chilean government has set up a governor on the island, and there are hundreds of soldiers and expatriates from all over the country, but less than a thousand indigenous people live in a small village.Such corners of the earth are visited by no one except the extremely bored and explorers.

From the dreamlike 30th century where technology and dream magic co-exist, to the 21st century where tourism flourishes, and finally back to the beginning of the 20th century, Chen Qiang can clearly feel that the "civilization" around him is rapidly regressing.

Only the group of stone statues facing the direction of Lalaiye on the shore have been looking at the same direction for thousands of years, like anchors in the ever-changing history.

"You're still here."

Stephana Adalquet was wearing the red dress she wore when she met Chen Qiang for the first time, and her black hair was dancing in the wind.

"There is a little trouble." The strong sea breeze made it difficult for Chen Qiang to speak, "The governor of the island, Mr. Wo Zijishuod, is a dead-headed person. If I hadn't moved out of Coolidge to command this mountain due to Lily's relationship, I would It’s really not that easy to do.”

Commander Coolidge regarded his niece Lily as his own, and he had no choice but to make her willful request.

"History has long since changed," Stephana said, looking gently at the distant sea. "In your parallel world, Lily's mother, Abigail Coolidge, did not marry Gustav Johansen. Johansen got a A noble woman as a wife is murdered by the 'Silver Twilight'. You see, such is the fate of man."

To the foreign gods, the fate of human beings is but a small splash in the long river of time.

"That's why I'm here to meet my destiny." Chen Qiang said.

【试炼：分别前往20世纪、21世纪、30世纪（可意识前往）的南纬27度，西经109度（南太平洋海域）巡游，已完成】

Nyarlathotep smiled cruelly.

"You think you can win this fight," she said, "so go ahead."

"What do you need me to do?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Take out your virtual helmet." Nyarlathotep said softly.

　Today, the [-]D burst is over.The last part of the setting refers to the setting "Earth Myth at the End" and the module "Evil Moon in the Sky".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)