Real Cthulhu Running Game

   Chapter 1036 Treasure Hunt (seek a subscription)

   "One thing to say, I love it."

  Li Hanxing said with a serious face: "I thought that someone as good as me would be alone for a lifetime, but now I found out that there are still people who can study with me for the rest of my life."

   "That's right, it's down." Sun Huiwen said suddenly.

   After being interrupted by Li Hanxing and Sun Huiwen, the atmosphere at the scene became active again.

"To be honest, Alice, you are so beautiful now." Liu Xing said seriously: "As expected, people rely on clothes, horses rely on saddles, you used to be very beautiful, but now you put on this evening dress, I There are only four words left in his mind - astonishing."

  Alice looked at Liu Xing, smiled and shook her head and said, "This is not like you, Mr. Liu Xing."

   Liu Xing smiled and sighed, and said nothing more.

   Just then, Liu Xing and others suddenly heard a bell from the main castle.

   It seems that this should be the signal that the dinner is about to start.

   So, under the leadership of Alice, the three of Liu Xing followed him to the main castle.

   At this time, the middle-aged butler had been waiting for a long time. After seeing Alice, he took the initiative to lead everyone around, and finally came to the place where the banquet was held, which was the back garden of the main castle.

   At this time, there are already many noble men and women dressed in bright clothes talking to each other, and there are also many entourages dressed like Liu Xing and others waiting for dispatch.

After watching Alice leave, Liu Xing said somewhat unexpectedly: "Isn't it true that there are only four nobles in this ancient castle? Even if these nobles brought all their families, the remaining nine buildings are full. People, that adds up to a lot less than the nobles here."

   Liu Xing glanced roughly and found that the number of people attending the dinner was likely to exceed three digits.

"It seems that those who were lucky enough to escape this mirage either lied or were forced to lie." Li Hanxing frowned and said, "But this is a good thing for us, because we entered this mirage at the beginning. The people are either members of the public faction or ordinary people... I think those ordinary people are likely to have been crippled by the members of the public faction, so we must now consider those ordinary people also as enemies, so There are so many aristocratic NPCs now, and Alice, who was originally a western face, can smoothly integrate into it."

Liu Xing nodded, agreeing with Li Hanxing's statement, because at this time Alice did not feel any sense of disobedience after entering the dinner party. If it wasn't for Liu Xing who had known Alice for "more than ten years", Liu Xing would It is really possible that Hoshi thought that Alice was a noble lady.

"Okay, what should we do now?" Sun Huiwen looked around and said, "Should we just split up now, or should we all go together? In addition, there is another question, whether we should stay here alone. Help Alice?"

   Liu Xing looked around and found that many entourages with faces from the island country were waiting in the corridor.

"I think I still have to stay here, because the members of the public faction we entered here have specially kept people here, which means that there may still be problems during the banquet, and we may need to act as followers at that time. ; And I think Li Hanxing and you should act together, because you are likely to meet people from the public faction." Liu Xing said seriously.

  Li Hanxing and Sun Huiwen nodded and left after giving Liu Xing a "take care of you" look.

Looking at the backs of Li Hanxing and Sun Huiwen, Liu Xing could only wish them all the best in his heart. After all, this is a completely unknown castle to them. There are still many enemies in the castle, as well as various dangers that may exist. .

   Liu Xing sighed and continued to pay attention to the situation at the dinner party.

   At this time, Alice was already chatting with a few middle-aged women who looked like noble ladies, and it seemed that she was about to become her best friend.

   As for the nobles with island faces at the dinner party, Liu Xing counted them carefully and found that there were only three people in total.

   It seems that the members of the public faction did not send too many people into this mirage.

   As for the entourage waiting on the side, Liu Xing saw five island faces, and among them there was one person that made Liu Xing feel very familiar.

   Liu Xing thought about it carefully and found that this person was one of the members of the public faction who carried a backpack in the previous fire in Nagoya Castle.

   Thinking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help but frown, because this should be able to prove that the public faction really brought that treasure into this special module.

   As for why the public faction did this, Liu Xing estimated that nine out of ten the treasure was brought out of this special module.

   But here comes the question, didn't Alice and the others say that no one has been able to clear this special module yet? So how did this treasure escape?

  What secrets are there?

   Liu Xing began to feel that something was wrong with this special mod.

   Just when Liu Xing was thinking about things, the originally noisy banquet scene suddenly became quiet.

   Liu Xing took a closer look and found that everyone present had set their sights on a slightly obese young aristocrat.

   Judging from the nobleman's clothing and demeanor, as well as the attitude of the people around him towards him, this nobleman should be the owner of this castle, and is currently the highest-ranked Marquis among the people present.

   "I'm here to introduce myself to new friends. I'm the owner of this castle, the son of Duke Gundogan, Zum. It's a pleasure to meet you."

  Zum deliberately paused for a few seconds after saying this, and the others around him also began to applaud.

After hearing the warm applause, Zum nodded with great satisfaction and continued: "I believe everyone should already know about that, so I won't repeat it here, I hope you can use your skills and don't hurt yourself. Be kind, and most importantly, I hope to see you again at the farewell dinner a week ago."

As soon as   Zum said this, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became deserted.

   Hearing this, Liu Xing felt that he could roughly guess what the main quest of this special module was.

First of all, this main quest is time-limited, that is, when the so-called "parting dinner" begins a week later, this special module is considered to have entered the end; then there is the main quest of this special module, that is, with the NPCs present Nobles compete to get those hidden titles; in the end, this Zum should be the final boss of this mod.

   A boss with a huge home field advantage.

   In addition, other NPC nobles are also enemies of the players.

   No wonder this is the hardest mod among the six special mods, because in this mod, players have no NPC teammates, and even other players are their own enemies.

  It doesn’t matter if there are many enemies, the biggest problem now is that most of the enemies will be taller than you, which is very uncomfortable.

   Liu Xing suddenly had a feeling of being a soldier.

   At this time, the banquet continued, but the atmosphere of the banquet became a little weird, and everyone began to gather in groups of three and two to discuss in a low voice.

   Liu Xing thought that Alice would be isolated at this time, but she didn't expect that the middle-aged ladies before still pulled Alice aside, seemingly wanting Alice to join their camp.

   After more than an hour, the nobles at the dinner began to leave, and Liu Xing also took this opportunity to choose to leave, because Liu Xing did not want members of the public faction to find out that he and Alice were the same. . . Although members of the public faction may have found out long ago.

   Back in the two-story building, Liu Xing found that both Li Hanxing and Sun Huiwen had returned, and it seemed that they had not encountered any trouble.

Seeing Liu Xing's return, Li Hanxing said: "There are guards standing guard and patrolling all over the castle, so we only went around the first floor of the castle, and there is basically nothing worth noting, of course, because that Because of the yellow paper, we deliberately paid attention to the paintings hanging in the castle. At present, we have found a total of five oil paintings in the public space on the first floor, three of which are of a middle-aged man. It seems that he should be the castle. master, or ancestor."

"Besides, there are two other oil paintings, both of which are landscape paintings. One is supposed to be the castle, and it doesn't look like there is anything worth noting; the other is a big tree. The tree doesn't seem to be anything special, but I noticed one detail, that is, there is a pattern on one of the leaves that may be the number 5."

   "5 again?"

Liu Xing was a little surprised and said: "This special module is also triggered in the No. 5 restaurant, which means that this 5 should be an important clue of this special module, but it is still too difficult to analyze with this 5 alone. , because this 5 can represent the fifth floor, the fifth room, the fifth two-story building, or even the fifth player to enter this special module, or the fifth player to receive a title medal."

"Actually, there is another possibility, that the big tree is the clue that the oil painting really wants to convey!" Sun Huiwen said seriously: "I have encountered such a situation before, and there was an NPC who used fake clues. Or the kind of clues that are insignificant to cover up the really important clues, just like this oil painting, I think most people will subconsciously ignore the big tree after discovering the number 5 on the leaves, not to mention that tree There's nothing special about the big trees either."

   Hearing Sun Huiwen say this, Liu Xing's mind suddenly flashed, and he said, "I think what you said, Sun Huiwen, is very reasonable."

Liu Xing first told Li Hanxing what he saw and thought at the dinner party, and then continued: "From the current situation, I suspect that this special module is actually a treasure hunt game, a A scavenger hunt where players compete with a large number of NPCs, and the ultimate goal is to get that Duke Medal, so there may be a lot of puzzles and clues hidden in this castle."

"Wait, won't there be too many players participating in this treasure hunt? There must be two or three hundred people in this nobleman and his followers, right? Although this castle is indeed quite large, more than three hundred people will hunt for treasure together. If so, I'm afraid everyone will bow their heads and not look up to see, such a treasure hunt game might as well be changed to an exploration game." Li Hanxing spit out.

   "What if the scope of this special mod is not limited to this castle?"

Liu Xing said seriously: "Although we haven't turned this castle around, we can also notice that there are not many big trees in this castle, because the castle is a fortress, so the fortress is a fortress. It should not be possible to plant too many trees, so as not to add fuel to the fire attack, and the most important thing is that when we first entered this mod, we all saw the surrounding flowers and trees, I think it should not be Post a picture."

   Just when Li Hanxing wanted to say something, Alice came back.

After closing the door, Alice said: "The plot prepared by this mirage is really interesting. First of all, this is a fictional medieval kingdom. The biggest feature of this kingdom is that it only recognizes medals and not people. As long as you have a If you have a title medal, then you can get the corresponding title, but in order to avoid people with ulterior motives, they will try their best to take away other people's title medals, causing the same title to change hands many times in a short period of time. So this kingdom has also done this. A special rule."

"This special rule is actually very simple, that is, the owner of the title and medal will be determined every ten years, and then in the following year, the owner of the title and medal will not change, unless some owners for various reasons. Death; the next thing is the key point. If there is a relevant will, the successor of the title medal will be automatically filled, but if there is no will, then after one month, whoever holds the title medal will be able to get the title ."

"The original owner of this castle is Duke Gundogan. His family is one of the largest families in the kingdom, so there are many branches. That's right, the nobles who attended the dinner today are all relatives of Duke Gundogan. The reason why they came here is because Duke Jingdong An died suddenly, and he had not made a will before that, so these relatives, including us, all came for his title and medal, and his Although the son Marquis Zum cannot stop us in the open, he will definitely deal with us in the dark."

   Hearing this, Liu Xing said with a smile: "As expected, this mirage is a treasure hunt game. If we want to pass this mirage, then we have to get the Duke Medal."

   As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, Alice shook her head and said, "That's not necessarily true. If we can find other titles and medals, we can also clear the level."

   (end of this chapter)