Real Cthulhu Running Game

   Chapter 1277 Strange Lock

   At this time, Sakai Masachi and the three were sitting on the first floor of the office building of the brewery, so Liu Xing did not rush to dispose of the wooden box in his hand.

   "Meteor, this is the backpack I found."

When he saw Liu Xing, Sakai Masachi couldn't wait to say: "This backpack is when I was about to leave the mirror world, and accidentally hit a small wooden house next to it, and I heard something fall in the house. It was on the ground at the back, so I took a look at the back and found that it was this backpack that fell."

Liu Xing nodded, looked at the backpack on the table, and soon discovered that there was a small lock on the zipper of the backpack. It was precisely because of this small lock that the three Sakai Masaichi didn't put the backpack on. Open.

   "Does this lock have a key?"

"No." Sakai Masachi replied immediately: "After we discovered this backpack, we searched the area for a long time, but found nothing. After all, the key of this small lock is only the size of a finger, so We just chose to give up, anyway, we don’t have to use a key to open the lock, or we don’t need to open the lock at all, just pull the zipper off.”

Liu Xing tried to press the backpack and found that there were not many things in the backpack, but because there seemed to be clothes in it, Liu Xing was not sure what was in the backpack, only that it was a little bit messy. hand.

However, Liu Xing did not rush to open the backpack, first faked a thinking expression, and then contacted KP Broken Bridge in his heart, "kp, can I be sure if the contents in this backpack are dangerous? Will there be a problem?"

"No, because the contents of this backpack are all wrapped in clothes, so you have to open the backpack if you want to determine what is inside. Of course, you can also try an inspiration judgment, if it is a great success If so, I can still tell you what's in it." Kp Broken Bridge replied seriously.

Big success?

   Excuse me, farewell.

   Liu Xing doesn't want to waste his good luck on such less important occasions, because Liu Xing has always firmly believed that the law of conservation of character is real.

   However, Liu Xing still learned the information he wanted from the Kp Broken Bridge, that is, the things in the backpack are all that he can "know", so there should be no danger.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing grabbed the small lock and pulled it hard, and pulled the zipper of the backpack together, but to Liu Xing's surprise, the weight of the small lock was lighter than he thought. Much more, it feels like this little lock is hollow.

  Liu Xing tried to squeeze the small lock, and found that the small lock is indeed hollow, and it only needs a little force to be deflated.

  Is this a fake product?

   No, even if it is a fake and shoddy product, it is impossible to make the lock hollow, because the problem can be found by measuring the weight, so only a fool would buy such a strange lock.

   Of course, it doesn't really matter.

   Liu Xing threw the small lock that still had the zipper button aside, and then ripped open the backpack. The first thing he saw was a short-sleeved shirt, and it looked very beachy.

   And there are several short-sleeved clothes under this short-sleeved shirt. After throwing these clothes on the table, Liu Xing finally saw a pile of shells.

   That's right, it's a shell.

   Liu Xing threw all the shells on the table with a dazed expression, and couldn't help but say two words - that's it?

   "It seems like that's all there is to it."

Xiaofu Guchuan picked up the empty backpack and shook it a few times, then continued: "Would you like to take this backpack apart and take a look? I think the original owner of this backpack chose to leave this backpack in the room because he was too lazy to do laundry. On top."

   "Yes, but Xiaofu, please let your subordinates be careful not to damage the things that may exist inside."

  Liu Xing picked up a shell and said, "By the way, find another person who has researched on shells, and let him come to see if there are any clues hidden in these shells."

As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, Tanaka Qingya raised her hand and said, "I can, my favorite entertainment when I was young was to go to the beach to pick up those beautiful shells, so I still have a box of shells in my house, so when I was in college In order to find out what shells I picked up, I bought a set of books dedicated to popularizing marine shellfish."

  Since Tanaka Qingya has volunteered, Liu Xing pushed the pile of shells in front of Tanaka Qingya, while he picked up those clothes and studied it.

   First of all, these clothes are brand new. It seems that they have not been worn several times, and the clothes still retain the smell of laundry. As for the styles and sizes, they should be exactly the same, and the colors are different.

"It's kind of funny, this guy bought a set of the same style of clothes, and then each piece of clothing was only worn once and cleaned, but the most important thing is that the logos on these clothes have been removed, it seems that the clothes of these clothes are The owner didn't want anyone to know where he bought the clothes."

   Liu Xing touched his chin and said, "But this backpack doesn't have a pair of matching pants, so is this person only changing clothes, not pants?"

Sakai Masachi picked up the short-sleeved shirt, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "If I remember correctly, this dress should be a souvenir from the Entsushima Beach in Wakayama Prefecture, because I have been to the beach there. , and I saw that the local souvenir shop sold short-sleeved shirts in this style."

"Yes, there are many famous beaches in Wakayama prefecture, so in order to make their own characteristics, each beach designs a set of the same style, but with different colors and commemorative clothing, which can be considered to satisfy some punch-in hobbies. needs of the users.”

   Hearing what Yamamoto said, Liu Xing remembered that every aerospace company has its own set of stickers, so many people go to a certain plane to collect a special sticker.

"That's right, that's it." Sakai Masachi said with his mobile phone: "This dress is a souvenir sold on Entsuki Island, and the colors of the other clothes are also in line with the representative colors of other beaches in Wakayama Prefecture, so the owner of this backpack is I should have been to Wakayama Prefecture before coming here, and I have also visited several beaches in Wakayama Prefecture."

   Wakayama Prefecture?

   Liu Xing thought about it and found that Wakayama Prefecture is right next to Osaka and not too far from Nagoya.

"So, the owner of this backpack was originally playing near the beach in Wakayama Prefecture, and collected some seashells as souvenirs by the way, but he didn't know what happened, he had to rush to Nagoya immediately, and entered the mirror world, and then He didn't know why he left the backpack on the roof of a house...but why did he lock his backpack?"

While talking, Liu Xing looked at the backpack that had been divided into rags, "It seems that there is nothing else in this backpack, so are these shells important to him? Are they going to give to his girlfriend? gift?"

"No." Tanaka Qingya suddenly said: "He should lock the backpack for these shells, because these shells seem to be very common, but after a careful study, I found that some shells are actually similar to what we already know. The shellfish are slightly different, and this difference is enough for them to be recognized as a completely new species, so from the perspective of academic value, these shells are enough to turn an ordinary researcher into an industry winner. "

"Yes?"

   Liu Xing picked up a shell, but did not find anything special about the shell.

   Of course, the most important thing is that when Liu Xing picked up these shells, he did not trigger the introduction of props in the game hall of the Cthulhu Running Group.

"This is actually quite normal, because according to scientific speculation, the species we know only account for 10 percent of the total species on earth, so we can discover a large number of new species every year, although many new species seem to be some known species. A color-change version of the species, or a plus version with some new accessories.”

Tanaka Qingya put down the shell in her hand and said seriously: "Now our human footsteps have reached most of the earth's land, but we still know very little about the ocean, especially for those playful sea fish in the deep sea, we I don't even know what to call them."

"No, there are deep divers and ancients in the deep sea." Liu Xing couldn't help but complained: "The ancients are mythical creatures with great scientific research spirit, but what they like to do most is to create tool creatures, such as a famous The mythical creatures called shoggoths were created by the ancients in order to have free porters and builders. As a result, these shoggoths chose to betray after awakening a certain intelligence, forcing these ancients to stay at the bottom of the sea. . . . So I doubt that those grotesque deep-sea fish are the inferior products created by the ancients."

   Hearing what Liu Xing said, Tanaka Qingya was speechless for a while.

"Okay, it seems that there is nothing in this backpack that is useful to us, but from the current situation, this backpack should belong to those outsiders in the world in the sealed mirror, unless you can be sure that this backpack belongs to your father. , or anyone else who knows about the world in the mirror."

Facing Liu Xing's question, Sakai Changzhi said after pondering for a moment: "There were not many people who knew about the world in the mirror back then, and the management of the breweries and other earlier factories were all It is very strict, and it belongs to my family's property, so it is unlikely that someone will enter the mirror world without knowing it; as for my father, he has no interest in natural scenery, so he has been in addition to all these years. Outside of business trips, I haven't left Nagoya much."

"Then we can be sure that this backpack belongs to those outsiders, and we can confirm by the way that these outsiders should be traversers, they went back to the past for some reason, or they went back to seal the world in the mirror, So they can disappear quickly after solving the problem; but I still can't understand why this backpack was left in the mirror world, and also got such a lock..."

   Speaking of this, Liu Xing suddenly thought of a question - why is this lock hollow?

Since ancient times, things like locks have been solid, because locks need a sense of weight to give users a sense of security. Of course, the most important thing is that in ancient times when the level of technology was relatively backward, the unlocking method was relatively simple. If you want to destroy the lock by violent means, it is nothing more than smashing and slashing. At this time, the solid lock can last longer.

   Therefore, hollow locks like this should not be sold in the market, so this hollow lock is probably a customized product.

   Then the question comes again, why is this lock hollow?

   Liu Xing can only think of one reason, and that is that there may be something in the lock.

  Thinking of this, Liu Xing picked up the small lock on the table, and after turning on the flashlight function of the mobile phone, tried to see the situation inside through the keyhole.

   As a result, Liu Xing found that the keyhole had been sealed with wax oil, and the wax oil was only a thin layer, it was difficult to find if you didn't pay attention.

  Why seal the lock?

   Liu Xing immediately thought of a possibility that this small lock might contain some kind of liquid, so in order to prevent these liquids from spilling out, he chose to seal the keyhole with wax oil.

   As for why Liu Xing thinks so, or because the contents of this backpack are not worth locking at all, why did the original owner of this backpack do it? Clearly he was trying to divert the attention of anyone who found the backpack and the lock to the larger backpack that also contained things.

Liu Xing put himself in his shoes and thought about it. If he was the first to discover this backpack, then his first thought would be to open the backpack and see what was in it, so if he couldn't find the lock at this time There will be two options for the key. The first is to open the chain with the zipper without saying a word, and the second is to try to open the lock with an unlocking tool.

If nothing else, 99% of the people would choose the former, and after these people found out that the backpack contained a few pieces of clothes and shells, 98% of the people would choose to throw it away scoldingly. Backpacks and locks, and then 1 percent of people will be ecstatic about these never-discovered shells because they have researched on them, and just walk away with those shells.

As for the last 1%, they will be as interested in the lock as the 1% who chose the latter at the beginning, and then try to open the lock with various tools, and if the person who unlocks the lock does not pay attention It will destroy that layer of wax oil.

   At that time, the things in the lock are likely to flow out, causing some unexpected situations.

   (end of this chapter)