Real Cthulhu Running Game

  Chapter 2022 Bugs

   "By the way, my father has also begun to gather manpower, and prepares to lead troops to station in Yuancheng."

Young Master Ying suddenly said: "Although Yuan City is not a strong city, its geographical location is very important, and there are many excellent water sources around it, which can be used to supply the daily needs of the army, so we still need to defend Yuan City , at least we can't let Yuan City be taken down so easily."

  Hearing what Young Master Ying said, Liu Xing remembered one thing, that is, the new dragon empire in the martial arts module is still very particular about "drinking water". If the quality of the water source is average, it will choose to drink hot water.

   Yes, Xinlong Empire also likes to drink boiled water.

Drinking boiled water is a normal thing for Liu Xing and others, but everyone knows that in most countries around the world, it is only when they need to brew coffee, tea or other things. Can boil water, usually choose to drink cold water.

Why is this?

First of all, we must "thank" some "people" for their lack of virtue, otherwise we would not develop the habit of drinking boiled water. A place to drink hot water.

The reason is very simple. The level of medicine at that time was still very limited, so people were not aware of the existence of microorganisms, so they had no way to realize that there might be dangers in the seemingly clear water; secondly, firewood was needed to boil water Or charcoal. At that time, firewood could still be sold in bundles, so who would "waste" firewood?

So for a while, Liu Xing was also very curious why Xinlong Empire started the "boiling water" technology tree, because in the memory of "Liu Peng", the habit of drinking boiling water is also innate, since he can remember This has always been the case, so "Liu Peng" has never cared about this issue, because it is not a problem for him.

  It seems that if you want to know the answer to this question, you have to find those old NPCs.

However, "Liu Peng" still knows that the water sources in some places have reached the level of direct drinking water. For example, this mountain spring in Tianshui Town is one of them, and the same is true of several deep pools near Yuancheng, so many residents in Yuancheng will At first light, go outside the city to fetch water.

As for the rivers near towns and cities, they basically do not meet the standards for direct drinking water, so they need to be boiled before drinking. That's why Young Master Ying mentioned that the deep pool near Yuancheng can provide enough direct drinking water for the army to facilitate action.

   This seems a little strange, or a little unreasonable.

  Soldiers are expensive, and even a few hours of time difference can affect the outcome of the battle, thus affecting the outcome of the entire war! For example, in the classic Battle of Waterloo, if Napoleon's side can hold on for a while longer, or if Napoleon's reinforcements can arrive sooner, then the balance of victory is likely to favor Napoleon.

In addition, the story of "killing Ma Su with tears" made us sigh, lamenting why Ma Di set up camp on the mountain, which led to the loss of the street pavilion and the complete failure of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition; but most people don't know, After Zhuge Liang heard about this incident, he felt that the situation was not good, so he immediately led troops to reinforce, but it turned out that it was only a few hours away, and he could only see Ma Di's rout.

Therefore, in Liu Xing's view, these troops do not necessarily have to boil water, or drink those qualified direct drinking water. The source of direct drinking water is not too bad, so it should be no problem to drink it casually, right?

  When you think there is no problem, then there should be a problem.

   As the saying goes, when you see a strange and outrageous regulation in a certain place, it means that such a thing has happened in this place before, and it has caused serious consequences! Especially those written on the safety regulations, behind every strange regulation may represent the end of at least one life.

   So there should be a reason for this!

  Thinking of this, Liu Xing ate dinner in twos and twos, and then found an excuse to go for a walk by the river, and agreed to go to the football field with Yin En and others to practice in half an hour.

  Because Cuju was invented before Xinlong Empire, football is considered the most popular sport in Tianshui Town today, while basketball is much less popular. . . The reason is very simple. The average height of Tianshui Town is still a little lower. After all, most people can take in too little nutrition when they were young. Therefore, before everyone masters basketball skills proficiently, the advantage of height is enough for someone Some people become the overlords of the football world.

  So on the basketball court in Tianshui Town, nine out of ten players are playing, while NPCs are concentrated on the table tennis table and football field.

  Back to the topic, Liu Xing, who came to the river, looked into the water, and didn't find anything strange, but occasionally saw a fish jumping onto the water.

  However, Liu Xing knew that just looking here would be fruitless, so he made a bowl shape with his hands by the river, scooped up some water, and began to observe carefully.

   And at this time, Liu Xing heard the sound of the dice falling to the ground!

   Sure enough, there is a problem!

  Since the game hall of the Cthulhu Running Group has given a judgment at this time, it means that there may be problems in the water in front of you! And it's a sneak peek.

  However, Liu Xing didn't find anything strange after looking at it for a long time, so he only thought of one possibility.

   Judgment failed.

  Thinking of this, Liu Xing knew that the samples he had collected now were still a little too small, so it was normal to fail the judgment, so Liu Xing went home and took out a bowl, which was the bowl containing fish soup.

As for the original fish soup in this bowl, Liu Xing still couldn't bear to eat it in the end, because the real animal meat was still too ugly, and Liu Xing was not sure if it would have any side effects, so he decided to eat it. Can only choose to give up.

But for Yin En, the fish soup after turning on the beauty filter looks pretty good, and he has eaten several bowls of fish soup before, and he didn't feel any side effects of these fish soup. He also obtained a good buff, and most importantly, the fish soup was delicious, so the bowl of fish soup ended up in Yin En's stomach, but the bowl fell into Liu Xing's room.

  So Liu Xing took this bowl and washed it in the river water first, because Liu Xing himself can be regarded as a person with mild cleanliness.

   As a result, at this time, there was another sound of dice falling to the ground, and then Liu Xing saw a little abnormal reflection in the bowl.

   Seeing this situation, Liu Xing immediately scooped up some water with a bowl, then observed carefully again, and then saw something that made him frown.

  An almost transparent spindle-shaped worm, about the size of half a grain of rice, very active in the water, able to swim from one end of the bowl to the opposite end in the blink of an eye.

  If this is converted into a human being, it is equivalent to someone swimming a distance of more than 50 meters in less than a second.

   This is a bit outrageous.

   So this is also a kind of Warcraft?

  Liu Xing glanced at the Warcraft Illustrated Book, but did not find a new one, so the little bug in front of him should be an "ordinary" aquatic creature, maybe it is the reason why it cannot drink the river water directly.

   At this time, Yin En came to find Liu Xing after dinner, because Liu Xing's sudden departure also made him realize that something was wrong.

  So Liu Xing handed the bowl in his hand to Yin En, and told his discovery.

Yin En held the bowl and looked at it for a long time before saying awkwardly: "If Liu Xing didn't lie to me, then I really couldn't see the existence of this bug, so although this bug is not a monster, it is They also enjoy the same treatment as Warcraft, that is, only people like Liu Xing can clearly see their existence."

To be on the safe side, Liu Xing took a look at the bowl, and said after confirming that the bug was still in the bowl: "Just like Yin En you said, this bug may only be seen by certain people, so Although it is not a monster, but it enjoys the treatment of a monster, then we have to suspect that this bug and the monster may come from the same source, so the mirage will affect our perception of them at the same time! This is why we The reason is to drink hot water, because there may be such insects in the water sources that are not direct drinking water, and some bad things may happen if you drink it directly."

"So many years ago, although some people couldn't see this kind of bug, they could feel that there were some problems in some water, but these problems could be solved by boiling water, so these people started to promote I got the habit of boiling water; and the reason why the deep pools near Yuancheng and the mountain springs in our Tianshui Town belong to direct drinking water should be because they didn’t have too much intersection with the river water, so these bugs didn’t get mixed in.”

"In this way, the importance of Yuan City may exceed our expectations, because I felt that Yuan City was not important at the beginning. After all, although Yuan City is at the forefront, it is not at the forefront. What kind of position is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not a strong city itself, so there is no need to defend Yuancheng, it is better to put troops in more important places; but now it seems that Yuancheng is because of the nearby After all, with these direct drinking water sources, the army does not need to waste time boiling water during the march, so the mobility can be directly raised to a higher level."

Yin En nodded, and said: "So that's it. I said why the third prince personally led troops to station in Yuancheng. It turned out that the source of direct drinking water has such important strategic value... Wait, I suspect that we Some of the players have directly drank river water and well water! Because the water quality looks quite good, and some people will drink a few sips of water unconsciously when swimming! So I will find someone to inform all players , Let them check if there is any problem with their character card!"

  As a doctor, Liu Xing naturally agreed with Yin En's idea, so the two found Meng Fugui and asked him to help deal with this matter.

Because it was all due to the players, the investigation ended quickly, and the result was that there was a debuff called "Water Source Parasite" on the character card of one person. It will show up later.

   And the current progress bar is only one percent.

According to this player's recollection, he went swimming in the river a week ago, and had a fight with his friends at that time, but he was attacked by a friend, and the whole person was held in the water; although he himself He can swim and has passed the diving certificate, but because of the sudden incident, he drank a sip of water at the beginning, but he didn't pay much attention to it, after all, he also drank more or less when swimming before. water.

   Then he didn't feel anything abnormal in the past two days. At most, his appetite was good, but his friends all had appetite problems due to the weather.

   "It seems that we have to find a way to give this lucky guy some insect repellent."

  Liu Xing thought about it, and decided to go to Liu Nan to find out what was going on.

When Liu Xing was in a coma for the past two days, Liu Nan did not miss Liu Xing's pulse, and after confirming that Liu Xing was normal, Liu Nan didn't say much, because he still believed in his medical skills, so in After hearing that Liu Xing had returned to normal, Liu Nan just smiled and continued to see a doctor in the clinic.

   It is also because the weather is a bit hot these two days, so the number of sick NPCs has increased significantly, so Liu Nan is indeed quite busy these days. . . Fortunately, players do not get sick easily, otherwise Liu Nan's workload in the past two days would directly double.

  So we have to find a way to add one or two doctors to Tianshui Town, otherwise Liu Nan's work pressure will be a bit too great.

  Thinking of this, Liu Xing thought of Uncle Hua in Far West City again. If he can be fooled, Tianshui Town will have no shortage of doctors.

However, Liu Xing also knew that his Uncle Hua had no plans to leave Far West City, because many doctors had left Far West City today, and there were not even a single medical center in the city, so Uncle Hua did not have any plans to leave Far West City. It is even more impossible to leave under such circumstances. After all, he really takes curing diseases and saving lives, and serving the world as his own duty.

  So I have to find a way from other places.

   After Liu Nan prescribed the medicine to the last patient, Liu Xing stepped forward to express his own question—why do we need to drink hot water? And a friend of mine felt something was wrong with his body today after drinking the river water directly.

  (end of this chapter)