Real Cthulhu Running Game

Liu Xing remembered the atmospheric creature he had seen in Sweetwater Town. At that time, he thought it was a bit unreasonable, but he also thought it might be an Easter egg buried in the Cthulhu Running Group game lobby. After all, there are many things about atmospheric creatures in the real world. There are many guesses.

But now that he thinks about it, Liu Xing feels that this atmospheric creature may really be a kind of nanorobot that operates in a swarm. Maybe they were originally suspended in mid-air, waiting for the control of an AI intelligent system, but suddenly they lost control?

 Or is it because someone in Sweetwater Town did something that activated the attack programs of these nanobots?

But when it came to atmospheric creatures, Liu Xing remembered a dream he had a long time ago. In the dream, he seemed to have traveled through the plot of a famous novel, and when he went to the tavern to inquire about the news, he I have heard about the existence of atmospheric creatures, but the main reason why those NPCs think that there are atmospheric creatures is that the world they are in seems to have a height limit, that is, when the height of a creature or object reaches a certain value, the creature or object will Or the object will be broken into pieces due to attack, but people can't see what launched the attack.

From ancient times to the present, people like to attribute things they cannot understand to the theory of ghosts and gods, or to create a creature that they do not know exists.

But now Liu Xing combines this plot with the current situation, and suddenly thinks of a new possibility, that is, this "Dyson sphere" may be closer to the planet than he imagined, let alone out of the atmosphere. , which may not even reach the clouds!

 Is this also The Truman World? !

Liu Xing frowned and said, "Well, I just suddenly thought of a possibility, that is, there is no Dyson sphere or super satellite here! Because there may be a very large ecological circle here!"

"ah?"

Shi Zixuan was surprised at first, and then frowned and said: "Leader, are you talking about the artificial ecosystem that was mentioned in the biology class? That is, you want to verify whether humans can survive on Mars and other places in this way. , after all, the environment in these places is too harsh. If the environment is not transformed, it will definitely not be able to survive; but I remember that this experiment failed in the end, but the reason for the failure is actually quite funny. It seems to be because the concrete will absorb certain gases, causing the gases in the ecosystem to lose balance."

Liu Xing nodded, and then placed the Geiger counter on the circle drawn by Shi Zixuan.

"You can think of this Geiger counter as a big bowl, so the New Dragon Empire we are in may be a huge ecological circle. If you think more in the direction of conspiracy theories, this may be a very large studio. And everyone in the New Dragon Empire is Truman, unknowingly looking for fun for some people, or things that are not people! This is like a speculation in the forum about the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall - Cthulhu The group game lobby was created by Nyarlathotep, and the reason why Nyarlathotep does this is to have fun with us players!"

Having said this, Liu Xing took another deep breath, "If it's the latter, then I also support the speculation that the previous civilization disappeared due to the omnic crisis, and the omnics won very thoroughly, so they wanted to take away their former masters. For fun, we washed the memories of the remaining humans and threw them into this studio. In this way, this new human civilization has completed a seamless connection; so we will find that even the former The history of the dynasty is also very vague, and faults have already appeared several two hundred years ago! More importantly, some crops that may have originated from the other side of the ocean also appeared in the Xinlong Empire in advance at this time."

“Studio and laboratory?”

Baihecheng frowned and said: "If we think along this line of thinking, we can also find a lot of evidence. For example, various martial arts also appear very suddenly, as if there are a lot of them overnight. People have mastered the rudiments of martial arts, and these people come from all over the world, and they have no connection with each other. Before this, I thought this was just the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall to save trouble, so I made it like this. Deus ex machina, but now it seems that those omnics want to see something different. After all, the previous human civilization obviously followed the technological route, so they now want to see how much human beings can develop of their own. potential."

"As for Warcraft and the like, the reason why they can come and go without a trace may be because of the specially released omnics. Therefore, no matter what a higher civilization like this does, it is nothing less than a miracle for lower civilizations. ! Therefore, we have reason to believe that today’s martial arts module is actually a special photography studio, because martial arts movies are also special photography in a sense, and this special photography film also adds monster elements and the palace of Kowloon to seize the throne. Drama elements, this might be quite interesting if it is really made into a movie... If this is the case, then some of the NPCs holding the protagonist's scripts should have been attracted by those omnics, so they want to support them as main character."

Liu Xing took a sip of water, nodded and said: "Now the question is, where is the Wangxiang Terrace we are going to later? I now doubt that this Wangxiang Terrace will be a museum or library. In short, it should be the same as the previous one. It’s related to a civilization.”

At this moment, Xu Bin, who had been silent, stood up, and there was a map in his hand, "Leader, I just carefully studied the map of the New Dragon Empire, and recalled what we were doing when we entered this world. The map I saw before in the martial arts module, and then I discovered a problem, that is, the New Dragon Empire is similar to the territory of the Ming Dynasty on the surface, but the area around the New Dragon Empire is full of difficult terrain! The east side Not to mention the sea, the north is also a vast expanse of ice and snow, while the south has no Gobi Desert, it is just an endless desert, and as for the south, there is a big rift!"

 Hearing what Xu Bin said, Liu Xing also noticed this problem.

As a doctor, the medical books that "Liu Peng" read contained not only a lot of medical knowledge, but also a lot of geographical knowledge. For example, certain herbal medicines only grow in certain places, so " "Liu Peng" also knew what the environment was like around the Xinlong Empire.

 In short, it can be described in four words as dire straits!

Yes, as Xu Bin said just now, the New Dragon Empire is surrounded by various extreme environments. First of all, there is no need to say more about the forest sea and snow fields in the north, although the New Dragon Empire also has several buildings there. Cities, but these cities were "transferred" to the New Dragon Empire for some reasons, so these cities only exist on the books. The New Dragon Empire basically has no ability or willingness to control these cities. After all, these cities In a sense, cities are losing money.

Therefore, for the Xinlong Empire, the purpose of the existence of these cities is to establish a buffer zone to prevent the forces from the north from going south without any scruples. By the way, they can accept tribute from these cities every year. For example, Tianshan Snow Lotus and the like are very good. As for the big desert in the west, Liu Xing seems to think that it is like intelligence in the real world. The terrain is extremely long and narrow, and Liu Xing can't figure out how this desert was formed, because it is completely unreasonable?

And if he thought about it carefully now, Liu Xing discovered an even more unreasonable situation, that is, the width of this desert is only about a hundred miles, so even on foot, it only takes about a week to cross it. Crossing this desert, some accidents may occur within a week, and the result of these accidents is very likely that you will never be able to get out of this desert.

Of course, there are also many sand bandits in this desert. Because most people passing through this desert pass by in caravans, it is normal for bandits to appear. And compared to the ice and snow in the north, With the humid and hot climate in the south and the sea in the north where no one can live, this oasis in the desert can be considered a livable environment.

Hence, although there are many foreign caravans entering the New Dragon Empire through this desert, few locals from the New Dragon Empire will go to the west through this desert.

Then there is the big crack in the south, which reminds Liu Xing of the Great Rift Valley in the real world, but this big crack replaces its width with depth, so it is a bit similar to the sinkhole in the real world. , of course, this sinkhole has also been continuously stretched.

Moreover, the south seems to have a tropical rainforest climate, so let alone the big rift, it is not easy just to walk through this rainforest, because this rainforest is not only stuffy and hot, but also has many toxic substances. There are snakes, insects, rats, ants, and even tigers and leopards, not to mention that some magical beasts will also be active in this area.

As a result, this rainforest has become a no-man's land, and even the caravans from the south will detour to the desert in the west.

As for the sea to the east, although there are many small islands dotted here and there where people can live, these small islands lack necessary farmland and water resources, so if there are only a few people living there, it will be fine, but if there are more, it will be unrealistic, unless People can continue to deliver necessary supplies.

Thinking about it this way, Liu Xing realized that the Xinlong Empire seemed to be a thin-skinned and large stuffed bun. Although it was very large, it was not easy to break through the surrounding ice sheets, deserts, rainforests and seas!

"Yes, maybe the scope of this studio is not the entire planet, but only the New Dragon Empire where we are."

Xu Bin sighed, frowned and said, "I remember when I was watching "The Truman Show", I thought about the possibility that when Truman left the world that trapped him, or in other words, photography When you go to the studio, you will find that there is more than one studio like this! Just like when we watch TV, we will find that each TV station prepares a variety of programs, so ours can be martial arts movies, then The west side is probably the sword and sorcery route to take.”

“His~ It seems that the setting of this martial arts module is a bit dark and bad. I thought this was really a martial arts module.”

Schiller touched his chin and said: "But this is not a problem for us players. Anyway, we can leave in a few more months, and under normal circumstances we will not leave the New Dragon Empire. Of course, I think If we try to cross the ice fields, deserts, or rain forests, we should be able to get corresponding achievements and titles, but if we go here, we may not be able to come back."

Liu Xing nodded, took the map in Xu Bin's hand and said: "From the information we know, if we want to go, we can only go to the desert in the west, because it is very difficult to go out in the other three directions. , for example, if we want to go to sea, we must prepare a special ocean-going ship, otherwise we will have to go to sea soon; as for the ice field in the north, it is not accessible to those of us who have never seen snow, and the ice field in the south is The rainforest is even more heavyweight. We may not even know how we died when we entered it, and just a few blows would be enough for us to drink a pot of wine."

"So we'd better just stay in our own little piece of land. If those omnics really want to have fun, then let's put on a show for them. Anyway, we have to put on a show for Nai in normal times. Aratotip was having fun, and it was life-threatening, so there is no need to be afraid of this or that like now."

Baihecheng smiled and said seriously: "So we have to find a way to continue to verify this. If it is confirmed that this martial arts module really has such a heaven-defying setting, then we can find a way to take advantage of this setting! For example, we can take the role of these omnics watching a movie. They are definitely more willing to watch highly dramatic content. After all, bland plots cannot attract audiences, so the third prince we support may really win. The final victory, because who doesn’t want to see this kind of dramatic comeback, but we still have to ensure that the third prince will not be the first to be eliminated.”

"If the third prince is the first, or is eliminated directly in the first round, then he is just a stepping stone, and the audience will not have any sympathy for such a weakling, so we must ensure that the third prince can Only by persevering can he get the script to make a comeback!"

Liu Xing slapped his thigh and said seriously: "In this case, we must work harder, because the Third Prince will definitely not be able to survive relying on NPCs alone, so we players must do something! And! The first thing we need to do now is to recruit more players, after all, there is strength in numbers!”

“Then we have to send people to further cities now and recruit local players!”

 Baihecheng raised his hand and said, "So can I leave now?"