Real Cthulhu Running Game

Chapter 2364 The Story of the Empty City

“If everyone knew about the existence of the empty city, the surrounding players would have already rushed there to build their own forces.”

Yue Shao pretended to be confident of winning, and said seriously: "The original name of the empty city cannot be verified anymore, because the empty city may have been abandoned earlier than the fog city, but it is not so much abandoned as it was not abandoned. People want to live in an empty city! How can I put it, the geographical location of the empty city is a bit too bad, and every now and then there will be a flood that washes away the Dragon King Temple. This is even more worthy of the name of a water city than Venice."

Hearing what Yue Shao said, Liu Xing took another look at the location pointed by Yue Shao on the map and found that there was a big river next to the empty city, and this big river could be regarded as surrounding the empty city.

"According to our modern view, this ghost city has experienced significant land subsidence, so the foundations of all the buildings in the ghost city are already below the horizontal line. Therefore, during the flood season every year, this ghost city will inevitably look like Fancheng back then. Become like that.”

Yue Shao continued to add: "So the aborigines in the empty city were unbearable, and finally had to choose to leave, because the humidity in the empty city was too heavy, and the per capita rheumatism was no joke! And the original number of people in the empty city Buildings are mainly made of wood, so if the wood is soaked in water, it will rot in a few days, and then the house can be marked with the word "decommissioned."

"Well, it is understandable that this empty city was abandoned, but the problem is that if we players want to build our own forces, the stronghold we choose must also have a complete set of supporting facilities, such as a blacksmith shop and a medical center. Yes, there must be tailor shops and so on, so the buildings in this empty city have been completely damaged. Can this empty city still meet the needs of our self-building power? Yue Shao, you just said that , this empty city was abandoned earlier than the fog city, that is, it was no longer inhabited more than a hundred years ago, so it won’t be completely submerged by the water now, and it will be at a loss, right?”

Yin En frowned and said: "So if I guessed correctly, there may not be a decent building in the empty city now, and the roads are full of water up to the knees, right?"

“No, no, no, you are wrong to think so!”

Yue Shao said confidently: "If there are no problems with the records in my family's collection of books, then the empty city really meets the requirements for our players to build their own forces, because the empty city was indeed as we imagined a few years ago when it was abandoned. It became dilapidated, and only the city wall could still stand. This attracted the attention of some caring people, such as those bandits and water bandits. After all, this empty city is so skinny that a camel is bigger than a horse, so There are still things that should be there, and some buildings can still be used after being reinforced, so the empty city soon became the residence of a group of water bandits."

"You have all seen now that the empty city is located at the bend of a river. Therefore, the ships going down the river will slow down when passing the empty city, so the water bandits can take this opportunity to come. If they jump into a gang fight, or simply lock the river across the river, this group of water bandits can make a lot of money from the empty city, attracting many people to come and seek refuge; and the empty city was also a formal building at the beginning. It is a city in Erba Jing, so the city walls are quite strong. Therefore, these water bandits can rest easy relying on the walls of the empty city. After all, the empty city surrounded by water on three sides is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. They only need to defend one city wall. Try to protect the city from loss."

"So this group of water bandits relied on the empty city to grow bigger and stronger, and soon revitalized the empty city. After all, the number of this group of water bandits has exceeded the original number of people in the empty city, and these water bandits came from that river The property obtained from the river had to be sold to be exchanged for what they needed. Because the flow of the river was relatively large, cargo ships were usually used. Therefore, the position of the empty city at that time was a bit like today. Far West City, because the water bandits would only do business with some designated merchants at the beginning, that is, they would hand over the stolen goods to these merchants for sale, and these merchants would then send back what they needed. Of course, Some items will be exchanged for real money.”

"But this group of water bandits soon discovered that each of these designated merchants is more greedy than the last. They are considered conscientious merchants even if they make half of your money. Moreover, there are also a lot of defective products in the goods sent back. To put it bluntly, they are trying to manipulate you. These water bandits couldn't go to other cities to do business in person; but the leader of this group of water bandits still had something. He quickly announced that they would do business with anyone, and were even willing to provide a new sales platform for those cargo ships. Jane In other words, this group of water bandits does not need to steal your things, but you must sell part of the goods in the empty city, and give a little profit to these water bandits."

"Let me go, this gang leader really has something. By doing this, he has whitewashed himself in half, and as a platform, he can make a lot of money without much cost!" Liu Xing said in surprise.

"That's right, this group of water bandits quickly turned the empty city into the largest trading platform around here. You can buy almost anything here, because this big river can be regarded as connecting the north and the south, so no matter what kind of goods it is, it is possible Passing by the empty city! As a result, the empty city became more prosperous than before in a short period of time. However, some things cannot be changed by human power, so there are still constant floods in the empty city, and many people were injured because of it. Therefore, that The bandit leader ordered people to buy a lot of stones and turn some important buildings in the city from wood into stone, so even if these stone buildings have been soaked in water for a hundred years, they can still remain empty, right?"

Yue Shao touched his chin and said: "I remember that some stone buildings were able to maintain their original appearance after being submerged in water for hundreds of years. I don't know whether they can continue to be inhabited, but for us players, empty cities It is just a springboard for self-building forces, and we do not really need to live in it every day, so as long as we ensure that buildings such as the blacksmith shop are not completely flooded, then we can meet the minimum standards for self-building forces."

One thing to say is that Liu Xing is now persuaded by Yue Shao, because the requirements for self-building power only need to be "have" and not "good", so even if the blacksmith shop is just an empty shelf, it is in line with the self-building power basic requirements.

"Then this empty city is now, are there any water bandits and bandits still entrenched in it? If so, wouldn't we have to attack the city again? Then does our alliance have this ability?" Schiller couldn't help but ask. road.

Schiller's question is also what Liu Xing wants to ask, because although there are hundreds of players in the alliance, if the alliance really wants to attack the city alone, the number of troops that can be used is only about two hundred people, and this Most of the two hundred people were just ordinary people who knew how to wield swords and guns. It can be fought, but it may collapse at the first touch.

“If it’s an encounter in the wild, then our alliance can still fight, but if it’s a siege, then our alliance may have to perform what is called the separation of birds and beasts.”

Yin En shook his head and said: "I'm not trying to make fun of you, because I know that I am the kind of person who will start thinking about running away when the situation is not good, especially in a situation like siege, where you will be directly at a big disadvantage at the beginning. Down."

"Yes, when I led an army to attack a city in other games, I felt heartbroken when I saw the casualties at the beginning. And at this time, I could only see the casualties on my own side. As for the defenders, there were almost nothing. Loss, such negative feedback is really unbearable!”

Liu Xing sighed and said: "The four major military achievements in ancient times were to climb first to break the formation, to kill the general and capture the flag! Among them, to first climb means to be the first to climb the city wall. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was a great achievement that could directly lead to the title of marquis. From this we can also see how difficult it is to get this credit, but this is also an important reason why the soldiers who participated in the siege were willing to work so hard, because as long as they win the bet this time, they will almost have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. ;So if we want to attack the city, how much reward must be given to the players to make them want to win the first place? I think it must be at least an elder position, plus all the points in the bonus pool, right? "

“Elder? At least he must be a deputy leader, right?”

Meng Fugui said without hesitation: "Because before the end of this martial arts module, we may only have one chance to attack the city alone, so the first victory must be rewarded with the position of deputy leader. Anyway, If we really build our own force, then the number of deputy leaders in the alliance must be at least eight, right? After all, the alliance points that the self-built force can give can reach five figures, so we... Sigh, Forget it, even if there are only more than a hundred bandits guarding the city, it is not something our alliance can do, unless you, the alliance leader, can bring those royal guards with you."

 “Ahem, don’t think too much.”

Yue Shao said seriously: "Yes, if we really want to attack the city, we will most likely be defeated, because to be honest, we players are just a bunch of rabble, let alone The casualty rate has reached one-tenth. Maybe if one or two people were hit by arrows and wailed a few times, the others would turn around and leave without hesitation; that’s why I say that the empty city is the most suitable for us to build our own power. place, that’s because it’s not that difficult to capture this empty city! How should I put it, the book I read is actually a travelogue. The owner of the travelogue personally went there more than 20 years ago. A trip through the empty city, which at that time was already covered with weeds and reeds!”

"We have to push the time forward for more than a hundred years. The leader of the bandit with structure and ability almost changed his identity from a water bandit to a businessman. As a result, he drank himself into a vegetative state after a celebration drink. , in the eyes of us modern people, it is very likely that it was a cerebral hemorrhage caused by long-term alcoholism, so the leader of the gang was quickly replaced by another person, and this person's acting style was more old-school. He felt that since his group was all He is a water bandit, so doing business all day long is really a bit awkward, so this person is going to destroy his own business, and then return to his old business to rob those cargo ships!"

"Actually, we also know that most of the mountain bandits and water bandits are here to mess around, so since you can sit at home and eat and drink in peace, who would want to lick blood from a knife? What's more, the original bandit leader was still very popular, so someone discovered that before the original bandit leader turned into a vegetative state, he followed the current bandit leader to a secluded place to whisper, and then it was discovered that he had fallen to the ground; so, someone I thought that the original bandit leader was plotted by the current bandit leader, so the group of water bandits immediately divided into two groups and yelled at each other, and finally started fighting, and both sides suffered losses."

"At this time, it is inevitable that someone will come to catch the cicada, followed by the oriole, so soon someone came to the empty city to finish off, preparing to catch all these water bandits. It turned out that the remaining water bandits were also cruel. Knowing that his defeat was certain, he arranged for people to burn the empty city to the ground, because even if the air humidity in the empty city is relatively high, it can still burn if you add fuel to the fire! Therefore, the empty city has gone through it again After the fire, only the stones were left, and what's even more ruthless is that these water bandits got a bunch of caltrops from nowhere and threw them into the water. This rounding is equivalent to laying a mine."

"So the empty city has since become a real no-man's land, because the cost of rebuilding the empty city is not cheap, and you don't want to step on a caltrop while walking, right? You know, in an environment like the empty city, If you step on caltrops, you will easily suffer various additional injuries, such as tetanus and bacterial infections. Therefore, the empty cities are just like those in the real world, gradually covered by various plants; the owner of the travel book heard that After learning the story of the empty city, I relied on the fact that I was also a second-rate master, so I decided to bravely enter the no man's land, and then I found that the existence of the empty city could no longer be seen from a distance."

"You should know that reeds are actually quite tall, right? They can grow up to five meters high in places with suitable conditions. In ancient times, city walls were only about three to five meters high. Of course, some important cities could have more than ten meters. Meter-high city walls, but this is just an example, so it is normal for the walls of ordinary cities like the empty city to be less tall than the reeds; and in addition to the reeds in the city, the city walls are also covered by ivy, and there are other plants growing Above the creepers, for example, there are many plants similar to Venus flytraps, but these plants are larger and even rats are not spared."

 “The Deep One?”

At this moment, Shi Zixuan suddenly said: "When I mentioned Reed, I thought of Reed Town and the Deep Diver in Reed Town."

Hmm, because the number of chapters in the title is wrong, I will open a new volume tomorrow and start from the beginning.