Real Cthulhu Running Game

Chapter 2432 The Totem Stone of Itacua

 Itacua? !

After listening to Wang Wu's description, Liu Xing subconsciously thought of Itacuya, because the simple drawing on the stone was indeed in line with the image of Itacua, or in other words, it was in line with the views of the nearby aborigines. Itacua's thoughts.

After all, when Itacua appears, there will be a strong ice storm around it, so people nearby cannot see its true image clearly, so they can judge it based on its red eyes and the scope of the ice storm. , to determine the general shape of Itacua, and then add some imagination to construct the Itacua in their eyes.

Therefore, Itacuya has several cool-sounding titles in the mouths of the surrounding indigenous people, such as the "Invisible Totem God", so could that stone be made by some indigenous people? The totem stone carved by Itacua?

Under normal circumstances, the materials of totems are mainly wood and stone. Although there are many trees near the Arctic Circle where Itakuya appears, those trees are not suitable for use as totems, let alone in Itakuya. When Ya appears, there will be an ice storm with unknown wind speeds. This wooden totem may be blown thousands of miles away in the blink of an eye.

 “Stone totem?”

Ding Kun on the side frowned and said: "I heard that in some inaccessible villages, totems made of wood or stone are placed at the entrance of the village or ancestral hall, and these totems are basically some minor gods they worship. They are the kind of gods that we have never heard of. After all, some famous gods have specially made statues. You can buy a statue that is almost as tall as a human by going to a nearby city. But how can I put it, the pattern on that stone is a bit too simple. According to Xiao Wu, it is similar to the graffiti drawn by a child. But the reason why we are frozen like this is probably because This totem!”

Liu Xing nodded and said to Wang Wu: "Xiao Wu, have you told Brother Yu about this matter? If not, go tell him and see if he has any ideas."

As we all know, the road up the mountain is basically a one-way road, especially the mountain road in ancient times. After all, this mountain road proves a saying - there is no road in the world, and the more people walk, the more it becomes a road.

So at this time, the Haunted House Adventure Team has stretched the team very long. Yu Lei and others at the beginning are more than 20 meters away from Liu Xing and others at the end, and this is still a considerable distance, so this At that time, Liu Xing couldn't even see Yu Lei and others in the distance.

“Okay, I’ll go find Brother Yu and talk about this matter.”

After Wang Wu finished speaking, he turned around to find Yu Lei, and Liu Xing nodded with great satisfaction that he recognized his little brother in this martial arts module, because logically he should tell him about it first. Yu Lei and others who came along the way came to find themselves first instead of looking far away.

“Liu Xing, you are quite a good little brother. I will come to you first if I have any news.”

Yin En said with a smile: "And he is really brave. He actually dared to go to the shady house to check the situation alone, and it seemed that he even went deep into the ice storm to check the situation inside. Only then did he discover that A totem stone... But now the question comes back, is this totem stone related to Itacua? Because the pattern on this totem stone is very consistent with Itacua's image. Every time he appears, there will be an ice storm, so this is not really a totem stone related to Itakua, right?"

"Well, I remember that Itaqua seemed to be one of the more beastly Old Ones. Unlike Cthulhu and Tsathoggua, the Old Ones who can come into contact with humans and can communicate to a certain extent. Sun Dominator! Therefore, the surrounding aborigines do not worship Itacua so much as perform various rituals for him to appease Itacua. For example, this totem stone may be used to imitate Etacua. The appearance of Takuya, and then a dedicated person enters it to enshrine this totem stone. This rounding is equivalent to enshrining Itakuya himself. "

Ding Kun touched his chin and said: "This is just like when we burn incense and worship Buddha. Although we are only facing a statue of a god, the incense can reach the **** corresponding to the statue, so this totem stone is also very particular! But there is a problem The question is still, why does this totem stone appear in this martial arts module, and it happens to be at the door of the uncanny house? You know, Itakua is the kind of old ruler who never moves away from his home for ten thousand years. It usually lives near the Arctic Circle and has no records of appearing in the Dreamland, so it is unlikely that its totem stone will appear in the Dreamland, let alone the martial arts module that came here this time."    "Yes. , the area behind the treacherous house should be occupied by a moon beast, so if Ge Jing did not close the door when leaving the treacherous house, who inside the door would take such a totem stone out with nothing to do? And you also put this totem stone directly at the door? "

Speaking of this, Liu Xing suddenly thought of something, and his expression immediately became serious, "Wait a minute, although in the settings of the Cthulhu Myth and Cthulhu Run games, there seems to be no mention of the Moon Beast. Weakness, but I remember that the moon beast seems to be a mythical creature with fluid characteristics. If I insist on saying so, this moon beast is a bit similar to a slug and a snail, and its overall characteristics are a bit like a toad. In short, this moon beast There should be a layer of mucus on the body surface! In this case, we have reason to suspect that even if the moon beast does not have the weakness of ice, it still has a certain resistance to cold, because cold weather will damage the skin of the moon beast. The surface freezes, causing the moon beast to feel a certain amount of discomfort and may even suffer some damage."

As soon as Liu Xing said this, Ding Kun next to him nodded and said: "Yes, I remember that many creatures with mucus on their bodies attach great importance to this layer of mucus, because this layer of mucus can not only protect and It has a lubricating effect and can also assist breathing. In short, if this layer of mucus is lost, those animals will be severely uncomfortable and even die! Therefore, since the various mythical creatures in the Cthulhu mythology are still living things, they are still relatively small. We humans are still developing advanced animals, so their various body structures are not aimless and have their own uses! Therefore, the shape of the moon beast is similar to that of a toad, so it may have the same purpose as a toad. "

At this time, Yin En also answered: "Although we have now confirmed that the Cthulhu Running Game Hall is assimilating to the real world, there were some previous speculations about the Cthulhu Running Game Hall, or about the basis of the Cthulhu Myth. It also has reference value. For example, before the appearance of the Cthulhu Running Game Hall, some people believed that when the master of craftsmanship created the Cthulhu Myth, the images of the old rulers and mythical creatures in it were all based on the real world. Creatures, such as the octopus corresponding to Cthulhu, the crab-like Lan Tigos and Basatan, and of course the elephant-like Changgna Fang Geng, so we will find that there are many people who love craftsmanship. The Old Ones are like enlarged versions of seafood.”

"As for the Old Ones created by other authors later, their images all refer to some animals, gods or monsters from other myths, or some unknown creatures in folklore, such as what we now call Itaku. Asia may be referring to a monster called the Wendigo, which only exists in the mouths of the indigenous people near the Arctic Circle; so many Cthulhu enthusiasts at the time believed that whether it was the Old Ones or the Mythical creatures, they can all find corresponding reference objects in the real world, and some characteristics of these old rulers and mythical creatures can also be found in these reference objects, so if the moon beast can correspond to the toad, then we You can refer to the toad to deduce some information about the moon beast."

"Of course, even if we know that the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall may have existed before the emergence of the Cthulhu Myth, it is possible that the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall secretly drove the master of Artifacts to write " "Cthulhu Mythos". As for the reason why the old rulers and mythical creatures in the first version of Cthulhu Mythos can be used as references in the real world, there are two possibilities; the first possibility is Cthulhu. Lu Paotuan Game Hall was already assimilating the real world at that time, and the reason why the old rulers and mythical creatures in the first generation of Cthulhu Mythos resembled various marine creatures was because humans still lacked understanding of the ocean at that time, so It will be much easier for the Cthulhu Run Game Hall to modify this part of the game secretly.”

"This is like early nautical charts in the real world, which often depict various sea monsters. To put it bluntly, humans still know very little about the vast ocean. In addition, the navigation at that time and today's Like the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall, they all belong to a high-risk but high-reward industry, so the rise of the insurance industry is inextricably linked to the navigation industry; we all know that the level of insurance premiums depends on the insurance. How risky things are. For example, I remember when I was a child, I went to buy insurance with my parents, and I saw a few posters posted in the insurance company, which mentioned that they could even insure rockets! Of course, a certain action star! When the movie was being made, these insurance companies were afraid to accept his policy.”

"So some people think that there were so many sea monsters on the nautical charts at that time. The main reason was that people at that time knew little about the ocean, let alone the causes of tsunamis and ocean storms, so they believed that these ocean storms and tsunamis were caused by Those sea monsters brought about it, so sea monsters are the embodiment of these marine disasters; in addition, it may also be some sailors' reaction to certain marine creatures they saw, such as giant squids, blue whales and other giant creatures. You can refer to the descriptions of snakes by many people nowadays, so if you search on the Internet, you can see that many people are absolutely certain that they have seen some kind of snakes several meters long, even if The maximum reliable length of this snake is less than half the size of these species."

"Oh, I know this! I follow a snake blogger in the real world, and he often posts comments from viewers, and the lengths of the snakes in these comments are more ridiculous than the last, but these comments are all One thing they have in common is that the lengths of these snakes were measured visually.”

Liu Xing nodded and said: "Actually, the visual inspection ability of ordinary people is still quite unreliable, especially for targets like snakes that lie on the ground and bend their bodies to move forward. It is easy for huge errors to occur. In addition, there are some People will brag subconsciously when talking about these things, so it is normal for the error to be more than double! For example, when I was a child, I saw a snake crawling on the wall in school. I visually inspected the snake at that time. It might be three meters long, because the height of the wall was more than three meters high. When the snake was caught by the security guards, I discovered that the snake should only be about one meter long, because the security guards were holding its tail. The snake's head was just hanging on the ground."

"So there are many legends about big snakes in history, or in other words, among the various animals that exist in reality, the legends about snakes are the most exaggerated! And in the sea, there is also the influence of water surface refraction, so the error of visual inspection by sailors It would be even bigger. In addition, sailors liked to go to bars to drink and brag after landing ashore, so they intentionally or unintentionally exaggerated those marine creatures, thus forming a large number of sea monster legends; and insurance companies at that time also They took the opportunity to publicize the existence of these sea monsters to prove that shipping is very dangerous, so the insurance premiums they require have gone up! And it’s hard for shipowners to refute, after all, they have to rely on these sea monsters. to increase your shipping costs.”

Yin En said seriously: "So after studying the situation in the real world, the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall decided to first assimilate certain creatures in the ocean into the appearance of the old rulers and mythical creatures. Only in this way can we To give players some sense of immersion, so that players will not be confused after entering the Cthulhu Run game lobby, then the difficulty of this module will increase; of course, there is another possibility, that is, the so-called Old Ones and Dominators Mythical creatures are all created in the Cthulhu Run Game Hall based on certain creatures in the real world. After all, this is just a string of data. Of course, you can also directly change the model like a MOD. "

"Yes, the Cthulhu Running Game Hall can indeed assimilate the real world in this way... Wait, since we are all sent into this martial arts module now, then the Cthulhu Running Game Hall is assimilating reality. Will it be more convenient in the world, after all, there are less variables for us? "