Real Cthulhu Running Game

  Chapter 334 Miskatonic University

Miskatonic University can be said to be an important part of the Cthulhu mythology, because in many works of the Great God of Love, the human characters that appear are more or less related to Miskatonic University, and " The terrier "Watchdog" is also widely circulated in the circle of Cthulhu.

In the related setting, Miskatonic University is a fictional town in Sykes County, Massachusetts, the American lighthouse state - Arkham (the city of Arkham in Batman is a tribute to it, And both can be described as "talented"), a fictional university named after a fictional river called the Miskatonic River.

It is mentioned in the "Dunwich Horror Incident" that loves craftsmanship, Miskatonic University is a famous world-class university, comparable to Harvard University, and they are also for the "old gentleman" in Massachusetts. "The two most famous schools for their children.

Since Miskatonic University is a world-renowned famous university, Miskatonic University must have its own advantages. Therefore, in addition to history and psychology, Miskatonic University has made great achievements in archaeology and mysticism. It has reached the world's top level, so a large number of students come to Miskatonic University to study every year. . . Although many students ended up entering the Arkham Asylum next door, or were directly sent to the grave. . .

In addition to its strong academic strength, Miskatonic University also has a well-stocked library. In the library of Miskatonic University, you can almost find all the magic books that have appeared in the Cthulhu mythology or Related books, including the Necronomicon, are mostly translations of modern languages.

Therefore, in the Cthulhu running group game, if players have the opportunity to come to Arkham, they will definitely choose to go to Miskatonic University. If the player reaches Miskatonic University, they will definitely go to Miskatonic University. Take a look around the university's library.

By the way, in the works of Cthulhu Mythology, the scientific expedition team organized by Miskatonic University can be described as troubled. After so many devastating blows, Miskatonic University is still able to organize a world-leading scientific research team, which shows how profound the heritage of Miskatonic University is. . .

Therefore, Liu Xing once saw such a post in the forum of the Cthulhu Running Group game hall, listing the possible "Hell Difficulty Starts" that the player character card may appear in, of which the highest ranking is "Studying/Working in Miska" Tonic University students/staff" and then "Resides in Arkham City".

Of course, although this is a "Hell difficulty start", in fact, from another point of view, it can also be said to be the most profitable start, because your character is stuck in Arkham City and has gone through several mods After that, you can quickly obtain a large amount of Cthulhu mythology knowledge values, and correct the mentality of the character card. After all, it is like Liu Xing's character card "Liu Xing", although he has experienced several supernatural events and has seen a lot of myths Creatures and mad believers, but Liu Xing knows that "Liu Xing" is still "superstitious in science" and has not completely accepted the worldview of Cthulhu mythology.

   Of course, risks and benefits coexist. The character card that can come out of Arkham City alive can be said to be one in a hundred, but players with such a character card will basically become players in the Cthulhu area.

Therefore, Liu Xing and others are so surprised now that Alice has a teacher from Miskatonic University, but this may also be a major reason why Alice will join the Deep Sea Gospel Association, after all, like this Deep Sea Gospel The leader of this kind of secret church, basically the value of Cthulhu mythology knowledge and mysticism will not be too low, so Liu Xing began to suspect that Alice's teacher is the leader of the Deep Sea Gospel Society, or a high-level person of the Deep Sea Gospel Society. .

   But none of that matters.

"Miskatonic University? It's one of the most famous universities in the world. I didn't expect you, Miss Alice, to be a student at Miskatonic University... er, I mean Miss Alice, as Miss. How could a student at Katonic University choose to open a bar in Kyoto? This is really surprising to me." Panda Pig pretended to be surprised.

Alice laughed and said, "Mr. Panda Pig, you have misunderstood, although my teacher used to work in the occult major of Miskatonic University, but many years ago I attended a Miskatonic After the expedition organized by the university, for some reason, I decided to retire from Miskatonic University and return to London to spend the rest of my life.”

"But because my father changed his job to become a lawyer after the midnight subway serial murder that year, but under the arrangement of the London police, he became a lawyer specializing in some supernatural cases, so I My father knew my teacher, and because I was interested in occultism since I was a child, he became my master's named disciple, and learned a lot of occult knowledge from my master... So no surprises If so, we are now involved in a paranormal event."

   Everyone nodded in agreement.

   And Liu Xing can now be sure that if he and his party have further in-depth communication with Alice, it is very likely that the plot point on Alice will be triggered, and there will be a chance to trigger the corresponding module in the future.

  So, Liu Xing is a little tangled now, should I trigger the plot point on Alice?

   After all, Liu Xing has a 70% certainty. It is certain that the modules related to Alice will involve Elizabeth, or the boss of the module is Elizabeth. If this is the case, then Liu Xing also has certain advantages.

   More importantly, if you have an in-depth communication with Alice, you will have the opportunity to contact Ms. Alice and have the opportunity to go to Miskatonic University.

And the modules related to Miskatonic University, whether it is in the real Cthulhu running group game or in this real Cthulhu running group game hall, are called "sharpening knives for players" Stone", or "Dragon Gate".

Because the modules related to Miskatonic University basically involve a large number of NPCs and mythical creatures, leaving aside those mythical creatures for the time being, these NPCs alone will give players a headache, because of the identities of these NPCs One is more mysterious than the other, and the background is more terrifying than the other. If you use a certain fantasy novel, the NPC of Miskatonic University is "archaeologists walk all over the street, mystics are like dogs", "Just throw a stone. If you go down, you can hit an important member of the secret church."

  So, maybe the NPC who was chatting with you one second ago, pushed his black-rimmed glasses the next second, and used some kind of time-based spell on you.

   Therefore, the modules related to Miskatonic University will be more difficult. Basically, as long as one step is missing, you will lose the whole game.

   Therefore, only after clearing the relevant modules related to Miskatonic University can you be considered a senior player of the Cthulhu run game and be eligible to be promoted to the Cthulhu area, of course, except for some special occupations.

  Although Liu Xing is still a player in the Shoggoth area, people have to plan ahead.

But before Liu Xing could speak, Zhang Jingxu smiled and said: "Miss Alice, if possible, I hope you can introduce your teacher to me in the future, because I have been very interested in the occult for a long time, and Miskatonic University's occult major is number one in the world."

   Liu Xing raised his brows. He didn't expect Zhang Jingxu to steal his own drama, and according to Liu Xing's idea, Zhang Jingxu should not need to go to Miskatonic University.

After all, Zhang Jingxu's occupation is a Taoist priest, which belongs to the special occupation mentioned by Liu Xing before, so if Zhang Jingxu wants to be promoted to the Cthulhu area, he only needs to honestly follow his teacher's door to do tasks and "suppress demons and eliminate demons" everywhere. Well, there is absolutely no need to get involved in the Miskatonic University-related mods.

   And Alice also thought so, "Uh, Mr. Zhang Jingxu, isn't your profession a Taoist priest? According to my understanding of you Chinese Taoist priests, your theories should be quite different from our Western mysticism."

As Alice said, although the related knowledge and theories of Taoist priests are also classified into the skill of occultism in the Cthulhu running group game, this is still different from the "occultism" studied in the Western world, and even There are some contradictions.

To put it simply, the related theories of Huaxia Daomen and the "occultism" in the Western world are both branches of the occult skills in the Cthulhu run game, but there is still conflict between these two branches, so Alice would feel a little surprised.

And Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, although the knowledge of Taoism I learned before this is different from Miss Alice and your Western mysticism theory, we can still seek common ground while reserving differences, especially when I am here. After encountering such supernatural events and mythical creatures, I also feel that I have hit the limitations of my knowledge, so in order to improve my own knowledge, I plan to study occultism, but on paper I feel shallow, I am one. People don't get much useful information just by reading books."

"So, I was thinking of finding a professor who studies mysticism to preach for me. Originally, I also planned to study at Miskatonic University, but I still lack a guide, even if I go to Miskatonic University To be an auditor at most, it doesn't mean much to me, so I very much hope that Miss Alice can introduce your teacher to me, and I will definitely pay your teacher to satisfy him."

Alice thought for a while, then said, "There is no problem with this, my master is a relatively open person, very interested in the theories of occultism related to the Eastern Church, unlike other esoteric theories of academic origin. Professor, I will only stick to my own opinions and keep my own way, thinking that only Western mysticism theories are correct, and Eastern mysticism is all nonsense, so if nothing else happens, my master should be very willing to meet you, Mr. Zhang Jingxu, after all, Huaxia My master has never come into contact with the mystical theory of Taoism, but before that, we still want to find a chance to escape from Fisherman's Village."

   After getting Alice's affirmative answer, Zhang Jingxu breathed a sigh of relief and said in a relaxed manner: "Well, let's exchange contact information after we leave Fisherman's Village."

   Liu Xing noticed that there was something wrong with Lu Tianya's face at this moment.

   Sure enough, women like to be jealous, even though Zhang Jingxu and Alice were talking about "work".

And Zhang Jingxu clearly felt the murderous aura coming from next to him, but what impressed Liu Xing was that Zhang Jingxu said without changing his face and heartbeat: "Okay, I'm full now, everyone, eat slowly, I'll go back to my room to prepare, and help Miss Alice to dispose of that compound magic circle, if you have eaten, Tianya, come up and do me a favor."

After   , Zhang Jingxu got up and left the dining table.

However, Liu Xing still noticed that Zhang Jingxu's movements were a little stiff, while Lu Tianya was walking beside Zhang Jingxu and blocked the sight of Liu Xing and others with Zhang Jingxu, but Liu Xing could still see that Lu Tianya's hand had been placed on the Zhang Jingxu's waist.

   Seeing this situation, Liu Xing smiled knowingly, but soon Liu Xing's smile solidified instantly, because Liu Xing found that as a single dog, he seemed to be stuffed with dog food again.

   After a while, Zhang Jingxu went downstairs and said to Alice, "Miss Alice, go upstairs and chat with Lu Tianya if you can. Later, Lu Tianya will help you solve the problem of the compound magic circle in the room."

  Alice nodded with a smile, and went straight upstairs.

   And at this time, the secret room time opened.

   "Student Zhang Jingxu, I didn't expect you to be a strict wife too." Panda Pig said with a smile.

Zhang Jingxu smiled helplessly and said, "Don't make fun of me, what can I do, I'm also desperate, let's get down to business, I didn't expect that the boss of this mod would be Shoggoth. It will be troublesome soon."

Liu Xing nodded, shrugged and said: "Yes, according to what I found in the underground ruins this afternoon, there must be more than one Shoggoth in Fisherman's Village, and there will definitely be one elite-level Shoggoth. But it stands to reason that we should have a way to avoid confrontation with these Shoggoths, after all, in terms of our current combat effectiveness, we may not be able to fight even an ordinary Shoggoth."

  Although Liu Xing said so, he still didn't have a bottom line in his heart, because Liu Xing really couldn't think of what to do to avoid conflicts with the Shoggoths in Fisherman's Village.

   (end of this chapter)