Real Cthulhu Running Game

   Chapter 350 Language Barrier

   At this moment, a female voice sounded, "Hello everyone, I am the kp of this mod, my name is Xuefeng, I hope all players can successfully clear this promotion mod."

  Wait, Yukikaze? !

Liu Xing was shocked. He didn't expect the kp of this mod to be called such an auspicious name, and he wished him to be able to clear this mod as soon as he came. It seems that if nothing else happens, he will be promoted to the mod this time. The group is going to cool down.

   "Well, I know that some players may have some misunderstandings about my name, so please don't be too superstitious, this Xuefeng is not another Xuefeng, and it will never be auspicious for everyone." kp Xuefeng said helplessly.

After a few seconds, kp Xuefeng continued: "Okay, let's get down to business, this mod is actually a special mod, to put it simply, this mod does not have a real main quest, and It consists of multiple side quests, so when the player completes a certain side quest, they will get a certain 'truth' point. When the 'truth' point reaches 100, the player can clear this mod and get 1500 Points, of course, you will also get corresponding points rewards for completing side missions."

"As for the secret room time that players are most concerned about, this mod is set like this, each player has only two chances to initiate the secret room time, and each secret room time can last for ten minutes. Of course, the player dialogues during the secret room time It cannot be heard by NPCs or mythical creatures, otherwise there will be a penalty for over-travelling, I hope you can pay attention to these details."

"By the way, because this mod took place near Rongcheng in Huaxia, all players should be very clear about the security situation in Huaxia. Therefore, some of your personal items have been automatically removed. Players can After returning to the real world, check it on the props interface, all right, now players, please get ready, we are about to officially start the game."

As soon as   kp Xuefeng finished speaking, Liu Xing found himself sitting in a bus, Ishikawa Ling was sitting next to him, and it was pouring rain outside the car window, and Liu Xing could not see the situation outside the car at all.

Liu Xing looked around and found that he and Ishikawa Ling were sitting at the back of the bus, Zhang Jingxu was sitting in front of him, and there was a tourist sitting in the middle and the front of the bus, while standing next to the driver's seat. It was the driver and the girl guide.

According to the memory of "Watanabe Meteor", because everyone did not have a driver's license, and there was no fixed shuttle bus to the mountain where the ancient man was located, "Zhang Jingxu" proposed to take the bus of a tour group to the destination, and then because it is currently Tourism is off-season, so there are only two tourists on the bus besides the three of them.

Twenty minutes ago, at nine o'clock in the evening, the bus was driving normally on the highway, but a heavy rainstorm suddenly fell, causing a landslide ahead and completely blocking the highway, so the driver immediately rushed to ensure safety. I found an intersection and got off the expressway. After crossing a bridge, I came to the place where the bus stopped.

At this time, the girl tour guide said, "Teachers, because there are only two umbrellas in the car, so now the driver and I will get off the car to seek help from the locals and arrange accommodation for the tourists tonight, so please everyone. Tourists should stay in the car for now to avoid accidents."

After   , the girl guide and driver left the bus with umbrellas.

  In this way, the remaining two tourists are players.

   "Mr. Zhang Jingxu, I just said don't worry, we won't encounter these things when we leave the next day." Ishikawa Ling said to Zhang Jingxu with a smile.

Originally, "Watanabe Meteor" and "Ishikawa Ling" both planned to set off again tomorrow morning, but because "Zhang Jingxu" insisted to visit the ancient man as soon as possible, because the ancient man's whereabouts were erratic, maybe because of After an hour or two late, I couldn't see the old man, so "Zhang Jingxu" forcibly pulled "Watanabe Meteor" and "Ishikawa Ling" into the car.

Zhang Jingxu shook his head helplessly, turned his head and said, "What can I do, I'm in despair now, who would have thought that it would suddenly rain heavily and cause a landslide, but this time it wasn't because I wanted to help Meteor. Classmates, you go to visit the ancient one, otherwise we will not encounter these things."

   was suddenly thrown a pot by Zhang Jingxu, and Liu Xing said with a speechless face: "Okay, okay, I can't bear this pot, but looking at the rain now, I'm afraid it won't stop tomorrow morning."

At this time, the player sitting in the front also stood up and walked to the middle of the bus to chat with another player, but only then did Liu Xing realize that he could not understand what they were saying, although Liu Xing knew that they were They are communicating in Chinese.

Oops.

   Liu Xing then remembered that after arriving in the Shoggoth area, the player will start to have a "language barrier". If the character card used by the player does not have the corresponding language skills, he will not understand what the other party is saying.

   So because the character card used by Liu Xing is from the island country, and he has not learned the skill of "Other Language: Chinese", so now Liu Xing is definitely unable to communicate with those two players.

   But fortunately, the character card used by Zhang Jingxu happens to speak Chinese and Island Mandarin, so in this mod, Zhang Jingxu has to play the role of a translator.

Of course, this is not good news for Liu Xing. After all, the main language in this mod is definitely Chinese, so "self" who doesn't understand Chinese is difficult to do in this mod, let alone search. The information is obtained, and the information obtained is second-hand information. Zhang Jingxu needs to translate it. If Zhang Jingxu's translation is wrong, then things will be more troublesome.

  Ishikawa Ling also realized this problem, and said to Zhang Jingxu with a smile: "Zhang Jingxu, it seems that you will be needed as an interpreter for us later. After all, neither Meteor nor Meteor can speak Chinese."

Zhang Jingxu sighed, shrugged and said, "No problem, when I invited you to China, I was already mentally prepared, but don't expect too much of my translation skills, after all, my island language It can only be said to be general, and some things may be translated strangely."

   Liu Xing nodded. It seems that Zhang Jingxu's "Other Languages: Island Mandarin" skill value should be around 50. He can use the island language for conversations proficiently, but he can't do anything about some uncommon or professional words.

   It seems that the mod is in trouble this time.

   Liu Xing three looked at each other.

   At this time, the other two players also ended their conversation and walked over and said, "@♂▲..."

   Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling were both dumbfounded.

"These two came to introduce themselves. The tall and thin one is called Li Dian, a local forensic doctor in Rongcheng; and the dark one is called Wan Chongshan, a geologist from Xishan. Tell them about your situation." Zhang Jingxu opened his mouth to translate.

   Liu Xing raised his brows, this time the player configuration is quite interesting, there are "rare occupations" such as forensics and geologists.

In the USB flash drive that Yin En gave him yesterday, the first piece of information that Liu Xing saw was "About the occupation rating in the Cthulhu running group game". A geologist is an unpopular profession that "would be better off getting a new card".

The reason for such a rating is that in the Cthulhu run game, the player's skill points are divided into two categories - occupational skill points and interest skill points. Generally speaking, a player's occupational skill points are higher than interest skill points. It is much higher, but the professional skill points can only be placed on the related skills of this profession.

   Therefore, occupation-related skills such as geologists can be said to be useless in most mods, and even if they are used, they will not have very good results.

   Therefore, the occupational skill points of geologists can be said to be very low cost performance.

   In the same way, the professional skills of forensic doctors can only be said to be relatively general. Although you can use your own skills in many occasions, the effects can be very general, and some skills need to be used with related props.

Therefore, occupations such as forensics and geologists can be regarded as "endangered occupations" in the Cthulhu running group game. First, few players will choose to create character cards for such occupations, and secondly, this is Character-like cards basically don't survive a mod. . .

   Therefore, Liu Xing looked at Li Dian and Wan Chongshan in surprise now. He didn't expect that he would encounter two "endangered occupations" at the same time in the promotion module. Liu Xing didn't know whether he was lucky or unfortunate.

   All in all, Liu Xing felt that he should be mentally prepared for the disadvantage of being a teacher.

  Under Zhang Jingxu's translation, everyone was chatting happily, but Liu Xing also noticed something different at this time, that is, the girl guide and the driver have not come back yet.

  As a rough calculation, it has been almost twenty minutes since the girl tour guide and the driver left the bus. It stands to reason that no matter whether they find the help of the local villagers or not, they should come back alone to inform them of the news.

Although Liu Xing guessed from the beginning that the girl guide and the driver are two cannon fodder NPCs, they will be killed by the plot, but Liu Xing didn't expect the plot to kill so quickly, and the girl tour guide and the driver were solved directly at the beginning of the game. .

  Thinking of this, Liu Xing told Zhang Jingxu his guess, "Zhang Jingxu, why haven't the driver and tour guide come back, will something happen to them?"

Zhang Jingxu frowned, first habitually translating Liu Xing's words to Li Dian and Wan Zhongshan, and then expressing his own opinion, "It seems that the driver and tour guide may have an accident, after all, such a heavy rain can easily cause problems. ."

   At this time, the rain outside the car window suddenly became lighter, and Liu Xing could finally see the surrounding situation clearly.

  The bus is parked in the middle of the street in the town, and there are rows of three-storey single-family buildings on both sides. The first floor is the store, and the second and third floors are the housing.

   At this moment, lights suddenly appeared on the second floor of the building on the left side of the bus.

   "Look, there are lights over there." Liu Xing said.

   Zhang Jingxu nodded, and said with some confusion: "What should we do now, or let's knock on the door of the house, maybe the tour guide and driver are there?"

   Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling naturally agreed with Zhang Jingxu's idea. After all, they have already cooperated on a module, and they still trust each other very much, so they reached a cooperation without any further words.

   After discussing with Zhang Jingxu for a while, Li Dian also agreed to act together with Zhang Jingxu. As for Wan Zhongshan, he said that he would stay in the bus first and wait for the tour guide and driver for a while.

   So, Liu Xing and the four ran under the bright building in the heavy rain and knocked on the rolling shutter door on the first floor.

   While waiting for the owner of the building to respond, Liu Xing involuntarily looked towards the bridge where the bus passed by.

  According to a major law of the Cthulhu running game, important passages like the bridge linking the outside world will definitely break for various reasons, so now Liu Xing is very curious about how the bridge will break.

   However, Liu Xing already has some conjectures. Although the story background of this mod is full of question marks, some clues can still be seen from the name of the mod.

   Old Town.

   Liu Xing can be sure that the "Old Days" here does not refer to the Old Ones. After all, this mod is only a mod for the Shoggoth area, and it is impossible for the Old Ones to appear.

Therefore, Liu Xing believes that the "old days" in the module's name is likely to represent "the past" or "ancient", because the buildings in front of Liu Xing now look very old, and the rolling shutter doors are already Rusty.

   Therefore, Liu Xing felt that the bridge should be broken due to the scouring of the heavy rain because of its disrepair.

   At this moment, the rolling shutter door was opened, and a plain-looking man who looked about twenty years old looked at everyone with a puzzled expression.

  Because Zhang Jingxu was responsible for translating for Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling, Li Dian volunteered to talk to the man.

   "The man's name is Hu Cang. He is a local. He is willing to provide us with room and board tonight." Zhang Jingxu translated concisely.

   Liu Xing nodded and said, "Well, let's go back to the car and bring our luggage now. If the car leaks, it will be bad."

  According to another major law of the Cthulhu running game, the transportation will basically be damaged for various reasons when trapped in the "isolated island", so it is best not to put important props in the transportation.

   So, leaving Li Dian to continue to communicate with Hu Cang about the details, Liu Xing and the three ran back to the bus to take their luggage.

   As for Wanzhongshan, he said that he would wait in the bus for a while.

   At this moment, kp Xuefeng said with a smile: "Okay, now players, please make an inspiration judgment."

   Inspiration judgment?

   Liu Xing felt a trace of unease in his heart.

   (end of this chapter)