Real Cthulhu Running Game

"Well, you should still remember it."

Watanabe Ryusei said hesitantly: "I still roughly remember the direction of the secret base, but now the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees is pitch black, there is not even a reference object, and the signals in this area have been blocked by volcanic ash. , so I can’t guarantee that we won’t get lost.”

Liu Xing looked around and found that the surrounding scenery was almost the same, including large trees with strange shapes and land covered with fallen leaves and weeds. At this time, Liu Xing and others had already put on night vision goggles, so This is a green patch in the eyes of Liu Xing and others.

So under such conditions, let alone finding the way, even walking properly is a troublesome thing. Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Xing knows very well that whether it is Watanabe Ryusei or Ishikawa Rei, they have no navigation skills. .

It seems that it may take a little more time to find the secret base.

Sure enough, after more than an hour passed, Liu Xing and others still found no trace of the secret base.

"Okay, now we have to admit that we are lost, because without getting lost, it would only take us an hour to reach the secret base, but now I can't even see a familiar scenery. I didn’t see it... Although there isn’t much special scenery in this sea of ​​trees in Aokigahara, because there are trees besides trees.” Ryusei Watanabe said with a sigh.

As expected.

Zhang Jingxu leaned against a tree and asked: "Then what should we do now? Should we just pick a general direction and continue moving forward, or should we find a way to climb a tree to determine the direction of Mount Fuji, and then pass where we are now, And the location of Mount Fuji and the gas station to guess the approximate direction of the secret base?”

Ishikawa Ling on the side shook his head and complained: "Even if we climb into the tree now, we have no way to determine the direction of Mount Fuji without a light source, because Mount Fuji is just a green unknown object in the night vision device. Moreover, the Aokigahara Jukai has always had a rule, that is, we humans can only move under the leaves, because above the leaves is the territory of the ancient gods; of course this is just a legend, what we really need to worry about is the public faction We have started monitoring the area above the leaves, because they know that people who get lost in the sea of ​​​​Aokigahara trees will eventually choose to climb trees to determine the location of Mount Fuji, so if we do this, we are likely to be discovered by the public faction."

Watanabe Ryusei nodded and said seriously: "Yes, before this, there were many special drones patrolling the Aokigahara Jukai. If we take the lead now, we may be discovered by these drones. Of course, these drones may have been destroyed, but now that we are deep into the enemy camp, we still have to be careful, so we can just choose a suitable direction to move forward later."

After a while, just as Liu Xing and others were preparing to move forward, a gunshot suddenly sounded not far away!

Liu Xing and others immediately pointed their guns in the direction of the gunfire and quickly looked for bunkers nearby.

As a result, after the gunshot, the sea of ​​​​Aokigahara trees became quiet again, so Ishikawa Ling, who was standing at the front, made a gesture to signal Liu Xing and others to approach him.

"The sound of the gunshot sounded only about 500 meters away from us, and this distance can be said to be close or far, but the Aokigahara sea of ​​trees is completely silent now. Logically speaking, we should still be able to To hear other sounds from the shooter, unless he was motionless after shooting, or was moving lightly, but both cases are very unlikely, because there should be only one reason for the person to shoot - —He discovered the enemy!"

"So, if this person is a member of the public faction, then the reason why he only fired one shot is either because he killed the enemy with one shot, or because the enemy hid nearby, and he started to confront the enemy, but there is another prerequisite here. Conditions - The public faction will not arrange for a person to patrol the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees alone, so if this person is a member of the public faction, there should be several teammates around him, so if the enemy is hiding, Then this patrol team of the public faction should suppress the enemy while notifying other surrounding patrol teams to come for support, but they did not do so."

"But if this really solves the problem with one shot, then this patrol should also step forward to check the identity of the enemy and notify the surrounding patrols to be careful of potential enemies. Then they should also make some noises, but they also We didn't do this, so we have to suspect that the shooter was actually the same as us. He should have shot and killed a lone member of the public faction under forced circumstances. But the same problem remains. After this person fired the gun, You should escape from here quickly, because the sound of a gunshot can be heard far away in the quiet sea of ​​​​Aokigahara trees." Ishikawa Ling said in a low voice.

Liu Xing nodded in agreement, feeling that no matter who fired the gun, he should continue to make some noise after shooting, instead of nothing happening like now.

"Is this just a trap set by the public faction? I have heard before that some hunters will use a tape recorder to record some special sounds. These sounds can attract designated animals to approach the tape recorder, and then these animals will be trapped by the traps around the tape recorder. Capture, so I think this gunshot may be the 'bait' prepared by the public faction, so that we can't bear the curiosity to check the situation, and then we will fall into their ambush." ​​Yin En also said in a low voice.

However, Watanabe Ryusei shook his head and said seriously: "Actually, there is another possibility, that is, the shooter may have seen some kind of mythical creature, or was suddenly attacked by some kind of mythical creature and chose to shoot. The gun, but it turned out that the gun had no effect, and the shooter was killed by the mythical creature. The most important thing is that this mythical creature is very 'quiet' and abides by the three words "eat without speaking."

Hearing what Watanabe Ryusei said, Shi Zixuan suddenly said: "Yes, I heard a rumor about the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees before the Battle of Kōwu. That is, there may be many people in the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees. An unconfirmed mythical creature. The number of these mythical creatures is very rare, and they may even be single individuals, so they have never planned to leave the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees. As for why those people think that these mythical creatures exist , that’s because the secret church operating in the sea of ​​​​Aokigahara trees often suffers from inexplicable attrition, often one or two people are missing without noticing.”

"At the beginning, these secret churches thought that their mortal enemies were secretly taking action, but they soon discovered that things were not that simple, so several secret churches joined forces to make a plan and arranged several local The members of the decoys were operating in a designated area, preparing to lure the attackers into a trap. As a result, the decoys disappeared in the end, and some of the decoys also resisted, such as shooting, but when others arrived at the scene When we arrived, we found that both the bait and the attacker were missing, and there were very few traces left at the scene, so we determined that this was probably related to mythical creatures."

"In this world, there are many mythical creatures that have been found, but their specific circumstances have not been confirmed. For example, there is a kind of mythical creature living near some snowy mountains. Their names can be snow monsters, snowmen or bigfoot. , but apart from some sporadic sighting reports, there are no other definite clues, so I have received such a business before, joining a rich man's expedition team to investigate the situation of the snow monster, and if there is a chance, I have to capture it. This snow monster, even though I am agile and have excellent tracking ability, I was still thrown away by that snow monster."

Speaking of this, Shi Zixuan said in a serious tone: "I found the snow monster in a cave in a snow mountain, and I observed the snow monster at close range, and then I found this snow monster. The snow monster is not a distant relative of us humans, because apart from being able to walk upright on two legs, it looks like we humans have no other similarities. To put it simply, it is like us humans and deep divers and eaters. The difference between mythical creatures such as ghouls; originally I planned to wait for the large troops to arrive before rounding up this snow monster. After all, the reward for catching the snow monster is much higher than that for observing the snow monster."

"But when other people arrived after receiving my message, I found that the snow monster noticed someone approaching it one step earlier than me, so it immediately created a storm to buy itself time, and then it returned It's like diving into the ground. If I had to use four words to describe it, it would be a place where mercury is pouring! So after learning about other similar mythical creatures, I found that these mythical creatures are extremely vigilant and very concerned about their own lives. They are very adaptable to the environment, and of course the most important thing is that these mythical creatures have world-class escape techniques."

"Wait a minute, after listening to what you said, Master Zixuan, why do I think these mythical creatures you mentioned are very similar to Shoggoths?" Liu Xing said with a frown.

Shi Zixuan showed an expression of "a child can be taught", nodded and said: "Yes, I think so too. Although these mythical creatures look strange and live in various environments, they There are still too many similarities, especially the escape methods are almost the same, so I think these mythical creatures are likely to be subspecies of Shoggoth. Although these subspecies of Shoggoth have undergone some changes due to the local environment, Change, but their essence remains unchanged, especially the instinct that has been engraved in their DNA - to turn into liquid when escaping."

Having said this, Shi Zixuan glanced at the direction of the gunshot and continued: "If the person who fired the gun just discovered a subspecies of Shoggoth, then he would most likely be killed by that Shoggoth after he fired. The Si subspecies were 'assimilated' at close range, so there was no movement after the gunshot; but to be on the safe side, I think I still have to go to the scene to check the situation, so please wait for me for a moment,"

After saying that, Shi Zixuan, like a light Persian cat, disappeared from the sight of Liu Xing and others after a few ups and downs without making a sound.

"If it is really a subspecies of Shoggoths, then we don't need to worry too much, because Shoggoths generally do not attack targets when they are alone." Zhang Jingxu said with certainty, "But everyone Now you can turn on the thermal imaging function of the night vision device, because the body temperature of the Shoggoth should be different from that of the surrounding trees and weeds. Of course, if it is hiding in the soil, then just pretend that I didn't say this. Bar."

Liu Xing recalled how to operate the night vision device he wore on his head, and then turned on the thermal imaging function of the night vision device. . . Next to the infrared active release function.

The first generation of night vision devices in history actively released infrared rays and then recovered the reflected infrared rays to complete imaging. However, this imaging method requires the night vision device to continuously release large areas of infrared rays, so it is easy to These abnormal infrared rays were captured by the enemy, so the subsequent night vision devices changed the infrared rays from active skills to passive skills.

However, in a completely dark environment, infrared rays that can be actively released will be more useful. Therefore, in addition to the thermal imaging function, the night vision device prepared by Sawada Yaon also has the ability to actively release infrared rays. In addition, there is another The most effective way of night vision is to turn on the flashlight function!

Of course, Liu Xing and others will definitely not turn on the flashlight function unless they have to. After all, in today's Aokigahara sea of ​​trees, turning on the flashlight function is as effective as firing a magazine directly into the sky.

Back to the topic, a piece of infrared rays flew out from the night vision device on Liu Xing's head, and quickly fed back to the situation around Liu Xing, which was no different from before, except for the resolution mentioned.

But just when Liu Xing turned off the active release function of infrared, he suddenly found an abnormal-looking bump on a big tree not far away!

Liu Xing immediately and cautiously made a gesture to the others.

"Be careful, this may be the Shoggoth subspecies that Shi Zixuan mentioned before, but its attack method should be to sit back and wait for the prey. After getting the prey close to the tree where it is, it will jump down and devour the prey. ." Watanabe Ryusei said seriously: "It seems that Liu Xing, you have to turn on the active infrared release function all the time, because the body temperature of these subspecies of Shoggoth is exactly in the range that the thermal imaging function cannot effectively distinguish."