Real Cthulhu Running Game

"This is the scent of roses, but there seems to be some strange smell mixed with it." Alice said.

Liu Xing put on the rubber gloves that the police officer handed him before, picked up the incense burner and said, "Have you ever felt that after entering this room, your reaction and thinking abilities have been reduced?"

Ishikawa Ling, who was standing next to Liu Xing, nodded and said seriously: "Yes, after I entered this room, I felt an indescribable discomfort, so if you hadn't told Liu Xing, I thought it was just me. I’m not feeling well.”

"Mr. Meteor, you mean Ecstasy?!" Alice said in surprise.

Liu Xing nodded, opened the incense burner and said affirmatively: "Yes, it is the Ecstasy Incense, but to be precise, it should be the low-end version of the Ecstasy Incense made by the Corpse Food Cult. I believe that Miss Alice, you should also know the true version of the Ecstasy Incense." Ecstasy incense is very rare, so many secret churches will produce various low-end versions of Ecstasy incense. The biggest difference between the low-end version of Ecstasy incense and the genuine Ecstasy incense is that the difference in effect is somewhat large. The difference is that the low-end version of Ecstasy cannot be colorless and odorless, so it will have a special smell, which is the strange smell you just mentioned, Miss Alice."

The reason why Liu Xing is so sure is because the incense in the hands of "Watanabe Ryusei" is also a low-end version, and it happens to come from the same source as the low-end version of the incense used in the incense burner, and comes from the same "merchant" .

Just like what Liu Xing just said, because the genuine Ecstasy incense is expensive and only has so many shipments each year, many secret churches are thinking about researching the formula of Ecstasy incense themselves.

Of course, these secret churches definitely cannot imitate the genuine Ecstasy Incense. Therefore, these secret churches are self-aware and have produced many low-end versions of Ecstasy Incense, such as the one used by Baihe City on the Yueshi. Ecstasy is a low-end version, which can quickly induce hypnosis and emit a lot of black smoke.

The low-end version of the Ecstasy incense in the hands of "Watanabe Ryusei" takes the route of bewitching people's hearts. It can make people affected by this low-end version of the Ecstasy incense more receptive to various forms of psychological suggestions. However, this low-end version of Ecstasy has a faint strange smell. People can clearly distinguish this smell after smelling it once.

But what makes Liu Xing feel the most deceitful is that whether it is the low-end version of the incense or the genuine incense, the names of their props are all called incense, unlike other props that have some prefixes.

Therefore, Liu Xing is now certain that Alexander was influenced by this low-end version of Ecstasy, and finally chose to commit suicide after receiving someone's psychological suggestion to him.

As for someone here, Liu Xing thinks that nine out of ten people should be from the Corpse Food Cult.

"This is difficult to handle. Although we know that Alexander committed suicide after being hypnotized, we basically have no strong evidence to prove this. After all, we can extract it from the ashes in the incense burner. There are some hallucinogenic ingredients, but for ordinary people, this can only prove that Alexander may have hallucinated due to overdose, and then chose to shoot himself." Zhang Jingxu shook his head and said.

At this time, Chris came over and had a conversation with Alice.

The conscientious translator Ling Ishikawa whispered to Liu Xing: "Alice told Chris all the clues we found in North Point and the QB spinning mill today, including of course our current analysis of the cause of Alexander's death, and Chris just mentioned that after preliminary investigation, Alexander received a phone call before he shot himself. The phone call only lasted five seconds, and then Alexander hung up the phone and chose to shoot himself, so this proves Our guess is correct. Alexander should have been planted with psychological suggestions very early. Then today, after being hypnotized by this low-end version of Ecstasy, he received a call from someone. On the phone, the person mentioned When the key words to trigger psychological suggestion were reached, Alexander was finally forced to kill himself."

Liu Xing nodded and said, "Did Chris mention that the police can trace the phone number and determine the owner...Forget it, it seems impossible. After all, the other party has After all the preparations had been made to kill Alexander, there was no way he would have forgotten to make the call using a phone card that contained no information."

According to the normal plot, it is impossible for the villain to be stupid enough to call Alexander from his own personal phone.

However, this time Liu Xing guessed wrong.

Ishikawa Ling shook his head and said with some confusion: "No, no, no, Meteor, you guessed wrong this time. The police technicians have guessed that the phone number just called Alexander came from a man named Ace. A man, and this Ace is a wanted man on the run in England. He was once the leader of a small secret church. In Portsmouth a year ago, he held a sacrificial ceremony in which twenty believers cut each other's throats to death. , because the situation at the scene was extremely tragic, Ace was reported by a timid new believer, so Ace became a wanted criminal, but after that sacrificial ceremony, Ace never showed up again. "

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, touched his chin and said: "In that case, Ace should have joined the Corpse Food Cult after the sacrificial ceremony and was protected by the Corpse Food Cult, so he was able to hide in the dark. However, Why did the Corpse Cult push Ace out this time? Did the Corpse Cult want to divert the attention of the police?"

At this time, Alice had finished discussing with Chris and turned around and said, "That's not necessarily the case. I once heard my teacher talk about this Ace. According to my teacher's investigation, the sacrificial ceremony he held was probably In order to open the door to the dreamland, all his followers were sacrificed to some mythical creature. Because where Ace held the sacrificial ceremony, there was a door to the dreamland, so I think Ace After performing the sacrificial ceremony, he entered the dreamland and hid himself."

"If it comes to the dreamland, it may be related to the ghoul. After all, there is a saying that the ghoul is the creature in the dreamland. This is also the reason why the ghoul appears and disappears. So it is still possible for Ace to join the Ghoul Cult. And if he really joins the Corpse Food Cult, Ace's status in the Corpse Food Cult should be quite high." Zhang Jingxu analyzed.

Liu Xing nodded and said seriously: "Judging from the current situation, the possibility of Ace joining the Corpse Food Cult can be said to be very high, but the strange thing is, why would Ace come forward at this time? Logically speaking, there is no need for him to show up."

The Yisi man thought for a while and said, "Is that possible? Didn't Chris say that Alexander is cautious by nature, so Alexander should not choose to answer unknown calls, so the Corpse Eater Cult can only choose to find someone who is the same as Alexander. Someone he knew came to make this call, and Ace happened to know Alexander, so it makes sense if you think about it this way.”

This guess of the Yi people is indeed tenable.

But now is not the time to talk about these things. Liu Xing and others have not forgotten the purpose of their group coming here.

As a result, Liu Xing and others dispersed again to investigate Alexander's home, but found nothing.

After all, the Corpse Cult used remote hypnosis to make Alexander commit suicide, so there were no useful clues left here.

Ever since, Chris asked Liu Xing and others to go back first.

Of course, the Yi people also discussed with Chris and successfully obtained a new safe spot from Chris.

Back in the car, the Yi people told him the address of the new safe spot.

Hearing the address of the safe point, Zhang Jingxu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "The address of this safe point seems to be exactly the same as the address on the note."

The note in Zhang Jingxu's mouth naturally refers to the note in the water ghost's wallet in Panlong Town.

"Do you know the address of this safe spot?" the Yisi people asked curiously.

Zhang Jingxu nodded and briefly told the Yi people about the water ghost note.

The Yi man raised his brows and said, "Chris told me that this safe spot is an asset of the Manchester Police and is a place specially used to communicate with undercovers. Only the top management of the Manchester Police and the undercovers of the police know about it, so when you encounter The water ghost who arrived must be an undercover agent of the Manchester Police. After all, in recent years, only Tom, the only high-ranking member of the Manchester Police, has died."

Is the water ghost an undercover agent of Manchester police?

Liu Xing has now figured out how the undercover turned into a water ghost - Gluck's believers were preaching in Manchester. When the Manchester police found out, they sent an undercover agent into Gluck's church to investigate, but before the undercover could wait, the undercover would After the useful information was delivered, Glachi was turned into a water ghost and sent to Panlong Town.

But this is no longer important.

"By the way, do you think that Ace looks like a player?" Ishikawa Ling said.

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said seriously: "I think this Ace should also be a player. After all, the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. The module lets us know the situation of the other player in this way, which can be regarded as a balancing method. , but judging from the current situation, among the four players in the opposing camp, there are already at least two fanatical believers, which is not a good thing for us."

Players who are fanatical believers can really do whatever they want when their sanity value is relatively low.

And now it is certain that the sanity value of White River City is no longer high, and the sanity value of Ace, who has already held a sacrificial ceremony, should be about the same as that of White River City.

So if White River City cooperates with Ace, then they will really be able to do anything, and then their group will become very passive.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing sighed and said: "Okay, after we go back and meet Lu Tianya and the others later, we will pack up our things and go to a safe place, and then tell Lu Tianya and the others not to contact Master Zixuan anymore. It is best to let Lu Tianya They have been staying in a safe spot to prevent Lu Tianya and the others from being attacked by the enemy."

Because in other cases of missing foreign tourists in Manchester, all the people in the bus were kidnapped by the Corpse Cult, so there is no need to investigate, so Liu Xing and his team can call it a day.

However, because Alice and Ryuzaki had not yet determined their destination in Manchester, and the safe spot provided by Chris was large enough, Alice and Ryuzaki decided to live with Liu Xing and his party during this period.

Back at the hotel, Lu Tianya's three daughters had already returned to the hotel because they received a call.

After explaining to the three Lu Tianya girls, everyone packed their bags and headed to the safe spot provided by Chris.

Not long after setting off, Liu Xing and others noticed someone following them.

However, this was also expected by Liu Xing and others. After all, Master Zixuan had already found the three women of Lu Tianya, so players from the enemy camp would definitely arrange manpower to follow them.

Of course, since they had expected that someone would follow them, Liu Xing and others were naturally prepared. They put the flashing warning lights that had been prepared in the car on the roof of the car and turned it on, and then stepped on the accelerator to accelerate. Start running red lights.

Soon, Liu Xing and his group got rid of the following vehicles behind them, because those following vehicles did not dare to run the red light as casually as Liu Xing and his group. After all, after many cases of missing foreign tourists in Manchester, various places in the city of Manchester Traffic police began to stand guard at intersections.

After getting rid of the tracking vehicle, Liu Xing and his group found a subway entrance to park. After notifying Chris to send someone to collect the car, Liu Xing and his group took the subway to a safe point.

The safe spot provided by Chris can be said to be hidden in the city, because this safe spot is located in the most prosperous area of ​​Manchester - a high-end apartment building next to Albert Square.

Moreover, the design of this safe point is also very strange. On the surface, it is located on the first floor of this apartment building. It is a small apartment with one bedroom and one living room. However, as long as you open the bedroom closet, you can find an elevator leading to the basement. This basement is the real safe spot.

Liu Xing and others did not use the key provided by Chris, but tried it with the key in the water ghost's wallet, and sure enough. . . Not open.

After all, an undercover agent went missing with the keys, and the Manchester police had to at least change the locks on the safe point, if not the safe point.

As a result, Liu Xing and others honestly opened the door, and then the first two people who walked into the room, Ishikawa Ling and Zhang Jingxu, suddenly froze on the spot, blocking the others from the door.

Liu Xing raised his brows, looked through the cracks in the crowd, and saw an acquaintance sitting on the sofa in the living room eating melon seeds.

And this acquaintance is Hu Li!