Real Cthulhu Running Game

After Liu Xing finished his day's work, he immediately went home to have dinner, and then went to the only square in Taoyuan Village.

This square is located behind the small ancestral hall, and is about the same size as a football field. At this time, in the middle of the small square, a bonfire has been prepared.

However, looking at the bonfire that was as tall as one person, Liu Xing suddenly remembered a problem, that is, he did not see many trees in Taoyuan Village, not even a small forest, and these trees looked like The tree is less than ten years old.

This is very strange. You must know that this was in the Jin Dynasty, because coal had not yet received people's attention, so everyone basically used wood as fuel.

But judging from what Liu Xing has seen and heard in the past two days, Taoyuan Village does not seem to be short of wood, but the trees around Taoyuan Village are definitely not enough for the villagers of Taoyuan Village.

Could it be that the woods are also beyond his reach?

Liu Xing looked at everything around him and felt more and more that something was wrong.

To put it simply, Liu Xing felt that the ecological system of Taoyuan Village was not enough to sustain the living needs of the villagers in Taoyuan Village.

You must know that the current population of Taoyuan Village has reached nearly a thousand people. The daily food and drink expenses of such people are not a small amount, and a lot of domestic waste is produced every day. . . So the question is, what kind of garbage does Liu Xing think of eating the remaining half of the crucian carp tonight?

Although many people in Taoyuan Village are raising livestock such as pigs, cattle and sheep, the meat that villagers usually eat the most is fish. After all, the reproduction and development speed of fish is very fast, so Liu Xing has been I discovered that many ponds are actually fish ponds.

As the sky became darker and darker, the villagers of Taoyuan Village came to the square, and Liu Xing had been looking for Zhang Jingxu and others.

When the bonfire was officially lit, Liu Xing finally saw Zhang Jingxu and others standing next to the five clan elders.

And it seemed that Zhang Jingxu had a very happy conversation with the five clan elders.

After a while, the royal family member stood up, clapped his hands, and said: "Today is the 680th year that our ancestors came here to establish Taoyuan Village. It is a day worth celebrating. In addition, our good friends have given us great gifts." We bring good news that the world is now at peace, so everyone should have a good drink tonight!"

"Yeah!" The villagers of Taoyuan Village cheered happily.

have a drink?

Liu Xing instantly became vigilant, because in the Cthulhu Running game, it is a classic law that evil comes from the mouth.

Moreover, during Liu Xing's stay in Taoyuan Village, he didn't drink anything except water, and Liu Xing didn't find any alcoholic beverages at home.

At this time, several strong men carried several wooden barrels over, and when the lids of the wooden barrels were opened, Liu Xing smelled a familiar aroma of wine, and it seemed that it was high-quality liquor.

Liu Xing couldn't help but frown, because Liu Xing knew that the alcohol content of liquor in ancient times was actually not high. After all, the brewing technology at that time was not enough to produce high-quality liquor, so the three bowls Wu Song drank before fighting the tiger were not high enough, and the alcohol content was not high enough. Probably no more than ten degrees, not much different from today's beer.

But judging from the current situation, Liu Xing suspects that the alcohol content in the barrel may have exceeded 60 degrees, which was a black technology in the Jin Dynasty when this module took place.

At this time, the barrels were surrounded by villagers, and the strong men began to distribute drinks.

Liu Xing could notice that the villagers who had drank the wine had expressions as if they were relieved after a long drought. It seemed that these drinks were not available in normal times.

So do you want to go have a drink?

After Liu Xing hesitated for a moment, he still moved closer to the barrel, because Liu Xing was thinking very openly now. Anyway, he was just an NPC in this module, and he didn't need to be as careful as he was when he was a player, and If there was really something wrong with this liquor, he could also warn Zhang Jingxu.

Of course, Liu Xing had to admit that this liquor had an inexplicable attraction to him. To be precise, "Liu Xing" subconsciously wanted to drink this liquor.

Soon Liu Xing got a bowl of white wine. From the appearance, there was nothing unusual about the white wine.

Liu Xing took a deep breath and became stuffy.

Cool!

Liu Xing only felt that after the liquor entered his mouth, it turned into a stream of heat and traveled through his limbs, giving him a feeling of comfort all over his body.

Good wine.

Liu Xing looked at the barrel with unfulfilled interest and couldn't help but drink the entire barrel of wine.

Unfortunately, when Liu Xing got a bowl of liquor, he was squeezed out of the team by other surrounding villagers. So Liu Xing looked at the crowded crowd and decided to join Zhang Jingxu and others first.

At this time, Zhang Jingxu was still chatting with the five clan elders. Zhang Wenbing and Ding Kun stood behind Zhang Jingxu as bodyguards, while Yin En was studying the red apple in his hand.

apple?

Liu Xing frowned and knew in his heart that this Taoyuan Village was most likely in the Dreamland, because apples were only introduced to China in the 19th century, so apples should not appear in Taoyuan Village at this time.

Of course, some people think that the "氰" mentioned in ancient texts is an apple, but even if it is really an apple, it is not the same variety as the red apple in Yin En's hand.

So the red apple in Yin En's hand obviously shouldn't be here.

But having said that, if Taoyuan Village is really located in the Dreamland, then the appearance of red apples is easy to explain. After all, it is not impossible for the gate of the Dreamland to appear near the place where red apples are produced.

At this time, Yin En also noticed Liu Xing, so he walked over and said, "This little brother, I have something to ask you."

Liu Xing knew that Yin En wanted to send a message to him.

Liu Xing nodded and said with a smile: "If you have any questions, just ask, I will tell you everything I know."

Yin En also smiled and asked: "What I want to ask is if anyone in Taoyuan Village knows magic. I made a lot of marks when I left Taoyuan Village. As a result, I still couldn't find the way several times, and When I left Taoyuan Village again, I didn't find the mark I made before."

"Well, I really don't know about this issue, but I have lived in Taoyuan Village for so many years, and I have never heard of anyone who knows magic in Taoyuan Village." Liu Xing answered seriously.

Yin En nodded and said with some disappointment: "That's it. Thank you for your advice, little brother."

After Yin En finished speaking, he left.

Liu Xing looked at Yin En's back and began to think about the meaning of the message Yin En conveyed to him.

Obviously, Yin En's message also comes from the original text of "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring". To put it simply, although the fishermen leaving Taoyuan Village have marked them along the way, when the fishermen want to use these marks to find Taoyuan Village again, time but failed.

This passage seems quite normal in the original text, but if this sentence is put into the Cthulhu Run game, it will inevitably make players think too much.

So why are fishermen’s marks wrong?

In the modules about "Peach Blossom Spring" that Liu Xing has seen, there are generally two explanations for this - the first explanation is that after the fisherman left Taoyuan Village, Taoyuan Village arranged for people to move the marks. Hands and feet; the second explanation is that Taoyuan Village is always on the move.

In this regard, Liu Xing prefers the latter, because it is easy to get hungry if you want to find a motionless Taoyuan Village. You can do it by sending enough people, and in the Cthulhu Running Team game, if you want to make Taoyuan Village It is not impossible that the location of the village keeps changing, and judging from the current situation, this only requires the gate of Fantasyland to be moved.

etc.

Liu Xing suddenly realized a problem at this time, that is, hadn't Zhang Jingxu and others left Taoyuan Village a few days ago, and didn't the main mission of this module require Zhang Jingxu to leave Taoyuan Village alive?

Could it be that Zhang Jingxu has not left Taoyuan Village these days? !

Liu Xing couldn't help but look at Zhang Jingxu, and found that Zhang Jingxu was also looking at him at this time.

As an old teammate who has completed many modules together, Zhang Jingxu immediately saw the confusion in Liu Xing's eyes, so Zhang Jingxu nodded inconspicuously.

What's going on?

Liu Xing carefully recalled that Zhang Jingxu and others did seem to be leaving Taoyuan Village under the farewell of the elders of the royal family. Moreover, when Zhang Jingxu and others came back during the day, it did not look like they came back because they got lost.

So Zhang Jingxu and others were under an illusion? !

Liu Xing only thought of one possibility - Zhang Jingxu and others were unknowingly enchanted by the illusion, so they thought they had left Taoyuan Village and returned home.

If it is an illusion, then this matter will be a bit troublesome, because the roles played by Liu Xing and others this time are ordinary people, and it is not easy for ordinary people to break the illusion.

At this time, Zhang Jingxu finally finished chatting with the five clan elders, and the clan elders dispersed.

At this time, in the square, the villagers of Taoyuan Village were singing and dancing around the bonfire. It was obvious that everyone was very happy.

Zhang Jingxu and others seemed to be infected by the people around them, and they also participated with smiles. . . Of course, Zhang Jingxu stuffed a small note when he passed by Liu Xing.

Because the clothes Liu Xing was wearing did not have pockets, Liu Xing could only hold the small note tightly.

The bonfire party lasted for more than two hours before it ended because the bonfire was extinguished. At this bonfire party, Liu Xing still did not talk to Zhang Jingxu, but Zhang Jingxu and others went back after the bonfire party ended. Rest in the royal family’s hometown.

After returning home, Liu Xing had been taking a nap in the room. After the surroundings were completely quiet, Liu Xing walked out of the room with a small note, and then checked the contents of the small note under the moonlight.

From this small note, Liu Xing finally knew what Zhang Jingxu and others had done in the past few days.

First of all, Zhang Jingxu’s identity in this module is one of the top celebrities in Wuling City, so after the fisherman “Yin En” brought the news about Taoyuan Village back to Wuling City, “Zhang Jingxu” began to make preparations to go to Taoyuan Village. As a result, "Yin En" did not find Taoyuan Village with the Wuling Prefect's men for the first time, so "Yin En" became synonymous with a liar in Wuling City, and the Wuling Prefect gave up the idea of ​​looking for Taoyuan Village again.

However, "Zhang Jingxu" did not give up, so "Zhang Jingxu" paid to hire "Yin En", and this time "Yin En" took "Zhang Jingxu" and the three of them to Taoyuan Village.

Moreover, when entering the module, Zhang Jingxu and others were actually in a cave. As Liu Xing guessed, Zhang Jingxu and others stopped when they saw a ray of light, wanting to see clearly what was going on inside. Moving forward, it turned out that Zhang Jingxu and others could not see what was behind the light, so they had no choice but to boldly walk in. Then after a brief loss of vision, Taoyuan Village appeared in front of Zhang Jingxu and others.

At this time, Zhang Jingxu suspected that Taoyuan Village was located in a dreamland.

After being invited by the elder Wang Clan, Zhang Jingxu and others came to visit the elder Wang Clan's home. The home of the elder Wang Clan was a relatively large wooden courtyard, and Zhang Jingxu and other guests lived in the west wing.

In the past few days, Zhang Jingxu proposed many times that he wanted to go out for a walk, but he was rejected by the royal family elders for various reasons every time. Moreover, the other four clan elders often came to visit Zhang Jingxu to chat, but during the chat During the process, Zhang Jingxu discovered that these five clan elders all had a very broad range of knowledge, and they did not look like an old man living in a village that had been isolated from the world for hundreds of years.

Of course, what surprised Zhang Jingxu the most was that there were many things that should not exist in the royal family's home, such as a set of purple clay teapots, blue and white porcelain pillows and some cotton products.

You must know that cotton was an ornamental plant a long time ago, and was not taken seriously in the early days when it was introduced to China. Therefore, the earliest cotton products recorded in China were in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was not until the early Yuan Dynasty that cotton was combined with silk and silk. Wait to be added to the tax list.

After seeing these timeless items, Zhang Jingxu became more certain that Taoyuan Village was located in the Fantasy Land, and that Taoyuan Village was a vassal village of a certain mythical creature, so Zhang Jingxu began to walk around the old royal family's home, trying to find something related to the myth. Zhang Jingxu found nothing about biological clues.

Ever since, Zhang Jingxu tried to say goodbye to the royal family elder, but he did not expect that the royal clan elder actually let Zhang Jingxu and others leave Taoyuan Village, so Zhang Jingxu immediately took Ding Kun and others to leave Taoyuan Village.

Although he returned to the cave again, Zhang Jingxu did not receive the message from kp Al informing him of passing the module, so Zhang Jingxu could be sure that he was still within the scope of Taoyuan Village.

However, since he had "left" Taoyuan Village, Zhang Jingxu could not immediately turn around and "return" to Taoyuan Village, so Zhang Jingxu took Zhang Wenbing and others back to Wuling City, and rested in Wuling City for a few days before returning. Looking for an opportunity, I returned to Taoyuan Village.