Real Cthulhu Running Game

At this time, Sawada Yaon pulled Yin En over and said, "I don't know what happened recently. There have been many copycat criminals in various parts of the island country. Those guys imitate the methods of famous unsolved cases from various countries to commit crimes. I don't know who they are. What do you think... Is there really someone behind them?"

Liu Xing shook his head and said seriously: "I think there is no behind-the-scenes driving force behind all this, but the spontaneous behavior of the copycats, because I just checked the copycats you mentioned, Miss Zetian, and they basically They are all otakus, and many of the heinous crimes that have occurred in the island country in recent years were committed by these otakus, and most of them are over forty years old. What does this remind you of?"

"Bubble crisis in island countries?" At this time, Ding Kun came over and said: "In those days, the theory of 'land will not depreciate' was very popular in island countries, which led to the prosperity of real estate and other industries. However, at that time, island country businessmen bought land without Doing development is like holding stocks, waiting for appreciation and then reselling. Therefore, the value of land in Tokyo at that time was said to be able to buy the entire land of the American lighthouse country, and banks also admitted that these inflated land prices were used as collateral to continuously issue large amounts of loans. This led to the rapid economic development of the island country, but in the end it was a false prosperity like a bubble. The island country's economy lacked industrial support and was a castle in the air. Therefore, the island country experienced an economic crisis around 1990, and a large number of speculators were ruined."

Ding Kun paused and said in a low voice: "These are all told to me by a friend from an island country I met a few years ago. He said that at that time he had a perfect childhood and a nightmare high school life, because After the economic crisis, his best friend in school went bankrupt because his father failed to invest. As a result, the whole family committed suicide by jumping off a building, and he himself was forced to drop out of school and go work."

Liu Xing nodded and continued: "Yes, I have seen a saying on the Internet before, that is, the elderly otakus in the island country are basically the products of the bubble crisis in the island country, because at that time The islanders have a lot of money in their hands, so they are particularly tolerant of their children. Their monthly pocket money is higher than the salary of ordinary white-collar workers. Therefore, the group of wealthy otakus began their It is a pity that the emergence of the economic crisis has made it impossible for them to stay at home without worries forever. Especially in recent years, their parents who have protected them from wind and rain have passed away one after another. These otakus have to find ways to support themselves. .”

"Yes, I often see on the Internet some otakus in their 40s and 50s who stay at home and wait to die, while their parents in their 60s and 70s work from dawn to dusk to make money." Sawada Yaon He nodded and said.

Liu Xing shrugged and said: "So in recent years, those otakus who have lost their financial resources have to enter the society to make a living, but they have no skills themselves, and they have been out of touch with society for decades, so these otakus It is difficult for otakus to integrate into today's society, so these otakus will inevitably develop some anti-social tendencies, and in the end they will choose to commit crimes by extreme means."

Zhang Wenbing sighed and said: "Liu Xing, you are right. I had a chat with a company manager from an island country when I was working in the company. He mentioned that his son had not left the house for more than 20 years. , has had no contact with anyone other than his parents, and his son’s character has become increasingly irritable and unstable in recent years, so he is very worried that his son will endanger social security after his death.”

"This is the defeated generation of the island country." Yin En said with a sigh: "But then again, I remember that the skills of high school girls in the island country were also carried forward during the economic crisis of the island country, because from frugality to luxury, from frugality to luxury, from It is difficult to be frugal and extravagant. Those high school girls who were accustomed to being extravagant suddenly lost the pocket money given by their parents. In the end, they could only maintain their consumption level through abnormal means. As a result, this has become a traditional feature of the island country. "

"So do you have any other thoughts about this?" Sawada Yayin said with a smile.

Yin En, who had a strong desire to survive, immediately shook his head and said, "No, I don't want to."

Liu Xing and others couldn't help but make noises, wanting Zetian Yayin to deal with Yin En properly.

Anyway, a dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

After some fun, Liu Xing concluded: "Compared to coming up with a perfect crime process, it is much more convenient to imitate the unsolved cases created by the predecessors, so this is the main reason for the prevalence of copycat crimes now. , but judging from the serial coke poisoning incidents that occurred in Osaka Castle, this imitator is probably not an ordinary person. Therefore, I suspect that this serial coke poisoning incident is likely to be the work of a public faction, and the purpose is to Creating chaos in Osaka Castle.”

Just when Liu Xing finished speaking, kp Yaowu suddenly said: "Congratulations to player Liu Xing for triggering the special task of the Gongwu War - Rise of the New God. This special task will start the task chain after the Gongwu War officially begins. Players who complete this special task will receive special rewards!”

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Liu Xing frowned and realized that this special task was not simple, because the name of this special task - The Rise of the New Gods was very intriguing.

Liu Xing glanced at Zhang Jingxu and others and realized that they should also have received notice from kp Yaowu.

Ever since, after Liu Xing and others chatted in a tacit understanding for a while, they each found excuses to go back to their rooms to rest.

Then, Liu Xing and others gathered together again to start the second secret room time.

"Liu Xing, you are really amazing. You started the special mission of the Gongwu Battle so quickly, and this special mission seems to be very powerful." Zhang Jingxu said with a smile.

Liu Xing touched the back of his head and said with a headache: "But this mission is not easy, because I think this mission is very similar to the situation that Yin En and I encountered in Ziwu City. The strength of this so-called New God should at least be Above Dagon, below the Old Ones."

Before that, Liu Xing told Yin En and others everything he and Yin En experienced in Ziwu City, so Yin En and others also knew how terrifying Zhutori was in the evil god state.

But now Taketori is evolving towards the God of Harmony. . .

"By the way, have you ever watched an American TV series? It's the "Gods of Lighthouse Country"." Yin En suddenly said: "I suspect that the inspiration for this special mission should be obtained from that American TV series."

Liu Xing slapped his thigh, nodded and said: "Yes, it seems that this special mission may really be related to "Gods of Lighthouse Country"."

To put it simply, the plot of "Gods of the Lighthouse Country" is that with the development of the times, some relatively unpopular ancient gods have become weaker due to a lack of human faith, while some modern products have become new gods after being praised by humans. gods, such as the god of the Internet, the god of mobile phones, etc.

Obviously, the so-called New God mentioned in this special mission is likely to be an existence similar to the God of the Internet.

Ding Kun touched his chin and said: "From this point of view, the rise of new gods this time probably does not refer to a single god, but to a group of gods, such as the god of otakus and the god of the second dimension. God of idols or something?”

"That's right." Liu Xing and others said in unison.

Liu Xing thought for a while and said seriously: "If nothing else, the recent series of copycat crimes should be caused by these new gods, and these new gods should also belong to the chaos camp, otherwise they would not be allowed to Their fanatics commit crimes like crazy."

"In this way, these new gods will become the biggest spoiler in the Gongwu War, because they should not cooperate with the Gongjia faction and the Wujia faction. After all, they are all gods." Zhang Wenbing sighed, " So, can we really kill gods?”

Ding Kun shrugged and said with a smile: "I don't think we will confront these new gods head-on, because most of these new gods have not yet condensed their godhood and can only be regarded as demigods, so I think this special The specific requirement of the mission may be for us to prevent or assist these new gods from taking over."

"So should we stand on the side of the New Gods?" Liu Xing asked.

Yin En replied without hesitation: "Of course we can't stand on the side of these new gods, because we are partners of justice."

Liu Xing rolled his eyes at Yin En, knowing that Yin En was trying to make fun of him.

But having said that, Liu Xing and others finally decided to stand on the opposite side of the New Gods, because Liu Xing and others knew very well that those New Gods were definitely no more "kind" to humans than Cthulhu.

The most important thing is that if these new gods are also projected into the real world by the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, then this may be a catastrophe.

Therefore, Liu Xing and his team felt that they still had to find a way to prevent the rise of these new gods.

After discussing the issue of the new gods, Liu Xing and others brought the topic to Yin En.

"Yin En, what did Miss Zetian call you aside just now to talk about?" Zhang Jingxu asked curiously.

Yin En sighed and said with some melancholy: "Miss Zetian, she set a flag for me - we will get married after the Gongwu War is over."

This is indeed a classic flag.

"Then did you agree?" Zhang Wenbing stood up and said.

Yin En nodded and said with a wry smile: "Do I still have a reason to refuse now? If I dare to refuse, I'm afraid I will have to change to Ishikawa Rei's character card to play with you."

Liu Xing and others nodded silently, secretly thinking that Yin En had paid a lot for this team.

After the secret room time was over, Liu Xing and others went back to their rooms to rest.

As a result, not long after Liu Xing lay down, he heard the window in his room being pushed open.

"Who is it?!" Liu Xing subconsciously took out the pistol from under his pillow and pointed it in the direction of the window.

Then, Liu Xing saw an unexpected visitor - the King in Yellow.

"Are you using this body now? I'm just saying that I can't feel your breath on Watanabe Ryusei's body during this period." The King in Yellow said with a smile.

Liu Xing immediately put away his pistol and said respectfully: "My lord, you are right. I plan to keep using this body for activities recently, just because this body has no connection with you, my lord, so I am also How do I want to contact you, my lord?"

The King in Yellow nodded with satisfaction and said, "I noticed the fluctuations in your soul when you appeared in the island country, so I deliberately came to find you to do something right now."

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, knowing that what the King in Yellow needed to do was probably related to those new gods.

"I would like to hear the details." Liu Xing lowered his head and said.

The King in Yellow didn't show off, and said straightforwardly: "I believe you should also know that a serial coke poisoning incident occurred in Osaka City recently, and the suspect's modus operandi in this incident was obviously not normal. In addition, I also felt that there was a strange power in Osaka Castle, so I made a special investigation in Osaka Castle before coming to you, and I found some very interesting things. To put it simply, there are several phantoms. The magician who came back from the dream plans to use those so-called senior otakus to become gods."

"How to become a god?" Liu Xing asked subconsciously.

After the King in Yellow pondered for a moment, he said: "If I am not mistaken, those magicians want to collect enough spiritual power to make themselves gods. This is also one of the easiest ways for you humans to become gods. 1. As for mental power, it can actually be understood as emotion, but only strong emotions can be regarded as mental power. Therefore, those magicians plan to develop a group of fanatical believers to provide themselves with the power of faith, and those senior otakus you humans call It’s their best choice, because these senior otakus who are far away from society have more paranoid thinking and are easily deceived.”

"Those magicians use spells to make those senior otakus believe that the second dimension is real and that they are the gods in charge of the second dimension. Then they will use a website to issue some tasks to those senior otakus. These tasks After completion, those senior otakus will receive points. When enough points are accumulated, they can enter the second-dimensional life, which is the theme park created by these magicians in a barren land in Dreamland. However, because Those magicians need strong emotions, so you can imagine the content of the tasks they issued."

I see. . . etc.

Why does Liu Xing feel that what these magicians do is somewhat similar to the way the Cthulhu Run game lobby operates?

Liu Xing suddenly felt that this was a bit scary, so he quickly diverted his attention, "So, my lord, do you want me to destroy the conspiracy of these magicians?"

"No." The King in Yellow said decisively: "I just think these things are very interesting, so I want to tell you and share them with you. But I came to you this time for something else."

I added this plot temporarily, because I believe everyone knows about the recent KyoAni incident. At that time, I remembered the news that a minister of the island country had killed his son, so I asked a good friend who works in the island country, He told me that recently in the island country, some middle-aged and elderly otakus do some terrible things every now and then, so I wanted to write such a plot.

Of course, this is actually also influenced by a video of an island country running group I saw a few years ago. In that module, there was a secret church that used the two-dimensional dimension as its selling point, specifically to attract otakus to become their fanatical followers.