Chapter 29: The Cthulhu Mythos
"Uncle?" Takenaka looked at Lao Wang's crazy and crazy face, and for a moment he was not sure if what he said was true.
"Don't doubt it, I know I look like a great immortal now, but you do what I say first, don't you want to come to the space to find me after you become a business, if you can survive, we all have time to talk about it a little bit." Lao Wang glanced at the time, waved his hand decisively, and said in a resolute and affirmative tone, not allowing Takenaka to continue to question.
"Uncle, just say it, I'll listen to you. Zhuzhong said with his heart horizontal, the current situation is that his back is against the south wall, and a group of vicious dogs are surrounded in front of him, simply, only now that the dead horse is a live horse doctor, he himself has no better way, it is better to listen to Lao Wang's inspiration.
"There is such a passage, I will repeat it to you now, and when you are done, you tell me, have you heard this passage before?" Lao Wang took out his father's words directly from his mind and said them to Zhuzhong.
When the little guy heard this, the pupils in his big eyes suddenly constricted, this sentence was too well-known, how could he not know it?
Although Takenaka is only a teenager, he has surpassed most adults on the market in terms of knowledge, and he clearly knows that what Uncle just said is the most core idea in the system called the Cthulhu Mythos.
This system was pioneered by the genius horror writer Howard Philip Lovecraft, and then after many writers and writers who were interested in this system, it was finally filled with richness, and finally formed a new mythological system with an independent style and a system, because its content is obscure and dark, so it is different from the orthodox light genealogy mythology, so the circulation is relatively general, but in the display world, whether it is film and television works or game elements, there are many references to this style of mythology.
This iconic summary sentence is uttered by Mr. Loveclough in his novel "The Call of Cthulhu" through the mouth of the protagonist of the novel, and it can be said that all the Cthulhu mythos systems revolve around this sentence.
In the real world, the game Bloodborne Curse is a game built with the Cthulhu Mythos as the system, if the core background of the trial world of Lao Wang and others this time is the background game Bloodborne Curse, then the core background of the Bloodborne Curse game is undoubtedly the Cthulhu Mythos system.
Cthulhu is by far the darkest and most eerie mythological system, in which human values are meaningless and all quests for the mysterious unknown lead to a catastrophic end.
This is reflected in the Bloodborne Curse, which at least means that excessive exploration of the knowledge of the Old Gods will lead to a person's mental breakdown and become a mad skull containing knowledge, and at a large scale, the spread of rare blood and bestial diseases is due to the terrible consequences of human beings over-exploring the profound powers contained in the blood of the Old Gods.
The Cthulhu system also emphasizes that in order for humanity to survive in this system, it must always rely on the forces of other powerful beings in the universe, which are of no interest to humanity unless they are exploited with malicious intent.
Takenaka's brain is like electricity, and these are usually collected into pieces and just quickly connected in series, he seems to understand, but he doesn't seem to know at all.
At this time, Uncle suddenly revealed such an obscure world core of the Cthulhu Mythos, although it is very in place, will it be a little incompatible with the task of effective observation, at least in terms of time, they are not allowed to explore so deeply now!
Lao Wang looked at Zhuzhong's expression, knowing his doubts, and said with a smile: "Bamboo, in fact, we all walked into the misunderstanding at the beginning, the so-called effective observation, what is effective, in fact, the focus is definitely not how much the elements we observe have changed, or what is the difference." ”
Wang Mancang swallowed and foamed, and continued: "I think that effective observation depends on the observer, as long as you have your own spiritual viewpoint, and then figure out the joint of effective observation, any observation can be regarded as effective observation!"
In fact, sometimes those problems that can't be figured out are just covered by a thin layer of window paper!
Zhu Zhong only felt that Lao Wang's words were his morning bell and dusk drum at this moment, and Hong Zhong Da Lu, in the fierce ringing, suddenly lifted the rotten window paper covering the center of the bamboo, and the answer to effective observation was there, and it could no longer be hidden.
Their previous misunderstanding was that after they had been dead on the spiritual viewpoint, the world would look different, and the focus was always on the world would become different, but they ignored the most important part, the world has not changed, and various phenomena have existed before, but now Takenaka and Wang Mancang have obtained the spiritual viewpoint, which is equivalent to having a new means of observation, so they can see more of what already exists in the world, in other words, it is best not to happen in the Cthulhu mythos'Set sail'.
Human beings see because the eyes bring vision, because they can taste taste, because the tongue provides taste, and if the spiritual point of view is understood as a new kind of somatosensory sense, and the person who has this sense, through the new sense, can feel what already exists but cannot be observed.
Of course, having the sense of perception is only the first step, to take a simple example, when you have a visible eye, but you have little understanding of vision, you think that vision is a ridiculous behavior, refuse to use it, and do not believe that you can use vision at all, then these eyes are no different from being blind, that is to say, the person who has vision itself must also have a strong understanding and confidence in vision, and believe that vision does exist.
The same is true for the effective observation in Quest Ring 4, where the selector obtains the spiritual perspective is only the beginning, and the short-term tools and means are complete, and the spiritual realm must also keep up, and the role of the spiritual viewpoint must be comprehended in the state of mind.
After these two points are met, the selector can then observe the world of trials, so that there can be different gains, the powerful law ability of random space can reach people's hearts, and naturally the subtle element of human epiphany can also be calculated as an evaluation criterion, even if this condition is so subjective, space can easily do it.
If the selector does not have this inner epiphany, then he will not achieve effective observation until death, and after the time is up, he will also be ruthlessly erased in the mission ring 4, this random space for the definition of the selector to become stronger is really broad, it seems that not only in terms of strength, but also in terms of mood, insight, understanding, and even the growth space of philosophical speculation.
Wang Mancang saw several consecutive changes in Zhuzhong's expression, and knew that this bear child had 'enlightened', this brain is different, a little bit is thorough, the drum does not need a heavy hammer, it is very simple to understand.
Lao Wang patted Zhuzhong on the shoulder, then stretched out his hand to him, and pointed to the sky with his left hand.
Now the two of them have figured out the true meaning of effective observation in their hearts, just as Takenaka speculated just now, the space detected the change in their thoughts in an instant, and the entire bloodborne curse trial world flickered slightly in their eyes as if the input signal source of the computer screen was unstable, and then completely changed its appearance.
The moon of this world became more and more silvery white and bright, and under the frosty white light, a large number of floating multi-tentacled wonderful creatures appeared in the originally dim and gloomy sky, they looked huge and mysterious, and the posture of cruising in the air looked like they were flying against the wind, and it was like air was a liquid to them, and they swam in it.
In the distance, the hunters and other enemies were still patrolling slowly with pitchforks and sickles, but the king was sure that in the eyes of these goods, a red light appeared, and in the silence contained this madness, which was the power of blood and beastification.
The shriveled little zombies from the original dream also appeared in the hunting world, clustering from east to west like clumps of weeds, almost everywhere, waving their hands to make a stiff posture, which looked ridiculously funny.
Lao Wang and Takenaka looked at these changes, and their hearts were panicked, and the shock brought by this change made them really start to think, or at least, their thinking began to deepen.
The voice of the old girl in the space sounded appropriately, and at the last moment, Lao Wang and Takenaka finally completed all the tasks.
"Selector No. 95270 Wang Mancang, your quest ring 4 in the Bloodborne Curse ——— the Trials World, please obtain the Spiritual Vision, preliminarily understand the role of the "Spiritual Vision" and complete an effective observation of the Trial World while maintaining the Spiritual Vision, and get the task reward: random points * 1000, shell coins * 1, replacement points * 100. ”
"Selector No. 95270 Wang Mancang, your quest ring in the world of trials - bloodborne curse is all over, and since you have not chosen to accumulate rewards, the random space will only provide you with the basic rewards of the quest. ”
"Since the Picker survived in the Extreme Entry mode, Random Space rewards you with an additional 2 attribute points and random points *500. ”
"Your record in the Bloodborne Cursed World has been saved, due to your participation in the killing of the regional boss clergy beast, you have obtained the title of Bleak Blood in the Bloodborne Cursed World, this title can only be used in the Bloodborne Cursed World, it is a special effect title with no ability bonus, and the selector who bears this title has a higher chance of learning the inheritance secret skills of the old hunters in the Bloodborne Cursed World. ”
"This trial world is your first official trial world, especially as follows, in the state that you complete the trial world mission and survive, you can choose to return to the random space on your own or wait for the trial world mission time to end, and be teleported back to the random space. ”
"Regardless of which method the Selector takes to return to the Random Space, they will first enter the Evaluation Gate of the Trials World when returning to the Random Space, where the Selector can stay for up to 1 hour to review the battles in the Trial World and use Displacement Points to take away the exchangeable items in the World. ”
Wang Mancang looked at Zhuzhong beside him, the little guy was already scary, and he was still looking at the strange scene in the moonlight, looking at what he meant, it should be that this observation of the bloodborne curse world touched him again, Lao Wang is not particularly clear, but this change in mood should be very beneficial to the selection of spiritual types, even if Zhuzhong does not take a pure spiritual route, spiritual attributes are also considered one of his main attributes, it seems that this epiphany has made him more or less able to gain a little.
Thinking of this, Lao Wang didn't bother Takenaka, and began to think about the information he had just heard from the old girl in the space, he was retained the world record of this trial, and he also won the title of Bleak Blood, what does this mean?
Will you be able to re-enter this world selectively in the future?
But pull it down, chaotic, confused, a little more pondering for a while will burn the brain hurt, Lao Wang thinks this is still more suitable for the kind of people in Xiaozhu who like to ponder, as for the weapons and combat mechanisms in this world, it is indeed quite exciting, and Wang Mancang feels that he has a strong interest in the use of trick weapons.
In short, Lao Wang is very proud of the rough and ferocious fighting style in this world, Takenaka has repeatedly told him, this fighting style is called "death match", it is the recent fighting method of fighting for life, and people who are familiar with this combat mode have no advantage over other people who fight steadily.
But Lao Wang is very unaware that there are also things, that is, the core of this world, too lazy to think about it is on the one hand, on the other hand, he still has a faint uneasiness, the information revealed by this trial world makes him feel hopeless, this is nothing, but this despair seems to be very real, it will make him really think that he does live in such a world, which makes him unhappy.
The mission ring is completed here, and for Lao Wang and Takenaka, there is no difference between the active return and the waiting time, and they themselves have less time left.
Lao Wang looked at the bamboo again, and saw that his eyes moved for a moment, and he should have thought clearly about the feeling in his heart just now, so he opened his mouth and said to him: "Bamboo, come back, the matter is over." ”
He suddenly felt very wonderful, his first friend in a random space, and his first partner, 12 years old, Japanese, game nerd, high-IQ baby, a bit two-dimensional, there will be a sense of dependence on people with straightforward and simple personalities, these elements that can't be beaten with a 36-year-old Northeast farmer, and now it's really pinched together with himself, it's really a wonderful feeling.
Takenaka came back to his senses and said: "Uncle, our basic information has been exchanged a long time ago, you have to wait for me in the space, if one of us accidentally draws to the limit to enter the mode, we must live and wait for the other party." This little guy, when facing Wang Mancang, his eyes were particularly shallow, and he cried again without saying a few words.
"Come on, crying chickens and birds, waiting for you to come and masturbate, steadfast, right?" Lao Wang deliberately said with a tiger face.
"Uncle should make good use of the replacement point..."Takenaka said, his eyes red.
"Well, if you're lucky, won't we meet again in twenty minutes at most, let's talk about it in space. Lao Wang waved his hand nonchalantly, there was not much time left for the return task, and the two of them talked for a while, just using up the remaining time.
The bodies of Wang Mancang and Takenaka Hanbei slowly disappeared into the air of the Bloodborne Cursed World, as if they had never been there.