Chapter 2: The King of Yellow in the Board Game Club
“……”
Looking at the words that appeared on his phone, Chen Qiangpetrified himself.
Okay, let me choose YES or NO?
I didn't even have cash and a power bank for my phone, let alone -
Instant glue, medical kit, power rope, laminated suitcase, windproof lighter, military flashlight, Swiss army knife, tactical vest, walkie-talkie, sprayer, metal bat, miniature wire saw, crowbar, mohican......
These investigators travel at home to kill monsters and goods, and they haven't prepared any of them!
Just open it directly?
And it's ......
Dare to love yourself, this is the jackpot as soon as you come up!
Don't even give me a description of the mod?
"At least let me see my own character card." Chen Qiang hurriedly clicked the button of "Use the Investigator Function" on the main interface. The display of "Number of currently active investigators" after the button has changed to "1".
[Name: Chen QiangAge: 47 Race: Human]
He even directly showed his true age in his previous life and present life combined?! Chen Qiang broke out in a cold sweat again.
[Physical Condition: Healthy]
[Mental state: sober]
Luckily, there are no anxiety disorders, phobias, delusions and anything like that.
[The current health, mana, sanity, attributes, and skill values cannot be viewed temporarily because the secret keeper's permission is not opened]
"Hey! Don't even let me see the full state of my own character! ”
Wait, there seems to be ...... down there?
【Investigator Talent:
Investigator's Eye: When using the skill check in the mod, you will automatically know the number of your skill check dice and the success or failure (except for some skills) (can be closed)]
[Please note that the rules of this system may differ from the rules of the various Cthulhu Run that you are aware of.] 】
"It's too much! In the running group game, the dice results should be a matter of course for players! ”
In a game of running a group, the number of dice will determine the success or failure of key actions.
"Calm down," Chen Qiang put his phone back in his pocket, "It doesn't seem like there's any information, but in fact, there are a lot of hints for me." ”
……
Two minutes later.
"Are you alright?"
Back in the activity room of the board game club, looking at Chen Qiang, whose face was as calm as water, Qin Lingxue looked very worried.
It was the evening of mid-spring, and the tall Qin Lingxue was wearing a light-colored floral bouquet sleeve shirt, a goose-yellow over-the-knee skirt and small beige leather boots, and the whole person showed a simple and elegant but capable temperament.
"I'm fine," Chen Qiang asked calmly, "Xiaoxue, there is no activity in our board game club tonight." Apart from the two of us, is there any other member of the club who are planning to use the activity room tonight? ”
Qin Lingxue is the nominal president of the D board game club, and most of the daily affairs of the club are in charge of Chen Qiang, the vice president. But since Qin Lingxue became Chen Qiang's girlfriend a month ago, she has become more and more enthusiastic about the big and small matters of the club.
"Yes......" Qin Lingxue nodded obediently, Chen Qiang didn't continue to obsess over the topic of Arkham made her very happy, "Xiao Wei just sent me a text message, saying that he has arrived downstairs and will come up immediately." ”
"I guess he's got a couple of new games with him?"
"Yes...... I bought it with the club's funds," Xiao Xue's face flushed, playing with her long silky black hair, Qin Lingxue's voice lowered, "I just asked Xiao Wei to get the courier, I want to surprise you, you already knew." ”
Nominally, it is the club's funds, but it is mainly Xiaoxue's own money, and the purpose is, of course, to make Chen Qiang happy.
"I heard him going up the stairs," Chen Qiang said with a smile, "Listening to this movement, he must be carrying a very heavy box." ”
While talking to Qin Lingxue, Chen Qiang heard the sound of someone going up the stairs, and judged that the person was carrying a heavy object.
[Listening Skill Test: 6/?? Success】
At the same time as he made his inference, the talent of the "Investigator's Eye" also made the results of the dice test appear in Chen Qiang's mind.
In the software's view, Chen Qiang has just rolled his skill check dice and achieved a success.
In the "Call of Cthulhu" rule, the player's skill check dice is a random number between one and one hundred, and the result is generally as small as possible, and the player is considered successful if it is lower than the player's skill value (usually between 1-99) (Chen Qiang's character details are still hidden, and he can only roughly estimate his skill values).
Maybe it's just a game for that mysterious software.
But for Chen Qiang in the real world...... Treat this as a pure game, you'll die!
The result of the dice is just a "feedback", and the success or failure of the action still depends on Chen Qiang's own efforts.
"Thank you for your hard work." Chen Qiang stretched out his hand and touched Xiaoxue's head.
My girlfriend is so cute, I still have to praise it. Reason can be lost, and girlfriend's favorability can't be brushed.
"I hate it, my hair is messed up......" Xiaoxue shook her head with a slightly red face.
……
It all started suddenly.
But for Chen Qiang, who is a human being and proficient in the Cthulhu setting, the hints of the Secret Keeper system are sufficient.
The name of the mod, "The King in Yellow in the Board Game Club", hints at the mastermind behind the scenes, and also limits the stage of the story to the board game club.
When the hint "within a radius of 500 meters, a myth appears", he stayed in the toilet cubicle and did not move half a step.
More than 70% of the time, the so-called "mythical existence" was brought about by someone related to the board game club.
Without this system, or ignorance of the Cthulhu Mythos, perhaps Chen Qiang would have just been able to wait for events to happen.
As the keeper of the Cthulhu Run game, Chen Qiang once resented the investigator's practice of strangling the danger in the cradle before the incident occurred with the "knowledge of the Cthulhu Mythos".
Can now? How could Chen Qiang sit still and wait to die.
With his true "Cthulhu Mythos Skills", Chen Qiang prefers to eliminate the crisis before it even arrives without attracting attention as much as possible.
……
"Hello President."
"Brother Chen."
Under the double gaze of the goddess of the academy and Chen Qiang, who was one year older than him, the boy who carried the box into the room looked very cramped.
"What," Chen Qiang smiled and waved his hand, "I'll see, Xiao Wei, what good things have you brought?" ”
"Yes. These are the president's ......"
He suddenly noticed that Qin Lingxue behind Chen Qiang was smiling and staring at him with a warning look, so he quickly changed his words.
“…… The board games I bought with the club's funds, as well as some ...... I collected myself," said Wei Yuanshan, a boy with glasses, and by the way, he sighed Qin Lingxue's arrogance in his heart.
I just send a courier, can be fed a mouthful of dog food?
Chen Qiang nodded, as if subconsciously reaching out and preventing Wei Yuanshan from opening the box directly.
"Wait," he said casually, "I'll turn on the computer first." I recently had a plan to take stock of all the board games in the club. Xiao Wei, you and I will record these new goods first. Xiaoxue,Please take this notebook.,Re-write all the board games on the shelves over there.,I'll be with the pair in the file later.,Is there anything missing.。 ”
Chen Qiang still has a lot of say in the community. There was no special persuasion, and there was no pop-up prompt for the persuasion skill to be activated, Qin Lingxue and Wei Yuanshan naturally did so.
Qin Lingxue went to the side, while Chen Qiang sat in front of the computer, with his back to the box containing the board game.