【SAN CHECK 0/1D6】

[Test result 51/20 failed!] 】

[Senity reduced by 1D6]

【1D6=5】

When an investigator is sanity shocked by witnessing a tragic scene or mythical creature, a sanity test, or SAN CHECK, is performed. That is to say, if you perform a D100 (i.e., a random number of 1-100 percent/random number of 1-100, the same below), the D100 test is lower than the current rational value as a success, and vice versa.

Different mythical creatures cause different sanity losses, which are generally counted as a success/failure form in Cthulhu Run games. The number on the left side of the slash is the sanity lost when the sanity test is successful, while the number on the right is when the test fails.

The sighting of the ghoul has a loss of sanity of 0/1D6, and Du Yingfei fails the sanity test and loses 5 SAN points, which is equivalent to a quarter of his prime minister's intelligence.

……

Du Yingfei often heard a sentence from his father: be in awe of the world.

Dad also often muttered another sentence: There are some things that it is better not to know than to know.

Now, Du Yingfei does – or thinks he is – understand the meaning of these two sentences.

For a long time—only a second or two—Du Yingfei's eyes stared directly at the ghoul's twisted body, as if a century had passed.

[Intelligence test 5/50 success]

Du Yingfei's will is not firm, but he is not stupid.

He understood almost immediately......

Standing in front of him is not an actor in a costume, nor is it a colorful illusion created by contemporary technology.

It's a steady, mechanical, unwavering horror that really exists in this cold and crazy universe.

The ghoul leaned forward and flew towards Du Ying, opening his mouth as if to say something.

"Du ......"

So Du Yingfei understood.

The creature.

He's going to call his name.

"Ahh

Du Yingfei is a non-believer and even more dismissive of the supernatural. However, at this moment, when the ghoul's hideous and terrifying ugly posture hit his retina, the worldview he had built up for twenty years also collapsed.

His mind went blank and he ran wildly towards the exit from the basement. However, to his despair, he found that the creature behind him, who could not tell whether it was like a dog or a jackal, was faster than himself, despite the appearance of staggering and dragging a man in his hand.

will be overtaken!

"No, no, no, no!"

Du Yingfei frantically ripped open the nearest door at hand—thankfully, it looked lockable—and escaped.

"There's ......"

It seemed like the creature wanted to say something, but he didn't care.

Bang!

The door is closed and locked.

"Ahh......h

With his head against the door panel, Du Yingfei felt that he had lost the strength of his whole body and knelt down by the door. His shirt was already soaked with sweat.

Will the other party break in? Will you do to yourself the same way you did to the man before you?

The room was dark, and only the sound of my own breathing could be heard.

With his back against the door panel, Du Yingfei stood up. He felt his foot knock something metallic.

“…… Wait a minute. ”

Was it the excessive panic that dulled his senses? Only now did he realize the faint smell of corruption that permeated this room.

"This room, what the hell—"

His hand felt for the switch of the light.

Card.

The incandescent lamp emits a gentle glow.

What catches your eye is a dead, rotten pig hanging upside down from the ceiling.

The head of the rotten maggot, directly opposite him, dozens of centimeters away from him, "glared" at him viciously.

【SAN CHECK0/1】

[Test result 42/15 failed! 】

Du Yingfei, who was stimulated by reason again, rolled his eyes and fainted.

……

And outside the door, Uncle Xu was at a loss.

What's that, classmate Du......

I really didn't mean to scare you......

I can smell it through the door, did you kick over the incense burner I cast a spell......

Feed? Mr. Du, are you okay?

……

And at the same time.

Chen Qiang and Qin Lingxue on the second floor were completely ignorant of Du Yingfei's unfortunate encounter.

"What's wrong?" Chen Qiang said, "Xiaoxue? Suddenly so serious. ”

And Xiaoxue seems to have made a lot of determination.

"Chen Qiang," her gaze wandered, "you say—do you believe in the supernatural?" ”

"Supernatural?"

Chen Qiang laughed.

Since the Wei Yuanshan incident, Chen Qiang and Xiaoxue have been mixed with a certain discord in their seemingly consistent mode of getting along.

Even if they are tacitly avoiding this topic, both parties know that as long as the two still maintain their relationship with each other, sooner or later there will be a showdown.

Chen Qiang originally hoped that he could prepare for this moment through a series of temptations.

But since Xiaoxue chose to take the initiative to provoke the conversation, Chen Qiang will not shy away from it.

"Supernatural?" Chen Qiang shook his head, "You mean...... Is Wei Yuanshan the thing he became? ”

He had quietly activated his "Eye of the Secret Keeper".

"That's not Wei Yuanshan," Xiaoxue said, as if she had mustered all her courage, "it's some kind of creature disguised as Wei Yuanshan." You're not like those people, you should be able to know...... That kind of camouflage can't be done by means of disguise and the like. ”

[Psychology 4/56 Success]

The "Eyes of the Secret Keeper" can even be seen through the investigator's skill test. Xiaoxue is not performing this time, she is serious.

In other words, Xiaoxue's knowledge of the Cthulhu Mythos allows her to understand that Wei Yuanshan is a special mythical creature, but she doesn't know the characteristics of this creature?

"When I first heard that ......," Chen Qiang said leisurely, his eyes drifting to the sunset on the horizon, "ignorance is a kind of happiness, I scoffed at it, and it is only now that I finally understand that this is true." Supernatural...... It does exist. ”

"That kind of monster is not the only supernatural creature in the world." Xiaoxue said.

"Maybe, but ignorance is fearless," Chen Qiang sighed, "For those indescribable horror monsters, the less you know, the longer you live." The day I witnessed Wei Yuanshan turn into a monster, I also thought that if only I didn't know all this. ”

"But it's not the first time you've seen a monster like Wei Yuanshan, right?"

"It's the first time I've seen you."

"Liar," Xiaoxue shook her head, "if it's the first time you've seen this kind of monster, then how do you know that liquid nitrogen is its weak point?" ”

"Because his form," Chen Qiang said, "is semi-liquid." I thought, maybe freezing will work. ”

It's a fact. The weakness of "Hasta's Contractor" is that it is frozen, and it is not written into the canon, but it is just Chen Qiang's speculation based on its characteristics.

[Qin Lingxue Psychological Examination: 73/39 Failure]

"I don't understand you anymore." Xiaoxue shook her head.

She slowly approached Chen Qiang and stopped only a few centimeters away from him, Chen Qiang could smell the faint aroma of Xiaoxue's body.

"If I told you that I had seen a creature ten times and a hundred times more terrifying than 'Wei Yuanshan'," Xiaoxue said, "beyond the limits of human imagination and fought with that kind of thing, would you believe me?" ”

"Believe." Chen Qiang did not hesitate.

You also lose 50 SAN points as a result.

【Qin Lingxue Psychological Examination: 13/39 Success】

Xiaoxue smiled.

"That's good."

Even if her boyfriend is still hiding something in his heart, he is willing to believe his statement at this moment, and she is already very satisfied.

"Actually, you can tell me about the things you've faced."

"You already know enough. For your own sake, it's better that you don't want to know. ”

[Qin Lingxue's performance verification: 71/90 success]

[Chen Qiang's Psychology Test: 80/56 Failure]

"Then when you think the time is ripe," Chen Qiang used the "Secret Keeper's Eye" to see through Xiaoxue's trick, but he didn't make it clear, "Tell me again." ”

"Hmm. You have to tell me your secrets, too. Seriously, just listen to what you said to Wei Yuanshan that day...... I suspect you're a supernatural creature yourself. ”

"I am purely human." Chen Qiang said. Judging from the "touchstone" column on the investigator's card given by the system, Xiaoxue's feelings for herself are not questionable.

"Of course I do!" Qin Lingxue hammered Chen Qiang twice in the chest with her small fist.

"But let's have to have a time limit," Chen Qiang said, taking Xiaoxue in his arms and caressing her hair, "It's not an infinite delay......

"Hmmm......"

Xiaoxue frowned, pondering.

"When I get back from Arkham," she said pleasantly, "it just so happens that I have some mundane business to attend to there." ”

“……”

In his arms was soft and fragrant warm jade, but Chen Qiang had a feeling of liquid nitrogen shower.

Arkham!

Oh, my God! Why was she still thinking about it?

And it seems that the real reason why she went to Arkham is actually related to the existence of myths?

You're only in the single digits of sanity!