PNB Chapter 148 The Key to the Door
Chapter 148 The Key to the Door
Some of the themes in the Cthulhu mythology system may come from the reinterpretation of myths and legends from all over the world. For example, the one who walked past them in the thick fog was introduced by Lu Fanqi as the old ruler of Itakua , is based on the North American legendary snow monster Wendigo (Wendigo).
It is a man-eating monster derived from the legends of the Algonquian Indians of the United States and Canada.
Its figure loomed in the dense fog, and it could be clearly seen that it had two pairs of huge horns, its body was very thin, its festered flesh was covered with messy hair, and its mouth was full of sharp fangs.
Ithaqua walked heavily, making a hissing sound as he walked, and easily pushed down the trees in the forest that blocked his way. His sharp fingers scratched the bark and left deep scratches. A strong smell of blood and corruption remained.
There is no doubt that if they collide head-on, even if the three of them go together, they will only become monsters' side dishes.
The three of them held their breath and hid under a huge tree without moving. It wasn't until Itakua walked 50 meters away that Yan Ye raised his hand and pointed to the direction Itakua came from— —There has been a small road run over by it.
Both Lu Fanqi and Shen Yongle nodded in understanding.
Leading by Shen Yongle who was standing on the outermost side, he carefully explored the surroundings and took the first step.
Yan Ye hadn't noticed it before, but since he entered the forest, he quickly discovered that Shen Yongle obviously felt that he had the highest force value among the three, and would always consciously stand in the most dangerous position, protecting the others intentionally or unintentionally. two people.
He glanced at Shen Yongle's back, and then at the silly, sweet and beautiful young classmate on the other side, but he didn't say anything, he only slightly raised the corners of his lips, showing a rare sincere smile without the slightest sarcasm.
Some people did grow rapidly after entering Aksha.
They are probably more suitable for this place by nature, Shen Yongle is, and so is he himself.
As for the little lambs, they should stay happily in the protection circle every day. When the sun is out, they will be driven to the hillside to eat grass. When it rains, they will huddle together under the eaves to watch the rain curiously, and raise themselves white and fat. And cute enough.
Lu Fanqi seemed to be aware of his gaze, and turned his head to cast a questioning look.
Yan Ye shook his head, pursed his lips and raised his hands to turn his face back to the front, motioning him to pay attention to his feet.
The three of them thought that this short-term crisis was over, but within two steps, Lu Fanqi stepped on an unknown fruit hidden under the fallen leaves, and the dehydrated and brittle shell made a slight "click".
This sound should have been very inconspicuous in the jungle, but Itakua, who had already walked away, for some reason, suddenly stopped his heavy steps as if he was suddenly alarmed, and suddenly turned his head.
In the vast expanse of white, two flames burning with purple-red light suddenly penetrated the fog and met the eyes of everyone.
Shen Yongle felt as if his whole body was suddenly drenched by extremely cold ice water, from his neck all the way to his heels, he was completely chilled in an instant.
He seemed to be able to feel a little bit of freezing and stiffness between his fingers, and the blood in his veins stopped flowing. It seemed that if he waited another second, his whole body would be frozen into an ice sculpture from then on. Snow foam all over the sky.
However, everyone is very clear that they must not move at this time.
Shen Yongle rolled his eyes silently, and gave Lu Fanqi a warning look, and the latter blinked to express his understanding.
Lu Fanqi was better than Shen Yongle and Yan, because he was standing with his back to Itakua, he could only hear heavy and huge footsteps approaching, and felt a slight tremor on the ground...
But at least they won't be like Shen Yongle and Yan Ye, facing the pair of eyes that suddenly enlarged because Itakuya squatted down and the smelly bloody mouth.
Shen Yongle already held his breath: "..."
In fact, he didn't know whether Itakua's eyesight was good, whether he found them accurately by smell or sound, and he didn't even know whether his current decision was right.
Is it really possible to hide by standing still like this?Or should they turn around and run immediately, out of the thick fog, and out of Itakua's activity area?
More likely...neither worked.
Ithaqua in front of him seemed to have discovered something, the fire in its eyes suddenly brightened, panted heavily, stretched out its sharp fingers and directly grabbed Shen Yongle on the outermost side.
Shen Yongle's pupils dilated slightly.
From a very close distance, he could clearly see a strange and excited smile on the face of the corrupt man who seemed to have been stretched and deformed, and the air was filled with the stench from its dilapidated mouth...
Shen Yongle's brain turned rapidly, and his hand had already touched the item card in his pocket very quickly.
You can’t run away most of the time, but you can only protect one person with [Charlotta Turner] to start research, and [Farr Valentino] can’t be used at the same time to attract monsters and other protective props cards. Master is not here, I wonder if he can quickly react and cooperate with Yan Ye after giving [Gloria Ramirez]...
In just a few breaths, Shen Yongle had already thought of and vetoed various feasible combination plans, but the time was too short, almost in the blink of an eye, Itakua had already come to the front, and its foul-smelling saliva flowed down the length The rotten yellow tongue dripped down and landed at Shen Yongle's feet.
Shen Yongle couldn't care about anything else, changed into [Fare], turned around and ran away: "Don't come here! I'll lure him away!"
"Hey," Lu Fanqi saw him running past him quickly, subconsciously turned his head to look back, and then was startled, "Why..."
Yan Ye also seemed to be slightly startled by the scene in front of him. After a brief moment of stunned, he immediately turned around and shouted: "Lele! It's all right! Come back!"
Shen Yongle had already sprinted a long distance at a speed of [-] meters. Hearing this, he looked back in a hurry, and then stopped.
He ran a few more steps according to the inertia, and then stopped in the middle of the road, his face was full of confusion and surprise.
The monster disappeared just as suddenly as it had appeared.
Shen Yongle quickly came to his senses, took out the human card and took off [Fare], then quickly looked around and chose a direction: "Let's leave here first."
Both Yan Ye and Lu Fanqi nodded with lingering fear, and hurriedly left the area with him.
After walking for nearly 5 minutes and completely leaving that place, the three of them slowed down and resumed their discussion.
Lu Fanqi had been facing the monster with his back just now. He didn't know what happened. At this moment, he couldn't help asking: "What happened just now? Did Itakua leave suddenly?"
"No." Yan was also the only one who witnessed the disappearance of the monster. He shook his head and repeated what happened just now, "The monster disappeared suddenly in a short period of time. The scenery has also changed to a certain extent.”
He even saw Itakua waving his sharp claws, and his fingertips gradually became transparent as they moved in mid-air, as if they had merged into the mist.
He thought for a while, "It's a bit like the overlap of two translucent layers. Our world and the other world are briefly interlaced for a moment, and then our layer returns to 100% opaque display, and the monster is covered. .”
Lu Fanqi paused slightly.
Shen Yongle obviously thought of something too.
Lu Fanqi hesitated for a moment, and said his guess: "I always feel that this is a bit like... the space overlap of multiple universes? It is the kind that often appears in Cthulhu's works, hidden in the nameless fog another world……"
"I don't know how to say it," he said with difficulty in phrasing, "There are similar events in many Cthulhu stories. There are many huge and indescribable monsters hidden in the mist, and they descended into the world in ways that humans cannot understand. Little by little the things in reality..."
He paused slightly.
Shen Yongle said: "Swallow reality."
Lu Fanqi's eyes lit up, as if he wanted to admire his wording, but the next moment he realized the meaning of the word, his expression changed very quickly.
The three looked at each other, and they all saw worry about the status quo in each other's eyes.
Shen Yongle spread his hands helplessly: "Actually, when I saw the Voynich manuscript before, I had a vague premonition... The final boss of this dungeon may not be the key to the door."
They should have discovered these in the first few rounds, and they left the Voynich manuscript as a reminder.
Yan also thought about it: "You mean, the ultimate mission goal is actually related to controlling the nameless fog, or preventing the town from being swallowed?"
Shen Yongle nodded.
Yan Ye frowned slightly: "Then, what is the reason for reincarnation?"
He blinked, "If stopping the nameless mist is the mission of the dungeon... We probably discovered it in the previous week."
Shen Yongle followed his words to speculate, "But in the previous rounds... due to various wrong choices and accidents that delayed the time, the fog spread even worse than now, resulting in the failure of customs clearance, so there will be reincarnation."
Yan also nodded: "It is possible, then reincarnation does not need to be stopped, but needs to be triggered or activated in some way."
Lu Fan lifted his chin and said, "If it's the movie "Happy Death Day", everything will start again after the main character dies..."
He originally just said it casually, but when he said this, everyone realized that the possibility was very high.
The photo shows that both Yan Ye and Lu Fanqi died before, and Shen Yongle is the key to the door. After he also died, reincarnation reopened, which is absolutely reasonable.
"No, no, no," Lu Fanqi quickly shook his head again, "Why do I think this is Akesha tricking us into committing suicide, I'd better stop thinking about it from this angle."
"Yes," Shen Yongle also keenly discovered the logical fallacy in it, "The main reason is that reincarnation is not the goal, but just a desperate choice after the failure of this round. Even if a new round really starts, the ultimate goal is to crack the mission."
Lu Fanqi thought for a while: "Then we still need to figure out how to stop the nameless fog..."
"still have a question."
Yan Ye seemed to be thinking about something else and didn't say a word before. At this moment, he finally came to his senses and opened his mouth, "If the dungeon mission is just to stop the nameless fog through reincarnation... Where did Sir go?"
"Fourth eye game, but Sir Alex only left a severely blocked text message... Does it mean that he didn't participate in the next three rounds of reset?"
Obviously, both Shen Yongle and Mo Jue survived until the reincarnation occurred in the first round, and Mo Jue even knew the mechanism of action of all the keys of the door, so he was able to leave a message for Shen Yongle.
However, after that, the dungeon was reset over and over again, Shen Yongle decided the state of the world when it was reset, and the others died and came back to life, but Mo Jue disappeared from the beginning to the end, leaving no other traces...
Lu Fan asked: "Didn't Mr. Li say that Sir Alex is a vampire? Or something else, he has been kept in the tomb for experiments, so he couldn't participate in our previous actions, and we can discuss it together when we meet him? "
Yan also shook his head: "This is not in line with Aksha's principle of fairness to players."
"The dungeon character card will only limit the identity of the player. Even if there is a difference in difficulty, it will only be more difficult for some players to complete the character design requirements. It is impossible for someone to guarantee that he can lie down safely with the character design drawn from the beginning. Somewhere, not participating in the main plot, waiting for other players to take him through the level."
"And judging from the current situation, if we don't find Sir Alexis, he will be passively excluded from the reincarnation of time and space from the very beginning. He can't even decide his own destiny in the game. Whether he survives or not depends entirely on It depends on whether the teammates are reliable." He looked up at the remaining two, "This is simply impossible."
Shen Yongle knew about Yan Ye's temper, if he hadn't figured out the whole thing, he probably wouldn't have expressed his doubts at all.
Since he said it, he must have guessed it.
Sure enough, Yan Ye quickly came to a conclusion.
"So, I guess..." Yan Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, "Or he may have been in the main story line of the game, but he is not in the reincarnation world we are in at all."
He looked up at the fog above his head, and there seemed to be an alternation of reality and reality not far away.
"Perhaps, we were caught in by Akesha from the very beginning. What we saw, experienced, and tried to change were all the 'past' that was a foregone conclusion, and the main line... has always been in another place where Sir Alexis is. Plane."
"What do you mean?" Lu Fanqi scratched his head, "Let me digest it in a while-you mean, this world is not actually the real world? Wouldn't it be meaningless for us to do it over and over again?!"