my cthulhu game

Chapter 135 Master Driver, I'm in a Hurry

in the library.

Qin Lingxue sat on the seat and turned to the next page of the book in her hand.

Foothill Country at the Turn of the Century.

This is not a magic book with a long history, but a compilation of local newspapers in Nigeria - "Gurkha News", "Himalaya Post", "Kantipur City Morning News" - all kinds of Nigerian customs Ordinary reading of human reports.The publisher plans to issue a symbolic release in Nigeria first, and then print it in England and America under the name of "Travel Book".

However, following the changes in Nigeria's domestic political situation at the beginning of this century, this set of books was stopped after only a few hundred copies were printed.

"200 years ago, the great King Prithvi Narayan unified the country. The founding king toured his lands, seeking scholars to join his court. One day, a guide led him to an emerald It is said that there is a sage living in seclusion in this temple. With his blessing, the blessing of the dynasty will last forever.

But King Prithvi left without looking back.He said that ruling a country depends on the wisdom of the leader, not the blessing of one person.Even the blessings of the great gods are no match for the erosion of time and fate.Many years later, the king who was conquering from east to west passed by this place again, but the temple was no longer there, and there was not even a trace left, only the barren mountains and mountains that had never been stepped on.Only then did the king realize that the people who had lived here were not sages or eminent monks, but demons pretending to be saints, and he couldn't help feeling grateful for his choice back then.

Those who covet "blessings" and are deceived by demons will never return to the world.

By this century, archaeologists believed it was just a folktale.But our reporter visited an isolated Sherpa village, and they firmly believed that the emerald demon really existed.In Sanskrit, he is called Mahaditthi, which means 'Great View', which is the obsession of self, the delusion of evil, the urge to be enchanted.The demon clothed himself in green robes and roamed the mountains to trick the weak-willed.

They told the reporter that once a young man in the village was deceived by a demon and left the village in the dark.A few daring villagers stalked after him and saw him burrowing into the icy wasteland to the west of the village, talking to the emerald demon.The demon who can't even mention his name is wearing a tattered green burqa, his hands are invisible, his bald head is covered with a shadow-like turban, and his shiny green eyes without pupils make people feel involuntarily. fear.

The villagers lay in ambush in the distance, for fear of being discovered by the demon.The demon took the emerald pendant from his own neck and gave it to the young man who went astray.The villagers could even hear the demon whispering—the demon asked him to hand over a part of his body to make a contract with him, otherwise, the demon would kill him and everyone else who wanted to possess the pendant.

The young man raised his Gurkha knife high with his right hand and chopped off his left hand.The demon disappeared in a puff of emerald smoke.The three villagers couldn't bear it anymore, rushed over, and while the young man was still weak, killed him from behind with stones and torches.What is frightening is that the man did not leave a body after his death, but turned into a pile of dry bones that seemed to have been dead for a long time.

The three buried the emerald pendant locally, hoping that no one will ever find it again.The three returned to the village to tell their story.At first it was thought that what the three saw must be hallucinations; no one had ever seen the body of the poor wretch who had escaped from the village.But in the next few days, all three people died in accidents due to incomprehensible reasons, and everyone realized that what they said was true.

The reporter searched the west side of the village for a long time, but did not find a place where the pendant might be buried.However, the reporter used sketches to restore the appearance of the pendant according to the reports of the villagers, which looked like an ordinary small disc.

The reporter believed that those ignorant villagers must have regarded things they could not understand as demons.Maybe the three murdered because they were greedy for the deceased's property, and then were mistakenly killed by other villagers who had insight into the truth.After all, it has been more than 20 years since the incident happened, and it is such an isolated village that further investigation is impossible.

If you also know the news about the 'Emerald Pendant', please write to this newspaper. "

Qin Lingxue stared at the imaginary drawing of the pendant drawn by the reporter for several minutes——

Although the actual appearance is slightly different, it is indeed the pendant that Professor Yue Xia mailed. It looks like a mandala, but it is fundamentally different.

In traditional culture, the mandala, the secret method of "cosmic map in the heart", takes "gathering" as its original meaning, and symbolizes the gathering place of all merits and virtues.And the pattern on the emerald disc of the pendant is exactly the opposite. Just looking at it makes people feel the indescribable "scattering" and "decay", as if it itself is a void that cannot be reached by human reason.

And that's just the shell.What is hidden under the emerald cover...

[Qin Lingxue's detection check failed 96/35]

Qin Lingxue looked up and met the young librarian's eyes.His face was pale, his eyes were emerald, and he was looking at her coldly.

"Give it back to me." He said in a hoarse voice.

And Xiaoxue, who has been soaking in the book mountain for a long time, no longer has the energy to distinguish whether it is the truth of what she has seen and heard with her own eyes, or an illusion produced under extreme pressure.

【SC1/1D4】

[Qin Lingxue's sanity check was successful at 27/30, and her current sanity is 29]

Qin Lingxue was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat.When she regained her focus, the librarian was no longer looking at her.The other party's eyes were not the weird green, but the normal blue.Even his face, which had been frighteningly pale just a moment ago, now looked as normal as ever.

Is it because I simply misread it?Or my own spirit...

Qin Lingxue stood up.She just received a text message from Chen Qiang to meet her at the hospital.She must hurry.

The time is already 03:30 PM.The sky turned cloudy at some point.The only car was used by Chen Qiang and Saixi, so now Qin Lingxue has to rely on the bad public transportation in Niguo.

[Qin Lingxue succeeded in the lucky check 72/75]

"Taxi." Qin Lingxue boarded a taxi.The car started slowly.

Rain fell from the overcast sky, making the car go even slower.To add insult to injury, the tattered taxi had water seeping through the roof of the back seat, making it cold and wet inside.

Qin Lingxue took out her mobile phone.

[Qin Lingxue failed the navigation check 61/30 rewarded with the belt]

"Master driver, I'm in a hurry..." The road nearby was too chaotic, and Qin Lingxue didn't know if the driver was leading her around.She handed over a wad of tips.

　The result came out on time.This module itself is not long, maybe the end will be seen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. PS: Today's social news "Four mentally ill patients escaped from the hospital with perfect cooperation, one of them can speak three languages", art comes from life, sincerity is not to be deceived...

　　
　
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