my cthulhu game

Chapter 166 Hello, Future Me
In the center of the space, a 40-something-year-old man with dark hair and an Italian handmade suit was sitting on an egg-shaped seat, fiddling with his mobile phone.

Other than that, the room was empty.

Then Chen Qiang understood...

"'Me'?" Chen Qiang looked at the man who was engrossed in "Plants vs. Zombies".

"Hello, past me." Future Chen Qiang reluctantly put down his phone.

"Wait a minute," Chen Qiang made a "wait" gesture, "please prove that you are the future me. How can I be sure that you are the real 'future me' and not an illusion created by Migo? Or is it an hallucination caused by some interdimensional creature getting into people’s brains?”

Chen Qiang·Future Edition nodded: "It was me when I first founded the Sanity Fortress. Great, I was still worried about the positioning of Gushiyin. After all, you can only find it here through the 'random trial'."

"Answer my first question first! Prove that you are yourself."

Whether it is "future me" or "future Chen Qiang", these terms are too easy to cause confusion.

I still call him Lao Qiang in my heart... Ah no, Lao Chen is fine, Chen Qiang thought to himself.

"Take a look at your phone," Old Chen held his chin, unaware that his past self had changed his name to him, "Open your APP."

Chen Qiang was shocked.

【Unable to find network connection】

"Cthulhu's Secret Keeper" naturally does not need to be connected to any human network.

"Could it be that……"

"It took me a lot of effort to come up with this plan," Future Chen Qiang said triumphantly, "Only here, our system will be temporarily isolated, and we can talk face to face like this. How, you can't see now' Psych rolls or something like dice?"

Not being able to lie detect yourself is sad.

"If the space-time paradox does not exist," Chen Qiang said calmly, "you are just the future me of the parallel world, not the 'future me'."

Old Chen nodded: "Indeed. In my history, I came into contact with this dungeon much later than you, many, many years later."

"Then why am I here?"

"When the system is screening random trial modules..." Old Chen Youyou said, "There are invisible criteria. I sent some technical documents from this era to your era, but they did not meet the system's conditions to directly open the modules. , but it meets the conditions for the system to include this era in the random list."

"Why didn't I know?" Chen Qiang was shocked.

"Ask Gu Shiyin," Lao Chen put his hands behind his head, "Our technology to break through time is very limited, and the information was sent to her past self by herself."

...need training to increase employee loyalty and sense of responsibility——Chen Qiang said in his heart.

... You haven't even got half of your favorability——Old Chen Xin said.

"still have a question……"

"Why do you look like a curious baby?" Lao Chen was a little angry, "I brought you to this special space 'Inside the Dimension Engine', not to let you..."

Chen Qiang hesitated.The questions he wanted to ask the most were actually "how did you live so long" "are you a ghost or an AI now", but he held back.

Some things, it is better to let yourself explore slowly...

Then, ask, "Is it your personal hobby to change the system of the fortress of reason to look like a ****?"

It doesn't seem to make much sense, I know my own taste best.

"Are Xiaoxue and I married?" In the end, Chen Qiang changed a question that he was more concerned about and "relatively safe", "How many children do you have?"

"..."

Old Chen froze.The older Chen Qiang had a stiff expression and fell silent.

"Why don't you talk?" Chen Qiang was anxious.

"This is also one thing I want to tell you." Old Chen seemed to have finally prepared his words. "It seems that you haven't solved the Arkham incident yet, have you?"

"not yet."

"Remember to bring Xiaoxue, or at least put her in a place where she can be contacted at any time," Old Chen said, "I thought that by putting her in a safe place, I could cut off her obsession with Arkham... I Wrong. I shouldn't have... imagined things so simple."

Is it...

"What happened?" Chen Qiang asked eagerly, feeling that there seemed to be something unspeakable about his future self.

"What's the point of going into this now? I finally paid a heavy price for this," Old Chen said calmly, "Although everything is over now, I still hope that you will not repeat my mistakes. If you have any secrets, you can communicate openly and honestly with Xiaoxue, her ability to accept is much stronger than you imagined."

Chen Qiang didn't speak.Losing the display of the dice, he could only use his true ability to judge what Lao Chen meant, and it was the same for Lao Chen.

"……I understand."

It seems that even with the systematic prediction, my trip to Arkham was not as smooth as I imagined.

Xiaoxue...Could it be, Xiaoxue, she, in Arkham...? !

Chen Qiang's body shook violently.

This future... this future is really too scary.

In order to prevent the worst possibility from happening, in Chen Qiang and Qin Yixian's original plan, when they went to Arkham, Xiaoxue would stay behind unknowingly.

Now it seems...Qin Lingxue has long seen through the two men's tricks and sneaked away to Arkham.

The result of deceiving her will only lead to an irreparable tragedy, Chen Qiang said in his heart.

"……I understand."

Chen Qiang bowed solemnly to his future self.

"Thank you for your warning. I will never make the same mistake again. This time, Xiaoxue and I will definitely overcome all dangers... and usher in a happy ending."

Old Chen hesitated.Compared with Chen Qiang of the main time and space, Lao Chen has relied on the system for a longer time, and he is a little unsure whether he really understood what he meant in the past.

In the end, Lao Chen decided to advance the topic to the next step.

"Let's talk about our era," Chen said, "You are my guest, younger, more enthusiastic, and more potential than me."

"Don't pretend to compare yourself to yourself, speak human words."

Old Chen spent a lot of effort to restrain his urge to complain.

"My time is facing a crisis and I need your help," he said. "This is something that can only be done in your time."

……

10 minute later.

"Then it's settled," Chen Qiang nodded, "Indeed, this matter is good for both of us."

Unexpectedly, 1000 years later, this old Chen, who seems to have not grown much compared to himself, is still quite reliable...

"Happy cooperation." Lao Chen stretched out his hand to Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang hesitated for a while.The conditions given by Lao Chen are indeed very generous, but why don't you squeeze more of your future self?
"What are you thinking?" Old Chen showed a vigilant expression.

　The first update is ahead of schedule today, and the second update is still at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)