my cthulhu game

Chapter 256 The Sweeping of the Earth and the Sky
When Chen Qiang tied the rope around his waist, the whisper of "System" sounded in his ears again.

[The "mind" of intelligent civilization hides the true appearance of the universe under the veil of rationality]

[Even if you can't see it in front of your eyes, you can't hear it in your ears]

[Look around you.Sanity is the meme of hypocrisy.Reasonable technology and magic are all illusory, covering up the true face of everything]

"Well."

For the first time, Chen Qiang felt irritated by the cold mechanical sound.

Is that really the system?
Couldn't it be a mythical existence in a certain module, whispering to the dark side of his heart?

[Bai Shao succeeded in the climbing check with the reward 8/40]

[Cecilu's climbing check with rewards is 74/85 successful]

Bai Shaobao and Cecilu have already followed the rope to the bottom of the deep pit - the length of the safety rope is more than enough, and there are no dangerous creatures attacking halfway.

However, the uneasiness in Chen Qiang's heart was still getting stronger and stronger.

Now it's Chen Qiang's turn.He climbed down carefully along the rope.

[Chen Qiang failed the climbing check with reward 70/40]

"Be careful!" Xiaoxue shouted.

Chen Qiang staggered.He stepped on a depression in the rock wall with one foot, hanging in mid-air just like that.

However, just as he was about to find his foothold again, the disturbing voice sounded again.

【You often say: "Knowledge is dangerous, but knowledge is also power, and without power is more terrifying than without knowledge."】

[However, the real myth is not knowledge, but insight.Witnessing the Lord of R'lyeh or reading magic books, the "knowledge" learned by ordinary people is nothing more than scales and claws, and what they gain is only the insight into reality. 】

[And this forest is the same. 】

"Well……!"

[Chen Qiang intelligence test 5/70 great success]

Even though he was in a crisis of not going up or down, Chen Qiang still realized what the "system" was talking about.

That's the truth about this forest, and indeed all of the "Cthulhu Mythos."

That's why, the "Cthulhu Mythos" skills produced by mortals looking directly at Yog-Sothoth or reading the fragments of an unnamed magic book, Chen Qiang thought, might help him infer information about other mythical creatures. Knowledge.

The skill of "Cthulhu Mythos" has never been knowledge, but the way of thinking itself of "understanding the universe with a real attitude" after unveiling the veil of reason.

["Chen Qiang" Cthulhu Mythos check 41/55 success]

Speech exists indeed as a "system".It is indeed the "Cthulhu's Secret Keeper" who has been with him all the time, but it is not.

Chen Qiang was still a quarter away from the bottom, and his whole body was suspended in midair.

[Have you not noticed yet? 】

I should have known.

【You can't escape. 】

No matter how many times I restore sanity to my investigators, one thing will never change.

【This is me. 】

No matter how full the sanity pool is, no matter how healthy people's mental state is, my investigators, and even all human beings' "Cthulhu Mythos" skills will rise because of me, and everyone's upper limit of sanity will also decrease.

this is you……

【The God of Unveiling. 】

——An outer god who symbolizes the "Cthulhu Mythos" itself.

The moment Chen Qiang realized this...

For a second, the world changed before Chen Qiang's eyes.

The veil called "Sanity" was shattered, and he saw the real world under the veil.

He himself, including Bai Shaobao and Cecilu at the bottom of the pit, the human body is a block of protoplasm glowing black and shiny like Shoggoth; the soil is fuzzy flesh; Take root and grow on the earth.

[This is the truth. 】

"Dangerous!" Qin Lingxue shouted in horror.

"What are you doing?" Qin Yixian roared, "Calm down!"

【SC1D6/1D20】

【陈强理智检定15/79成功，1D6=5，当前理智74】

No further Intelligence checks are required to determine whether Chen Qiang has fallen into madness.The extra intelligence test is just to determine whether the rationality understands what the scene in front of him means-and Chen Qiang already knows what it means.

That fleeting glimpse of horror is the real thing, and everything I see under my "clear" reason is nothing but a fabricated illusion.

"...!"

The mental shock caused Chen Qiang's hand to loosen the rope uncontrollably.

"Hey……!"

[Cecile's agility check was 65/70 successful]

If it weren't for Ceci Lu's quick eyes and hands to catch him, Chen Qiang would have been seriously injured because of it.Shi Li's cell phone slipped from Chen Qiang's pocket and fell to the ground.

【Current Mental Disorders: Laughing Syndrome】

"Ha ha……"

The scene in front of Chen Qiang had returned to "normal", but he still couldn't help laughing hysterically, and Cecilu looked at him puzzled.

It was almost dusk, and there was silence in the mountains, only Chen Qiang's strange laughter echoed between the sky and the earth for a long time.

"Stop laughing..." Facing Chen Qiang who was laughing wildly, Mei Mao was a little confused.

She is good at the task of "where to go, what to fight, whether to kill or catch", and the situation where Chen Qiang suddenly went crazy for "no reason" made her very confused.

Bai Shaobao ran to "Shi Li", and he was horrified to find that a branch—in the eyes of Chen Qiang just now, it was a sharp thorn—punctured her body...

"Damn it," he had no time to worry about Chen Qiang's abnormal behavior, and ran to Yisi's side as fast as he could, "I'll save you right away...!"

But above the pothole, Qin Lingxue, who was concerned but confused, ignored her brother's stop and followed the rope to the bottom of the pothole.

"Chen Qiang."

[Qin Ling's climbing check rewarded by the snow belt is 8/40 successful]

The pothole was in chaos: Xiaoxue was still climbing down the rock wall; Bai Shaobao was busy rescuing "Shi Li" and took out a mountaineering ax from his backpack; Chen Qiang was laughing wildly, and Cexi Lu was shaking him desperately; a double The middle-aged woman with bleeding eyes leaned motionless against the rock wall, not knowing whether she was dead or alive; a little further away, a series of "plastic sheet"-like materials formed a semi-stable twisted pentagram, a metal The stick glows brightly in the center.

Bai Shaobao swung his ax at the "tree root" that fixed Yisi to the ground.The forest must be hiding something bad, he thought. "Shi Li" was seriously injured, the top priority is to rescue her, and then there will always be a way...

"No!" Yisi suddenly became excited, "Don't cut directly..."

That's too late.

[Bai Shaobao succeeded in the strength test 16/50]

Bai Shaobao's ax severed the thick root.

Accompanied by a black liquid with a milky fragrance gushing out, the earth trembled.

……

Virtual world, Arkham.

Stephana, dressed in red, was sitting in an open-air cafe, sipping coffee gracefully.Miss Yi in a black dress sat opposite her.

The ground beneath his feet trembled slightly.All this happened so suddenly, someone shouted "Earthquake!", and the terrified people rushed out of the building, only Stephana and Miss Yi remained where they were.

"Her temper is still so violent." Stephana sighed.

"If someone foolishly snatches the drink from your mouth," Miss Yi said boringly, "you won't be much better than that one."

"But I pay more attention to other things..." Stephana said leisurely, her eyes swept over the distant horizon, and she had a panoramic view of everything in the distance.

……

Xiaoxue was still halfway when the earthquake happened.She had to try again to steady herself.

[Qin Ling's snow belt reward's climbing test failed 95/40]

[Chen Qiang's agility test succeeded 38/70]

Although he was still laughing wildly involuntarily, Dang Chen Qiang still held the fallen Xiaoxue in his arms steadily.

The wind blew away the clouds in the sky, and the chirping of insects stopped.

"This is……"

　I don't know the true face of the sheep mother, only because I am among the sheep mothers.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)