my cthulhu game

Chapter 265 This place eats jujube pills...

Following the direction indicated by the road sign, the cars of the crowd turned a corner at the fork of Aylesbury Highway.

A deep valley ran across, cutting off the road under everyone's feet.

An apparently aged wooden bridge leads to the canyon.

"Can this bridge still go?"

Qin Yixian stopped the car, frowned and looked at the wooden bridge in front of him.The wooden bridge that had been in disrepair was crumbling, exuding a disgusting smell that seemed to be moldy and decayed for centuries, as if it was about to collapse at any time.

On the other side of the bridge was a vast swamp, and the narrow path pointed out a way in the swamp.Everyone can see sporadic dilapidated and decayed mansard buildings in the distance—there is Dunwich.

"It's still a human problem." Bai Shaobao stepped on the bridge deck with his boots, and the ancient wooden bridge let out a worrying whimper.

"You want to say that troublesome people come out of poor mountains and evil waters?" Chen Qiang shrugged.

"This place is not a poor place to raise troublesome people," Bai Shaobao said, "it's just a lack of renovation."

Sometimes there is only a thin line between the poor mountains and rivers that people hate and the beautiful scenery and scenic spots, he thought.The worst part is people.

But he still wants to say one more thing...

"This is the place to eat jujube pills," he added.

Chen Qiang glanced at his cell phone.A new map has been imported there.

"Let's go." Chen Qiang said, choosing to get out of the car and walk, and took their boxes from the car.

……

In the village of Dunwich.

Osborne Grocery.

This used to be the village chapel, but it's no longer recognizable.

The ignorance, superstition and stubbornness of the villagers scare away every priest or priest who comes here.Eventually, the steeple of the chapel was torn down and turned into a general store and meeting place for the villagers.

Throughout the year, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, there will be groups of idle villagers gathering here all day long, playing cards and chatting about trivial matters by the big-bellied stove.

In the past two days, some foreign faces have been welcomed in the village.Last time it was a mysterious woman who left soon; today, the businessman who claimed to be surnamed "Hong" came to visit with three friends, two of whom were from the East like him, and Agatha Pi Mrs. Kerman.

The man surnamed "Hong" not only sold alcohol at a low price, but also brought the villagers free fresh little blue pills that tasted unforgettable for a lifetime and could strengthen the body, so they were very popular among everyone.

In this year when the "Prohibition Law" is in power, it takes some courage to sell alcohol, and only those who have a relationship with both black and white dare to do this business.And the origin of the mysterious pill is even more inscrutable. It is as strong as tobacco and can "cure all diseases and prolong life"-the villagers here have never heard of health care advertisements, and they firmly believe in this statement.

Hong Zhou insisted it was a "local pill" he and Mrs Agatha Pickman concocted with herbs from around Dunwich.

"I don't know what your intentions are..." In front of the counter, Gu Shun chanted in Chinese while dealing with the villagers looting for the pills, "'Dunwich pills'?"

"I promise, whether it is in this era or 100 years after yours," Hong Zhou who was standing next to Gu Shun said happily, "it is not an illegal drug. You see, it is not addictive, and it is not harmful to the human body. No harm."

"..."

Gu Shun was muttering something, which sounded like "That is more dangerous than any chemical known in civilized society".

The two stuffed bottle after bottle of small blue medicine bottles into the villagers' hands.The exquisite transparent medicine bottle alone is enough to make these ignorant and boring villagers feel that they have taken advantage of it.

"Everyone has a share."

Agatha Pickman is not interested in Hong Zhou's "sociological practice".She wandered around the village with the new backbone of "Silver Twilight", saying that she might go to Arkham first.

Suddenly, the door of the grocery store was pushed open.

Some "fresh faces" in the eyes of the villagers walked into the grocery store: Chen Qiang and others filed in.

……

"It's him."

Chen Qiang spotted Gu Shun at first glance, and Gu Shun immediately spotted a group of people who were incompatible with the village.His face suddenly changed.

"It's the leader of the 'Fortress of Reason'." Gu Shun showed a warning expression.He still doesn't know who is behind the time travel phenomenon - and Chen Qiang is definitely one of the suspects.

Chen Qiang and Pickman looked around.

[Chen Qiang's detection check was 39/72 successful]

[Pickman detection check 19/75 success]

The grocery store was bustling, and Gu Shun and another smiling oriental man stood at the counter, stuffing small medicine bottles into the hands of the villagers.The villagers scrambled to be the first, and those who were squeezed behind yelled vulgar words in heavily accented English, and some people waved banknotes to buy from others, as if they valued the medicine very much.

A villager who had grabbed the medicine bottle was overjoyed and passed the two of them. Chen Qiang and Pickman could clearly see the small blue pill inside.

"……and many more."

Chen Qiang and Pickman both noticed the wonderful color of the small soybean-sized pills in the bottle...

[Chen Qiang succeeded in intelligence test 6/75]

[Pickman intelligence check 66/95 success]

That color tone is somewhat similar to the blue pus on the bodies of the ghouls who died suddenly in the Arkham Empire Theater.

"Could it be that!"

Pickman was about to explode, but he was surrounded by noisy ordinary villagers. He hesitated for a few seconds, but finally did not directly attack.

The ghoul looked at Chen Qiang with a calm face beside him.He is very fortunate now that he has chosen Chen Qiang as his assistant: he is sure to deal with Little Whateley Brothers, but adding these two people may not be so.

Beside Pickman, Chen Qiang still looked relaxed and motionless.

In fact, Chen Qiang was also surprised by Gu Shun's sudden appearance - but he knew a truth, that is, if he was surprised at this time, he would lose...

Chen Qiang has a little more information than Pickman: he knows that Gu Shun is an ordinary person who has acquired extraordinary abilities, while Hong Zhou is a certain superior race disguised as a human according to the myth map.Before he entered, he had thought that the superior race in the grocery store was Little Whateley.

[Hong Zhou's Psychology Test 3/90 Great Success]

"..."

Gu Shun's partner turned his eyes around Gu Shun, Chen Qiang and the others, seeming to realize something.

"Hey," he greeted Chen Qiang and the others nonchalantly, "A new customer. Are you a stranger? Hello."

Chen Qiang blinked.

[The sanity pool required to use Myth Intervention on Gu Shun: 120]

[Sanity Pool required to use Myth Intervention on Hong Zhou: 130]

[Current sanity pool: 217]

"……Headache."

If it wasn't for the consideration that Hong Zhou might be stronger than Gu Shun, Chen Qiang really wanted to enter the transformation form directly, stop the time, and then try flying kicks at the two of them, to see if they can kill them directly with physical attacks...

But thinking of the other people present and Little Whateley who didn't know where he was, Chen Qiang still chose to wait and see.

"Yo." Chen Qiang greeted the villagers - they all stared at these foreigners with distrust.

　In the end, I still endured the discomfort and came out again...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)