Real Cthulhu Running Game

Chapter 2495 The Trap of Shortcuts

Liu Xing picked the stones under his feet and continued: "Before we left the area enclosed by the barbed wire, didn't we already determine that the total number of players in the area was about two thousand? And the southeast, northwest, plus two The four directions combined make a total of eight directions. This means that under an ideal situation, there will be about two to three hundred players choosing the same direction to move forward; this means that the wooden structure that can be seen currently is The number of players on the bridge is between 200 and 800, because players from at least one position and up to three positions may want to pass this wooden bridge."

"That's right. If this wooden bridge is located due south, then only all players who choose to move towards due south, and some players in the southeast and southwest can see this wooden bridge! Of course, Although our field of vision has indeed become much clearer after arriving at the river, the visual range is still not very good, so maybe only some players who are walking due south can see it. "

At this time, Lu Feiyu also understood what Liu Xing meant, so he followed the idea given by Liu Xing and said, "If I were the designer of this event, then the service life of this wooden bridge would be wrong. There should be a limit to the number of people who can pass. After all, if everyone can walk across, then there is no need to design such a river that is so fast that a bridge is required to cross it. Of course, some third-rate masters or Qinggong are better. , or players who can pole vault can cross the river directly; in short, since this river is placed here, it must have its mission, which is to stop us players, and then look at us How should players cross the river using their own talents?”

"The eight immortals cross the sea, each showing his magical powers."

Liu Xing picked up a palm-sized stone that looked like a river clam and said: "As you said, in addition to using Qinggong to cross the river, you can also swim across it if your water quality is good enough. After all, this river is It looks quite clear, so there should be no debris in the water. You don’t need to worry about being hit by something suddenly after entering the water, so as long as you are a good swimmer, you can still swim through it. ; In addition, if you know how to use the flying claw, you can use the flying claw to fix it on a tree on the opposite side, and then tie the rope to a tree here, and you can rely on yourself. Arm strength to cross the river."

"I remember that there were several flying claws found in the wooden boxes here, and there were also special items like flying stone ropes. I remember that none of the players here knew how to use them. After all, these things are It seems easy to use but difficult to use. It seems that anyone can throw them, but they can only throw them. If you want to play their true role, you have to grasp your own strength and the angle of throwing them; so this article If the deepest part of the river is only about two meters, you can also find a suitable tree by the river. You can prune it roughly and use it as a pole. As long as you have strength and courage, you can You can push yourself across the river."

"But this is easier said than done, because it's just like bungee jumping. You know nothing will happen if you jump, and you're mentally prepared before you get on the platform. But it turns out you're about to jump. When you take the last step, you will still be so frightened that you can't move your legs; so I had thought about knocking down a tree of suitable size to make a single-plank bridge, but then I found that I couldn't even move my legs. After all, Such a single-plank bridge itself is prone to slipping, and coupled with the psychological pressure caused by the rapid river under your feet, the chance of you falling is not high! What's more, when the person walking in front of you falls! , your already high psychological pressure will be even greater.”

"So I think if we really have to walk on the single-plank bridge, we can save a lot of time, but there will be as few as 10% and as many as 30% of the players falling into the river! Although these players may not necessarily quit this event directly , but they will also be separated from us... We all know that even if a person can swim in such a fast river, he will almost die, so one or two of them will come back to find us. That's already thank God! You must know that our team was originally a group of scattered sand, or a loose alliance formed around me, so if more than 10% of the players are lost at this time, then this alliance will be destroyed. But it will be self-defeating.”

"So now I have to make the safest choice. After all, I have managed to gather so many people. If all my previous efforts are wasted because of my radical choice, I will have to give myself a slap in the face when I wake up today and ask Ask yourself why you are stupid enough to make such a choice! Okay, let’s get back to the topic. Logically speaking, if I want to make the most conservative choice, I should take you to that bridge, because this The bridge is visible, so even if it breaks down and needs to be repaired, it should be much more convenient. It only requires a few pieces of wood to be repaired, unless the entire bridge is destroyed. "

Speaking of this, Liu Xing has already begun to grind the stone, "According to my guess, this wooden bridge may have two usage restrictions. The first one is that when a player crosses the bridge, a judgment will be passed. When the judgment is successful, This wooden bridge will suffer a certain amount of damage. When the damage accumulates to a certain value, it will be damaged. This means that we need to treat the bridge as a living thing. In other words, if only the hands and feet are damaged, then the bridge will be damaged. The bridge can still be used, but the possibility of harm to people crossing the bridge will be higher, and the damage will be double! In short, the people who cross the bridge first will be fine, but the people who cross later will suffer. If you have time to cross, don’t even cross the bridge.”

"As for the second possibility, this bridge has a fixed number of people crossing the bridge. As long as the number of people reaches the limit, the self-destruction mode will be activated. This number should be around a hundred people, because didn't you say, Lao Lu, that people may pass by The number of players on this bridge must be at least two to three hundred, so a hundred people on this bridge is considered too much; after all, the purpose of this bridge and this river is to create a time difference among the players. , because we all know that this event only lasts for one day, so whoever reaches the destination first will have certain advantages. For example, the player who arrives first can pick weapons and equipment that suits him and get a It’s a good job to earn more money and be safe, such as patrolling in camps or cities.”

"As for the remaining players, when they arrive at the destination, they can only pick and choose from the remaining weapons and equipment and select some barely usable swords. As for armor, forget about it, because it is a rare item. items, so only the first player to arrive can get the armor! As for what subsequent players can do, they still have to do the remaining tasks chosen by the previous players, such as attacking the city as a first-death warrior, or going deep into the city. Cutting off the enemy's food routes behind enemy lines is a mission with no return, so unless you are very confident in yourself, no player will take the initiative to choose these missions with high rewards but higher risks. "

"So in this event, the time difference is a watershed, because only the player who reaches the destination first has the right to choose, and the player who reaches the destination later has no choice, and at the same time he loses a relatively stable reward. , I can only comfort myself by saying that the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish will be! Therefore, in addition to the bridge here, players in other directions may encounter obstacles such as cliffs or beasts. If they take a detour, it will take a little more time, and There may be other troubles, but if you have to face the problem head-on, it will take a lot of time and energy. Moreover, this is not a problem that a few people can solve casually, so if you are just a team of players with a few people, then it will definitely You still have to take the visible shortcut.”

"But, this shortcut is also first come, first served. Later players will still have to spend time and effort to rebuild this shortcut... But I always feel that this shortcut is actually a trap! What I mean is that if we put the shortcut before This section of the road is set as the first stage, and then the section of the road between the shortcut and the destination is set as the second stage. Then these shortcuts will only allow a small number of players to enter the second stage in advance, and the remaining players will have to Staying in the first stage for more than an hour means that players who enter the second stage early will be in a helpless state, which means that those hunters will have a higher hunting success rate, after all, there are no people around these players. other players.”

Hearing what Liu Xing said, the male-female player came over and said, "Oh? Doesn't this mean that you are invited to enter the urn? It seems that the Cthulhu Running Group game hall is really not a human being." Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and saw This player came alone, knowing that he had not found his significant other yet.

"Hey, it seems that little brother, you haven't found the player who looks like a girl to a boy yet."

Lu Feiyu said with a smile: "Should I say it, I think it's normal that you can't find a player with a girl's appearance, because you are quite beautiful with a boy's appearance, so it's not okay to treat your character card as a girl. What's the problem? After all, who doesn't like beautiful girls? But if this girl looks good, I don't think all girls can accept that they suddenly grow a beard, so it's also a sign that this girl doesn't want to recognize you. A very normal thing.”

Liu Xing on the side also nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, the boys and girls I have seen in the real world have pretty good looks, with a kind of neutral beauty, but the girls' looks are not so good. , so I think the former can be rated as eight points, while the latter is generally only three points; therefore, the player who is a girl with a male appearance may feel that the sky is falling after entering this martial arts module. After all, who can Do you accept that you have become like this? What's more important is that hundreds of us players have basically joined the alliance and lived within a general range. We have never seen each other with our heads down, so now let this girl If a male-looking player comes forward, I don’t know how he will be ridiculed by other players.”

Although the players present are not naughty kids anymore, the two topics of "girls' male appearance" and "boys' female appearance" are quite interesting, so when chatting with other players, Liu Xing felt that he would also tolerate it. I can’t help but talk about this, because this kind of thing is indeed not very common.

What's more, these two naturally different players also have a very powerful combo skill, which forced Liu Xing to talk to Yin En and others about the possibilities of this combo skill, and how to use this combo at that time. techniques to maximize profits.

"Oh, that's what I thought too."

The player sighed helplessly, shook his head and said: "Leader, it seems I can only rely on you! Anyway, everyone now knows that I am a boy and a girl, so I have nothing to hide. Therefore, I really want to find that player who is completely opposite to me, because as long as I have her, I can get more rewards in this martial arts module; you know that I will soon participate in the promotion of the Hounds of Tindalos area module, so I want to rely on this martial arts module to get more useful props to ensure that I can be promoted to the Hounds of Tindalos area. After all, several of my friends are already in the Hounds of Tindalos area. Wait for me."

So that’s it.

At this time, Liu Xing finally understood why this player would stand up and admit his specialness. It turned out to be because his friends had already become players in the Hounds of Tindalos area before him.

It seems that this is not the first time that this player has participated in the promotion module of the Hounds of Tindalos area, because his teammates have successfully cleared the last promotion module, but for some reason they left him alone. Abandoned, but this is also a very common situation in the Cthulhu Run game lobby. After all, the promotion module in the Hounds of Tindalos area is quite difficult, and it is normal to have card tearing, so it often happens. There is a famous scene where all the players in the team advance to the Hounds of Tindalos area except for one person, and this straggler player will be abandoned by his teammates in most cases, because they are already people from two worlds. .

After all, when a player advances to the Hounds of Tindalos area, the participating modules are 100% coherent, which means that the plots of different modules can be connected through a certain node, such as an NPC or an important prop. , so these players are getting farther and farther away in the eyes of teammates who are lagging behind.

And when this laggard player is lucky enough to advance to the Hounds of Tindalos area, if he is pulled back to the original player team, he will feel at a loss because everything around him has changed.