Chapter 2592 Miskatonic University Research Institute

At this time, Liu Xing was still curious about whether there was a hidden plot in the FireWire module that could summon the younger brother of the Whateley brothers back from another world?

If so, it's quite interesting.

In the original work, Whateley's brother has a very obvious characteristic, that is, he can become invisible, and it is also a passive type of invisibility. Unless special props are used to make him invisible, ordinary people cannot see his appearance clearly.

But because Whateley's brother is also a huge mythical creature, uh, no, it would be more appropriate to describe him as "demigod". After all, his father is Yog-Sothoth. In the world of Cthulhu Mythos, One of the most powerful beings, so the Whateley brothers are both "demigods" in theory, but the performance of these two brothers cannot support the title of "demigod", because the performance of both brothers can only To describe it, the name does not match the reality.

Needless to say, the elder brother of the Whateley brothers is one of the biggest laughing stock in the Cthulhu Mythos. After all, he was killed by a watchdog of Miskatonic University, so someone took advantage of it. He is compared to the most disgraceful of mythical creatures, the Hollow.

However, from a rational point of view, it is not difficult to find that the elder brother of the Whateley brothers is more human, while the younger brother can be recognized as a monster at a glance, so we have reason to suspect that the elder brother of the Whateley brothers is a Ordinary people, because Yog-Sothoth gave everything to his younger brother.

After all, Yog-Sothoth is not an "ordinary person", so it is fully capable of allowing only one of the twins to accept its inheritance.

As for the performance of Whateley's brother in the original work, it is not as good as ordinary mythical creatures such as deep divers and ghouls, because its size and abilities are even higher than that of the black goat cub. Lou, the performance turned out to be worse than Konggui.

It's like playing a game when you're playing a team with full equipment, but the result is just one-for-one.

This is somewhat difficult to stretch.

However, there is one thing to say. When the master of craftsmanship wrote this plot, he obviously did not intend to overestimate Whateley's younger brother. Otherwise, he would not have given him an invisibility passive and then made him a heavyweight player. Therefore, the invisibility effect is greatly reduced. After all, the original work took place more than a hundred years ago, and there was not much cement floor at that time, so Whateley's brother could leave obvious traces on the ground even if he took a few steps.

Therefore, the professors at Miskatonic University were able to determine the approximate location of Whateley's brother, then used special props to make him appear, and finally banished him directly to another world.

But then again, I don’t know where Wortray was exiled, could it be the Dreamland?

Logically speaking, banishing Whateley's brother to Dreamland is indeed a convenient and quick choice. Because Dreamland gates are theoretically distributed all over the world, there should also be Dreamland gates near Dunwich. Moreover, many Dreamland doors look like an ordinary-sized door frame, but in fact, even a dump truck on a mine can pass through it smoothly!

So after driving Whateley's brother into the dreamland and trying to get him to take a few more steps, Whateley's brother should not be able to find his way home with his IQ, because Liu Xing remembers this The intelligence level of Whateley's brother is relatively low. After all, monsters like this that are known for their strength generally have poor intelligence.

"But when it comes to the FireWire module, I think of a little easter egg in the FireWire module, that is, after players complete a series of side tasks, they can summon the most famous being in Dunwich - Walter. Brother Lei, of course whether you summon an older brother or a younger brother depends on your luck, but whether it is an older brother or a younger brother, they are just projections, which means that they will only exist for a few minutes at most, and then they will disappear. ”

Mr. Luo said with a smile: "After all, this is just an easter egg. You can't let this easter egg take over the main role. So triggering this little easter egg is quite troublesome, but it only costs some time for the players! So I still remember it now. The first batch of players to participate in this FireWire module spent a lot of effort to summon Whateley's Brother. But just when they wanted to use the power of Whateley's Brother to do something, Whateley's Brother Just disappeared."

To put it bluntly, if I were a bystander, I would find it funny, but if I were a personal participant, I would only find it very embarrassing.

It's like drawing a card. You finally draw the card you want, only to find a line of small words written on the back of the card.

Yes, trial card.

At that moment, you might greet all the staff of this game. After all, you spent a lot of time, energy, and money to draw this card, but in the end you told me that this card is only For trial use, then don’t blame me for cordially greetings to your family.

But as Mr. Luo said, in the final analysis, this is just an Easter egg that has nothing to do with the main line module, so it’s okay if you are willing to spend time and energy to watch it for fun, but don’t expect that such an Easter egg can bring you Come how many benefits.

After all, in other games, Easter eggs like this are also similarly set up, and can even only make you smile. . . But this is still the Cthulhu game lobby, so some players are really good at imagining things, so they think that this Easter egg related to the Wattley brothers is a serious plot. After all, the real Cthulhu and Hastur have already appeared in the Cthulhu game lobby. As a result, you tell me that the Wattley brothers are just a dispensable Easter egg, which is a very difficult result to accept.

Fortunately, I haven't been to the Crossfire module yet.

But then again, Liu Xing still remembers that before the martial arts module started to promote, he and Zhang Jingxu and others also discussed whether to participate in this Crossfire module, because Dunwich, where the Crossfire module is located, is not far from Arkham, where Miskatonic University is located, and there has always been a vague connection between the two. After all, many major events have happened in Dunwich, and the people who solved these events are almost all from Miskatonic University.

So Liu Xing heard that Miskatonic University has an informal branch in Dunwich, which is a research institute composed of several professors. The area of ​​this research institute may be only more than 100 square meters, but there are several floors underground.

However, it is very difficult to enter this research institute, even if you are a member of Miskatonic University.

That's right, unless you get a letter of introduction from a special person, you will not have the opportunity to enter the research institute. You should know that even the human body of Ao Guanhai cannot enter this research institute. After all, the professors in the research institute are all respected and have many students all over the world. What's more, everyone who knows this research institute knows why this research institute exists.

As for how much security force this research institute has, Liu Xing heard that there are dozens of mythical creatures living in the research institute. Although this sounds like a large number of people, it is actually a tribe of ghouls.

That's right, the underground part of this institute is the old site of this ghoul tribe. They originally had some minor conflicts with Miskatonic University, but in a later event, Miskatonic University helped them regardless of past grudges. In addition, the new generation of this ghoul tribe has adapted to the life of human society, so this ghoul tribe simply joined Miskatonic University.

Of course, according to the gossip that Liu Xing got, the reason why this ghoul tribe chose to join Miskatonic University was that they were fooled by a snake man, and inexplicably replaced the statue of Mordiggian with that of the snake god Yig, so this ghoul tribe lost the favor of Mordiggian.

Logically speaking, if this ghoul tribe wants to regain the favor of Mordiggian, even if it can prove that it was deceived by the snake man, it must pay a considerable price, such as sending an important member of the tribe to become a bloody ghoul, and handing over a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. In short, the tribe will be seriously injured.

As for really running to join the snake god Yig, it is definitely unrealistic, because in the world view of Cthulhu Mythos, as a senior believer of a certain Old One, if you dare to join other Old Ones, you will definitely be punished by the original Old One. The punishment here can be roughly divided into two types. One is the automatically triggered blood punishment, that is, the existence of ghouls that have long joined Mordiggian as a race, and the seeds of blessing and curse have long been planted in the blood of its members.

If you continue to be loyal to Mordiggian, then this seed can allow you to gain the power granted by Mordiggian, but when you choose to betray, this seed will make you live a life worse than death, after all, some things have been secretly marked with a price.

Of course, you can also ask your new boss to help you solve these problems, but unless you are the kind of potential stock that is one in a million, your new boss will not help you remove the "thorns". After all, poaching is already a very hateful thing, and you are now casually helping people solve their worries. Isn't this a slap in the face?

From the perspective of the poached party, it is already a very shameful thing for their own people to be poached by their peers. As a result, their peers help those useful talents solve their worries, because this is what they should do. After all, you should promise a lot of money for poaching. . . If you don't promise a lot of money, doesn't it mean that the treatment on your side is very poor, so that your subordinates will casually run to join others?

So at this point, the party whose staff was poached can still accept the status quo, but when he finds out that even ordinary people in his industry will solve his worries, it is obvious that he is going to slap himself in the face, because he cannot even do a symbolic revenge, which means that he is not only inadequate in discipline, but also unable to "find" those staff members back?

In this way, his subordinates may take action as long as they are slightly tempted. After all, there is already a precedent, and he just needs to follow suit.

Is this still a game?

So at this time, there is a bug for those "foot soldiers". If they surrender to other Old Ones, it will definitely trigger the "seed" in their blood. Therefore, if they can neither surrender to the snake god Yig nor return to Mordiggian, they can only choose to cooperate with humans.

There is no way. Who said that there is no Old One above humans?

To be precise, there is no Old One and ancient god that can make most humans loyal to them. Therefore, in the eyes of those Old Ones, humans are typical rootless duckweed. Not only do they have no one behind them, but their own strength is not worth mentioning.

Therefore, those ghouls chose to cooperate with Miskatonic University. After all, Miskatonic University is also the most powerful force among humans, especially those legendary investigators who can face the existence of the Old Ones one by one, and even the three pillars of gods like Nyarlathotep can take a look.

The most important thing is that most humans are generally in a weak position even if they cooperate with mythical creatures, even if humans have more advantages on the surface. After all, humans are much weaker than mythical creatures in terms of innate conditions, so it is normal for them to lack confidence.

Moreover, for these mythical creatures, although they are a little weak, they can also shout out "If you don't stay here, there will be other places for you" when necessary. After all, they are absolutely scarce resources in human society. Any organization dominated by humans will want to recruit a team of mythical creatures for their own use.

Or this is what I can do without, but I absolutely cannot do without.

So the ghouls of this tribe signed an employment contract with Miskatonic University, and the content of the contract is to help Miskatonic University guard the research institute. As for other things, these ghouls don't need to worry about it, because their food, clothing, housing and transportation are all covered by Miskatonic University.

The most important thing is that if ghouls from other tribes come to investigate, Miskatonic University will also come forward to solve it. . . So this group of ghouls is on guard against everything except ghouls.

In addition to this group of ghouls, Liu Xing also heard that there are other mythical creatures hidden in this research institute as secret sentinels, including the best tool man among mythical creatures - Shoggoth. After all, as long as the right method is mastered, even ordinary people can control several Shoggoths to work for them.