Real Cthulhu Running Game

Although there are many diseases that can cause symptoms such as fatigue in the human body, if a rash appears on the forehead and cheeks at the same time, it can be speculated that it is smallpox.

After all, smallpox got its name because the rash appeared in large numbers on the patient's face, so the rash would turn into pockmarks after the patient was lucky enough to recover.

Of course, this is also the first time Liu Xing has seen a smallpox patient, because with the development of the times, smallpox has been basically eliminated decades ago, and it was also the first infectious disease eliminated by humans. Therefore, after studying medicine, Liu Xing As for smallpox, I only heard its name but never saw its body.

Although Liu Xing does not know much about smallpox, he also knows that smallpox is one of the most terrifying infectious diseases in human history, with a severe fatality rate of about 25%, especially in areas with poor health and medical conditions. In ancient times, if only one person got sick, the entire village would suffer.

This means that if the royal family really gets smallpox this time, then the entire Taoyuan Village may cease to exist, because Taoyuan Village is originally a relatively closed environment, and the transmission method of the smallpox virus is mainly droplet transmission and Direct contact transmission, the infection efficiency of these two modes of transmission is very high in a closed environment.

Therefore, Liu Xing knew that he most likely had smallpox now.

Because people who have not been vaccinated against smallpox have a very high chance of being infected with the smallpox virus.

As for where the smallpox in the royal family came from, Liu Xing can be sure that it was Zhang Jingxu and others who brought it. Because only outsiders like Zhang Jingxu came to Taoyuan Village during this period, it is only possible that Zhang Jingxu could have brought the smallpox virus to Taoyuan. village.

After all, there has been no smallpox outbreak in Taoyuan Village for so many years.

By the way, the reason why colonists from Spain and other countries were able to establish a foothold in the New World in a short period of time was because those colonists brought the smallpox virus from the Old World to the New World, causing the Aztecs, who were already relatively powerful, to The Inca civilization suffered a huge blow, and millions of people died due to the smallpox virus. That's why the Native Americans, whose will was severely shaken, surrendered to the colonists so easily.

Back to the topic, Liu Xing is now certain that if the mythical creature behind the royal family does not take action, the entire Taoyuan Village will definitely suffer a devastating blow due to smallpox, because in modern times, there is no accurate and effective treatment for smallpox, only smallpox. Vaccines can be used to prevent it.

So in Taoyuan Village, where smallpox is about to break out, everyone's life and death can only be determined by their own destiny.

But this is also Zhang Jingxu's best chance to escape.

Liu Xing returned to his seat and used his eyes to signal Zhang Jingxu and others to pay attention to the rash on the face of the royal family. However, it may be that Zhang Jingxu and others did not have an in-depth understanding of smallpox, so they did not pay attention to Liu Xing's hint.

It seems that Zhang Jingxu and others can only realize the seriousness of all this after the smallpox outbreak in Taoyuan Village is complete.

Because the royal family member was unwell, today's banquet ended early, so Liu Xing went home.

On the way home, Liu Xing suddenly felt some weakness in his limbs, a hot head, and some discomfort on his face, not knowing whether it was due to psychological effects.

After returning home, Liu Xing did not forget to check on Liu's mother's condition and found that Liu's mother was quite normal now.

Liu Xing carefully calculated the time. If Zhang Jingxu and others had brought the smallpox virus in when they first entered Taoyuan Village, then the smallpox virus, which had an incubation period of about twelve days, would indeed have broken out within these two days.

time is limited.

Although Liu Xing had guessed that the smallpox virus would break out in Taoyuan Village, because "Liu Xing" did not know the existence of smallpox at this time, Liu Xing had no way to tell others about it.

Therefore, the only people who could realize the seriousness of the problem at this time were Zhang Jingxu and other "outsiders" who brought the smallpox virus. Because the smallpox virus can survive outside the human body for several months to more than a year, this means that Zhang Jingxu They had seen smallpox patients during this period, so by then Zhang Jingxu and others should be able to tell that the royal family elder and them had smallpox.

But having said that, if Zhang Jingxu also gets smallpox, then this problem will be a bit big, because the smallpox virus will explode quickly after passing the incubation period, and various serious complications will occur, within two or three days. It will kill people.

This means that once the virus in Zhang Jingxu enters the outbreak stage, Zhang Jingxu, who is seriously ill, is likely to lose his ability to move. At that time, he will most likely be left to die in Taoyuan Village by "Ding Kun" and "Zhang Wenbing". And "Yin En" had no reason to help Zhang Jingxu leave, because people in this era regarded smallpox as a scourge.

As for Liu Xing himself, he had no reason to help "Zhang Jingxu" whom he had only met a few times and was already in danger.

I hope Zhang Jingxu can realize the problem in advance.

Liu Xing sighed and returned to the room to fall asleep.

After Liu's mother went to bed, Liu Xing left the house. This time, Liu Xing did not hide next to his house, but hid directly in a field not far from the pond.

After an unknown amount of time, those people holding long bamboo poles appeared near the pond again, and Liu Xing also noticed that these people had their heads wrapped in yellow cloth.

Yellow Turban Army? !

Liu Xing frowned, and the figure of the Lord in Yellow emerged in his mind.

In the context of the Cthulhu Mythos, many players believe that Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, is actually the incarnation of the King in Yellow.

As for the iconic feature of the Yellow Turban Army, it is the yellow cloth wrapped on their heads.

But wasn’t Taoyuan Village already established in the Qin Dynasty?

Could it be that these people only entered Taoyuan Village at the end of the Han Dynasty?

Liu Xing recalled carefully and found that according to the clan elders, the last batch of immigrants in Taoyuan Village should have entered during the handover period of the Qin and Han Dynasties.

What is going on?

Did the clan elders lie?

Zhang Jiao's rebellion was in AD 184, and the "Jin Taiyuan" period was from 376 AD to 396 AD. Therefore, the middle point of "Jin Taiyuan Zhong" is AD 386, and there is a difference of 200 years between the two. Two years.

Because the average life span of ancient people was very low, even in Taoyuan Village, which had escaped the war, the average life span was only about thirty years old. Therefore, two hundred and two years is enough for the villagers of Taoyuan Village to replace themselves six or seven times. In addition, everything in Taoyuan Village is in the hands of the clan elders, so even if Taoyuan Village was really founded by the survivors of the Yellow Turban Army, as long as the clan elders insist on their own story, the current Taoyuan Village villagers will believe it. He is actually a descendant of the Qin Dynasty.

Of course, Liu Xing also understood that the clan elders would do this. After all, the Yellow Turban Army was still a rebel. If the Han Dynasty still existed and discovered Taoyuan Village, Taoyuan Village would most likely suffer a disaster. .

But back to the topic, if the first generation of villagers in Taoyuan Village are really the Yellow Turban Army, then Liu Xing feels that he seems to know why Taoyuan Village was built in a dreamland.

Obviously, it was the King in Yellow who asked the Yellow Turban Army to build Taoyuan Village in the dreamland.

Therefore, Liu Xing feels that he and the King in Yellow are very destined, why every character card can be related to the King in Yellow. . .

At this moment, a man carrying a big cloth bag walked to the pond and threw the big cloth bag into the pond without hesitation.

Liu Xing, who was hiding not far away, could hear the cry for help coming from the big cloth bag.

It was exactly what I thought.

At this moment, Liu Xing suddenly heard a "click, click, click" sound coming from the pond. It sounded like something was opening at the bottom of the pond.

No wonder my group didn't notice anything strange about the pond during the day. It turned out that there was a mechanism in the pond.

It's a pity that Liu Xing doesn't dare to show up casually now, because Liu Xing knows that if he is discovered by those "Yellow Turban Army" people, then he may have to go to the pond for a walk.

So Liu Xing hid in the fields, not even daring to show off.

Fortunately, these "Yellow Turban Army" did not work for long, and soon dispersed.

After Liu Xing was sure that the "Yellow Turban Army" had gone far away, he quietly came to the pond. At this time, the pond had returned to its original state.

Liu Xing tried to find a mechanism near the pond, but KP Al did not even give Liu Xing a chance to make a judgment. This shows that Liu Xing cannot find this mechanism, or that the key to opening this mechanism lies in the hands of others.

Liu Xing is more inclined to the latter.

After Liu Xing returned home, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time because Liu Xing had been confused by the plot of this module.

Judging from the current situation, although Taoyuan Village was nominally founded by immigrants from the Qin Dynasty, it should actually be built by a group of descendants of the Yellow Turban Army. However, this is not actually important, because this just makes Taoyuan The village's backer was directly promoted from a certain race of mythical creatures to the King in Yellow.

Next is the plot development of this module. If nothing unexpected happens, the elder of the royal family should have ordered "Yin En" to find some suitable people from the outside world to enter Taoyuan Village. As a result, "Yin En" found "Zhang Jingxu", and at the same time "Yin En" Ding Kun" and "Zhang Wenbing" pretended to follow "Zhang Jingxu" into Taoyuan Village for revenge.

As a result, when the royal family plotted against "Zhang Jingxu", they did not expect that "Zhang Jingxu" and others would bring in the smallpox virus that was not available in Taoyuan Village. As a result, the entire villagers in Taoyuan Village were infected with the smallpox virus, and in just these two days there would be If it breaks out completely, the entire Taoyuan Village will most likely be wiped out.

But there is a question here, that is, will the King in Yellow take action to solve the smallpox virus?

Liu Xing recalled his experience of communicating with the King in Yellow, and found that the King in Yellow was only kind to the subordinates he valued (Watanabe Ryusei), and did not care about those subordinates who were insignificant (Baiyaki). Rendell of the family).

Obviously, these villagers in Taoyuan Village should be a group of insignificant subordinates to the King in Yellow, and even the King in Yellow should have forgotten them.

After all, a group of ordinary humans who only know how to farm have no use value to the King in Yellow.

When Liu Xing thought of this, he went to kp Al and applied for a sleep package, because Liu Xing already knew what to do.

Early the next morning, Liu Xing got up early. After breakfast, he came to the intersection and began to observe the situation of the villagers.

As a result, I didn’t know what to look at, and I was shocked when I saw it.

Liu Xing found that nearly 80% of the villagers in Taoyuan Village had symptoms similar to those of the royal family. Some villagers even had many obvious rashes on their faces, and they looked very tired.

It seems that tomorrow at the latest, an unprecedented smallpox epidemic will break out in Taoyuan Village.

But for Liu Xing, this day is enough.

There is only one thing Liu Xing has to do now, and that is to make Zhang Jingxu realize that Taoyuan Village is not a paradise before the smallpox epidemic begins.

After waiting for more than two hours, Liu Xing finally saw the figures of Zhang Jingxu and others - it still looked like Zhang Jingxu and Yin En were walking in front, while Ding Kun and Zhang Wenbing followed behind, blocking them with their long sleeves. The dagger in his hand.

After Liu Xing met Zhang Jingxu and others, he said, "Can you go to the side with me and have a chat?"

Ding Kun frowned and said with some suspicion: "Have you gone to complain to the clan elders and want to lead us into a trap?"

Liu Xing shook his head quickly and said seriously: "No, no, no, I definitely did not report to the clan elders that the two eldest brothers held Zhang Jingxu hostage, but I went to monitor the pond yesterday and made two very important discoveries. "

Although "Ding Kun" and "Zhang Wenbing" are the enemies of "Zhang Jingxu", Ding Kun and Zhang Wenbing's goal in this module is also to let Zhang Jingxu pass the module, so of course they will not embarrass Liu Xing at this time.

Ever since, Liu Xing took Zhang Jingxu and others to a secluded corner and told them everything he saw last night.

"What, a yellow cloth wrapped around your head? Are these people the Yellow Turban Army?" Zhang Jingxu said with a frown.

Ding Kun shook his head and said: "How could this be the Yellow Turban Army? That happened more than two hundred years ago, not to mention that our Wuling area is not the main activity location of the Yellow Turban Army."

Although the Yellow Turban Army swept across the entire Han Dynasty, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army was still concentrated in the Yellow River Basin.

At this moment, Yin En suddenly said: "Brothers, I wonder if you have noticed a problem, that is, all the villagers in Taoyuan Village seem to be infected."

When Liu Xing saw Yin En mentioning this matter, he immediately agreed: "Yes, when I was waiting for you just now, I found that many people are like the royal family, with dense acne on their faces."

After Zhang Jingxu was silent for a moment, he suddenly said in surprise: "It's smallpox!"