CHAPTER 601: NYARLATHOTEP’S TOY BOX

"Hey, Rundell, how’s the situation on your side? Why haven’t you been in touch with me for so long?" Liu Xing asked directly.

At this time, Rundell on the other side said in a somewhat weak tone: "Damn it, we’ve all been screwed by that thing. When the second earthquake occurred, that thing created a barrier that covered the entire Fukushima nuclear power plant. I and the other mythical creatures and Deep Diving Society believers trapped inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been trapped inside. The most important thing is that within that barrier, not only can we not use magic, but the overall strength of all our mythical creatures has also been leveled. However, we still retain our innate abilities, such as the flight ability of my Byakhee clan and the earth-boring ability of the Demon Worm."

"As for how to break the barrier, it requires the number of creatures within the barrier to be reduced to a certain value. At the beginning, we didn’t know the specific value, so the larger groups of mythical creatures tried to unite and kill the other mythical creatures, such as the Deep Diving Society believers and the Deep Ones, and a group of Ghouls who wanted to take care of us three Byakhee, after all, the Byakhee clan and the Deep Ones are mortal enemies, and we don’t get along well with the Ghoul clan either."

"Fortunately, the other mythical creatures also know that they can’t let the Deep Ones become too powerful, otherwise the only ones left alive would be the Deep Ones. So we directly united to fight against the Deep Ones, and the situation has been deadlocked for the time being. After all, the combat power of both sides is on the same level. If we fight, it will only be a lose-lose situation, which is not very feasible for both of us. So we started to occupy the advantageous terrain in the Fukushima nuclear power plant, and then confronted each other for a day and a night, of course, both sides also sent people to sneak attack."

"As a result, on the second day, we reached a unanimous agreement, which was to first sacrifice the humans in the barrier. After all, for us mythical creatures, humans are a different species, or you humans are generally too weak, so they are the easiest targets. Moreover, the humans trapped in the barrier at the time were believers of the Deep Diving Society, and the Deep Ones don’t care about the life and death of these believers, because for the Deep Ones, the life and death of these believers is no longer important, because they have already sent that book over."

"However, I have to say that those Deep Diving Society believers are quite smart. They had already guessed that the Deep Ones would betray them, so they had already moved away from the Deep One’s team in advance. When the Deep Ones announced that they were abandoning them, they directly fled and occupied a detached house, and then controlled the only entrance and exit of the detached house with the guns they had brought, so we couldn’t go up and catch them, after all, no one wants to be cannon fodder or go to their death directly."

"The atmosphere became awkward again, and the originally opposing two major factions gradually split into multiple small teams. After the incident between the Deep Ones and the Deep Diving Society believers, everyone knows that the so-called allies around them are only temporary, and they may betray themselves at any time, or even kill themselves. So I formed a small team with my two friends and that Earth-boring Demon Worm, after all, my Byakhee clan basically has no intersection with the Earth-boring Demon Worm, so there is no conflict."

"Just when I thought we would continue to confront each other for a few more days, the range of the barrier suddenly began to shrink, with the area inside the barrier directly shrinking by one-tenth, and some mythical creatures near the barrier were instantly exploded when they touched the barrier. This reduced our living space, but the death of those mythical creatures also caused a progress bar to appear above the barrier, and each time a mythical creature died, the progress bar would advance a little. But the most important thing is that the changes in the progress bar caused by the death of each mythical creature are completely random, so we still can’t determine how many mythical creatures need to be killed to break the barrier."

Hearing this, Liu Xing suddenly remembered what that thing was, because Liu Xing had seen an introduction to that thing in the U-disk that Yin En gave him, as it appeared very frequently in other parallel worlds.

In simple terms, that thing is a cube-like object similar to a Rubik’s cube, with different colors on the six faces, but it cannot be rotated like a Rubik’s cube. However, the colors on its six faces will be randomly redistributed over time.

On one face of this cube, a diamond-like unknown mineral has been inlaid, so this face is called the "front" of the cube by players. When this cube appears in a module, it will first define a range, and when the number of "players" within this range reaches a certain value, the cube will form a "game space", which is the barrier that Rundell and the others encountered.

After the "game space" is formed, all the creatures inside will be constrained by a strange force, making their strength stay at the same level. Then the cube will determine the "game content" of this round based on the color of its "front" face, which means that the "game space" created by this cube can have six different "game contents" in total.

So far, these six "game contents" have been determined by many players. First is the red one - the death space that Rundell just experienced, which simply means that every time a creature dies in the "game space", the progress bar will advance a little, and when the progress bar reaches 100%, the current game will end, and the "player" who has pushed the progress bar the most will be the winner.

However, this game also has some hidden elements, such as when all the creatures of a certain race are killed, the progress bar will directly increase by 10%; when a "player" completes a pentakill, the progress bar will instantly increase by 5%; and after a certain period of time, the "game space" will shrink, and the "players" who touch the edge will die.

aNext is the white one - the endless void. In simple terms, this game tests the willpower of the "players". All "players" will be teleported to a white space with nothing in it, and this white space has no end. All "players" cannot see each other’s existence, and the most important thing is that various negative emotions and hallucinations will constantly appear in the minds of all "players". Finally, when a "player’s" will collapses, a black hole will appear in front of that "player", and as long as they walk into it, they will disappear forever.

In this game, only the last "player" can become the winner. However, if multiple "players" of the same faction participate in this game, when a "player" becomes the winner, the other "players" will also be spat out by the black hole.

Then there is the blue one - the deep sea nightmare: All "players" will be randomly transformed into a marine creature, and "players" can hunt each other. However, the "players" who have become marine creatures can still retain one of their original abilities, and they can also obtain the abilities of other "players" they kill. But apart from the "players", there are other predators in the deep sea.

As long as the "players" can survive in the deep sea for a certain period of time, they will become the survivors, and the "player" with the most abilities among all the survivors will become the winner.

Next is the yellow one - the endless yellow sands: In simple terms, all "players" will cross a vast desert. In this desert, not only will there be sandstorms and other extreme weather, but there will also be all kinds of terrible creatures attacking the "players". The "players" can avoid the sandstorms and other extreme weather by finding oases, and the first "player" to enter an oasis can also obtain the treasures in that oasis, which are various items.

In the end, all the "players" who cross the desert will become survivors, but only the "players" who enter the desert temple will be the winners. That’s right, the real goal of this game is to enter the desert temple deep in the desert, but although the desert temple is quite easy to find, it’s not easy to get in.

Then there is the black one - the desolate deep space, which is even more frustrating. All "players" must cooperate, because all "players" will be arranged on a universe spaceship that has lost control, and this universe spaceship will constantly approach a black hole, so the "players" must work together to repair the spaceship and escape. The "player" who contributes the most will be the winner.

Finally, there is the green one - of course, it’s forgive her... oops, it’s the green surge: All "players" will be trapped alone in an infinite private room. Each time a "player" decrypts a room, they can get a green seed, and there is a very low probability of getting a black seed. However, each room only has one hour of decryption time, so when a "player" fails to decrypt, they will be teleported to the central room. The top five "players" with the most seeds will come to a 10x10 sand table, and these five "players" can also ally with other "players" to obtain their seeds, and can exchange green seeds for black seeds at a ratio of 1 to 5. Finally, the "players" will act in order according to the number of seeds they have, and each time a "player" can put a seed on the sand table. If it’s a green seed, it can take root and grow on the sand table, and if it’s a black seed, it can directly annihilate the green seeds that have already taken root, and the place where the black seed is planted can no longer grow green seeds.

In the end, the number of connected green seeds on the sand table will be the final score of each "player", which means that the single seeds on the sand table will not be counted in the score. The "player" with the highest score will be the winner, and the "players" who allied with him will become the survivors.

After the game ends, the survivors will leave the "game space" alive, and the winner will also receive a magical item.

Moreover, if the winner is a "player", the "player" can also obtain a "promotion card", which can directly promote the character card to the Cthulhu area, even if the character card is still in the Ghoul area.

Of course, this "promotion card" looks very powerful, but it still follows the tradition of the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall to be frustrating, after all, the difficulty of the Cthulhu area modules is not only extremely high, but also has certain requirements for the "soft power" of the character card, such as the items on the character card, interpersonal relationships, and the level of "cognition" of this world.

After all, you can’t expect an ordinary person who has only seen Deep Ones to be able to explore the Amazon jungle with the professors of Miskatonic University without any pressure.

So the "promotion card" looks powerful, but for most character cards, it’s a death sentence.

But to get back to the point, the bizarre settings of this cube and its ability to make powerful mythical creatures obediently become "players" all indicate one thing - this cube is a little toy created by Nyarlathotep.

So the official name given to this cube by the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall is Nyarlathotep’s Toy Box!

By the way, Nyarlathotep’s Toy Box is something that "players" cannot obtain, and there are only six modules related to it in each parallel world. The most important thing is that each game will only appear once, and each "player" can only experience such a module at most once. However, when a "player" can collect the six items awarded to the game winner of Nyarlathotep’s Toy Box, that "player" can then see Nyarlathotep’s true form!

Of course, so far Liu Xing hasn’t heard of anyone who has been able to collect the six items and see Nyarlathotep’s true form, or rather, no one wants to see Nyarlathotep’s true form, after all, no one wants their character card to suddenly die...

Thinking about this, Liu Xing can already guess what Rundell will experience next, because it’s obvious that it participated in the Red Game, so Rundell and the others will definitely start to scheme and kill each other due to the constant shrinking of the game space, and finally decide the winner.

So, what Liu Xing is most curious about now is who became the winner of the Red Game... as long as it’s not Bai Hecheng.

But since "WatanabeRyuusei" doesn’t know what Nyarlathotep’s Toy Box is, Liu Xing can only listen to Rundell’s story honestly.

And the ending of Rundell’s story surprised Liu Xing a lot, because the final winner turned out to be Rundell!

Before the protagonist advances to the Cthulhu area, they will also experience a Toy Box game, so you can leave a message about what color game you want to play, this can also be a small interaction.

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