Thankfully, thankfully.
After seeing Bai He Cheng's Temporary Insanity Symptom Check, Liu Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, under the Cthulhu Mythos System, there were ten types of Temporary Insanity symptoms in total. Pseudo-Disability was considered one of the best outcomes, as it only affected the insane person themself. Among the remaining symptoms, quite a few could make the insane person extremely aggressive.
So Bai He Cheng had been lucky amid misfortune this time. He had not completely doomed himself, nor had he caused the team too many losses.
However, the check was not over yet. "The other Players witnessed Bai He Cheng's entire body emitting a chill. This bizarre sight has greatly shocked your minds. Please directly make a 1d3 SAN Value Check. Of course, since Player Liu Xing has already experienced the same situation, he only needs to lose 1 SAN Value this time. All Players may also gain Cthulhu Mythos Knowledge equal to the SAN Value lost."
Just as expected.
Liu Xing silently complained to himself. Because of Bai He Cheng's reckless behavior, the team's SAN Value had still ended up dropping. Still, that was only reasonable and entirely expected.
Thus, the SAN Value Checks began.
Chen Ling, 2 points.
Wang Qi, 2 points.
Wang Si Yi, 1 point.
Liu Xing, 1 point.
Chen Ling and the others had fairly good Luck and had not rolled the maximum value of 3. But for Chen Ling and the others, this was undoubtedly an undeserved disaster. Because of Bai He Cheng's reckless behavior, they had inexplicably lost SAN Value. Anyone would be furious, especially in this life-or-death Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG, where SAN Value was life itself!
Therefore, Wang Qi shot to his feet in a rage and tried to throw a punch at Bai He Cheng!
Fortunately, Chen Ling was still rational. He got up and stopped Wang Qi, while Liu Xing quickly rose as well, grabbing Wang Qi and trying to persuade him. "Wang Qi, calm down. Things are already like this, so let's not fight among ourselves and cause even more accidents. Besides, Bai He Cheng has suffered enough already. He's received the punishment he deserved."
Liu Xing's words calmed Wang Qi down. After snorting coldly, he returned to his seat and sulked.
At that moment, Bai He Cheng silently rolled up the parchment again, his tone more serious than ever. "This parchment records the Summoning Ritual for Cthulhu's Projection!"
Liu Xing was shocked when he heard that. As the face of the Cthulhu Mythos System, Cthulhu might not have been the strongest of the Great Old Ones, and he even had the weakness of being weak at sea—Cthulhu's lifelong shame—but his strength was still not to be underestimated. Even just a projection could directly cause a Total Party Kill...
Therefore, Liu Xing immediately asked Bai He Cheng, "Bai He Cheng, does the parchment say whether this parchment must be used as the medium for the ritual?"
Under normal circumstances, performing a ritual to worship an evil god required certain specific mediums. For example, this parchment recording the Summoning Ritual for Cthulhu's Projection was very likely the medium required for the ritual. Without the medium required by the Sacrificial Ritual, even if one followed the correct procedure and offered sacrifices of sufficient quantity and quality, it would have no effect.
Therefore, whether this parchment was a necessary medium for the ritual was extremely important. Liu Xing did not want to face Cthulhu so early... or rather, be wiped out by Cthulhu...
Unfortunately, Bai He Cheng silently shook his head. "No, this parchment is not the medium required for the ritual. The required medium is that Evil God Statue that was smashed three hundred years ago!"
Liu Xing's mind trembled. He had never expected that the Evil God Statue buried in the Back Garden was actually a statue of Cthulhu. If that Inspiration check had succeeded back then, he probably would have lost far more than one or two points of SAN Value.
According to the rules of the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG, seeing a Great Old One on Cthulhu's level would cause a loss of 1d10 SAN Value on a successful check if one looked directly at Cthulhu, or 1d100 on a failed check. Even seeing a statue of Cthulhu would cost at least 1d6 SAN Value on a success and 1d10 on a failure!
Liu Xing felt that he had almost gone insane before Bai He Cheng had.
What puzzled Liu Xing, however, was that this should have been an easy-difficulty Cthulhu Mythos RPG. Why had they brought out a deity like Cthulhu to hold the stage? Even if it was only a projection, it could not possibly be something Players like Liu Xing and the others could handle.
This left Liu Xing utterly confused.
At that moment, Wang Si Yi suddenly said, "If I remember correctly, that Locked Room is also on the side near the Back Garden. So unless something unexpected happens, I think the Escape Room we haven't found—or rather, the basement—should be beneath the Back Garden."
Wang Si Yi's suggestion won everyone's agreement. Based on its location, if the Locked Room truly had an Escape Room, the most likely direction for it to extend was into the Back Garden.
Liu Xing began considering whether he could simply dig up the Back Garden and find that Escape Room.
"If you really want to do that, you can try making an extreme Luck Check." KP004 suddenly said to Liu Xing.
A trap. This was absolutely a trap!
Unsolicited kindness always hides an ulterior motive!
Liu Xing did not believe KP004 would kindly give him a reminder like that. Besides, this was an extreme Luck Check. He could only succeed by rolling 16 or below.
Furthermore, KP004 had not said what would happen if he failed this extreme Luck Check.
But honestly, Liu Xing felt that he had already guessed the outcome. After all, he would be digging on Cthulhu's head. Just thinking about it was thrilling...
So Liu Xing decisively abandoned the idea.
Just then, KP004 said, "All right, your Escape Room Time is over. Please adjust your mindset and language, then continue roleplaying."
As soon as KP004 finished speaking, the Escape Room effect ended.
Liu Xing immediately put on a surprised expression and asked Bai He Cheng, "Bai He Cheng, what happened to you?"
What Liu Xing did not expect was that Bai He Cheng was still grinning foolishly. "Nothing much. When I opened this parchment, I seem to have triggered some kind of mechanism. My whole body feels numb, and I suddenly feel like I can't see anything."
Liu Xing raised an eyebrow. He had not expected Bai He Cheng's specific Pseudo-Disability symptom to be blindness. Bai He Cheng had now completely lost the ability to act independently.
After discussing it with Wang Qi and the others, Liu Xing decided that Chen Ling would assist Bai He Cheng in moving around. Wang Qi currently wanted nothing more than to beat Bai He Cheng up, while Wang Si Yi refused physical contact with Bai He Cheng on the grounds of gender separation.
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