Rendezvous

Obviously, the god called Sulu mentioned on the stone tablet had to be Cthulhu. As for the so-called imparting of teachings through dreams, it was simply the Call of Cthulhu. After the Taoist priest had a Mental Communication with Cthulhu, Cthulhu taught him the Harvest Festival ritual. Naturally, the price was that the residents of this small county all became Cthulhu's Followers.

Although for an evil god on Cthulhu's level, having followers or not did not matter at all—after all, Cthulhu would not grow stronger through faith—no one would find being worshipped troublesome, right? Besides, to Cthulhu, followers were equivalent to delicious food...

However, Liu Xing was puzzled by why the stone tablet had not mentioned what kind of sacrifice the Harvest Festival required.

In Liu Xing's view, the mission of this Advancement Game would definitely involve the sacrifice required for the Harvest Festival. Thus, Liu Xing somewhat regretted not bringing the Qingming Sacrifice with him.

"Beep, beep, beep."

Liu Xing's phone suddenly rang. When he opened it, he saw a text from someone labeled Ming Shi Xiang. It seemed that Ming Shi Xiang was a Player.

"Old Chinese Doctor, it's time to meet up. Hurry to the entrance of the Harvest Festival and gather there."

Liu Xing put away his phone and headed toward the entrance of the Harvest Festival.

Before long, Liu Xing arrived at the entrance of the Harvest Festival and found that the other four Players had already arrived: two men and two women.

It had to be said that both female Players were exceptionally beautiful. Liu Xing estimated that their APP was around 80.

However, Liu Xing was surprised to find that one of the more mature-looking female Players appeared to be from Eastern Europe.

Had the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG Game Hall already crossed national borders and gone global?

But thinking about it, that made sense. The Cthulhu Mythos had originated overseas in the first place, and it definitely had a larger audience abroad than in China. Therefore, Liu Xing felt that the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG Game Hall probably had far more foreign Players than domestic ones, so encountering a foreign Player now was not strange at all.

As for the other female Player, who looked like a high school student, she was dressed in a kimono. Liu Xing thought she was probably Ming Shi Xiang, the one who had texted him. She also appeared to be Japanese.

Come to think of it, Liu Xing only now remembered that Kite, who had already been Eliminated, also seemed to be a foreigner based on his appearance.

Liu Xing had not expected to be playing an Advancement Game with international friends this time.

As for the other two male Players, they both looked Chinese. However, one of them appeared to have injured his leg and was leaning on a crutch, while the other wore an honest, simple-looking expression and seemed like a trustworthy teammate.

Liu Xing jogged over and said to the other four Players with a smile, "Sorry, sorry. I went to take a look at Immortal Crane Temple just now and ran into some trouble. My name is Liu Xing, and my online handle is Old Chinese Doctor."

The female Player who looked like a high school student smiled and shook her head. "It's fine, it's fine. We just got here too. I'm Ming Shi Xiang, the one who texted you earlier. Although I'm Japanese, I grew up in China, so my Chinese is fairly good."

The male Player who seemed injured also greeted Liu Xing. "I'm Li Ming. I got into a car accident while traveling some time ago and injured my leg. I hope you won't abandon me. You have to take me along with you."

Naturally, Liu Xing understood Li Ming's underlying meaning. After all, if they encountered some Mythical Creature during this Advancement Game, then with Li Ming's current speed, he would probably only end up as food.

"Of course. We're all friends, so how could we abandon you and go on without you? Oh, right, I'm Tian Dao. Nice to meet you all." Tian Dao patted Li Ming on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"I'm Tina, Ukrainian. I've lived in China for seven or eight years now. By the way, my online handle is Head Taker Incarnation of the Dice Goddess Master of Turtle Fist Slacker." Tina chuckled and awkwardly revealed her impressive-sounding online handle...

"Hahaha, aside from Tina, this should be your first time encountering the title system, right? Then let me explain it to you." Kpcao suddenly appeared and said with a smile, "The title system is a major feature of our Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG Game Hall. After each Player completes a game, the KP may grant that Player a title based on their performance. Of course, these titles do not provide any additional attributes, but they allow other Players to learn how that Player performed in previous games. Players who possess titles must tell the other Players their titles in the Imported Plot."

Originally, Liu Xing had merely found Tina's online handle impressively incomprehensible, but now he looked at Tina with some concern, because her first title was "Head Taker"!

Thus, as soon as kpcao finished speaking, Liu Xing and the others all took a step back in unison, moving away from Tina...

Tina wore a completely lifeless expression.

"Hahaha, don't act like that. Actually, I gave Tina her first title, Head Taker, because in a game I hosted, she fell into Temporary Insanity and killed more than ten chickens by cutting off their heads directly. Hehe." Kpcao said with a laugh.

Hearing this, Liu Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed Tina was not as threatening as he had imagined. Still, Liu Xing felt that kpcao seemed rather unreliable.

After that brief incident involving titles, everyone continued playing their roles.

"Oh, right, does anyone have Alger's number? I've called Alger several times, but he hasn't answered. You should try calling him too." Tina waved her phone and said helplessly.

Alger was Kite's Character Card.

Although everyone already knew that Kite had been Eliminated, their Character Cards did not know that, so they could only continue acting this way.

As the witness to Kite's elimination, Liu Xing naturally stepped forward. "Uh, if nothing unexpected happened, Alger might have already gone to the hospital. At the temple just now, I seemed to see a foreigner being sent to the hospital because he was injured."

Thus, Liu Xing told everyone about Kite's miserable state...

The others knew that Kite had been sent to the hospital due to an injury, but they did not know exactly how he had gotten hurt. Now that they learned the truth, they were all dumbfounded.

Obviously, everyone had been stunned by Kite's suffocatingly absurd move!

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