Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls - Chapter 315: The Intricate Composite Magic Array

Regarding Ling Ishikawa’s prophecy, everyone chose to dismiss it with a smile. After all, setting aside their roles as players, everyone found the prophecy to be rather comical, including Ling Ishikawa himself.

Once they had finished listening to Ling Ishikawa’s prophecy, everyone went about their own business.

Liu Xing returned to his room and contacted KP Green Light, saying, “KP, I want to analyze the magic array on the window frame now.”

KP Green Light immediately replied, “Of course, but because you’ve already discovered that this Composite Magic Array includes a magic array that gradually erases memories, you should choose whether to undergo an inspiration judgment. If the inspiration judgment succeeds, you will establish a correct analytical approach. When you analyze the Composite Magic Array later, there won’t be a mystical judgment, but instead, there will be a special judgment with an 85% success rate, and each magic array will only take half an hour.”

“Of course, Liu Xing, if luck is not on your side, and you don’t pass the inspiration judgment, don’t worry too much. Even if you’ve determined an incorrect analytical direction, it will only reduce the success rate by 10% in subsequent mystical judgments. It won’t increase your analysis time. So, I assume you’ll choose to undergo the inspiration judgment.”

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, thinking that KP Green Light was stating the obvious. His inspiration attribute was as high as 70, and the benefits of an inspiration judgment far outweighed the risks. Therefore, he was definitely going to take a chance.

So, Liu Xing nodded and said with a smile, “Of course, KP Green Light, please help me with an inspiration judgment.”

Liu Xing, 66/70, successful.

Fortunately.

Liu Xing breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that his luck wasn’t too bad today. As long as he passed the judgment, he would be fine.

During the inspiration judgment, a thought occurred to Liu Xing. It seemed that the other magic arrays should be similar to the one that gradually erased memories, all belonging to the category of magic arrays that could subtly influence people over time.

This was what he considered the correct approach.

Liu Xing smirked, slightly disdainful, and said, “Is that it? I thought coming up with this so-called correct approach would be much more difficult. It’s not as impressive as I expected. So, KP, if I had proposed this correct approach earlier, could I have received a bonus without going through the inspiration judgment?”

KP Green Light chuckled and said without hesitation, “Impossible. If you had directly proposed this approach, you would still need to pass an inspiration judgment. Although you would gain a 10% success rate bonus, your final success rate would be 80%, and each analysis would take 45 minutes. After all, you would be taking a shortcut.”

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, surprised by KP Green Light’s shamelessness.

However, that was not important now. Liu Xing had already started analyzing the magic array on the window frame.

Liu Xing, 35/85, successful.

Liu Xing chuckled, off to a good start.

Then, Liu Xing felt like he had entered a state of absorption. His eyes were fixed on the magic array on the window frame, or more precisely, one of the magic arrays within the Composite Magic Array. He couldn’t hear any sounds.

In this way, even though Liu Xing felt only a minute had passed, in reality, half an hour had gone by, and the information about the first magic array had already appeared in his mind.

It was an improved version of a memory-erasing array, capable of continuously affecting all sentient beings within five meters of this magic array, causing them to gradually lose their memories. Because this was an improved version, it would erase memories starting from the least significant ones in the minds of sentient beings. As the magic array successfully erased a certain amount of memories, its influence would become more pronounced. (Due to the high requirements for drawing this magic array, you are currently unable to draw it and are unaware of its usage requirements).

Liu Xing furrowed his brow, thinking that he could learn how to draw this improved memory-erasing array. However, he was surprised to find that he couldn’t meet the requirements for drawing it, and he couldn’t even see the usage requirements.

This left Liu Xing somewhat speechless. He was the leader of a secret cult, possessed extensive knowledge of Cthulhu Mythos, and his knowledge of mysticism was at a level comparable to that of a university professor in other disciplines. How could he not meet the requirements?

However, this also reminded Liu Xing that the person who had drawn this Composite Magic Array, or the mythical creature behind it, had formidable strength.

Of course, Liu Xing thought it was unlikely that Matsui Ichiro was the author of this Composite Magic Array. If Matsui Ichiro possessed such incredible power, there would be no need for the existence of this Composite Magic Array. He could simply use magic on them directly, efficiently resolving the situation.

Furthermore, Liu Xing had discovered a crucial point about this improved memory-erasing array. Its effect could be described as a snowball effect. Over time, the influence of this improved memory-erasing array on players would increase exponentially.

Therefore, Liu Xing felt a sense of unease now. If he hadn’t discovered this Composite Magic Array, by the seventh day, he and his group would lose most of their memories, which would be extremely dangerous.

Furthermore, Liu Xing noticed that the effect of this improved memory-erasing array was to “erase memories.” In other words, memories lost due to the influence of this array would be nearly impossible to recover through normal means.

With this in mind, Liu Xing felt a sense of urgency. It was already close to 10 AM, so he decided to try and analyze all these magic arrays before lunchtime. That way, he could directly disrupt this Composite Magic Array and avoid further influence.

So, Liu Xing immediately requested a new analysis from KP Green Light.

Liu Xing, 29/85, successful.

Once again, Liu Xing entered a state of absorption.

Half an hour later, the information about the second magic array appeared in Liu Xing’s mind.

Distracting Array: It can affect intelligent beings within a five-meter radius, temporarily reducing their Willpower by 1 point per day, with a maximum cumulative reduction of ten times. When an intelligent being leaves the range of the Distracting Array for 12 hours, their temporarily reduced Willpower values will be restored. (Due to the high requirements for drawing this magic array, you are currently unable to draw it and are unaware of its usage requirements).

As expected, Liu Xing realized he couldn’t learn this magic array either. It seemed that he wouldn’t be able to learn the remaining magic arrays either.

What surprised Liu Xing, however, was that the Distracting Array’s effect was to temporarily reduce one’s Willpower.

But now that he thought about it, when he had undergone a Willpower Judgment yesterday, his Willpower value hadn’t changed.

Thinking about this, Liu Xing contacted KP Green Light and asked, “KP, there can’t be an error in the information about this magic array, right? My Willpower value wasn’t temporarily reduced when I underwent a Willpower Judgment yesterday.”

KP Green Light chuckled and explained, “Of course not. To prevent you from immediately realizing the effects of the magic array, the reduction in Willpower values is concealed. In simple terms, if the actual dice result should be 50, due to the influence of this magic array, the result displayed is 55.”

“Of course, to maintain fairness, if the original dice result is a significant success of 5 or lower, the magic array’s effect won’t be displayed. And if you’re undergoing difficult or extremely difficult Judgments, the effect of the magic array will be correspondingly reduced. In any case, the effect of this magic array definitely exists, and I wouldn’t manipulate things in secret to deceive you.”

Hearing KP Green Light’s explanation, Liu Xing couldn’t help but look skeptical. After all, if KP Green Light had manipulated things in secret, as a player, he wouldn’t have known.

So, Liu Xing had to rely on KP Green Light’s professionalism.

That said, the effect of this Distracting Array was indeed powerful. If given enough time, it could temporarily reduce a player’s Willpower by 10 points, which was a significant debuff.

Liu Xing continued with his analysis.

Liu Xing, 77/85, successful.

Half an hour later, Liu Xing had analyzed the effect of another magic array.

Unnamed Magic Array: This is a magic array you’ve never seen before. However, you managed to discern some clues from its pattern, suggesting that this magic array is likely to possess psychological suggestion capabilities. (Due to the high requirements for drawing this magic array, you are currently unable to draw it and are unaware of its usage requirements).

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, surprised by the unexpected nature of this magic array.

Compared to the magic arrays documented in the rulebook, these unknown magic arrays posed a greater challenge to players since they couldn’t immediately determine their effects.

However, Liu Xing was relieved that he now had a rough idea of this magic array’s effect. Considering the current storyline, the psychological suggestion effect of this magic array likely complemented the previous two magic arrays, aiding Matsui Ichiro in successfully hypnotizing the players and turning them into Fisher’s Village villagers.

Losing memories, losing willpower to resist, and planting psychological suggestions – it was truly a Composite Magic Array where the effects of the three magic arrays were interconnected.

But there was still one more magic array.

Liu Xing looked at this final magic array, curious about its effect.

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