Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls - Chapter 348: Account Theft

Since Matsui Yui had spoken this way, Liu Xing and the others saw no reason to refuse. After all, there was no possibility of negotiating terms between the two sides. Matsui Yui’s strength completely overwhelmed them, not to mention the fact that Baruka, an obvious leader-level Deep One, stood behind her, along with an unspecified number of regular Deep Ones and Shoggoths.

Could they even play this game?

How could Deep Ones riding on faces lose? How could Shoggoths riding on faces lose? As long as Matsui Yui tagged them, victory was assured!

Therefore, Liu Xing and the others nodded without hesitation, indicating their agreement with Matsui Yui’s conditions. They would absolutely not tell Dogo Aige the truth.

With that, KP Green Light stepped forward and smiled, saying, “Since that’s settled, it’s time for each of you players to make an important choice. Will you break your promise and tell Dogo Aige the truth?”

Of course, they wouldn’t.

Liu Xing was somewhat speechless. It was clear to anyone with eyes that the choices KP Green Light presented were both traps. If they chose to tell Dogo Aige the truth, the result would undoubtedly be Matsui Yui killing them, and possibly even causing the death of all the players.

More importantly, this was already a clever scheme by KP Green Light. The choice wasn’t for the players but for their character cards.

Liu Xing didn’t hesitate and directly chose, “Not to tell the truth to Dogo Aige.” After all, the character card “WatanabeRyuusei” was a typical egoist, and “self-preservation above all” was his life motto.

As for Yin En, he slyly said, “Well, my character card is a follower and underling of Liu Xing’s character card, so my choice is the same as Liu Xing’s.”

Clearly, “Ling Ishikawa” had a personality that might choose to tell Dogo Aige the truth, so Yin En used their relationship with “WatanabeRyuusei” to explain his choice.

However, the most troublesome one now was Zhang Jingxu. As a righteous person, it was highly unlikely that “Zhang Jingxu” would submit to someone like Matsui Yui. So, Liu Xing was very concerned that Zhang Jingxu might have to choose to “tell the truth to Dogo Aige.”

But at that moment, Lu Tianya suddenly spoke up, “Miss Matsui Yui, I have a question for you. Do you truly love Dogo Aige?”

Matsui Yui raised an eyebrow and smiled, “Of course, I think Dogo Aige is a good man, so I want to marry him and spend the rest of my life here in Fisher’s Village.”

Liu Xing had wanted to comment, especially considering Matsui Yui was a Deep One hybrid, which meant she had an endless lifespan as long as she wasn’t killed. So, there was no way Dogo Aige could spend his entire life with her.

But for the sake of his own life, Liu Xing decided to remain silent.

“I also choose not to tell the truth to Dogo Aige because I believe Matsui Yui truly loves him, and I can’t put Lu Tianya in danger,” Zhang Jingxu said earnestly.

So, the frustrating KP Green Light sighed and said, “You guys are quite good at finding excuses. Well, because you all chose not to tell the truth to Dogo Aige, you can now complete this module in advance. You can decide whether or not to skip the ending scene.”

“We won’t skip the ending scene,” Liu Xing and the others said simultaneously.

Although players couldn’t control character cards during the ending scene, they could observe it from a free perspective, allowing them to gather unexpected information.

The ending scene began.

WatanabeRyuusei and the others first tidied up Miyako Godong’s body. Ling Ishikawa took the ring from Miyako Godong. Then, they all returned to the villa to rest, with WatanabeRyuusei obediently staying inside.

Time jumped forward to the day of the wedding. A temporary stage was set up on the beach in the fake Fisher’s Village, and Dogo Aige and Matsui Yui’s wedding ceremony began.

Liu Xing noticed a man in a suit who had himself tightly wrapped up. However, judging by the man’s handsome appearance, Liu Xing was sure that he was Matsui Yui’s father, Deep One Baruka.

Finally, the wedding ceremony ended smoothly. Liu Xing and the others safely boarded the boat, and with smiles on their faces, Dogo Aige and Matsui Yui bid them farewell at the port.

The module ended.

Liu Xing found himself in a bar-like place, surrounded by Yin En and the others sitting around a wooden table. Behind the bar, a bartender wearing a green hat was mixing drinks.

This was KP Green Light, who, of course, wore a mask as well.

“Hehe, my friends, did you enjoy this module?” KP Green Light asked with a smile.

Panda Pig looked utterly despondent and said, “What kind of module was that? I feel like it was designed to target me. No matter how I played, I was bound to die!”

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, curious. “Panda Pig, how did you die? As Matsui Yui’s lover, even if her nervousness reached 100, you should have been able to survive, right?”

Panda Pig sighed and said, “Well, women are indeed fickle creatures. The thing is, my Main quest was different from yours. In simple terms, I needed to get revenge on Dogo Aige, so I had to maintain a relationship with Matsui Yui to disgust Dogo Aige.”

“So, that night, I had to meet Matsui Yui, and I originally planned to betray you guys to gain Matsui Yui’s trust. But Matsui Yui told me right away that we had to end our relationship, which meant I couldn’t complete my Main quest. So, I had no choice but to engage in a quick conversation with Matsui Yui, but my quick talk attempt failed miserably, and that’s how I ended up…”

Everyone couldn’t help but smile. Thankfully, Panda Pig’s quick talk failed, or they would have been the ones in trouble.

“I can only say that your luck was really bad, Panda Pig. It just so happened that Matsui Yui’s nervousness reached 100. Originally, I had targeted Zhang Jingxu. So, if your quick talk had succeeded that night, Matsui Yui would have chosen to temporarily continue the relationship with you and would have gone to kill Zhang Jingxu. But a day later, you would still have to face a difficult quick talk or persuasion to complete your Main quest,” KP Green Light said with a chuckle.

Hearing KP Green Light’s words, Zhang Jingxu couldn’t help but pat Panda Pig on the shoulder and said earnestly, “Thanks, buddy. If it weren’t for you, I would’ve been in big trouble.”

Panda Pig let out another sigh and shrugged, saying, “Well, in short, my luck was just incredibly bad. But it’s for the best; I finally got rid of this character card. It was too much trouble. Not only did the personality clash with mine, but it also brought so much absurdity from the very beginning. I was at risk of joining the Prison Turmoil module at any moment…”

Miyako Godong, sitting next to Panda Pig, also sighed and said with a bitter smile, “My luck wasn’t great either. I reached the final sanity points check, and as long as I didn’t enter temporary insanity, I could have completed the module. But I lost my mind. This… sigh…”

Liu Xing felt that Miyako Godong had indeed been quite unlucky. He could be said to have fallen just before the finish line. However, the last sanity points check was quite tricky, and even he had more than a fifty percent chance of entering temporary insanity.

Yin En, with a lingering sense of dread, added, “Fortunately, I had decent luck today. I lost four sanity points in the last sanity points check. I was close to joining you, Miyako Godong, in the depths of madness.”

Zhang Jingxu nodded and smiled, “That’s right. I also lost four sanity points. At the time, I thought I was incredibly lucky. Looking back, I feel like I was blessed by the RNG gods. But on a different note, KP, I have a question. What would have happened if we players had done nothing in this module?”

KP Green Light thought for a moment and said, “If you had all been idle, you would indeed have completed the module with no pressure. However, due to the Composite Magic Array, you would permanently lose 5 willpower and random memories. These lost memories would be related to the modules you had previously completed.”

“Most importantly, if your character cards were not torn during this module, you would definitely return to Fisher’s Village for a special module. The difficulty of that special module is extremely high. To put it bluntly, even if you advance to the Cthulhu Region, there’s no guarantee you would pass that special module. So, in summary, if you collectively idled, while you could complete the module without pressure, the drawbacks would outweigh the benefits.”

Liu Xing nodded in agreement. Slacking off in a module had significant risks, considering that Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall didn’t provide welfare modules lightly.

“Now, I announce that this module has successfully ended. In one minute, I will send you all back to the real world. You players can bid farewell to each other now. By the way, congratulations to players Liu Xing, Yin En, and Zhang Jingxu; you have earned the opportunity to advance to the Hound of Tindalos Region. Good luck!” KP Green Light announced.

Liu Xing nodded and said to Yin En, “Yin En, let’s contact each other in the real world to arrange the timing for our advancement module.”

“No problem. I might come to Rongcheng in a couple of days, so we can meet up for a drink then,” Yin En replied with a smile.

Liu Xing considered it and said, “Sure, let’s coordinate later. After all, you have my contact number.”

As Liu Xing finished speaking, he suddenly found himself back in the real world.

Stretching lazily, Liu Xing got up and poured a glass of water in the living room, preparing to wait for Yin En’s contact.

However, when he checked his points, he was shocked to find that he had just over three thousand points left!

Frowning, Liu Xing realized that he hadn’t used his points for a long time. After completing this module, he should have had around seven to eight thousand points. How had it dropped to just over three thousand points?!

Could it be that there was a bug in Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall? Or had his account been compromised?

Liu Xing shook his head, dismissing both possibilities. It couldn’t be a bug or a compromised account in Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall.

At that moment, Liu Xing remembered that there were transaction records in the Shop Interface.

With that in mind, he quickly accessed the shop interface and checked the transaction history.

Then, Liu Xing was astonished.

The top entries in the transaction history were “purchase item,” “purchase item,” “purchase item,” and “activate: Dark Party invitation.” The three “purchase item” transactions had occurred an hour ago, while the “activate: Dark Party invitation” had happened ten hours ago.

At that time, Liu Xing had been playing the “Of Course, Forgive Her” module.

“Wait a minute, the Dark Party invitation was activated?” Liu Xing furrowed his brows. He immediately accessed his character card interface.

Sure enough, the status of the “Liu Xing” character card had changed from “fake death” to “normal.” However, in the upper right corner of the “Liu Xing” character card were the words “uncontrollable.”

Liu Xing was now even more puzzled. How had his character card inexplicably undergone and completed the resurrection module?

When in doubt, ask customer support.

Fortunately, Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall had a customer support function.

In no time, Liu Xing contacted customer support under the alias “Ghoul.”

However, before Liu Xing could start asking questions, “Ghoul” sent him a long string of messages.

After reading these messages, Liu Xing finally understood everything. His character card had been “hijacked” by a member of the Yis People!

The incident began when Liu Xing had just advanced to the Shoggoth Region. He and Zhang Jingxu participated in an emergency recruitment module. At that time, the temporary character card Liu Xing used was possessed by a member of the Yis People. Due to certain unique circumstances, the module ended prematurely, causing a portion of the Yis People’s soul to enter the “Liu Xing” character card.

Then, during the Yueshihao module, “Liu Xing” entered a fake death state, providing an opportunity for the Yis People to take control of the character card temporarily.

Fortunately, the Yis People were in a state of incomplete soul possession, and due to certain rules of Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall, they couldn’t convert the “Liu Xing” character card into an NPC.

As Liu Xing reached this point, he was utterly stunned. He never expected such a turn of events. His character card had been “hijacked” by an NPC?!

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