Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Chapter 165: The Great Failure of SAN Value Inspection

Liu Xing took a sip of his congee and suddenly thought of something. He turned to Watanabe Jiang and asked, "By the way, Watanabe Jiang, how come you disappeared last night?"

Watanabe Jiang chuckled awkwardly and replied, "Well, the thing is, as you all should know, I have a disguise skill. The drunk uncle you saw initially was actually me pretending. So, after Yin En and Ze Tian Yinyin finished their fight, I was worried that Ze Tian Yinyin might recognize me. Therefore, I chose to leave and went to the front desk to ask the duty manager to change my room."

As Watanabe Jiang explained, he suddenly steered the conversation to tease Yin En again. "Speaking of which, Yin En, what did you see to be able to recover 1d3 HP?"

Caught off guard by Watanabe Jiang's remark, Yin En almost spat out the congee in his mouth. After a moment of silence, he uttered four words, "Blue and white porcelain."

Liu Xing glanced at his phone and noticed that the Private Room time was about to end. He spoke up, "Alright, we need to discuss where we should go next. After all, we still need to find the other four players."

Yin En nodded, took out a map of Ziwu City, and pointed to the central business district. "The hotel we are in right now is located in the city center. Based on the names of other locations on the map, we can be sure that the other four players are probably locals of Ziwu City. They should be in these residential areas, and it's practically impossible for us to go to those residential areas to meet them. So, we can only go to places like hospitals, TV stations, and the academic district because other players might go there for work or study."

Watanabe Jiang stroked his chin and suggested, "Actually, we have another way to contact the other players. Don't forget that in the background of our character cards, it was mentioned that we seven players all know each other from a game. So, after Private Room time ends, we can bring up this point and contact the other players in the game. I'll stay online the whole time."

Liu Xing nodded, agreeing that Watanabe Jiang's idea was indeed good.

At that moment, the Private Room time came to an end.

"By the way, have any of you played a game called 'Cthulhu Domination'?" Yin En said with a smile.

Cthulhu Domination Liu Xing couldn't help but find the name of this game ridiculous.

Watanabe Jiang nodded, proudly saying, "Of course, I've played it. Cthulhu Domination is the hottest game in recent years, and I'm a member of the number one international guild, coc."

Liu Xing, feigning surprise, chimed in, "You're also a coc member? Well, I'm a coc member too. My ID is Old Chinese Doctor."

And so, Liu Xing and the others exchanged names, "surprisingly discovering" that all three of them were members of the same guild.

"I can't believe it, what a coincidence! I'll mention this in the game later," Watanabe Jiang said with a smile.

Liu Xing nodded and then said, "By the way, I plan to go to the library later. I heard that Ziwu City's library is quite extensive. Are you guys coming along?"

Yin En shook his head, pointing to the academic district. "I plan to go to the academic district. I've heard that Ziwu City's academic district has everything from kindergarten to university, and the faculty is top-notch in the Island Nation. After graduating from high school, I went straight to become an international mercenary, so I've always wanted to visit a university."

Watanabe Jiang also shook his head with a smile, saying, "I'll pass. I plan to stay in the hotel and play games today. I'll check if there's anyone from our guild in Ziwu City. We can gather and raid bosses later. Oh, and remember to come back early today, so we can go boss hunting together."

After breakfast, Liu Xing directly booked a taxi and headed to Ziwu City's library.

Ziwu City's library was located directly above the business district, about half an hour's drive from the hotel. It covered an area equivalent to a standard unit of the Island Nation as large as the Tokyo Dome.

However, due to the starting time of the module being January 11, 2015, the flower beds around Ziwu City's library had mostly withered, and the biting cold wind made Liu Xing regret not wearing an extra layer of clothing when he left.

Liu Xing hurriedly entered the library and found that there weren't many people inside. After all, on such a cold day, there weren't many people passionate about studying.

Liu Xing's purpose in visiting the Ziwu City library was to investigate relevant legends of Ziwu City, hoping to understand the exact meaning of Dark Life and collect information about Killer Demon and the half-beast people.

The library was roughly divided into two parts. The area near the entrance was the electronic reading area, equipped with hundreds of computers, though mostly older desktop models. Consequently, there weren't many people in this area.

The section for storing paper books was inside the library, divided into three levels. Liu Xing checked the sign at the entrance and confirmed that his destination was on the third level.

At this moment, Liu Xing saw a young man in a black coat. What caught Liu Xing's attention was a tattoo on the back of the young man's left hand an Elder Sign tattoo!

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, affirming that the young man in the black coat was a player. In the "Chat Room" posts, it was mentioned that lone ranger players who hadn't joined a guild would have an Elder Sign tattoo on the back of their left hand to identify them as players.

However, Liu Xing didn't have the opportunity to approach this player at the moment, so he could only "meet without knowing."

Liu Xing casually explored the first floor of the library and didn't find anything noteworthy, deciding to go directly to the third floor.

However, at the corner of the first and second floors, Liu Xing saw an oil painting, a full-body portrait of a young girl.

"Hehe, Liu Xing, now you can undergo the first SAN value check for this campaign. Success won't decrease your SAN value, but failure will cost you 1 SAN point," GM Li Shunchan said with a grin.

Liu Xing, 100/78, critical failure!

Liu Xing furrowed his brow. He didn't expect to start with a critical failure, but fortunately, the penalty for this SAN value check failure wasn't too high. Even in the case of a critical failure, he shouldn't lose too many SAN points.

However, what surprised Liu Xing was that the painting looked very ordinary, with nothing notable about it. Moreover, it was placed in a bustling area, so there shouldn't be any issues.

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