Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

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Chapter 654: Bloody Wedding (1)Ключевые словаDice In The DarknessПоделитьсяКомментарииThe members of the Dreamers’ Guild present were well aware of the strength of the Deep Ones and the gap between themselves and the Deep Ones, so now Liu Xing had heard that some members of the Dreamers’ Guild were already planning to flee and leave London.

"Quiet!" Robert said loudly.

Because Robert had a very high reputation in the Dreamers’ Guild, the members of the Dreamers’ Guild were very polite and fell silent.

Robert sighed and said seriously, "I know that all of you are now very worried and afraid, because we all know the strength of those Deep Ones, so if those fanatic believers of Cthulhu are really coming after us, I’m afraid we won’t be able to resist them, even if I could prepare a gun and a bulletproof vest for each of you before they attack us. Therefore, my idea is very simple, which is to seek cooperation with other secret cults and use their power to deal with those damned guys."

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, not expecting this old thing Robert to still not forget to flatter himself even at this point.

For those Dreamers’ Guild members who were unaware of the truth, they might subconsciously think that the idea of cooperating with other secret cults was Robert’s own idea, so if the Dreamers’ Guild could get through this crisis, Robert’s prestige in the Dreamers’ Guild would rise even higher.

At this time, Dio, who was sitting next to Liu Xing, whispered, "Robert is just such a person, no matter what time it is, he will always try to gain some benefits for himself. The reason why the Dreamers’ Guild was able to be established in the first place was because Robert was afraid of dying in his dreams, so he rallied other people to establish the Dreamers’ Guild to protect himself. And I heard that a few years ago, someone wanted to compete with Robert for the position of the Dreamers’ Guild president, but that person was shot dead by a robber on his way home after a Dreamers’ Guild meeting."

Liu Xing nodded, and his gaze towards Robert contained a hint of disdain, because this Robert was not only afraid of death, but also attached great importance to the power in his hands.

But speaking of which, Liu Xing felt that this kind of Robert was quite good for him, after all, people with weaknesses are more likely to be utilized by him.

So, Liu Xing has already thought of how to persuade Robert to cooperate with Miss Wang.At this time, Robert continued, "I know that all of you may be a bit surprised, because the Dreamers’ Guild has been established for so many years, but we have never had any contact with other secret cults. After all, after witnessing the cruel methods of those Deep Ones, we are well aware that other secret cults are also unlikely to cooperate with us in good faith. They will only try to use us, so we have always kept our distance from those secret cults."

"But the situation is different now, because we must unite with those secret cults in order to ensure that our Dreamers’ Guild is not destroyed by those fanatic believers of Cthulhu. Therefore, I plan to go and negotiate cooperation with a certain secret cult tonight. That secret cult is relatively peaceful, so although we need to pay a certain price, it should not be too much of a burden and we won’t lose the reputation of our Dreamers’ Guild. Okay, now you can all prepare to vote."

As soon as Robert finished speaking, a black-robed person wearing a dinosaur mask pushed a small cart out. The cart was filled with red and white small balls.

"This is a rule established by the Dreamers’ Guild at the beginning of the city. Since the Dreamers’ Guild is a relatively loose organization, we are all just cattle and sheep to be slaughtered by the Deep Ones in the dream world, so the members of the organization are relatively equal, and even the positions of leadership like the president don’t have much privilege. Therefore, when making some major decisions, we will hold a vote like this," Dio explained to Liu Xing.

Liu Xing nodded and smiled, saying, "It seems that our Dreamers’ Guild is quite democratic. But since the leadership of the Dreamers’ Guild doesn’t have much privilege, why is Robert still so obsessed with the position of the Dreamers’ Guild president?"

Dio gave a cold laugh and said, "Chris, you’re still too young. The so-called democracy of the leadership is just empty talk. Although they haven’t given themselves any privileges in the open, they have already placed themselves above everyone else in the dark. So, Chris, you can guess what means they use as the basis to benefit themselves."

Liu Xing frowned and immediately answered, "Is it the masks?"

Dio nodded and said seriously, "That’s right, it’s the masks. Although Robert and the others claim that it’s to ensure the privacy of each member of the Dreamers’ Guild and not to affect their real-world lives, since the masks worn at each meeting are randomly selected, most ordinary members don’t know who the people around them are, even after being in the Dreamers’ Guild for several years. They don’t even know what the other ordinary members do outside. But the leadership like Robert has mastered the specific information of all the Dreamers’ Guild members."

"Therefore, there is an imbalance of information between the leadership represented by Robert and us ordinary members. So under normal circumstances, no one can shake the position of Robert and the others. Except for the leadership members who have died for various reasons over the years, there has been no normal job rotation. As a result, Robert and the others have completely taken control of the discourse power of the Dreamers’ Guild. The normal operation of the Dreamers’ Guild is under their control. And the most important thing is that this so-called voting is just a formality, the result has already been decided."

"Dio, are you saying that among the ordinary members present, many of them are Robert’s people?" Liu Xing frowned and said.

Dio nodded and smiled, "Chris, you’re really smart. You figured out Robert’s little trick so quickly. Because the major decisions of the Dreamers’ Guild that require voting are often suddenly made, so in general, not many ordinary members can come to these meetings, after all, everyone has their own things to do outside. Therefore, among the more than 100 people present, only 60 to 70 are ordinary Dreamers’ Guild members, and the remaining 30-plus are Robert’s subordinates."

Liu Xing sighed and said with some frustration: "It turns out that since we ordinary members don’t know who the other people around us are, Robert and his people can join the meeting today based on the number of ordinary members present, and add a certain proportion of their own subordinates who will definitely vote for their proposals. This way, they can basically ensure that their proposals will be passed."

"In addition, in our dreams we have found a relatively safe hideout as our base, so in normal circumstances, apart from Robert and his people, most of the ordinary members are assigned to patrol the surrounding areas, or even to operate in the more remote areas, such as determining the location and movement route of the Deep Ones, and providing support for other ordinary members who are stranded. Therefore, the number of Robert’s people in the base must exceed the number of ordinary members, so Robert and his people can still use the so-called democratic voting to instruct the ordinary members to do things. As for why I was captured by those Deep Ones in the Dreamers’ Guild, it’s because I offended the vice president of the Dreamers’ Guild, Donald, and was sent to a certain area to investigate the situation inside."Dio said helplessly.

Hearing this, Liu Xing looked at Dio with some surprise, not expecting Dio to have been captured by the Deep Ones for this reason.

Since the voting result had already been predetermined, when Liu Xing entered the voting booth, he simply threw the red balls representing "yes" into the ballot box, and placed the white balls representing "no" in the discard box.

After everyone had voted, the person wearing the dinosaur mask pushed the ballot box out on a small cart, and Robert then publicly announced the vote count.

The final result was 88 red balls to 36 white balls.

Thus, the Dreamers’ Guild passed Robert’s proposal to cooperate with other secret cults.

Since this was also a good thing for Liu Xing, he didn’t have any particular thoughts about it, but he was considering whether to notify Miss Wang so that she could represent the Divine Lineage and go negotiate with Robert.

Due to the fact that there was only one elevator, the members of the Dreamers’ Guild were resting and drinking tea in various parts of the hall, and then getting on the elevator in small groups, even though the elevator could theoretically accommodate more than ten people at a time.

"Because there are many dangers in the dream world, people often betray their teammates there, and then find opportunities to take revenge on each other in the real world. Therefore, many people are unwilling to ride the elevator with strangers, as they would have to take off their masks when leaving the elevator, exposing their true identities... Of course, many of these things are well-orchestrated by Robert and his people, because this way, the ordinary members will be wary of each other, and the possibility of forming factions will be lower," Dio continued to explain to Liu Xing.

As expected.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Liu Xing and Dio got on the elevator, while the remaining thirty-odd people had no intention of going up together.

Liu Xing and Dio took off their masks and got off the elevator.

After leaving the storage room, Dio suddenly said, "Chris, you probably haven’t visited the interior of Big Ben before, so how about we take the opportunity to play around inside Big Ben?"

Liu Xing’s eyes lit up, and he nodded and said, "Of course."

Although Liu Xing was also worried that Dio might do something harmful to him, like pushing him off Big Ben, but after thinking about it, if Dio wanted to do something to him, he should have done it already, so there was no need to worry too much.

The most important thing was that Liu Xing really wanted to visit the interior of Big Ben, because if he missed this opportunity, he might not have a chance to enter Big Ben again in this module.

So Dio found the previous staff member and got two work passes, then he and Liu Xing went upstairs wearing the passes.

Soon, Liu Xing and Dio arrived at the machinery room of Big Ben.

Just as Liu Xing entered the machinery room, the KP suddenly said, "Please make a successful Judgment check with an 80% chance. If you pass, you will discover an Easter egg."

An Easter egg?

Liu Xing was a bit surprised.

He had heard people mention Easter eggs in the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall before, and knew that Easter eggs don’t provide any help for completing the current module, but these Easter eggs might become important clues for certain modules in the Cthulhu area.

So many players in the Cthulhu area would pay high prices to buy Easter eggs in the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall, because they might use them someday.

However, the reason why they are called Easter eggs is that their appearance probability is very low, and so far only a dozen or so have been discovered, so Liu Xing never thought he would trigger an Easter egg.

But with an 80% success rate, Liu Xing felt that he was sure to get this Easter egg.

Liu Xing, 72/80, success.

Phew, that was close. Liu Xing let out a sigh of relief, almost jinxing himself.

The moment the Judgment result came out, Liu Xing suddenly noticed a few bottles of wine in the corner of the machinery room.

Dio also noticed this and said with a smile, "Since Big Ben was built over a hundred years ago, it needs to be manually wound up periodically, so there are often workers who come up to do this task. Some of the workers who like good wine will take the opportunity to have a drink while winding it up."

Liu Xing nodded and said with a smile, "I see, but is it okay to leave the bottles here?"

As he said this, Liu Xing pretended to go over and pick up the wine bottles.

As he approached the bottles, Liu Xing noticed a small window nearby, and it seemed the worker had been drinking while overlooking the scenery of London.

At this moment, Liu Xing saw an inscription on the window frame - "The beer is so cool, I’m right next to the big clock, it’s so awesome."

???

Liu Xing looked at this cryptic poem, and couldn’t figure out what it meant at the moment.

But he didn’t dwell on it too long, as this Easter egg had nothing to do with the current module, so he just needed to remember it and discuss it with Ling Ishikawa and the others when he returned to the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall.

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