【SAN  CHECK  0/1D6】

[Check result failed on 51/20!]

【Reason value decreases by 1D6 points】

【1D6=5】

When an investigator is subjected to a tragic scene or mythical creature, he or she must perform a rational check, that is, SAN CHECK. That is to say, perform a D100 (that is, a percentage dice/random random number of 1-100, the same below), and the D100 check is successful if it is lower than the current rational value, otherwise it will fail.

Different mythical creatures cause different sanity values. They are generally recorded as success/failure in Cthulhu running team games. The number on the left side of the slash is the reason lost when the rational check is successful, while the number on the right is the number on the time when the calibration fails.

The reason loss of the ghoul witness was 0/1D6. Du Yingfei failed in the reason check and lost 5 SAN points, equivalent to one-quarter of his prime minister's sanity.

...

Du Yingfei often hears a saying from his father: Be full of awe of the world.

My dad often mutters another sentence: Some things are better than knowing if you don’t know.

Now, Du Yingfei truly — or thought he was sure — understood the meaning of these two sentences.

During the long period of time, in fact, only one or two seconds, Du Yingfei's eyes looked directly at the twisted body of the ghoul, as if it had been a century.

【Intellect check 5/50 successful】

Du Yingfei's will is not firm, but he is not stupid.

He understood almost immediately...

Those who stand in front of you are not actors wearing costumes, nor are they colorful illusions created with contemporary technology.

It is a stable, mechanical, unshakable horror that truly exists in this cold and crazy universe.

The ghoul leaned forward and walked towards Du Yingfei, opening his mouth as if he was about to say something.

“Du…”

So Du Yingfei understood.

That creature.

He wants to call his name.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Du Yingfei is a person who does not believe in God and is even more disdainful of supernatural phenomena. However, at this moment, when the hideous and terrifying ugly posture of the ghoul hit his retina, the worldview he had established over the past 20 years also collapsed.

His mind was blank and he ran towards the exit of the basement. However, he found in despair that the creature following him could not tell whether it was a dog or a jackal. Although he seemed to be staggering and dragging a person in his hand, he was faster than himself.

Will be caught up!

"No, no, no, no!"

Du Yingfei frantically pulled open the nearest door at hand - thank goodness, it looked like it could be locked - and escaped.

“There is…”

It seemed that the creature wanted to say something, but what if it was.

Bang!

The door is closed and locked.

"Ah, ha..."

Pushing his forehead against the door panel, Du Yingfei felt that he had lost all his strength and fell to his knees by the door. His shirt was already soaked in sweat.

Will the other party break into the door? Will he deal with himself like he did before?

The room was dark, and I could only hear my own breathing.

With his back against the door panel, Du Yingfei stood up with support. He felt his feet kicking something metallic.

"……etc."

Did the excessive fear make his senses dull? It was not until now that he realized that the faint smell of corruption was permeating the room.

"This room is—"

His hand touched the switch of the light.

Card.

Incandescent lamps emit a gentle light.

What caught my eye was a dead pig that had begun to rot - hanging upside down on the ceiling.

The rotten and maggot-like head was right opposite him, dozens of centimeters away from him, and he "glated" him fiercely.

【SAN  CHECK0/1】

[Check result failed 42/15!]

Du Yingfei, who was stimulated by reason again, rolled his eyes and fainted.

...

And outside the door, Uncle Xu was at a loss.

That thing, classmate Du...

I really didn't want to scare you...

I could smell the inside through the door. Have you kicked over the incense burner where I had cast spells...

Hello? Classmate Du, are you okay?

...

And at the same time.

Chen Qiang and Qin Lingxue on the second floor knew nothing about Du Yingfei's unlucky encounter.

"What's wrong?" Chen Qiang said, "Xiaoxue? Suddenly it was so serious."

And Xiaoxue seemed to have made a lot of determination.

"Chen Qiang," she looked distant, "You said- do you believe in supernatural?"

"supernatural?"

Chen Qiang laughed.

Since the Wei Yuanshan incident, some kind of dissonance has been mixed into the seemingly consistent pattern of getting along with Chen Qiang and Xiaoxue.

Even though they are tacitly avoiding this topic, both sides know that as long as the two still maintain their relationship, they will sooner or later showdown.

Chen Qiang originally hoped that he could pave the way through a series of temptations and prepare for this moment.

But since Xiaoxue chose to take the initiative to provoke the verbal talk, Chen Qiang would not avoid it.

"Supernatural?" Chen Qiang shook his head, "Are you talking about... the thing Wei Yuanshan became?"

He has quietly activated his "eye of the Secret Guardian".

"That's not Wei Yuanshan," Xiaoxue said, as if she mustered up all her courage, "It's a creature disguised as Wei Yuanshan. You are different from those people, you should know... that kind of disguise cannot be done by means such as disguise."

【Psychology 4/56 Success】

"The Eye of the Secret Man" can even see the investigator's skill check. Xiaoxue was not performing this time, she was serious.

In other words, can Xiaoxue's Cthulhu mythological knowledge let her understand that Wei Yuanshan is a special mythical creature, but she is not clear about the characteristics of this creature?

"When I first heard about it..." Chen Qiang said leisurely, his eyes drifting towards the sunset in the sky. "Ignorance is a kind of happiness, I sneered at it. Until now, I finally understood that this statement is not false. Supernatural... does exist."

"That kind of monster is not the only supernatural creature in the world." Xiaoxue said.

"Maybe, but ignorance is fearlessness," Chen Qiang sighed, "The less you know about those terrifying monsters that are indescribable, the longer you live. On the day when I witnessed Wei Yuanshan becoming a monster, I thought, it would be great if I didn't know all this."

"But this isn't the first time you've seen a monster like Wei Yuanshan?"

"This is my first time seeing you."

"Scammer," Xiaoxue shook her head, "If it's the first time you've seen this monster, how do you know that liquid nitrogen is its weakness?"

"Because of his form," Chen Qiang said, "it's semi-liquid. I just thought, maybe freezing will work."

This is a fact. The weakness of "Hasta's contractor" is ice and has not been written into the setting book. It is just Chen Qiang's speculation based on his characteristics.

[Qin Lingxue Psychological Check: 73/39 Failed]

"I'm getting more and more confused about you." Xiaoxue shook her head.

She slowly approached Chen Qiang and stopped at a distance of only a few centimeters from him. Chen Qiang could smell the faint fragrance on Xiaoxue's body.

"If I tell you - I have witnessed creatures that are ten or a hundred times more terrifying than 'Wei Yuanshan'," Xiaoxue said, "beyond the limits of human imagination and have fought with that kind of thing, would you believe me?"

"Believe." Chen Qiang did not hesitate.

You also lost 50 SAN points.

【Qin Lingxue Psychological Test: 13/39 Success】

Xiaoxue smiled.
To be continued...