People in Tokyo, almighty useless people

"Ryohei, what do you think of this element?" Maruhashi pondered for a moment, then looked at Shi Lianghei.

"Not bad." Shi Liangping slightly nodded,

He thinks it's okay. Although the "metaverse" element is a bit badly written, it is indeed a very good story element.

If steampunk is now a lonely story element, cyberpunk is currently a hot story element,

Then the "metaverse" is probably the story element intervening between the two.

It can be written, but it is a bit reluctant to say that it is a trendy story element.

But for Shi Liangping, he recognized Iwako Akemi's spirit of inquiry. She really explored the origin history behind the elements of the novel that many people can't understand.

This shows that she is very serious about many things, which is worthy of praise.

"jingle--"

A small cart with pizza plates came to the table where five people were sitting, and a lady dressed as a waitress began to bring pizza to their table.

Pulp durian pizza, Australian wagyu cheese and shiitake mushroom pizza, Japanese-style teriyaki grilled eel pizza, double cheese bottom...

And Ryohei Ishi's pepperoni pizza.

Warm pizza is steaming, with a wild mix of sweet and savory flavors.

Speaking of which, Shi Liangping didn't know why each of them had to order a separate pizza, but when he saw them doing it, he followed suit.

Still, his wallet is about to burst after eating such a pizza.

Chapter 25, Mad Cthulhu

Eating pepperoni pizza, Shi Liangping recalled the amazing feeling of eating Wu Dalang pancakes in the vegetable market for the first time in his life.

He likes this spicy taste very much.

In his impression, Italian pizza has always been served with tomatoes, but unexpectedly there is Italian pizza with pepperoni.

Maruhashi stood up and took the knife to help everyone cut the pizza.

She is skilled and cuts quite quickly.

Eating pizza together is of course impossible for everyone to eat only their own, everyone will share and eat.

Except for the durian pizza, Shi Liangping tried all other flavors of pizza.

"The next one should be Yihe, right?" Shi Liangping held up a fork, stuffed a piece of Japanese-style grilled eel pizza into his mouth, and savored it carefully.

"Did Yihe think of any story elements?"

Shi Liangping's impression of Yihe Jianzi is actually very shallow, the only deep impression is that her swordsmanship makes people feel very strong.

This is probably the resonance of fellow swordsmen,

Although Xiju Jingzi is also one of the four female seeds of the first level, she does not have that sharp sword intent, but makes people feel that she is not threatening.

What Yihe Jianzi said gave Shi Liangping the desire to fight.

He vaguely felt that Yihe's strength definitely did not belong to Hisada Kota alone,

You can even defeat him.

Yihe Jianzi nodded, she picked up a tissue and wiped the corners of her mouth, showing a serious expression.

"In my opinion, the use of Cthulhu elements may be very appropriate, although the Cthulhu mythology system may be earlier than the metaverse system, it was born in 1925.

But Cthulhu Mythos is an overhead myth system that is ahead of its time, and it is an excellent story element even today. The indescribable unknown fear extended by Cthulhu has quite a large audience.

Moreover, Cthulhu's system framework is very strict, and it is very convenient to borrow this element to write a story. "

"Cthulhu?" Xiju Kyoko burst out laughing when he heard Yihe mention this term.

"Isn't that just a big octopus with wings?"

Shi Liangping wanted to laugh when he heard that,

Xigu and Yihe are really living enemies, no matter who they talk to, they will be scolded by each other.

However, although what Kyoko Nishido said was somewhat inaccurate,

But Cthulhu's set is indeed "with a human silhouette", "with a head like an octopus with many tentacles", "and a pair of long and narrow wings behind him."

In uneducated words, the term "big octopus with wings" seems to be enen...

As the creature with the highest IQ in the ocean, the octopus is quite oppressive, and it is a very evil existence in the cultures of many countries.

The octopus sea monster is the scariest legend in the sea legend all the year round.

Its soft movement and weird tentacles make many people feel weird.

Yihe Jianzi saw that Xiguo was starting to provoke again, so he suddenly reached out and gave her a chestnut.

Smoke was directly above Xiju Jingzi's head, and she was lying on the sofa with blank eyes.

Yihe Jianzi glanced at her, not paying attention to this matter at all, and she continued to add:

"I'm talking about the Cthulhu mythology as an element, can you stop holding on to these broken things, and the human writing is limited,

The Cthulhu mythology wants to express some indescribable creatures, but it does not mean that these indescribable creatures have no form.

It's just that a considerable part of them are terrifying existences that humans cannot look up to. For example, in "Mountain of Madness", the ancients appearing are actually more like an advanced alien race.

They survived on the earth, and gradually disappeared in the crisis of repeated foreign invasions, slave rebellions, and self-degeneration, leaving only the terrible historical truth and the crazy truth of the universe.

The core of the Cthulhu myth is not even talking about the so-called indescribable, but more about explaining several points of view,

One, human existence is meaningless to the universe.Second, it is pitiful for human beings to face the unknown. Third, the laws and concepts that human beings recognize and stipulate are meaningless when facing the unknown. "

Shi Liangping nodded, he quite agreed with this point of view.

When Cthulhu was first born, it didn't actually cause a big sensation.

Because from the 20s to the 50s, people were full of beautiful fantasies about science fiction and the universe.

There are even wonderful story elements such as space cowboys, space operas, and steampunk.

In people's minds, people may fly out of the solar system in 2000. People can use technology to transform the world and make everyone's life more sublimated.

Even humans will become the gods of machines, the gods of the earth, and the gods of the universe.

After the 50s, another trend of thought began to appear and became more and more intense.

That is the reflection and questioning of science and the universe,

People began to question whether computer technology will lead to virtual invasion of reality?Will biotechnology lead to deformed monsters in the world?Will robot technology lead to robots rebelling against humans?

And these doubts are not without reason.

From the devastation of World War II to the terrible world of nuclear terror almost several times during the Cold War, the dangers posed by technology have become more and more terrifying.

The disadvantages brought by technology to people seem to be a huge problem that can no longer be covered up.

People no longer have that childish illusion about technology and the universe,

Turned to a full-scale rebellious thought,

The dark forest system proposed in "The Three-Body Problem" completely refuted the beautiful imagination of aliens in the past.

The Cthulhu element crushes the space cowboy and space opera elements.

Cyberpunk elements have replaced steampunk and become a new popular element.

This change can also be simply regarded as the change of everyone's view of the future from optimism to pessimism.

Maruhashi has a small appetite, so she ordered a double cheese pancake base,

She shared her pizza with everyone, but instead of eating other people's, she slowly enjoyed three pieces of her own pizza.

Maruhashi doesn't seem to like too much food, but she likes to savor things slowly.

"Ryohei, I think the Cthulhu element is indeed quite trendy, at least I haven't learned much about it, what do you think?"

Yoko Maruhashi put down the fork and asked softly.

"Well, very good." Shi Liangping propped his chin with his palm and nodded.

Nishido Kyoko and Yihe Jianzi looked at the two thoughtfully. They had just heard Maruhashi call Shi Lianghei's name once.

At that time they thought it was an auditory hallucination,

It wasn't.

Yihe Jianzi smiled knowingly, but Nishidori Kyoko looked confused,

Chapter 26, group running and script killing

"Next is me! The trendy elements I think of must be trendier than yours!!"

After Yihe Jianzi sat down, Nishidori Kyoko immediately raised her arms with a smile and kept shaking them in front of everyone.

Iwako Akemi was clumsily using a knife and fork, but when she heard Nishito's excited voice, the corners of her mouth curled a little unconsciously.

"Xidu has always been great, come on." Iwako Akemi blinked and gave Xidi an encouraging look.

Kyoko Nishi is worthy of being a single-celled organism.

She saw that Yanzi was supporting her and smiled happily, completely forgetting that Yanzi gave her a big mouth just now.

Yihe shook her head, she lowered her head and ate the pizza,

It seems that he doesn't have any thoughts about the idea of ​​this idiot Xi Di.

"Speak." Shi Liangping applauded for her, "Xidu, please start your performance!"

Kyoko Nishijo raised her chin with pride, and she even tossed her short blonde hair triumphantly.

"Let's combine all the elements of team running, script killing, and escape from the secret room." Xidu stood up and shouted excitedly while clenching his two small fists.

"These elements are the latest trendy elements!! A lot of people play."

With such a loud shout, all the customers in the pizzeria were attracted. Some of them smiled lightly, while others frowned.

"Eh?" Iwako and Maruhashi showed puzzled expressions,

They don't know what Xidi's words mean. Although these things are very popular, they have nothing to do with the story elements.

Yihe covered his face,

Shi Liangping shook his head helplessly,

As soon as Xiju Jingzi said this, Shi Liangping knew why she mixed all these elements together.

First of all, the escape room is equivalent to an evolved version of a haunted house. Everyone will complete the decryption task in a certain closed place, so as to break through the level.

Compared with the traditional purely scary haunted house, the secret room escape has a deciphering link, but also retains the scary link of ghost interaction.

After the content of the escape room is diversified and rich, it no longer needs to be attached to the amusement park like a haunted house, but has a strong attraction itself.

That is to say, everyone goes to the closed space for adventure activities, constantly deciphers, and finds the truth of the story.

The running group and script killing are the same as games such as Three Kingdoms killing and werewolf killing, which are all board games.

Board games can be played anytime, anywhere as long as there are people and props.

Even many board games can be played on computers and mobile phones, which is very convenient.

And Sidney will confuse these,

It is because when playing games such as escape from the secret room, usually the official store will provide many board games for the waiting guests to play,

Xidi should have played board games such as team running and script killing while playing the escape room.

These games are relatively trendy. Compared with those ancient European and American board games that are purely "confrontation", these board games usually have novel elements such as "acting" and "fraud".

Games such as group running, script killing, and werewolf killing are indeed trendy, especially the first two are basically only played by young people.

Older people may not even understand the rules.

But the biggest difference between running a group and script killing, in Shi Liangping's opinion, probably lies in the different directions of acting.

The running group needs maps, dice, and rule books as props.

Everyone only needs to play their own role in the story personally, no need to care about winning or losing,

It’s like traveling to another world, throwing away stress and troubles, traveling to the adventure of the plot, and experiencing the plot that we can’t experience in real life.

And if the script kills, everyone needs to play their own role in the script,

For example, in a script, if you play the role of a doctor, then you need to let yourself imitate the image of a doctor,