Miscatonik University can be said to be an important part of the Cthulhu Mythos, because in many of the works of the god of crafts, the human characters that appear are more or less related to Miscatonik University, and the meme of "Miskatonic Watchdog" is also widely circulated in Cthulhu circles.

In the context, Marksatonic University is a fictional university located in a fictional town in Sykes County, Massachusetts, the American lighthouse nation of Arkham (Arkham City in Batman is a tribute to it, and both can be described as "talented"), named after a fictional river called the Missatonic River.

As mentioned in the Hands of the Crafts God in The Dunwich Terror, Miskatonic University is a world-class university with a high reputation, on a par with Harvard University, and they are also the two most famous schools for the children of "old gentlemen" in Massachusetts.

Since it is a world-renowned university, Miskatonik University must have its own merits, so in addition to history, psychology, archaeology and occultism have reached the world's top level, so a large number of students come to Miskatonik University every year to study... Although there are many students who end up in the Arkham asylum next door, or are sent directly to the grave...

In addition to its strong academic prowess, Miskatonic University also has a well-stocked library, where you can find almost all the magic books or related books that appear in the Cthulhu Mythos, including the Necronomicon book, but most of them are translations of modern languages.

Therefore, in the Cthulhu Run game, if the player has a chance to come to Arkham, they will definitely choose to go to Miskatonik University, and if they arrive at Miskatonik University, they will definitely go to the library of Miskatonik University.

By the way, in the works of the Cthulhu Mythos, the scientific expedition team organized by Miskatonic University can be described as many disasters, in the process of scientific expeditions to Antarctica, Egypt and other places, encountered a variety of mythical creatures attack, suffered so many devastating blows, Miscatonik University was still able to organize a world-leading scientific expedition team, which shows how deep the foundation of Miscatonik University is...

Therefore, Liu Xing once saw such a post in the forum of the Cthulhu Run game lobby, listing the possible "Hell difficulty starts" for the player's character cards, among which the highest ranking is "students/faculty members studying/working at Miskatonic University", and then "living in Arkham City".

Of course, although this is said to be a "hell difficulty start", in fact, from another point of view, this can also be said to be the most profitable start, because your character card in Arkham City After going through a few mods, you can quickly get a large amount of Cthulhu Mythos knowledge values, and correct the mentality of the character card, after all, just like Liu Xing's character card "Liu Xing", although he has experienced several supernatural events and seen many mythical creatures and fanatics, Liu Xing knows that "Liu Xing" is still "superstitious science", The worldview of the Cthulhu Mythos is not thoroughly embraced.

Of course, there are risks and benefits, and the character card that can come out of Arkham City alive can be said to be one in a hundred, but players with such a character card will basically become players in the Cthulhu region.

Therefore, Liu Xing and the others are so surprised now, Alice actually has a teacher from Miskatonic University, but this may also be a big reason why Alice will join the Deep Sea Gospel Society, after all, the leader of a secret church like this Deep Sea Gospel Society, basically the value of Cthulhu Mythos knowledge and occultism is not too low, so Liu Xing began to suspect that Alice's teacher is the leader of the Deep Sea Gospel Society, or a high-level person of the Deep Sea Gospel Society.

But it doesn't matter.

"Miskatonic University? It was one of the most famous universities in the world, and I didn't expect you to be a student at Miskatonik University, Miss Alice... Well, I mean, Miss Alice, how could you, as a student at Miskatonik University, choose to open a bar in Kyoto, which really surprised me. Panda Pig pretended to be surprised and said.

Alice smiled and said, "Mr. Panda Pig, you have misunderstood, although my teacher used to work at Myskatonik University, majoring in occultism, but many years ago, after participating in a scientific expedition organized by Myskatonik University, he decided to retire from Myskatonik University for some reason and return to London to live his old age. ”

"But because my father became a lawyer after experiencing the midnight subway serial murder case that year, but under the arrangement of the London police, he became a lawyer specializing in some supernatural cases, so my father knew my teacher, and then because I was personally interested in the occult since I was a child, I became a registered disciple of my master, and learned a lot of occult knowledge from my master... So if nothing else, we're already involved in a supernatural event right now. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

And Liu Xing is now sure that if his group has an in-depth communication with Alice, it is very likely that the plot points on Alice will be triggered, and there will be a chance to trigger the corresponding mod in the future.

Therefore, Liu Xing is a little entangled now, should he trigger the plot points on Alice?

After all, Liu Xing is seventy percent sure, and it is certain that the mod related to Alice will involve Elizabeth, or the boss of the mod is Elizabeth, if this is the case, then Liu Xing can be regarded as having a certain advantage.

More importantly, if you have an in-depth exchange with Alice, you will have the opportunity to meet Alice and have the opportunity to go to Miskatonik University.

The mods related to Miskatonik University, whether in the real Cthulhu Run game or in the real Cthulhu Run game lobby, are called the "whetstone", or "dragon gate", for players.

Because the mods related to Miskatonic University,Basically will involve a large number of NPCs and mythical creatures,Aside from those mythical creatures for the time being,These NPCs alone make players have a headache,Because the identities of these NPCs are more mysterious than the other,The background is more terrifying than the other,If you paraphrase a certain bit of fantasy,The NPCs of Miskatonic University are "archaeologists walk the streets, and there are as many occultists as dogs", "Just throw a stone down and hit an important member of a secret church." ”。

So, maybe the NPC who was talking and laughing with you one second will push the black-rimmed glasses the next second and use some kind of time-based spell on you.

Therefore, the modules related to Miskatonic University will be more difficult, and basically as long as you are one step behind, you will lose the whole game.

Therefore, only those who have cleared the relevant mods related to Miskatonic University can be considered a veteran player of the Cthulhu Run game and be eligible to be promoted to the Cthulhu region, except for certain special classes, of course.

Although Liu Xing is still a player in the Rutgers area, people always have to plan ahead.

But before Liu Xing could speak, Zhang Jingxu said with a smile: "Miss Alice, if you can, I hope you can introduce your teacher to me in the future, because I have been interested in occultism for a long time, and the occult major of Miskatonic University is the first in the world." ”

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect Zhang Jingxu to steal his own play, and according to Liu Xing's thoughts, Zhang Jingxu shouldn't need to go to Miskatonic University.

After all, Zhang Jingxu's profession is a Taoist, which belongs to the special profession mentioned by Liu Xing before, so if Zhang Jingxu wants to be promoted to the Cthulhu region, he only needs to honestly follow his master to do tasks and "subdue demons and eliminate demons" everywhere, and there is no need to participate in modules related to Miskatonic University.

And Alice thought the same thing, "Uh, Mr. Zhang Jingxu, aren't you a Taoist priest by profession?" According to my understanding of your Chinese Taoist priests, your theories should be quite different from our Western occultism. ”

As Alice said, although the knowledge and theories of Taoist priests are also included in the skill of occultism in the Cthulhu Run game, there are still some differences and even contradictions between this and the "occultism" studied in the Western world.

To put it simply, the relevant doctrines of Huaxia Daomen and the "occultism" of the Western world are both branches of the occult skills in the Cthulhu Run game, but there is still a conflict between the two branches, so Alice is a little surprised.

And Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, although the Taoist knowledge I learned before this is different from Miss Alice's Western occult theory, but we can still seek common ground while reserving differences, especially after I encountered such supernatural events and mythical creatures, I also feel the limitations of my knowledge, so in order to improve my own knowledge level, I plan to study the occult well, but it is shallow on paper, I don't get much useful information just by reading a book. ”

"So, I thought about finding a professor who studies the occult to preach and solve my doubts, and I originally planned to study at Miskatonik University, but I still lack a guide, and even if I go to Miskatonik University, I will be an auditor at most, which means little to me, so I very much hope that Miss Alice you can introduce your teacher to me, and I will definitely pay you to your teacher's satisfaction."

Alice thought for a while and said: "This is no problem, my master is a relatively open person, and he is very interested in those occult theories related to the Eastern Church, unlike other occult professors who are born in the academy, who will only stick to their own opinions, so they will be self-contained, thinking that only Western occult theories are correct, and Eastern occultism is nonsense, so if nothing else, my master should be very willing to meet with you, Mr. Zhang Jingxu, After all, the occult theories of the Huaxia Daomen have never been exposed to by my master, but before that, we still want to find a chance to escape from Fisherman's Village. ”

After getting Alice's affirmative answer, Zhang Jingxu was also relieved, and said relaxedly: "Well, then let's exchange contact information after leaving Fisherman's Village." ”

Liu Xing noticed that there was something wrong with Lu Tianya's face at this moment.

Sure enough, women like to be jealous, although Zhang Jingxu and Alice are talking about "work".

And Zhang Jingxu obviously felt the murderous aura coming from beside him, but what made Liu Xing feel admired was that Zhang Jingxu's face did not change and his heart did not beat: "Okay, I am full now, you eat slowly, I will go back to the room to prepare first, and help Miss Alice dispose of the compound magic array, Tianya, if you have eaten, come up and help me too." ”

After speaking, Zhang Jingxu got up and left the table.

However, Liu Xing still noticed that Zhang Jingxu's movements were a little stiff, while Lu Tianya walked beside Zhang Jingxu and blocked the sight of Liu Xing and others with Zhang Jingxu, but Liu Xing could still see that one of Lu Tianya's hands had been placed on Zhang Jingxu's waist.

Seeing this situation, Liu Xing smiled, but soon Liu Xing's smile instantly froze, because Liu Xing found that as a single dog, he seemed to be stuffed with a mouthful of dog food again.

After a while, Zhang Jingxu went downstairs and said to Alice: "Miss Alice, if you can now, go upstairs and chat with Lu Tianya, and Lu Tianya will help you solve the problem of the compound magic array in the room later." ”

Alice smiled and nodded, and went straight upstairs.

And at this time, the secret room time opened.

"Zhang Jingxu, I didn't expect you to be a strict wife." Panda Pig said with a smile.

Zhang Jingxu smiled helplessly, and said: "Don't make fun of me, what can I do, I'm also desperate, let's get down to business, I didn't expect that the boss of this mod would be Xiugoths, and now it's troublesome." ”

Liu Xing nodded, shrugged his shoulders and said: "That's right, according to what I found in the underground ruins this afternoon, there must be more than one Xiugoth in the Fisherman's Village, and there will definitely be an elite-level Xiugoth, but logically speaking, we should have a way to avoid a head-on conflict with these Xiugoths, after all, in terms of our current combat effectiveness, we may not even be able to beat an ordinary Xiugoth." ”

Although Liu Xing said so, he still didn't have a bottom in his heart, because Liu Xing really couldn't think of what to do to avoid conflict with the Xiugos in Fisherman's Village.