He is falling endlessly.
In the next second, he fell heavily on the soft bed.
The darkness in front of him faded, and Shen Yu got up, only to find that he had fallen on his own bed, surrounded by familiar rooms.
It was as if the past few days had been just a nightmare and nothing had happened.
only…
With a serious face, he picked up the black book in his hand.
it is true.
He turned the pages of the book, only to see his first horror story written on it
"Bloody Apartment".
At the end of the story, such a sentence was added.
[Novelist Peppermint has acquired the skill "Ghost's Thank You Gift" and the item "Luminol Reagent". ] He turned another page, only to see a bunch of blood-red hair painted with rough brushstrokes on the blank page.
[Zhang Lili is very grateful for everything you have done for her, so she cut a section of her hair as a gift.][When the skill is activated, the target can be restrained for three seconds. After the blood thread sucks the blood, the restraining time can be extended relatively.][ps: Please don't fall in love with the host during the use period, otherwise Zhang Lili's bloody hair will not let you go! ] Turning to the second page, there is a can of luminol reagent drawn.
[I am the strongest in chasing the murderer for thousands of miles. With this can of reagents, I am the most beautiful boy in the detective world!][Used as a prop, it can make the wiped blood stain visible in a dark environment. It can be used unlimited times, but it is useless for the blood stain wiped with bleach.][ps: I don’t know if this is useful, but I still have to say that this item is not edible! Please some stupid hosts don't try to stuff the chemical reagents in their mouths.]Looking at his newly acquired skills and props, Shen Yu felt a little strange in his heart, and he turned a new page again with complicated emotions.
There is only one sentence written on this page.
[Congratulations to the novelist "Peppermint" for completing a horror story, you have obtained the qualification to enter the "White Tower of Words".]Word White Tower
Shen Yu brushed the bloody palm prints on the writing, and couldn't help thinking.
However, a rapid ringtone of the mobile phone interrupted his thoughts.
He clicked to call casually, but the voice from the phone shocked him.
"Shen, I will go to your house with the gas tank tonight and die with you!"
On the phone, the editor's voice was broken: "Ancestor, what month and date is it? Tomorrow the magazine will ask me for a manuscript. Have you finished writing it yet?"
Manuscript! Deadline! !
Shen Yu, who was fearless even in the face of monsters, couldn't help trembling after hearing these two words.
What is the most unlucky thing in this world? It is inexplicably drawn into a novel world that will die at any time.
What is the more unlucky thing? It was you who narrowly escaped from the novel, and the first thing you did when you returned to reality was to be urged by the editor.
"Manuscript, I haven't... I'll soon... give me some more time..." He hesitated and explained.
The editor's voice was even more desperate: "You didn't write a single word? What have you been doing these days? You didn't answer your cell phone, have you gone to heaven?"
I'm going to write a novel, the kind that I write with my life!
Shen Yu frowned with a headache, and didn't know how to explain it.
Just as he was apologizing to his equally miserable editor, there was a sudden knock on the door.
He turned off his cell phone and leaned over to the cat's eye to look out.
Standing outside the door were two police comrades, rare with guns on their bodies, and politely told him to pack up his things and leave the house.
…
Shen Yu hugged his belongings and sat outside the gate of the community in a daze, surrounded by crowds of people.
Just now, the officials notified the unfortunate news that due to unknown reasons, the foundation of this old community has collapsed, and the entire community may be swallowed by danger at any time, so all residents are urgently asked to take refuge.
Afterwards, relevant government departments will strengthen and repair the community. If the repair is unsuccessful, the residents will need to move out, and the government will come forward to purchase and compensate the residents of the community for all losses.
The police went door-to-door to notify them. Some people were afraid of their lives and moved out early because they were afraid that the whole community would really collapse. There are also some stubborn people who are unwilling to leave in a hurry, and are arguing with the police at this time.
The neighborhood was full of noise, but Shen Yu became more and more distressed with his luggage.
What is more unlucky than something more unlucky
It is your return to reality after a narrow escape, not only to be urged by the editor, but also suddenly homeless.
It is impossible for the government's compensation and resettlement housing to arrive tonight. Now he has to drag his luggage and go to a hotel or hotel for the night.
Shen Yu got up helplessly, but a greeting came from behind him: "Meet you again!"
He turned around in disbelief, only to see Cuihua, who had just parted, standing behind him, looking at him with a smile.
In the novel, Cuihua was wearing a baggy black and white sportswear, with a tender face like a middle school student, with a lollipop in her mouth.
But now, Cuihua has taken off her tracksuit and is wearing a sharp military uniform with a gun on her waist. Her hair is even shorter, and she looks more like a soldier.
Hmm... the height is still a bit short!
Cuihua didn't know Shen Yu's slander at this time, and skillfully took out a cigarette from her pocket, didn't light it, but put it in the corner of her mouth: "I wanted to find you, but I didn't expect to meet you so soon."
"You live here?" She pointed to the community and asked.
Shen Yu frowned, and instantly grasped the point: "You banned this community... not because of the collapse of the foundation, but because of the novel?"
He still remembered Anonymous' last words.
She can't be allowed to invade our world...
Seeing his expression, Cuihua directly led him to the police car: "I'll take you to a place."
…
In the city center, an inconspicuous courtyard.
A signboard of "Zeshui City Academy of Sciences" stood at the gate of the courtyard, and a young soldier was standing guard with a straight figure.
The yard is a bit old, and the green creepers are all over the back of the building, and the civil servants in the building come and go in an endless stream.
If Shen Yu passed by this courtyard before, he must not have been interested in taking a look at it, because this place is too inconspicuous, as ordinary as countless grassroots office buildings.
But after actually entering here, everything that happened subverted his cognition.
"Don't look left and right here, there are at least three snipers watching you on the road you just walked." Cuihua walked in front, leading the way for him.
"Don't run around after entering the building. The civil servants who just passed you by. At least half of them are plainclothes. You are a newcomer. They don't know you. If you are arrested, I have to go to the top to demand someone."
Turning left and right, she led him to a young man: "Head, I brought you here."
This man was not wearing a military uniform like Cuihua, but a long black windbreaker, dressed a little casually, which was out of place here.
Shen Yu was tall, but he was taller than Shen Yu. His eyes were dark, his face was stern, his eyebrows were very handsome, and he exuded an air of aloofness all over his body.
The man looked at Shen Yu, and asked him to sit down calmly: "Shen Yu, twenty-four years old, born and raised in Zeshui City, when he was three years old, his parents died of accidental drowning."
Shen Yu paused, then smiled: "Sir, check your household registration?"
The man continued: "After your parents died, a distant relative took over their care and became your guardian. But when you were five years old, this family died of gas poisoning."
"After that, several distant relatives lived with you, but accidents happened one after another. In the end, you lived alone in the house left by your parents until today."
The smile on Shen Yu's face finally completely disappeared: "What do you want to ask?"
The man spoke again, but this time he did not mention those distant relatives who died unexpectedly: "According to the data, when you were three years old, your family of three went outing in the countryside, and your parents drowned in the river, but why did you survive? Did someone go into the water to rescue them?"
Seeing him turn the topic back to his parents, Shen Yu frowned, and then said: "I can answer your questions, can you answer my doubts?"
The man's dark eyes stared at him quietly: "What's the problem?"
"You know, everything about novels, it's obviously not the first time you have encountered this kind of thing." Shen Yu fell back, leaning on the backrest, and asked seemingly casually.
The person on the opposite side paused for a moment, then took out a bottle of water and a handful of small plastic balls: "Yes."
"This is our world." He put the water bottle on the table.
"This is the ordinary people in our world." He threw the handful of plastic balls into the water.
"And this is the novel." He took out another sharp nail, and poked lightly on the bottle a few times.
A few small holes were broken in the water bottle, and the water flowed out immediately. Some plastic balls in the water were also mixed in, and flowed out of the bottle together, spilling on the table.
Pointing to the small plastic balls that flowed out, he said: "These people who are extracted from the world by the novel are us...whether it is the novelist or the audience."
"Some of these people who entered the world died, and some survived and returned to the world." He picked up a few plastic balls from the table and stuffed them back into the water bottle.
"Some of these surviving people are audiences, and some are novelists. Obviously, novelists are more fond of novels, so those novelists who survived by chance will be pulled out of the world again and again to write a novel. Another horror story."
"And the main responsibility of the government department I belong to is..." He wiped the hole of the water bottle with his fingertips, and the water flow stopped immediately, and the hole that was punctured before was as smooth as new.
"Our duty is to repair it." He said, "A horror novel is finished, but the hole it left in the world has not disappeared. We can only seal up that place completely and prevent ordinary residents from entering, so as not to cause population damage. disappearance."
Shen Yu, on the other hand, stared closely at the repaired place on the water bottle: "Is this also one of the abilities you obtained in the novel world?"
The man understood what he meant and nodded: "The skills in the book can be used even in the real world."
The real world... Thinking of the new skills and props in his book, Shen Yu frowned slightly.
I don't know if this news is good news or bad news.
"I have another question." He continued to ask, "What is the White Tower of Words?"
The man glanced at him: "Have you obtained the qualification to enter the White Tower?"
"Press your hand on the bloody palm print on the cover of the black book, and those who are qualified can enter... But I advise you, wait until you are skilled before entering the White Tower."
"Now, it's your turn to answer my question."
Shen Yu felt a little uncomfortable being pierced by his gaze, rubbed the center of his brows, and replied a little irritatedly: "Actually, there is nothing to say. It is indeed a miracle that I survived, and it is indeed an accident."
"I don't know why I wasn't drowned, and I don't know why the guardians who took care of me died one after another, but do you believe it?"
No one will believe it, from childhood to adulthood.
A family of three fell into the water, two adults drowned, but a three-year-old child floated on the water for hours until rescued.
The distant relatives coveted the inheritance left by the parents to the child, and scrambled to be his guardian. The family lived in the big house grandiosely, and then drove the child to live in the utility room, abusing him every day.
Then the family died of gas poisoning not long after, and the child happened to be out on the day the gas leaked.
Then the second guardian moved in, repeated the abusive behavior of the first generation guardian, and not long after the family went out, they encountered a car accident...
third, fourth...
So many accidental deaths dispelled those relatives who went forward and coveted the family property, and also made Shen Yu successfully become the lone star of the gods in others' mouths.
Inevitably, some people will feel... What if all this is not an accident, but man-made
A child who can make such an "accident", even at a young age, is scary enough.
Eyes of suspicion, blame, and fear, from school to neighbors, grew up with Shen Yu since he was a child.
Once upon a time, he also tried to explain, but no one believed it.
so be it! It's fine to live alone.
After many years, he heard such doubts again. Shen Yu didn't even have the thought of being angry at this time, but just shook his fingers indifferently: "What I'm telling is the truth, it's up to you whether you believe it or not!"
He felt that the person opposite should show that familiar and suspicious look again.
But to his surprise, the man on the opposite side actually nodded, with a clear voice: "These incidents really have nothing to do with you."
Shen Yu opened his eyes wide in astonishment.
The man took out a document from the drawer: "Now it seems that the biggest doubt about the original death incident is related to your parents."
his parents
There was a moment of blankness in Shen Yu's mind, and then he mechanically took the file and started flipping through it.
According to document records, his parents' household registration was originally in a remote mountainous area. The two had an elementary school and a junior high school education. Their family background was poor, so they had so many poor relatives.
But just thirty years ago, before Shen Yu was born, his parents suddenly moved from the mountainous area to Zeshui City today, and spent a lot of money on real estate, vehicles, and jewelry.
Although they don't have official jobs, they spend a lot of money. Every month, someone regularly deposits a large amount of money into their cards.
According to the investigation information of the police, the person who sponsored his parents was an organization called "Black Dragon Society".
"Black Dragon Society" sounds like a third-rate sect in a third-rate novel at first glance, but it has a strong religious color inside.
His father and mother are also members of the Black Dragon Society... More precisely, they are devout believers of the Black Dragon Society.
Later when Shen Yu was born, when he was three years old, the Black Dragon would deposit the largest sum of money into his parents' card at one time.
After his father and mother squandered for a while, on his birthday, the family dressed up formally and beautifully, and drove to the countryside for a trip.
On that day, three of his family fell into the river, and only he survived in the end.
Before he knew it, Shen Yu clenched his teeth tightly, and his fingers holding the paper turned white with force.
Because he saw the autopsy report on the file.
"...the corpses of the two deceased were swollen, holding hands, smiling, and there was no sign of struggle before death...there were remnants of fabric in the hands of the deceased, which matched the clothes worn by the deceased's son. It is preliminarily speculated that the deceased was dying The former grabbed his son tightly and pulled him into the water, but the child escaped by accident in the end... "
"The police speculate that this is a mass suicide incident, perhaps related to religious sacrifices..."
Seeing this, Shen Yu almost squeezed the documents into a ball.
But immediately, as if he lost his strength, he slumped on the chair weakly, and the crumpled documents in his hand came out.
"For so many years, I have always thought that my parents died accidentally..." he said, his voice was extremely weak, "But now you tell me that they committed suicide and wanted to sacrifice me?"
"I'm sorry," the man whispered.
"No, what are you apologizing for? You obviously didn't do anything. I'm just... I'm fine." Shen Yu rubbed his face, probably trying to cheer up, but in the end he just grinned a smile that was more embarrassing than crying.
"Then the subsequent gas poisoning, car accident... are also related to the Black Dragon Society?" He asked again.
The man nodded slowly: "According to the clues, you are the sacrifice chosen by the Black Dragon Society, but when you were young, you accidentally escaped, which made them miss the best time to sacrifice."
"We can't speculate on the best time for the next sacrifice, but obviously the Black Dragon Society has not given up on you. You have been growing up under their watchful eyes. The Black Dragon Society will naturally find an opportunity to deal with those guardians who abused their sacrifices. .”
"The country has secretly wiped out the Black Dragon Society many times, but every time it was wiped out, it didn't take long before the Black Dragon Society revived."
"Later, more and more survivors of the 'horror novel' incident appeared in the field of vision of the relevant departments, and the country discovered that many people in the Black Dragon Society were also novelists, and they had always relied on horror stories from outside the world to exist. And development."
"And the five days when you accidentally entered the novel world were exactly the five days when the Black Dragon Society couldn't monitor you."
Shen Yu leaned on the back of the chair and smiled weakly: "No wonder Cuihua protects the newcomers so much in the world of novels."
She is a soldier and a civil servant of a special department of the country. She will naturally try her best to protect civilians within her ability.
He seemed to suddenly understand the purpose of this "Ze Shui City Academy of Sciences".
Study "fiction", track down the Black Dragon Society, and try to protect ordinary people who are accidentally involved.
"That's why you came here for me." He looked directly at the person in front of him, "I'll join."
The man showed no surprise, but just took out a new document: "Enjoy national talent treatment, five insurances and one housing fund are prepared, board and lodging are included, and dormitories are allocated."
"Welcome to the Camellia Department, team member 002."
"I'm the head of the Camellia Department."