Chapter 139 Autobiography (IV)
The mist quietly waits to embrace them?
What's this?
"Are they in danger? We can't let them go into the fog, right?" Gao Zhanyuan became nervous.
Mu Chenxi quickly turned to the last page - the library card was stuck in the plastic shell on the back cover. There were still only two borrowing records of Jiang Shuyue and Fu Xiaoju, and the "return date" had not been filled in.
In an instant, my mind was filled with a myriad of thoughts.
"We have to go in and interrupt them," he said in a deep voice, "It may be difficult for them to get out in their current state, and it may also be difficult for them to turn around and get away from the fog. If we don't go in and interrupt them, they may die in there."
Gao Zhanyuan immediately said, "Then I'll go in!"
"I, I'll come too," Jing Qiao said with a pale face, "I feel like this pen name may have something to do with me."
Three pairs of eyes immediately fell on her.
Gao Zhanyuan was surprised: "Ah, you don't know how to put on false eyelashes??"
"..." Jing Qiao was helpless, "Is this the point..."
Principal Dou asked her: "Do you know what 'the spirit behind' means?"
"I don't know. I don't know why the book is titled like this. I don't usually like watching horror movies," Jing Qiao swallowed, "but if this book is mine, then maybe I'll know after I go in... Anyway, let's go in and try it first!"
She clenched her hands and her expression changed from nervousness to determination.
She and Gao Zhanyuan changed their identities to "readers", opened the book, and turned into two beams of light and went in.
In the blink of an eye, two new borrowing records appeared on the library card, and the two lines of black words on the snow-white paper disappeared, as if indicating that the character's death that was originally in progress had been temporarily rewritten.
A minute later, Hong Yang, Ye Sui, Yan Shaowen and Yu Ning also came back with some books.
When they learned what had just happened, they had different expressions.
Hong Yang grabbed his hair and asked, "How many books will there be in total? If those books in question are our personal autobiographies, then we won't have one for each of us, right?"
"It's unlikely," Ye Sui thought. "More than a dozen graded copies are too large to be completed in an hour and a half."
Mu Chenxi stood up.
"Principal Dou, please take care of these two books while I go to the bookshelf," he put down "Violence" and "The Ghost Behind the Scenes" and picked up several other books that had not yet been screened. "The total number of problematic books should be traceable, and it may not correspond to our number of people."
Having said this, he left.
Seeing this, Hong Yang also pulled Ye Sui and said, "Let's go and check if there are any fish that have slipped through the net."
Yu Ning stayed where he was, carefully scanning the books spread out on the study table.
Amidst the countless distractions, his eyes quickly fixed on one of the books and he picked it up.
Beside him, Yan Shaowen and Principal Dou shifted their gazes over.
"Silence", author: Ear
Pure blue cover and back cover, no book number, no publisher, and no information other than the title and author.
But based on the title of the book and the author's name, the direction seems to be very clear.
Yu Ning pursed his lips, raised his eyes, looked at the two of them, and pointed at the book.
He needs to adjust himself to the role of a reader and open the book to try.
"I'll go with you," Yan Shaowen lowered his head to adjust the electronic name tag on his chest, "Principal Dou, I'm sorry to bother you here."
Principal Dou nodded: "Okay, go ahead."
*
After Su Mingyun went upstairs, Mu Yu became alert.
He turned off the lights - the mysterious man who attacked him disappeared the moment Su Mingyun turned on the lights, perhaps because he could not see the light - and then waited patiently in the darkness.
Su Mingyun's voice came from upstairs: "Has he appeared?"
"Not yet!" Mu Yu raised his voice, "How are you doing over there?"
"It's okay, I'm fine!"
Mu Yu withdrew his gaze and stared at the mirror on the sink.
The mirror was also pitch black. He could only see his own face, whose outlines were blurred in the darkness, making it look distorted and weird.
Time passed minute by minute, and the surroundings were still so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Mu Yu began to have doubts in his heart.
He thought about it, turned and walked out of the bathroom, came to the living room, and looked around.
Then he looked up to the second floor - Su Mingyun was nowhere to be seen.
His expression became serious: "Ming Yun?"
"……I am here!"
"What are you doing?"
"I'm observing this bedroom!"
Upstairs, Su Mingyun quickly turned off the flashlight on his cell phone, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
She really felt that this bedroom needed to be explored, so she mustered up her courage, moved over carefully, turned on the flashlight at the door, and tried to shine it inside.
——The light shone into the room, and its path was shortened. At that moment, she only saw wisps of black lines in the air of the room, and a figure sitting quietly on the bed with his back to the door and his back hunched.
It seemed to be a man, wearing mottled white pajamas and with a bloated figure.
Everything was like a faded old photo, full of gloom, and just when the man turned his neck stiffly and was about to turn around, Su Mingyun heard Mu Yu's shout, turned off the flashlight, and backed away from the room.
She was so frightened that her heart nearly stopped.
Did the man notice her? Would he come out?
She stood frozen in the darkness. After two seconds, everything around her was still quiet, and no sound came from the dark bedroom.
Only then did Su Mingyun slowly relax her body.
Mu Yu's voice came again: "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine--" She responded, turning around, and for a moment, a shadow flashed in her peripheral vision.
downstairs.
Mu Yu felt relieved after hearing Su Mingyun's response.
Although he still felt that it was not a good thing to go into that bedroom now, he was glad that Su Mingyun was okay.
Just as he was about to go back to the bathroom to study it further, he took a step forward, but instinctively stopped in an instant.
...The whole villa is very quiet.
In the silent air, there was a faint sound of discordant vibration.
...There was a sound of rapid breathing.
...There seems to be an even stranger voice that sounds like a human but not a human.
Mu Yu turned around and glanced towards the second floor again, and asked slowly: "...Ming Yun?"
“…”
“…cough…uh…”
Mu Yu tensed his muscles and immediately rushed to the stairs. The next second, Su Mingyun's scream broke out: "Don't - cough - don't come up!"
Mu Yu suddenly stopped, a little stunned.
On the second floor, Su Mingyun's neck was strangled and her mouth was covered. She was almost suffocated and struggled desperately, but the arms behind her were as hard as rock, holding her tightly and not letting go.
A cold breath enveloped the sky from behind. It was a man, very tall, but he did not seem to be the man in pajamas in the bedroom just now - that man did not look that tall!
Su Mingyun felt her head swelling up and her blood vessels seemed to be bursting. Her tongue stuck out uncontrollably and stars appeared in her vision.
She tried hard to look to her right - something seemed to appear there. It appeared a while after the man attacked her. Not only did she notice it, but he behind her seemed to have noticed it as well. He was looking over there from time to time, looking very anxious, as if he had been waiting for this thing to appear for a long time.
What is it?
What is it?
"Ming Yun?!" Mu Yu shouted anxiously again.
"No, something appears, wait a moment--" Su Mingyun shouted at the top of her lungs, waving her hands wildly backwards and pushing hard, actually pushing the man away for a moment. The two of them lost their balance and fell to the ground.
The man immediately pounced on her.
In the darkness, a dagger slid out from the right and came into her hand.
Su Mingyun was stunned.
Crazy black words appeared in the air, very close at hand.
【Pick it up! 】
【Pick it up and protect yourself! 】
[Pick it up, stab it, pick it up, stab it, pick it up, stab it. ]
Su Mingyun's chest rose and fell rapidly twice, and suddenly a fierce intent burst out.
She grasped the dagger, raised her hand the moment the man came over to cover her, stabbed him hard in the chest, and turned the blade - the man screamed in pain, then Su Mingyun bent her legs, turned over, and pushed the man down the stairs!
——Downstairs, Mu Yu saw a black shadow rolling down the stairs!
He was a very tall man, and his head and feet kept hitting the walls and steps as he rolled down.
A huge black hole suddenly opened up under the last step of the stairs. The man fell into the black hole and disappeared!
Mu Yu stood still.
On the stairs, Su Mingyun climbed up from the ground in a panic, holding a dagger in his hand, with blood splattered all over his body.
Her hair was disheveled and she was panting: "It's Lu Chongnian... It's really Lu Chongnian!"
...Mu Yu also saw it clearly just now.
This man was indeed Lu Chongnian.
But why...
He took two deep breaths, calmed himself down, ran forward and looked down to check the ground under the stairs - the black hole and Lu Zhongnian disappeared together, and the floor returned to its original state, and the solid wood planks were as bright as new.
He ran upstairs, frowned and asked Su Mingyun: "Are you hurt?"
Su Mingyun was still in shock and shook her head: "My neck was pinched for a long time. Cough, my throat is uncomfortable, but it's okay! Also, the barrage just appeared--"
She stammered, "It told me to stab it, and I..."
Mu Yu's Adam's apple rolled and he said in a hoarse voice: "You are also trying to protect yourself. Where did you get the dagger?"
"Over there! The reason I didn't let you come up just now was because something seemed to be coming out over there, and it seemed to have slowly emerged when I felt like I was about to die. Lu Zhongnian was also looking over here just now. Well, I always felt that he attacked me just to lure this thing out!"
As Su Mingyun spoke, he led Mu Yu to the right side of the corridor. After a distance of three or four meters, they arrived at the end of the corridor.
They turned on the flashlight on their mobile phones and shone it there, and found that standing in the corner was actually a small model of a house.
"You mean the dagger was thrown by this thing?"
"I'm not sure, but it just slid over from this direction!"
Mu Yu held up his cell phone and knelt down to observe the small room.
The small house was very delicately designed. There were small glass windows on each floor. Light shone through the windows, and you could see the home furnishings inside... It seemed like a scaled-down version of the villa.
With an idea in mind, he tried to push open a small glass window on the second floor and put his finger in...
A sudden feeling of dizziness came over me.
When he came to his senses, he was already inside the small house.
Su Mingyun was outside, as big as a giant, looking inside with an incredible look on his face.
"Wait, let me come in too!" She followed suit and appeared next to Mu Yu.
The two men quickly got up from the ground and walked forward while looking around warily.
What would be inside a scaled-down villa?
Why did he spit out the dagger?
As he walked, Mu Yu noticed that there seemed to be someone at the other end of the corridor.
He ran forward and found a light switch in the corridor. He quickly turned on the light. Now he could see clearly that there was a little boy sitting on the floor in the corridor ahead!
Su Mingyun: "Hiss, why does it look familiar..."
"It's Lu Chongnian!" Mu Yu quickened his pace!
Su Mingyun was shocked.
This little boy is the young version of Lu Chongnian.
There was a black mist wrapped around his body, the mist was like a rope, wrapped around his neck, and the other end went deep into the wooden floor.
The rope was very short, and Lu Zhongnian couldn't stand up. He could only sit there and spoke in a hoarse voice: "I heard your voices just now. I was the one who threw the dagger. Did you meet another me outside?"
——This is even the Lu Zhongnian they know, not the one whose memory has regressed to that of a child!
Mu Yu and Su Mingyun were excited.
"Yes, that person... looks exactly like you," Mu Yu immediately knelt down and tried to tear away the black mist on Lu Zhongnian's body, "What is this?"
"I don't know. I became like this after I entered this instance." Lu Zhongnian looked down at him. "Are you all okay?"
Mu Yu raised her head, looked at him with sore eyes, and her chest was filled with relief.
Fortunately... Fortunately, the real Lu Zhongnian is still fine.
"We're fine."
"What's going on with this copy?"
Mu Yu briefly explained the current situation.
Lu Zhongnian frowned: "Is this a book?"
"Yes, it's called "Violence" and the author is Mr. Cake," Mu Yu gave up trying to pull at the mist, "Mr. Cake... is that you?"
Lu Zhongnian was silent for two seconds.
“…I have never written such a book.”
"...Ahem, I know. The book should have been created temporarily in the dungeon, but the content should be related to us players..."
Su Mingyun looked at the two of them, a little confused: "Why are you embarrassed? It's normal for boys to like eating cake, right?"
The copy gave Lu Zhongnian the pen name "Mr. Cake", probably because Lu Zhongnian likes to eat cake, right?
Hearing this, Lu Zhongnian and Mu Yu looked at each other... and then looked away together.
Well, the cake is not bad, but I feel like the dungeon chose this name because...
[Class monitor, do you think of me as your birthday cake? ]
Recalling the passionate conversation that took place one night, both of their ears felt a little hot.
Mu Yu quickly dispelled the strange atmosphere.
They learned from Lu Chongnian how he entered the copy.
He really couldn't combine his skin with his own skin in another world.
He judged that this was because the current him was not the him who was separated from his body and only had his soul left.
It is natural for the soul to be united with the body.
But he is originally a complete individual, so why does he need to merge with another body of unknown origin?
After all, his situation is different from those dead players.
Therefore, Lu Chongnian gave up on dealing with the skin at that time, and instead began to concentrate on feeling the direction of the fog and determining the location where the copy was generated.
He followed the flow and stepped into the library... and then lost consciousness.
When I woke up, I was already here.
The neck was trapped and the person could not move away.
This was his childhood home.
"Is this your home?" Su Mingyun was stunned. "Then the man in the bedroom on the second floor..."
Lu Zhongnian thought for a moment and said calmly, "You should be talking about my dad."
Su Mingyun fell silent.
She may understand the meaning of the title "Violence".
Mu Yu also fell silent.
...Thinking back to the middle-aged man he had met in the magnificent hotel banquet, he suddenly felt a little afraid to imagine Lu Zhongnian's childhood.
Lu Zhongnian casually skipped over the topic: "So the current situation is that the real map of this book is outside this miniature house. Two people appeared there, one is my father, and the other is a person who looks like me. Did he attack you?"
He thought, "I just stayed here for a long time and didn't hear any sound. Then I suddenly felt nervous, thinking that you were in danger somewhere I didn't know about. Then I heard Su Mingyun's voice outside."
"If your feeling, Su Mingyun, is correct, and the man who attacked you was indeed waiting for this little house to appear, then the person he really wanted to kill might be me."
There seems to be some subtle mechanism in the world of this book.
He can feel the safety of his friends from a distance, and his feelings can control the appearance and disappearance of this small house.
He could protect his companions - the dagger that suddenly appeared beside him when he heard Su Mingyun's shout, and then which he tried to throw out, penetrated the wall of the small house and reached Su Mingyun was proof of that.
But at the same time, people from the outside world can also take the opportunity to invade this small world and kill him.
Su Mingyun's expression changed slightly.
Mu Yu tightened his hands.
——So, they became the tools used by the mysterious man to induce the appearance of this small house?
If this is true, then the method to complete this book seems obvious.
——Protect Lu Chongnian and rescue him from the bondage of this fog.
Mu Yu frowned and looked at the mist on Lu Zhongnian's neck: "When the dagger appeared just now, did you try it yourself? Can't you cut this thing open?"
"no."
Mu Yu stood up and said, "Then I'll go outside and look downstairs to see if there are any other tools. Mingyun, you stay here first. I'm afraid that if we both leave, this house will disappear again."
"good!"
Lu Zhongnian followed him with his eyes and whispered to comfort him: "Don't worry, be careful."
"Um!"
Mu Yu ran to the window through which he came in and climbed out.
*
There were only four people left in the quiet library.
Mu Chenxi, Hong Yang and Ye Sui were moving between different bookshelves.
Principal Dou was standing in front of a study table.
On the table, three books were placed there quietly.
"Violence", "Silence", "Ghost Behind".
Suddenly, the pages of "Violence" began to turn automatically. Principal Dou looked over and focused.
The white pages flipped past, stopped at a certain page, and black words began to emerge.
【Lu Chongnian is about to suffocate. 】
[The hands tightly grasped his neck.]
[He stared at Su Mingyun and the pair of strong hands in front of him, with astonishment and confusion in his eyes, but he could not speak, nor could he break free.]
【He is about to be killed.】
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