Fang Xiu woke up from his sleep again, the madness on his face gone, replaced by a stagnant calm.
He repeated his previous routine: getting dressed, washing up, going to the toilet, eating, and then leaving the house.
He saw again the sky full of strange creatures, and the cute little girl eating a lollipop.
Ignoring everything, I left the residential area and went out onto the street.
The streets were bustling with pedestrians and vehicles.
People rushed about, busy going to work or school, completely ignoring the eerie sights all over the streets. Some people even had strange creatures with human heads and snakes crawling on their shoulders, but they were completely unaware of it and chatted and laughed with the people around them.
Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.
Fang Xiu picked up a shared bicycle on the street and planned to ride around and observe these strange creatures. To kill them, he had to understand them first.
Of course, the so-called observation doesn't mean staring at something strange. If you're discovered, the only option is to die and rewind the game.
Fang Xiu could only pretend to be strolling around, observing his surroundings.
He wanted to see if there were strange things everywhere, and whether the strange things had a source.
bite!
A crisp notification sound rang out.
Fang Xiu stopped the car, took out his phone, and saw a message in the work group.
Manager Wu Dahai is tagging him.
"Fang Xiu, what time is it? How many times have you been late this month? Do you even want your bonus this month?"
He started with three questions in quick succession, his tone aggressive and oppressive, as if his boss were interrogating him.
If it were the original Fang Xiu, he would have already apologized with trepidation by now.
But now, Fang Xiu is too lazy to bother with these mundane matters.
In this hellish world, all he wanted was to uncover the truth and seek revenge.
For him, going to work peacefully and steadily is a luxury.
Imagine having to pretend you can't see the strange things around you every day, always on high alert, and risking being eaten if you're not careful. In that state, just surviving is difficult enough, let alone going to work.
Just as he was about to close the group chat and ignore these mundane matters, he suddenly remembered the three-digit balance in his bank account.
"If you want to explore the truth of this world, a few hundred yuan is definitely not enough. You can't just ride a shared bike around everywhere."
This city may be full of eeriness, but other cities may not be. You'll need to take a high-speed train or even a plane, which will cost money.
It seems the previous owner still had a commission that hadn't been paid out yet. If we receive that commission, it should be enough to sustain us for a while.
With this thought in mind, Fang Xiu decided to go to the company again, resign, and then get his commission back.
He had actually considered using his ability to rewind time after death to win the lottery, but then thought better of it—he wasn't destined for that. Besides, unless there were exceptional circumstances, he really didn't want to die again; the feeling of death was truly awful, even though he had already died many times.
Fang Xiu lives in a city called Lvteng City, and his company is located in the Lvteng City Development Zone, where there is a villa area called Bailiu Academy. He works as a salesperson at the Bailiu Academy sales office.
I sold a villa six months ago, but I haven't received my commission yet.
So Fang Xiu started editing a message in the work group.
"I've resigned. I'll go to the sales office this afternoon to settle my commission from last time."
Editing complete, click send.
Fang Xiu's words were very straightforward, without much formality, like a naive young man just entering society who could easily offend people.
But he didn't care, too lazy to deal with those social niceties. He just wanted to be efficient and didn't want to waste time on them. He just wanted to resolve these mundane matters as quickly as possible and then get on with his own business.
As soon as he sent the message, the group chat exploded.
Manager Wu went even crazier @
"Fang Xiu, what do you mean?? Didn't I say last time that commissions would be paid out at the end of the year? If you resign now, you won't get a single penny of your commission!"
Fang Xiu glanced at it casually, did not reply, and directly closed the group chat.
Then he rode a shared bicycle straight to Bailiu Academy.
His home was far from Bailiu Academy, requiring a two-hour bus ride, but he wasn't in a hurry and planned to take a good look at the city.
Fang Xiu rode very slowly, seemingly strolling around, but his mind was completely focused on the eerie atmosphere around him.
As he rode further and further away, he encountered more and more bizarre and strange creatures, each unique and different.
Gradually, he also discovered a pattern.
These strange creatures can see humans, but humans cannot see them.
The bizarre can be roughly divided into two categories.
One type is a bizarre creature devoid of reason, with a strange and ferocious appearance. It only knows how to roar madly or constantly attack the humans around it, but it is like air and cannot have any effect on the surrounding things at all.
There are also some eerie humanoid creatures that will pretend to be your colleagues, classmates, relatives, etc., and accompany you, chatting and talking with you.
Of course, humans cannot see them or hear them speak.
Clearly, the wife falls into this second category of strangeness.
The second type of eeriness is quite distinctive; most of them resemble humans, and some even look exactly like humans.
They seem to be trying to fit into your life, even though you can't see or hear them, just like an outsider, they still try their best to stay by your side.
This puzzled Fang Xiu greatly. Why were these strange creatures so persistent in their role-playing, even though they couldn't affect reality?
Recalling his wife's various actions, Fang Xiu began to suspect something.
These strange creatures are testing whether humans can see them, because if they can, they can attack.
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