Chapter 14: The First Item: Deserted City Notes
For the talisman just now, Shen Li sacrificed his sense of taste for three days.
For the next three days, he could not smell anything and could not taste anything.
He didn't have much to begin with, so what he had left was extremely precious.
When the crisis came, Chen Li felt more excitement than fear and terror.
He stood there, his shadow reflected in the pond swaying with the ripples on the water.
Four huge asphalt-colored arms loomed over his head again.
The sky was already gloomy, and as the giant hand covered the sky, more light was blocked.
The sky near Chen Li suddenly darkened.
But he still stood there motionless.
When a strong wind blew, he slowly formed a hand seal and sprinkled a drop of blood on his shadow.
"Shadow."
His voice was calm and without any ripples.
The shadow behind Shen Li stretched infinitely at this moment, becoming taller and bigger than these asphalt men.
Inside the convenience store, several people who were still kowtowing frantically regained consciousness briefly. The moment they raised their heads, they saw the huge shadow that was rampant in the city.
The shadow was completely black, without even any facial features.
It easily grabbed the asphalt men surrounding Shen Li and crushed two of them.
He bent down, grabbed two more, and threw them hard into the sky.
A roar came from above the clouds.
All the people who were forced to worship suddenly regained their freedom and their eyes became clear.
"What kind of monster is that..."
The first thing Redhead did after regaining his freedom was to put some chewing gum into his mouth.
His hands were shaking.
He wanted to leave here, leave this world in the book, and didn't want to stay for a moment.
horrible.
So scary!
Whether it is the blood eyes above the clouds or the dark shadows standing between the tall buildings.
For tiny humans like them, these are forbidden things that cannot be glimpsed. They will go crazy if they look at them for more than a few seconds.
Red Hair couldn't calm down. He grabbed Feng Yu's shoulders and shook them. "Tell us how to escape from the world in the book!"
Feng Rao collapsed to the ground helplessly and asked him, "Is there anyone in your team who has never touched a notebook?"
Li Dangxin shook his head and said, "I've touched them all."
"Then you'll never be able to get out." Feng Rao's words dispelled everyone's fantasies.
Li Dangxin fell to the ground, not caring about the blood on his forehead, and fell into despair.
Blind man, is right.
At that time, he said that he would leave one person alone without touching the notebook, leaving a way out for those who touched the notebook so that they could find their way back.
He is right!
But later, Cat Man A suddenly appeared and caused the blind man to touch the notebook by accident.
"We have been trapped here for all these years and have tried everything we can. If we could have gotten out, we would have gotten out a long time ago."
"There must be other ways." Li Dangxin looked into the distance unwillingly.
Outside the convenience store, another high-rise building collapsed.
The dark shadow stood there, always fighting with something.
Wait a moment!
Why did she feel that the black shadow looked familiar?
"Chen Li! Does that shadow look like Chen Li?" Li Dangxin excitedly told others about his discovery.
Fengrao also looked out the window in surprise. In the entire convenience store, there was only a blind man sitting quietly.
"Yes, they are very similar! Look, the shadow's hair is just like Chen Li's!"
Red-haired man analyzed the details and all his previous frustration disappeared.
The atmosphere in the convenience store suddenly became lively.
The dark shadow stalked between the tall buildings, and after killing all the Asphalt Men, it looked up at the sky.
The blood-stained eye above the clouds was furious, and countless tentacles suddenly burst out from its pupils, descending from the sky and grabbing the black shadow tightly.
With a slight pull, the shadow of Chen Li was torn into pieces.
Everyone in the convenience store was stunned again.
Just started watching and it ended?
The black shadow was simply unable to resist the monster in the clouds, and it could even be said that there was a huge disparity in power.
The shadow disappeared completely.
Bloody Eyes had no intention of letting Shen Li go.
The end is coming.
Countless tentacles continued to extend downwards, grabbing something...
Everyone's eyes were focused on the end of the tentacle.
Through the gaps between the tall buildings, you can see the tentacles slowly lifting up a person.
"Is that--Chen Li?" Li Dangxin felt like he was almost dying of nervousness.
Li Yixin patted her back at the right time to comfort her.
The abundance seemed to have been expected. He had not held any hope for Shen Li at the beginning, and it was the same now.
"I admit that he is very strong compared to ordinary people, but no matter how strong he is, he is just a tiny human being. It is easy for those beings to crush him to death."
Fengrao said proudly:
"The rules written on the back of our hands were set by the being above the clouds. As long as we follow the rules, it won't be difficult to survive."
Even at this point, he was still trying his best to persuade these couriers to join them.
His team is in desperate need of new blood.
"The rules will be reset at midnight tonight. You still have time to follow me. Our shelter is not far from here. You can follow me to get some necessary supplies..."
Fengrao talked for a long time, but found that no one paid attention to him.
Everyone is paying attention to the situation on Shen Li's side.
The tentacles are still tightening.
The Shen Li was calmly carried to higher and higher places.
He looked to both sides, being lifted up, closer to that presence, with a feeling of being assimilated.
Now he can see more things that he couldn't see before.
He saw it.
In every window of those gloomy tall buildings, there is a phantom.
They all looked the same, wore the same clothes, some were crying, some were covering their faces in pessimism, and some were writing furiously.
The city was filled with his cries.
Chen Li remembered the appearance of the phantom.
His jet-black hair was a little messy, he wore a pair of black-framed glasses, his skin was pale, he was unkempt, his chin was covered with blue stubble, and his eyes were pessimistic and desperate.
He was struggling, feeling unwilling and resentful towards the world, but more than that, he was obsessed with it.
At this moment, he suddenly understood a lot of things.
Shen Li was lifted to the highest point, facing the huge blood-red eye, and smiled with relief.
"So you—are not just a weak obsession."
They had seen it before.
The blood eye in front of him was the incarnation of the phantom he encountered in the high-rise building when he was escaping.
His obsession was very strong and spread throughout every corner of the city, eventually coming together and turning into this monster.
It was his obsession that supported this city, and it was also his obsession that turned him into the monster he is now.
Hearing Shen Li's words, his blood-red pupils shrank.
More information was taken in by Shen Li.
It wants to save.
It wants to change.
It's all about that notebook.
Deep within the pupil of that giant eye, it expanded like a kaleidoscope, refracting many crystal fragments.
Chen Li tried hard to see the images in those fragments clearly:
The fragments record a person's life.
From the time he was born to the time he learned to walk, to the time he started to carry a schoolbag, everything seemed so difficult.
He was always bruised.
Make friends and lose friends.
Gained hope, then lost hope.
In the end, it is inevitable that, at the most brilliant age of one's life, one will fall into a miserable state of being emaciated and despised by everyone.
At the age of twenty-two, he ended his miserable life.
Black cover notebook closed.
The boy wearing black-framed glasses put down his pen, stood up from the desk, and stood on the podium in a tie, surrounded by spotlights, dressed neatly.
"'Notes from a Deserted City' has sold 500,000 copies. The characters you created are deeply rooted in people's hearts. Do you have any secret?"
He held the golden trophy in his left hand, pushed up his glasses with his right hand holding the microphone, and smiled at the fans in the audience:
"The secret is just one word: miserable. The more miserable the protagonist's life is, the easier it is for people to sympathize with him. I am very good at earning people's tears of sympathy."
There were bursts of laughter from the audience.
The host continued to ask: "Will you fall in love with the characters you create during the writing process?"
His eyes suddenly fell on the trophy. After a moment of silence, he replied, "Maybe."
"Would you rewrite the original tragic ending for a character you created just because you fell in love with him?"
Hundreds of book fans are still waiting for his answer.
He suddenly let go of the trophy, "I...I don't know."
His highlight moment, the honor he had long awaited, fell to the ground.
After reading the short memories that were like a kaleidoscope, Shen Li's doubts had been answered.
"So you are the obsession that the author left in the book, and you want to rewrite the ending of the characters in the book?"
Shen Li looked at it tenderly, "Persistence is a good thing, but being too persistent will only harm others and yourself."
The pupil of the bloodshot eye was trembling, as if a tear was falling.
From the beginning to the end, it is just a trace of obsession. It is not the author, nor even a person.
What can it change?
Chen Li raised his hand slightly towards the dazzling pupil, as if to comfort it.
"You've been crying for too long. It's time to let this city calm down."
A drop of blood flew towards the eye.
If we calculate based on his own strength, although Shen Li can use the Shadow Technique to destroy the Asphalt Man, his chances of winning are slim when facing such a Blood Eye.
But fortunately, his blood has special effects against these things.
One drop is enough.
At the beginning, the monster was in the sky and Chen Li was on the ground, so Chen Li began to think about how to touch it.
If it doesn't come down, Chen Li will have to force it to come down.
Annoy it, and then wait for it to lift itself up to the distance it is now within reach.
Everyone in the convenience store saw from afar Chen Li slowly raising his hand towards Blood Eyes, as if a god was bestowing a blessing.
The rain stopped, and countless dazzling lights shone through from behind him.
As the drop of bright red blood flew into the giant eye, everything was decided.
The sounds of explosions echoed throughout the city.
Huangmao opened his eyes wide and looked in surprise as a building across the street suddenly exploded.
"Bang!"
No cement and dust.
No screaming or wailing.
Like fireworks blooming in the night sky during festival celebrations.
Like the cheers that erupt from the stands after a goal is scored.
Like your friend hiding behind the door on your birthday suddenly pulling the ribbon ring.
surprise!
My heart was trembling and my mind vaguely remembered those shouts of excitement and joy.
Celebratory confetti rained from the sky.
It was spreading like fireworks and butterflies, floating across the entire street.
"Bang!"
Another building exploded into pieces of paper.
They had no time to appreciate the spectacle before them.
Everyone's eyes were still fixed on the sky.
Chen Li's body was like a spark that ignited and fell. After losing its support, it fell straight down.
No one was talking in the convenience store.
Everyone pushed the door open silently, and in the grand atmosphere of celebration, among the confetti flying around, they searched for the direction in which he fell.
Then he ran towards there.
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