But he used the knife very quickly, and many times his opponent had no time to react before his knife had already chopped him down.

The ghost-faced man opposite had his hands broken. It took him a while to react. He quickly retreated into the darkness and dared not come out again.

Lin Mo kicked the severed hand aside and continued reading the manuscript.

He was watching with great concentration.

Very fast too.

He would read a few pages of the manuscript in a few minutes and then immediately pick up the next one.

In this dim room, Lin Mo was studying intently with the help of faint candlelight. If his high school teacher saw this scene, he might feel gratified and even say, "If you had worked half as hard as you do now when you were in school, you would definitely be able to get into a good university."

The silence lasted for a while, and then the thing in the darkness began to stir again.

After all, this is a specific novel world, and the plot of the novel is limited. There will be all kinds of monsters here, and they will come out to attack the novelist.

Lin Mo is now playing the role of a novelist.

"Xiaoyu!" Lin Mo called out.

The next moment, a tall girl in a black dress appeared beside him.

Next, Xiaoyu knew what to do without Lin Mo giving any orders. After all, they already had a tacit understanding. This tacit understanding made Xiaoyu not stay by Lin Mo's side, but choose to take the initiative to attack.

As the black skirt entered the darkness, some strange noises were often heard in the room. Occasionally, there were screams, or the sound of bones breaking, or the sound of some liquid dripping.

Lin Mo continued to read the novel without even raising his head, and was very absorbed in it.

Occasionally he would shift his gaze, either to pick up other novel manuscripts or to glance at the large candle.

Lin Mo discovered that the candle burned faster.

At the current speed, this candle, which is as thick as an arm, will burn out in perhaps half an hour.

This is not good news.

He had only read a very small part of the manuscripts on the bookshelf. If he wanted to finish reading all of them, let alone half an hour, even a whole day might not be enough.

So Lin Mo knew very well that it was impossible for him to read all the manuscripts.

There are choices and trade-offs to be made.

These manuscripts were all written by novelists, and Lin Mo also discovered an incredible secret.

The manuscript about Ward 1 just now almost completely describes the situation in Ward 1, including every patient and the forbidden monsters existing in Ward 1.

There were still many things that Lin Mo didn't know. After reading the manuscript, he had a very deep impression of Ward 1.

If it was written by someone else, Lin Mo would just treat it as a novel, but this was written by a novelist.

What the novelists here write about really exists.

Let alone anything else, right now, Lin Mo is experiencing the plot created by the novelist.

Then, Lin Mo has reason to believe that Ward 1 is just a horror story created by a novelist.

In other words, the Ward 1 that he had been to did not exist in reality, but was a fictional world.

This was not a completely blind guess, because Lin Mo quickly found the manuscript about Ward 2 and the dark side, which was exactly consistent with what he saw and heard.

By the way, in the novelist’s setting, the manager of Ward 1 is the flashlight nurse, and the manager of Ward 2 is Professor Yang.

There is also Ward 3.

However, Lin Mo has never been there, so he is relatively unfamiliar with it and cannot comment on it.

But after reading the manuscripts of these two wards, Lin Mo was more than 70% sure of his previous speculation.

Afterwards, Lin Mo saw the manuscript of Ward 4 from his position inside.

The moment he saw the above content, Lin Mo, who was able to remain calm and composed even in the face of any problem, had his pupils shrink and felt the hairs on his body stand up.

"No way?"

"OMG!"

Lin Mo was surprised and then excited. He glanced at the candle which was only half lit, and quickly picked up the manuscript of Ward 4 to read it.

At the same time, all the sounds in the darkness around her disappeared. Xiaoyu walked back again, and the cursed chain slowly retracted behind the black skirt. The sticky black blood was also absorbed by the black skirt.

Xiaoyu did not disturb Lin Mo. She looked around and picked up a manuscript to read.

The candles burned faster.

Since entering the room, my mother and sister have not spoken a word, and my father has disappeared. I don't know where he went. At this time, my sister wanted to reach out and touch the candle flame that looked like a yellow bean, but was stopped by my mother.

"Shh!"

The mother made a gesture to silence the sister, and the sister had no choice but to start picking her nails out of boredom.

Lin Mo took a look at the amount of remaining candles. He knew he had to hurry up. He stopped looking at the mess and had to find the key points.

After flipping through seven or eight manuscripts, Lin Mo found what he was looking for.

"God, I would like to call him a proud patient. He fantasizes that he is the omnipotent God. In fact, he does have powers and abilities similar to God. But he is too powerful. Later, he even began to question me. If he is allowed to continue like this, Ward 4 will be destroyed by this powerful lunatic."

"So, I can only delete this character, but I can keep everyone's memory of him. After all, this is one of my favorite characters I have ever created."

"Wise man, this guy is so smart. He was the first patient to realize that this is a fake world, but he took the initiative to ask to enter a separate fictional world. Well, it's in the 17th story of the sequel to the horror stories in Ward 4, the haunted library. He likes reading, so let him stay in there."

"One of the benefits of doing this is that when I'm bored and want to find someone to chat with, I can go to the non-existent door between wards 308 and 309 to find him."

Lin Mo finally found the content about the wise man.

And that’s not all.

For example, the detailed description of the wise man, his growth process and background, are described in great detail in another manuscript. After reading these, a more concrete image and personality of the wise man will emerge in your mind.

Similar character descriptions, in addition to the two patients, God and the wise man, Lin Mo also found many other characters.

The simplest one might be just one sentence.

For example, "In Ward 35, there is a patient, 45 years old, thin, and seemingly weak, but he is actually a mentally twisted pervert."

Although it is only one sentence, it roughly describes the characteristics of a character.

Coincidentally, Lin Mo had seen the patient in Ward 35. In fact, he was the one who led Lin Mo and dressed up as an evil spirit to kill others.

There are also many patient descriptions.

Lin Mo found Wangcai and described him in the same sentence: "He thinks he is a dog!"

It's that simple.

But Lin Mo had seen many of these people before. Even if he had not seen them before, Lin Mo could be sure that they all existed in Ward 4.

The candle was less than two centimeters thick.

It looks like it will be used up in a few minutes, which means that there are only a few minutes left to read the manuscripts of these novelists.

There are still many manuscripts that have not been reviewed.

But Lin Mo knew very well that it would be impossible for him to check all the manuscripts in the remaining time.

At this moment he thought of something and searched according to the patient number.

He is looking for Patient No. 13.

I still remember that when Lin Mo was trapped in the TV world, he had seen a medical record that stated that Xiao Jiexi's patient number was patient No. 13.

Sure enough, Lin Mo found it.

He looked at the novelist's description of little Jesse.

"He is a lonely and autistic little guy. His nature is kind, but his long-term isolation has given him the ability to develop a secondary personality."

No, it’s simpler.

But Lin Mo saw a key point.

That is, the novelist did not limit what kind of secondary personality little Jie Xi would develop.

Now Lin Mo has a relatively "clear" understanding of the entire insane asylum.

According to the novelist's ability, he has the ability to materialize the novel in the nightmare world, so there is a possibility.

The so-called Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 3 and Ward 4 do not exist in themselves but were created by the novelist.

Including the patients who already exist here.

Of course, those who were sent here later were not included.

So many patients here know about God and wise men, but have never seen these two patients, because they have indeed never seen them. They are like programs set by programmers.

It's just that there are memories of these two patients in my memory, that's all.

It's like a bunch of colorful bubbles crowded together, each bubble represents a fictional world, big or small.

Then Lin Mo has reason to believe that many of the events that happened here are actually just plots described by the novelist.

For example, the disappearance of the dean.

Lin Mo had just seen a similar novel plot.

It's about the director of the hospital going missing, and chaos breaking out in several wards. Finally, the novel says that a patient gained recognition from the managers of four wards and became the new director, which calmed the chaos.

The novel's description of this section is very vague. It does not specifically describe how the new dean gained the recognition of the managers of the four major wards, nor does it write who the new dean is.

When seeing this, Lin Mo suddenly came up with an interesting guess.

Was it because of this incident that the businessman suddenly decided to return to the asylum?

The reason is actually quite simple.

This point is also mentioned in the plot of the novel.

Interestingly, the novelist has different settings for the four wards, with the biggest difference being in Ward 1.

Ward 1 and Ward 4 cannot communicate with each other.

Furthermore, even from Ward 2, you cannot enter Ward 1. To enter Ward 1, you can only enter from the outside.

I saw this setting when I was reading the setting collection of Ward 1 just now.

Lin Mo has a good memory, and he had just watched it, so it was still fresh in his memory.

So if a new director is to be appointed, and he must obtain the approval of the managers of the four wards, then he must first leave the asylum and then enter Ward 1 from the outside.

It was hard for Lin Mo not to associate this matter with businessmen.

Didn't the merchant return to the asylum from Ward 1 with my help?

Lin Mo had never figured out why the other party did this, but according to the plot of the novel The Birth of the New Dean, each and every one of them could be explained.

"Let me think about it. So the businessman should have come into contact with the flashlight nurse in Ward 1, Professor Yang in Ward 2, and perhaps the old nun in Ward 4 as well. That's why he came to line up and look for the novelist because he wants to enter Ward 3 and meet the manager of Ward 3. He wants to become the new director of the asylum."

Lin Mo sorted out this speculation and found it to be very smooth with almost no stuck points.

Just now, Lin Mo briefly flipped through the settings of Ward 3.

This ward is very special. The novelist did not write about it in great detail. Perhaps it was because he was not particularly satisfied with the story of Ward 3, so he closed off Ward 3 and treated it as a 'prison'.

It is specially used to detain some extremely vicious and dangerous "patients".

To enter Ward 3, one must obtain the novelist's consent and be told the specific entry method.

In this way, Lin Mo was almost 100% sure of the reason why businessmen lined up to see the novelist.

The other party must be going to Ward 3.

Then if the businessman did go to Ward 3, it could also confirm Lin Mo's guess.

At this time, only a thin layer of candle remains.

It may go out at any time.

Lin Mo looked at the table and saw a pen there.

He ran over quickly with the manuscript of the birth of the new dean.

Lin Mo wanted to try and see if he could use the pen on the table to rewrite the ending, or add some restrictions. In short, he wanted to prevent the businessman from succeeding.

But Lin Mo couldn't even pick up the pen on the table.

This sum seems to weigh thousands of pounds.

Not allowed to use it? Ha, do you think you are the only one who has a pen?

Lin Mo sneered and took out his own pencil.

After spreading out the manuscript, Lin Mo picked up a pencil and prepared to write. However, when the tip of the pen was about to touch the manuscript, it seemed as if an invisible force was preventing Lin Mo from writing.

“Oh shit!”

Lin Mo was a little annoyed.

I am not allowed to write with my own pen?

So domineering.

But this is an opportunity that Lin Mo doesn't want to miss.

Use force.

It's not enough.

"Xiaoyu!"

Lin Mo called out, and soon Xiaoyu's pale hand held Lin Mo's palm. The tip of the pen seemed to be about to touch the paper, but unfortunately, it was just a little short.

Obviously, even with Lin Mo and Xiao Yu, the strength is still not enough.

This manuscript seems to be open only to novelists.

But Lin Mo is rather stubborn.

"Mom and sister are here to help, but where's Dad?"

Lin Mo was determined to get out of this situation. The candle could go out at any time anyway, so he might as well grab this opportunity. If he couldn't, it didn't matter.

Anyway, try your best.

What if it succeeds?

My mother and sister also grabbed it.

With tremendous force, the pen tip finally touched the paper.

But this is not enough, because in order to write, you also need the support of strength, otherwise you can only draw punctuation marks at most.

Fortunately, at the last moment, a big hand reached out and grabbed everyone's hands.

Dad is here.

Now I can finally write.

But the candle flame also began to dim, and would be completely extinguished in a few seconds at most.

The pen tip moves.

Puff! The candle flame went out completely.

Everything around was instantly swallowed up by darkness.

Lin Mo felt that the table and the stool were gone.

When the light reappeared, Lin Mo found himself standing at the door of the novelist's ward, with a queue next to him.

It’s over! “How was it? Was it successful?” My sister couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.

“I don’t know either.” Lin Mo shook his head. In fact, he only had time to write one word, but he was not sure whether he had written the last stroke of the word.

If this stroke is missing, the word will obviously not express the meaning and will definitely be invalid.

But then again, if a novelist's manuscript only recognizes the novelist's handwriting, then it would be useless even if I wrote one more story.

And even if the last word was not written, Lin Mo's gains this time were huge.

Because he discovered a secret about the Reef Asylum.

A huge secret.

Everything here might be fake, including where he is now, Ward 4, and most of the patients here.

They are just stories created by novelists.

It's amazing.

The degree of reality here far exceeds other 'deep worlds' that Lin Mo had visited before, so much so that before seeing those manuscripts, Lin Mo had never thought that this place would be fake.

But if we look back based on this known result, we will find that some clues had actually been revealed a long time ago.

Like how to get into a lunatic asylum.

This place has no exact address and is impossible to enter on your own.

That's the problem.

Lin Mo poked his head to look at the novelist in the room, which was still extremely dark.

But in a moment, Lin Mo seemed to see the two rows of bookshelves hidden in the darkness.

The novelist seemed to sense something and looked out the door, but by this time, Lin Mo had already left.

Lin Mo knew very well that the most terrifying thing in the mental hospital was not the scary patients, not the managers, and not even the missing director.

The most terrifying thing here is the novelist.

He is the only 'God' here.

If "God" is defined as the existence that created everything, then there is no problem with Lin Mo using "God" to metaphorically describe the novelist.

Although he had just looked at a small part of the manuscripts, and even just glanced at some of them, if he only looked at the key points, Lin Mo actually grasped a lot.

For example, if he wanted, he could leave the asylum right now.

Completely leaving this crazy and weird place and reaching the outside world. This seemed to be the safest and most secure way, but Lin Mo felt that since he had come here and was tricked by the businessman, he must make up for this.

Otherwise, Lin Mo will regret it.

In addition, he now knew where the 'wise man' was imprisoned, and also knew the merchant's intention to become the new dean.

If he didn't do anything, it would be totally inconsistent with Lin Mo's character.

Lin Mo has thought it through.

Let's go meet the real "wise man" first. Since even the novelist who created the wise man said that the wise man is smarter than the novelist himself, maybe the wise man really knows how to let Lin Mo go home.

After meeting the wise man, go find the old nun who is the manager of Ward 4, and finally go to Ward 3.

5000 monthly ticket

(End of this chapter)