Headache, dizziness, nausea, weakness in limbs, palpitations.
Jian Jing just woke up from a coma and found herself in the above five terrible conditions. It seemed that there was a lot of water in her ears, stuffy, her head was dizzy, and she couldn't think accurately. She instinctively wanted to struggle to sit up, but her limbs had no strength at all.
What happened to me? No, am I not dead?
She clearly remembered the moment when the blade cut through the flesh. The human body could not feel the pain, but only felt a huge fear pressing down like a mountain, and her chest was full of fear and despair.
What's going on? Am I dead, or have I been rescued?
[Alarm, alarm, the carbon monoxide content in the room exceeds the standard, the host is slightly poisoned, and it is expected to fall into a coma in 2 minutes. [After testing, the situation meets the activation conditions, and an emergency mission is now issued]
Such a voice sounded in Jian Jing's mind. In the urgent need to survive, she had no time to be surprised, and was completely attracted by the content.
Immediately, a panel jumped into her mind.
[Mission name: Escape from the suicide chamber]
[Mission description: Leave this closed room with too high a carbon monoxide concentration]
[Mission reward: Success will reward you with 10 points of courage, and failure will be your end]
For a while, a large amount of text poured in. Normally, it would take a few seconds to understand and digest it. But the system appeared directly in her mind, and there was no need to read and analyze it at all. The brain immediately understood all the contents.
Jian Jing almost understood it instantly. It was carbon monoxide poisoning!
The threat of death caused a rapid secretion of adrenaline. Even though her sore legs could not stand upright, they barely supported her body.
Jian Jing half crawled and half crawled on her knees, stumbling to the door.
She pressed the handle hard and pulled it inward, but the door would not open. After touching it carefully, she found that the gaps and the bottom of the door were covered with transparent tape.
This is a sealed room.
Her vision was upside down and spinning, stars were flashing in front of her eyes, and her head was so dizzy that she felt like she would fall into darkness at any time.
She held her breath, clenched her teeth, and desperately used her fingernails to pick the edge of the tape.
The movement was too rough, her fingernails were split, and the nerve endings felt a strong pain, but she had no intention of stopping or weakening. Instead, the pain made people more awake.
Jian Jing knew that she had to tear off the tape at all costs, otherwise not only her hands, but also her life would be lost.
She tore desperately, and finally pulled off the bottom tape.
But this little bit of fresh air was minimal, and the violent movement just now made her inhale more air containing carbon monoxide, and the weakness in her limbs worsened.
Her fingers were out of control, and it seemed that she couldn't even tell where her hands and feet were.
Give up, it's too late.
No.
Jian Jing bit the tip of her tongue and told herself desperately that she couldn't give up. She had died once, and didn't want to experience the despair of death again.
Supported by a strong will to survive, she regained some of her thinking ability, and lay down under the crack of the door, took a deep breath of the fresh air outside, and then held it tightly.
She hooked her hands on the door handle, climbed up with difficulty, and put her feet against the door frame, trying her best to pull the door inward.
The stickiness of the tape was limited, and it was inevitable that part of it would fall off due to such crazy pulling.
Unable to see where the tape was exactly, she just scratched it randomly, causing more nails to split and bleeding on the fingertips, but the effect was gratifying, and several more sections of tape were pulled off.
She moved closer to the weak air flow in the door gap, inhaled, held her breath, and repeated the process.
[System warning: 30 seconds left before coma, countdown 29, 28, 27...]
Jian Jing burst out with unprecedented strength, pressing the handle firmly with five fingers, exerting force on the leg muscles, and kicking hard with all her strength.
Swish.
The tape was pulled open.
The door opened a crack, and she fell to the ground.
[15, 14, 13...]
She could not see anything, and she could not feel her limbs at all. She did not know how to exert any strength, but relied on instinct, using her hands and feet to crawl out crookedly.
Jian Jing thought she had crawled at least ten meters, but she could not escape the dark cloud, because she hardly moved, no more than half a meter at most.
[10, 9, 8...]
Almost there, please, please.
She was like a fish thrown onto the shore, struggling in vain to get back into the water.
[5, 4, 3...]
There seemed to be a slight breeze on her face, and the light was just around the corner.
[2, 1——]
A miserable face squeezed out of the narrow crack of the door.
Half of her body was still in the room, but her head was completely exposed.
[Mission completed, system settlement in progress]
At the same time, there were hurried footsteps on the stairs. Someone ran upstairs quickly, rushed to her side, and patted her body: "Jian Jing? Jian Jing?"
There was no response. He stretched out his hand to feel her breath, breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately called: "120? Someone here is suffering from gas poisoning, please send an ambulance immediately."
Five minutes later, an ambulance with sirens blaring stopped downstairs.
"According to insiders, the 20-year-old genius novelist Jian Jing recently committed suicide at home by using gas. It is suspected that she chose to escape from this world due to excessive pressure... Jian Jing wrote the popular "White Cat Detective" at the age of 15 and won the New Writer Award that year, but in recent years, there have been no outstanding works. Has she run out of talent?"
Jian Jing put down her mobile phone and held her forehead weakly.
She has been awake for half a day from the coma. With the help of the memory in her mind and the large amount of information stored in her mobile phone, she has basically figured out the current situation.
She, Jian Jing, was reborn into her parallel world.
This "self" is much more powerful than her. He is a well-known novelist in China. At the age of 15, he published a mystery work called "White Cat Detective", which sold 100,000 copies and won the annual new writer award.
It is worth mentioning that the parallel world is different from the original world. There is no online literature, but the physical literature is very prosperous. People still mainly read physical books. Even if there is an electronic version, it is sold simultaneously after publication, unlike online literature, which is serialized while reading.
Therefore, the field of publishing houses, book companies and literary awards has become very mature, and the New Writer Award can be said to be the highest praise for new authors.
The report called Jian Jing a "genius novelist", which is not an exaggeration.
But her subsequent work "Hide and Seek Kids" did not achieve very impressive results.
Some critics said: "The narrative is boring, the tricks are boring, it is just a passing work, which is completely different from the wild imagination of White Cat." This has aroused the suspicion of some conspiracy theorists, who believe that "White Cat Detective" may not be her work.
However, at the same time, many critics also praised "Hide and Seek Kids", believing that it is beyond her age level and worthy of recognition. This argument has not been recognized by many people.
Half a month ago, her third work "Devil Doctor" was published.
The reviews were terrible.
A more moderate book critic said: "Jian Jing showed the lightness and fantasy of a young girl in White Cat, but suspenseful and serious works are not suitable for her who is too young..."
A more sharp critic only gave her four words: "Jiang Lang's talent has run out." A
more vicious critic said: "White Cat must have hired someone to write for her and blow her out of a genius writer."
Or: "The writing is childish and whining without reason, as if a primary school student is pursuing profundity."
You know, since "The Kids Playing Hide and Seek", Jian Jing in this world has been under a lot of pressure, hoping to shut those people up with "The Devil Doctor".
However, what she waited for was a flood of bad reviews and even groundless malicious speculation.
Ghostwriting and plagiarism are both unforgivable sins.
She was crushed.
When Jian Jing was reborn, it was the scene of her own suicide in the parallel world.
After seeing these reports, she naturally had some doubts - she was mediocre in another world, and the online articles she wrote were never popular, so she really became a genius in this world?
She went to read "White Cat Detective".
This is a light fantasy story. The heroine rescued a white cat from outer space and accidentally gained the ability of a cat. She became very agile, climbing trees and parkour, and her sense of smell became very sensitive, and she could smell odors that ordinary humans could not smell.
With such abilities, she became a super powerful detective and solved many complex cases.
Familiar writing style, familiar imagination, no one knows oneself better than oneself. Jian Jing was sure that White Cat was her own work, and she even wrote this story in another world.
But she was in junior high school at the time, and her parents did not want her to be distracted by writing these things, so she gave up.
Fate diverged here. The girl in the other world did not give up, but finished writing the story, polished it and submitted it to the publishing house.
The publishing house had a keen eye for literature and accepted the manuscript.
A new generation of stars rose up.
Of course, the success here was not only due to Jian Jing's personal reasons, but also closely related to the different development contexts of the two worlds.
But no matter what, Jian Jing can be sure that White Cat is her own work, and the ghostwriting is out of thin air.
This is a tragedy.
Unfortunately, it has already happened, and there is no point in saying anything.
Jian Jing adjusted her depressed mood in time and began to consider another important thing.
What's the matter with the system that echoes in her mind?
[Hello host, welcome to use this system. The system defaults to smart mode, just concentrate and turn it on]
[The emergency mission has been completed, please claim your reward as soon as possible]
The smart system is indeed smart, it does what it says, it is neither cute nor cold, and it is maximally friendly to newbies.
Jian Jing pondered for a moment and tried to convey the message: "Where are you from, why did you choose me, what is the price of binding you, can you unbind me?"
[After testing, the host's ability to survive in this world is weak. This system will provide guidance to the host and help the host have a healthy life.]
[There is no cost to bind the system. When the system detects that the host has the ability to live independently, it will automatically unbind him.]
Jian Jing couldn't help wondering: "I have healthy limbs and a normal mind, why don't I have the ability to live independently?"
[The system is under review, and the system detection is correct. ]
[The emergency mission has been completed, please claim your reward as soon as possible.]
Jian Jing thought about it and followed its meaning: "Claim your reward."
The settlement panel popped up in her mind.
[Emergency Mission: Escape from the Suicide Chamber (Completed)]
[Mission Reward: 10 points of courage, an additional 50% bonus to the novice mission reward, 10*1.5=15 points]
[Note: Courage can be used to draw cards (normal), 5 points each time]
[Do you want to start drawing cards?]
The card drawing system... It won't cost you money later, right? Jian Jing instinctively wanted to wash her hands, but held back.
She was still on drip, so it was better not to bother her: "Yes."
[Cards being drawn]