Chapter 166

Unlike the world that Xu Zhuangyan lived in, this world has clear boundaries.

The pier is the edge of this world, and beyond the edge is endless darkness. Xu Zhuangyan also tried to step into this darkness, but he always returned to the second or third ring road in a daze after walking for a while.

This darkness is also the only place where it is possible to refresh the exit.

The so-called "exit" refers to the door. The strange thing is that those doors may always exist when viewed from the outside, but they are often invisible when observed from the inside.

They only appear briefly when a new door is opened or a new person enters through the "door", and then disappear silently after a while. People who come in may not fall directly near the exit, but are more likely to fall directly to the second ring, the third ring or the old city.

Besides the dead, the only people who come in are monsters. For monsters, it doesn't matter where they fall. For the dead, if they fall in the old city, it's basically the same as settling there. If they fall in the third ring, she may still be able to pick them up, but if they fall in the second ring, there will probably be no future

. For the spirits trapped here, the appearance of these doors is also their only chance to leave under normal circumstances.

The problem is that there is another bad rule in this place - only spirits with complete souls can see the refreshed "doors".

This directly killed a large number of spirits. After all, in this place, the loss of souls is as common as the sub-health of people outside. Even if someone can see it, the dead cannot move at will, and it is impossible for them to fly out in the form of moths. Only monsters can go out; however, monsters are more likely to go crazy than the dead, and are more likely to lose the idea of ​​"leaving". Even if you see a door, it is hard to say whether you can think of the word "out".

It is better if you simply can't think

of it. I am afraid that I don't know how to run, and I will use the "door" that appears as a food trap, hiding beside it and waiting for an opportunity to bite other beings that rush over...Xu Zhuangyan has never seen such a thing. In fact, the only time she saw a door appear was when her adopted daughter came in. Those descriptions of the door were also found in certain buildings when she explored the old city and the pier alone before. Someone hid a lot of written records there—

some were left by companions who arrived here before her, and some were obviously written by strangers. Some people's narrations were already disorganized, but they still tried to record everything they observed; some people's handwriting was ugly and puzzling, and there were obvious cat paw prints next to the traces left.

After leaving the records, some people walked towards the lighthouse without looking back to try their luck. Some people chose to continue to linger at the pier, waiting for the door that would appear at any time. Xu Zhuangyan didn't know what happened to those people in the end. She only knew that when she touched the pier, it was basically completely empty. There was not even a dead person, only empty and dilapidated buildings.

...It was like a dead village.

Has anyone really escaped from here?

Riding into the area again, Xu Zhuangyan felt the silence and desolation all around, and couldn't help asking this question.

Then she waved her hand habitually to drive away the moths that had surrounded her car at some point, turned the car around expressionlessly, and drove off in another direction.

Xu Zhuangyan's destination this time was a complete three-story villa in the "pier".

This was a transfer station she had specially prepared for the departing "French Fries". All spirits that were deemed suitable to leave would be taken here to stay for a period of time.

If during this period of time, the lighthouse and its minions did not respond, Xu Zhuangyan would officially arrange for them to leave.

This period of time will also be used for some psychological counseling, to help stabilize their emotions and so on... so that they can adapt to the new environment as quickly as possible after leaving here.

... After all, at the beginning, there were indeed cases where people were sent away directly and did not react, and after returning to the living world, they were frightened and almost collapsed.

And the dead people sent back here seem to have some unstable souls. Xu Zhuangyan once heard Lando mention that many dead people would spray moths when they opened their mouths after returning, so Xu Ming had to take the trouble to catch them, catch them and put them back... It was very troublesome.

This seems to be an inevitable phenomenon, so in order to avoid causing trouble for Xu Ming, Xu Zhuangyan will now control the number of people smuggling in, and only send one or two at a time. Although this is slow, it is at least safer.

Like this time, the two little girls' souls are about to be sent away. When Xu Zhuangyan went in, the two of them were sitting on the floor on the first floor, playing head to head with the jigsaw puzzle she had sent earlier.

Noticing Xu Zhuangyan coming in, they both looked up and greeted her slowly. Xu Zhuangyan responded and walked inside with his bag. Hearing a strange noise coming from the kitchen, he curiously looked over and saw a "Landor" standing in front of the stove, clumsily poking the microwave button.

The microwave is a built-in decoration of this building. It has no function except making noises. Xu Zhuangyan tilted his head in confusion for a while and couldn't help but speak:

"You don't need to eat. You should know this, right?"

"Landuo" was startled by her and turned his head hurriedly, revealing empty eye sockets. After a pause, he showed a somewhat restrained smile:

"Sorry, we didn't have these where I lived before. So I was a little curious."

Xu Zhuangyan: "... Curious about the microwave? Are you a cat?"

"It makes me feel friendly." "Landuo" said seriously, "And, um... that, please don't insult me..."

Xu Zhuangyan: "..." What insult? What did I insult you about?

It's inexplicable, but it doesn't look like an act. Xu Zhuangyan's mouth twitched slightly, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything. Instead, he pointed in the direction of the living room: "How are those two girls doing recently?"

"Very good." "Landuo" said without hesitation, "They are in a stable mood. They also know what will happen next." "

Where are the spirits in bedrooms 2 and 3?" Xu Zhuangyan asked again.

In addition to the two girls, other spirits have also been moved here and are also in the observation period.

"Landuo" blinked slowly, counted on his fingers, and counted them one by one to Xu Zhuangyan. He spoke slowly, but very carefully and methodically.

Xu Zhuangyan usually has too many things to do, so he is responsible for taking care of "French Fries" and psychological counseling. This is why Xu Zhuangyan specially brought him here.

...Of course, the other "Landor" was also brought in.

But he was not on the first floor. Usually at this time, he would curl up on the bed on the second floor.

The bed was still the iron-frame bed from the university dormitory, with a table underneath. Because when he was brought over, the other "Landor" refused to leave the bed and clung to the bed frame and refused to let go. Xu Zhuangyan could no longer bear it, so he simply didn't even use the rule book, and directly carried the person and the bed downstairs, put them on the tricycle, and dragged them all the way here. Although

that guy was very stubborn, he was smart. After being dragged to this villa, he found an empty room that day, moved the bed over by himself, tucked it up, and never showed up again.

Xu Zhuangyan admitted that he had some calculations in mind when he went to move him specifically. On the one hand, he is a part of her daughter's friends, and she can't just leave him alone; on the other hand, she has talked with the original Landor and knows that this guy is a collection of his negative emotions in a sense. For the sake of safety, it is better to keep a close eye on him.

But it must be said that although this guy is autistic and stubborn, his temper is surprisingly good and he never causes trouble. And even though he has been shrinking and ignoring everyone, he is very sensitive to the atmosphere and changes in the outside world. Sometimes when there are hunting monsters passing by nearby, he knows to remind the other "Landor" in time to close the windows and doors in time...

At least as a warning dog, he is still very qualified.

Xu Zhuangyan thought with emotion, and it happened that the "Landor" in front of her finished reporting at this moment, and she nodded quickly to show that she understood. He turned around and was about to go out, but suddenly he seemed to think of something, and he stopped abruptly, turned his head and looked at him thoughtfully.

"I say." After a moment of silence, Xu Zhuangyan said slowly, "It seems that you two can go out soon, right?"

"Landuo" seemed to be stunned. After a moment of silence, he lowered his eyelids:

"If you think you don't need it anymore."

"What the hell." Xu Zhuangyan couldn't help but complain, "Am I a capitalist? Do I have to squeeze your value dry before I can let you go?"

"Landuo": "...but you need help here."

"I just need you to stop causing me trouble." Xu Zhuangyan raised his hand, and his long nails pointed back without question, "Okay, then it's settled first. After this batch of spirits are sent out, you and that stubborn guy should get ready, and then go out together."

"Landuo": "But if that's the case..."

"If that's the case, at least your bodies can be restored to fullness first." Xu Zhuangyan said, "Otherwise, he has to go back and lie down for half a month every time he comes. What a problem. I was still hoping that he would send more things over."

"Landuo" stopped talking, tilted his head slightly, and a bit of confusion appeared on his face. Xu Zhuangyan made the final decision without saying anything more, and turned to walk out. Her remaining eyes swept across the moth resting on the door frame, and then quickly retracted her gaze.

In fact, there is another reason, which she did not say.

The sound of moths can sometimes be heard only by fate. As luck would have it, she could just hear the sound of the moth split from "Landuo".

I want to see her, I want to see her, I want to see her, I want to see her, I want to see her... The same words have been ringing endlessly since moving to the villa, making people feel upset. She

spoke as if she didn't want to. Thinking about it this way, it's even more annoying.

Just send her away directly, at least get some peace and quiet...

Besides, it would be too sad if none of the same thoughts could be realized.

Xu Zhuangyan pondered silently, and in a blink of an eye he had walked back to the living room.

The two little girls were still sitting on the floor playing, with faint smiles on their pale faces.

Xu Zhuangyan yawned, opened the bag skillfully, and took out a lot of picture books and educational toys for entertainment. He went upstairs to distribute them to other "chips", then found a secluded place, picked up the work badge on his chest with difficulty, and tried to write on it.

Knowing that she would often use the rule book for transportation, Xu Ming had specially informed other holders of the replicas not to release the spirits she had absorbed into the rule book at will; conversely, if she needed to smuggle, she had to try to say hello to Xu Ming first.

Because Lando had not been here recently, the only thing she could do was to leave a message on her work badge. But this is a bit difficult for her - her hands are now severely mutated, and she can no longer hold a pen to write.

Fortunately, she has her own way of remedy - perhaps because the appearance of the mutation is more like a spider, silk sacs have mutated under her fingernails. As long as she tries hard, she can pull out thin and flexible black silk threads.

She used the silk threads to spell words on her work name card, trying to spell each word correctly. The silk threads are slightly active, so sometimes they move a few times to themselves. Whenever this happens, Xu Zhuangyan will frown and knock on the blank space twice with his fingernails in a warning - then the silk threads will shrink slightly, and return to their original positions with their heads down.

It's like a child who was forced to sit on the chair, but still can't stand the loneliness. But fortunately, they were obedient.

After finishing the puzzle, Xu Zhuangyan checked it carefully several times. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he cut the thread with confidence, got up and went back to the living room.

Things were very simple after that. The two girls had already prepared themselves mentally. Xu Zhuangyan only needed to say hello to them, and then mark out two special areas in the rule book and absorb them into them.

After that, it all depended on how Xu Ming arranged it. Xu Zhuangyan remembered that Landor said that they had three strange stories that could be used for resettlement. One was owned by the employees, and two were outsourced. The relationship between the domain lord and Xu Ming was very good, and the environment was also very good. Not to mention the one they owned, the two outsourced strange stories were a luxury hotel and a hospital, which were very suitable for souls like them who had been away from home for a long time to recuperate slowly.

After they are well, they can decide for themselves whether to stay or leave. You can choose to stay in one of the strange stories for a long time, or you can officially join the demolition and relocation office and do some simple work. Anyway, as long as you don't take off your work badge, the demolition and relocation office will always be able to provide basic guarantees.

Hey... Thinking about it this way, my daughter is also a big boss who started a business.

Looking at the rule book in front of him, Xu Zhuangyan closed his eyes and exhaled deeply. The next second, she couldn't help but yawn again.

She seemed to be even more sleepy. She sighed helplessly, quickly picked up the bag on the table, went out, got on the car, and hurried to another building.

This building was simpler than the previous villa. It was just a small bungalow built by herself. The door was locked, and through the door panel, rustling sounds could be heard inside.

Xu Zhuangyan took out the key from the milk box at the door with ease, opened the door clumsily, and the first thing he saw when he entered the room was the light of the TV.

To be precise, it was not a TV, but a laptop. Opposite the computer was an empty sofa, and behind the sofa was a tall dead tree.

A hole was dug in the center of the dead tree, with a fence at the entrance and a rag doll in the hole. At this moment, the doll was facing the computer, sitting upright, with the light from the screen shining on its face, making it look strange and weird.

The computer was playing a video, and the rustling sound I heard just now came from this.

"Why don't you turn on the light?" Xu Zhuangyan complained habitually and turned on the light. The room suddenly became brighter. She took a few steps forward, looked at the screen on the computer, and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"It's the same drama again. You've watched it several times."

The room was quiet and no one responded to her. Xu Zhuangyan didn't care. He found a place to sit down, opened his bag, and put things on the table one by one.

"Knowing that you like old dramas, I asked my daughter to buy you some more discs. You can take a look later. I'll change the discs for you if there's anything you want to watch. And that Yang Duoduo... I specifically asked about it. There's only one adapted TV drama. The rest are just radio dramas and books. Since you can't read books in your condition, I brought you a cell phone with cached radio dramas in it..."

She spoke in great detail, but there was still only the sound of the TV in the house, and no one responded.

Xu Zhuangyan didn't care. He took out all the things and put them away in a place.

This is called a one-room bungalow, but the interior looks much more refined than the previous villa. There are special CD racks and electrical appliance storage cabinets. The cabinet on the other side is filled with various wine bottles. Under the wine cabinet, there is a very beautiful box. When you open the box, you will find brand new mahjong tiles.

This was also obtained by Xu Zhuangyan through Xu Ming. In her words, this is called positive stimulation. It is used to arouse the desires deep in the hearts of some people.

This is also the only house in the entire pier with electricity - of course, the electricity was obtained by Xu Zhuangyan using the rule book. It is not very stable, but it is barely enough. At present, it is only applicable to this house, and even her own residence cannot be connected. It is reasonable to suspect that this is because this room is farthest from the lighthouse and is least disturbed.

Xu Zhuangyan is not a talkative person, but she was particularly talkative at this moment. She was carrying things around and talking to herself. As she was talking, she somehow talked about yesterday's dream and couldn't help but sneer.

"That bastard wants to trouble me in my dream again." She took a drink from the cabinet and said casually, "I have had the same dream these days... Fortunately, I am smart and I paid attention after I almost got fooled the first time." "Fortunately,

Mingming gave me a rule book, which came in handy... Hey, you know what, flipping through a book like this seems to be cooler than just hugging a root."

There was still no one talking in the room, but the sound of the TV suddenly stopped.

Xu Zhuangyan turned around and found that the disc had ended. Just as I was about to replay it, I heard a crackling sound - the tree next to me suddenly twisted slightly.

As it twisted, a blurry human face appeared on the rough bark.

"...radio drama." The person with the human face had difficulty opening his mouth, but finally made a sound. The voice was thin and it was a female voice. "How much?"

Xu Zhuangyan: "..."

"No." She retracted her hand that was reaching for the computer. "I just said so much, and you only heard a radio drama?"

Shu Ren: "..."

Shu Ren: "Mobile phone, how much?"

Xu Zhuangyan: "…………"

"Don't worry about how many times I've talked about money. My daughter is now cooperating with the official, and they pay for most of it..." Xu Zhuangyan took a restrained breath, "You said that you were a rich woman who bought the house directly before, why are you calculating so carefully now?"

"I don't want to owe you." Shu Ren said briefly, his black hole-like eyes blinked, and his gaze fell on the computer not far away.

Xu Zhuangyan understood and walked forward, took out the CD from the computer's reader, found the corresponding lower part from the cabinet, and put it into the computer.

The computer made a buzzing sound. She put away her things, moved a chair, sat next to the tree man, and watched TV with her.

Something seemed to be shaking gently above her head. Xu Zhuangyan raised her head quietly, and saw a bunch of dogwood hanging on the dead branch above her head.

A bunch of dried dogwood.

Xu Zhuangyan: "..."

After a while, she tentatively asked: "Old Yang?"

"Yeah." The tree man responded slowly, "Ah?"

"No problem." Xu Zhuangyan changed his posture to make himself more comfortable.

"You should talk more. Talking more helps to activate your thinking. You are always silent, and I am always afraid that you will fall asleep again one day."

Tree Man: "..."

Tree Man: "Oh."

After that, he was silent again.

He just squinted his empty eyes and looked at the screen not far away seriously.

He looked very serious.

Speaking of which, Lao Yang and Xu Zhuangyan came in at about the same time.

It's just that after coming in, he landed directly in the old city. And Lao Yang was separated from her because of closing the door. Later, Xu Zhuangyan found out that she and Xu Ling landed in the third ring.

Both of them had been alienated before entering the door. In terms of degree, Lao Yang's condition before entering the door was better than his own-compared to that time, Lao Yang was still the building manager. As for herself, she had to hide in a single room in a unit building and isolate herself to maintain her barely sanity.

But Lao Yang's luck after entering the door was not as good as hers. She fell into the most peaceful old city, and after waking up, she directly picked up the work badge thrown in by her adopted daughter. Lao Yang fell into the crazy Sanhuan, with only Xu Ling by her side.

In order to control Xu Ling and prevent it from running around, she had to dig a hole in her body and lock Xu Ling, who had recovered into a root state, in it. This enhanced her strength to a certain extent, but from another perspective...

it accelerated the speed at which her sanity fell.

When Xu Zhuangyan finally found her, she looked like an ordinary tree, the only difference being that there was a doll in her tree body and a bunch of dogwood was hung on the branches.

Silent and motionless, she would not respond to anything you said to her. Only when someone tried to attack her would she reluctantly raise her powerful branch and swat the person away.

Xu Zhuangyan was no exception.

Xu Ming hadn't come in yet, and she only had an ID card in her hand. She had no choice but to give the ID card to Lao Yang first, and go to talk to her every day - she didn't speak very well at that time, but her articulation was better than a tree.

After a while, the tree seemed to recognize her and was no longer so aggressive. She found an opportunity, dug up the tree, dragged it all the way to the old city, and found a building to hide in.

The ID card plays a big role in stabilizing the soul, but in this place, it seems that many people need this. She needs it too. Xu Zhuangyan had no choice but to take the work badge back and then send it to Shu regularly for him to wear for a few days. She didn't know if this would work. Anyway, in her impression, a tree was always a tree, a cold tree that didn't respond to the outside world at all.

Until Xu Ming came and left. He left her a bunch of work badges. Xu Zhuangyan very generously distributed them to all the spirits he was familiar with; not long after, she received a copy of the rule book shared by Xu Ming, and not long after, she saw Landor who came to give gifts.

So soon, the empty branches were hung with work badges, like a Christmas tree with work badges as the theme; one day later, Xu Zhuangyan rode a tricycle and dragged the Christmas tree with work badges from the Third Ring Road all the way to the old city, and then to the pier, and found the house farthest from the lighthouse and carefully delivered it in.

She could feel that the tree was responding to the outside world. Sometimes, the branches would move cautiously. But this didn't seem to be enough.

She had no one else to turn to, so she could only ask when Landor came. Not long after, Landor reappeared with a lot of bags, and a tablet was specially stuffed inside.

"Mingming asked a professional, and he said that more stimulation might help recovery." Landor took out the tablet and taught Xu Zhuangyan how to use it. "There are cached data in it, you can show it to her. I also brought several power banks, you can try to see if they can be used."

The data he was referring to was the Baby Bus cached in the tablet - Xu Ming felt that this more "basic" stimulation might be useful.

Xu Zhuangyan seemed to understand what he said, and tried to write down everything he said. He accidentally noticed that there were account records in the video software of this tablet, and asked another question out of curiosity. Landor was frank:

"This is Mingming's good friend. This tablet was given by her. She said that you have given too much and she can't do anything, so she gave this..."

Xu Zhuangyan was very moved when he first knew that Xu Ming had a living friend who knew him well. He was more careful when using the tablet in the future.

Fearing that it would be inconvenient for her to use, Qiu Yufei even gave her a matching capacitive pen. This made Xu Zhuangyan have a better impression of her - therefore, when he found a TV series called "Love is Blooming" from the tablet's cache, Xu Zhuangyan did not hesitate for a second, and naturally thought that this was also part of the reconstruction data.

So every time he came over, he would show it to the work badge Christmas tree.

The first time, the tree didn't react.

The second time, the tree still didn't react.

The third time, Xu Zhuangyan noticed that the branches of the tree would curl up when the video was played, and there were traces of the roots digging into the ground at the bottom of the tree.

The fourth time, the traces of digging into the ground were more obvious.

The fifth time, a human face vaguely appeared on the trunk of the tree, and it didn't look very happy.

The sixth time, the tree finally spoke.

The first sentence was, "It's so ugly."

The second sentence was, "Da Zhuang, change the disc."

Da Zhuang didn't change the disc.

Da Zhuang stood up and hugged her, hugging her so hard that his thorny arms plowed two shallow gashes in the tree.

So Lao Yang said the third sentence.

She said, get out.

After waking up, Lao Yang was still very quiet.

But her condition was visibly getting better.

The performance includes but is not limited to, the faces on the tree trunks are becoming clearer and clearer, and the speech is becoming more and more organized. He will take the initiative to ask for all the extra work badges hanging on the branches to be removed, and he will order by himself and watch old movies.

These are not stored in the tablet. Xu Zhuangyan simply asked for a computer that can play discs from outside, and asked for a bunch of discs. She originally planned to get a hand-cranked generator, but found that the rule book can directly modify the relevant rules, so she didn't waste the effort.

Surprisingly, the movie "Love is Blooming" that stimulated people to wake up, Lao Yang was smacking the taste. A while ago, I urged Xu Zhuangyan to watch the second part, but when Xu Zhuangyan asked, he found out that the drama was adapted from a novel, and only the first season was filmed.

Xu Zhuangyan even asked, when will the next part be filmed?

Lando took something out of his snakeskin bag and answered skillfully, "Not sure, maybe the year after next. But that's only the second season."

Xu Zhuangyan: "......?"

Lando: "The original novel is a quick travel, and the heroine Yang Duoduo traveled through fifteen worlds in total. The TV series only filmed the first world. According to this volume, if the show is not cut, it will probably take more than ten seasons."

Xu Zhuangyan was stunned: "When will it be finished?"

"I don't know." Lando was very honest, "Anyway, it will definitely not be finished before you go out."

"..." At that time, Xu Zhuangyan stared at him in silence for a long time.

For a moment, he couldn't tell who was worse at talking, him or Old Yang.

"…But now that I think about it, what the kid said seemed quite pleasing to the ear."

In the lighted bungalow, Xu Zhuangyan sat on the sofa chair, drinking intermittently, his head swaying under the tree branches:

"Maybe when that Duoduo is finished filming, we can just watch it together outside."

"…" This time the tree was silent again.

She just gently lowered the branch holding the dry dogwood and rubbed Xu Zhuangyan's head silently.

After drinking for almost half an episode of the TV series, Xu Zhuangyan began to yawn again.

A stronger sleepiness came over her, and she knew that she had to leave.

The tree trunk twisted slightly, turned a pair of dark eyes to look at her, and said softly: "Don't you want to sit down again?"

"No, I'll go back to sleep later." Xu Zhuangyan slapped her face hard, "I have to take those little fringe items with me on the road..."

She muttered, and she had already walked out the door. On her hand hung the big bag that was still much heavier.

After finding her tricycle, she took out a horn from the bag, carefully fixed it on the front of the car, and rode back along the way she came.

Time was passing, but the light of the lighthouse in the distance seemed to be brighter. There were many more moths in the sky, flying aimlessly among the buildings, like lost people who had lost their direction and could not tell where to go.

Xu Zhuangyan knew that later on, the light of the lighthouse would be brighter - and then, some, or even all, of these moths would fly directly towards the lighthouse in a daze.

Some might wake up halfway and go back to their bodies, while others might just stay lost until they are swallowed by the light.

But Xu Zhuangyan didn't like it. Having made up her mind to go head-to-head with the lighthouse, she thought it would be good to let the other party eat one less bite.

So she skillfully honked the horn on the front of the car. Some hoarse mechanical sounds rang out on the silent street:

[Recycling, old mobile phones, broken mobile phones, refrigerators, color TVs, old computers, air conditioners...]

[Recycling, old cell phones, broken cell phones...]

[Recycling...]

The sound waves full of the flavor of the market floated in the air, loud and long.

Then the sound of flapping wings was heard one after another -

those lost souls instinctively followed the sound and fell, surrounded Xu Zhuangyan, and moved forward with her, as if they were circling a moving lamp made of sound.

...Although from the shape, Xu Zhuangyan felt that she might be more like a walking fly basket.

The fly basket rode all the way back to the residence. Xu Zhuangyan turned over and got off the car, carefully covered the baby tricycle with monster skin, and then went into the house with a horn, leading all the moths into the house.

Close the doors and windows. She was still conscious. She quickly sorted out the things in the room, put the rule book and the remaining work badges under the pillow, thought for a while, wrote an extra note and stuffed it into the pillow. After a while

, she was sleepy to the extreme. Xu Zhuangyan estimated that he really couldn't hold on any longer, sighed resignedly, lay down, and closed his eyes gently amid the chatter of moths.

When he opened his eyes again, he heard the sound of millet being put into the pot.

Followed by the gurgling sound of running water, and the voice of the adopted daughter came from outside the door, reminding her to get up and prepare for dinner.

Xu Zhuangyan responded muffledly, feeling vaguely that something seemed to be wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

She habitually stayed in bed for a while, and finally got up and went out. She and her adopted daughter were the only ones at home. The latter was busy in the kitchen, constantly calling her to come over and have a look. Xu Zhuangyan took two steps and then stopped. For some reason, he instinctively felt that he shouldn't go over. He

really wanted to see her. But the sense of disharmony in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Fortunately, she soon figured out the source of this disharmony -

she found a receipt.

The receipt for buying fruit in the supermarket was hidden at the bottom of the fruit plate, with words written on both sides.

On the front was a messy list of products, with types and prices printed in a mess; on the back were dense black characters that looked like they were printed, but when you touched them, you could feel the obvious protrusions of the strokes.

The first sentence was: [Don't doubt, everything you see is fake.

[You are just dreaming]

As if to prove the credibility of this sentence, some of the strokes moved restlessly the moment Xu Zhuangyan's eyes swept over it.

It was like a child who was forced to sit on a chair, but still couldn't stand the loneliness.

For some reason, the moment he noticed this, Xu Zhuangyan didn't feel any discomfort - instead, he felt a sense of relief.

The adopted daughter was still busy in the kitchen, accompanied by the sound of millet porridge gurgling. She instinctively looked back to make sure there were no prying eyes around, then she seized the time and continued to scan the pages.

Although her memory was still vague, the handwriting on the paper gave her an unexpected sense of familiarity. As she read on, this sense of familiarity became stronger, until when she saw the last line, it turned into a handful of flames and exploded in her mind.

Her eyes widened, and after a moment, they gradually became calm. A voice calling "adopted daughter" came from the kitchen, Xu Zhuangyan raised his eyes, but ignored it. He walked straight to the bedroom and closed the door.

The bright sunlight passed through the window, casting a thin layer on the balcony. Xu Zhuangyan closed her eyes and took a deep breath, greedily feeling the false sunlight, letting the bedroom door bang on by the "adopted daughter" who rushed over.

She picked up the receipt again, looked at it in the sunlight for a while, and after a moment, she smiled softly, folded it up casually, and put it in her pocket.

Only the words she had read were left, echoing in her mind over and over again:

- [You are in your dream, and it is also in your dream.

[It is not her, don't believe what it says, it is not your daughter.

[Don't look directly at it, no matter what it asks.

[Don't let it find this note, it will learn its lesson next time.

[Don't eat the fruit. Don't eat anything it gives. They are the seeds of fear.

[It has no reflection, so reflective objects are safe. But remember, there are no mirrors in this room. Never look for the mirror.

[It will pretend to be her, and you are safe at this time. If it gives up the role, quickly find a way to protect yourself, and never give up the role.

[Don't try to control the dream, it will find out. Don't let it know that you have found out. It will give up the role.

[Don't try to wake up by suicide, that won't work.

[Except for food and the mirror, there is no threat. You can go back to sleep or go to the balcony to bask in the sun.

[The millet porridge does not exist, it is the anchor you set for yourself, and it only exists in your mind.

[Always pay attention to the status of the millet porridge. When it burns too much, you will wake up with an explosion.

[Finally, no matter how uncomfortable it is, don't get lost. Your daughter is waiting for you outside.

[You must believe that you will meet each other in the end.

[Strange Stories Demolition Office]

Qiu Yufei: A hidden boss dedicated to spreading Yang Duoduo's virus everywhere.

Let us warmly congratulate Yang Duoduo for successfully breaking through the limit. After breaking through the door, unifying the world is just around the corner! [bushi]

By the way, the first extra chapter ends here, and I will work hard on the second one.

What should I do if I can't finish writing in mid-November [Cover face]