Chapter 78 (End of Volume 1) The End and the Beginning
The figures inside and outside the mirror all have their backs to Yu Liang, and after looking at them for a long time, they are still a bit eye-catching.
Yu Liang couldn't help but shiver, his eyes focused on the words of the flyer.
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Escape room!
Single player story!
Beautiful NPC one-on-one service!
Thriller, exciting, fantasy journey.
A conscience game, players have three lives and three chances.
The domestic suspense drama [Prison Mirror] will be launched on April 21st. We look forward to your arrival.
"The amount of information is a bit large, but why is it in such a vulgar way?" Yu Liang muttered, reading the text information from top to bottom again.
Obviously, this is not someone's prank, it is a warning to myself, and the content in the flyer is my reminder for the next copy of Kaitan World.
So what this means is...
The next time is a single-player dungeon with three lives, and the content of the dungeon is closely related to the mirror.
Oh, by the way, there is also a beautiful NPC, although this is not very critical.
This was completely different from the previous strange stories in the zoo, and Yu Liang was a little unclear about its approach.
But from a superficial point of view, this is still an "escape" type copy, but the setting of these three lives...
Well, this is definitely not a benefit for novice players like Yu Liang. There is only one reason for this setting.
This single-player instance is more dangerous than imagined.
Yu Liang sighed, looked at the mirror sent by Ghost Story World, and threw a "check" on it.
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mirror
Name: Mirror
Texture: metal
Note: An ordinary mirror can be used to look in the mirror.
Besides nonsense, it seems like this mirror has no weird properties and has nothing to do with ghost stories or anything like that.
Of course, it is also possible that we will have to wait until April 21 to reveal the true face of this mirror.
April 21st, which means there are still three days left.
Yu Liang wrote down the date in his mind, and suddenly felt a little depressed.
Are you going to enter a new copy so soon?
He hasn't written much of the book yet. He hasn't finished the first zoo chapter yet, and he doesn't really need extra inspiration.
Is there a way to escape the copy?
He rummaged through the page for a while, but he didn't see a button like "Uninstall."
But speaking of it, is there a way to exit this ghost story world?
Just like in Infinite Horror, if you say that you can leave here by collecting as many points as you want, you won't have to let him enter the world of ghost stories and explore with a group of young people in their twenties and thirties when he is seventy or eighty years old, right?
Although it is very likely that he died in a copy of the ghost story before that.
Forget it, I don’t want to think about it so much anymore, just take it one step at a time and let’s talk about it when the time comes.
Wait a minute.
Single player copy?
Yu Liang blinked, only now did he react.
If it's a single-player dungeon, wouldn't there be other players?
What about creation?
If he cannot kill other players with alienated professions, he cannot create characters with alienated professions...
Can we only create an ordinary character to test the waters first?
I feel a bit shortchanged.
Ever since he got his first character with an alienated profession, Yu Liang's requirements for character creation suddenly became higher.
There is no way, and you can't blame him for treating them differently. The gap between alienated professions and non-alienated professions is really too big. For any tourist who wants to become stronger, alienated professions are an indispensable step.
The created character is like a free gift. It can be used once in each round of dungeons. It seems that it is not used in vain. Even creating an ordinary character seems to be better than not creating it at all.
However, it only looks like this. Yu Liang has to consider the uncertainty of creation. It may be better to create a cunning, cunning and ruthless character, at least not stupid.
What if we create a silly supporting character that is common in horror movies? He screams when he encounters a monster, falls before he can take two steps, looks like a virgin from time to time, and thinks that weird creatures have human rights...
God, that was a nightmare.
Even if you are weak, you may still cheat him, so you need to think carefully about whether it is necessary to create something.
"Mirror?" She seemed to have just finished a game plot. After saving the file, she put down the controller and looked at Yu Liang, "Is it the ghost story copy you want to participate in next time?"
"Well, three days later." Yu Liang nodded. He opened the Writer's Assistant on his mobile phone. After not looking at it for a while, he added hundreds of comments in one breath. Looking at the number of collections, he found that it had reached a terrifying five thousand.
For a new book that was just released today and has yet to be signed, this is a terrifying increase.
Generally, only popular and great authors get this kind of treatment.
It's just that a series of nicknames in the comment area are "Reader 2023xxxxxx". It seems that many people have never used Dianma Reading before, and they all came to the new account because of Yu Liang's posts.
With this kind of data, there should be no problem in signing a contract, right?
Yu Liangliang thought as he walked back to the bedroom, he wanted to see what Li Huachao was going to do next.
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Suspense Editorial Office.
"I...go!" An exclamation came from the corner of the office.
It's almost time to get off work, and most of the editors have finished their work for the day. The suspense team is a less popular channel, and the workload is not heavy, so they are basically waiting for get off work, replying to KouKouLi one after another.
of authors.
Bidige
So the sudden exclamation instantly caught their attention.
"Why, you have another author with thousands of subscriptions under your belt?" someone joked.
"No." The editor "Dalong" who spoke out shook his head, "I just saw a new book, it's too exaggerated."
"What's wrong?"
"A new account. The book just opened today is called "The Bizarre Adventures of Li Hua Chao". It costs 5,000 yuan and pays to read 1,300 yuan." Editor Dalong continued, "Has it been submitted to you? It's the vest of that great god.
Did the news leak out?"
Normally, there are two ways for an author to publish a book. Either they publish the book directly. After the book is reviewed, it goes into the library and is reviewed by all the editors of the editorial team. Anyone who likes it will sign it; or it is specially delivered to an editor's mailbox.
If the editor thinks it is good, he can directly sign the contract.
Generally speaking, the latter is more efficient, so generally experienced authors will submit their work directly to their favorite editor.
"No."
"No."
The other editors shook their heads, and some of them wondered: "Isn't there something wrong with the title of this book? How dare a master to choose such a self-proclaimed and popular title?"
"It's not an internal investment, is it really a newcomer?" Editor Dalong took a look at the collection overview. Nearly half of them were newly created accounts, so he knew it in his mind. "This brush doesn't look very smart. Why?
Some of them start trading before they even sign a contract.”
"really."
"The title of this book doesn't look too clever. I guess it's just for the second generation of rich people to write a book for fun, so I won't care about it for now."
"If you don't sign, I'll sign. Just do it before signing the contract. Don't make an initial order of over 10,000 yuan after it's put on the shelves. If you do it, it's performance. If you can't do it, that's self-deception. If you do it well, it's called operations, right?"
The editor joked, but he was just talking.
As far as the general environment is concerned, the people in their editorial team still despise authors who disturb the order of the library by brushing data, and they brush up as many points as possible without signing a contract. If they sign a contract, the public opinion will not be good.
The editors dispersed one after another and started fishing again until they got off work.
There are many similar authors every month. At most, this person is more exaggerated than the previous ones. It can be regarded as a conversation piece after dinner, but it will not shock them too much.
But Dalong in the corner searched the book curiously. It was almost time to get off work now, so why not go check out the situation? Maybe there is other fun to be had.
Li Huachao's Bizarre Adventure...
That’s it, it doesn’t even have a book cover.
After looking at the number of words and chapters, there are more than 8,000 words in three chapters, a seedling among seedlings.
He did not rush to click on the book to read, but first opened the book review area to take a look. If a book was a brush, the words in the review area would be able to tell some clues.
However, as soon as I clicked on the comment area, a series of "Read it, I can't sleep at night, please update it quickly" made the editor feel numb.
Well, this kind of comments can indeed be seen everywhere. It has long become a meme in the Internet literary circle. It is not considered a fake comment.
"Hurry up and sign the contract, I want to reward you!"
"How many kinds of animals are there in the average zoo? Are there several types of animal 'elephant'?"
"I dare not get out of bed after watching this in the middle of the night. Author, please pay for my pants^_^"
"It only took one chapter to write the protagonist's story, but the vileness is already evident on the page, awesome."
"If there really is someone like Li Huachao... he will probably be beaten to death directly."
Dalong touched his chin. These comments were not very repetitive. It seemed that everyone had their own opinions. This did not seem like a fake comment.
He glanced at the recommendation votes, there were only more than 2,000 votes, and he began to doubt his judgment just now.
Generally speaking, novice brushers like to brush up recommendation votes, but veterans know that it is the most unnecessary thing to brush up and has no value. Therefore, if the recommendation ticket for a newcomer's new book is very exaggerated, it basically cannot avoid "operation"
Two words.
But this zoo...
Is it a strange story about a zoo?
Yesterday, I came across a short video. It really has a sense of atmosphere and is very brilliant. The person who can write such strange rules must be a genius. It is not very strange for the work to attract followers.
He scrolled down a bit, and the words of some comments made him keenly aware that something was wrong.
"Keep writing, maybe we can create a rule-based weird talk flow."
"The writing, plot and settings are all excellent, and it still has the flavor of the post."
"I come to this forum because of its reputation. The author's ability to take action is really great. He writes as soon as he wants."
Wait, this seems to mean...
Not following the trend?
Was it written by the original author?
I go!
A big exclamation point appeared in Dalong's mind.
If this is the case, all the problems so far can be explained!
Why are the people watching it all new trumpets?
Why does a newcomer’s new book have such exaggerated data?
Because this guy attracts a lot of traffic from outside the starting station.
No, no, you still have to see how this book is written.
Dalong first sent a quick reminder to the backend of the book, "You have been noticed by the editor, keep working hard." This way, the book can be stuck under his name, and other editors will not be able to sign the book. Then he
Then I opened the book with great interest and started reading.
Eight thousand words, it is not troublesome for him who has to review the beginnings of hundreds of articles every day. He can judge the author's level in a few minutes.
Five minutes later, Dalong nodded silently.
The atmosphere and sense of immersion are very good, and the gimmick of rules and strange stories is still grasped very well. The writing style is top-notch among online articles, but there are too many details. There are a lot of foreshadowings and information points hidden in more than 8,000 words.
Not suitable for web articles.
Many readers scan the text at a glance and may not notice these details at all, and then turn to criticize it.
This is also one of the reasons why Xiaobaishui is so popular. It is not tiring to read. There is not much information in one chapter, but it is very impressive.
Generally speaking, this author's writing style is not like writing online articles, but like writing physical books. Generally speaking, readers of physical books will be more inclined to read carefully.
And this further confirms the idea just mentioned.
Finally, the similarity between the beginning of this article and that weird rules story is too high. If it were not the same author, he would definitely be sprayed to death in the comment section.
so……
The original post has not been deleted yet, so go check it out.
Dalong opened the webpage, quickly found the post, clicked "See only the original poster" and scrolled to the bottom.
"Today, Dianma Reading released a book, which is based on the strange story of the zoo. The title is "The Bizarre Adventures of Li Huachao". Interested friends can come and take a look."
Looking at the messages from many netizens on this floor, there are so many responses.
If you find a treasure, you can sign it directly.
Dalong didn't hesitate at all anymore. After all, it was just a quota for signing a contract. Before he was reluctant, he just suspected that the author was cheating on the data, and he always hated people who used their brains and refused to write books honestly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Even without these data or anything, the quality of this beginning alone is more than enough to sign a contract.
The book just opened today and there are more than 1,000 people reading it. Basically, the recommendation is to give the green light all the way and it will be available on the shelves at the beginning of next month...
If all goes well, performance will rise again.
Let’s add this author first and ask questions later.
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[Dear writer, hello, your work: "The Bizarre Adventure of Li Huachao" has been reviewed by our professional editorial team and has reached the signing standards of the "Work Cooperation Authorization Agreement". If you are interested in cooperation, please follow the following signing process to fill in the relevant
information, and promptly add the suspense group editor Dalong Kouukou: xxx]
"Oh, it's signed. Isn't the editor still off work at this time?" Yu Liang glanced at the message prompt on his phone and was a little surprised.
He added Editor Dalong’s button, and then filled in his ID card information and bank card according to the signing process.
Looking at the message again, the editor has approved his friend application.
Dalong: Hello, are you the author of "The Bizarre Adventures of Li Huachao"?
Yu Liang: Yeah.
Dalong: At the same time, you are also the author of the weird zoo story in the forum, right?
Yu Liang: Yes, I wrote that one too. I didn’t expect that it would become popular just by writing it casually, so I simply opened a book and wrote down the complete story.
Dalong: Okay, the data of this new book is very good. Come on, I will help you get as many recommended resources as possible and try to update it stably. The new book period is about 4,000 every day. After it is put on the shelves, there will be more updates.
Yu Liang: I understand.
The two ended their brief conversation, and Yu Liang also put his cell phone down on the bed beside him, stretched out, and looked out the window at the sunset.
This residential area is relatively remote, so there are not many high-rise buildings. From Yu Liang's perspective, he can see the orange sun on the horizon.
Let's go downstairs and buy two bottles of soda.
He turned around and walked out of the bedroom and asked her on the sofa: "I'm going downstairs to the convenience store, do you want to come with me?"
The paper people in the living room have been decomposed, and more than thirty small white paper people are playing around in the room.
Some of the paper figures were sitting in front of the mirror, using red paint found somewhere to paint themselves with horrible blush and lipstick, making them look very hellish; some of the paper figures were being mean and scooping out the food with a spoon.
He poured water on other paper figures and was chased and beaten; some paper figures...
Playing with matches.
"Hey, Xiaoliu, put down the matches!" Yu Liang searched the page and instantly found the name of the man playing with paper matches, and shouted to calm it down.
The paper-man Xiaoliu was frightened by the roar, and the burning match in his hand immediately fell to the ground and lit up.
At this time, the paper man holding a spoon and running for his life happened to pass by. He poured water on the match, and after extinguishing the fire, he tapped the fire on the ground with the spoon as if he was worried.
Just hitting and hitting, the spoon hit the paper man Xiaoliu's head, pressing his whole body on the extinguished match.
Xiao Liu tried to get up, but every time he got up, he was hit to the ground by the spoon again, and then repeated the above process.
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
The sound of the spoon hitting the ground was crisp.
"Waikila Waikila!"
Waijila's roar of laughter echoed in the crowd.
Yu Liang: "..."
These guys are quite noisy. Fortunately, there are still paper figures playing normally around them.
Following Yu Liang's line of sight, two groups of paper figures were tug-of-war. It was very lively, but when he took a closer look -
Well, the rope used in the tug-of-war is a little unfortunate egg paper man. A group of paper men are pulling on its feet, and a group of paper men are pulling on its head.
"Well, you can go out and have a look." She nodded in agreement, then put down the controller, and her whole body melted into a pool of black water and flowed into Yu Liang's shadow.
Yu Liang heard her say in his shadow: "Let's go."
"Aren't you coming out?" Yu Liang was a little confused. He originally thought that she would be very interested in the outside world, so how could she be hiding in the shadows now?
"Not today." She refused, "I'm not sure if others will be affected if they see my true form. I just transformed into a human form not long ago, and I can't control myself very well. If I don't control myself well, others may
Saw my humanoid form in the director's office."
Yu Liang recalled what he saw of her at that time. Not only were her facial features not in the right position, they could even be said to be unique.
For example, there is really an eye in the throat, nostrils on the chin, and I don’t know if those hairs are nose hairs or beards...
Ordinary people will definitely lose all their money when they see it, and it may not take long before they develop mental illness.
In this case, we really can't let her go.
"But do you really don't need a name?" Yu Liang asked curiously. She asked him to help her choose a name before, but he refused without hesitation. Now he suddenly felt that not having a name was really troublesome.
"No need." This time it was her turn to refuse, and a cold voice came from the shadow, "I will only appear in front of you. When you talk to me, you don't need to call my name, I will know."
"Okay." Yu Liang stretched out his hand to call back the little paper people in the room, and then walked out of his apartment.
Go downstairs and cross the street, there is a convenience store not far away.
Although this is a suburb, it is a residential area after all, and there are still things like convenience stores.
Probably because this time was after dinner, there were a small number of old people or young families of three scattered on the street. Their shadows were stretched by the setting sun, and their gentle smiles shone brightly in the sun.
Such a peaceful and peaceful life is quite good.
Yu Liang said in his heart.
Don't worry that a monster that looks nothing like a human will pop out of the shadows in the next second.
He walked into the convenience store, picked up two bottles of his usual orange-flavored soda, and then walked to the cashier.
Um?
Yu Liang stopped in front of a shelf and looked at a box of candies in metal cans.
It’s the one Lao Jiang likes to eat.
But now it also adds the words "popular for 30 years".
Has it not been discontinued after so many years?
He hesitated for a moment, then took one of the cans and paid the bill together.
There were several customers queuing up to pay at the checkout counter, and in front of Yu Liang was a tall woman about 1.7 meters tall, wearing a red jumpsuit and a hip-covering skirt, and a mask that covered most of her face.
The slender legs are as white as jade, but they are not as slender as a little girl's, but firm and voluptuous.
The tight hip-hugging skirt perfectly outlined her hot figure, which made Yu Liang couldn't help but look at it three more times.
Well, looking at someone three times is a man's consciousness, and looking at him only three times is a man's dignity.
Yu Liang withdrew his gaze and looked at the writer's assistant on his mobile phone. He needed to find something else to distract his attention.
After a moment of checkout, Yu Liang also walked out of the convenience store, holding two bottles of soda in one hand and opening the sugar bowl with the other, pouring one out and throwing it into his mouth.
In an instant, the sharp and sour taste rushed along the root of his tongue and directly into his brain, like a needle piercing his brain, and then stirred up fiercely.
His facial features suddenly became distorted, and his facial expression management ability was completely out of control. The two bottles of soda in his other hand also fell to the ground one after another, and rolled forward.
I was so stupid, really, I just thought that the candies that have been sold for thirty years would be sour, but not that bad. I didn't know that Lao Jiang's taste was so weird.
"Are you okay?" As if she sensed something was wrong with the man behind her, the woman who had walked out of the convenience store turned back.
Yu Liang quickly lowered his head. As a man, he had the instinct not to make a fool of himself in front of beautiful women.
But the woman bent down and looked at his face, with a smile in her eyes, like ripples in a clear mountain lake.
She knelt down to pick up the soda on the ground, her movements gentle and graceful. However, from Yu Liang's perspective, her graceful figure was clearly visible, and she looked even sexier than standing still.
Li Huachao's voice suddenly sounded in Yu Liang's heart: "I'm back! Let me see what Yu Xiaolang is doing..."
"Uh." Li Huachao's tone paused. He saw this scene as soon as he went online. This was something he didn't expect at all.
He pondered for two seconds and then asked: "Can't she wear something that doesn't make the ball fall?"
Yu Liang: "..."
I really want to throw Li Huachao into the zoo again.
"Well, your soda." The woman stood up and handed the soda back to Yu Liang.
"Thank you." Yu Liang nodded, thanked politely, and then watched the woman get into the driver's seat of a sports car with the audience Li Huachao.
Li Huachao clicked his tongue and said, "I'll go, rich lady, Yu Xiaolang rushes!"
"How can someone like me?" Yu Liang curled his lips and walked towards his apartment.
But Li Huachao became excited for a moment: "It's okay to have children. It's a matter of one character. Trust me, it's very simple."
"How dare you." Yu Liang suddenly thought of Li Huachao's "void conception" plan.
"Let me out and see if I dare." Li Huachao felt confident and hid in the universe and kept sticking out his tongue at Yu Liang, making strange little noises.
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The woman got on the sports car, and the hip-covering skirt turned into black liquid and flowed around her body. In an instant, it transformed into a loose long skirt, covering her tightly, as if this was her daily dress.
She took a deep breath and looked at herself in the car mirror, a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.
"Sister Yinhu, you seem happy?" Another woman in the co-pilot asked in surprise.
Ever since she met Yinhu, Yinhu had never smiled like this. She thought that Yinhu would always have only two kinds of smiles: a sneer and a ferocious smile.
Including this time I came to the suburbs for no reason, just to buy a bottle of water from a convenience store?
"Well, one thing has been confirmed." Silver Fox nodded lightly, suppressed his smile, and his face returned to its usual cold expression.
The woman in the passenger seat was not stupid. She reacted instantly: "Because of that man just now? Who is he?"
Silver Fox started the vehicle and she was silent for a moment, her words hidden in the roar of the engine.