"The store is locked? But the code didn't give me the key." I touched my swollen forehead and looked carefully at the glass door.
A square, high-tech fingerprint door lock caught my eye.
"Fingerprint door lock? It's quite trendy." Fingerprint door locks have been around for a long time, but many stores in Xicheng are still using old-fashioned door locks. I didn't expect that the Horror Bookstore is so trendy that it uses a new type of fingerprint lock.
With the light emitted from the white lantern, I looked at the fingerprint door lock thoughtfully.
"Since I am the administrator of this bookstore, my fingerprint should be able to unlock the door." After saying that, I pressed my index finger and tried to open the fingerprint door lock.
According to my speculation, the fingerprints recorded in the fingerprint door lock are usually the index finger fingerprints.
But at this moment, a cell phone ringtone suddenly rang, interrupting my movements.
"It's so late, who's calling me?" I rummaged through my black backpack and took out the cell phone hidden in it.
I glanced at the screen of my phone, and it turned out to be a call from my instructor Xie Rong.
My supervisor, Xie Rong, is an old man in his fifties. He is not only my thesis supervisor, but also the chairman of the history department. He is a person with great authority.
However, Xie Rong has never bullied others. He is very kind and gentle. His only shortcoming is that he is too short. He is only about 1.5 meters tall and looks like a small dwarf.
Xie Rong helped me a lot when I was writing my thesis. In my mind, he is a good and competent tutor.
"It's almost 11 o'clock at night, what does he want to see me for?" With doubts, I answered the phone.
I don’t know if it was my misunderstanding, but the moment the call was connected, there was a sound of tongue licking coming from the phone.
The sound of tongue licking was very faint, but I heard it.
“Mr.
"Haha, the teacher couldn't sleep tonight, so I specifically asked about the status of the paper. How is it going? Have you finished writing the paper?" Xie Rong's questioning voice came from the mobile phone.
It turned out that it was a reminder for the paper. I immediately shook my head and smiled bitterly: "Teacher Xie, the student hasn't finished writing the paper yet. Just wait. The student will send it to you for review as soon as he finishes it."
"You haven't finished it yet? It's already the beginning of March. April means the end of March. All senior students must submit their papers, otherwise they won't be able to graduate. You should hurry up." Xie Rong reminded with a worried tone.
"I know, thank you teacher for reminding me, I will finish writing the paper as soon as possible." I gave myself a military order.
"Yeah, that's good. By the way, I haven't seen you in and out of school these days. Have you been busy writing papers?"
It was difficult to leak the information about entering the world of resentful spirits, so I had to answer evasively: "Yes, I have been writing the thesis these days. If nothing happens, I will finish the thesis soon."
This is not a lie. After completing the task of recording snake people, I learned a lot about the secrets about snake people. If nothing else, writing the paper about snake people will not be a big problem.
"I've been too busy recently. When I have free time, I'll just write a paper about snake people and cope with school." I secretly made up my mind, yes, just cope. Before I encountered the code, my life was
The focus was to finish writing the thesis and graduate successfully, but after encountering this strange code, my life was turned upside down.
I gradually discovered that the world is not simple. Compared with completing the thesis seriously, I was more willing to pursue the secrets of this code. What's more, if I want to find the reason for my parents' disappearance, I need to use the strange power of this book.
With all kinds of chores bothering me, I can only write a paper casually to cope with school. Moreover, these snake people are secretive. I can't record them all in the paper. Once they are all recorded in the paper, it may attract the attention of some interested people, so when writing the paper
Just talk in general terms.
"That's it, then I'll be waiting to check out your masterpiece! But don't tire yourself out. Go back to school occasionally to communicate with your classmates. Don't stay in a rented room every day, which will make you sick sooner or later." Xie Rong said cheerfully.
The voice brought me back to reality.
"Thank you for your concern, teacher. Students will take care of themselves." I smiled gratefully.
"Hmm, teacher, I won't disturb you anymore. You go to bed early." Xie Rong, who was on the other side of the phone, yawned a long way, as if he was tired.
Hearing the yawn in my ear, I quickly replied: "Okay, teacher, go to bed early. It's the students who are disturbing you. Good night."
After saying good night, I was about to hang up the call, but at this moment, the sound of tongue licking came again.
Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss,
The sound of licking tongues became louder and louder, gradually resounding in my heart, which shocked me from the bottom of my heart.
"The call hasn't been hung up yet. Is this tongue licking sound made by Xie Rong?" Listening to the tongue licking sound, I suddenly remembered the endless words of the old man in the porridge shop.
"Be careful of my teacher? Could it be that the old man is reminding me to be careful of Xie Rong?" This ridiculous thought flashed past, leaving a faint trace in my heart, but I still had things to do, so I didn't pay too much attention to it.
"Maybe I heard it wrong, or maybe Xie Rong was having a late-night snack." With a wry smile, I hung up the call and put the phone back in my bag.
The horror bookstore was right in front of me and I had to go in to find out. I stretched out my index finger again and pressed it on the fingerprint door lock.
Sure enough, I guessed it right!
As a beep sounded, a mechanical female prompt sounded to my ears.
"The fingerprint is correct. The fingerprint has been matched. The fingerprint owner is Liang Fan. Please open the door and enter the store."
Soon, the mechanical female prompt disappeared, and the fingerprint door lock made a crisp sound.
Canopy! The crisp sound resounded in my ears.
Immediately afterwards, the fingerprint door lock opened automatically. I held the door handle excitedly and nervously, and gently pushed the glass door open.
As the glass door was pushed open, a burst of laughter suddenly sounded, which was heart-stirring.
"Glug, cluck, cluck, cluck,"
This burst of laughter is very pleasant, like girls playing playfully.
"Are there girls playing in the horror bookstore?" This burst of laughter that came out of nowhere startled me.
"This burst of laughter came from the air." I subconsciously looked above the door and saw a string of purple wind chimes hanging above. It was my action of pushing the door open that stirred the string of purple wind chimes.
"It turned out to be the sound of swaying wind chimes. It scared me to death. Why are there a bunch of purple wind chimes hanging here? I will take them down later." The ringing sound of purple wind chimes is very nice, but sometimes it is too scary.
And there are rumors that wind chimes are a symbol of the coming of ghosts. When the wind chimes ring for no reason without wind, it means that the ghosts are about to come.
All in all, when the wind chimes ring, something bad will always happen.
When I discovered that the sound was from the purple wind chime, I breathed a sigh of relief, then looked away and looked into the horror bookstore.
But at this moment, something strange happened again, and I felt a burning heat coming from my back.
The scorching heat burned my back and made me feel very uncomfortable.
"The black backpack was slung on my back. Could it be... Damn, that code spontaneously combusted again!" I immediately took off the black backpack and dumped everything out.
Then, a book wrapped in fire appeared in front of him.
The book wrapped in fire is the "Horror Bookstore Management Code".
As the code was wrapped in firelight, a strange laughter appeared in the horror bookstore. This laughter was not the sound of the wind chimes just now, but another particularly hollow sound.
Jie, Jie, Jie Jie Jie, Jie Jie Jie,
This sound was very familiar. Every time the book spontaneously combusted, it would make this strange sound, so I got used to it and was not frightened as usual.
"Fortunately, this flame only envelops the code and will not burn anything else, otherwise it would burn me alive." I squatted down and stared at the code closely.
After burning for a period of time, the code automatically turned pages, but this time it did not turn to the last page, but stopped on the fifth page of contents.
I opened my eyes wide and glanced up, and there were seven lines of red letters at the top of the catalog page:
[Congratulations (Liang Fan, the tenth horror bookstore administrator), successfully entered the horror bookstore. You guessed it right, the horror bookstore in front of you is the horror bookstore in the code. As a qualified horror bookstore administrator, you must use
Life is needed to maintain the normal business of the bookstore. Please open the store on time at eight o'clock tomorrow morning to welcome the avid fans of the horror bookstore]
[Note 1: Tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the morning will be the first time the bookstore opens for business. The first time the bookstore opens for business, it must be on time. It can only be done in advance and cannot be late. It must also be done by the bookstore administrator in person. If the bookstore administrator is too late later,
If you are busy, you can let other people take care of the store instead, or you can decide whether to open the store on that day. If the store is not open on that day, it will be regarded as closed.]
[Note 2: Deliberately delaying the first store opening, or the administrator does not personally conduct the first store opening, will wipe out the life of the bookstore administrator Liang Fan]
[Note 3: The store can be closed for six days per month. You can decide which day to close the store. The other days of the month need to be open normally. If there are no normal operations on other days of the month, the life of the bookstore manager Liang Fan will be wiped out]
[Note 4: The bookstore is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.]
[Warm reminder 1: Daily tasks and terrifying trials will start at three o'clock tomorrow midnight, so stay tuned]
[Warm reminder 2: With the advent of the Horror Bookstore, subtle changes have taken place near the Snake Building. Have you noticed it?]
After reading these seven lines of blood words, the firelight of the code dissipated. I picked up the code and sighed to myself: "It turned out to be a reminder to open the store tomorrow. I thought something big had happened."
"It says that the opening of the horror bookstore for the first time must be on time and on time, and it must be done by me personally, otherwise my life will be wiped out. It seems that I need to set the alarm clock before going to sleep. If I accidentally fall asleep,
If you kill me, you will have to pay the price with your life!" Thinking of this, my heart was beating fast.
"But later, if I am too busy, I can let someone else look after the store, or I can choose to close the store for the day. This rule is more humane. After all, I am not free to open the store every day."
What I said is not a lie. Although the studies of a senior student are not very tedious, after I finish writing the thesis, I still need to participate in thesis defense and other important matters. I cannot open the store in person every day. If the code requires me to open the store in person every day,
, undoubtedly driving me to death.
"However, it should be noted that I can only close the store for six days in a month. The other days of the month must be open normally. If there are not enough business days in the month, my life will still be wiped out."
"There is another point that needs to be noted. It states that the first time I open the store, I must do it myself. That is to say, I not only have to open the store myself, but I also have to keep it open for 12 hours, and I cannot let others look after the store in the middle.
"
I secretly keep these points in mind to prevent myself from accidentally making mistakes and ruining my good life.
"The code has always been a true guide. I cannot test its bottom line, nor can I neglect my duties and not be serious. Just abide by the regulations." After telling myself seriously, I looked at the two warm reminders.
"Daily tasks and terror trials will start at three o'clock in the morning tomorrow. I already know this. It will start at three o'clock in the morning tomorrow, which is three o'clock in the morning."
"But what does this sentence mean? With the advent of the Horror Bookstore, subtle changes have taken place near the Snake Tower?"
After reading this warm reminder, I looked outside the Snake Tower like a reflex arc. I saw nothing but darkness outside, with no change at all.