Kaleidoscope of Death

It was an ordinary-looking clock, and it had already existed when Lin Qiushi rented this room.The clock strikes the hour every hour, from one o'clock to twelve o'clock... Ding dong, ding dong, the bell is crisp and bright, reminding Lin Qiushi that time is advancing relentlessly.

Lin Qiushi took down the clock.Because it had been hung on the wall for too long, a thin layer of dust had fallen on the face of the clock. He wiped the dust off with a paper towel, and then gently removed the clock cover.

There was nothing Lin Qiushi wanted inside the clock cover. He stared at the complex structure inside the back cover of the clock. After a moment of silence, he pressed the button that controlled the minute hand with his hand, and turned it back gently...

When the hour hand rotated counterclockwise, passed twelve o'clock, and pointed to the number "11" written on the clock face, Lin Qiushi's movements stopped - many complicated pictures appeared in front of his eyes. The handsome man in women's clothes smiled brightly at him, and said to him, "Lin Qiushi, I like you so much." Then there were more scenes that Lin Qiushi was familiar with, some of which Lin Qiushi still remembered, and some of which he had blurred , but they all flashed in Lin Qiushi's mind like a slideshow.

When the picture of memories stopped, Lin Qiushi moved his fingers slightly, and turned the hour hand to the number "10". During the time of the number "10", he saw the world of the box girl.

Immediately afterwards, without Lin Qiushi's control, the minute hand on the watch in front of him began to move slowly, and countless memories flooded into Lin Qiushi's mind. It fell heavily on the ground.

"Ah!!" Covering his head with his hands, Lin Qiushi seemed to have put a huge kaleidoscope in his mind. In the kaleidoscope was the world of doors. He saw countless ghosts, dead friends, and Ruan South Candle.

Ruan Nanzhu in the picture smiled brightly at him, reached out to him, and said, "Hi, my name is Ruan Baijie."

When the screen turned, there was another Ruan Nanzhu with a cold expression. He looked up at Lin Qiushi and said, "Welcome to Obsidian."

Lin Qiushi didn't know how long this situation lasted. By the time the severe pain left his mind, it was already dark outside.

There was silence all around, Lin Qiushi barely got up from the ground, staggered to the side of the clock that fell on the ground, and picked it up.

However, the moment he picked up the clock, something seemed to have fallen into the dial, and there was a click, making a crisp sound on the ground.

At first, Lin Qiushi thought the clock was broken, but when he lowered his head and saw the objects falling at his feet, his expression froze.

What fell from the clock turned out to be bronze keys—and there were two of them.

Looking at the keys under his feet, Lin Qiushi took a deep breath, calmed down, and bent down to pick up the keys.

These are two identical bronze keys, the only difference is that there are faintly visible words engraved on the surface of the keys.

The keys were originally made of ice, but when Lin Qiushi held them in his hands, he felt extremely hot. He carefully observed the keys and found four small characters engraved on one of them: Life of Illusion.On the other, there are four other words: the death of reality.

Illusory life, real death?Lin Qiushi, who was holding the key, was stunned. For a while, he couldn't figure out what these four words meant.He rubbed the surface of the key with his fingers, and was about to take a closer look, but he felt a chill in his hand, and then the key with the four words "Life of Illusion" was actually shattered into powder in his hand... So he Only the real death remains in his hands.

True death?Lin Qiushi thought of something, he held the key tightly, walked quickly to his door, took a deep breath, and solemnly opened the door of his room.

Behind the door, there was a familiar corridor, and above the corridor were those twelve dark iron doors.It's just that eleven of the doors were sealed, and there was only door No. 12, which stood alone at the other end of the corridor.

Lin Qiushi walked to the corridor, he saw a big black lock hanging on the No.12 door, and looked down at the key in his hand.

At this moment, he understood the illusion and the real meaning.

The world he lives in is illusory. Everything continues to develop without a door. All the people who died inside the door are resurrected in another form. They live beside Lin Qiushi. If Lin Qiushi is willing, he can Do it all over again with them.

But the truth means that Lin Qiushi can return to the original world.

Next to the No. 12 door is a multiple-choice question. The power of choice is in Lin Qiushi's own hands.

He can stay in this world and meet Ruan Nanzhu who no longer knows him. He can also leave, but after leaving, there is a problem in front of him-how did Ruan Nanzhu choose? Find the key, if Ruan Nanzhu, who found the key, finally chose Unreal, then Lin Qiushi, who left here, will never see him again.

Lin Qiushi tightly held the key in his hand.

He turned his head and looked at the corridor behind him. Above the corridor, every door with a seal was his memory in Obsidian.These memories may not be good, but they are true.

But how would Ruan Nanzhu choose?

Lin Qiushi's family relationship is indifferent, and he doesn't have many friends at all. His only bond is Ruan Nanzhu.But Ruan Nanzhu is different. If there is no door, he can maintain a good relationship with his original family, and he doesn't have to lose so many friends...

Lin Qiushi smiled wryly. He finally understood why almost no one mentioned the No.12 door, because the No.12 door did not exist at all.

After going through countless ghost realms, and a perfect paradise unfolds before his eyes, everyone will inevitably be shaken.

Lin Qiushi thought, but his answer was already predetermined.

The world without Ruan Nanzhu is false to him, and he can make a choice without hesitation.

Lin Qiushi laughed. He wiped his face with his hand, trying to erase something. He held the key in his hand and inserted the key into the iron lock hanging on the iron door.

With a click, the iron lock fell, and a road filled with white light appeared in front of Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi turned his head and glanced at the corridor behind him, said softly: "Goodbye." Then stepped into it.

The corridor in front of him was longer than any corridor Lin Qiushi had walked through. The surrounding light made Lin Qiushi's heart unexpectedly calm down. He kept moving forward and finally reached the end of the corridor. I saw a familiar scene.

Lin Qiushi returned to the original world and was sitting on the bed in Ruan Nanzhu's bedroom.After he came back, the first thing he did was to look for Ruan Nanzhu, but he didn't see the figure belonging to Ruan Nanzhu that should have appeared.

Lin Qiushi hurried downstairs, saw Ye Niao sitting on the sofa in the living room, walked over, and said to Ye Niao: "Ye Niao? Have you seen Ruan Nanzhu?"

When Ye Niao heard Lin Qiushi's words, he was pleasantly surprised: "You came out of the door!!"

Lin Qiushi said: "Yes——have you seen Ruan Nanzhu?"

Ye Niao said: "Sister Lu made food for you!"

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Ye Niao said: "Since you have come out, it is natural to celebrate well——"

Lin Qiushi said: "Ye Bird?"

Ye Niao said: "Huh?"

Lin Qiushi said: "Aren't you going to ask me about the No.11 door?"

When Ye Niao heard Lin Qiushi's words, his expression was a little dazed, and he said, "What did you say? I can't hear you clearly."

Lin Qiushi said: "The content of door No. 11..." He repeated it, but found that it was in vain, because Ye Niao's puzzled expression did not disappear because of his words, but became more intense, "Brother Lin, you Say what?"

Lin Qiushi closed his mouth, gritted his teeth, and said hoarsely: "Do you... know Ruan Nanzhu?"

Ye Niao's expression paused for a moment, then Lin Qiushi looked at him and shook his head cautiously.

"I don't know you." Ye Niao said, "Ruan Nanzhu...who is it?"

Feeling dizzy for a while, Lin Qiushi almost fell to the ground and managed to hold onto the sofa to stabilize his body. He said hoarsely, "You don't know Ruan Nanzhu? Who is the leader of Obsidian?"

"Isn't it you?" Ye Niao said in horror, "Brother Lin... are you... all right?"

Lin Qiushi stood there for a long time without moving. Under Ye Niao's panicked eyes, Lin Qiushi hurried upstairs. He came to Ruan Nanzhu's bedroom and began to search around to find traces of Ruan Nanzhu's existence. But he failed.

There was only one sign of living in the house, and Ruan Nanzhu became a non-existent person.

Lin Qiushi was stunned. He thought of something, rushed downstairs, and said to Ye Niao, "Ye Niao, which door am I going through?"

Ye Niao looked at Lin Qiushi with even more frightened eyes, and he said cautiously, "The...twelfth fan."

long silence.

Ye Niao saw some clues from Lin Qiushi's expression, and he said, "Brother Lin, are you alright?"

Lin Qiushi laughed loudly, tears came out of his laughter, he waved his hands while laughing, and staggered out of the living room.

The leader of Obsidian succeeded in coming out of No.12 door from Lin Qiushi. It was supposed to be a celebration, but Obsidian cast a strange shadow inexplicably.Everyone thought that Lin Qiushi had a problem with his brain, he was too stimulated, and made up a character that didn't exist.

Lin Qiushi waited for a whole night before he managed to recover. The next day he found Ye Niao and exchanged some information with him.

Then Lin Qiushi discovered that except for Ruan Nanzhu, other memories were correct.

Tan Zaozao and Cheng Qianli were indeed gone, Cheng Yixie also left Obsidian, and the others were recruited by Lin Qiushi, including Chen Fei, Lu Yanxue and Yi Manman.

Lin Qiushi is the core figure of Obsidian, and he is even friends with Bai Ming.

Until this time, Lin Qiushi could not figure out whether he had really fabricated Ruan Nanzhu himself, or whether he had erased Ruan Nanzhu's existence.

Or, Ruan Nanzhu is his No.12 door, his heart disaster.

It stands to reason that Lin Qiushi will definitely become everyone's focus if he can come out of the No.12 door, because he has the key No.12 door information.But strangely, Lin Qiushi's existence was downplayed, and he thought of the indistinct senior Ruan Nanzhu said.

Ye Niao and the others began to ignore his existence unconsciously. He was clearly nearby, but it seemed that they couldn't see him at all. No one even took the initiative to ask about the door.

Lin Qiushi felt that all this was ridiculous and ridiculous. He went to Ruan Nanzhu's house the next day to find him, and found that there was no such person at all.

Ruan Nanzhu does not exist, everyone is telling Lin Qiushi the same answer.

But Lin Qiushi didn't believe it. He moved out of Obsidian and returned to his rental house.

The people in Obsidian originally wanted to persuade him, but Lin Qiushi had made up his mind to go. He just told them not to have evil thoughts when passing through the door, otherwise everything would be punished.Probably because the words were more tactful, the words were not downplayed, and everyone heard them.But even if they heard it, none of them asked the question Lin Qiushi wanted to hear the most, "What happened to your No.12 door?"

The encryption method in front of him appeared to prevent the contents of the door from being leaked. Lin Qiushi thought it was really funny, and pulled the corners of his mouth, but found that he couldn't laugh.

The only consolation after going out is that the huge amount of assets earned in the bank card is still there. Lin Qiushi spent a lot of money to buy the former rental house directly, and lived in it again with chestnuts in his arms. He renovated the rental house into the original appearance.As if as long as this is the case, one day when you open your eyes, you will be able to see Ruan Nanzhu sitting by his bed and say good morning to him as if you were meeting him for the first time.

Lin Qiushi thought, even if the whole world forgets Ruan Nanzhu, he will not forget it. This is his promise to Ruan Nanzhu.Maybe Ruan Nanzhu finally chose all the illusory things in the door and left him alone in the cold reality, but he still loves him, and he can't give birth to any blame.

Time continues to move forward, and before you know it, Lin Qiushi has been out of the door for a year.

From frantically looking for traces of Ruan Nanzhu's existence to accepting this cruel fact, Lin Qiushi has undergone a long period of psychological adjustment.

He even couldn't sleep for more than a month, because every time he closed his eyes, he seemed to hear Ruan Nanzhu whispering in his ear.

He went to Ruan Nanzhu's former school, and even asked people to find all the people named Ruan Nanzhu in this country, but all the signs told Lin Qiushi that there was no Ruan Nanzhu in the world.

Lin Qiushi thought he would go crazy because of this, but he still survived.In the long night, he could only sit in front of the TV with a chestnut in his arms, watching the rebroadcast of the news program, hoping that someone would knock on his door.

But when all hopes were lost, Lin Qiushi gradually became numb, and he lost his expectation for life.

Until one day, Lin Qiushi suddenly received a phone call.

The phone number was called by Ye Niao. After the call was connected, his tone was extremely excited, and he said, "Brother Lin, Brother Ruan is back!"

Lin Qiushi was stunned for a few seconds when he heard this sentence: "What did you say?"

"Brother Ruan is back—" Ye Niao said, "He's been looking for you everywhere!"

Lin Qiushi was walking, because all his attention was on Ye Niao's words, he accidentally tripped over a stone on the side of the road, and dropped his phone to the ground with a slap. When he picked it up in a panic, he found that the screen of the phone had already It was covered with dense cracks, and the call was naturally cut off.

"Damn it." Lin Qiushi couldn't hold back his swearing, turned around and took a taxi beside him and went straight to Obsidian.

When he reached the gate of Obsidian, he was a little afraid to go in directly, as if he was timid because he was close to his hometown. Lin Qiushi was afraid that his expectations would fail again.

He hesitated again and again, and finally made up his mind. He raised his hand and was about to ring the doorbell, when the door in front of him was opened with a creak.

Ruan Nanzhu's face appeared behind the door. The moment he saw Lin Qiushi, he stretched out his hand and hugged Lin Qiushi heavily into his arms. The strength was amazing, and he wanted to rub Lin Qiushi directly into his body.

"Sorry," he said, "I'm late."

Lin Qiushi didn't know what to say, he buried his face on Ruan Nanzhu's shoulder, sniffing the breath that belonged to Ruan Nanzhu, he said in a hoarse voice: "Why the hell are you coming back now—it took so long to find the key ?!"

Ruan Nanzhu smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect it to be hidden inside the clock either."

Lin Qiushi wanted to say a lot, but Ruan Nanzhu lowered his head first, letting all the words melt into a gentle kiss.

Lin Qiushi felt his body go weak, and he murmured: "I thought you wouldn't come back again."

Ruan Nanzhu looked at him.

"I thought you chose an imaginary world." Lin Qiushi said, "I thought I could only be alone."

"I've said it before." Ruan Nanzhu said, "The world without you is all fake."

"But there is me in that world too." Lin Qiushi looked suspiciously at Ruan Nanzhu, "Did you see me when I was young?"

Ruan Nanzhu said: "No."

His answer was too straightforward, which made Lin Qiushi suspicious. At this time, he finally understood Ruan Nanzhu's feeling of being jealous when he was young. Lin Qiushi said: "Ruan Nanzhu, you can—let me Waiting for you so long."

Ruan Nanzhu quickly apologized, and then asked Lin Qiushi what happened during this year.

Lin Qiushi said: "Let's find a place to eat first, I'm hungry."

Ruan Nanzhu nodded.

So the two drove to a nearby restaurant. It wasn't that they didn't want to stay in Obsidian to communicate, but that the content of their communication would probably be ruthlessly downplayed because of the door. This feeling of being ignored is very bad. The two find a private place to talk.

Lin Qiushi described what happened to him this year in a few words. Although the language was concise, Ruan Nanzhu could also understand how difficult it was for Lin Qiushi this year.

"Sorry, I came back too late." Ruan Nanzhu kissed Lin Qiushi's fingertips, wanting to ask his lover's forgiveness.

In fact, before seeing Ruan Nanzhu, Lin Qiushi really had a lot of resentment, but after seeing Ruan Nanzhu, all the anger and resentment dissipated in an instant, and he said, "As long as you come back, I don't blame you."

Ruan Nanzhu said: "Well, I will definitely come back."

Lin Qiushi smiled.

The two chatted while eating, and Lin Qiushi listened to Ruan Nanzhu say something about the inside of the door.He really went to find Lin Qiushi when he was young, and the two became friends, but Ruan Nanzhu finally found out where the key was, and finally chose to leave.

Lin Qiushi kept pouring wine into his mouth, he said: "You don't know, after you disappeared, they don't remember you, only I remember... I thought I was crazy."

Ruan Nanzhu smiled slightly.

"I even thought you were my No.12 door." Lin Qiushi said, "I'm really going crazy."

Ruan Nanzhu filled Lin Qiushi's wine glass and said, "No hurry, we still have a lot of time."

Lin Qiushi's eyes sparkled, and he said, "Fortunately, you're back."

"Yes." Ruan Nanzhu held Lin Qiushi's finger, "I'm back."

That night, Lin Qiushi has no memory of how he came home. Anyway, when he woke up the next day, his whole body was extremely sore. Looking at the face of the sleeping man next to him, he knew what happened between the two of them without thinking.

Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nanzhu's sleeping face, stretched out his fingers and carefully touched his skin, and let out a long breath after confirming that the temperature was coming from his fingertips.

This is not his dream, Ruan Nanzhu is really back.

Lin Qiushi couldn't hold back, took out a cigarette from the clothes next to him, lit it, and began to smoke slowly.

Ruan Nanzhu woke up from his dream, and said in a daze, "Why do you start smoking again, no smoking..." He reached out and took the cigarette out of Lin Qiushi's mouth, and threw it into the ashtray next to him. A kiss fell on his lips.

"I can't help it..." Lin Qiushi said, "You will stop smoking when you come back."

Ruan Nanzhu sat up and began to dress: "What do you want to eat?"

Lin Qiushi said: "It's all right." He played with his mobile phone lazily, watching Ruan Nanzhu go to the kitchen with his upper body naked, and went to make him breakfast.

Lin Qiushi yawned, and habitually boarded the forum, but found that today's forum was extremely difficult to enter, and finally squeezed in, densely packed with almost the same topic—"Why is No. 12 door Is it sealed?" "I thought I was wrong, but it turned out that door No. 12 was really sealed? Is this a bug in the door or something?" "Oh my God, does this mean that Can we pass one less door in the future?"

Lin Qiushi frowned, and was about to take a closer look, when Ruan Nanzhu leaned against the door frame and said, "Do eggs have sweet hearts?"

Lin Qiushi: "Anything is fine..."

Ruan Nanzhu tilted his head: "What are you looking at? Looks better than me?" He walked to Lin Qiushi's side and pulled the phone out of Lin Qiushi's hand.

"Of course it's not as good-looking as yours." Lin Qiushi said, "Our Mengmeng is naturally the prettiest."

Ruan Nanzhu laughed, licked Lin Qiushi's lips, and said hoarsely, "I'm hungry again."

Lin Qiushi: "Hey...?!" Before he had time to react, Ruan Nanzhu threw him on the bed again.

Forget it, as long as Ruan Nanzhu comes back, he doesn't bother to study other things.

END

The author has something to say: It’s finally over, la la la, I’m relieved, thank you for your company over the past few months, and there will be some episodes of daily life in the future, because some friends don’t like to watch daily life, so I just Don't put it in the text.If there is anything else you want to see, you can also talk about it.

Opened a new pit called "Fantasy Farm", which tells the story of the protagonist and his pigs doing high-level research together (no, friends who like it can bookmark it, and it will start updating after a period of rest.