shady writers

This is a desert with extremely low visibility. The yellow sand all over the sky is blown up by the wind, flying in the air, and even blocking the sun in the sky.

In other words, there is no sun at all here.

In such a large area, from time to time, something walked through the desert, with the sound of biting and gnawing, and the miserable cries of the victims.

But when the bell rang, the sound died away.

Then after a while, there was an ordinary sound again, as if every morning when I woke up, I heard the sound.

It was the chirping of birds, the sound of children playing downstairs, the sound of mothers and uncles communicating, and the sound of cars driving by.

When the bell rang again, the voice changed again.

This time it was the sound of running water, the sound of fish wagging their tails, and the sound of whales spraying water jets.

It seems to be connected to any place in the world, and you can hear the sound of any place in the world.

The six of them walked aimlessly against the wind and sand as if they were entering the desert for the first time.

Until, the bell rang six times, and finally something was different.

It was the sound of a man humming.

He seemed to be working on something, humming as he did it, and it sounded like he enjoyed his work and enjoyed it.

After this sound appeared, the sound of the bell never appeared again, only the sound of things colliding when he was working, and the sound of humming from time to time.

In this case, it is natural to approach the direction of the sound.

The six of them continued to walk. After a long time, the wind and sand gradually subsided, and slowly they could see the shadow of a building looming in front of them. Is that a ship?

How could there be a boat parked in the desert?

This is out of place in the desert.

Although there were many doubts in their minds, there was no one to ask. After walking all the way, the wind and sand finally stopped, and they saw a person fishing on the plywood of the boat.

Fishing in the desert?

It's getting weirder.

"Hey, here are the guests." The other party noticed the six people, and his tone was quite excited, "I haven't seen a living person in many years, it's really strange."

He put down the fishing rod, stepped onto the sailboat, lowered the ladder, and shouted, "Come up."

"Go up?" Chen Nan hesitated a little in this situation, whether this person was too enthusiastic.

"Go up." Hua Yongan said.

What else can I do if I don't go up?

They climbed up the ladder, and suddenly saw the man's fishing rod move, and the man quickly rushed to the fishing rod, pulled up the fishing rod and started fishing. The yellow sand was surging, as if there was something hidden underneath. big monster.

Following the man's rewinding of the thread, and another tug, the thing under the sand finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and then everyone froze.

It was a whale whose skin was like a starry sky. It seemed to have no entity, but a combination of stars and stardust, mixed with blue-purple light.

The man reached through the whale's body and took a star from its body.

Then the whale fell back into the sea of ​​sand and disappeared.

The man got the star and seemed to be talking to himself, because the voice was not loud, they couldn't hear clearly.

When the six people went up, they found that there were various doll limbs on the plywood, as well as finished wooden dolls.

"Here it is."

The other party opened the mouth and said, turned around, and the six of them froze for a moment.

"Store manager!"

This person is obviously the store manager!

Except now wearing captain's clothes.

"I'm the captain, don't call me the store manager." The other party said casually, but he froze for a moment, then thought about it again, "But he and I are indeed separate souls, the same person, but he is the store manager , I am the captain."

"Captain..." Hua Yong'an thought that he should go along with the other party, don't they still ask for help from others.

"Captain, let's get something. The store manager said we can get it from you." Chen Nan said impatiently.

"Got it, got it." The captain nodded, and took out a puppet from the cabinet, which looked exactly like Han Ling.

"Have you heard that after everyone dies, they will turn into a star."

The captain stretched out his palm as he spoke, and a bright star appeared in his palm. He raised his hand and put the star into the left eye of the puppet, and then the puppet's body gradually changed from wood to flesh and blood .

The captain looked at the six people and frowned, "I can give this to you, didn't you bring me anything?"

"What?" Several people were stunned, and now they still need to pay for revenge?

Hua Yongan handed over the remaining 200 yuan Tiandi Bank-issued coins, "Remuneration?"

"Why do I want this!" The captain waved his hand, "Didn't you see how tattered my boat is?"

The six people looked around, only to find that something was wrong with the ship. Many of the steel nails connected to the floor were missing, and even a lot of boards were missing, and even a piece of sail was missing.

So they need help repairing the ship?But from this point of view, they couldn't come up with materials.

This can be a headache.

"It's really strange, didn't you send me a nail back before, why is there nothing but that nail?" The captain waded onto the deck chair and looked up at the sky.

After a while, he took out a nail from his pocket.

Several people saw that it was the steel nail that Liu Zongming took out before.

Liu Zongming was taken away by the store manager's younger brother, presumably this steel needle might be his previous one.

Hua Yongan suddenly remembered something, and said to Chen Nan: "Give him the red dancing shoes."

Chen Nan quickly took out the red dancing shoes from her backpack and handed them over, "Is this what you want?"

The captain took it over and looked at it, "There is a familiar smell."

He pondered for a while, and suddenly realized, "Yes, this is the smell of the ex! That guy is too much, he stole the company's things and fled after resigning."

Follow this pair of shoes to find the opponent's position.

The captain threw the shoes off the boat, and the red shoes fell into the sea of ​​sand and were swallowed up, as if swallowed by the ocean.

"Hurry up and leave." The captain began to chase people away.

Chen Nan carried Han Ling's body on his back and got off the boat. They walked in the direction they came from, and the wind and sand gradually rose again.

When they saw that door, they went out together, but what they were facing was no longer the bathroom of 302, but a teahouse.

The word "tea" is flying on the flagpole at the entrance.

With Han Ling on their backs, they opened the small gate of the fence, the door of the teahouse was opened from the inside, and the sound of wind chimes came out.

"Jingle Bell"

"Welcome, would you like a cup of tea?" The manager's voice came from inside.

After entering, Chen Nan saw Han Ling sitting in front of the table.

"Aunt Han, we're here to take you home."

At this moment, the three of them said the same thing.

Han Ling smiled, stood up, and walked in front of them.

Chen Nan put down her body, and Han Ling stretched out his hand to touch that body, it was exactly the same as hers, it was amazing.

She felt an attraction the moment she touched it, and was sucked into her body.

"You can have a cup of tea, and then I will send you out." The shop manager sat down in front of a certain table, "Of course, now I can answer some of your little doubts."

Hua Yongan sat down, and the clerk served them tea.

"Liu Zongming is not the leader of all events, he is just the existence of the control, who is the person who controls him?" Hua Yongan asked.

Liu Zongming is only 31 years old, and the whole incident started 20 years ago. It is unlikely that he started to dominate everything at the age of 11.

And if it's him, the store manager can't fail to see it, even if he's not as strong as the store manager, it's almost the same.

"Liu Zongming's son fell to his death by accident, and his wife went crazy because of it and couldn't get out. One day he received a package with a steel nail in it. He was wondering, so he received a video. His son, the son who is still alive, the other party told him that as long as he did what he instructed, he could bring his son back to life."

"Liu Zongming didn't believe it at first, but on his way back the next day, a child hugged him and called him daddy. That was the child who appeared in the video."

"Liu Zongming brought the child home, but his wife seemed to have forgotten everything after he went crazy. She cooked a table of meals and took the child with a smile. That night was his long-lost happiness."

"But the next morning, the baby was gone."

"In order to continue this happiness, he agreed to D's request, and at first he practiced with cats and dogs and other small animals, and finally focused on the couple. When the husband went to the supermarket, he kidnapped the pregnant woman. After that, you will knew."

"D?" Hua Yongan frowned, a little surprised, this name is actually the same as the store manager's previous pseudonym, why do they all use D!

Suddenly Hua Yongan thought of something and said, "D! Manager!"

"You're right." The store manager confirmed his guess.

"The store manager is a position, and the captain is also a position. At first D was the owner of the desert. He was the store manager and the captain. Later, he violated the rules of the ladder and was expelled from the desert by a pen. Then I became the owner of the desert. , the soul is divided into two halves, one half is the store manager and the other is the captain.”

"But D wanted to come back, he wanted to continue to be the store manager, but after that, the Death Desert and the Mirror Realm were separated, and he also fell into a deep sleep, until the spiritual energy began to recover, he woke up, and began to plan to enter the desert."

"It's a pity that he still can't enter the desert after he planned the incident in room 302. The desert rejects him, and this place is already my territory." The store manager smiled, and didn't know whether he was laughing at D or something else, " So he sent Liu Zongming here because he hoped that I would take the initiative to find him."

"I've told you what you want to know. Liu Zongming can't go back. He's half-human, half-ghost now, and doesn't belong to your world. Compared to being sent to the current prison world, maybe staying here is the best for him. Good place to stay."

Hua Yongan nodded: "I see."

The store manager opened the door and sent them away.

"Remember, don't go out tonight."

Because tonight is destined to be a magical night.

The six people were sent out in a daze.

When they got to the street, they were still a little dazed. Chen Nan reacted the fastest. He picked up his phone and checked the time, only to find that two days had passed.

The time flow of that world seems to be the same as that of the mirror world, and they also experienced two nights in the desert.

And it was three o'clock in the afternoon.

Han Ling hurried home, she wanted to know how her daughter and son-in-law were doing.

Chen Nan went to the street and rented a car. After Han Ling got into the car, Gao Ming and Guan Yuxi also got into the car.

They all want to see their family reunion.

Wait until the door of the villa.

She still had a feeling of nostalgia, and she didn't dare to ring the doorbell for a while.

There was movement from the door, and after a while, someone opened the door.

It was Meng Yi who came out, followed by Yi Wen.

When Meng Yi saw her mother, she rushed over, hugged her, and kept crying.

She called: "Mom."

Then he was so choked up that he couldn't speak, and Han Ling's tears filled his eyes.

Seeing the reunion of their family of three, Chen Nan and the three finally felt relieved.

"Then Aunt Han, let's go back first."

"Aren't you going to stay for a meal?" Han Ling asked.

"The store manager said not to go out tonight, I want to go home and be with my family." Chen Nan said.

I don't know what will happen at night, but I always feel that it will not be a good thing. Chen Nan is a little worried, so he wants to be with his family at this time.

"Then we won't keep you guys." Han Ling nodded.

After the three left, Han Ling asked, "How do you know I'm back?"

"I follow the latest content of Ladder [-] every day." Meng Yi replied, "I just saw the latest chapter, and I knew you were back."

……

in the desert.

The clerk quietly poured a cup of tea for the manager, "Am I going to lose my job?"

Although I haven't worked here for a long time, I still have some inexplicable feelings, and I feel a little bit reluctant for a while.

"Why do you think so, you're going to go on a business trip and work overtime soon." The store manager was surprised, and then took a sip of tea.

Clerk: Evil capitalist, pay back his reluctance and sadness!

"Stop scolding me in your heart, I'm just a worker." The store manager said helplessly.

"Your boss is a pen you mentioned before." The clerk asked with a frown.

"Forget it." The store manager said.

"I don't know how long I'll have to work overtime tonight. It might be all night. Everyone, hurry up and take a rest and recharge your batteries." The store manager said humanely to the cats and storytellers in the store.

After speaking, he headed upstairs.

……

Taking advantage of this time, Xi Ye quickly withdrew from the manager's vest and returned to the main body.

This was probably the longest he'd been around.

Still a little tired.

The clerk always felt that he was being squeezed, but Xi Ye felt that he was the worst one, after all he had to take so many roles by himself.

From time to time, one person has to play multiple roles.

He is the most tired person, okay?

I looked at my phone first, and sure enough there was a new text message, which was already sent yesterday.

Kida: "A pen, the copyright fee has already been paid, and someone has come to discuss the copyright of Ladder [-], asking if you can sell it."

In fact, Kida should have contacted Xi Ye when Tier [-] was first updated, but he suddenly found out that the novel written by the author under him actually happened in the real world, and he panicked for a while.

After all, you must know that a pen is the leader of the ladder.

Mu Tian also made a lot of mental preparations, and just when the copyright fee came, he had to make a decision to contact Xi Ye, so after building himself, he decided to face Xi Ye with the same attitude as before.

Xi Ye replied to him: "Buy, the conditions are the same as the previous one."

After a while, Mu Tian sent a message back to Xi Ye, "Understood, the peripherals are basically made, and the pre-sale has been opened on the Internet. The manufacturer sent samples, how can I give it to you?"

They don't know the address of a pen and can't find him at all.

And these things, maybe a pen is not needed at all, after all, he is the leader of the ladder.

Originally, Kida didn't think it was necessary to mention it, but with the mentality that he couldn't make mistakes, he told the other party whether he needed it or not.

Xiye is different.

That's the periphery of his novels!Of course he wants to.

But if you can't expose yourself, how can you get it?

I felt a headache for a while.

But he has a lot of vests, so let the vests get them!

A pen: "Fengtian will get it tomorrow."

Kida looked at the message on the phone and jumped up from his chair.

"Feng, Fengtian!"

"What's the matter, isn't Ladder [-] already over?" The colleague next door wondered why he suddenly mentioned the protagonist of Ladder [-].

"Fengtian, I'm here to help a pen with the surroundings tomorrow!"

The colleague next door, for some reason, suddenly remembered what the clerk said at the third tier of the Ladder that he had just read, so he murmured: "It's really an evil capitalist, it's all over, and I have to work overtime."

Xi Ye sneezed, "I'm really tired. I have to stay up all night as the store manager, and tomorrow I have to change into Feng Tian to get the goods. Wouldn't it be better to go in the afternoon?"