I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 377 "Shadow Empire"

"Linna, don't let anyone disturb me until I come out of the office!"

In front of the computer, he hesitated several times.

Carol still decisively gave up "The Ordinary and the Great", opened the complete manuscript sent by Mr. A,
Even if "The Ordinary and the Great" is not bad, but as Mr. A's most loyal reader, it is naturally not as good as Mr. A's new book "Shadow Empire".

He yelled out of the office, but didn't wait for a response.

Carol turned his head again, looking hurriedly at the opened "Shadow Empire" on the computer,
There was some excitement and excitement in the eyes.

"Shadow Empire" is finally finished, which means that he can see the ending of "Shadow Empire" today.

Resisting not to turn directly to the place I have read before, go directly to the finale of "Shadow Empire",

Carroll turned the page over again, and decided to read Mr. A's work in its entirety.

"call……"

Taking a long breath, Carol wanted to calm down before reading.

But with the complete content of Empire of Shadows right in front of you, it's hard not to be excited.

But it’s okay, Mr. A’s words can always easily pull him into the story,
Just start reading like this, with the description of the words and sentences in the text, the progress of the story,
Soon Carol's previous emotions were forgotten, just immersed in it, and his emotions fluctuated with the plot.

……

"Shadow Empire" is a magical realism work with some absurd horror style.

At the beginning, the occasional disappearance of Chang Mo's shadow introduces the story.

The progress of the story also makes people feel a little creepy.

previously,

Chang Mo went to a mental hospital to see a psychiatrist,
But the sudden change of the doctor's crazy look made Chang Mo wonder if it was him who had a problem.
Or the doctor in front of me also has a problem,
At the end of the doctor's venomous ravings behind him,
Chang Mo fled the consulting room like crazy,
It wasn't until he reached the gate of the mental hospital that Chang Mo hesitated, and went back to the outpatient building of the hospital to get the medicine.

There are medicines in the bag,
Chang Mo squeezed it with his hands, lowered his head, walked out of the hospital all the way, and walked along the road.

Did not call a car, even a little scared, and then met pedestrians on the road,

He was afraid, suddenly someone said something inexplicable to him,
It's like the cleaning in the morning, like the taxi driver at noon.

He didn't dare to raise his head, his eyes were locked in the sunlight, shining on his own shadow,

He was afraid that at some point his own shadow would just disappear out of thin air.

"Boy..."

I don't know how far I have gone, but the shadow on the ground is still there.

Someone shouted from the side of the road.

Chang Mo paused for a moment, then lowered his head and quickened his pace.

"Boy?"

The more the man shouted, the faster Chang Mo walked, and finally he ran.

"...What are you doing, it's like meeting a ghost..."

It was a shop on the street, and the shop owner was greeting customers along the street, looking at the clothes in his shop,
Seeing Chang Mo running away, he was a little puzzled,
Shaking his head, holding the clothes in his hand, he turned his head and wanted to go back to the store.

But at this moment, the shop owner paused for a moment,
Then the expression on his face suddenly changed from helpless to stern, with shadows in his eyes.

"...Made, a bunch of stinky idiots...I don't want to buy clothes for me, right..."

"Boss, why are you selling this dress..."

At this time, a passerby suddenly stopped by the store door and asked,
With his back to the shop owner at the door, the expression on his face changed visible to the naked eye,

The harsh shadows are gone, replaced by Rumu's enthusiastic smile,

"Hey, this one, isn't it? This one is cheap, sister, you can try it first and see if you like it before talking about the price..."

……

On the other side, Chang Mo was like a frightened bird in that shout,

The torment of the shadow these days has made him almost mentally broken.

At this moment, like having a mental breakdown, Chang Mo ran all the way far away,

He didn't stop until he was out of breath.

"Hu Chi... Hu Chi..."

Breathing heavily from his lungs, Chang Mo opened his eyes wide, bloodshot and flushed,
He raised his head, looked around, and then looked down at the shadow on the ground, looking back and forth suspiciously.

Finally, he lowered his head again and looked hesitantly at the medicine still in his hand.

Will it be better if I take this medicine...

The medicine was in a bottle, Chang Mo reached out to unscrew the lid of the medicine bottle,

After twisting halfway, Chang Mo stopped his movements again,
He remembered the crazy and resentful appearance of the doctor before,
Thinking of the doctor's last venomous raving...

He dare not eat.

just follow,

Chang Mo, who lowered his head, suddenly dilated his pupils and opened his eyes much wider.
his shadow,

Disappeared again.

"...Young man, what are you doing!"

Suddenly, another questioning voice sounded next to him.

Chang Mo opened his eyes and opened his mouth,

"what……"

Finally let out a frenzied sound like howling,
He opened his bloodshot eyes wide,

He looked up and saw that he was in the square,
But seeing this terrifying scene in the square,

Everyone passing by and staying in the square suddenly had the same expression on the doctor's face before,

The old lady who was teasing her naughty grandson suddenly turned dark and lifted her grandson from the ground.
Not to be outdone, the grandson grinned with resentment on his face.

A man and a woman by the side of the road suddenly quarreled. The man had a vicious face and cursed,

The woman's eyes were red, her face suddenly sank, and she reached out to pick the man's eyes.

There was also a young man who was silent, his face suddenly became unscrupulous, and he opened his mouth to keep saying some dirty words.

Some are crazy, some are resentful, some are laughing mockingly, doing things that ordinary people would not do.

This absurd scene,
Chang Mo, who was already on the verge of collapse, could not accept it.

"what……"

With another roar, Chang Mo fell to the ground.

...Chang Mo stood up from the ground, with a weird smile on his face, mocking these crazy and resentful people in the square unscrupulously.

……

This is the climax of the opening part of "Empire of Shadows".

In the section of the square, Chang Mo witnessed this crazy and absurd scene,

Carol, who watched it several times for the first time, still felt creepy.

Mr. ABC described every detail of this square in a very long space,
Let the pictures in my mind become extraordinarily real and rich, which cannot be erased for a long time.

Seeing this again, Carol couldn't help raising his head a little hairily,
Looking around the office where there is no one else but him,

I looked again at the shadow at my feet, and then continued reading.

……

Further down, the story of "Shadow Empire" has entered the middle stage.

The story is no longer carried out from the perspective of Chang Mo, but another person.

This is a nurse in a mental hospital.

It was the mental hospital that Chang Mo went to before.

It is described in the article that this nurse also had a relationship with Chang Mo.

When Chang Mo went to the doctor's consulting room, the nurse pointed him in the direction.

The nurse's name is Hu Yan.

These days, Hu Yan always feels that her work and life are a bit strange.
In the house she lives in, when she wakes up every morning, something that was originally in her mind,

What should be in one place suddenly appears in another place,
And she had no memory of it at all.

Like a chair in the living room, she didn't move it before going to bed last night,
But when he woke up, he saw that chair was in the bedroom, and it was covered with someone's clothes.

Startled her when she woke up,
At that time, she suspected that someone had entered the house, and immediately called the police.

But before the police came, she had seen that there was no one else in the house except her,

But when the police came, the clothes that had been draped over the seat had disappeared.

And that chair is just like being placed in the living room.

It must be that I have been under too much pressure at work recently and have hallucinations.

It must be too much mental pressure, it's okay.

Or, did he suddenly sleepwalk?

Hu Yan couldn't help but think like this,

But when I went to the hospital, I found a doctor.

Working in a mental hospital, she has seen too many people who have had severe hallucinations without knowing it.

She was afraid of herself too.

A doctor colleague in the hospital prescribed some medicine for her.

Said it was some sleeping pills and sedatives, and let her pay attention to rest.

The doctor said that she is not very serious yet, so it will be fine for now.

In addition, her head nurse even approved her several days of vacation in this way, allowing her to have a good rest.

You know, there are not enough nurses in the hospital.

By the way, except for the inexplicable changes in the room,

Recently, colleagues in the hospital always looked at her strangely,
The director of the medical department, as well as the director of the department, have been looking at her with strange eyes recently,
So do other colleagues.

These changes made Hu Yan feel that her mental state was very bad.

Nothing feels right.

at night,

Hu Yan, who is resting at home, before going to bed,
She pushed the living room table against the door,
This gave her a sense of security.

If someone breaks in while she's sleeping,

At least it has sound, right?

She even put the chair in the living room on the table against the door.

In this way, she returned to the bedroom.

There was also the bedside table in the bedroom, which was pressed against the bedroom door, before lying on the bed,

Then, she had insomnia.

in mind,
Keep thinking about the strange things in the house these days,

And colleagues in the hospital suddenly said strange things to her,
For example, a few days ago, she clearly remembered that after she used the toilet before going to bed, she took off the toilet lid,
But when I woke up in the morning, I saw the toilet lid turned up,

In front of the toilet, there is something like urine,
At that time, she just felt that she might have forgotten that she got up at night.

In addition,

The day before yesterday, the director of the department suddenly asked her if she wanted to go out for dinner together at night.

At that time, she was stunned. She had never had any friendship with the director of the department, and she had never had any private contacts.

Such a thing had never happened before, and the way the department director looked at her made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

She frowned and left, but didn't mention it to anyone else.

But today,
The little nurse who just came to the hospital didn't know why, and suddenly came over to her and asked,

"I heard that who would attack the nurse?"

Before Hu Yan could speak, the little nurse was scolded by the head nurse.

this time,
Lying in bed, thinking about this,

The more she thought about it, the more difficult it was for Hu Yan to fall asleep.

How could this be?
What's going on?
Hu Yan was extremely irritable, and even felt her head start to hurt.

"Whoosh..."

Finally she took a few breaths and sat up from the bed,
Reaching out for the sleeping pills just prescribed by the bedside today,

It's just that before she stretched out her hand, she froze all over,

"Whoosh..."

Behind her, there was a sudden gasp,

But in the bedroom, apart from her, there was no one else at all!

Hu Yan's hairs stood on end,
"Who, who's there!"

The neck was a little stiff, and he turned his head slowly, looking behind him,

Just behind, empty, nothing, only the empty bed, the window with the curtain drawn,

Only then, suddenly,

"Who, who's there!"

Behind Hu Yan's head, another voice sounded,

The voice was frightened and trembling.

But Hu Yan didn't dare to look back,

Because that voice was so familiar, exactly the same as hers.

……

"... Head nurse, can you give me another two days off?"

"It has been approved for three days, why are you still resting?"

Wearing some beautiful clothes, Hu Yan twisted her waist and hips, entered the head nurse's lounge, and said frivolously,

The head nurse frowned, a little unhappy.

"Hey... Head nurse, why don't you give me two more days off? This is a note from the department director. He said that I need to rest again."

Hu Yan gently buttoned the manicure she just made on her hand,
"Two days at most, if you want to go on vacation, you might as well not come, I say!"

The head nurse frowned and said something more.

Hu Yan laughed grinningly, and then gradually laughed a little maniacally.

The head nurse frowned and watched without speaking.

Hu Yan left with a smile all over her face.

The head nurse turned her gaze back and shook her head.

Go back to the work at hand,
Just followed closely, the movement gradually stopped,

The head nurse slowly raised her head again,

A gloomy countenance appeared on his face,

"Bitch..."

Followed, as if nothing happened,
Keep busy with what you are doing.
It's just that on the ground, the shadow illuminated by the light disappeared for a while.

……

"call……"

"call……"

The ground was in a mess, Hu Yan woke up from her sleep,
Panicked, tearing with hands, own manicure,

The manicure nails are very old and firm. When tearing, blood flowed from Hu Yan's fingers and dripped down.
It's just that the pain didn't stop Hu Yan.

She never did manicures, especially after becoming a nurse,

The requirements of the hospital, as well as her own desire to go, do not allow her to do this kind of thing by herself,
But when she woke up this morning, she saw the bright color on her finger,

And on the ground next to it, there is a nail machine that I don't know where it came from, and the nail paint is scattered on the ground indiscriminately.
It's like someone smeared it on while she was sleeping.

"call……"

Panting heavily, Hu Yan frantically tore the nails on her fingers,
Tears are almost coming out of my eyes,
"call……"

At this time, there was another heavy panting sound in the room,
Hu Yan froze again,

Just now, that voice was not from her.

"what……"

Somewhat crazy, Hu Yan cried out,
Shouted heart-piercingly.

But, right after, there was another shout,
"what……"

The voice is the same as hers, only extra frivolous,

Seems to be mocking her.

This made Hu Yan even more frightened, and her eyes widened.

With bloody hands, go to twist the doorknob.

The doorknob opened as desired,
Just opened the door, making Hu Yan even more frightened,

The light originally reflected from the bedroom reflected her shadow in front of her,

But at this moment, she couldn't see her shadow in her eyes,

"what……"

Hu Yan broke down and shouted like crazy.

……

"... Hu Yan, the head nurse in the inpatient department is retiring, and you are going to take over."

"congratulations……"

Hu Yan wore makeup on her face, but it looked like she had just washed her face, and there were still a drop or two of water dripping down.
Regarding the words of the director of the medical department, I stood there, a little dazed, wondering if I heard it.

"Everyone applauds..."

"Crash..."

Amid the applause, Hu Yan walked towards the inpatient building like a walking corpse.

"...Did you hear me?"

"The old head nurse in the inpatient department kindly replaced the night shift for the nurses under her, but she didn't know what happened, she was so scared."

"Now people are still in a trance...the mouth keeps chanting, 'shadow', shadow...just resigned early."

"Hey, stop talking, it's scary."

Hu Yan suddenly raised her head and opened her eyes wide when she heard someone's discussion.

(End of this chapter)