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Chapter 216 The truth about the night on the barren mountain

When Xiao Yi shouted these words, pure white suddenly filled the whole world.

No... to be more precise, the whole world is moving away from Xiao Yi.

The world where Clemens, Nania, and Liliana were in quickly moved away from him, turning into a tiny dot in an instant, and then... completely disappeared.

Xiao Yi immediately entered a world composed of pure white.

This world... is like the blank space after the end of a story, pure white.

Xiao also understood that he was leaving this story.

Then, his consciousness suddenly sank, and he couldn't help but fall into coma.

But soon, Xiao Yi's consciousness became clear, and he opened his eyes slightly.

"Uh... this is it?"

Xiao Yi shook his head, not feeling dizzy, only feeling satisfied.

It was like waking up from a very long dream.

Xiao Yi noticed that the world around him was very familiar. It was the barren mountain he was in before, but... there was no such hotel here.

There was no sign of them either.

The only thing there was was the strange figure beside Xiao Yi.

"You're finally... back."

That is, a strange man with a gentlemanly temperament. He looked at Xiao Yi who woke up and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Xiao Yi was also a little confused. He immediately asked: "...who are you?"

"You must be confused now, but don't worry, it's over. Next, I will tell you what happened."

He first calmed Xiao Yi nervously, and then slowly said his name.

"My name...is Luzio."

"Lucio? Who is it?" A strange person and a name he had never heard of before made Xiao Yi feel confused.

This man, Lucio continued:

"You must have come back after understanding that the world was actually a story, right? Then you must understand what I say. I am... the author of "Night on Barren Mountain"."

"Are you... the author?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi immediately became energetic.

He jumped up from the ground, "So you are the author! Then you came at the right time. You tortured the character you created like this. How can you still be considered a human being!? This punch was for Clemens!"

"...Ah!?" Seeing Xiao Yi wave his fist, Luzio was really startled and said hurriedly: "Wait! Wait! Did you misunderstand something? Clemens is not me. What a created character!”

"...Misunderstanding?" Xiao Yi stopped.

If you think about it carefully, this guy named Lucio seems to say that he is the author of "Night on Barren Mountain".

"The world of the hotel where I stay during the day should be a story called "The Flash", and the night is the story of "Night on Barren Mountain." In other words, Clay and his friends' lives have nothing to do with you?"

"You can say that." Seeing that Xiao Yi had no intention of attacking him, Luzio breathed a sigh of relief and then explained: "I just copied the story of "The Flash" in "Night on the Barren Mountain"."

"Oh~" Xiao Yi completely understood, "So you are plagiarizing!"

"Uh...!" Luzio covered his chest, as if he had suffered a critical blow, "What you said... is too intense for me."

"So, why do you plagiarize other people's works?" Xiao Yi asked.

"Can you not use that term?" Lucio corrected helplessly: "I was just imitating it."

"Aren't they all the same?"

"It's different...Oh, forget it, anyway, I wanted you to notice the anomalies in the world and discover the truth about the world, so I imitated his work in a hurry."

"So that's it." Xiao Yi nodded.

Indeed, it was thanks to that world full of loopholes that he realized the truth of the world.

"But why do you want to imitate it?" Xiao Yi asked again.

"Because... I have to complete the work "The Flash"." Luzio sighed and explained: "But, I have no talent. You can also notice how big the difference between the two stories is? So? , I alone cannot understand the true meaning of the flash in the story, let alone write a suitable ending. Therefore, I need someone to collect clues in the book to help me understand the flash. What exactly is it."

Xiao Yi thought carefully about his experience in the two worlds, and nodded in agreement.

"It's indeed quite different. How should you tell your story? Not only is it casual, but it's also a bit... earthy."

"I did it on purpose!" Luzio hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Okay, let's get down to business. Can you give me the pages?"

After listening to his words, Xiao Yi also noticed that he was still holding the four pages in his hand.

Eve had said that someone was collecting these pages.

From this point of view, that person is the Lucio in front of him.

However, after learning about this incident, Xiao Yi's doubts only increased.

"You said it must be completed?" Xiao Yi asked: "But you are not the author of "Flash", are you?"

"Well, I'm not."

"What about the author? Why didn't he finish it himself?"

"He..." Lucio said, his expression became sad, "Fister, he has passed away... I was the cause of his death. Therefore, I must atone for my sins and complete the legacy that he failed to complete. Make ‘The Flash’!”

"..." These words made Xiao Yi stunned. It seems that besides the story, there are other stories happening.

Xiao Yi thought for a moment and then asked: "So, is this why you used me to let me enter the story to collect these pages for you?"

"No! That's not the case!" Luzio explained hurriedly: "Your experience was not caused by me. For the specific reasons... please look over there."

As he spoke, Luzio pointed in one direction.

Xiao Yi looked in the direction he pointed, and then noticed that there was a book floating in the air not far away.

Moreover, that book continued to emit deep darkness around it, as if it wanted to infect the world.

Lucio explained:

"Pfister's unfinished legacy is somehow constantly pulling people into the story. Before you, many people were immersed in the story and lost forever.

I understood at a glance that the book was longing for an ending, but... Pfister was no longer here. Therefore, as his murderer, I must atone for my sins and complete the story without letting more people get lost.

However, I have no talent. No matter how hard I try, I can't even compare to First. God is very partial. He gave Feist everything I desired. He is a genius, an undoubted genius, far beyond what a mediocre brick like me can match.

Fortunately, for some unknown reason, The Flash recognized my work... no, my suicide note, "Night on Barren Mountain." Let people who are addicted to the story go to my story temporarily.

Therefore, I hurriedly copied a plot in "Night on Barren Mountain", in order to prevent people from being indulged in the story, noticing the strangeness, questioning the whole world, and exploring the truth from this, so as to obtain what I wanted. I want these pages. I must use despicable means other than my talents to make up for this abyss-like gap. "

These words gave Xiao Yi a rough understanding of the general situation, but he still had questions.

"...Suicide note?" Xiao Yi asked, "What does this mean?"

"It's like the literal meaning." Lucio explained: ""Night on Barren Mountain" was originally a story about my life. I planned to commit suicide after publishing this book. After all, I was the one who killed Fei Ste, I must atone for my sins, and the only meaningful atonement for the dead is an equal and fair death."

"..." Xiao Yi was silent for a moment, and then decided to let the topic end here.

So Xiao Yi handed the pages to Luzio.

"I probably already understand." Xiao Yi said, "Then, take these pages, so that you can write the ending of the story."

"Grateful!"

Lucio didn't waste any time, he took the page with surprise and started reading.

But soon, he showed a sad and helpless expression.

"No... As expected, I can't do it at all. I still can't understand what the flash he was talking about and what thoughts he had in writing this work. The gap in talent is really too great. Big. No matter how hard you try, you just can’t do what you can’t do.”

"...Can't you understand the true meaning of the flash?"

Only then did Xiao Yi remember that he seemed to have the task of deciphering the true meaning of the flash.

So, Xiao Yi thought about it and guessed:

"Is it possible that the flash refers to the flash of humanity? Look at Clemens and the others. Although they have suffered a lot of misfortunes, they are still very good people."

"That's impossible." However, Luzio immediately denied it. He said: "You don't understand Feist. In his mind, there is no so-called good and evil. In his view, good and evil are two-sided things in human nature. It's just that... people use their own likes and dislikes to be selfish. Simply defining good and evil for convenience has forced many people to live a hypocritical and tiring life.

Therefore, in order to reveal this point, he always only uses the most despicable and disgusting people as protagonists in the world's concept. Although this was his greatest strength, it also led to his poverty.

For Pfister, the characters in the book were only born to express his ideas, so regardless of good or evil, he would kill the characters in his story rationally and equally. "

"Kill..." Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi suddenly looked solemn.

Lucio continued: "There were many so-called kind people in Pfister's previous works, but those people died without exception, and many of them were killed by the protagonist. For Pfister That shock is even more profound. Also, you should still remember the name of the protagonist in "The Flash", right?"

Xiao Yi did not forget it, he replied: "...Fister."

"That's right." Lucio nodded, "Using his own name as the name of the protagonist. Pfister created the protagonist as his own incarnation.

The first mental image you see is Pfister's description of himself. People in suits and ties are intertwined with beasts, human nature and beastliness, rationality and instinct are confused. Yes, he is an instinctive beast in a suit of reason.

Therefore, I don't think that the flash is a simple flash of humanity. It should have a deeper meaning, at least not something I can understand. "

"This..." Xiao Yi couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

However, Xiao Yi suddenly remembered something!

"That's right! When doing reading comprehension questions, don't we have to look at the author's life?"

Speaking of which, Xiao Yi still doesn't know what kind of person Feist is, so how can he possibly understand the true meaning of the so-called flash?

Therefore, Xiao Yi immediately asked Luzio:

"Does your book "Night on Barren Mountain" contain Pfister's life story?"

"Eh? There are some, but not many." Luzio said, "And that's all my subjective opinion..."

"It doesn't matter! Let me see!"

As long as you can understand Feist's story, don't forget, Xiao Yi is a man with a score of 200 points in Chinese.

It’s time to show off your terrifying reading comprehension ability of 200% in Chinese!

In fact, what Xiao Yi did was correct.

The condition for clearing the level is to decipher the true meaning of the flash after investigating the truth about Night on the Barren Mountain.

In other words, one must know the truth about the Night on the Barren Mountain before one can understand what the flash is.

"Really? Then... okay."

Lucio nodded and took out a stack of manuscripts from his handbag. The first page of the manuscript read... "Night on the Barren Mountains".

"This is... the story of my life, the story of me and Feist." He said, "It's a slightly long story."

Then, the truth of "Night on Barren Mountain" unfolded in front of Xiao Yi.

(End of this chapter)