Chapter 24: Horror Novel

The rain stopped the next day. Dong Xie, Dong Ning, and Mo Yuan took a flight back to K City together. Mo Yuan purposely bought a different seat from the sibling duo so that the siblings could have a good chat. "Brother, why don't you go with me in the afternoon to the Feng Chao locker in our neighborhood to get an express." "How many things did you …… buy again?" "Well, a lot of it is things that are in need. Of course there are clothes and such ……" "……" Ever since she didn't lack money to spend, Dong Ning became unrestrained in her shopping. "Even if tomorrow is the end of the world, I still want to wear nice clothes." These were the words Dong Ning hung in her mouth from time to time. Dong Xie couldn't help but spit out, "Ah Ning …… Sometimes I think that you're actually the one who's a werewolf." This kind of mental quality of hers was also really rare to the extreme. But Dong Xie was also clear that this was because Ah Ning she was very strong. Three hours later, looking at the familiar K City below from the airplane window put Dong Xie at ease. However, after all the blood characters were completed, he would definitely take Ah Ning as far away from this city as he could. After all, most of the bloodletters were executed within K City. While Ah Ning looked at Dong Xie, she never told Dong Xie about her encounter with that mysterious woman last night. This matter, too unbelievable, she temporarily intends to investigate on her own first, not letting her brother worry for no reason first. What exactly did that woman mean when she said, "You shouldn't exist here"? Did she know about the blood lettering? Could she be one of those people from outside the world that you see in horror movies? Unfortunately, when she chased her out, there were people with umbrellas everywhere outside, and the traffic was endless, so she couldn't find them at all. After all, there is still a lot of money in hand now, even if it is no longer drawn down in the future is not less. Dong Ning intends to go back to the apartment first, , and then find a way to pay someone to help her find out the other side. At that time, she remembered that the man who rushed in and took the mysterious woman away, seemed to be calling her something true, at that time the sound of the rain outside was too loud, for a time she did not hear clearly. Knowing these clues alone, it was too little. Back inside the apartment, to the 14th floor, Dong Qi and Mo Yuan said goodbye, and then each went into their respective doors. After entering, Dong Ning went to prepare ingredients for lunch. The ingredients within the apartment could be accessed on their own with a single thought, and of course cooked food could be conjured up as well, but Dong Xie still had more confidence in Dong Ning's cooking skills. Dong Xie walked to the window and looked out at the bright sunlight as he took a deep breath. Still alive …… It s so good. As long as he can live …… with Ning and leave this apartment, he really doesn't have any wishes to fulfill. At noon, after Dong Ning made a good meal, Dong Qi helped her serve the food. While the two sat down to eat, Dong Qi was still holding his cell phone and reading a novel. "What are you reading, brother ……?" "Black Ghost Shadow." Dong Xie said as he chucked in his vegetables, "I really didn't think that this book would be finished after just 2 million words." "I thought you were chatting with everyone in the WeChat group about this Bloodletter." "I want to take a day off first, not thinking about anything related to blood words for a while, reading books, playing games, and soothing my emotions." "What about the Devil's Apartment you wrote? It's a novel that's completely adapted from reality." "……" Dong Xie said helplessly, "Well …… it's still in need of refueling from the top ten on the hot list as well as the monthly vote list ……" "Brother, back then you kept saying that you were the Singularity.com Spiritual God. I thought you were a king, but I didn't realize you were a bronze!" "Have you undermined me that much? People who don't know would think that you're not my own sister." When Dong Xie said this, he suddenly thought, Oh yeah, it's not really a real sister. Ah Ning is like this, even in this hellish apartment, she can still be this optimistic and cheerful. With her there, the nightmare-like horrifying experience yesterday, the shadow that was now gradually casting a shadow within Dong Xie's heart was gradually dissipating. "Well, let me take a look." Dong Ning also stopped chasing dramas and opened the Singularity APP she had downloaded, then opened the Suspense Channel and looked at Black Ghost Shadow, which was ranked number one on both the Hot List and the Monthly Ticket List, and said, "Since this book is almost finished, why don't I take a look at it." "Ah Ning …… inside this apartment you still read horror novels?" "I've seen the real evil spirits, so I'm still afraid of the fake ones? It's only a novel if it's scary." "Ning, you really are a werewolf." It was only the two of them who were able to undermine each other so heartlessly, but their relationship was getting better and better. If the other residents heard this brother and sister's conversation, they would definitely not believe that these two were actually the residents of this hellish apartment. Dong Ning clicked on the novel and looked at it, then said, "What is the average subscription of this book?" "I asked my editor-in-charge, who is also Deep Sea's editor, when this book first hit the shelves, the first subscription was 50,000, and now the average subscription is already more than 100,000 dollars. The physical book has also come out three times already, and sales are good I hear." "Sounds awesome ah…… brother you wrote 'Mansion 444' average subscription is also less than 2,900, almost become a fine product. I know, you must have transformed into a lemon essence by now." "A ning …… people hard to break down ……" "Okay, don't damage you anymore. Brother, if you complete the word blood ten times, you can make a wish to become a Singularity Network Platinum God ah ……" "I'm not going to do that. I don't write books for money anymore, but for my dreams! Even if I become a resident of this apartment now, the dream won't end because of that!" Living for the sake of living would only be survival. Even if he did have to die one day, his work would remain in this world . He has, for that matter, come to a full realization. "Deep Sea started writing in 2013, and his first book, Heart of Mighty Ghosts, made him that year's Newcomer King, and it can be said that he was a book that sealed the deal." As Dong Evil said this, he continued to tap his cell phone and said, "He is my idol, and the goal I've been chasing for years." Dong Ning naturally won't forget that when he graduated from college, because his first book "Shivering Space" was a big hit, his brother quickly began to survey and collect all kinds of folklore, watched more than a hundred horror movies, and wrote a 10,000-word outline before creating his later masterpiece, "Mansion 444". Back then, "Mansion 444" was quite a supernatural hit, and after that, all his readers called him "Fiery". Ah Ning, who never gave up her dream of becoming an actress, always said she hoped that one day her brother's book would be turned into a movie and she could play the female lead. Unfortunately, after "Mansion 444", her brother lost some of his usual mind, and the subsequent creation of "Cinema of the Dead" was cursed by countless readers because of the inclusion of a large number of Cthulhu mythological elements in the middle of the book, which evolved into a metaphysical novel. Two years ago, because of the first loss of love, as well as the novel's popularity fell dramatically, the final "Cinema of the Necromantic Spirit" rushed to the end of the rotten, so far Dong Ning remembers how sad his brother was at that time. And it wasn't long afterward that his brother gathered more information and created a new book called Demon Exam Paper. But this book was not particularly successful either, and the reason why brother came to the neighborhood of the apartment was also to draw inspiration for the novel. As a result …… there is now an inexhaustible source of inspiration. It is very noteworthy that brother also wrote in the plot of the first blood letter that time that evil spirit's hand inexplicably retracted from the doorway, wanting to ask for readers' opinions to see if they could analyze the hidden second life path. Instead, it turned out to be viewed by many readers as the brother digging a hole and not filling it, or simply a plot inconsistency. From Cinema of the Dead until now, elder brother has said that he was trying to imitate the style of Fukai's novels, and in the beginning, he also chose to follow the trend because he had read the Necrotic Maelstrom written by Fukai, and was captivated by the Cthulhu worldview in it, but the writing power was indeed far inferior to Fukai's. While her brother's last few books had not done well, Deep Sea's new novels were constantly setting good records in the Singularity Network's spiritual novels. She heard her brother say that this book, Black Ghost Shadow, was even the creepiest book Deep Sea had ever created. It was also the first horror novel by Deep Sea that didn't involve any Cthulhu mythology elements at all. In the afternoon, Dong Xie accompanied Dong Ning to pick up a courier. "Brother, what's the courier you're picking up?" "The physical book of the latest volume of Black Ghost Shadow." Sitting in the car that Dong Qi had recently purchased, Dong Ning nodded and said, "You really do have a special fondness for Shamrock's books." "Well ……" Dong Xie always felt that the latest chapter of Black Ghost Shadow, which he had just read, had a somewhat odd plot style. In the latest chapter, a line was abruptly left inside the bathroom of the protagonist's house. "I won't die, I definitely won't die!" However, when he first read through the chapter, there was no such paragraph. It was only later when he refreshed to see what the chapter said that he realized there was this extra paragraph. Was it the Deep Sea …… that temporarily modified the novel chapter?