The monster villain of the extraordinary world

Chapter 1 Lei Yue
The afternoon sky in Dongzhou City was gray, like a layer of mold.

The weather forecast said that there would be heavy rain in the evening, but on this summer weekend, the International Trade Plaza on Mingxing Street was still crowded with people.

Among them, a person wearing an orange brown bear doll costume is distributing leaflets to passers-by, twisting his body lively from time to time, making many children laugh endlessly.

The children's laughter made many passers-by smile and accept the leaflets happily, but most of them still waved their hands and refused.

Probably because of the approaching rainstorm, the air was filled with a stuffy heat.

Inside the brown bear doll costume, Lei Yue was already sweating profusely from the heat, but he continued to perform hard.

It wasn't until the sky became darker and his head became more and more dizzy that he walked to a remote leisure bench and sat down, put down a large stack of leaflets, pulled the hood of the doll costume, and let out a sigh of relief.

Looking at the crowd in the distance, he took out a bottle of mineral water from the pocket of the doll suit, unscrewed it, and took a few swigs.

At this time, a little boy, held by his mother, passed by the side path.

Just as the little boy looked over curiously, he suddenly seemed to see something horrifying, and exclaimed, "Mom, look at that person!"

The woman turned her head to look around, frowned involuntarily, and taught in a low voice: "Don't look at him." As she spoke, she took her son's hand and walked away quickly.

Soon, another child and their parents passed by on the path, and then the next pair, and the next pair, the children who noticed Lei Yue would exclaim, dodge behind their parents in fear, and some even cried when they were scared.

"Dad, look, that man looks so scary..."

"Mom, is that man a monster?"

There were also some adults who saw it inadvertently, then turned their heads bluntly and quickened their pace.

Lei Yue drank mineral water like no one else, tore open a pack of biscuits and ate them, and occasionally smiled at surprised passers-by, so that the voices and eyes that entangled him like thorns made him unable to get rid of it. The sense of alienation is not so stinging.

He is a senior high school graduate. He insisted on taking the art exam of the acting department because of a vow he made to his parents when he was a child.

Although he performed well in the live performances in the examination room, and his college entrance examination results were outstanding among all the candidates, he was not accepted by any of the art schools he applied for, and he failed the rankings unsurprisingly.

So far, only this kind of job that can cover his face and need to wear a doll costume can he not be rejected by others.

Lei Yue thought about it, took out his phone, and saw his own face reflected on the dull screen:

Medium-short hair is half-covered, the right side of the face is handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and clear outline;

And the left side of the face, with the midline of the nose as the junction, extending to the left ear, is full of potholes and kinks of purple-red flesh, full of scars that will never fade.

Half of the nose of the whole face was rotten, half of the mouth was rotten, and the left ear was also incomplete, with a large piece of scalp exposed beside the ear. This is a rotten face.

When he was six years old, there was a fire at home, which caused Lei Yue not only to lose his parents, but also his health. Half of his body was burned extensively, and half of his face was severely disfigured. The hospital was unable to repair it.

"Monster" and "monster", from then on, throughout Lei Yue's entire growth process, he would keep hearing this appellation, people he knew and people he didn't know called it openly and privately.

He was brought up by his grandmother, who always said to him seriously: "Xiao Yue, leave them alone, those who call you monsters, they are monsters."

It is also my grandmother who has always encouraged him to be brave, encouraged him to boldly persist in his interest in and learning about acting that he had had before the fire disfigured him, and also supported him in pursuing this love and fulfilling his unshakable vow.

A few months ago, my grandmother was found to have advanced liver cancer, and she was admitted to the hospital shortly after, and her condition is not very good now.

Grandma doesn't want to continue the treatment. The only thing she can't bear to part with in this world is Lei Yue, but because of this, she doesn't want to waste any more money. The money has to be left to her grandson for tuition, treatment and other things.

But for Lei Yue, he was even more reluctant to part with his grandmother, how could he give up?
Grandma has taken care of him for so many years, she is his closest and only relative in the world, money is not important at all.

Lei Yue rested for another 5 minutes, hurriedly ate the biscuits and drank half a bottle of water, then put the doll costume and headgear back on, and continued bouncing towards the passers-by in the center of the square.

At the same time, he was also walking in the direction of the mall, ready to grab the next leaflet after handing out the leaflet in his hand.

Grandma doesn't have much savings, so he has to bear the medical expenses. Now he works three jobs during the day, and after 22:00 in the evening, he goes to take out food for four hours...

Soon, the children's laughter resounded in this bustling commercial square.

Lei Yue got the leaflets from the business center of the mall, and they advertised all the shops in the mall.

The first floor of the shopping mall is full of people having fun and wandering around, the sound of tinkling machines can be heard from the game hall, the restaurants have begun to gather guests for dinner, and many students who come out to play during the summer vacation are in groups.

"Xinghe KTV, welcome everyone!" Lei Yue handed out the last stack of leaflets as he walked, yelling out the slogan of the business from time to time.

Suddenly, he stopped and saw a few familiar figures walking past him talking and laughing. They were all his high school classmates in Dongzhou No. [-] Middle School.

They went straight into a trendy restaurant next door, and Lei Yue saw through the transparent glass wall that there were more classmates inside, laughing and laughing, as if they were having a party.

When his eyes moved to the corner of the sofa, his heart suddenly thumped, and Yang Yinuo also came...

The girl has long black straight hair, is tall, has a delicate face, and has a gentle temperament.

Yang Yinuo is the study committee member of the class and the goddess of the class. She is very kind to everyone. When she looks at Lei Yue, she never avoids her eyes. Sometimes she talks and laughs. he.

Lei Yue watched silently, stopped in place for a while, and then walked into the restaurant, walking towards those peers who kept laughing.

People who come in and hand out leaflets are not welcome in the restaurant, because it will disturb the guests to eat.

The female manager originally wanted to stop the brown bear doll, but she thought that this person's performance had brought a lot of joy to the entire shopping mall recently, and the customers liked it very much, so she let him in and reminded him to get it done quickly.

Lei Yue thanked him, and walked away while avoiding other customers, silently counting the number of students.

There are 50 students in the class, and more than half of them are already there. Is this the graduation reunion of the third year of high school? Why is no one talking about it in the classmate group?
Why no one notified him...

"Is anyone else here?" A curly-haired boy yelled, scanning the audience, "That kid Mabu hasn't come yet, call him and ask him if he's still coming, Watermelon, Xiao Hei... and Woolen cloth?"

A short and chubby boy suggested after hearing the words: "Lei Yue didn't come either, why don't I call him?"

At this moment, the restaurant fell silent, and everyone's expressions became strange, but no one said anything.The fat boy suddenly realized that the atmosphere was not right, so he stopped his hands that were about to make a call.

"Lei Yue, uh..." The curly-haired boy hesitated, and said in an embarrassed tone: "I heard from Mr. Wang that his grandmother was hospitalized with cancer. Lei Yue must be very busy recently, so let's not bother him."

"Ah, that's it, then don't bother him!" A girl with glasses immediately cooperated.

Immediately afterwards, several girls said one after another: "Yes." "Don't call me Lei Yue."

Most of the students breathed a sigh of relief, and started talking and laughing again, while casually picking up a flyer sent by a brown bear man in a doll costume.

"But, Ayue..." The fat boy was a little puzzled, he was still hesitant to speak, but was pulled by another man with glasses beside him.

The man with glasses approached the fat boy, and whispered like a warning: "Everyone doesn't want him to come, understand, for dinner, if Lei Yue's face is there, wouldn't it be disgusting..."

"Uh." The fat boy had nothing to say now, but scratched his head embarrassingly.

Although the man with glasses spoke in a low voice, everyone could hear it. A girl lowered her voice like gossip and said, "Yeah, I panicked when I saw his face..."

Another girl nodded, "He sometimes smiles at you, as if you know him very well, not knowing that his mouth is so scary."

"Yes, that guy is really not polite, and he dared to take the art test."

"I heard that he has some mental problems. He was burned by a fire when he was a child. Some people saw him taking medicine."

"Actually, we don't care, but will some friends from other schools come over later? It's not good to scare them, they will definitely not let go..."

At the same time, the brown bear in the doll costume twisted its body, jumped to Yang Yinuo, and handed her a leaflet.

Yang Yinuo didn't participate in the discussion of the crowd, as if she didn't hear it, she calmly drank the milk tea in her hand, and took the flyer casually.

At this time, another group of young men and women walked in at the entrance of the restaurant. Everyone immediately cheered, put aside the topic about Lei Yue, and went to greet him one after another.

Yang Yinuo also smiled and got up and waved.

Some of their classmates came in, as well as students from other schools, invited by some acquaintances.

"Nonuo!" One of the tall and handsome boys walked quickly, put his arms around Yang Yinuo's shoulders, and the two sat down on the sofa intimately. He said eagerly, "Will you go to the movies later?" She said expectantly: "Um."

The restaurant was lively and lively, young people were drinking milk tea and joking, no one paid special attention to the departure of the doll, and no one noticed that the doll stopped bouncing when he left.

Nobody wants to see a bad face, they're disgusted, they're scared, that's why.

Youth, love, this has nothing to do with you.

Leaflets, handing out leaflets, money, medical expenses... This is my business, grandma is still seriously ill in the hospital...

Why does someone as good as grandma get cancer? Isn't it said that good people are rewarded with good things?
No, this is not a reasonable world.

After night fell, the heavy rain began to cover the entire Dongzhou, and Lei Yue was extremely flustered because of a phone call.

When he rushed to Dongzhou People's Hospital drenched and walked into the ward panting, his grandmother was already dying.

"Grandma..." Lei Yue staggered to the bedside, holding grandma's hand.

His impression of grandma is always her wrinkled but kind smile full of Buddha, but grandma's face has already become dry and thin, and every wrinkle looks dilapidated.

At this moment, grandma struggled to open her eyes, but she could only open a slight gap. Her eyes were extremely cloudy, and she seemed to be able to recognize people, but at the same time she seemed to be unable to recognize people.

"Be mentally prepared." Before leaving the ward, Dr. Ma, the bed doctor, whispered seriously to Lei Yue, "The patient will leave at any time."

Lei Yue looked at grandma's face, his eye sockets were vaguely impacted by the heat wave, "Grandma, grandma..." He called her over and over again, beckoning her to stay, stay a little longer.

"Is it Xiaoyue..." Grandma suddenly seemed to regain her spirits, her old eyes opened a little bit wider, and there was also a spirit inside.

"It's me, grandma, I'm here." Lei Yue held his grandmother's old hand tightly, "I'm right here."

"Xiao Yue, you want to live well..." Grandma spoke slowly, chaotically, and weakly, and some voices were out of order, but her thin face still smiled so kindly, "Be happy every day... ..."

Lei Yue nodded again and again, as if standing at the performance site of the art test again, his face quickly became a bright smile, and his voice was full of expectation and joy, as if something great had just happened:

"Grandma, just now I went to China World Trade Center to attend a class reunion, and I had a great time with everyone. Yang Yinuo, do you remember her, she accepted the gift I gave her, and promised to go to the movies with me, I think... I think she really likes me."

Grandma should have heard it, a better smile appeared on that old face that was already showing signs of lifelessness, and she murmured something that could not be clearly heard.

Those loving eyes looked at him, and the newly recovered look was gradually disappearing, gradually dissipating, and finally returned to darkness.

The ECG monitor next to the hospital bed made a beeping sound, and the lines on the screen became straight. Grandma passed away, and there was still a smile from the last time on the corner of her mouth.

"Ha...haha..." Lei Yue's smile gradually became stiff, his throat moved, and his eyes turned red.

He still held his grandmother's hand tightly, buried his head in the hospital bed, hiding his face and tears.

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The night sky was so dark that it was about to collapse, and the torrential rain washed over this neon city.

Various glare lights such as blue, purple, and red are mixed with rainwater, and intertwined with the whistling sound of ghost cars, everything is colorful and chaotic.

But in the eyes of those who have returned home alone, this is just a black and white world, like the screen of an old-fashioned TV.

The old urban village, the small quiet apartment unit, and the once bright family photo on the coffee table in the living room have now become black and white.

Lei Yue didn't turn on the light, and walked into his room in the dim light coming in from the window. The small room hadn't been tidied up for many days, and it was messy everywhere.

This home will also be gone.

His earliest home was burnt to ruins, except for him who was rescued by his grandmother desperately, there was nothing left.

It was demolished a few years later, and grandma and he got a sum of money, which was all spent on seeking medical treatment for his rotten face and strange diseases over the years.

Lei Yue sat by the bed, looked at the medicine bottles on the bedside table, and fixed his eyes on one of the bottles, "Olanzapine".

This is the psychiatric drug that he started to take after the fire, because he suffered from a rare disease, a paranoia that doctors can hardly explain - "Cotard's Syndrome".

Doctors say this is one of the rarest and most terrifying mental illnesses in the world, also known as the "living dead disease".

Patients will think that they have died, and will suffer from very strong hallucinations of death during the onset, such as body decay, blood stagnation, etc., and will be accompanied by other symptoms.

Lei Yue didn't go to get the medicine bottle, and lay straight on the bed, staring at the ceiling, listening to the wind and rain outside the window.

After eating for so many years, I don't want to eat anymore.

Is the living dead sick, but he is indeed dead, he died a long time ago, he died during the fire that year.

"Live well, mother-in-law." Lei Yue murmured, "Do you think everyone hates me, or just hate my face?"

No one wants to see your... your face...

The night rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the night wind was blowing so that the windows slammed, and the glass windows that had been in disrepair were finally blown open, and the rain poured in.

Suddenly, something flew over through the storm, and Lei Yue turned his head to look, only to see that it was a crow.

The crow has a huge body, with black feathers all over its body, deep-set eyes, strong claws grasping the crumbling window sill, and a long beak with sharp curves.

He looked at the uninvited guest silently, and the indescribable strange feeling that he had had since the fire was slightly emerging again.

If he doesn't take medicine, he will see something called hallucinations in medicine, and the more sick he is, the more hallucinations he sees.

Every time, this crow is always the first to appear, but there are others...

The cold wind blows the dark light in the corner of the bedroom, and Lei Yue suddenly sees a tall strange man in dirty rags suddenly sitting on the wooden chair in the corner. face.

But he could see that there were pieces of rotting flesh and blood hanging on the strange man, and there were sap and residues constantly falling, which was the same as when he saw his own body when he was ill.

Lei Yue's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked away. The last thing he wanted to see when he got sick was this strange person.

But he also saw that beside the many medicine bottles on the bedside table, there was an extra classic flying goggles. The lens was covered with a thick layer of dust, and the brown leather wrapped around the frame looked very stiff. The whole glasses seemed to be broken at any time.

Crows, weirdos, goggles...

All appeared.

Lei Yue frowned, and looked at the bottle of olanzapine again. After a while, he still didn't take it. He just closed his eyes, closed them tightly, and opened them again. At this time, the goggles disappeared.

Then close it tightly, and then open it again, at this time the weirdo is gone.

But no matter how many times he opened and closed, the crow was still there.

The crow suddenly flapped its wings, flew away from the stormy window sill, and landed on the unlit lamp on the bedside table, its eyes were like torches.

The faint night light shone on its body, casting its shadow onto the floor splashed with rainwater. The huge elongated shadow seemed like a statue in the dark night.

Gradually, Lei Yue looked at it again.

The fire happened at night. When he was lying on a stretcher and being transported to the ambulance, weeping, he saw the crow flying from afar in the night, covering the burning high-rise buildings, the crescent moon and street lamps in black.

From then until now, it was the first time that I observed it so carefully.

Lei Yue used to feel nervous and disgusted with it, thinking that it came to seek his family's bad luck, but now his eyes gradually softened.

Crows, generally considered ominous and ugly black birds, have always been feared and driven away by people...

"Everyone despises you." Lei Yue grinned suddenly with a good face and a bad face, "I just realized that we are so similar..."

He tried to sort out his messy thoughts, and after a while, he said again: "Maybe, I still have you as a friend in this world."

Friend, it was the first time he called the crow that way, the first time he had this kind of attitude towards it.

On the other side of the desk lamp, the crow didn't look at him, but turned its black eyes slightly, thinking elusively.

"Friend?" Lei Yue called out to it again, hoping that the crow would give a little response and break his loneliness.

But the crow remained silent, as if he didn't exist at all.

Lei Yue didn't care about it anymore, talking to himself about the confusion in his heart:
"Actually, I don't know if I can survive, and I don't know how to take the next road..."

He remembered some legends about crows, looked at the mysterious black bird, and laughed at himself in a low voice:
"I heard that crows not only eat the carrion of the dead, but also know how to lead the dead to the road of resurrection. My friend, my mother-in-law wants me to live well, so what do you think I should do as a living dead? Can you guide me? "

The shabby glass windows were blown louder and louder by the strong wind, but the crow didn't move its long beak and uttered a half-spoken word.

Over there, it seemed to have completed its inexplicable patrol around, and suddenly flapped its wings, flew up from the desk lamp, and flew out of the window.

"Hey, where are you going!" Lei Yue was startled, got up quickly, ran to the window sill and looked outside.

At this time, there was a flash of lightning in the night sky outside, and the crows were frantically moving through the bloody rainstorm, and all the raindrops were beaten and splashed by it.

Lei Yue opened his eyes to look over, the scar on his rotten face trembled slightly.

How did it go away and not treat me as a friend?Could it be that even this ugly black bird despises me so much...

His mind fluctuated violently like a torrential rain, but immediately, another thought emerged, which he firmly grasped:
"No, the crow is leading me to a certain place, it is responding to me, it is leading the way, definitely, the way I should go..."

But does the crow really exist, maybe, does it matter?
Over the years, in order to reassure her mother-in-law, I have accepted the identity of a patient, and the crow is just an illusion, and I honestly cooperate with the doctor and medicine to expel it.

But now, in the future, no need.

Lei Yue thought about it, until he grinned again that smile that was said to be creepy by others, turned around and strode away.

He left the house, went down the stairs, and walked on the dilapidated and wet road, letting the rain hit his face and wet his short black hair.

The rain was icy, the wind was biting, and the flesh began to freeze.

Lei Yue felt that this was just right.

This night will be a new beginning. He will no longer let drugs cover what he sees, nor will he let his hair cover his tattered face.

In this way, the line of sight is not blocked, and the whole world is clearer in the eyes.

The trees on the side of the road were blown by the strong wind and rustled, like the hoarse words of a damaged tape. Through the ghostly gaps in the branches and leaves, the lights of the city were dimly seen, and the neon halo became dim and faint in the heavy rain. green.

Lei Yue followed the crow in the sky alone, walked to the darkness in the distance, and walked to the shadowed street.

The cold rain fell on his black windbreaker and disappeared in the stream of light.

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