Abyss Notes [Unlimited]

It is the rainy season in the city.There are almost no pedestrians on the road, and the shops are deserted.

A river meanders through the center of the city and is a tributary of the Great River. , there is a ferry on the river, and the whistle blows in the heavy rain.

The boy didn't ask a question for a while, and led them onto a bus.

The bus has no driver, but it drives smoothly.

Yu Zhou instinctively looked at and memorized the surrounding situation.There were no vehicles on the road, only the bus passing through the rain and fog alone.Yu Zhou found that Jiang Xiao's behavior was a bit strange.

Instead of walking with them, she stood at the front of the car and looked at the bus route map posted above her head.

The details in the bus are very real, even a wrongly written stop sign on the route map is presented. "Thinking Road" is a pasted note, Jiang Xiao tiptoed to remove it, and under the note is "Sixiang Road".

Jiang Xiao showed a gentle smile, and when Yu Zhou and Yu Gan caught a glimpse, each of them was surprised.That's rarer than a driverless bus.

Realizing that Yu Zhou was looking at her, she went to sit next to Yu Zhou and looked at the boy. The boy's eyes fell on her school uniform jacket.The two only communicated with each other with eyes, without making a sound.

Outside the car window, the streetscape continues to expand.The car finally stopped in front of a ferry.

There are boats docked at the ferry, and the roadside sign reads: Motor vehicles please go to the ferry in the middle of the river, motorcycles/tricycles are 5 yuan/vehicle/round trip, pedestrians/bicycles are 3 yuan/vehicle/round trip.

But there was no one at the ferry.

Yu Zhou stood in front of the ferry, surrounded by the indescribably dull feeling of this small city.Whether it's Foghorn Town or Algar's "Kingdom", they can quickly see that it doesn't exist in the real world.

But it's different here.Except for almost no people, the city is terribly real, even the rust on the railings and the loose screws on the signs have been restored. He couldn't believe it: Why did the cage master make the shape of this city so real?

He stepped into a small puddle that reflected the houses that lined the street, silent in the rain.

"What question do you want to ask us?" Yu Zhou asked the boy.

The boy's hair was blown slightly by the wind.His lenses have very deep prescriptions, and his eyes have a calmness that is rarely seen in teenagers.

The boy pointed to the ferry and told them a story.

On September 2017, 9, a speeding car broke through the fence of the ferry and rushed into the river in the middle of the night.

When the vehicle was pulled out, the broken bumper of the vehicle pulled out a fishing net tied with ropes from the mud at the bottom of the river.

There is a bone in the fishing net.

The remains belonged to a 16-year-old girl who disappeared on April 2017, 4.

At 4:6 p.m. on April 10, after finishing her evening self-study, she bought a bottle of soda in the newsstand at the school gate, said goodbye to the boss who was about to close the stall, and trotted across the road.

That was the last recorded sighting of her.

She was supposed to take the bus, go to the cram school to find her mother, and then go home in her mother's electric car.

But on the monitoring record of the bus that day, she did not appear.

There is a 600-meter street between the newsstand and the bus station.She disappeared down the road.

Half a year later, the body was fished out of the river, and she had been eaten by fish and shrimp and turned into bones.

The school uniform jacket was still put on the corpse, and the lower body clothing, shoes and socks were missing.Also in the net was her schoolbag, where police found her student ID and an empty soda bottle.

The boy took out the school badge: "This is my identity card. I'm sorry, when I fell into the 'trap', I only had this on me besides my schoolbag."

On the school badge are four chic and beautiful Chinese characters: Linjiang Middle School.

Everyone turned their heads to look at Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao had been listening to the boy quietly with his hands crossed, and now he said, "I know you."

Boy: "Yeah."

Jiang Xiao: "You are the brother who disappeared during the National Day of 17, Fu Yuncong, Class 7, Grade [-]."

Fu Yuncong smiled: "It seems that my missing person notices are posted everywhere."

"Because you are so famous." Jiang smiled and said, "It turns out...you fell into the 'trap'."

Fu Yuncong looked at Jiang Xiao's clothes. "Your school uniform is only worn by freshmen in Linjiang Middle School since the second half of 17. Is your name Jiang Xiao?"

Jiang smiled and nodded.

"I remember you too." Fu Yuncong smiled, "On the first day of enrollment, because I was late, I climbed over the wall to enter the school, ran around the campus three times, and was never caught. The sports student is still a girl. very funny."

Jiang Xiao also imitated his tone: "It seems that my punishment notices are posted everywhere."

The fisherman's hat interrupted the recognition and reminiscence of the two.

"What question do you want to ask us? What kind of story are you talking about?"

Fu Yuncong put away the school badge: "I think if I get closer to you, maybe you will give me the answer I want."

He pointed to the vast river behind him.

"The bones that were salvaged here are Hong Shiyu, my classmate in No. [-] high school." Fu Yuncong said, "My question is, do you want to know the reason for the appearance of the 'birdcage'?"

Yu Zhou was taken aback.

"If you want, please find the murderer who killed Hong Shiyu." Fu Yuncong said, "As long as you find the murderer, I will tell you everything I know about the 'Birdcage'."

A moment of complacency appeared on the boy's face.

"I don't know how many 'birdcages' you have experienced, but I can be sure that there is no cage owner who knows as much as I do."

"Do you believe it?"

While walking in the rain, Liu Yingnian suddenly asked.

The rain came and went, but it didn't stop.They took a few umbrellas from a 711-Eleven convenience store on the side of the road.Of course, there is no one in the convenience store, the shelves are empty, only the bucket for the umbrella is full.After walking a few steps, Yu Zhou looked back, the bucket was full again, and the missing umbrellas had been replenished.

Fu Yuncong said that they can find a place to live at will. If they feel uncomfortable after staying for two days and don't want to follow Fu Yuncong's request, they can leave at any time.

He doesn't seem to restrict adventurers to stay in his "birdcage".

The biggest difference from the previous "Birdcage" is that there are almost no people here, and it is extremely deserted.

The red light at the intersection is on, and the countdown begins.There were no cars on the road, the road was drenched with rain, and there were small puddles of water on the side of the road.They crossed the road painted with red lights, and even the fisherman's hat couldn't help sighing: "It's so strange, this 'birdcage'."

This "birdcage" is so complex, real, and so big.But lifeless.

"Do you believe what he said?" Liu Yingnian asked again.

No one can answer Liu Yingnian's question.Yu Zhou took out the Abyss Notes from his backpack, and there was no hint in the notes that could guide them to leave.

"Perhaps we will have to wait for us to agree to Fu Yuncong's request before the reminder will appear in the notes." Yu Zhou said, "What do you think?"

Looking up, everyone was looking at him.

Yu Zhou: "See what I do?"

Fan Xing: "The decision is in your hands."

Yu Zhou: "...Me?"

He looked at the notebook in his hand, and the dried fish fell on the notebook, pretending to yawn.

The key props that can solve the "Birdcage" puzzle are indeed all in Yu Zhou's hands.

Yu Zhou stammered: "But, but I..."

"If you say stay and solve the problem, we will stay. If you say go, we will go with you. Anyway, we are now grasshoppers on the same rope, and we can't escape each other." Jiang Xiao said, "You don't want to There is too much pressure. We follow you, not because we believe you and admire you, there is no way. I don't want to die in this 'birdcage', I am willing to follow you to choose."

Fan Xing suddenly asked: "This is your hometown, don't you want to stay longer?"

Jiang Xiao is as calm as ever, but this calmness at this time and place makes people surprised: "This is a 'birdcage', an illusion created by my fellow schoolmates, not a real city. Indulging in this illusion, It just hurts me."

Bucket hat: "You want to go back to your real home."

Jiang Xiao neither admitted nor denied, but instead asked Yu Zhou: "What is your plan?"

Yu Zhou closed his notes: "...I'll think about it again."

Jiang Xiao once said that the "key" to return to the real world is hidden in a special "birdcage".

No one knows what the special "birdcage" is, and no one has ever seen the so-called key.But since this rumor exists, there must be a reason.

The rumors gave Yu Zhou the confidence to persevere.Is the "birdcage" in front of you special?Yu Zhou didn't know.Jiang laughed and said that there are almost no identical "birdcages", and it is difficult even for her to distinguish what is special.

The only way is to break open every "birdcage" you have experienced.The hope is slim, but at least there is a clear path.

In addition, Fu Yuncong claimed to know the "Birdcage" very well, this statement also made Yu Zhou very concerned.

This teenage boy does not force the adventurer to stay in the "birdcage". This alone is completely different from other cage owners.

Doesn't he feel lonely?Yu Zhou didn't understand.This vast city is almost uninhabited, how does Fu Yuncong usually spend the long and boring days?What secret did he know about the "Birdcage"?

The adventurer and the cage owner have different identities, so is the truth that each can glimpse is also very different?

As Yu Zhou walked, he heard Jiang Xiao asking the fisherman's hat: "Are you staying with us this time?"

Fisherman hat: "Don't follow."

Jiang Xiao: "Where do you plan to live?"

The fisherman's hat instantly became vigilant.

Jiang Xiao: "The house you are looking for is not bad, let's go and have a look."

She has the strongest ability to adapt, and she is no longer obsessed with the illusion of the "birdcage" and her hometown, and begins to figure out how to spend the next days well.

Even the dried fish admired: "Sister Xiaoxiao, you are so awesome." After speaking, Jiang Xiao grabbed her and couldn't move.

Several people around me began to discuss how to find a comfortable place to live in this city.Yu Zhou thought to himself, although the team was randomly put together, they didn't know each other well, and everyone had their own secrets, but at least they had already guessed Yu Zhou's choice.

After all, this is Jiang Xiao's hometown.Liu Yingnian urged Jiang Xiao to take them home, but Jiang Xiao was unwilling.Her home is in the corner of the city, very remote, and it takes nearly an hour to take a bus.

"Isn't it good to live in a big house in the city center?" Jiang said with a smile, "What kind of hard-working training are you doing?"

She finally made a decision and chose a house in the city center.

The first floor of the house is a bar, facing the intersection, and the river can be seen on the second and third floors.The fisherman hat chose a place across from the bar and stayed alone.Jiang Xiao entered the bar and was stunned again: the bar has everything, wine, food, and seats, and it seems that it will open in the next second.

Jiang Xiao fiddled with the bar, but Yu Zhou didn't dare to go in.This "birdcage" was surprisingly detailed, and he began to wonder if Fu Yuncong was a robot.Can the minds of ordinary people really design a space with nothing so detailed and real?

Fan Xing crossed his hands, leaning against the wall to look at Yu Zhou.The damp air seemed to wet his long hair, he didn't smile, he had a strange sense of melancholy when he looked at people quietly, with secrets hidden in his eyes.

In order to suppress his urge to beat someone, Yu Zhou resolutely refused to look at him.

"Let's live together." Fan Xing said.

Yu Zhou: "...huh?"

Fan Xing spread out his palms.The wound on his hand was not treated, and it was already red and swollen after walking in the rain for a long time.

Yu Zhou: "..."

For Fan Xing who played poorly, Yu Zhou has no guilt.Although the pain in his injured ribs and elbow was greatly relieved after leaving Alga's kingdom, he still felt faint pain from time to time.

Yu Zhou thought to himself, "It deserves it", and went to study Jiang Xiao's bartending techniques with Liu Yingnian.

At night, Fu Yuncong came to visit.

Yu Zhou told him that they decided to help.Fu Yuncong breathed a sigh of relief, looked left and right, and his eyes fell on Fan Xing.

Fan Xing frowned and closed his eyes, lying on the sofa to sleep.Yugan was also unusually listless, lying on his chest, as if he didn't even have the energy to speak.

"He is sick." Fu Yuncong said, "If you get sick in the 'birdcage', if you don't have the right medicine, you will die."

Yu Zhou: "Then let's just die."

The dried fish struggled on Fan Xing, Liu Yingnian probed it: "I have a fever."

He grabbed Fan Xing's wrist to feel his pulse, but he was startled by the wound on Fan Xing's palm.

"What is this!" He shouted, raising Fan Xing's hand.

The wound on the palm of the hand turned white, and the surrounding area was red and swollen. Countless thin white long whiskers squirmed and stretched in the wound.

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