Home from scratch in another world

Now the various departments of "Deep Space" have been perfected one after another. Programs, art, music, copywriting, publicity... There are special personnel in charge of each position.

After the increase in the number of people, the originally large office was not enough. The current workstations seem a little crowded. The boss plans to rent the office next door.

After all, as a game company that needs vitality and inspiration all the time, the status of the employees is the most important. She plans to expand the pantry and lounge and provide more tea and food.

Ohno Satoshi cheered for this, and Yagi Kazue also proposed to raise a cat, but was rejected by the boss shaking his head.

However, Shimeng also thinks that many suggestions from employees are very interesting. For example, "inspiration room", a specially designed room filled with small objects that can inspire inspiration, like when Yagi draws pictures, he likes to listen to some cheerful music ;

There is also the "Little Black Room", which she thinks is very necessary to arrange, and it only treats some procrastination patients, and they cannot come out without completing the work;

And the "Game Experience Room", which specially recruits several professional players to play games and find bugs, which is very useful for advancing the game process.

Even the gym, audio-visual room...

Shi Meng recorded all these reasonable suggestions in the planning book.

She decided that when the "Deep Space" building was completed, all these rooms would be arranged.

She can even raise cats. She also likes small animals, but the current place is too small and she is very busy. After the building moves, she will adopt a stray cat.

Shi Meng remembers that three-colored cats in Yokohama are quite common, so I might as well kidnap one on the road and bring it back to raise...

In this somewhat noisy environment, most people were chirping with all kinds of nonsensical thoughts, only Qiu Yuanyang who was sitting was very dull.

Akimoto is 24 years old, looks very thin, has a pair of quiet and melancholy brown eyes, does not like to talk, and is in a daze by the window when he has no work.

Shi Meng felt that his state was not right, and scanned him a few times with mental perception, only to see that he was empty and restless...

But the business is complicated, and she plans to wait for the busiest time to pass, and then talk to him, try to enlighten him.

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And when the novel "Red Moon Manor" is constantly updated, the follow-up response is getting better and better. This is a horror novel that is getting better and better, and it is also a unit drama type.

The further you go, the stronger the sense of horror and excitement, and the discussions among book fans about this book gradually increase.

People always like to explore unknown things. "Red Moon Manor" not only makes them feel scared, but also brings them a sense of experience full of excitement and joy.

Especially the stories of the survivors and the overall background that are gradually being perfected in it, the hidden dark side is excavated little by little, the horror game that is divorced from reality, combined with the tragedies that happened in reality.

The atmosphere of terror, mystery, doom, and death made countless book fans feel as if they had been pumped with adrenaline.

One of the most popular posts tonight was about exactly this:

【"Is there any way for me to give up thinking and go to sleep peacefully... I can't sleep at all, I'm shivering with my dog ​​on the bed, but I have to go to work tomorrow!"

"Go upstairs and take sleeping pills, but I'd rather use your dog to knock you out."

"Similarly, this is the only novel I have ever read that made me afraid to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Now I am so suffocated that I want to call my parents to come to the room to pick me up to go to the bathroom."

"Who are you afraid of? I think these survivors are more terrifying than ghosts... What do they have to run away from? They are more ruthless than ghosts..."

"I agree, I don't know why it looks so shadowy, obviously the game is already scary, but what really scares me is the few players trapped in the manor, it's so real, dark and scary, it reminds me of some real, dark and scary things in the real world." people……"】

Book fans love and love this novel by Mr. April. Many people expressed that they are about to have psychological shadows on the professions mentioned in the book, such as dean, doctor, and businessman.

Especially the most discreet philanthropist, this kind of superficially kind but actually sinister character, can find many identical prototypes in reality.

So even though the ghost element is so surreal, the discussion of the novel is more based on the actual situation.

For example, the human experiments and accidents of doctors, the hypocrisy and snobbery of philanthropists, and some dark and terrifying things done by the dean in the adoption home...

These events play out equally in the real world, and the characters are so real it's frightening.

And it is this fear, the fear of countless people about the same thing, that has recently increased the workload of practitioners of a certain job, and the hazy intention of "Red Moon" has gradually appeared, and many people hidden in the inner world I began to turn my attention to the author who wrote this novel and the author who wrote this novel.

In short, there are more and more discussions about "Red Moon Manor", and the attention of the fringe theme of horror is also rising. The theme of this novel is gradually becoming clear-the horror in this world is never ghosts, but people's hearts.

It is also because of this that Mr. April's forum has many more die-hard fans of niche hobbies, and some old fans have fallen into the horror pit for the author, and the result is out of control.

I believe that in the near future, the thriller forum will also be transformed into a "Red Moon Manor" fan forum.

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At the same time, newcomer Yanagawa Takanosuke's short story "The Stranger" was also published in the Yokohama newspaper. This novel was published in the same newspaper as "Red Moon Manor". Thanks to the huge popularity brought by Mr. April, It caught the eyes of countless people.

The recommendation in the newspaper was succinct:

["The Stranger" - Takanosuke Yanagawa.

"There is no place for me in this world..."]

And it is such a short commentary and a short novel that have caused countless people who have read this novel to toss and turn.

"The Stranger" has a very shallow atmosphere. It uses the environment to describe the characters, and uses the language to reflect the psychology. It is obviously about a person who has amnesia, but it seems to be describing everyone.

Maybe everyone will be at a loss, maybe there will always be a moment when you will think about some questions that have never been answered.

It's like—"There is only one road ahead of everyone, and in the end you walk alone on the road at dusk, deciding to slowly wait for your fate to come and destroy you."

Numerous seniors in the literary world have naturally read this novel, and they admired it in their hearts. This newcomer who published his work for the first time, although his writing style is a bit immature, has his own style, and has brought a brand new style to the literary world. ah!

As the place where this novel was published, countless Yokohama people who are torturing their hearts, and countless Yokohama people who are thinking about the meaning of life, are all looking for their own shadow in this amnesiac.

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In the Armed Detective Agency, Xie Ye Akiko has always been the one who picks up the papers, and she is also the first person to read the documents in the detective agency. She was almost in tears while reading.

The girl covered her face with her hands and sighed, she didn't understand where this feeling came from, she had already found her home and her future path, but why was she still so dazed in her heart that she didn't dare to look back?

And the president Fukuzawa Yukichi does not know how many times he has opened the newspaper and read it. Even though he has always been a person who cherishes objects, the corners of the newspaper are still wrinkled.

President Fukuzawa carefully cut out the article and pasted it on his notebook. After pasting it up, he savored it over and over again, as if he was chewing on his 40 years of homelessness.

Edogawa Ranpo saw the president flipping through the newspaper again, and pulled the brim of his hat to cover his sight. He had already memorized the novel, so he didn't need to read it repeatedly.

He felt that this novel was nothing, it was not as interesting as "Rose Hotel", and the reaction from the president and the others was too great.

Master Ranbu was thinking aimlessly: When will he go back and see his parents, he misses them a little...

In the building of the port mafia, the newly appointed leader sneaked in and sighed after watching "The Stranger".

"Dazai-kun, if you finish reading, can you help your poor teacher?"

The bandaged boy with kite eyes didn't lift his eyes, he wasn't flipping through the newspaper at all, he just focused his empty eyes on Mo Xiang's handwriting, and was silently in a daze.

After waiting for a long time for the questioning, he sat up stiffly, touched the bandage on his wrist, and replied slowly: "Hey, Mr. Sen started to oppress people before I joined Hong Kong. No time for novels..."

Ability Secret Service Section, Ango Sakaguchi is writing the post-reading reflection very seriously. There are some underlined keywords such as "meaning of life", "survival and death", "loneliness" and so on. He paused while writing, pen Swipe hard across the paper.

He spread out on the chair, thinking that maybe everyone living in this world is meaningless...

However, Ango Sakaguchi straightened his back again, and his gaze became firm, as if he had been inspired by the article: Then go down, down to the end, until the day you realize it!

At the hound's training base, Tiaoye Caiju snatched the newspapers that his teammates kept flipping through. He sneered while reading, not knowing what he was sneering at.

Suehiro Tiechang waited at the side for a long time, but Jono didn't return the newspaper to him, so he couldn't help but asked, "Aren't you going to buy it yourself?"

Tiaoye snorted coldly, and started fighting with him without saying a word, the saber technique was so angry, as if he wanted to vent everything...

Still in the familiar spicy curry restaurant, the red-haired man was chatting with the boss. The two naturally mentioned the hottest topic in Yokohama. Oda Sakunosuke sighed: "It's really well written! I've already read it. Many times, I always feel that the person written in the novel is just like myself.”

Oda returned to the state of mind he had when he saw "Heart" for the first time. The difference is that at that time, an old gentleman instructed him to put down his gun and pick up a pen, but when he saw "The Stranger", he couldn't find the answer at all. , just feel confused.

Why every author doesn't like to make things clear.

Oda sighed, vaguely having the urge to write, but he picked up a spoon and took a bite of the curry, and the desire to create faded away again.

While eating, he thought, let’s talk about writing a novel next time...

In Yang's base, this newspaper was passed to Nakahara Chuya. Since "Poor Hundred" was published, the members of Yang have been loyal users of Yokohama News.

Everyone was a little dull after reading the novel, and some sensitive girls even shed tears. Seeing this, Shirase used the booty to change the topic. Everyone is a teenager, and the atmosphere gradually became active.

Only Zhongyuan Zhongye on the other side was silent for a long time. He watched "The Stranger" as if he saw himself. His face was not so much disappointed or frustrated as he was dazed.

The members of the sheep below were yelling and talking about today's spoils, and the boy sat on the high roof looking at the huge pit, groping for the blank six years...

When people in Yokohama were stirred up by the novel, people from other countries were also tossing and turning for the article.

This is an abandoned dark church, with broken tables and chairs, piled up everywhere, and a few windows inlaid with glazed tiles on the hollowed-out high walls, and the sparse light casts gray-black rainbows on the floor.

At the back of the church, a young man wearing an inappropriate winter coat was sitting by a burning fireplace. He put down the "Yokohama Shimbun" and murmured to himself as if about to cry: "It's so cold..."

Shaking his hands, he carefully pulled out the one with the novel printed on it from the newspapers and folded it, then threw the rest of the newspapers into the fireplace and leaned over them to warm his hands.

But before the temperature reached his hands, he couldn't help but read the novel word by word, his eyes were full of sadness and confusion, and finally lamented again helplessly: "It's so cold..."

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However, although the two novels have aroused great repercussions, the two authors obviously did not pay attention to this point. Akutagawa Ryunosuke is busy with his studies and club activities. Because of his excellent writing style, he is the pillar of the literary club.

And Shi Meng, as a person who entered the society, rushed to work every day in order to make the game catch up with the popularity of the novel.

Finally, Deep Space Corporation's new project "Under the Red Moon" is on the right track after a lot of preliminary preparations. The employees are performing their duties and the progress is steadily improving.

Satoshi Ohno is now the leader of the program team, and he is rushing to work with the new programmers.

On the art side, Shimeng was not satisfied with the drafts submitted by Yagi Kazue, and sent back to redraw. The painting style of the art group was still in the period of dream home, and the drafts submitted were also very dreamy and cartoony.

Shi Meng shook her head crazily. If the game continues like this, she will lose all sense of horror in the game. She is thinking whether to make up a few nightmares for Yagi at night?Give her some creepy feeling...

Think about it or forget it, that would be too insane.

She had no choice but to ask Yagi to read more original novels, taste the unspeakable horror more, and strive to draw chilling pictures.

As for the copywriting, she grasped the general framework, and several newcomers weaved flesh and blood, filled the framework, and exerted their creativity. They all completed it very well.

The outlines of the second and third units of the novel "Red Moon Manor" have also been thought out, and several new survivors and butchers have been added. These characters will appear in the game for players to choose.

As for writing novels...

Teacher Si Yue said that she was really too busy and had no time at all, not to mention that the game can also dig out the relationship between characters!

So she decisively blacklisted Wenyi Matsuura, anyway, she owed the second part first.

As for the game map, architect Ayatsuji personally worked to design escape routes and pursuit terrain with the dual mentality of criminals and detectives. Needless to say, the results are self-evident.

What Ling Shimeng didn't expect was that the part about background music and sound effects submitted by Qiu Yuanyang was beyond her expectation.This taste of depression and fear, if you have not experienced it, you can never write about it.

The new musician definitely has a story to tell, and it just so happened that he came to submit a new piece of music, Shi Meng decided to take this opportunity to have a heart-to-heart talk with him.

Now she occupies the conference room by herself, and the long conference table is covered with blueprints, drawings, documents...

The young boss didn't sit in the main seat, she sat in the lower seat, and asked casually as if chatting with friends: "How do you feel in 'Deep Space' during this time?"

Akimoto Yang hesitated for a moment between sitting down or standing, but still stood up and replied: "It's pretty good."

He added: "Everyone is fine."

Shi Meng nodded and signaled him to find a seat to sit at random, depending on the situation, this conversation will continue for a while.She decided to start with the game, because the emotions revealed in the handed-in score were too depressing.

"What kind of game do you think "Under the Red Moon" is?"

"It's a very interesting game." The other party huddled in the backrest, closed his eyes, and stopped after saying this sentence.

The boss opposite him put away his smile and said nothing, as if he was not satisfied with his answer.

Akimoto Yang couldn't help but rack his brains thinking: "The mode is very unique, the map is excellent, and the plot is terrifying..."

"The characters, the characters are also very good!"

"Oh? What's so good about the characters?" Those deep blue eyes looked straight at him.

Qiu Yuan and her looked at each other, he wondered why he hadn't noticed her unique eyes before, he was in a daze immersed in the deep blue, as if he saw the endless stars in the deep blue shining, spinning, eternal... …

In a trance, I wanted to drown in that scene.

"Every character has its own story and life, and they are all living well..." His voice became lower and lower.

Shi Meng caught the key words: "But in my novel, only two people escaped alive."

Qiu Yuanyang seemed to be suffering, he became very light and slow: "They, can't they live?"

"Do you think they should live?" She folded her palms on the table, her face seemed expressionless.

"..."

Under this pressing question, the brown-eyed man's expression became a little painful, his lips trembled, and he was a little pitiful, "Should it be...?"

"This is a group of people who commit all kinds of crimes. They are murderers. Do you think they should live?" Shi Meng's mood was very calm, and his face was also very calm.

She pressed the other party, and it didn't seem like a conversation at first.

Qiu Yuanyang was stimulated by this attitude, he looked at the girl's plain and merciless face, as if he had hallucinated another cold and indifferent face...

His mood changed, he was gasping for breath, and his face was a little hideous.

"Then why is there this game, tell me! Why!"

It was the first time Shimeng saw Qiu Yuanyang's violent reaction. In his impression, he was always quiet, melancholy, and dissociated...but now he started to cry bitterly, and then he couldn't hear his self-talk clearly. The man's expression changed quickly. Switching, fell into mania and pain, and even started to attack himself.

Shi Meng shook his head helplessly, and activated a different ability - psychoanalysis.

The glass-colored light calmed the restless emotions from an invisible perspective. Under the comfort of the supernatural power, Akimoto Yang let go of the hand that was holding his neck, breaking away from the state of no self-awareness.

The brown-haired young man looked over in confusion, and then got a gentle smile from the blue-eyed girl.

"Thank you for your answer, it helped me a lot."

Akimoto nodded blankly.

"If you still have questions, be sure to tell me." Shi Meng urged again.

Qiu Yuanyang looked at the young boss with quiet eyes, smiled slightly, and nodded in agreement.

He got up, gently closed the door, touched his face, only to find that his hands were full of tears...

……

Shi Meng inside the door frowned and turned his pen, recalling Qiu Yuan's state just now, it was a bit like—traumatic sequelae?

And what does this "game" refer to, and what kind of games has he participated in?Why did Akimoto have such a big reaction?

Speaking of it, Qiu Yuanyang seemed to come from a big family, and his hands were better maintained than hers. There was nothing wrong with his body, but his mental state was very poor.

However, she is not a professional psychiatrist, so she probably won't be able to ask.

So why don't you contact Qiu Yuan with a psychiatrist?

While she was still thinking about it, Yagi, the next artist who came to deliver the manuscript, knocked on the door. Shimeng could only put this matter aside and start a new wave of censorship.

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