Superman's Ending Manual

The night is already deep.

A sharp scream ripped through the silence of the night and reached his ears. Ke Youqing woke up suddenly, opened his bloodshot eyes alertly, and then straightened up from the bed.

He looked around. There was silence in the bedroom, and the crow's scream just came from nowhere.

Looking down, his lower body was still wrapped in the quilt. For some reason, there was a faint feeling of heaviness in my legs, as if they were pressing on a stone.

So, Ke Youqing reached out and lifted the quilt slightly, looked at his legs, and could see a crow's head lying on his thighs. Blood flowed across his body, staining his trouser legs and heels red.

His face was expressionless, and he turned around to see Bavanna sleeping soundly. Time has failed to leave many traces on her beautiful face, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes look like ocean tides under the moonlight.

At this moment, another hoarse and sharp cry suddenly came from the front.

Following the source of the sound, Ke Youqing looked towards the bathroom connected to the master bedroom - the bathroom door was closed, but through the light and dark of the glass sand door, he could see the flickering lights in the bathroom.

The crow was cawing.

Ke Youqing tried his best to make no noise, got out of bed slightly with his blood-stained trouser legs, and walked towards the weird bathroom. Blood flowed to the ground in patter, patter, staining every inch of land he walked on red.

He stopped in front of the bathroom.

Adjusting his breathing, his chest rose and fell, he put his hand on the door handle and turned it with a "click".

Then he pushed the door open.

Behind the door was a dark red world, which made Ke Youqing's face turn red and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

A crow was sitting on the shelf above the bath, and the crow seemed to be coming from it. It says: "Hallucinations make you think you are crazy, giving you an excuse not to admit something and open your eyes to see the details."

With that said, the crow raised its wings and "pointed" to the bath.

Ke Youqing lowered his eyes and looked down. There was an egg of an unknown creature living inside the bathtub. It was stirring slightly, with veins and bloody stripes flickering in and out, revealing a disgusting and weird vitality. Through the light, you can see the vague shadow inside the egg. Sometimes it is a young dragon with folded wings, sometimes it is a ghost with protruding fangs, and sometimes it is a young crow.

The shadow is constantly changing.

"What is this?" he asked.

"I should have asked you," said Crow.

"This is...an illusion."

Ke Youqing said slowly.

He stopped at the bathroom entrance, indifferent to all the strange phenomena in front of him.

"No, it's not an illusion. It's a microcosm of something that really exists." Crow said, "Have you ever thought that you have never been crazy? You are not crazy, but your powers have evolved to A bottleneck is slowly taking on a new form, but you are not willing to accept it. "

"so what?"

Crow said: "Your subconscious mind, your supernatural powers, the sense of danger you have developed over the years, and the pressure in your heart, they all help you and help you understand some facts."

"What kind of facts?"

"You have to ask your own heart. Only you know the answer." Crow said, "But you just deny it, so they become an illusion and a hurdle that you can't overcome."

It paused and said hoarsely: "You could have become the strongest superpower, you could have."

Suddenly, countless metal pipes spread out from the window, like countless snakes, approaching Ke Youqing very slowly.

Then those pipes climbed up and connected Ke Youqing's whole body, as if turning him into a controllable puppet.

Ke Youqing remained expressionless. He raised his eyes and looked at the source of these metal pipes - the air conditioner outdoor unit hanging on the iron railing.

At this time, the outdoor air conditioner turned into a complex machine that looked like alien technology, flowing with deep blue light.

"Is this an illusion?"

The crow tilted his head.

"This is an illusion." Ke Youqing looked up at the strange technological product and muttered to himself, "If there is something here, I won't know about it."

"Is it possible that this is not an illusion," Crow said, "but some kind of reminder."

"It's an illusion."

Ke Youqing repeated it again with a firm tone, as if talking to himself.

He knew very well in his heart that one day he would regard these illusions as reality, and perhaps that would be the starting point of his complete madness.

"No, you should accept it."

"This is an illusion."

"This will only make you sicker and sicker! And you think you are protecting yourself!" the crow roared.

"I accepted the hallucination and couldn't distinguish between reality and fantasy, which made me sicker."

Ke Youqing said expressionlessly.

"You are too stubborn, your willpower is too firm, you blindly believe in past experiences, and you are unwilling to accept some weird phenomena that have already appeared around you. This is why you will never be able to recognize what these hallucinations are trying to tell you: because You just reject them and put them in the back of your mind.”

Crow narrowed his scarlet eyes, as if he wanted to crush the man reflected in his pupils.

"So many years of experience have taught me that my spirit will not break down, never, and nothing can affect me. Those madmen, those monks, those believers, they all wanted to tame them through their thoughts, but they failed. . It’s impossible for me to lose to myself.”

Hearing this, Crow looked at him with pity and said, "But I never wanted to defeat you. You think what I saw for you was an illusion, but in fact it is reality."

"You're lying to me."

"I have never lied to you, never..."

The crow said angrily, and the number of crows on the shelf began to increase, split into two, and then split into four, splitting, splitting, splitting, and the crow feathers covered Ke Youqing's face like a sea tide.

Finally, the crows surrounded his body like dark clouds, seeming to gnaw at his body, from the head, to the chest, to the heels, and finally cut out his soul for interrogation.

"The hallucinations you see are protecting you and reminding you, but you are fighting against your subconscious. Because there are some things you don't want to believe, you have been escaping, so the inner tear makes you go crazy and toward destruction. "

Thousands of crows were preaching together, their red eyes condescending. Their faces pressed closely against Ke Youqing, who was surrounded by the center of the storm.

But there was no expression on Ke Youqing's face. It would be better to say that it was an expression that was almost numb, stable and cold as iron.

"I'm not running away from anything," he said quietly.

"You are escaping, you are escaping." Crow said, "You think that if you accept these hallucinations, you will become a persecutory delusional patient. You are afraid that you will doubt the people around you, and you are afraid that you will become a madman, but in fact It's contrary to what you imagined. Do you think you are very smart, Qingya, but you are blinded by your own intelligence? Sometimes it is good to be stupid. Accept me, accept all the tips, and see the world clearly."

"You can't beat me."

"You are still deceiving yourself until now. You still think you are crazy. Is it so difficult to face the facts? There are so many signs, so many clues, and things you are unwilling to accept. It became an illusion.”

"I have never deceived myself..."

Ke Youqing said coldly and hoarsely, lowering his gloomy face slightly, and the leading crow was reflected in his narrowed pupils.

"Never."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pinched the crow's neck.

Then, it was torn apart in an instant.

The crow's head fell to the ground, its beak tilted at a strange angle. Dirty blood overflowed and splashed on the man's cheek.

Ke Youqing raised his head with a calm expression, standing motionless in the bedroom like a blood-stained statue.

Once again he defeated his illusion.

Again…

Protected those around me.

Ke Youqing recalled that at some point, his hallucinations gradually began to lead him to question and hurt the people around him.

The more this happens, the more tense his spirit becomes. He must ensure that he will never be taken advantage of by those illusions, otherwise even his closest family members will die because of him sooner or later.

After a long silence, Ke Youqing slowly turned around from the pool of blood and looked at Bavanna who was sleeping soundly on the bed.

He moved slowly and walked out of the bathroom.

The egg in the bathroom disappeared;

The blood on the ground disappeared too;

The air conditioning cabinet, which looked like some kind of alien technology, also returned to normal.

After closing the bathroom door, the light behind the door no longer flickered on and off, and no longer showed a strange blood color. The night is still quiet, the chirping of cicadas falls in my ears, and the moonlight is clear.

"You should have a good night's sleep tonight."

Ke Youqing thought to himself.

He took out a pack of cheap cigarettes from the bedside table and walked out of the bedroom.

He closed the door and came to the balcony on the second floor. Suddenly he saw a figure lying on the railing, quietly looking at the city in the distance. The evening breeze ruffled his hair.

"Mingye, are you still awake?" he asked.

"Dad?" Ke Mingye looked up from his phone and said in surprise, "I'm having trouble sleeping. Let's come out and take a breath."

"Drink less messy stuff before going to bed, so you won't suffer from insomnia."

"Okay, I won't drink milk tea next time." Ke Mingye rolled his eyes and said.

"Are you worried about anything lately? Your mother said your grades have declined a lot."

Ke Youqing lit the cigarette, held it in his mouth, put his arms on the railing, lowered his head and looked at the brightly lit city.

"It's okay. I was just a little playful last semester, so I didn't do well in the final exam." Ke Mingye said calmly, "I will definitely get my grades back after school starts, okay, okay."

"There is no need to be too obsessed with grades. Today's society is not stable enough and people are panicked. The higher you go, the more things you have to bear. I have seen many people who seem to be successful in their lives, but sometimes their lives are not. It’s not as beautiful as you imagine, and most successes come at a price that can’t be counted. Only those who stand in the spotlight know how long and deep their shadow will be stretched.”

Ke Youqing said, hissing a puff of cigarette, "I just hope that you can grow up safely and find an ordinary job. Don't look at your mother like that. In fact, she understands the truth and won't make it too difficult for you."

Ke Mingye was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "Dad, actually..."

"Actually what?"

"Actually, I really want to be a...superhero."

"...superhero?"

Ke Youqing held a cigarette in his mouth, turned his face slightly, and stared at Ke Mingye with strange eyes.

"Yes, but unfortunately I don't have the qualifications, I'm just an ordinary person." Ke Mingye said, "So I was thinking, since I can't become a superhero, how about working hard to get into the Commander's University, so that I can get away from the world I want? Closer."

"Do you know Che Zhengchen, the gold-medal commander? News reports every day that he was arrested and seriously injured. Do you think being a commander is safer than being a superhero?"

I definitely know him. His arrest and arrest were either my doing or my fault...

Ke Mingye rolled his eyes in his heart, raised his eyebrows and looked at the viaduct in the distance. The light rail rumbled past, and the evening breeze blew his forehead.

He sighed: "Of course I know."

"Then you still have such thoughts?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Ke Youqing took a puff of cigarette and said calmly, "Children born in your generation are affected by the Internet. They always think that the world of superheroes is cool and that it feels wonderful to be the center of attention. But in reality It’s much crueler than you think, and it’s just because you don’t understand it that you feel longing for it.”

"You make it sound like you know superheroes very well, dad."

"I... have a friend who is a superhero."

This friend you are talking about cannot be you, right? Ke Ming complained in his ambition.

"After talking to you so much, do you still have the idea of ​​becoming a commander?"

"Yes, but not necessarily. I'm just telling you to see your reaction." Ke Mingye shrugged, "Actually, I already guessed that you and my mother would not agree, but I will be a senior in high school next year. If I don’t work hard in the direction of Commander’s University, I probably won’t have much chance in the future, so I just wanted to mention it to you.”

Ke Youqing was silent.

"I also have a friend who is a commander," he said.

"Why do you have so many friends?" Ke Mingye said in a strange tone.

"I mean, if you want to be a commander in the future, I might be able to contact that friend and ask him to take you with him for a while."

"real?"

"Really." Ke Youqing said softly, "Actually, I have thought for a long time that maybe one of our children will take this path in the future, but their personalities are not suitable."

"What's inappropriate?"

"Yinzhi's character is too frivolous, he looks humble on the surface, but he is arrogant because of his intelligence; Xiaomo is too stubborn and rigid, and easily sticks to the rules; Yongzhu will not go into detail, he is still young, and his temper..." Ke You Qing paused, "You also know."

"What about me?"

Ke Mingye pointed at himself and was curious about what his father would say about him.

"I'm quite relieved about you." Ke Youqing paused, but didn't say much about the reason. "It's hard to say superhero, but maybe... you are really suitable to be a commander."

"So you support me?" Ke Mingye asked.

Hearing this, Ke Youqing raised his eyes and looked into the distance, his deep eyes were a little tired, and wrinkles appeared slightly at the corners of his eyes. He suddenly said something seemingly insignificant.

"There are some things that I haven't told anyone. If you become commander, maybe I will tell you."

"What's the matter?" Ke Mingye asked.

"After you graduate from college, some old people in this city will also retire. I believe they will solve some problems before leaving. By then, the society will be much more stable, and the risk of becoming a commander will not be as high as it is now. So big. The commander's salary and benefits are pretty good, and his social status is also high. My mother will be proud of you."

Ke Mingye thought for a while and asked: "The 'old man' you are talking about...can't be Qingya, right?"

"Who knows." Ke Youqing hissed his cigarette and changed the subject, "Anyway, I will introduce some experienced friends to you at that time."

"For example, the commander you mentioned?"

"Yes...he should be the best commander I have ever seen."

"Oh, I'm looking forward to it."

"besides……"

"what else?"

Ke Youqing put out his cigarette and replied: "The commander has a lot of affairs. If you make a habit of staying up late, you may not be able to hold on after a few days."

"I told you, I just have insomnia. I don't usually stay up late."

"Go to bed early anyway."

"Okay, so are you, dad." Ke Mingye said.

Ke Youqing waved his hand, walked out of the balcony, and returned to his bedroom.

Ke Mingye curled his lips and silently watched his back leave.

I went to the toilet and then returned to the bedroom. I stretched my body, stretched my muscles, and then lay down on the bed.

He put his arms behind his head and thought.

"Dad, don't worry so much. In one year, I will kill all the superhuman races in this world. At that time, it will be difficult for the society to be unstable - after all, the superhuman races have disappeared, and the combat power level of the world's major powers will directly decline." A century ago, without those superhuman criminals who committed crimes and superhuman detectives who abused their power, society would not be so turbulent."

Ke Mingye raised his hand to weigh his chin, stared at the ceiling, and continued to think in his mind.

"Speaking of which, how on earth can I get in touch with people from the Clock Club Alliance?"

"To be fair, the dice weirdo has already attracted enough attention in Huanjing. Even I have been following the blue owl... If the watchmaker has started to pay attention to the blue owl, then of course he will also pay attention to the weird thing. Yes, but his people still haven’t shown up yet.”

Thinking of this, he sighed: "Wait a minute, this yandere boy will not do something like 'Qing Ya and his apprentice are my toys, you are not worthy of competing with me', and then crush our monsters?"

"Forget it, go to sleep."

Ke Mingye closed his eyelids and turned off the light.

A night of silence.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already nine o'clock in the morning of August 17, and there was only one day away from the Bedlam Lunatic Asylum plan proposed by the intellectuals.

After getting up, he closed the tedious daily notification panels and turned on the backup mobile phone.

Received a QQ message with the following content.

[Not Ashes: Come to Yandai Primary School, and bring Shi Naian with you. ]

Ke Mingye rubbed his eyes and typed a reply.

[Little Red Riding Hood Selling Matches: Senior, I just got up and I'm very sleepy. What's the matter? ]

[Not Ashes: Didn't you say before that there are four more magical girls coming to our side as reinforcements? One of them has come, so we have to pretend to welcome them. ]

[Not Ashes: I suggest you go straight to Shi Naian's house, lest she hides in the hotel and sleeps in and stands us up again. It's not the first or second time that she skips the meeting, and Teacher Xiziyue said that she should be closely watched in the future. ]

[Little Red Riding Hood: Oh, I will catch Shi Naian, don't worry. ]

[Little Red Riding Hood: Actually, I have something to talk to you about, Senior. ]

[Not Ashes: Why are you looking for me? ]

[Little Red Riding Hood: Last night, I was chased by a witch. ]

[Not Ashes: ... Huh? ]

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