The author's diary of ghost stories

It's been a long time since I slept so relaxedly.

Yu Liang slept until twelve o'clock noon the next day without being disturbed by anyone, and he did not have to be vigilant to maintain a light sleep state. He slept until he woke up naturally, and slept until he was completely weak before lazily getting up from the bed.

"Good morning, Yu Liang."

Li Huachao's voice in his heart was extremely energetic.

"Good morning."

Yu Liang answered very perfunctorily.

He walked out of the room, looked at the woman on the sofa who was watching TV intently, and said hello in the same way: "Good morning."

"Yeah." She nodded and responded calmly, "Are you going out today?"

"Maybe." Yu Liang did not give a definite answer. For him, going out didn't mean much.

"Okay." She nodded. There was an advertisement on the TV, so she picked up the remote control and changed the channel, and then continued to watch it with gusto.

Yu Liang glanced at the TV screen. It seemed to be a period drama with a courtyard theme.

I don’t know why she likes to watch this kind of thing, it’s obviously very bloody.

When he was young, he did not have the right to use a TV remote control, so he was forced to watch several similar dramas with his parents.

These dramas have somewhat unfair views. The good guys are always pointed at gunpoint, and they have to forgive the bad guys in order to have a happy ending. It makes people feel indignant...

Wait, isn't the person she's replacing a bad guy?

Yu's conscience clicked. If he looked at it from the perspective of a bad guy, no matter what he did, he would be forgiven and whitewashed. This was a really cool drama!

With such random thoughts, Yu Liang walked into the toilet and started to wash up.

He looked at himself in the mirror. He was no longer a monkey or a wolf. The bags under his eyes had dissipated a lot, and he looked much more energetic.

After washing up, he turned on his mobile phone and walked into the living room, asking her, "Do you want to eat?"

"No need." She shook her head and continued to watch TV, with an unworldly look.

"That's better." So Yu Liang only ordered one for himself. He didn't have much savings to begin with, so it was natural to have one less mouth to eat.

After ordering, Yu Liang glanced at her again. He still couldn't figure out what she was going to do.

Speaking of which, this situation seems to be quite common in novels. It would be nice if she could just be addicted to TV, computer, game consoles, etc., and just stay at home, and then be devoured by all kinds of modern entertainment.

He walked back to the room, sat in front of the computer screen, opened the document and began to add characters to the novel. The character of Li Huachao was firmly imprinted in his heart, but a good novel must not only have a protagonist, but also a protagonist. Lots of colorful supporting characters.

After randomly writing a few characters, Yu Liang drew up the outline of the first volume based on his own personal experience. Of course, he concealed the existence of character rules and professional abilities and replaced them with other settings. Certainly.

After completing the simple preparations, he decided to open the forum and relax. As soon as he entered the forum, he was stunned for a moment by the "99+" in the "Message" section.

Did yesterday’s post actually have so many replies?

They can't all be cereal sellers and shoe guys, right?

Yu Liang clicked on the message, and he was dazzled by the replies, private messages and " @". He just jumped to select a few replies to take a look.

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I was a little confused and only understood part of the rules.

1. The White Rabbit Park is a safe area for current tourists and employees, who will be helped by rabbits.

2. The first five white rabbits are human beings, and the sixth one is a monster.

3. The zoo and the night exhibition are independent of each other.

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Damn it, awesome!

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It feels like the "elephant" here is very similar to an evil god in the Cthulhu mythology. The Green God will infect the vegetables in the vegetable field. If someone eats the vegetables, he will transform into a monster called the "Son of the Green God", and then Expand your own cult.

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Let me summarize, there are roughly four perspectives now, tourists, ordinary employees, security guards and garden directors.

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Ahhhhhhhh, why is it getting more and more confusing the more I talk about it.

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Just say it briefly.

1. Some animals were transformed into humans.

2. You must do things consistent with your identity.

3. Stay awake at all times and recognize your human identity.

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"It seems that the discussion is quite high." Yu Liang smiled unconsciously, which to some extent can be considered as his work has been recognized by others.

Most of the replies were unfinished or asked him, the original author, to analyze it, but Yu Liang felt that he did not need to explain.

After this kind of ghost story is written, it has little to do with what the original author thinks. Only by letting readers wonder and think about it can they discover the weirdness and horror in these rules and notes.

Yu Liang clicked on the private message. There were many people asking about the rules and decryption, and some wanted to move it.

"Dear author, can I move it to the XX platform? Your name and source will be marked."

This is more polite.

"Author, your writing is really good. I'll help you move it to the XX platform. Do you have any objections?"

This is done first and then played.

Yu Liang knew very well that there were more people who would not remind him.

If the things I wrote really became popular, they would probably be passed around as message records in various social software groups, right?

With this idea in mind, he opened his commonly used social software again, and sure enough, he saw the weird talk about his zoo rules in several lively groups, which also aroused extensive discussions among some group friends.

Does it seem like it's really going to be popular?

In this case……

If I announce that I am going to write a novel on this subject in two days, when the popularity is highest, will I be able to attract large-scale traffic?

It seems to be very good, and the web articles with top traffic can help him get through the tiring new book period directly, and get treatment at the level of a great master.

Yu Liang clicked on his post and updated the first floor. It was very simple to leave a message.

"In a few days, I will open a book at Dianma Reading, with the theme of strange stories about the zoo. Friends who are interested can come and read it."

The simple message instantly caused an uproar, and Yu Liang's message reply column was once again maxed out, but this time Yu Liang did not read the reply, but directly opened the writing document.

Encouraged, he is now full of fighting spirit. He just picks up the keyboard and works on it. From time to time, he even asks Li Huachao for advice.

"Li Huachao, what would you do in such a situation?"

"Simple, why don't you betray your teammates for glory? What kind of good person do you think I, Li Huachao, am?"

"OK."

Yu Liang nodded and continued writing. Now he felt more and more that the ability of this alienated professional writer was in line with his wishes. This is the ultimate ability that every author wants, right?

You can directly talk to your protagonist, and you can also drop your protagonist into the corresponding scene for observation, and record the story that actually happened to the protagonist.

Isn’t this a sense of substitution?

How could this possibly destroy the character?

In one morning, Yu Liang simply wrote two or three chapters, reviewed them again, and then nodded with satisfaction.

Sure enough, when he can write an interesting plot, his writing speed is actually not slow, and the plot rhythm is full, and there is no such pretentious lyricism anymore.

Yu Liang did not expect that his problem would be solved so easily, but thinking about it carefully, he did not have this problem when he wrote the first book.

If you have a story in your heart, your writing will naturally have something to say.

After completing the morning's writing task, Yu Liang stretched and then looked at his inventory. He had taken out the crossbow and arrows and put them on the table before, and stored the "enhancement coupons" in the empty space. Now he just happened to I have the opportunity to study what the enhanced coupons are used for.

He selected the enhancement coupon on the page and randomly selected the table next to him.

[Strengthening target: table, after strengthening, it will gain random supernatural attributes and related strange stories]

Random supernatural attributes and related weird stories?

In other words, this enhancement coupon can directly turn ordinary items into supernatural beings?

Yu Liang thought of the setting often seen in Xianxia novels, which was probably about ordinary treasures being tempered and strengthened to obtain spiritual treasures.

But this is a bit of a disadvantage. If there are related strange stories, he may not be able to control it.

Yu Liang lowered his head and tried to choose himself as the target.

[Strengthening target: Yu Liang, after strengthening, you will gain permanent overall constitution +1]

Can people also be reinforcement targets?

The enhanced attribute is a permanent +1 to all physical qualities...

Although unpretentious, it is very useful.

Simplicity is the truth.

There are more than ten or twenty cards of this thing, and his attributes can basically be compared to those of the people of the motherland. If other weird and strange creatures are added, it is no problem to say that he is a superhero to a certain extent.

It's just that he still feels a little reluctant. He always feels that the benefits of using it this way are still too small.

He is a writer. If possible, he still hopes not to do the killing himself, but to leave it to the strange creatures contained in the universe.

So he summoned his paper crowd and four shadow servants, and then selected these two strange creatures on the page.

[Strengthening Target: Character Card·Paper Man]

[Target group detected...]

[Strengthening method 1: Strengthen individual individuals, increase the weight of weird characteristics and monsters, and break through to T4 level monster creatures. 】

[Strengthening method 2: Strengthen the target group and upgrade all monster creatures with the same name to T4.5 monster monsters]

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[Strengthening target: Character card·Shadow Attendant]

[Target group detected...]

[Strengthening method 1: Strengthen individual individuals, increase the weight of weird characteristics and monsters, and break through to T3 level monster creatures. 】

[Strengthening method 2: Strengthen the target group and upgrade all monster creatures with the same name to T3.5 monster monsters]

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"Are there two ways to strengthen?" Yu Liang thought silently as he looked at a series of prompts. He could choose to strengthen individuals or strengthen groups. Strengthening individuals is to increase the gradient level by one level, and group groups are to increase it by half a level.

Looking at it this way, it seems that strengthening paper people is the most cost-effective. One strengthening coupon allowed thirty-seven paper people to be strengthened at the same time.

It's just that from T5 to T4.5, the extent of this enhancement may be a little small, which makes Yu Liang a little reluctant.

If you strengthen the Shadow Warrior, you can get a second T3-level monster. Like Room 225, the weird characteristics of Room 225 are still very valuable.

He can open up a dimensional space at will in the building, and has the mandatory control skills of Juying, not to mention that he can form combos with Shadow Warrior.

Yu Liang nodded and chose to strengthen the paper man as a group.

Strengthening 37 animals at one time may not be large enough now, but what about after a few times?

With 5 more enhancement coupons, you can get 37 T2 level monster paper figurines, and the T2 level is almost the level of the dormitory manager.

37 devilish muscled paper figures, right?

Coupled with the characters of these paper figures, wouldn't this cause a stir in the Ghost Story copy?

Thinking about it, I'm quite looking forward to it.

In the long run, it would be more appropriate to upgrade these paper figures.

The paper people on the ground all looked up at Yu Liang. In Yu Liang's hand was a virtual ticket that shone with golden light. 37 rays of light were scattered from the ticket and disappeared into the bodies of these paper people.

Yu Liang opened the page and looked at the paper character card in the universe.

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Character Card: Paperman.

Gradient: T4.5

Attributes: Kaitan derivatives

Personality: Greedy, timid

Ability: Chaos

[Chaos]: Make the target fall into hallucination. If the target breaks free, it will enter a weak state.

Added a forced weak state after breaking free?

It can be considered an increase compared to the original, although the increase is not too large.

What this means is that in fact, the illusion of the paper man can be broken away, but it was not mentioned in the previous introduction.

It must be that those tourists were too weak, so they couldn't break free before.

Yu Liang looked at the little paper people on the ground. They seemed to realize that they had been strengthened, and immediately looked down at his body with a look of surprise. Several of them even ran to Yu Liang in a very smart way. He came to Liang's feet to show his hospitality, kowtowed three times, bowed nine times and kissed his feet.

Well, the personalities of these animals are probably "flattery" or something like that, right?

He knew it in his mind, and then looked at the other paper figures. They seemed to be testing the strength of their reinforced paper bodies. Some paper figures lifted chairs six or seven times larger than themselves; some pulled them. His bed, the foot of the bed and the floor made violent friction sounds; some paper figures imitated boxers and punched the wall, and after receiving positive feedback, they cast malicious eyes on other similar people...

After strengthening, the thirty-seven paper figures were all in a state of excitement, so they looked messy. Yu Liang had no choice but to take them back into the universe and wait for them, when he heard her say in the living room:

"If you don't mind, you can leave them to me. They are... quite interesting."

The paper people were shocked when they heard this. They all hid in the corner and piled up in a pile, shivering. It seemed that they were very afraid of the strange stories in the zoo.

interesting?

Yu Liang glanced at these paper people. The only one who could make her give interesting comments was the director of the zoo, and he, the cheap director, was no exception.

Are these paper figures funny too?

"Do you know their origins?" Yu Liang asked upon seeing this. He walked out of the room and stood beside her.

"They escaped from the zoo." She replied without thinking. "I have the impression that a group of 'buckets' were chasing them, and even chased them into the zoo. I didn't like those buckets, so I killed those buckets. .As for them, they are too weak and I have no interest in paying attention to them."

"Bucket?" Yu Liang was stunned and looked at the paper people on the ground.

After hearing this word, the paper people were immediately filled with indignation. The curses of "Waijila" came one after another, and the crowd was excited for a while.

He turned to her again and asked: "Is there anything else outside the zoo?"

"Of course, ██ is a big city. Oh, forget, you can't hear anything about ██." She realized that she had said something that she couldn't mention, and immediately shrugged, "But things other than the zoo It has nothing to do with our deal, I only have the zoo, and it’s yours now.”

She smiled ghostly: "After I leave, this will be the dungeon map that can give birth to the source of ghost stories. You must make good use of it."

Yu Liang was silent. He suddenly felt a little numb. He didn't expect that the strange stories in Changhong Zoo still had so many secrets. Even if the copy was over, it might still affect him.

Beyond the zoo…

Is it a city?

"The city where Changhong Zoo is located..." Yu Liang repeated this sentence.

"Yeah." She nodded and reminded, "Don't look for it, it has disappeared from the map forever."

She explained leisurely: "The zoo still had a director at that time, but I don't know who spread the news about me. The whole city recognized me, so the whole city was forgotten by the world."

She paused:

"The city still exists in this world, but no one remembers it. Of course, there is no use remembering it. It has probably become a gloomy ghostland full of strange stories."

As usual, update on Monday