Gu Chu didn't walk to the bookshelf immediately, but hurriedly walked to the doors and windows while being alert to the surroundings, checking every entrance and exit of the room for signs of being tampered with.

Because of the particularity of her work, every time she went out, Gu Chu habitually locked the doors and windows, and tied a very thin silk thread to the lock. Once someone entered the room after she went out, the silk thread would be disconnected.

Now the silk thread is intact, that is to say, no second person has entered the room.

Of course, there is also a very low probability that the person noticed the silk thread and tied it back with the same technique as her, but it was too difficult.

Gu Chu's eyes were slightly heavy, and she was able to put the book on the shelf without her noticing it. What she faced was definitely a difficult opponent.

Now she is faced with two choices, one is to not touch the book when it does not exist, and the other is to pick up the book and see what the other party's motive is for sending the book to her.

Reason tells Gu Chu that the former should be chosen.

Because although there are many mysteries in the diary left by Chu Xiangru, one thing is certain. The so-called "book" seems to be the source of all bad luck. If you don't touch it, you can prevent bad luck from coming.

But this also means that she may never be able to solve the secret of Chu Xiangru's disappearance.

Is this brother important?

Gu Chu didn't know how much affection this brother and sister had left after the separation of the past 20 years and the heartless conversation nine years ago, but she understood that this brother was the only blood relative who had all connections with her in this world.

What's more, she is a curious person by nature, the more she can't figure out things, the more she wants to find out.

No need to convince yourself too much, the answer is already obvious.

Gu Chu took out a pair of gloves and two masks from the drawer in the living room. After wearing them, he walked to the bookcase and slowly pulled the book that appeared inexplicably from the bookshelf.

"One Hundred Thousand Whys"

Looking at the title of the book, Gu Chu raised his eyebrows and turned the page.

[Heartless son, your bride is waiting at home, Zhurong returns, and the flame of God will take away all sins]

Then he turned down, and it was blank. Gu Chu even explored the thickness of each page and determined that there was no interlayer.

Is there any secret in this sentence?

Just before Gu Chu thought about it, he instantly fell into darkness.

"I tell you, let me go back quickly, do you know who I am?"

"What's the matter, my son? Wasn't he still with me just now, Ash, where are you, Ash."

Consciousness gradually recovered, and before the dizziness completely disappeared, Gu Chu heard the noisy arguing in his ears.

She didn't speak for the first time, but carefully looked at the surrounding environment after her senses completely returned.

This is an old waiting station sign. There are trees on both sides of the road. This platform seems to be isolated from this area, and it has not much popularity left.

Including her, there were a total of six people on the platform.

The middle-aged woman, who was busy looking for her son, was a little fat. She was wearing a set of house clothes at this time. Because she couldn't find her son, her forehead was sweating anxiously.

A black and thin middle-aged man, shirtless, didn't seem to react yet, and looked around dumbfoundedly.

There is also a little girl who looks like a student shrinking in the corner of the platform in fear.

The most bizarre is a chubby and friendly middle-aged man. There is no fear in his eyes, but he looks at everyone else with pity.

It was as if he knew why they were here and what they would face.

Obviously, in addition to Gu Chu, another person also discovered this, that is the man who Gu Chu heard at first, clamoring that he had a background and let him go back.

The other party looked in his 40s or 50s, in a suit and leather shoes, and he had an air of posturing in the officialdom. This kind of person is most likely not a high-ranking official, but a little bit of power and a little power, and the more he likes to hold his identity.

"Everyone is here."

Seeing Gu Chu appear, the friendly fat man finally spoke up.

"Introduce myself, my name is Shi Ren, the history of history, a person of benevolence and righteousness, call you whatever you want, anyway, we may not have the chance to meet in the future."

Having said that, Shi Ren looked at the other five people with a lot of sympathy. The five newcomers didn't know how many would survive.

He laughed at himself inwardly. In fact, what qualifications does he have to laugh at others? Those selected by the book are all unlucky people.

"what happened?"

"You brought us in?"

"Hurry up and let us out."

When Shi Ren opened his mouth, he provoked a hornet's nest, and the woman who was still looking for his son was no longer looking for him. He rushed up and grabbed his collar and asked him to put him back.

Gu Chu calmed down a lot. She looked at the current sun, it was about five or six in the evening, and when she lost consciousness, it was clearly after one in the morning. If she was in a drug coma, her body should have a strong sense of discomfort after waking up now, but obviously, her energy is still like an ordinary person, and her thinking ability is also very normal, and there is no sluggishness after the drug at all.

And she listened to the accents of those people, like people from different places, bringing together several people who have nothing to do with each other, which is a very bizarre thing in itself.

Shi Ren is the insider, but he should not be the operator behind the scenes.

"I didn't bring you here. Think about it carefully. Before you came to this place, were you all flipping through a book, and that book was the one that brought you to this world."

Shi Ren broke away the woman's hand and explained.

"You're right. I just drove the car to the rest area to go to sleep. Who knew that a new book appeared in the car for no apparent reason. Before turning two pages, I was confused. When I woke up, I came here."

The shirtless man named Ma Dajun is a truck driver. After driving to the rest area in the middle of the night, he was about to take a look at the little yellow book. Who knew that he could not find a few sexy photos that he had ripped through, but he found an inexplicable new book. .

"Me too."

The female student hiding in the corner also spoke up. She quarreled with her parents about her grades, and hid in a book bar that was open 24 hours a day. It was a white page. Before she could go to the boss to respond to the situation, people appeared in this strange place.

Several people told their experiences in turn. When her eyes turned to Gu Chu, she skipped a lot of details and only said that she was taking out a book from the bookcase at home and flipping through it.

Gu Chu was thinking about what Shi Ren just said, this world, is this another time and space? Or the enchantment in the ghosts?

There is nothing bizarre about her narrative, but several other people gave her a few more glances because of her strange dress.

Wearing two masks in the middle of the night, and wearing a pair of thick gloves that only appear in winter, this in itself does not seem like a normal operation.

"How can books take people away?"

Although it was confirmed that several of them had read a book before they lost consciousness, it did not mean that the book brought them to this strange place.

This is not some fantasy world, can books still be refined?

"Think carefully about what that book looks like."

Shi Ren's attitude was still very kind and patiently persuaded him.

His expression didn't seem to be fake. Gu Chu closed her eyes, and the image of the book clearly appeared in her mind. The next second, she felt a heavy weight in her hand, and she squeezed it subconsciously. When she opened her eyes again, the book was already there. appeared in her hands.

Not only did Gu Chu do this, but the timid-looking female student also successfully summoned the book from her consciousness. As several people succeeded, others followed suit in surprise.

"It's this book, I read this book before, but how is this possible? This must be the latest deception, magic, illusion, etc. There must be many people who have been deceived, why haven't I seen the news? As for the report, this is a serious dereliction of duty.”

Pang Chong, a man with an official accent, said in disbelief.

"I advise you not to spoil the book."

Seeing that the man seemed to be tearing up the book, Shi Ren hurriedly said, "I saw someone doing this before, and then he was also torn into pieces out of thin air."

As soon as Gu Chu closed her pupils, she thought of the words in the diary——

[I saw someone burn that book, and then he was burned too]

Was Chu Xiangru also brought into other dimensions by the book? Is his disappearance related to this book?

"There's no such thing as absurd."

Pang Chong's expression was still suspicious, but he didn't dare to make a tear.

"Open the book again and see, the mission should have been updated."

While speaking, Pang Ren also took out his book and flipped through this mission.

[Heartless son, your bride is waiting at home, Zhurong returns, and the flame of God will take away all sins]

[Compulsory mission 1: Go to Shenhuo Village, live for three days, and reward 5 book coupons]

[Non-mandatory task 2: Eliminate the source of the strange death of the villagers, reward 10 book coupons]

hint:

1. Separation is a cause of death

2. Leaving the village must die

A few lines reappeared under the original text, and Shi Ren's book had one more line than them.

[Leader Reward: For each novice who survives, 2 book coupons will be awarded, and all survivors will be rewarded with an additional 5 book coupons]

Seeing the leader's reward, a smile appeared on Shi Ren's face. It was the first time for him to do a rookie guidance task. He had only heard of the rewards before, but he didn't know how much the reward would be.

The most important thing is that the novice tasks are generally less difficult. Even if all the newcomers cannot be protected, Shi Ren is confident that he can protect himself. This book is life-threatening. Shi Ren, who has experienced three stories, knows deeply that living in each story. How hard is it to come down.

He is only a junior reader now, and must accumulate enough points to survive in the later, more difficult stories.

The few lines of text that appeared inexplicably in front of their eyes made the rest of them gradually believe what Shi Ren said, but at the same time, the tasks marked above also made their hearts tighten.

Live for three days? Will this inexplicable book still kill people?

I just checked the information on the stop sign. There will be a No. 333 bus passing by at 6 o'clock every night. The last stop is Shenhuo Village, which is written in the mission. It is now 17:56, and the bus should be arriving soon.

Shi Ren took out his mobile phone. Although the communication function of the mobile phone is disabled in most worlds, it is no problem to see the time. The time on the mobile phone will also correspond to the space in which it is located.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw an old bus coming slowly from a distance.

"Clang-dang-dang"

I don't know how many years it's been on the bus. When braking in front of the station, most of the parts made a squeaking sound, and the exhaust smell of the car had a strong smell of e-liquid, which made people doubt whether it could reach its destination safely. land.

"Get in the car."

Shi Ren took the lead, "If you don't get on the bus, you won't be able to get to Shenhuo Village on time. You won't want to know what will happen then."

His remarks dispelled some of them, and a group of people got into the car after Shi Ren.

Maybe it was because Shi Ren knew more. After getting in the car, most of them followed Shi Ren to the back of the car, ready to ask Shi Ren about something, but Gu Chu walked straight to the co-pilot position after getting in the car.

The driver of the car was a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance. He watched Gu Chu sit in the co-pilot and smiled kindly at Gu Chu.

"Uncle, have you been running this line for many years?"

Gu Chu casually chatted up.

"For more than 30 years, this line has been opened since my first year of employment. Thinking that this line will be changed in the future, I miss it a bit."

The uncle of the driver said with a general feeling.

"Change? Why change?"

Gu Chu's eyes flashed slightly.

"Shenhuo Village is going to be relocated. Aren't you the commissioners who went to help survey the relocation of Shenhuo Village's ancestral hall?"

The driver turned his head and glanced at Gu Chu curiously, "The head of Shenhuo Village even greeted me yesterday, so I must not be late?"

Gu Chu reacted, this should be their status as a reasonable place to stay in Shenhuo Village.

"We are in charge of the ancestral hall, and we don't know about the relocation of Shenhuo Village. By the way, uncle, how much do you know about Shenhuo Village? We haven't spoken to the villagers there, and we will live in the village for several days. I don't know if I'll get along well or not."

Moving the village, moving the ancestral hall, this may be a clue.

"Haha, you're asking the right person. I've been running this line for more than 30 years. Most of the people in the village take my car when they go out. Everyone in this village is surnamed Peng. You know the surname of Zhu Rongjiu. Peng is one of them. First, they all say that they are the descendants of Zhu Rong. The biggest statue in the ancestral hall is the statue of Zhu Rong. In the early years, men and women in the village were not married, because they were afraid of dilution. After the founding of the country, this concept gradually disappeared Now, Shenhuo Village is no different from ordinary villages."

The driver talked eloquently and told Gu Chu the stories he had learned about Shenhuo Village.

Shi Ren, who was originally sitting in the back row, sat in the front after hearing the conversation between the driver and Gu Chu. Hearing the driver mentioned Zhu Rong, his eyes suddenly lit up.

When he was about to ask questions, the driver suddenly braked suddenly, and half of his body slammed into the front seat.

Gu Chu stabilized his body and raised his head.

In front of the car, a young woman reached out to stop the car. If the driver hadn't braked in time, the person would have been knocked into the air by now.