It was one past eight in the morning.

Gu Chu glanced at the wall clock in the room, and only half a minute had passed in reality since she entered the story world, that is to say, the passage of time in those worlds would not interfere with life in the real world.

The Yexiao on the table was still steaming, the life of those three days was like an illusory dream.

Gu Chu looked around, the feeling of being spied on disappeared...

She turned and walked back to the bedroom, closed the door, drew the curtains, and concentrating, summoned the book from her consciousness.

The reward for the first task has been settled.

ancestral hall

[Sinister boy, your bride is waiting at home, Zhu Rong returns, and the flame of God will take away all sins]

[Compulsory task 1: Go to Shenhuo Village, survive for three days, reward 5 book coupons] Completed

[Non-compulsory task 2: Eliminate the source of the mysterious death of the villagers, reward 10 book coupons] Completed

hint:

1. Separation is the cause of death

2. You must die if you leave the village

Book Coupon: 15 points

Special Items:

[Cursed Human Skin (Incomplete)]: It contains the strong resentment of the owner of the human skin when it is skinned. Using this item can summon resentful ghosts to defend against the enemy. (Note: Because the human skin is incomplete, the summoned grudge has a certain chance to backlash against its owner. The longer the summoning time, the greater the chance of backlash)

Seeing the column of special items, Gu Chu's expression changed slightly, because this was not anything mentioned in the mission rewards. She guessed that it was most likely related to her complete and correct calculation of the whole story.

The mission book in her hand was more like a carrier of reality, and it actually needed to be manipulated with consciousness. Gu Chu was only in meditation for a moment, and a piece of human skin the size of a palm appeared in her palm.

The tentacles are bitingly cold, and you can feel the majestic darkness and resentment in an instant. If you are a person with weak willpower, you may feel world-weary when you touch this piece of human skin.

Gu Chu took the human skin back and turned the task book to the last page. Sure enough, as Shi Ren said, a line of subtitles called Book City Mall appeared on the completely blank page before. With a light touch of his fingertips, A huge light curtain appeared in front of her eyes, and all the products that could be purchased with book coupons were displayed on it.

Commodities are subdivided into many categories, such as magical artifacts, talisman papers, bloodlines, abilities...

The interest rate talisman that Shi Ren gave to Gu Chu was considered the cheapest product in the mall, but it also needed some book coupons.

In the story, Gu Chu once wanted to return the breath-holding talisman to Shi Ren, but Shi Ren was very generous (afraid), evaded and refused to take it back, saying that he was expressing his gratitude, and gave it to her directly.

Gu Chu is a straightforward person who accepted Shi Ren's favor.

Except for these low-level talisman papers, most of the other items were frighteningly expensive, especially bloodlines.

This "One Hundred Thousand Whys" is estimated to have an English translation, werewolves, angels, vampires... and the blood of Spider-Man, priced at 200 book coupons, what the hell are these?

She suspects that the people selected by this book come from all over the world. She wonders if they will be able to do tasks across servers like online games.

Gu Chu browsed quickly, and one of the items caught her attention.

[General's Bloodline (Incomplete)]: Zombie, a collection of resentment and bad luck from the world, immortal, immortal, and indestructible, abandoned by the three realms of heaven, earth and man from the six realms of sentient beings, according to different levels, there is a natural restraint on ghosts (1. The bloodline is an incomplete version. After absorption, it becomes the lowest level of purple stiffness. The sun does not see light, and it needs to be used with a light-proof talisman.

Purchase: 10 points

This is the cheapest of all bloodlines, and almost all readers who have completed the novice mission can afford it, but this bloodline has too many drawbacks.

Gu Chu doesn't know much about zombies, but just like the vampires he loves in the West, there are endless movies and TV shows about zombies in Huaguo, and Gu Chu has passively accepted a lot of news about zombies.

Purple zombie is only the lowest level of zombies. After purple zombie, there are white zombie, green zombie, hairy zombie, flying corpse, wandering zombie, flying corpse, and boneless.

At the stage of Mao Zombie, it is already copper-skinned and iron-boned, jumping like flying, and Mao Zang is not afraid of ordinary fire, and can already appear in the daytime normally. This is only the fourth level among zombies. It is an invincible existence like a true god.

It's a pity that this general's bloodline is an incomplete version, and Gu Chu searched the entire bookstore, but couldn't find its complete evolution method, so it's no wonder its price is so low.

If there is no fortuitous encounter, one will be dead for life, and it is too restrictive to be a dead man who consumes the talisman to activate the bloodline in the daytime.

You must know that different bloodlines can hardly be merged. That is to say, although there are many bloodlines in the mall, each reader can only choose one kind of fusion. Even if it is cheap, more people will only save coupons to buy other better ones. lineage.

Gu Chu read all the items in the mall, wrote down the functions and prices of all the items, and took the task book back.

She doesn't have many book coupons, so there's no need to prepare in advance when you don't know the next story mission.

After that, Gu Chu went online again, tentatively searching for news about "One Hundred Thousand", mysterious missions, story worlds, etc., without exception, all the content he found was irrelevant.

She also tried to write about her experience, but some content was blocked by invisible forces.

Gu Chu finally knew why some words were missing from Chu Xiangru's diary.

That thing is stopping them.

At six o'clock in the morning, although she only slept for two or three hours, her biological clock still woke her up as usual.

Opening her eyes and looking at the ceiling, Gu Chu felt as if she had a dream, and her world had undergone earth-shaking changes.

But things have come to this point, Gu Chu is not the kind of character who likes to avoid, she needs to make more preparations and wait for the arrival of the next mission.

After getting up, washing, and changing clothes, Gu Chu started a new day's morning run.

"Wow - woof -"

A solid black Labrador barked at her as she ran through the park.

"Sorry, sorry, Lala didn't do this before."

The owner of the dog struggled to hold the rein, wondering how his dog could behave so aggressively towards passers-by.

It wasn't until Gu Chu ran away that the barking of the dogs gradually stopped.

This episode did not affect Gu Chu's fitness mood. As usual, after an hour of jogging and half an hour of warming up, she came to a breakfast shop outside the community and sat down to eat.

This breakfast shop has been in business for almost twenty years. The quality is cheap and the neighbors around here like to eat breakfast here. However, most people choose to take out and eat very little.

Gu Chu ordered eight pan-fried buns, a bowl of wontons with seaweed and fresh meat, and a side with shredded pork with green vegetables.

There was a TV set in the shop, and when Gu Chu sat down, it was playing the morning news.

"Xiao Gu, you have to wait a while for your fried rice, wontons, and shredded pork noodles."

Gu Chu came to the restaurant to eat at this time almost every day, and the stall owner already recognized her, so without her reminding, he added some chopped pepper and vinegar to the wontons.

The chopped peppers in this restaurant are made by the boss himself. It is a secret recipe handed down from the family.

Their pan-fried buns are also good. The meat fillings are all fresh pork bought that day, plus a piece of pork jelly boiled a day in advance is minced and kneaded into stuffing balls. The fried side is crispy and soft. Sprinkle before serving. Served with sesame seeds and chopped green onions, a burst of fragrance comes out.

Gu Chu has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder. Once he gets used to something, he rarely thinks of replacing it.

Food, clothing, housing, and travel are all like this. During the three days in the story world, the most uncomfortable thing for her was the change of living habits.

At this moment, after taking a bite of the fried bun and drank the wonton soup, Gu Chu only felt physically and mentally stretched, and finally had a sense of steadiness returning to real life.

"In the early hours of this morning, a truck exploded at the XX rest station, and the truck driver died on the spot. The accident resulted in one death and serious damage to several vehicles. The specific cause of the accident is still under further investigation."

Gu Chu looked up at the TV, and saw a truck that was burned to an empty shelf, and the medical staff carried a charred body into the ambulance.

"Your beef noodles are ready."

The boss came over with a bowl full of beef noodles.

"I know that you are the best, and I know that I like beef noodles."

A tall woman walked into the shop and sat opposite Gu Chu. It turned out that she prepared the bowl of beef noodles for others.

"Suck itsuck it-"

When came up, ate two mouthfuls of noodles, then took a bowl and drank a mouthful of the fragrant beef soup.

"There is a new case. I worked overtime last night and didn't sleep all night. Fortunately, I worked overtime. I saw the message you sent me as soon as possible."

With a few bites to eat, Hua Ying felt that she was alive again.

This carefree woman dresses and dresses similarly to Gu Chu, with neat short hair, T-shirt and trousers, and a pair of casual shoes. She is shorter than Gu Chu, with a slightly round face and particularly feminine features on her chest. of magnificent.

"There are many people named Ma Dajun in the whole country. Combined with the portrait sketch and occupation you sent me, the person you are looking for has been determined, but he passed away unexpectedly early yesterday morning."

Hua Ying pushed the mobile phone in front of Gu Chu, which contained detailed information about Ma Dajun, along with a clear ID photo.

It was the accident about Ma Dajun that was broadcast in the news just now.

Shi Ren said that death in the story will also die in a reasonable way in real life. Sure enough, Ma Dajun died.

Gu Chu's mood gradually became solemn. There are so many normal deaths every day across the country. How many deaths are related to "One Hundred Thousand"?

However, it proved that Ma Dajun's death gave Gu Chu a not-so-good news.

The way of death in real life should be similar to the state of death in the story. Only Chu Xiangru's blood was found at the scene, and there was no body. Does it mean that he may not have died?