Chapter 1 Rules
There are countless ships floating in this ink-like sea.
Canoe for one person only,
Or a ferry carrying many people,
Occasionally, a large ship with hundreds of people can be seen,
However, no matter which ship the people are on, they are all in a state of confusion,
Their memories are being slowly swept away by the sea, no one knows where they will end up, no one knows that they are dead.
however,
In the sea that should lead to the kingdom of death, a lighthouse emerged, half hidden in the mist.
The light from the top happened to fall on a wooden boat,
Shining traction,
The wooden boat carried the young people on it, leaning towards the lighthouse together.
With the increasingly intense lighting, the dark eyeballs inlaid on the young man’s face are slowly fading and becoming energetic.
Gradually feel the burning sensation from the light,
When the wooden boat got close to a certain distance, hot markings ran through the head.It carried a voice, as if calling from the world of the living.
hum!
There is no longer a dark sea in front of me,
In its place was an old wrinkled wooden table,
The young man gradually opened his eyes, his pupils were facing an old-fashioned kerosene lamp on the upper right corner of the wooden table,
The fire burning in it happened to overlap with the lighthouse in consciousness.
In addition,
Under the arms resting on the head, there was a rough texture of paper, corresponding to a piece of yellowed paper with scrawled handwriting.
There is also a water glass on the left side of the desk, and a transparent liquid with a strange smell remains inside.
Seeing such a strange scene,
The young man’s first thought was neither fear nor curiosity…but a thought that was extremely important to him subconsciously popped up:
“my paper!”
The last memory in his brain was spending the night revising his graduation thesis in the laboratory.
Simultaneously,
The end of this memory was accompanied by strong angina and confusion,
Thinking of this, the youth realized the problem.
“Did I die suddenly?”
Look at your hands,
There are a lot of wear and tear marks on the yellowed palms, there are still a lot of calluses on the fingers, and the fingernails are filled with dirty things similar to mud.
The young man recognized at a glance that this was by no means the old buddy who had accompanied him for decades.
“I… I have time-traveled?”
The young man’s name is Yi Chen, and he is a hard-working graduate student majoring in chemical engineering.
He likes to read all kinds of novels and play games on weekdays, so he immediately thought of a keyword-【Time Travel】.
When reaching this conclusion,
No anxiety, no panic,
Instead, he showed an extremely relieved expression, and even relaxed his whole body… because he didn’t have to write a thesis, and the feeling of not having to worry about the review and subsequent defense was really cool.
After coming out of the orphanage, he has lived as a single dog for 24 years, and he doesn’t have much nostalgia for the original world.
but,
This relaxation did not last long.
The rancid smell floating in the air made the nerves tense up again.
“I have to figure out the situation in front of me as soon as possible…”
Yi Chen shook his head, got up and looked around the wooden house no more than forty square meters.
on the left side of the desk,
There is a single wooden bed against the side wall.
Obvious mildew marks can be seen at the foot of the bed, which has a lot to do with the humidity in the cabin.
In addition,
The entire wooden house does not have any window design.
The only connection with the outside world is a thick gray iron door, which is tightly embedded in the door frame.
Old gray paint, extremely rough and bumpy to the touch, probably four to fifty years old.
The key to the iron gate was hanging on Yi Chen’s belt.
On the wall beside the door, there is also a landline telephone with a sense of age.
In Yi Chen’s memory, this kind of phone was only seen in an orphanage when he was a child… In the subsequent era of popularization of smart phones, it was completely eliminated.
Rubber-covered telephone wires run up and out of the roof to connect to the outside world.
Also worth mentioning is that
There is no light source in the whole wooden house, the only light emitting device is the portable kerosene lamp on the wooden table.
Such a simple and sealed wooden house design, coupled with the rotten atmosphere in the air, made Yi Chen think of an unlucky thing – [coffin].
It was as if I was sealed in a wooden coffin,
Back to the wooden table,
Since I don’t have a cell phone or a mirror, I can’t look at my own appearance,
He probably stretched out his hand and touched his face. Except for the dirty beard, the overall facial features are pretty good, and he seems to be more handsome than his original self.
Judging from the roughness of the skin, the age should not exceed 30 years old.
The next step is to explore the details,
Looking back at the original wooden table, he stared at the 【Letter】 left on it.
“English? Is this a foreign country?”
Yi Chen took out the standard of studying papers on weekdays, and quickly browsed,
The disturbing word is written in the first sentence of the first line -【die】
As the reading progressed, the words on the letter crawled into his body like maggots, making him feel uncomfortable all over.
≮I’m going to die, I’m sure I’m going to die.
But at least, I still have the right to choose the way of death.
Thinking about it carefully, there seems to be nothing worth nostalgic in this world. The only one I am sorry for is Dean Fran. I messed up my first job after I came out of the orphanage.
I was always so careless, and I made mistakes like this in the orphanage.
The third item in the manual… Even though I read it every day, I still made a mistake.
I have nothing to say, I just hope that those who read this letter can forgive me for my cowardice and incompetence. I really dare not face the [result] caused by my mistakes.
Please burn my body if you can.
Don’t bury me here! ≯
“A suicide note?”
Yi Chen grabbed the water glass from the corner of the wooden table and smelled the liquid that remained in it.
The basic situation of the original owner of this body has been completely determined.
“This guy also spent his childhood in an orphanage? Because of the similar experience, similar appearance and body shape, and the overlapping of deaths, did I just time travel to him?
Knowing that he would die, he chose to commit suicide by taking poison?
Do you have to pay the price of death just because you didn’t follow a certain rule?What the hell is this place? “
The in-depth analysis made Yi Chen feel the uneasiness and crisis permeating the air,
At the same time, I also think about my own ‘dilemma’.
“Since I have traveled here, [the mess] naturally needs me to deal with… This guy doesn’t know how to write more useful information in the suicide note room.
After making a mistake, what danger will there be?
Hitman from some organization will come and wipe me out?Or is something weird coming to you? “
Thinking of this, Yi Chen looked around again.
Even though the whole wooden house was sealed tightly like a coffin, there was still no sense of security.
“Calm down~ I’ve already died once, there’s nothing to be afraid of.
First look for the [Manual] mentioned in the suicide note to see what this guy did and what he does. “
Open the drawer of the wooden table,
A map made of parchment, and a special booklet wrapped in black fur are placed in it.
According to the map,
This is a [cemetery]
The cabin is located in the middle,
Surrounded by cemeteries 1-6 in a clockwise direction,
In addition, at the corner of the map, there is also a strange No. 7 cemetery, which is completely separated and needs to walk through a path of hundreds of meters to reach it.
“Is this a cemetery? Is this guy a cemetery keeper? No wonder there is a faint smell of decay even in the wooden house.”
Yi Chen turned to pick up the manual with important information recorded.
【Employee Handbook (Easton Town-Cemetery)】
The first page records the working hours in detail,
Gravekeepers need to inspect the cemetery with the corresponding serial number in a fixed period of time, for example:
1号墓地的巡查时间为7：00-9：30。
2号墓地的巡查时间为1：00-3：00。
etc.
in addition,
No. 7 cemetery has no inspection time and does not need to be inspected. It belongs to a special area.
The schedule is barely normal.
When Yi Chen turned to the second page of the manual, his expression immediately became serious.
As soon as it comes up, it is a bright red font marked with an asterisk,
*Please read each of the following cemetery rules carefully and memorize them by heart.Any failure or error will invite disaster, and you will pay a price beyond death. *
Ⅰ.【Strictly follow the schedule to inspect the cemeteries, and the time difference between the start and end should be less than 1 minute】
Ⅱ. [When inspecting the No. 2 cemetery, it is necessary to ensure that the cross tombstone is not upside down, or there is no object similar to a goat skull.
If the above situation occurs, the tombstone must be restored and the debris removed within the inspection time. 】
Ⅲ. [When inspecting the No. 4 cemetery, it is necessary to ensure that the number and order of the tombstones are consistent with the original ones.
If there is an abnormality in quantity or order, redundant tombs must be removed during the inspection, or the order of tombstones reversed or misplaced must be reordered. 】
*For the convenience of memory, the appendix of the manual records the original thumbnail of Cemetery No. 4.
Ⅳ. [Before carrying out the inspection task of Cemetery No. 5, make sure that there is no sound inside.
Once any strange noise is heard, the inspection time must be postponed for one hour.If there are still voices after an hour, the information needs to be reported to the manager. 】
Ⅴ. [If you find a newly delivered corpse at the gate of the cemetery, you need to carefully check the corpse truck to ensure that the correct ‘organization logo’ is printed on the bottom.
If the imprint is correct, it must be transported to the entrance of the corresponding cemetery according to the number marks on the surface of the corpse, and the corpse will be buried automatically.
If no sign is found, or the sign is wrong, please send the body truck and the corpses on it to Cemetery No. 7 during the daytime. 】
*The organization logo is detailed in the appendix.
Ⅵ.【The remaining cemeteries only need to carry out basic inspection to ensure that the graves are not damaged and there are no foreign objects moving. 】
Ⅶ. [During non-inspection hours, stay in the safe house as much as possible to reduce the possibility of accidents. 】
Ⅷ.【If there is a mistake in the work, leading to disaster, the organization is willing to give a chance to survive.
Pry open the floor under the bed, get the self-defense props, deal with and solve the problem. 】
(End of this chapter)
