The wall clock in the museum keeps making sounds, as if the distant bells are coming from across infinite time.
The origin of the mysterious world turned over impatiently in his sleep. A mask pendant on his body was dropped by coincidence, and disappeared through the broken space-time channel.
In the Gujing Museum...
Ye Xi opened a book with a strong sense of time. A curator named Ashak once said that the book in his hand was the original version of the famous Necronomicon in history.
However, Ye Xi, who was flipping through the book, felt that there was nothing strange about the book in his hand. It didn't have that crazy smell, and it wasn't made of sheepskin like in the legend.
The material of the book is more delicate than sheepskin, but it is definitely not sheepskin. As a librarian, Ye Xi has also come into contact with many sheepskin books. Is it really possible to summon those indescribable existences?
“call azathoth tell me call azathoth about azathoth”
Ye Xi looked at the spell to summon Azathoth in the book and couldn't help but chant it. This familiar feeling seemed like he had often chanted it a long time ago.
The starry sky at night is vast and magnificent. This kind of scenery has not appeared in the sky of the city buried in smog for a long time.
Ye Xi is a manager of the Beijing Museum, and his usual job is to sort out some ancient books. He also often reads some ancient books while working, and fishes openly.
When Ye Xi lowered his head to read, the space in the library became fragmented. Stars were flowing on the ceiling. A huge eye was staring at this place. There seemed to be countless tentacles hanging down from the roof. The other people in the library disappeared in an instant...
…
A mask seemed to transcend everything, and suddenly it sank into the body of Ye Xi, who was staring at a book in a daze. The last thought before Ye Xi fell down was that this time he was going to be caught fishing!
Ye Xi, who fell to the ground, seemed to have been erased by an eraser. His body disappeared into the world in sections. The Necronomicon in his hand fell to the ground. As the wind blew, it slowly
Turning the pages, I finally landed on the page that summoned Azathoth. The opened book was the only trace that could prove that Ye Xi existed in this world.
Thick white mist shrouded this space. The only creature in this space slowly stood up from the floor.
"Where is this?" Everything he saw was white. Ye Xi, who got up from the ground, looked around in confusion.
"Aren't I sorting books in the library?"
Suddenly there was a tingling pain in his hand. He looked at his hand and saw a strange mask pattern. It was like it was imprinted in the depths of his soul. The strange feeling that appeared in his hand was as if his soul was being burned.
replaced.
Ye Xi took the first step with difficulty. His bones seemed to be falling apart and he couldn't exert any strength. The white mist chased his footsteps and the visibility was less than one meter.
This weird mask pattern seemed to be eroding his soul, but along with the erosion, he suddenly felt that he could be omniscient and omnipotent, and could play with fate at will. However, this emotion was quickly suppressed by him. He was just a normal person.
People don't have the desire to control their destiny.
After walking for a while, Ye Xi stopped. The white mist was really dizzying. Coupled with the mask that replaced his soul every moment, it almost drove people crazy. Everything he could see was white mist.
The entire space was filled with the sound of his own breathing, closed yet vast.
Ye Xi's breathing gradually became difficult, and his rationality was consumed by the violent emotions in his heart.
I don't know how long it took for Ye Xi to feel that the white mist around him gradually dispersed. The mask seemed to have disappeared. The omniscient and omnipotent ability made him addicted. However, the emptiness after the ability disappeared tortured him!
The fog gradually disappeared, and the surrounding environment gradually became clearer, leaving only boundless darkness. Then this darkness also disappeared.
Suddenly, he began to fall. In the infinite free fall, Ye Xi's concepts of time and space had become extremely thin. Behind the coma again and again was his inability to understand the strangeness.
"Young man, are you awake?"
There was a voice, and it didn't matter whose voice it was. It was the only voice he heard in endless years. He had to open his eyes and see!
Ye Xi opened his heavy eyelids, wanting to see the source of the sound! He couldn't remember how long it had been since he heard the sound.
"Where am I? Where is this"
Ye Xi finally opened his eyes. In front of him was a dilapidated room, like the layout of the 1980s. It was not the white mist he was familiar with.
"Haha, young man, you finally woke up. This is the Zicun Guesthouse. When several lumberjacks from the village went into the mountain, they saw you stuck on the tree trunk. They were very frightened! It took a lot of effort to rescue you.
hehe."
The old man was using his hands and feet to describe the scene of Ye Xika stuck on the tree...
The old man talked to himself, ignoring Ye Xi's blank look. He thought that Ye Xi was too young and couldn't accept it for a while. As for why people hang on trees, they don't care about these things when they are old. He is here
Living in this village for so long, I have never seen any big storms...
"Young man, take a rest. We have called the emergency number, but our place is very remote and we have to wait for several hours. We will send you to the hospital in the city to check whether there is any problem with your body. Young man, you should have a good rest first!
"
The old man took a long puff of dry cigarette and then walked out of the room tremblingly. Outside the door, a chatter of discussion could be heard after the old man left.
Ye Xi probably heard a few words they said, such as mountain gods, worship, call the police, etc. He was very confused now. It was not easy to see a living person, but in such a strange place, what happened to him?
What? He looked around hurriedly and found a mirror next to the window.
Ye Xi quickly climbed out of bed and rushed to the mirror!
""Fortunately, it's my handsome face."
Ye Xihui sat blankly on the bed, with countless thoughts in his mind. Maybe it was a program from some program group? He stood up again and looked for the camera in the room. He wanted to find the camera so much in his heart, he just hoped that this was a farce!
However, except for a crystal-like object found in the drawer, there was nothing else. The house was completely bare.
He carefully observed the crystal in his hand. There seemed to be stars flowing on its surface.
Click, click! It was like something was broken inside his head. This time the mask did not appear in his hands, but appeared in his mind. He half-cryed and half-laughed at Ye Xi's incompetence.
Ye Yexi still doesn't know the function of this mask, but it has become one with himself and is replacing his soul.
At this moment, the door handle moved, and he quickly put the crystal into his pocket, temporarily ignoring the mask in his mind...
He felt a little guilty, so he quickly turned around and looked at the person who came in. It was not the old man before, but a middle-aged man with a beard. He seemed to have not seen what Ye Xi had just done.
"What's your name? The public security bureau is asking for your name and looking for anyone who has been missing recently. There seems to be an accident with the ambulance. It doesn't seem like it can come today. Young man! You may still be here with me.
Let’s stay here for a day.”
Ye Xi looked at the people in front of him, thought for a moment and decided to tell them part of the information...
"Uncle, my name is Ye Xi. I am a senior student at Gujing University from Gujing City. I am currently an intern at the Gujing Museum."
"Old Capital? The middle-aged man thought about it for a long time without moving. Finally he slowly turned around mechanically. I will tell the police. Young man, you rest first. You can also go out and have a look. If you want to return to the guest house, just ask
Anyone in the village can take you back to the guest house.
Ye Xi saw the middle-aged man's rusty mechanical movements and got goosebumps all over his body... Holding the crystal in his hand tightly, he felt like going out to see what was going on. He had just observed the middle-aged man's expression.
, it seems that I have never heard of Gujing, no normal person would not know this place!
This place is a bit weird. This is his intuition. If there is a program crew filming, then it is inevitable for him to go out. Let him see what is causing the trouble!
He had just found a job in a museum and was supposed to live his life in peace. He never expected that such a bizarre thing would happen. Fortunately, he didn't have any family, otherwise someone over there would be worried about his disappearance now, right?
The interior of the guest house is very simple, with some old tables and chairs. The people who were chatting inside just now have disappeared, probably because the middle-aged man evacuated just now and left.