Dimensional Bookstore

Qingshui City, Black Cat Alley.

The hustle and bustle outside Black Cat Alley does not affect the leisurely and comfortable atmosphere in the alley.

In the early summer weather, a few birds occasionally fly across the blue sky, and the cotton candy-like clouds move reluctantly under the urging of the wind. The lazy energy seems to have infected the residents in the alley. Everyone is as slow as the time in the alley.

This familiar and unfamiliar everything made Le Jing a little dazed. After seeing the Gothic buildings full of medieval style, he was a little uncomfortable looking at this alley with a strong modern atmosphere.

Unlike the bold and grand alleys in the north, the alleys in the south are always gentle and graceful, just like the lilac girl described by Dai Wangshu.

"Is this your hometown?" Keynes looked around with rare curiosity.

Victor walked over with an elegant cat-like step and commented: "It's not that good. The house is short and broken."

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"Although the houses here are not as good as the castles of your princes and nobles, every inch of air here is free." Le Jing looked at the hutong life with a strong smell of fireworks, and never had such a moment of attachment to them.

The biggest benefit of Le Ling after replenishing energy is that it allows others to travel through time and space with Le Jing, of course, the objects are limited to the clerks who have signed a labor contract with Le Jing.

Unlike Cairns, a good clerk that Le Jing is satisfied with, Victor, the demon, is shameless and sticks to him. In his words, "It's all because of you. I have anorexia, and you have to be responsible for me." So Le Jing has two more clerks, the half-elf Cairns and the demon Victor.

After experiencing the ups and downs of the b35 plane, the dullness of the earth is really a bit unbearable for him.

But after seeing Keynes and Victor's curious eyes looking out the window, he could only decide to stay on Earth for a few more days.

So there were two more Internet-addicted teenagers in the store. This made Le Jing laugh and cry.

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Su Ran didn't expect that he could meet that person again.

He just passed by an alley while taking a walk. Then he saw a black cat sitting at the entrance of the alley.

The black cat sat there elegantly, its silky smooth fur gleaming in the sun, its golden cat pupils clearly reflecting the busy streets, and its eyes were as arrogant as a king.

As a cat lover, he was naturally attracted by the black cat, so he turned his straight steps and walked towards the black cat.

The black cat glanced at him arrogantly, turned around and ran deep into the alley, he chased after it, and then saw the black cat running into a bookstore.

He looked up at the sign, which had four handsome and freehand cursive characters of Kaiming Bookstore written on it.

He walked in, and then he met that person unexpectedly.

The person was sitting at the counter, typing on the keyboard of his laptop. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, which made his skin look fair and more gentle and handsome. His long eyelashes drooped quietly under the transparent lenses, covering the emotions in his eyes, and there was a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. He looked like he was living a peaceful life.

He didn't seem to have changed much since high school. In the eyes of unfamiliar classmates, he has always been a gentle and even cowardly man. Whether in class or in school, he is an invisible person. The only lucky thing about him is that he has a father who is a policeman, so he didn't become the target of class bullying. At that time, everyone in the class, including Su Ran, thought so.

But the incident in the second year of high school completely changed Su Ran's perception of this person.

After that incident, he transferred to another city and never went back. He thought that the two would never meet again, but unexpectedly they met again in this small southern city seven years later.

"Long time no see." Su Ran said with some complexity: "I didn't expect to meet you here."

The young man raised his head, his eyes were completely alert and indifferent for a moment, his eyes paused on Su Ran's face for a second, and the next moment a warm smile quickly gathered in his eyes, looking like an especially friendly young man. If Su Ran hadn't been carefully observing his expression, he would have been fooled by him.

"Long time no see." He had a polite but enthusiastic smile on his lips, "You are Su Ran, right? We haven't seen each other for seven years since graduation, right?"

Su Ran pulled the corners of his mouth, trying to make the smile not too stiff, they were like any pair of old classmates who had met after a long time, and they used the memories of high school to open the topic familiarly.

After talking about this and that for a while, looking at the harmless appearance of the young man, Su Ran finally couldn't help asking: "Did you say those things to me on purpose back then?"

The young man looked at him in confusion: "What did you say?"

"Just, just some topics about fungus." Su Ran regretted it after blurting it out, and said in an attempt to cover it up: "After all, I was bullied badly at that time, and you were still willing to talk to me. I have always been grateful to you."

The young man raised his eyebrows, and the surprise in his eyes did not seem to be fake, "Really? Sorry, it's been too long, I forgot it."

Su Ran laughed dryly a few times and changed the topic. After the two chatted awkwardly for a few more sentences, he couldn't help but tentatively asked: "Do you still remember Meng Gang?"

"Meng Gang is...?" The young man frowned and thought for a while, and asked uncertainly: "Is he our classmate?"

"Yes." Su Ran swallowed his saliva, and a layer of sweat appeared on his palms, "It's the Meng Gang who died of food poisoning."

"Oh, it's him." The young man suddenly realized and sighed: "It is said that he suffered from systemic organ failure caused by food poisoning. He died a few days after being sent to the hospital. It's a pity that he was so young."

Su Ran twitched the corners of her lips and said sincerely: "Yes, it's quite a pity."

The young man seemed to have just remembered something, and looked at Su Ran sympathetically: "I remember you had a good relationship at that time, right? My condolences."

"Who has a good relationship with him!" Su Ran retorted a bit gaffefully: "It's obviously just him bullying me unilaterally! That kind of person would be better off dead!"

He could endure that scumbag beating him, insulting him, and making him bark like a dog and crawl like a dog. But in the end, the scumbag actually said he liked him and then raped him! Afterwards, the scumbag even proudly said that it was not illegal for a man to rape a man, not to mention that he was still a minor. He also said that if Su Ran disobeyed, he would send his nude photos to the whole school!

The law cannot punish him, he will punish him!

The atmosphere suddenly fell into an uncomfortable silence. Su Ran lowered his head and breathed heavily, feeling a little regretful. Maybe it was because he suddenly saw this person. He was so unusual today. Just as he was thinking about how to remedy it, the young man's clear and plain voice suddenly sounded: "So, isn't this good?"

He raised his head suddenly, with a nonchalant smile on the young man's lips that sent chills down his back: "He is dead and will never bother you again. Is this the legendary retribution?"

Seven years ago, he approached him with such a smile. Thus changing the fate of his life.

Su Ran looked at the young man intently for a while, and finally confirmed the doubt that had been lingering in his heart for seven years.

This is a terrible, manipulative man. Just like Sherlock Holmes's nemesis, Professor Moritia, the criminal genius who rules the underground world in London, he never kills people himself, he only tells others about crime methods and plans, and ultimately achieves crimes without anyone noticing.

He had been a knife in his hand. But there is no doubt that he also benefited from it. It can be said that he even completed self-salvation through this.

He bowed deeply to the young man and finally said the belated words after seven years: "Thank you."

"Ah? I didn't say anything, Su Ran, you are too polite."

The young man continued to have a salty smile on his face, and his brows were slightly wrinkled, as if he was really troubled by Su Ran's inexplicable thank you.

Su Ran smiled, changed the subject and said, "Since I'm here, I'll just buy a few books here."

"Thank you for your support, old classmate." The young man smiled and waved behind him, "Keynes, I'll leave it to you. You have to entertain the guests well."

Only then did Su Ran realize that there was someone behind him! He turned around and found a tall, muscular, blond foreigner standing behind him and looking at him expressionlessly.

The moment he met his pair of dark green lifeless eyes, a chill ran down Su's back. For a moment, he seemed to see death itself!

This is a figure who is perhaps as dangerous as "Professor Moriarty" behind him.

But after such a dangerous person turned his attention to the young man behind him, his desolate eyes seemed to bloom, with undisguised joy and admiration in his eyes. The tall foreign young man looked at Le Jing intently, as if it was his only faith and beacon in his life.

Su Ran suddenly understood.

He is also the sword of youth. A knife that was better and more powerful than the one he had.

Sure enough, in the past seven years, the young people behind him have also evolved. Evolved into a more terrifying and ferocious monster.

He was the most terrifying and perfect criminal he had ever seen. And he was the accomplice whose hands were stained with blood.

But if he had to do it again, he would not regret it.

He randomly picked out a few books from the bookcase and walked to the counter to check out.

Just like that, to have a brief encounter with such a person when I was young, and to meet him by chance many years later and be able to express my belated gratitude is already a rare miracle in this life. From now on, we are all strangers in this world and will never meet again in this life.

Monsters have their own monster paths to walk, and mortals have their own mortal paths to navigate.

The young man handed the book to him, "Thank you for your patronage." Then he said half-jokingly, "I suddenly have a hunch that we might meet again soon."

Su Ran smiled bitterly and said, "Farewell, I don't want to see you again." He turned around and walked out, waving his hands without looking back and said, "Goodbye."

Keynes walked over from the bookcase, "What he took was a magic notebook by a black-robed mage."

"Yes." Le Jing said with a smile, "That's why I said I had a premonition that we would meet again. Unfortunately..." He sighed pretentiously, "They don't want to see me."

This didn't surprise him much. Because humans are always afraid of people they cannot understand.

"What did you do to him before?" The black cat with smooth fur swaggered out of the corner, stretched out comfortably, and its golden cat eyes were full of questioning, "He looked at you His eyes looked like he was looking at some man-eating monster."

Le Jing complained that he was wronged: "I was helping him, I was doing a good deed."

Victor was skeptical about the good thing he said, "What good thing?"

Le Jing sat down and held his chin with his right hand. Su Ran's arrival also brought back the long-dusted past. He slowly recalled: "At that time, he was bullied miserably by a man named Meng Gang, so I Just helped him a little bit.”

Victor rolled his eyes and almost immediately guessed what his so-called 'gang' was about, "Did you kill Meng Gang?"

"How is that possible?" Le Jing raised his eyebrows in surprise, "I am a good citizen."

Victor looked at this "good citizen" with disdain. If he were a good citizen, he, the devil, would be an angel.

"And my father was still there at the time. He was monitoring me, the future murderer, all day long. If I dared to do anything extraordinary, the only places waiting for me would be a juvenile detention center or a mental hospital." Le Jing curled his lips, A cold smile filled his eyes, "Fortunately, he died in the end. A dead father is a good father."

Victor didn't have the patience to listen to the love and hatred between him and his father. He impatiently asked: "So what did you do back then?"

"I remember that Su Ran's mother was very good at cooking. Every day at noon, his mother would bring him lunch. Of course, all of it ended up in Meng Gang's stomach. That day, Su Ran was not only robbed of his lunch, but also beaten. I Seeing how pitiful he was, I told him one thing.”

"What's going on?" Keynes also joined the conversation curiously.

Le Jing suddenly asked them an irrelevant question: "What do you think of the cold fungus I made for you last night?"

Keynes commented: "It's quite refreshing."

Victor wrinkled his nose in disdain: "I am a carnivore!"

Le Jing smiled, lowered his voice, and his deep eyes seemed like a whirlpool of magic that attracted all his attention: "So do you know that black fungus can also be used to kill people?"

"What?"

"The world is so wonderful. Poisonous things can detoxify, and some non-poisonous things, under certain conditions, can become the most terrifying poisons."

The young man paused for a moment, whetting their appetites before slowly explaining: "The black fungus carries a type of bacteria called Pseudomonas cocotoxin. This type of bacteria is not resistant to high temperatures and is easily killed, so usually The fungus we eat is non-toxic, but -" Le Jing showed a pleasant smile, his eyes exuding malice and evil that made Victor's hair stand on end: "Once the black fungus is soaked in water, If the time is too long, it will deteriorate, and Pseudomonas cocotoxin will multiply in large numbers. This special bacterium will produce a toxin called 'rice fermentation acid'. After ingesting this toxin, the human body will have Fatal risk. Contrary to Pseudomonas cocotoxin, this toxin is resistant to high temperatures and will flow through the blood and reach various organs, causing damage to various organs. damage."

"Patients only have symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea at the initial stage. As the condition worsens, they may develop serious symptoms such as jaundice, liver failure, unconsciousness, shock coma, etc. Mild cases will recover on their own within 1-3 days, while severe cases will Will die within 2-4 days.”

First came the rabies virus, and then the black fungus. Each time, the young man suffered a huge shock to Keynes, who regarded murder as his instinct. He had never heard of such a strange and bizarre way of killing. Only now did he finally understand why the youth would say: "There are many ways to kill people, and killing with a knife is just the lowest one."

Le Jing held up his chin and asked the shocked black cat enthusiastically, "Do you know what is the most unfortunate thing?"

Victor swallowed and asked blankly: "What is it?"

The young man's eyes formed a beautiful crescent moon, and his eyes were like a deep pool at night without any ripples: "There is currently no specific cure for this poison. Once poisoned, there is a mortality rate of more than 50%."

"So, in the end, Su Ran...?"

"That's right." The young man raised his lips with satisfaction, "A few days later, I found a plate of cold fungus in his lunch. This plate of fungus was undoubtedly snatched away by Meng Gang, and all of it went into his stomach. inside."

"So a few days later, poor classmate Meng was admitted to the hospital due to food poisoning, and four days later, he died of systemic organ failure."

Le Jing held his face in his hands with an innocent smile on his face: "So you see, Su Ran and I didn't do anything."

"...Isn't that plate of fungus provided by Su Ran?" Victor questioned: "Should the police treat it as poisoning?"

"But if Mr. Meng hadn't come to grab Su Ran's lunch, none of this would have happened. And Su Ran is just an ordinary underage liberal arts student, and cold fungus is a home-cooked dish. Who knew that soaking the fungus for so long could cause death? "What?" Le Jing retorted with a gentle smile, "In the end, based on the principle of fairness, Su Ran paid some money to the deceased's family and then transferred to another school. Legally, he is still an innocent person."

Le Jing lowered his eyes and looked at the silent black cat, with a gentle and harmless smile still hanging on his lips: "So you see, killing someone is so simple and boring."

"So..." He turned to look at Keynes, who was thoughtful, "Don't make killing your entire life. There are many more interesting things in the world than killing."

Keynes looked at him in confusion: "For example?"

"Like the brilliant starry sky above us and the vast wilderness below us."

"I do not understand."

"It's okay." Le Jing rubbed his soft blond hair soothingly, "You will understand sooner or later."

"I've been meaning to ask for a long time. What are you doing?" The black cat, who had just been quiet for a while, started to make a fuss again. He jumped on the counter and curiously stretched his head to look at Le Jing's computer screen.

Lejing did not cover the screen and let the black cat observe openly: "I am uploading some interesting videos to the Internet."

This is the European medieval revolution history of another world shot by Le Ling at 360° without dead angles.

For dramatic effect, the plot is somewhat different from the real history. And Le Ling's high technology from outer space is enough to make the fake plot look real, so that people can't find any abnormalities. Le Jing also appears in it, but in another identity.

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Sun Ming is a history geek, a history geek who is very knowledgeable about the history of the European Middle Ages. He often visits major history forums on the Internet and chats with his friends.

Today he usually logs into a medieval history forum, ready to kill some time.

Then he saw a post pinned to the top of the forum, with a particularly provocative name - the next "Game of Thrones", a masterpiece is scheduled! !

Sun Ming sneered disdainfully. The forums nowadays are really mixed with all kinds of posts, and the administrators don't care. Since "Game of Thrones" became popular, all kinds of TV series have to come to get some heat. He is very disgusted with this kind of malicious marketing. Opening the post, it turns out that the first reply is all curses.

Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he opened the video and prepared to make a well-reasoned complaint about the content of the video.

Then he never thought of his original intention again.

The high and low medieval stone buildings, the aggressive medieval peasants dressed in exquisite restoration, the poor women screaming and crying desperately in the fire, and the devout prayers of the white-robed priests appeared alternately, accompanied by the holy and pious "Moment of Peace" by the Pope's choir as the BGM, which made the picture plot extremely absurd and ironic.

Just five minutes into the show, these flashing pictures stunned Sun Ming.

As a meticulous party, he certainly understood the technical content contained in these short five minutes. Adrenaline was secreted in large quantities, and he felt a long-lost excitement. If the following plot and pictures can maintain the level of the beginning, then this show may really become the next "Game of Thrones"!

The next few dozen minutes were tens of minutes without boring moments for Sun Ming.

He stared at the screen intently. He saw a little girl who was framed as a witch escape to a forest. A tall and silent tree spirit saved her (Sun Ming couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw the tree spirit. The special effects were so realistic!) and sent her to a mysterious wise man who lived deep in the forest. They called him "Sir".

This mysterious wise man was covered in a dark cloak and his true face could not be seen, but judging from the tree spirit's admiration and respect for him, Sun Ming was willing to believe that he was a good man. He breathed a sigh of relief. At least this little girl would not end up like the innocent woman who was burned to death at the beginning.

Then the camera turned and aimed at the witch gathering place. Witches of all kinds walked through the gathering place, and then the camera gave a close-up of a red-haired and red-eyed witch. When the breathtaking perfect face appeared in the camera, Sun Ming couldn't help holding his breath and groaning. His heart had never beat so fast!

Then, in Sun Ming's reluctant eyes, the camera pulled away, and the plot was still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Through the conversation between the beauty (Sun Ming later learned that her name was Duodora, what a beautiful name!) and the witches, Sun Ming learned the current era background.

It was undoubtedly the witch-hunting movement in the Middle Ages. The wizards hid under the pursuit of the church and the royal family, and survived in large and small hidden gathering places. The number of wizards was too small, and they were not united, so they were destined to be losers in this war.

Sun Ming stared at the video intently, completely forgetting the passage of time.

When he saw the little girl named Sophia lift her skirt and voluntarily dedicate herself to the wise man, he was furious. He made up his mind that if that man dared... he must report this disgusting drama to the Ministry of Culture!

What relieved him was that the wise man was a serious wise man. He rejected Sophia. The tenderness between the two made Sun Ming, a big man, have the urge to cry.

Then came Sophia's dream, the terrifying sea of ​​fire, and the mysterious voice that sounded from the sea of ​​fire.

Sun Ming knew the routine too well! He was 100% sure that the owner of the voice had bad intentions!

As if to confirm his guess, the owner of the voice said maliciously: "Sign a contract with me, Sophia."

"I will give you the power to kill."

"Then... give me your soul."

WTF! This is all about soul contracts! Can this be a good person? Can this be signed?

Don't agree to her! Sophia! This guy is most likely a demon! The demon's contract cannot be signed! According to the routine of novels and film and television dramas, there must be many traps in it!

However, his voice was destined not to penetrate Sophia's ears.

In Sun Ming's anxious eyes, the nine-year-old real loli gave a decisive answer that made adults vomit blood: "Okay!"

Sun Ming cursed secretly in his heart. He could already guess the next routine of the screenwriter! Isn't it just that the innocent loli turns evil and becomes a cruel loli! How can people still use this routine in 21st century!

...Although he is indeed looking forward to it.

Then, as he was looking forward to it with expectation, the video turned black and a large cursive script appeared: Revolutionary Road, Episode 1 (End)

That's it? ? ? ?

The exciting plot was just being updated, and it's gone? !

Sun Ming quickly searched online for the next episodes of "Revolutionary Road" and found a terrible thing - "Revolutionary Road" has only updated one episode!

Then he followed the clues and found countless newly established discussion groups on the Internet, all asking about the update frequency, producers and actors of this drama.

It is indeed strange that such a luxurious plot and special effects had not been heard on the Internet before.

This drama was first uploaded to major video websites by individual users. Some people speculated whether it was because it was just filmed abroad and had not been introduced to China. However, there were no logos and subtitles of any company or producer at the beginning and end of the video, and no cast list of any actors at the end, which undoubtedly added more mystery to the drama.

Moreover, the identity of the actors is also a controversial topic, among which the peerless witch Dodora is the most topical. Some fans who often hang out in the European and American circles said that they had never seen these actors in any film and television works, so some people speculated that this drama would not be a brand new lineup?

But who has the guts to spend so much money just to promote a group of newcomers?

Moreover, after the TV series has attracted a certain amount of attention, no group has spoken out to use the momentum for marketing. All of this is too unreasonable.

However, Sun Ming, a straight man who is isolated from the entertainment industry, doesn't care about these things at all. He only cares about when the next episode can be watched.

After getting the answer of one episode per week, this newly-minted drama fan closed the webpage with satisfaction, opened the video website, and prepared to watch the drama again, and by the way, took a screenshot of the close-up of Dodora as the computer desktop.