The author's diary of ghost stories

I saw the Cuckoo on the cruise ship. Just like last time, only I could see it.

Yu Liang looked at the blood hole behind Li Xiang, and then observed Li Huachao who was also beside him, and kept silent.

People who are targeted by the Cuckoo and build a nest are basically dead. The Cuckoo is a special creature that lives between reality and illusion. Its logic of existence is not in the current timeline, but in the future.

After being connected with it, the heat on the body will be continuously transmitted to the Cuckoo in the future. As a human being, he will be dragged to death sooner or later. I am afraid that even a physical warrior like Li Huachao cannot resist this special power.

Fortunately, Yu Liang is very clear about the attack interval of the Cuckoo, and he is also very clear that if he solves this strange story, he will have related memories in his mind.

After being nested by the Cuckoo, a normal person should be able to hold on for a while. As long as the "past state" of the Cuckoo is put into a warm cage before the Cuckoo selects the next target, this strange story can be successfully solved.

But...

Why is there a strange story about the Cuckoo on this cruise ship?

Yu Liang didn't have time to think about it, and whispered to Li Huachao beside him: "After boarding the cruise ship, you may encounter strange events, right? What kind of strange events have you encountered?"

Li Huachao looked back at Yu Liang and answered casually: "Vegetative people or something. The tourists who lived on the thirteenth floor inexplicably showed plant characteristics and lacked water. They asked me to help them find water sources."

"..." Yu Liang felt vaguely that this seemed familiar. After a careful search of his brain memory, he finally remembered it.

Vegetative people.

This is still a strange event encountered in the zoo, in the dormitory building. It should have been solved by Xue Wubin at that time, but now it was encountered by Li Huachao.

But at that time, Li Huachao seemed to be playing hide-and-seek with the skeleton dormitory manager, and might not have noticed the vegetative people on the first floor of Building No. 2.

"So how did you solve it?" Yu Liang asked carefully. He had already felt that something was wrong with this cruise ship, but he couldn't be sure now.

Li Huachao shrugged and said nonchalantly: "It's not solved. I gave them water when they wanted it. I wanted to go into the room to help them fix the water pipes, but they actually wanted to trap me in there to replace them. Can I tolerate this? I directly connected the water pipes in their room to the sea, and they drank the sea water. I went to see it again in two days, and all the tourists on the first floor were sent."

Yu Liang: "..."

Okay, okay, it really is the living devil I know.

"Does anyone raise birds on this cruise ship?" Yu Liang continued to ask.

"Raising birds? I don't know. It seems that some elderly tourists raise birds? I may have seen it, but I don't have any impression." Li Huachao shook his head, not sure.

The crew member in front, Li Xiang, seemed to have heard Yu Liang's words, and turned around and responded with a smile: "Raising birds? Mr. Yu Liang is also a bird lover? It seems that you will have a lot in common with our first mate Mr. 002."

"002?" This familiar naming method immediately reminded Yu Liang of the members of the strategy team from the strange story "Humanity".

Both Strategy Team 001 and 002 have disappeared, and now the person in charge of the strange talk "human" is 003.

So 002 of the Strategy Team is working as the first mate on the cruise ship?

If 002 is the first mate, then 001 must be the captain, right?

Good fellow, I guess the barrel man source will definitely recite a poem in secret. I advise the Strategy Team to shake themselves up and recruit talents regardless of their background. Is your strange talk "human" the Huangpu Military Academy of the barrel man source?

Yu Liang was complaining crazily in his heart. He could already imagine how difficult these two members of the Strategy Team would be. If they were already controlled by the barrel man source...

To some extent, he also knew why the barrel man source would be so difficult to deal with.

"That's right, Mr. 002, you also think our first mate's name is strange, right? But he is a very good person, you will know when you meet him later."

Yu Liang turned his head to look at Li Huachao, as if he wanted to see if Li Huachao knew about this, but Li Huachao just spread his hands, indicating that he had never heard of this first mate.

This cruise ship is very large and divided into many areas. There are actually several so-called first mates. Anyway, he can't recognize them. The one who loaned him money is not this 002.

Yu Liang can only express his helplessness. He understands that this Li Huachao must not have explored the situation of the cruise ship during this time on the cruise ship. This guy must have been thinking about winning the cruise ship with Lu Baoshen, and ended up gambling himself into a clam girl.

At this time, the blood-soaked cuckoo on Li Xiang's back suddenly screamed and even spoke to Yu Liang: "It's so warm and comfortable. Mr. Yu, do you want to try it too?"

Yu Liang heard the cuckoo's voice and turned to look at the blood dripping on the feathers. The cuckoo's black eyes stared at him, and he also understood the meaning of this gaze.

I can see you.

This seems to be a little different from the original cuckoo's strange story, because the cuckoo in the zoo will not interact with him at all. It is an extremely self-centered strange creature.

No, "self" cannot be used to describe the character of this strange creature, because under normal circumstances, this bird has no way to contact him in the current time and space.

The Han Hao Bird is a bird from the future. It will only respond to you when you participate in its timeline. This was the case with Lu Xing (the first deceased) who was targeted by the Han Hao Bird in the past. Lao Du is Han Hao Bird. The origin of the trumpet bird, so he can also be attacked by the cold trumpet bird.

If you put it this way...

I'm already involved in Hanhaoniao's timeline?

Or could it be that my action of rescuing Hanhaoniao was the reason why I got involved now?

Yu Liang was silent for a moment. He did not respond to Han Haoniao's words. He knew that this ghost story was somewhat different from the Han Haoniao ghost story he knew.

"Child, you can clearly see me, why don't you respond to my words?" Hanhao Bird grinned, and it picked up a slender piece of meat from Li Xiang's back, and unscientific blood overflowed from the corners of its mouth. Come on, make this smile even more terrifying, "Were you such a shy child in the past?"

Yu Liang looked at the bird, still not understanding what the other party meant.

This "child" did not come from the care of the elders, but more like a strange aura of "child, you are invincible", which made Yu Liang a little confused.

Why, this bird is in the present and the future at the same time. Listen to the word "past" in its mouth, is it the "Yu Liang" who understands the future?

"Who are you? What do you want to do?" Yu Liang held it in for a long time, but still couldn't find anything to say, so in the end he could only ask a philosophical question.

"It's so cold, it's so cold, it's so cold..." Hanhaoniao trembled, ignoring Yu Liang's question, and instead drilled deeper into Li Xiang's body, seemingly stimulated by the cold.

Seeing this Hanhao bird, he immediately turned his back and refused to recognize anyone. Yu Liang was also a little helpless, and his abnormality was quickly discovered by Li Huachao. Li Huachao scratched his head and poked Yu Liang with his arm: "What, you and me?" Who speaks?"

"Nothing." Yu Liang shook his head and did not speak to Li Huachao.

The entire cruise ship is very strange. Now he can only believe in the paper people in his [universe]. Others, including Li Huachao, may be false.

Although I don’t know why this Li Huachao is also bound to the character card in his [universe], anyway, now he is in a half-crazy, half-crazy, real and fake state.

And the cold horn bird made a laughing sound again, lay down comfortably back in its human nest, and slept peacefully.

Soon, after walking through a long corridor, Yu Liang came to the captain's cabin. At the door of the captain's cabin, he saw one of the first mates on the ship, Mr. 002.

"Hello, Mr. Yu Liang, after drifting on the sea, you finally found the base camp. Yes, this is the city of hope for all mankind." 002's face was filled with a satisfied smile, and after shaking hands with Yu Liang, he said to himself Introduce, "I am 002, the first mate of this ship. You can call me whatever you want. As you can see, I am an easy-going person."

Yes, he does seem quite easy-going. The only question is why does he look so similar to a magician?

Yu Liang looked at this guy's features, and the similarity made him feel like "seeing a magician in a trance."

According to the previous strategy team, the Magician was once a "Raider" option, and is currently the highest-rated Raider option in history.

But he still failed, so the entire strategy team now actually looks like "Yu Liang", but now this 002...

The version hasn’t been updated yet, brother?

"Well, hello first mate, let me discuss with you about escorting the cruise ship. I have a two-masted sailing ship. It's not very big, but it has a sufficient number of heavy machine guns to help defend against the barrel man's invasion." Yu Liang simply said After explaining his purpose, he did not rush to ask for a quotation, but simply asked the question to the first mate.

The first mate nodded and replied: "Okay, I believe Li Xiang has made a basic judgment on your ship. Now it is up to him to hand over the situation to the captain. We will give you a quotation soon."

Li Xiang walked to the captain's desk, turned the computer on the desk, and then respectfully asked the captain: "Mr. Captain, the C1008 rescue was successful. We accepted a two-masted sailboat at sea. After identification, the sailboat has With a certain amount of armed force, it can carry about a hundred people under extreme conditions and has the ability to escort the ship. "

The computer screen lit up slightly, and instructions lit up almost as soon as Li Xiang finished listening to his report.

"The price of the escort ship is 3,000 barrels per day. The crew on board enjoys the treatment of second-level crew members, and the captain enjoys the treatment of second mate. The total number of people does not exceed 11."

Li Xiang looked back at Yu Liang and showed the treatment given on the computer screen: "The treatment given by our captain is as shown on the screen."

Yu Liang noticed that Li Xiang's lips had turned slightly white. It might be that Hanhaoniao's injury caused him to lose too much blood, but he still performed his tasks meticulously.

Is the Captain a computer?

Or maybe the captain lives in the computer?

Yu Liang had a special sense of déjà vu. Everything here looked so similar...

What is his plan in a certain situation?

The captain lives in a computer. Is it possible that the real body is some kind of origin ghost story?

Like a desktop pet?

At present, he only knows that there are two strange incidents on the ship, one is a "vegetative person" and the other is a "cold horn bird". This is completely consistent with the experience of a certain writer. It is absolutely impossible not to make associations.

Next, the first mate came forward to draft the contract, and Yu Liang ruled out the possibility of traps in the contract through the artificial intelligence in the glasses, so he signed the contract very readily.

After the contract was signed, the first mate wrote a check for 30,000 barrel coins, prepaid the ten-day escort ship fee, and asked Yu Liang to go to the Finance Department to exchange it when appropriate, or to have the crew send it to him after confirming his room.

"By the way, Mr. 002, I heard that you raise birds, right? My captain, Mr. Yu Liang, is also a bird lover. Can we go to your room to see your birds?" Li Huachao predicted Yu Liang's thoughts and asked the first mate.

Yu Liang was a little embarrassed, but still nodded and said, "Well, I'm a little curious about the birds you raise."

"Of course, Mr. Yu Liang, we are now partners." The first mate did not refuse. After saying goodbye to the captain, he took Yu Liang to the first mate's office on the same corridor. This office seemed to be shared by three first mates. It was very large and was divided in the middle by a simple partition like a curtain.

In the middle of the office area, a bird cage covered with black cloth was hung by the ventilation window. As if sensing someone coming in, the bird in the cage chirped twice.

"Oh? It doesn't like daytime. It normally sleeps. It seems that it likes you." First mate 002 smiled and walked towards his bird cage.

At this time, the cuckoo in the body of crew member Li Xiang behind Yu Liang said leisurely: "I suggest you don't open the bird cage. You will find that I am not in it. Then congratulations, the ghost story has been successfully cracked by you. You will get an extremely rare and powerful [Howling Cold] stamp, but the price is to lose me, a little cutie from the future forever."

Yu Liang: "..."

"Forget it, Mr. First Mate, since it doesn't like light, don't move it. Birds are all fragile little lives." He naturally heard the mockery in the tone of the cuckoo, so he quickly stopped the first mate.

Indeed, when the story of the Cuckoo Bird is solved, this Cuckoo Bird from the future will die on the spot, and it obviously knows something. The value of this information is far greater than the [Howling Cold] stamp that is now useless.

"You are as smart as that damn barrel man, brother." The Cuckoo Bird said with a smile, "But you can tie him up tightly. He can no longer influence you, but you can influence him. Don't get the cause and effect wrong."

Yu Liang still watched the first mate's actions, but his pupils shrank unconsciously when he heard the voice behind him.

Barrel Man.

Barrel Man Yu Liang?

He seemed to know where Barrel Man Yu Liang was hiding. This is indeed a place where the origin of the Barrel Man can never be found.

The future, this guy is hiding in the future.

Now Yu Liang knows why the Cuckoo Bird said that the "Yu Liang" in the past was a little shy, because Barrel Man Yu Liang was definitely influenced by the Barrel Man and his temperament changed drastically.

However, even though his temperament has changed drastically, he still maintains his IQ online, and conveys the message to him through the Cuckoo, an "invincible creature" that originally came from the future.

Now I have tied up the barrel man Yu Liang, does it mean that people will be bound by their "past"?

While being bound, it also represents the logic of cause and effect. This is what Yu Liang did to the Moon Butler in the past. He gave Him the logic of existence connected by cause and effect.

At this moment, the same applies.