This endless world

July 26, 1983, Mountain City, China.

On this day, a very ordinary baby was born in the hospital. His name was Zhang Heng...

Zhang Heng is not a genius, nor is he the kind of time traveler with memories of past lives, but he is indeed somewhat different from ordinary people. For example, he likes fantasy very much and likes to write these fantasies into words.

Moreover, under the influence of a friend, Zhang Heng gradually fell in love with the act of writing, and some of his classmates also became his first readers... It was at this time that Zhang Heng discovered what was different about himself and others. , that is, he has a special ability.

The novel Zhang Heng wrote in his notebook for his own entertainment will develop on its own as time goes by if he doesn't continue writing it and leaves it alone for a while, and the more people read it, the more the plot will develop. The sooner.

This ability can be said to be useful or useless. In terms of usefulness, the author does not have to worry about the plot of the novel, and being able to code by oneself must be the dream of many authors. I don’t know how many authors lamented about their keyboards when playing games, "You are already a mature keyboard. It's time to code and update it yourself." If you have this power, the number of pigeons in the world will be greatly reduced.

But to say it is useless, it is quite useless, because even Zhang Heng cannot control the plot development of this self-developed story. He himself does not know where this plot development will go, and he even can't even change the past plot. Neither can be done. Looking at it this way, Zhang Heng, the author, has no real reputation, because after the plot develops on its own, he is no different from ordinary readers.

For an author, the initial motivation for writing novels is basically interest. For example, I want to see how the plot will develop, and what will happen to the protagonist in my novel. Almost 99% of authors start writing because they want to write something about the plot in their own minds, and even more There are many authors who make dumplings out of jealousy for a certain famous scene they have in mind...

After all, if you just want to watch the plot develop on its own, it is much easier for a reader to find a book online that suits your taste.

Zhang Heng also made some guesses about his own power. He once speculated whether his power was connected to a parallel world. After all, not only in science, but also in religion, there is a saying that one flower, one world, then it would be Could it be that all these written stories are true? It's just that the story takes place in a multi-parallel universe with words as the carrier, and it's just drawn by his hands.

Just like a conjecture called the box theory, it is said that humans have created a computer world that can continue to develop. When the NPCs in the computer continue to develop to the end, they may also know that they live in a world called "computer" in the box. Correspondingly, humans may also live in another box created by advanced life forms. This is the so-called box theory.

Of course, it was just a guess. Zhang Heng didn't take this power to heart at all. It's not that this ability is some big secret that cannot be told. In fact, in his opinion, this ability is not very useful at all. It is just used to pass the time to entertain oneself. At most, he can write some novels to make people around him understand. A smile, that's all.

But gradually, as Zhang Heng grew up, some realistic pressures also pressed on his head, causing this fantasy-loving boy to change a lot. When someone in his family got seriously ill and had to ask his good brothers to help him, it made him realize that it is absolutely impossible to have money in this world.

It was at this time that Zhang Heng learned that there was such a thing as online novel serialization in the world. In order to make some money, he started his writing career. And his first book is called The Magical Century...

In fact, Zhang Heng's writing style is very childish. After all, he is not from a liberal arts background. Moreover, he actually has no talent for words. Many readers of the novels he wrote do not even want to read them. After all, the plot is just self-development, and the writing style is still at the level of Zhang Heng... But Zhang Heng's books also have their own advantages. That is, the plot of his novel is very brilliant, as if it is a story that really happened in another world.

In short, Zhang Heng did make some small money from this book, and like an ordinary college student, he took classes, played games, wrote novels, chatted and drank with friends, and had a girlfriend, until that day...

"Why? Why!" There are thousands of women in this world. With your appearance and family background, what kind of woman can't be found? Is she stunning? Is she talented? Or does she look very similar to your first love? neither! Why? Why! Why should you choose her? "

"...I have noticed her a long time ago, but you don't know it. But don't worry, nothing happened between me and her before you broke up with her, because I don't want to be sorry for you..."

"Only you, only you! If my other friends did this, one life would probably be lost, but only you, Yang Ji, only you..."

"What I owe you has been paid off. From now on... let's not see each other until we reach the underworld!"

It was also on this day that Zhang Heng truly realized what pain was. His girlfriend broke up with him, but the other person was his best brother back then, the brother who generously helped his mother when she was seriously ill... …

The loss of his first love would only make Zhang Heng sad for the rest of his life. But a brother, especially a brother who recognizes his betrayal deep in his heart, will make him despair, so desperate that he wants to die. In fact, Zhang Heng thought about committing suicide more than once, but his feelings for his parents prevented him from taking action. However, his life was in a state of confusion for a long time.

It was also at this time that Zhang Heng truly felt that the world was extremely hypocritical and cold. At this moment of despair, he remembered what he had loved doing since he was a child, which was writing novels... He had a headache. Once he paid attention to his own abilities, he truly felt that although the world in the story had battles and death, it also had struggles and sacrifices, as well as... true friendship and love!

The inspiration in Zhang Heng's mind kept pouring out like a spring. He wanted to write a story about a group of people struggling between life and death. They have the most sincere friendship, the kind of comradeship between life and death. Everyone They can all entrust their backs to each other. Everyone has what they have lost and what they want to get. In such a world, fighting and living...

"Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly...live?"

"Okay, let's decide on the name of the story..."

"Infinite horror!"