Book

In front of the familiar clock tower building.

There are about twenty selected Knight-Errant teams waiting here, and there are still many new teams that look bad, and even suffer from insomnia all night due to mental pressure.

Han Dong This is the third time we have come to the bell tower.

Even Though Today's Destiny Event will increase the difficulty through 'cards', and may even completely distort the original Destiny Event.

However, Han Dong remained calm and stress-free.

The night spent in Imperial Lion Hotel made Han Dong in the best condition and ready to deal with any dangerous events.

Time's up.

As the steam overflowed, the copper pipes descended.

The next second should naturally be "Clock Master" walking out from inside, but...

But in the eyes of Han Dong.

But a Red Balloon floated out from inside.

Immediately afterwards, [Clown-Pennywise] wearing a fluffy clown costume with white paint on his face jumped out from the bottom door of the bell tower.

With cheerful dance steps, he came to Han Dong holding a red balloon.

Use its big nose to sniff Han Dong's body all over.

"Hmm... dangerous smell!

You seem to be going on an extraordinary adventure again... But don't die on the way, I'm still waiting for you to come back and visit in [Derry Town]. "

The clown pointed to his empty right sleeve:

"But... I always feel like something will happen to you this time!

Didn't you chop off my arm? When you're in danger, you can take it out and use it... it might help you survive. I don't want you to die in another world like this. "

Snap! The balloon exploded.

The balloon held in the clown's hand explodes.

Abel snapped his fingers in front of Han Dong.

"Nicholas... are you okay?"

"It's okay!"

When Han Dong came to his senses, their team was the only one left outside the clock tower.

"Joker... arm?""

Han Dong has been storing that arm in Sterile Laboratory, completely restrained by the detection device. Since its own 'Weight Limit' has reached its limit, it cannot be used temporarily.

"Let's wait until we are in real danger before we think about it."

When the last team entered the bell tower.

They still went through a series of testing and waiting processes... Listening to the sound of thousands of gears interacting with each other inside the bell tower, the team finally arrived in front of Gate of Destiny.

When staring at the deep 'door' that leads to nowhere.

Wenli the Blacksmith was a little scared because it was the first time I came here.

Mia at the side immediately pressed her face against hers, letting Wenli relax through kisses and touches... It seemed that after last night's enjoyment, the relationship between the two had become better.

"Let's go!"

Abel grabbed "Destiny Card (scepter)" in his hand.

Holding hands, the four of them stepped in together.

"It is detected that the team member is carrying "Destiny Card (scepter)". Do you want to use it?"

With Abel convey the awareness of affirmation.

Buzz...

After a burst of tinnitus.

Once again, we landed in the familiar area before the opening of Destiny Event - [Video Store]

"Strange... isn't it a random selection? Why do you still come to the influence store?"

The first few times Han Dong was able to come here, it was because he consumed Destiny Card with 'Right of Choice'.

Come to the imaging store to make relevant choices.

However, the card used this time does not have 'Right of Choice', which simply increases the difficulty.

Logically speaking, everyone should be transported directly to a completely distorted Destiny World.

"The CDs and books on these bookshelves are not visible... Even Though is 'random', do we still have to make a choice?"

It's different from the previous times.

All the products in the video store are covered with thick Black Mist, which cannot be dispersed and any content on it cannot be seen clearly.

A system prompt sounded.

"Please take off any product on the shelf that corresponds to the 'Destiny Background', and put the Destiny Card in your hand into it to "combine"... The combining process is expected to take 30 minutes.

Tip: Do not try to view product information in any way, otherwise it will be deleted."

Since no information can be read, it doesn't matter who makes the choice.

"Abel Captain, since the card is yours, it's up to you to make the decision."

"Okay."

Abel, who was born and raised in Holy City, seemed a little averse to CDs that he had never seen before, so he went straight to the books area.

According to the requirements of Mr. Black and White, try to select 'highly difficult' events, but product information cannot be viewed here.

Abel's head is relatively simple, directly linking 'thickness' to 'difficulty'.

I selected a fairly thick book and placed it in front of the cashier.

The next step is to combine Destiny Card with the book as required.

When Abel gently placed the glittering card into the book, the golden light immediately dispersed Black Mist on the surface of the book.

"Products are being upgraded..."

During this process, please do not move the books being merged or touch other products in the video store."

With nothing else to do, I could only stare at the book cover where the fog had been dispersed.

Two words that only Han Dong recognize are displayed.

[Strange Stories]

The twisted font is extremely eerie, and the 'mouth' that makes up the second character is like a bottomless human-shaped mouth, with a black eye inside, as if staring at the reader.

The background picture on the book cover is a strange "crossroads".

A closer look will reveal many 'interesting' details.

For example, in a taxi waiting at a traffic light, the driver has no hands at all.

A woman pushing a stroller on the sidewalk left a trail of blood in her path.

There seemed to be dried human heads lined up on the display cabinet in the newsstand at the corner of the street.

On the clothes-drying pole on the balcony of a certain household, there were wrinkled leather bags hanging.

"Japanese... strange stories? It's a bit troublesome..."

Han Dong quickly identified the source of this book.

This is not a book from my home country during my lifetime, but from a small island country next to my home country.

Although the island country is small, there are many strange things circulating within it.

Many top directors of thriller movies were born in this island country.

Moreover, the literary works created by them are often 'Bad-Ending', and the 'existence' involved in them is almost irresistible.

Han Dong rarely watched such idealistic movies or books during his lifetime.

I just heard online that the thriller movies in the island country are scary and even scare people to death.

In Han Dong's opinion at the time, even if it could really scare people to death, it would just be some people with serious heart disease seeking their own death.

Thinking about it now, he himself may have died in such a literary work, which always feels a bit ironic.

"I estimate that even without integrating Destiny Card... the Destiny World corresponding to this book is still very difficult.

I hope the cards don't distort the original world so much that we don't have a clue.

Miss Wenli in the team should also be afraid of this type of world background... Let Mia take good care of him. "

Wait quietly.

As the cards gradually merge, the intersection on the book cover becomes 'alive'.

"The combination is completed, the scene is being generated..."

suddenly.

The book opened and Han Dong and his group were dragged into it.

[Strange Stories]

Officially begins.