As the discussion unfolded, everyone except Zheng Feng and Ling Yi shared their own bizarre experiences.
The experiences of most people are basically the Little Yi.
They were both protected and hunted down by the horns in their own novels.
Protected by the Protagonist in the novel, and hunted by the villain, but the hordes in the novel all have time limits.
It appears at a fixed time each month and disappears after three minutes.
"The time when the novel's 'horn' appears should be the time when we each signed contracts for our respective works," Jiang Wenshan said, rubbing his temples.
" Feng Ziming is alright; he's only hunted down once a month. But I'm hunted down five times a month because I've finished five novels, and I'm hunted down by the villains from those five novels."
"I've finished two books," Guan Hu said.
"I've only truly finished one book; I've cut the other three," Jiang Yue said.
"So, only completed novels are hunted down by the horned monsters within them?" Qin Lanlan asked.
" Old Song and I are hunted down twice a month. We've finished two novels, but we absolutely dare not finish the one we're currently writing."
"You two?" asked Yu Lan, the elder of the twin sisters.
"Yes, Old Song and I use the same pen name; ' The Fish That Cannot Swim' is us."
"You guys write fantasy novels? Then the villains chasing you must be even stronger!" Feng Ziming exclaimed.
"Yes, thankfully, the Protagonist is on our side, otherwise we would be dead long ago."
"Speaking of which, among us, Guan Hu, Jiang Wenshan, and Jiang Yue, you three should be the safest, right?" Feng Ziming asked.
" Guan Hu should be the safest. He writes urban novels, and the villains are just ordinary people, making them the easiest to deal with," Jiang Wenshan shook his head.
"I write suspense novels, and the villains all have guns."
Guan Hu did not refute this point; he was indeed the one who handled it most easily.
In addition, he is physically strong, and most people are no match for him.
He doesn't need to run away at all; he can always team up with the Protagonist of his novels to beat up the villains for three minutes straight.
Unlike others who are filled with fear, he is filled with anticipation.
Because the villain in one of the novels is a woman.
Of course, he couldn't say that out loud; otherwise, what would others think of him?
"Of all these people, the most dangerous are the two of us. Our pen name is Gemini Is Not a Constellation. We write about the bizarre," Yu Lan said.
Meanwhile, her younger sister Yu Hong, turned deathly pale, as if she had just thought of something.
"The eerie creature is invisible and intangible. We survived entirely thanks to the Protagonist, and luckily, we gave Protagonist a pretty big power-up."
"The most dangerous ones should be me and Old Song," Qin Lanlan said with a wry smile, shaking her head.
"You wouldn't believe it, that demon used full-screen special effects! Our Protagonist in the novel is supposed to be an unkillable Xiaoqiang, but he always gets beaten up terribly trying to save us."
"If I had known it would be like this, I would have given the Protagonist an invincible cheat code," Song Haohan said with a wry smile.
At this moment, Jiang Wenshan looked at Ling Yi and Zheng Feng, and finally Light Lock on Ling Yi.
"Brother, what's wrong with you? You haven't said a word since you came in!"
Upon hearing Jiang Wenshan's words, everyone turned to look at Ling Yi.
Ling Yi's identity was given to him by the system; in the original story, there was no such Number One as him at all.
Well, it's not entirely true. The original text mentions that Ye Zihan's boyfriend was also an online novelist, and one of the authors who died under mysterious circumstances.
In the original text, it never even appeared before it was cut off.
The system's introduction consisted of only a few lines of text, and Ling Yi didn't even know what kind of online novel he was writing or how well it was doing.
My name is Ling Yi, and my pen name Dream Reincarnation.
"My experience is similar to yours, but I've been thinking about something: have you ever considered what would happen if we killed the fictional characters who are hunting us down?"
Everyone was taken aback by Ling Yi's words; they had never considered this question before.
Ling Yi then turned to Zheng Feng and asked, "Since you sent out the invitation, I think you should know more about it, right?"
Zheng Feng said with a solemn expression, "First of all, although I sent out the invitation, I didn't actually send it out."
"What nonsense you're spouting, really nonsense," Feng Ziming Zi said after a quick glance.
"The invitations weren't written by me, but by people in the Literary World. I was just responsible for mailing them to you."
" Literary World? What's that?" Jiang Yue asked.
" The Literary World is a virtual world of online novels that exists between reality and illusion."
"The world of online novels?"
"Yes, it's a hodgepodge world where all the completed online novel worlds Fusion together."
"Those fictional characters that appear in the real world are Literary World escapees. These escapees are divided into two camps, or rather, the Literary World is divided into two camps."
"One faction Guard online novel authors, while the other faction kills them; I call them the Guardian and the Assassin."
"Why kill an online novel author?" Jiang Wenshan asked, frowning.
"Because the Literary World wants to invade the real world."
"Why does this setting feel like something out of an online novel?" Song Haohan said speechlessly.
"Perhaps we are just characters in the world of online novels," Song Haohan's wife, Qin Lanlan, chimed in.
"That's really hard to say."
"Alright, stop letting your imagination run wild, let Huang Mao finish speaking." Feng Ziming understood them and gave them a knowing look.
Zheng Feng didn't seem to care and continued, "According to the information I've received, every completed online novel becomes Literary World."
"Regardless of grades? As long as you finish a book, you'll be Literary World?" Guan Hu asked.
Zheng Feng nodded. "Yes, regardless of grades."
"But originally, the Literary World were all independent and had no interaction with the real world. In other words, even if the Literary World existed, they would have no impact on the real world."
"Naturally, we were unaware of the existence of the Literary World."
"But starting about ten years ago, a large number of fanfictions began to appear, especially online fanfiction, which led to a convergence between what were originally separate Literary World."
"The more fanfiction is written about in online Wenwen, the larger the Fusion world becomes, and the more the Literary World begin to actively devour each other, instead of passively Fusion."
"After ten years of continuous Fusion and assimilation, the current Literary World was finally formed."
"The Fusion Literary World underwent a fundamental Changes, becoming an existence somewhere between illusion and reality."
"But what does this have to do with online novel battles and killing online novel authors?" Guan Hu his impatient temper, asked again.
"Brother Guan, please calm down." Zheng Feng shook his head.
"Authors create online novels, which is equivalent to creating the Literary World. Although we cannot control the Literary World, our existence becomes the biggest barrier to the Literary World's invasion of the real world."
"Hmm, how do I explain that?" Zheng Feng scratched his head.
"Tags!" Ling Yi reminded him.
Zheng Feng clapped his hands. "That's right, it's like a label. As long as we live, all the characters we create will bear our label."
"As long as the tags exist, they cannot freely invade the real world, and even if they do, they will pay a huge price."
"What price?" Song Haohan asked.
" Literary Qi!"
Before anyone could ask, Zheng Feng explained, " Literary Qi is the foundation, or the Source Power, of the Literary World, and also the source of power for all horned creatures."
"Killing online novel authors will boost the Literary Qi of the Literary World. This boost will make the Literary Qi Literary World stronger, allowing those online novel characters to enter the real world by consuming large amounts of Literary Qi."
"This Literary Qi, is it the Spiritual Qi in the world of cultivation?" Qin Lanlan asked.
"Almost."
At this point, Zheng Feng looked at Ling Yi: "What you said earlier is correct. The web novel horn can indeed be killed. As long as it is killed, you can obtain the Literary Qi from the horn."
"What will happen? Will I become stronger and gain great power, just like Leveling Up by Killing Monsters?" Feng Ziming asked, his eyes lighting up.
"Pretty much, but Literary Qi can only be effective within the Literary World. In the real world, no matter how much Literary Qi you acquire, you'll still just be an ordinary person."
"You mean we can enter the Literary World?" Jiang Wenshan asked, his eyes lighting up.
No wonder he writes suspense novels, his mind works really fast.
Zheng Feng nodded. "Yes!"
"The invitation letter should be the ticket to enter the Literary World, right?" Jiang Wenshan asked again.
"That's right!"
"How do we enter the Literary World?" Jiang Yue, who was standing next to Jiang Wenshan, asked.
Zheng Feng did not answer the question immediately, but said instead, "The more online novel authors die, the faster the Literary World will invade the real world."
"The more famous the online novel author who is killed, the higher the percentage of improvement in the Literary World's Literary Qi."
"The only way to completely stop the invasion of the Literary World is to enter the Literary World and kill all the Assassin."
"Is the Assassin the villain in the online novel?" Guan Hu asked.
"He's not necessarily a villain." Zheng Feng shook his head.
"So, the Protagonist and the antagonist aren't the key factors in determining whether someone is Assassin?"
" Guardian is not necessarily the Protagonist, Assassin is not necessarily the villain. Not all Protagonist have sound morals, and not all villains are necessarily bad people."
Everyone nodded; they were all top-tier online novelists in this world, so they naturally understood this.
There are too many Protagonist in online novels who have a dark and edgy style.
After all, many readers enjoy this kind of thing.
Where there is a market, there will naturally be corresponding works.
" The Assassin shouldn't be able to be identified directly, right?" Jiang Wenshan asked, frowning.
"Yes, because Assassin have a time limit in the real world, once Assassin appear in the real world, they will go all out to Assassinating the Web Novel Author."
"But if we enter the Literary World, those cunning Assassin might disguise themselves as Guardian Faction, making them impossible to guard against."
"Heh, why make things so complicated? Whether they're Guardian or Assassin, just kill them all," Feng Ziming said, waving his little fist.
"Girl, don't be so murderous. If we really kill indiscriminately, we might push the Guardian to the opposite side as well." Jiang Wenshan shook his head.
"You don't actually think that just the ten of us can conquer the entire Literary World, do you?"
"Why not?" Feng Ziming asked.
"To date, the total number of online novels has exceeded 30 million, roughly 40 million. If each online novel were a Literary World, how many figures would be in it?"
"Excluding ordinary people in the Literary World, if we only count Protagonist, supporting characters, extras, and background characters, the total number exceeds one billion."
"Can the ten of us kill a billion people?"