"There's a mysterious power that can make the people who pestered me either unlucky, crazy, or worship me, but I'm just a lonely young man who runs a bar. ”

—Excerpt from the Book of Taboos

In the bar.

Shen Xing drank too much and had a headache.

A young woman in an ancient dress walked up to him and whispered to him, "Your Excellency, I have been looking for you for a long time, and I have searched the entire universe to find this place...... I'm sorry I couldn't ......."

As she spoke, she lowered her head and began to sob silently.

Shen Xing felt incredible, a woman in ancient costume wearing a "costume" suddenly ran in front of me and cried, and said something inexplicable.

What is ...... called? Search the entire universe, are you an alien?

This woman must be a hanfu lover, right? She may have drunk too much.

Shen Xing said helplessly: "I'm sorry, we don't seem to know each other, did you recognize the wrong person?"

The woman in ancient costume raised her head, the tears in her eyes, and her beautiful face...... She suddenly thought of something, hurriedly handed over a small note folded in half, and specially explained.

"I can't stay too long, otherwise it will be detrimental to His Holiness, some things must wait for you to recover that level, you will naturally know, you take care, goodbye. ”

With that, she got up and walked in the direction of the bathroom.

Look at the hurried figure......

Shen Xing was really confused, and opened the small note, which had two words written on it

- Help me.

Shen Xing was stunned for a moment, and immediately turned his head to look around. What I thought in my heart was, could it be that someone wanted to harm you and kidnap you, so you came to me for help?

This kind of woman, if she really gets into trouble, she should call the police.

But after thinking about it, in case she can't think about it, she wants to kill herself.

Shen Xing put away the note and immediately went to the bathroom, trying to persuade her not to do stupid things.

After passing around the corner, there are two bathrooms.

It's strange that the door says "Heaven" and "Hell" respectively, which is too spoofed, right?

Both bathrooms seem to be occupied.

Shen Xing gently pushed it with his hand, the doors were locked, don't care about it first, which one should you knock on first?

Let's knock on "heaven" first.

Shen Xing whispered, "Hey, beauty, do you need help?" ”

There was no response inside, and I felt that the people inside were panicked, they should be pumping toilet paper, hurriedly lifting their pants, and were hurriedly flushing the toilet.

"Neurotic!"

A woman's voice sounded unhappy through the crack in the half-open door, but it didn't seem to be the woman's voice just now.

Shen Xing knew that he had knocked on the wrong door, and hurriedly took two steps back.

The door was completely open.

A slightly young beautiful rich woman moved out cautiously, her face was very angry, but seeing Shen Xing looking so handsome, she instantly became smiling again.

"Ah, I'm sorry, you're in a hurry to use the bathroom, I've kept you waiting, or would you like to have a drink?"

She gave up the bathroom to Shen Xing, and whispered again, "Come in, come in, go in......"

That expression, that urging gesture, as if it wasn't a stinky toilet, it was Simmons, it was a gentle country, and it was a pink paradise.

The rich woman was still clamoring on the side, refusing to leave, and had to try to drive her away.

Shen Xing deliberately pinched his nose and complained: "Well, it stinks, it stinks, it stinks......"

"Hmph! ”

The beautiful rich woman was very angry, she didn't expect Shen Xing to dislike herself, so she left without washing her hands.

After she walked away, Shen Xing looked at the bathroom door on the right-hand side, it was "hell".

Looking at the two big scarlet characters on the door, I suddenly felt an inexplicable panic, could this be the woman's prank, will I be embarrassed?

Forget it, it's like you're drunk and doing ridiculous things.

Shen Xing decisively walked towards "hell".

Knock the door and try to knock on the door of hell.

There was no response inside, and there was a serious doubt that there was anyone inside.

Shen Xing simply pushed the door hard, and the door was pushed open by him all of a sudden.

There was no one in it, and the "hell" was empty.

He retracted his head and looked around and over his head again.

What's going on? The woman in costume is gone.

Shen Xing suspected that he had drunk too much, maybe he was wrong just now, the woman did not go to the bathroom.

At this moment, my head is very dizzy, I am really a little drunk, and I have some urgency to urinate.

He closed the door and began to shush.

I've never booed so well, I feel completely let go, it really feels like ...... It is suspected that the Milky Way falls for nine days, and the big beads and small beads fall on the jade plate.

Huh, weird...... Why have you been booing for so long, booing and booing, and your ears have been buoying all the time, feeling like you are riding the wind and waves across the vast starry universe......

Finally finished the shushing, deliberately shook it, I can't remember how long it took to shush, I'm afraid it will take more than ten minutes, and my legs are numb.

After coming out of the inside.

Shen Xing washed his face, and he had to sober himself up.

He put his hands on the washbasin, looked at himself in the mirror, and realized that it was strange, why did he suddenly grow two or three years old, and his hair and beard had become longer?

I'm really panicking now.,It's really evil.,Maybe I've met a female ghost.。 Hurriedly rummaged through his trouser pocket, the note was still there, and he looked at the two words on it carefully.

- Help me.

Very delicate handwriting, not like a pen or ballpoint pen, more like ...... Fine brush words in small letters!

At this moment, there is no sense of alcohol, and I am really completely awake.

Calm down, be sure to be calm!

I thought so in my heart, but I still turned my head and looked around in a panic.

I didn't find any ghosts.

Shen Xing deliberately looked at the mirror, wiping his hair, whistling, with a relaxed smile, looking at himself in the mirror very casually, wanting to see if there was a female ghost behind him smiling at him.

There are no female ghosts, let's see, even if there are female ghosts, they are afraid of me.

He came out of the bathroom, like a sea walker, deliberately twisting step by step, slowly walking out of the corner, slowly walking towards the counter, ready to check out and leave.

Suddenly, I was stunned again.

Where is this?

I don't think I've ever been to this bar before.

At the moment when Shen Xing was stunned, a crisp girl's voice came from beside him.

"Cousin. ”

He quickly turned away.

What caught my eye was a very beautiful mixed-race girl, seventeen or eighteen years old...... However, she actually wore a girls' school uniform in the Republic of China era, which is the kind of girl's school uniform that often appears in ghost movies!

Shen Xing was startled and hurriedly flashed back.

The girl was a little angry and whispered to him, "Hey, even though we haven't always had a good relationship, there's no need for you to pretend to be crazy again." Besides, I've been helping you for more than a week, don't you know how to pay off your debts?"

"What love debt?"

Shen Xing thought she was a female ghost, but she was still in shock at the moment, and said decisively: "I don't owe a debt to people, don't come to pester me." ”

"You!"

The girl was angry and turned her head to ignore him.

Shen Xing hurriedly looked around, convinced that he really hadn't been here.

The décor here is all exotic, and a lot of the objects look like antiques. In particular, the Big Ben clock on the wall, which looks like the Republic of China style in the twenties and thirties of the last century, and the antique gramophone on the counter......

It seems that it should be crossed.

I noticed that my head was starting to get dizzy again.

He had to cover his head and lie on the bar, feeling like he was squeezing toothpaste in his head, and some of his memories were squeezing out little by little.

Where am I?

It should be the Palm City of the South Seas on the island of Saipanissa.

This beautiful Chinese-Chinese girl in front of me is my cousin, it seems to be called Joanne, and I am the owner of this bar.

Shen Xing was panicking now, thinking desperately in his head...... Can I go back to Earth, I still have my parents and parents, I have to go back and do my filial piety to them.

Who was that woman just now, was she God? What did she mean by "save me", and did she have any suffering waiting for me to save her?

And she called me "Venerable", and said that she would know a lot of things when I returned to that level.

Could it be that I am an "Immortal Emperor" or "Demon Venerable" in the fallen mortal world?

What a headache.

......

Shen Xing didn't know yet.

A "mysterious force" is hiding beside him, guarding him.

This mysterious force is an indescribable concept, invisible or intangible, and impossible to speak.

His mission should be to secretly help Shen Xing return to that former level. He didn't dare to expose his existence, probably because he was afraid that someone would find out, so Shen Xing had no way of knowing that there was a mysterious force wandering around him.

Shen Xing and the others were not dizzy, and they were in a hurry to go to the bathroom.

He was tossing and turning in it, sweating profusely, and he was about to collapse and go crazy.

The whole bathroom is no longer what it used to be, it has become exotic, and it is impossible to return to Earth.

Little cousin Joanne felt strange and came over to care for him.

"Cousin, what's the matter with you, did you eat a bad stomach?"

Shen Xing said with a bitter face: "It's not that you have a bad stomach." ”

"Will you be okay then?"

"I'm fine. ”

Shen Xing was sure that he really couldn't go back, unless he could have so much urine just now. But that kind of urine is estimated to be unattainable, and through this kind of thing, you may really need raw feces.

Joanne told him, "It's almost nine o'clock, I have to go, I have to catch the last bus." ”

Shen Xing nodded helplessly.

Joanne specially explained, "You closed the stall early, did you read the newspaper? Recently, this area has been very unpeaceful, there have been several murders, and the outside is full of plainclothes from the patrol room." Hey, do you hear me, cousin, are you sick?"

"Ahh ”

Shen Xing wasn't listening at all, he was still distressed.

Joanne didn't believe it, and reached out to touch his forehead to see if he had a fever.

Shen Xing hurriedly turned the topic away, pointed to the two words on the bathroom door and asked, "These two words, and the two words over there, can you erase them?"

"What's the word, you're crazy again, hateful, I'll never pay attention to you again. ”

Shen Xing felt creepy in an instant! I'm afraid this is not as simple as crossing over.

Then he looked carefully at the four big characters on the left and right doors.

- Heaven, hell.

There are clearly big words written on it, but you actually say no.

Is it only me who can see?

When his cousin walked away, he wiped it with his hand, but he couldn't wipe it off at all.

Shen Xing was finally convinced that this might be my golden finger after crossing over, and as for how to use them, it may take time to explore, maybe it is a golden finger like the "Gate of Time and Space", which can be shuttled to some world.

Before leaving, Joanne repeatedly advised, "You remember to close the stall early, lock the door tightly, the newspaper said that there were several murders committed by burglary, and now the patrol room is full of suspicious people." ”

"I know, I found that you are very verbose, you should be careful on the road, bye. ”

Shen Xing sent her outside the door to watch her disappear into the night in a hurry.

This little bar is located near the University City of Palms, just south of St. Anthony's Cathedral Square, and there are no street lights in this area.

Shen Xing seemed to remember, this planet is equivalent to the twenties and thirties of the last century, and its geography and history are not quite the same as the earth.

This part of Nanyang is still in the colonial era, mainly Chinese and Nanyangs, with a small number of Orientals, Westerners and Indians.

......

After Shen Xing sent his little cousin out of the door.

The last table of guests also happened to check out and leave.

He hurriedly cleaned up the table, ready to close the door later, and studied the little note to see if there was still a secret.

Who knew that there was another guest at this time.

The guest was dressed in tatters and dirty, a native face of the South Seas, with a strange appearance, and a sallow face, which did not look like a living person.

When the guests came in, they looked around, as if they were looking for someone.

But there is no one else here except Shen Xing.

Shen Xing had no choice but to ask him out loud, "What are you looking for?" You, you shouldn't be here to ask for food, I don't have anything to eat here, and it's closed, I suggest you go to another store to have a look. ”

The guest turned his head, glared at him, and said angrily, "You're the one who asks for food." ”

Shen Xing had no choice but to laugh awkwardly.

Anyway, after all, they are all guests, and you can't just say casually that people are asking for food, forgetting that you are the owner of the bar, and this habit will have to be changed in the future.

As the guest approached, he suddenly pulled out a revolver.

The muzzle of the black hole hole was aimed at Shen Xing.

Shen Xing was startled, he didn't expect this.

The guest reached out and took off the human skin mask on his face, revealing his true face.

This is an old Chinese man, probably in his sixties, deliberately pretending to be a Nanyang, no wonder Shen Xing misunderstood him as a beggar.

"It turns out that you are not asking for food, you are here to rob. ”

Shen Xing couldn't help but complain, why was he so unlucky, he encountered a robbery on the first day of crossing over.

Shen Xing was very unhappy, picked up the iron box on the counter and yelled at him: "Take all the change in the box, take it to buy and eat." ”

The old man was not polite, grabbed the change and coins in the iron box, and put them in his pocket.

Look at the way he took all the money, but he didn't leave.

Shen Xing had no choice but to say to him, "Hey, there is no money left, you can leave now." ”

The old man asked, "Who said I came to rob, did I say it? You yourself asked me to take the money." ”

Shen Xing was very annoyed, "You said that you weren't robbing, so why are you holding a gun and comparing around, deliberately playing tricks on me?"

"Shut up! I just want to kill people, believe it or not I'm going to kill you?" the old man was upset.

Shen Xing suddenly laughed, "You are a liar, otherwise why would you pretend to be a beggar?" When you came in and saw that there was no one in the store, you immediately took out a fake gun and pretended to be a robber, you must be a thief. ”

The old man was stunned, feeling that what Shen Xing said seemed to make sense, but he said viciously: "So what? I want to kill someone now!"

Shen Xing continued to complain: "If you really want to kill someone, you should shoot directly as soon as you come in without saying a word, I think you are a cowardly liar who wants to cheat some pocket money." ”

"Believe it or not, I shot you!" the old man began to rage.

"I believe you're a ghost. ”

Shen Xing suddenly stretched out his hand and snatched the gun from his hand.

The old man was stunned all of a sudden, and he almost sweated profusely!

...... This young man actually snatched my gun away at random, how could he move so fast? I couldn't see how he did it at all, could it be that he was a very powerful cultivator? But it wasn't like that.

Shen Xing held the gun and sneered: "Your face is fake, your hair is fake, it is estimated that the thing in the crotch of your body is fake, and this gun is also fake, it looks like a tattered toy gun." ”

The old man said in a deep voice, "Give me back the gun!"

Shen Xing lightly held the "toy gun" and gestured at his chest very casually, pulling the trigger without thinking about it.

Just listen to a loud "bang......

The old man was shot in the chest at once.

Seeing the bloody hole in his chest, the blood kept gushing out.

How so?

Shen Xing was frightened, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I thought it was a toy gun, but I didn't expect it to be a real gun." ”

He can't be blamed for this, this revolver feels too light to hold in his hand, light and fluttery, like a child's toy.

The old man covered his chest with his hands to keep the blood from coming out.

Shen Xing really panicked, "I'll apologize to you, I'm sorry, I'm really embarrassed." ”

I killed, I killed on the first day of crossing, how could I be so unlucky.

......

The old man didn't know.

There was a powerful and terrifying "mysterious force" roaming the small bar, and it was he who allowed Shen Xing to snatch the gun away smoothly.

Because Shen Xing said that the gun was a toy gun, then it had to be a toy gun, and it had to be. The gun became light in Shen Xing's hand, so he felt like a toy gun.

In short, whatever His Holiness says is what it is.

His Holiness said that the deer was a horse, and the mysterious power had to refer to the deer as a horse, and even if he racked his brains, he had to turn the deer into a horse, not a donkey.

[Note] This book was previously published in a light novel, and many readers said that they couldn't understand that the protagonist had a golden finger. I fainted, so in the first 5 chapters of this book, I deliberately added the last explanatory narration at the end of the chapter, which deliberately explained how Goldfinger's "mysterious power" manipulated evil events to help readers who can't understand the "Cthulhu mythos" understand.

Chapter 6 is absent from the beginning, because many readers will understand at a glance that they do not want superfluous explanatory narration.