In this ink-like sea, there are countless ships adrift.

A single canoe only,

or a ferry carrying a lot of people,

Occasionally, you can see a large ship with hundreds of people,

However, no matter which ship the people are on, they are in a state of confusion.

Their memories are slowly being swept away by the sea, and no one knows where they will end up, no one knows that they are dead.

however

A lighthouse appeared in the middle of the sea, which was supposed to lead to the realm of death, half-hidden in the mist.

The light from the top happened to fall on a wooden boat,

glorious traction,

The wooden boats carried the youth on it and leaned towards the lighthouse together.

As the light became more and more intense, the dark eyes embedded in the young man's face were slowly fading and becoming refreshed.

Gradually feel the burning sensation from the light,

When the canoe gets close to a certain distance, hot markings run through the skull. It carries a voice, as if it is a call from the world of the living.

Airplanes!

The sea is no longer dark in front of you,

Replaced by an old wooden table covered in wrinkles,

The young man who gradually opened his eyes, his eyes were facing an old-fashioned kerosene lamp in the upper right corner of the wooden table,

The light of the fire that burns in it overlaps with the beacon of consciousness.

furthermore

Under the arms resting on the head, there was a rough touch of paper, corresponding to a yellowed piece of paper with scribbled handwriting.

On the left side of the desk was a glass of water, with a strange-smelling transparent liquid remaining inside.

Seeing such a strange scene,

The first thought of youth is neither fear nor curiosity...... Instead, a thought emerged in his subconscious that was extremely important to him:

"My papers!"

The last memory in his brain was working overnight in the lab to revise his graduation thesis.

meantime

At the end of this memory, there is also a strong angina and confusion,

Thinking of this, the youth realized what the problem was.

"Did I die suddenly?"

Look at your hands,

There are a lot of wear marks on the yellowed palms, there are still a lot of calluses on the fingers, and the nails are stuffed with dirt similar to dirt.

The young man recognized at a glance that this was by no means an old buddy who had been with him for decades of being single.

"I ...... Did I cross over? ”

The young man's name is Yi Chen, and he is a hard-working graduate student in chemical engineering.

He likes to read all kinds of novels and play games on weekdays, and the first thing he thinks of is a key word - [crossing].

In reaching this conclusion,

No anxiety, no panic,

Instead, he showed an extremely relieved expression, and even his whole body relaxed...... Because I don't have to write a thesis, I don't have to worry about the review and follow-up defense.

After coming out of the orphanage, he has lived as a single dog for twenty-four years, and he doesn't have much nostalgia for the original world.

But

This relaxation did not last long,

The rancid smell floating in the air tightened nerves again.

"We need to figure out what is happening as soon as possible......"

Yi Chen shook his head, got up and looked around the wooden house, which was no more than forty square meters.

On the left side of the desk,

There is a single plank bed that fits snugly against the side wall.

At the foot of the bed, you can see obvious mildew marks, which has a lot to do with the humidity between the wooden houses.

furthermore

The whole house does not have any window design.

The only thing that is connected to the outside world is a heavy gray iron door, which is tightly embedded in the door frame.

The old gray paint, extremely rough and pungent to the touch, I am afraid that it has been forty or fifty years since I brushed it.

The key to the iron door was hanging from the waistband of Yi Chen's trousers.

On the wall next to the door, there is also a landline telephone with a sense of age.

In Yi Chen's memory, this kind of telephone was only seen in the orphanage when he was a child...... In the era of the subsequent popularization of smart phones, it was completely eliminated.

The telephone wires wrapped in rubber sheath extend upwards and emerge from the roof to connect to the outside world.

It is also worth mentioning that

There is no light source in the whole wooden house, and the only light-emitting device is a portable kerosene lamp on a wooden table.

Such a simple, sealed wooden house design, coupled with the smell of decay in the air, reminded Yi Chen of an unlucky thing - [coffin].

It's like being sealed in a coffin like a wooden house,

Back to the wooden table,

Because I don't have a mobile phone or a mirror, I can't look at myself.

I probably reached out and touched my face, except for the stubble that was a little unclean, the overall facial features felt pretty good, and I seemed to be more handsome than my original self.

Judging by the roughness of the skin, the age should also not exceed thirty years old.

The next step is to explore the details.

Returning to the original wooden table, he looked at the letters left behind.

"English? Is this a foreign country? ”

Yi Chen took out the level of studying papers on weekdays and quickly browsed it,

The first line and the first sentence are written with the unsettling word - [die]

As he read more, the words on the letter crept into his body like maggots, making him feel unwell.

≮ I'm going to die, I'm going to die.

But at least, I still have the right to choose how I die.

If you think about it, there doesn't seem to be anything to be nostalgic about in this world, and the only thing I'm sorry for is Dean Fran, who messed up my first job out of the orphanage.

I've always been so careless, and I've made mistakes like this in the orphanage.

Article 3 in the manual...... Even though I look at it every day, I still make a mistake.

There is nothing to say, but I hope that the person who reads this letter will forgive me for my cowardice and incompetence, and I really dare not face the [result] caused by my mistakes.

Please take the trouble to burn my body if you can.

Don't bury me here! ≯

"Suicide note?"

Yi Chen grabbed a glass of water from the corner of the wooden table and smelled the liquid that remained in it.

The basic situation of the original owner of this body can be completely determined.

"This guy spent his childhood in an orphanage? Because of similar experiences, similar appearances and sizes, and the overlap of deaths, is it just enough for me to travel to him?

Knowing that he would die, he chose to commit suicide by taking poison?

Just because you don't follow a certain rule, you need to pay the price of death? What the hell is this place? ”

The in-depth analysis made Yi Chen smell the uneasiness and crisis that permeated the air,

At the same time, I also think about my own 'predicament'.

"Now that I've crossed over, it's only up to me to deal with the mess...... This guy doesn't know how to write a little more useful information between the suicide notes.

What are the dangers of making mistakes?

A killer from some organization will come to get rid of me? Or is there something weird that will come to your door? ”

Thinking of this, Yi Chen looked around again.

Even if the whole wooden house is sealed like a coffin, there is still no sense of security.

"Calm down~ I've already died once, there's nothing to be afraid of.

First look for the [manual] mentioned in the suicide note to see what this guy has committed and what he does. ”

Pull open the drawer of the wooden table,

A map made of parchment, and a special brochure encapsulated in black fur are placed in it.

According to the map,

This is a [cemetery]

The chalet is located in the middle,

Surrounded by a clockwise circumference to cemetery Nos. 1-6,

In addition, in the corner of the map, there is a strange cemetery No. 7, completely separated and needs to be reached through a path of hundreds of meters.

"This is a cemetery? Is this guy's identity a grave keeper? No wonder even the wooden house has a faint smell of decay. ”

Yi Chen picked up the manual with important information instead.

【Employee Handbook (Easton Town - Cemetery)】

The first page details the arrangement of working hours.

Grave keepers are required to inspect the corresponding serial number of cemeteries at a fixed time, for example:

Cemetery No. 1 is inspected from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Cemetery No. 2 is inspected from 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Wait a minute

Other than that

Cemetery No. 7 has no inspection time and does not require inspections, and belongs to a special area.

The schedule is barely normal.

When Yi Chen turned to the second page of the manual, his expression immediately became solemn.

As soon as it came up, it was a bright red font marked with an asterisk,

*Please read each of the following cemetery rules carefully and memorize them by heart. Failure or error in any of these will lead to disaster, and you will pay a price that goes beyond death. *

I..[Strictly follow the schedule to inspect each cemetery, and the time error between the start and end should be less than one minute]

II..[When inspecting Cemetery 2, make sure that the Tombstone of the Cross is not upside down or has an object resembling a goat's skull.]

If the above situation occurs, the tombstone must be restored and the debris must be removed during the inspection time. 】

III..[When inspecting Cemetery No. 4, it is necessary to ensure that the number and order of tombstones are consistent with the original.]

If there is an anomaly in the number or order, the excess graves must be removed during the inspection, or the tombstones that are reversed or misplaced must be reordered. 】

*For ease of memory, the appendix to the manual contains the original thumbnail of Cemetery 4.

IV..[Before conducting the patrol mission of Cemetery 5, it is important to ensure that there is no sound inside.]

If any form of strange noise is heard, the patrol time will be postponed by one hour. If there is still a sound after an hour, the information needs to be reported to the management. 】

V..[If a newly arrived corpse is found at the cemetery gate, the corpse cart should be carefully inspected to ensure that the correct 'organization logo' is printed on the bottom.]

If the mark is correct, it must be carried to the entrance of the corresponding cemetery according to the number on the surface of the corpse, and the corpse will be buried.

If no signs are found, or if they are incorrect, please take the corpse truck and the body on it to Cemetery 7 during the daytime. 】

*See Appendix for details of the organization logo.

VI..[The rest of the cemetery only needs to be inspected to ensure that the graves have not been damaged and that there is no foreign object activity.] 】

VII..[Stay in the safe house as much as possible during non-patrol hours to reduce the possibility of accidents.] 】

VIII..[If something goes wrong and disaster strikes, the organization is willing to give a chance to survive.]

Pry open the floor under the bed, take self-defense props, and deal with and solve the problem. 】