Intern editor Zheng Yuan shrunk his neck.

As soon as he was yelled at by the editor-in-chief, he knew that he had said the wrong thing.

The colleagues around him had different eyes when they saw this scene.

Some shook their heads in regret, some gloated, some crooked their mouths mocking, and some felt pity.

Offended the editor-in-chief, can this intern still be good?

"Tell me, you understand everything."

The editor-in-chief pulled over a chair and sat directly beside Zheng Yuan.

Fingers clasped the mouse, the head.

Now this intern editor is riding a tiger, and he must give an explanation.

"Grass, I'm not wrong, nervous what!"

Zheng Yuan took a few deep breaths, and he roughly guessed that the editor-in-chief read hundreds of manuscripts a day, and most of them read a few lines, and those that didn't like the eye would be scrapped directly.

So this time it must be the same, he didn't take it seriously at all.

And this "Strange Tale of Zoo Rules" is precisely the mystery that needs to be carefully read and thought deeply before you can perceive the mystery.

"Editor-in-chief, this article may be difficult to understand just by mouth, so you have to draw pictures to cooperate."

Zheng Yuan took a blank piece of paper and drew a large circle on it, representing the zoo.

A small circle was drawn in the circle to represent the aquarium.

"After reading this article, I probably understand that behind these seemingly contradictory and suspicious rules, there is actually a contest between two forces."

"And neither of these forces is directly described in the article."

Zheng Yuan wrote a big "it" next to the circle, and at the same time wrote "human (zoo + visitor)" on the other side. ”

The editor-in-chief's anger just now gradually subsided, and the old face with pleats was full of doubts: "Wait, are you and I reading a manuscript?" ”

"That's right, I'm just summing it up."

Zheng Yuan wrote "rabbits, goats, elephants, white lions, apes, and luminous jellyfish" between the word "it" and "humans." ”

"In fact, this "Strange Tales of Zoo Rules" is just using the third-party perspective of the code to confuse readers, so that readers have a sense of substitution similar to that of zoo visitors."

"In fact, the real content is hidden between the lines."

"We, the readers, are tourists and don't know anything about this zoo."

"And there is some mysterious power in this zoo, which can be a demon or a ghost, and I call this power "it" according to the text! ”

"In this animal, in fact, most of the exhibits are not animals at all!"

The editor-in-chief was taken aback when he heard this, and then looked at the words on the screen, and he also sensed that something was wrong.

"When a visitor enters the zoo and breaks certain rules, they become infected and mutate."

"The infected think they are rabbits and eventually become rabbits completely, and this is where rabbit blood comes from, because it is human blood!"

"And the humans who are more deeply infected will become goats, so rabbit blood and goat meat are actually a thing, human remains!"

"There are some words in the aquarium's note that they will not be detected when they are with the apes, indicating that "it" cannot distinguish between humans and monkeys, which is the zoo's means of protection. ”

The white lion will kill tourists who are infected by "it", but some goats will turn into white lions to confuse tourists, so they need to use rabbit blood to make the other party exposed. ”

"The elephants, on the other hand, were transformed by zoo security guards, who sacrificed themselves to protect visitors, and eventually their carcasses ended up in the whale section of the aquarium."

According to what Zheng Yuan said, the editor-in-chief carefully looked at it from the head, his eyes kept flashing, and his lips trembled.

"The means for tourists to protect themselves are the dotted lines on the map and the aquarium that will appear out of thin air."

Zheng Yuan used his pen to point the two circles drawn on the white paper.

"As stated in the code, the aquarium exists and does not exist, and that's because only employees and infected visitors are allowed to enter."

"It's supposed to be something like a spatial overlap."

Stunned, the editor-in-chief is completely stunned!

What power, human power, infection, multi-space......

So many elements are hidden in these thousands of words!

Is a few thousand words a short story?

Yes, definitely!

But in these thousands of words, ordinary authors may not even be able to understand a simple story, but this article contains such a huge amount of information!

Horror?

Tynyima is thrilled!

After listening to Zheng Yuan's analysis, the editor-in-chief suddenly felt trembling.

It was as if in the cold winter of the ninth count, a large, cold and rough hand slipped through the waistband of his pants, making his chrysanthemum chill.

And at this time, he also understood the most powerful part of this "Strange Tales of Zoo Rules".

Unknown!

That's right, it's unknown.

Just like the blank space in Chinese landscape paintings, these unknown elements are the most essential part of the article!

What is "it"?

Who built the "zoo"?

Is "it" singular?

Or are there many more "zoos"-like institutions?

After the reader's interpretation and reasoning, it seems that an answer has been reached, but in fact, it is wrapped in more mysteries.

Kindness?

Reasoning, yes, there is also an element of reasoning.

And this element of reasoning is not in the book, but outside the book.

Letting the reader reason for themselves and come up with a heart-wrenching answer is much more terrifying than telling the reader directly in words!

The editor-in-chief understood, the author of the street fight...... No, the author is right, I didn't understand it!

And...... This intern kid actually saw it, but I was blinded.

Tut......

The editor-in-chief frowned, thinking about it.

Then raise your voice.

"Xiao Zheng, I really didn't misread you, you and I have exactly the same opinion on this manuscript."

"I pushed this author to you, just to see if you can find the excitement of this article, you really didn't disappoint me!"

Zheng Yuan looked confused, is this the case?

You don't think that's what you just said.

"Like I just said, your internship period should be over, and you will be regularized in two days."

Zheng Yuan's pupils dilated instantly.

That's ...... It's time to turn positive!

The editor-in-chief leaned over at this time and whispered in his ear.

"Ahem, that Xiao Zheng, deleted the chat history just now."

Giving a sweet date is to destroy the evidence, after all, the editor-in-chief has always called Zheng Yi "on the street".

What's more, he also asked Zheng Yuan to push the author to "boulder" or "turn off the lights".

If the boss finds out about this, he must think of himself as a spy!

"And this article is obviously stronger than the company's highly praised author Dark Arrow, no matter how good the writing of the article is, no matter how exquisite the conception is, it is also made within the traditional framework."

"And this "Strange Tale of Zoo Rules" opens the door to a new world!"

"A whole new genre of horror fiction!"

The editor-in-chief was stunned for a moment, and then ecstatic.

"Hurry up, Xiao Zheng, you hurry up and ...... with that author No need, I'll talk to each other personally, you did a good job this time, and continue to work hard in the future. ”

After saying that, the editor-in-chief ran all the way back to his office.

hurriedly sat down in front of the computer, straightened the keyboard that was almost smashed, and hurried @Zheng Yi's QQ number.

"Hello to you."

"Congratulations, your work "Strange Tales of Zoo Rules" has been included in our Black Hole Literature Platform and entered the final selection of this horror short story."

At this time, Zheng Yi, who was waiting in the dormitory, finally smiled if he didn't have money and wanted to buy Bao Furong Wang Smoke.

"I'll just say, what could be popular in the previous life, how could it be rejected in this world."

He immediately typed in reply.

"Okay, thank you for your support, when will the bonus of 10,000 yuan be distributed."

Let's go straight, don't be vain, I'm in a hurry here!

The editor-in-chief was stunned, this one was quite confident, as if he was sure that he was the first.

Also, if what I write is so good, I'm confident!

The editor-in-chief now wonders if this is the trumpet opened by an old bird.

Probably not, the old bird can't look down on the bonus of 10,000 yuan.

Like the top writers of the largest platforms, the remuneration alone earns tens of millions of dollars a year, and this is not counting the copyright, how can they come to me for 10,000 yuan to submit their manuscripts.

"The prize money will be distributed after the results of the essay ranking are announced, and it is expected to arrive in the account within three days, but I can discuss with the finance and expedite it for you."

A smile hung on the corner of Zheng Yi's mouth, this person is very good at coming to things, and when he saw that I was in a hurry, he took the initiative to mention it.

And when he said this, he was admitting the fact that I won the award in disguise, a typical old fritter, an old Jianghu.

"I'm sorry for you."

"Don't bother, it's the honor of our website to serve the great, by the way, the byline of your article ......"

Zheng Yi touched his chin, yes, he has to have a pen name for writing.

Take a look at your QQ name.

"Alone"

It's miserable.

Definitely can't use this.

"Is it okay for me to call Xiao Langjun, who sells seafood?"

"Someone used it."

"Where's the talking trotters?"

"That's the god of flashpoint."

"Do you love diving octopuses?"

"This is the big man of Taihang literature." The editor-in-chief thought to himself, why does this always pick the pen names of some top bosses.

Tsk, how can a good name be used?

Zheng Yi felt troubled.

"Forget it, since that's the case, then I'll give you the most awesome pen name."

"Hehe, this is not just me, I should be one of the most well-known novelists in my previous life."

"No, to say that this is a novelist is to generalize from the sidelines, like a leopard in a tube."

Founder of modern literature!

Pioneer of Translation Literature!

Pioneer of modern emancipation of the mind!

Flag bearer of the New Culture Movement!

These are the real titles of this one.

"I've decided, my pen name is Tree Man!"