"Hoang Tuan, what's our situation now?"
"I have many different memories... How do I say it? It seems like my entire being had its soul taken away, and I directly became the third person in this story, then lived for a while."
"And it's been a long time."
"It's been several months..."
"Do you have a situation like that?"
"..."
The two walked downstairs.
Dinh Phuc continued to whisper into Hoang Tuan's ear about the questions he had after regaining his memory.
Hoang Tuan looked down to the lower floor.
In the square of the residential area.
People coming downstairs were all excitedly discussing.
Making the entire square look like a festival.
Quite lively...
Some wondered why they were here.
Some questioned themselves.
What is real and what is fake.
Some cried and shouted that they wanted to go back and not stay in such a strange place.
There were even those who couldn't accept this sudden change.
Their bodies frozen like statues sitting still on the benches.
Like fools...
"The rule of this horror world is homogenization, removing the memories of all the victims pulled in and implanting new memories, making them think they've always been here."
"You are the same as them. The memories added to your mind during that time are the result of your homogenization process."
"Bluntly put."
"It's just that now the homogenization process has ended."
"Not only have you recovered, but your head also retains memories of being an NPC."
While Hoang Tuan walked forward.
Explaining to Dinh Phuc beside him.
"Is that so..."
"How about you? Are you also homogenized?"
He didn't know why Hoang Tuan knew so much.
The questions from earlier.
It was just a subconscious action at the time of the recovery.
"Yes."
Hoang Tuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded. After considering for two seconds, he added, "It's just not as serious as yours."
"I know you want to ask me why I know this."
"But because time is limited, I can't explain as much. Just give you a brief idea, you can think that I just found clues before being completely homogenized."
Worried that Dinh Phuc, who had awakened, would continue to ask him.
So, Hoang Tuan directly explained what he wanted to ask.
Although it sounded a bit random.
But explaining a bit.
Still understandable...
Hoang Tuan paid no attention to those whose memories had returned now. He just walked out without stopping.
The walking speed.
Made Dinh Phuc, who was following him, quite surprised.
"Why are you walking so fast?"
Dinh Phuc was puzzled.
Hoang Tuan had no intention of slowing down.
Even after hearing Dinh Phuc's question.
He didn't even turn around to explain...
He just raised his hand and pointed to the dark clouds in the sky above the "Tran Hung Dao High School" without looking at it.
Over there.
Compressed to extreme silence, the space below the dark clouds looked like an abyss.
It was spreading to the surrounding area at an abnormal speed...
"Do you see those dark clouds?"
"You must have felt it."
"Those places covered by clouds have become different."
Dinh Phuc glanced at the sky.
He was slightly shocked.
He hadn't noticed the strange cluster of black clouds with eerie unexplainable colors floating in the sky before.
"Do you mean we have to leave this place?"
He hesitated to ask Hoang Tuan.
"Have you ever read novels?"
"Huh? Occasionally." Dinh Phuc answered.
"Have you ever heard of the concept of a forbidden zone? Those things are probably similar to forbidden zones, growing and thriving. If we continue to stay here, wait until it flies over our heads, we might fall into a forbidden zone."
Hoang Tuan explained.
When talking about this.
The two of them had reached the gate of the residential area...
Quite different from the crowded traffic scene before.
Now, the vehicles on the road were all stopping, forming a long line.
Today is not a holiday.
There shouldn't be any traffic jams.
Hoang Tuan glanced into the distance, but didn't find any accidents like car crashes.
He guessed.
Perhaps everyone has regained their memories.
At this time, maybe not reacting yet, still in a state of doubting the meaning of life...
Dinh Phuc stood behind Hoang Tuan, his right hand stroking his chin, thinking about what Hoang Tuan had just said.
"And how do you know this?"
He couldn't help but ask.
"Guessing."
Hoang Tuan answered without hesitation.
Dinh Phuc widened his eyes, just looking at Hoang Tuan's back and exclaimed.
"Huh?"
Alright.
In fact, Hoang Tuan really guessed.
Even though he had been in this world for so long, he still didn't forget.
This is a horror world with the logic of a novel.
In other words.
Behind this world.
In addition to his mother, there is also the novelist who wrote this story, as a "god"...
The kind of situation that changes the world often occurs in horror novels.
Equivalent to explaining that the plot is about to reach its climax.
Explaining the existence of those black clouds.
Hoang Tuan used something often mentioned in modern horror novels - forbidden zones.
Of course, it might not be called a forbidden zone.
But Hoang Tuan could clearly see that from the control panel of the novel.
All the places covered by those black clouds now looked like restored eerie forbidden zone phenomena...
Clearly in a very normal mirror.
It will suddenly break, and a woman with long blood-soaked hair will step out of it.
An empty and silent alley.
Finally, the sound of chains colliding with each other will be heard, and then a man with only half of his head will emerge.
In the underground parking lot.
There will also be a group of children who don't know where they came from, playing with their heads like a ball...
"Believe it or not, it's up to you."
Hoang Tuan didn't have time to take care of Dinh Phuc.
He just saw the black clouds in the sky spreading faster and faster.
He knew that he had to ask those people who raised the strange creatures to find out what was happening now.
What is happening seems to go beyond his knowledge of these creatures...
It can even be said.
Compared to his beloved monstrous mother, at present, he doesn't even have a profound understanding of this eerie change.
Perhaps...
Compared to the mother who loves monsters, at this moment, he even feels a bit of palpitations from staring at the black clouds.
As if death is by his side.
Close at hand...
Hoang Tuan did not look back.
He walked away from the black clouds directly.
If this eerie phenomenon is beyond the predictions of those people.
Then they probably also quietly tried to avoid going to where the black clouds are spreading.
Hoang Tuan walked in this direction.
This is also a place to exit from Tran Hung Dao High School, with not many detours, and ensures the fastest departure.
Those people must have known this result when they did it...
Certainly, they will plan to leave before him.
So, go this way.
There is a high probability of meeting them...
"I hope it's not like what I think."
Hoang Tuan, who was leaving, silently hoped in his heart.