Chapter 164 The Patchwork Truth

【Reality is just the fact we tell each other. If madness becomes the majority, normal and madness can be easily switched, then normal you will be locked in a madhouse, thinking about what is going on in the world】

After the flames passed, smoke billowed up.

Nobody bothered Sam to enjoy.

It wasn't until the cigarette was burned out that he said to Lu Li, "Doctor, it's a mess outside."

"Do you mean the whole world? I feel, it's abnormal, it's dying."

Hearing this, Lu Li shrugged and expressed his opinion from the perspective of a bystander.

"Withered? A very apt description."

Sam Neal looked in a trance, as if immersed in memories.

However, this is not a good sign, Lu Li hurriedly urged:

"So far, Mr. Neil, let's continue to talk about [them]. What do you know about it?"

Considering that the head of the Cloverfield Asylum, Dr. Brian, might come over at any time, Lu Li's tone was a little anxious.

It's a pity that Mr. Sam, the key man, seems to have lost the chain at a critical moment. He said a lot of incomprehensible words:

"They? They exist in dreams and in reality."

"Doctor, I don't know where the plot will go, I don't know how it will end, and I don't know if he is behind the scenes."

"I just know, I don't know anything."

plot.

ending.

Behind the scenes.

What does it mean?

Lu Li frowned, trying to extract some key information from it.

For some reason, he suddenly thought of his various experiences in the past few months——

Pinnacle Academy of Art, a mysterious high school, the omnipotent principal recruited some losers, and then held various unbelievable exams, declaring to the outside world: filming.

For example, now.

And these happen to be connected with the plot, the ending, and the man behind the scenes.

Almost subconsciously, Lu Li blurted out, "Mr. Neil, do you mean acting?"

"That's right...hahahaha!"

After the words fell, Sam laughed wildly, his mouth opened at a weird angle, which was very exaggerated.

In addition, Lu Li also noticed that although this guy was laughing wildly, his body was trembling unconsciously, as if he was afraid of something.

Then Sam growled again:

"Excellent stunt!"

"Hidden horn!"

"In order to hype the new book, the publisher and Kane teamed up and put on a play for me, ahahahaha!"

The crying-smiling expression made it impossible for Lu Li to judge his mental state.

However, the publisher in Sam's mouth is worthy of attention.

Lu Li clearly remembered that on the way here, the driver said: The person who handled the formalities for private detective Sam Neal was the legal representative of a publishing company.

So, one step closer to the truth.

Thinking of this, Lu Li calmed down, patted Sam on the shoulder, and began to guide:

"Forget it, let's talk about yourself first. In fact, I'm curious about the specific job of a private detective."

A little silence.

Sam raised his wrinkled face and stared at Lu Li with cloudy reddish eyeballs, which made his heart tremble, and then said, "I'm a freelance insurance investigator."

"Responsible for investigating commercial fraud, corporate insurance fraud, things like that."

At this moment, Sam's mental state was much more stable. He sat cross-legged, and while drawing a cross with his hands on the mat, he said in a slow and hoarse voice: "Recently, no, ten months ago, I was a member of the Innsmouth State Council. Work for an insurance company."

At this time, Lu Li, who was sitting next to him, took off the unlit cigarette in his mouth, tore it in half, and gave it to Sam.

During the whole process, he didn't say a word to disturb, just silently lit a cigarette, and then listened carefully.

"It all started with a disappearance."

"Sutter Kane."

"A horror novelist, he disappeared, and before that, the publishing house bought a huge amount of insurance for him, starting at millions."

Along with the intoxicating smoke, Sam murmured an account of the past that brought him to this place:

When novelist Sut Kane goes missing, the insurance company suspects a fraud and calls in private eye Sam.

However, the publishing house categorically denied this, and stated that for a horror master like Kane, a book can bring them tens of millions of profits, and there is no need to do such things as fraudulent insurance.

In this case, Sam and female editor Darlene Styles formed a partner to track down Kane's whereabouts together...

Due to the unknown words and the worrying mental state of the other party, Lu Li only knew that the two of them ended up in a weird town full of demons.

In Sam's description, these monsters have some fish characteristics, such as octopus arms, gills, and fins. Once Lu Li asked for specific details, he would fall into a brief madness.

Of course, the gains are not the only ones.

There are two things that are mentioned over and over again.

[On the way to the mysterious town, Sam often saw in the car mirror, an old lady on a bicycle, wandering back and forth on the road, sometimes going in the opposite direction with the car, sometimes going in different directions]

Wilderness, late night, cycling, old lady.

A horror story was born.

The facts were exactly as Lu Li expected.

When female editor Darlene was driving, the old lady suddenly appeared in front of the car like a ghost and was slammed into the air.

Sam, who was dozing off in the co-pilot seat, woke up instantly, got out of the car to check the situation, and only got one response:

Sutter Kane won't let me out.

The next moment, the old lady returned to normal, smiling, riding a bicycle and driving towards the darkness.

And the second thing, about the female editor Darlene.

Sam's attitude towards her was extremely contradictory, which made it difficult for Lu Li, the audience, to give this woman an accurate definition——

Before arriving in Weird Town, the female editor that Sam was talking about was an out-and-out liar who deliberately concealed the truth in an attempt to defraud the insurance company of high compensation.

Once in the town, this guy started crying, saying he should trust Darlene, and that's where the contradiction lies, and sometimes, crying and crying, he started cursing the female editor loudly, describing her as a madman, Loose, scary people.

At the end, the cursing was replaced by howling, and Sam hugged the mattress covered with black crosses, curled up in a corner, shivering.

After constant reassurance, communication, speculation, and verification, Lu Li barely got an important piece of information——

[In the weird town, the female editor Darlene met the horror novelist Kane as she wished, and watched the final ending of the novel, and then mutated into a monster whose head and limbs could twist and crawl at incredible angles]

Everything seems to be back to the origin of the story.

The missing novelist.