Chapter 305: The Peak of Horror Literature

Chapter 305: The Peak of Horror Literature

Chapter 305: The Peak of Horror Literature
Even though he had this feeling in his heart, Yizhanghuang could swear on gambling and drugs that he was watching it seriously.

Before, he looked at Wan Yi'an with contempt, what a damned relative. Soon, Yi Zhang Huang noticed the details of the article, "Martin had already stuffed his trouser pockets with stones, and soon the other boys followed suit, picking up the roundest and smoothest stones from the ground."

It seemed like a grand event was about to be held, and there was a giant stone pestle in the corner of the open space in the square.

The men were talking and laughing, the women were exchanging gossip, and the children on their summer vacation were chasing and playing.

A harmonious foreign town.

The person who hosted the event was Summers, a coal boss who had no children, was rich and had a lot of free time, so most of the activities in the town were hosted by him.

[“Guys, sorry we’re a little late today.”

"Is there anyone willing to lend a hand?"

"I totally forgot what day it was today."

"I thought my man was out chopping wood."

"Then I looked out the window and found that the children were gone. Then I remembered that today was the 27th, so I ran over here."

[…]
It seems to be a common activity and people are too used to it.

Yizhang Huang recalled that when he was a child at his grandparents' house, there were few entertainment activities. His family was the only one in the village that had a large color TV, and many people would come over to watch TV after dinner.

Anyway, the scenes described in the book gave Yizhanghuang such a feeling.

"What exactly is chosen in the lottery?" As a writer, Yi Zhang Huang reads a lot of books and writes a lot, so most of the time he can think of the subsequent plot.

The story also shows that the lottery has been popular in towns and villages for a very long time through the description of the small black box for the lottery - it is broken and has other stains.

"It's quite formal. Because of tradition, the black box is not replaced even if it's broken. Before the draw, the executive officer also reads a meaningless eulogy."

Clearly feeling Gu Lu's ability as an author, Yizhang Huang realized that he had been hooked.

Each family has to send a head of household to draw the coupons.

One per person.

After all the draws are done, the prize draw begins. There is one lottery ticket (black dot drawn in pencil), and the rest are white tickets, which is why the title of the book is a lottery.

It seems that winning the lottery is not a good thing.

Because people are very resistant and sigh when they see others draw a white paper. Because there is a dispute over whether a married daughter should follow her husband's family or her parents' family.

The last three hundred words cannot be described as twists and turns; they are simply a complete turn of events.

The car was drifting wildly, and the tires were worn out by the friction of the ground. It turned around wildly like this!
The lottery drawer, Tessie Hutchinson, stood in the center of the square.

[Old Man Warner mutters, "Come on, everybody, come on." Steve Adams stands in the front row of the crowd, with Mrs. Graves next to him.

“This isn’t fair, this isn’t right,” Mrs. Hutchinson screams as people approach her.]
Those who win the lottery will be stoned by people!

The elderly, middle-aged people and children all joined in, calling on their friends.

Family, relatives, and friendly neighbors also ruthlessly select the largest stones.

This turn was too big, and Yizhang Huang was stunned for a few seconds. Then he felt a chill rising from his tailbone.

It's like being in an ordinary environment and suddenly having a basin of cold water poured on your body, causing all the hairs on your body to stand up.

It’s not an exaggeration. The key point is that Yizhanghuang was caught off guard.

Yizhanghuang went back and read the ending, and found it a little hard to believe.

"What the hell?"

"Fuck!"

"Fuck!!"

The three exclamations well illustrate Yizhanghuang's psychological activities.

What a crappy activity! Yi Zhang Huang even remembered the description in the book that the lottery lasted for many years.

Many of the previous details corresponded to each other. Yizhanghuang remembered that there were other stains on the black box described in the story... Could it be blood and brain matter?

Also, I was watching before: "In the village to the north, they proposed to abandon the lottery." "Listen to these young people, they only know how to complain. Soon, they want to retreat to live in caves. No one will want to work anymore, so just live like that."

Two old men in the village were talking. Yi Zhang Huang thought the lottery was just a kind of activity to worship the gods. Now it seems like a big deal!

"Can horror novels be written like this?"

“So ‘Crazy Thoughts’ and ‘Possible Evil’ were just small tests, and ‘Lottery’ is the masterpiece?!”

What to use to fight? Use your head to charge the tower? Yizhang Huang personally experienced the meaning of "dimensionality reduction attack".

Yizhanghuang even felt that every sentence that seemed to be casual chatting in the beginning was paving the way for the atmosphere of the turning point later on.

The whole article is nearly 8,000 words, without a single wasted word.

For example, the description of Madame Delacroix as a reckless ordinary peasant woman in the previous part, and the understatement in the later part, "Madame Delacroix selected a large stone, so heavy that she had to use both hands to lift it."

What are the stones for? The slightest connection makes people feel extremely uncomfortable. This is a human life, why can it be treated so lightly?

So this is the value of a genius writer? Yizhang Huang fell silent.

He doesn't want to read the subsequent articles of "New Reading" for the time being.

He looked at the cigarette box on the table and touched it, and found that there were only a few cigarettes left.

Smoking a cigarette, he opened the door. Yizhang Huang was going downstairs to buy cigarettes.

"No, the writing style of Boss Gu Lu is too difficult to imitate." Yizhang Huang thought to himself, "It is impossible for ordinary authors to imitate it."

Iron Pillar and Lottery are very similar, both telling stories about some kind of anti-human setting in remote towns.

The former is a very common suicide, and the latter is a very common homicide.

Yizhang Huang thought it was normal for Gu Lu to write such a work. He just thought that the content and the things that the lucky draw contained were much more!
When Yizhang Huang was buying cigarettes at a newsstand, he saw their local newspaper. The sub-headline was that a student with good writing skills appeared in a local high school. He was also known as a genius writer.

"The value of the word genius is still rising. All geniuses are not geniuses compared to Gu Lu." Yi Zhang Huang was looking forward to Gu Lu continuing to write. He had no intention of comparing himself with him. He felt that he was not an opponent of the same level. He could only look up to him.

The sales of the magazine "New Reading" are very good.

Among them, Wan Yian, a writer in his forties, was very happy at this moment because his work was listed alongside Gu Lu's "Lottery".

He can brag about this for the rest of his life.

What "Lottery, you know, it's a very classic horror novel. My dog ​​man and him had a fierce battle for the title. In the end, he won by a narrow margin."

By the way, Wan Yian picked up the phone and thanked Editor-in-Chief Dong of the New Reading Editorial Department. Yes, he did use the back door.

"Boss, I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow."

"What, no need to eat, just jump to the point."

"No problem, let's go wash our feet."

……

Gu Lu, who played the trump card "Lottery", suddenly triggered the synthesis sequence.

The incident happened suddenly, so let's first check where Gu Lu is now.

There is a Yonghui supermarket near his home. Gu Lu learned a dish on the Internet today.

"Pickled bullfrog!" It seemed that as long as he had hands, Gu Lu ran to the supermarket to buy ingredients.

When he took the white plastic bag, his head buzzed.

[Kenneth Grahame's fairy tales] [National books of a certain country] [Popular science books]

"Oh my god, what is this?" Gu Lu looked at the bullfrog in the bag.

"Is there a problem?" The staff at the seafood section asked the customer, who was stunned. The staff reminded him, "The bullfrog has been slaughtered. This cannot be returned."

"Oh, I know," Gu Lu said, "I just found out that there's no skin, and I really like eating it, so..."

"I'll get it for you," the staff member said immediately, and then took out the bullfrog skin. He explained, "Many customers who love to eat bullfrog don't like the skin, so if you don't specify directly, the skin will be peeled off by default."

Eating habits are different, just like many regions do not eat fish puddings, and will directly throw away the fish puddings when killing the fish. Until the migrant workers in Sichuan Province discovered this...fish puddings went from being free to being expensive.

"Thank you." Gu Lu thanked him and left with his things.

It shouldn't be a plastic bag. Gu Lu has used plastic bags from supermarkets many times. Therefore, the trigger could only be the frog in the bag. He couldn't figure out what book was about, and why the frog was the key?

"Kenneth Graham? This is the first time a person's name appears in the tag." Gu Lu took out his phone to search. The current 3G network speed is still a bit slow.

Another day of missing the 4G and 5G era.

"Kenneth is a British children's writer with many representative fairy tales, including 'The Golden Age', 'Spring and Autumn in Dreams', and 'The Wind in the Willows'." Gu Lu had never heard of this writer.

But at present, he exists in both the Earth and the parallel world. So why does the selected work mention this person?
A secondary creation? Gu Lu scratched his head, and tried to reason with the facts. If it was a national-level book of a certain country, with his knowledge, even if he had not read it, he should have heard of it. But he had no idea at the moment.

Six tags, two books. Currently, both of Gu Lu's synthesis sequences are full, and the first one is suspected to be Stephen King.

"If you can't figure it out, forget it. Don't make it hard on yourself."

Gu Lu looked at Frog and thought, "Since you have synthesized the work, I decided to fry you first to thank you!"

Buy another bag of pickled chili peppers. Although every Sichuanese and Chongqing family has a pickle jar, Gu Lu's jar...

Because he was in a good mood, Gu Lu ordered some extra dishes for himself and even bought some pig intestines.

This was his first time, he likes to eat hot pot, but he doesn't know how to make it himself. Because it is very difficult to make pig intestines delicious.

Go home in two steps at a time.

Put it into the frying pan with a splash.

The fried bullfrog was so delicious that even the kids next door cried.

When [a work with the temperament of a B-grade movie] [readers faint after reading it] [the most famous cult writer of the 21st century] - "Intestines"

Details: This book contains 73 scary, funny, and stomach-churning stories. A heavy-taste masterpiece, read at your own risk, and do not read if you are physically weak! people fainted when the author read "Intestines", and the number of faintings is still increasing.

"Nice, this meal is really great, one meal triggers it twice." Gu Lu guessed, seeing that the name is intestines, it should be the fried pig intestines that trigger it.

Just from the triggering items and the name of the work, Gu Lu could already feel the uniqueness of this work. How many flavors does it have?

The works of Chuck Palahniuk. Gu Lu has read this writer's novel "Fight Club", which was adapted into a movie and starred by Pitt.

"I don't think Fight Club has much to offer!"

Gu Lu still controlled his desire to take a look because he hadn't had dinner yet.

What if it’s really strong in taste and Gu Lu can’t eat after watching it? Wouldn’t the frog and pig intestines he bought be wasted?
He is a thrifty man.

It was precisely because Gu Lu went into the kitchen as soon as he came back and did not go online that he was not aware of the situation caused by "Lottery" on the Internet.

The feedback from Yizhang Huang and Wan Yian was just very ordinary, or it could be said that they were not well presented at all. After all, they were Gu Lu's peers and had antibodies to horror and suspense novels.

But the average reader...

"The Lottery" is rated as one of the greatest short stories of the 20th century on Earth (100), and it is the only horror novel on the list. It is well written!

It was fast! Really fast. The magazine was released in the morning, the discussion was a small explosion in the afternoon, and a big explosion in the evening!

"To be honest, is death a problem in horror novels? Not at all. The reason why lottery is so scary is that it starts with a scene of a bumper harvest. Children on summer vacation seem to be picking up shells, selecting rounder stones. Those who are not chosen gloat over their misfortunes. The neighbor who was chatting happily with you one second, will take action the next second. The scary thing is that they don't think this custom is ignorant and cruel."

"I think the scariest thing is that people get used to it and the people who are drawn shout 'unfair' until they die, and they don't think the lottery itself is wrong."

"More importantly, this township has already used modern agricultural machinery. This proves that it is not a very closed existence. It is shocking that these people still insist on lottery."

"Actually - you haven't thought about what the scariest part of "The Lottery" is. The old man Warner in the book participated in seventy-seven events, and now there is only one person left in the entire family. Although it is not explicitly stated in the book, it is obvious that the Warner family are all victims of this event. But Warner still enjoys this event. I think this is the reason why the lottery cannot be cancelled. Gu Lu is really good at writing."

"I'm sorry, when I first read the first part I felt it was nonsense, and I was wondering why it was so long-winded and didn't get to the point - but then there was a twist in the text, wow, there wasn't a single wordy part in the whole article. Also, you're all wrong, I think the scariest thing is Gu Lu himself!"

Many people are still discussing whether this lottery is possible in reality. Some netizens said that it is similar to the Japanese film "The Ballad of Narayama". It can be imagined that in the era of underdeveloped agriculture, the food in the village could not feed so many people. So the lottery was used to eliminate the population openly.

There are really a lot of great people on the Internet, and it feels really reasonable to say this.

"That makes sense. The most terrifying thing is Gu Lu. He is so young, but he has such an insight into human nature!" Yi Zhang Huang refreshed the comments about Gu Lu's new short story at a high intensity.

Why can’t it be abolished? Because every villager is a beneficiary and a perpetrator. Including the victims of previous years, they were also beneficiaries in the past.

"The scariest thing is, I'm thinking to myself now, if my relatives were killed in previous years, I wouldn't want to cancel this year's event!"

Yizhanghuang feels that "Lottery" is sure to become the champion article.

After reading this article this morning, I can’t forget Yizhanghuang at all.

The trend on the Internet has changed dramatically.

The netizens who previously said that there were problems with Gu Lu’s change in writing style have become more quick-witted.

"Congratulations to Gu Lu for his successful experiment of using literary writing to write horror stories." "When will you publish the second article? When will you publish the second article?" "Sorry, sorry, I misjudged the boss's combat power. I thought it was 5,000, but it was off the charts." "Very advanced, very bright, but when I saw the kids also started to throw stones at people, my heart suddenly sank." ...

If we say that the first issue of Gu Lu's return to "New Reading" caused a surge in magazine sales, it was because of the fame of the author himself.

The increase in magazine sales this time is that many people were attracted to "Lottery". Look at the discussion on the Internet about what Gu Lu's best thriller of his career is like.

After all, a magazine only costs a few dollars, which is not expensive even for students.

There are many students, such as Gu's friend Shu Rou, who are obviously afraid of these things. If they drink too much water during the day and get up to go to the toilet at night, they dare not go to the dark living room.

But Shurou heard that the lottery ticket was scary, so she rushed to buy it...

"You said that Gu Lu still has no chance of writing science fiction short stories?"

"I think it's possible. His last book was science fiction."

"Then it's normal to invite an article, right?"

The above is a conversation between two editors from the editorial department of Science Fiction World.

With the rise of the Internet, the physical publishing industry is in a state of decline. Apart from Gu Lu, there are few authors who can cause discussion by publishing a short story.

In addition, magazines such as "Youth Digest", "People's Literature" and "Youth Literature" also sent out invitations.

It seemed that Gu Lu had entered his era of urging for updates!

The publishing house's urging for updates may be difficult to understand. If you put it in terms of numbers, it is equivalent to an online writer saying that hundreds of people are urging him to update his chapter.

There is no rush. This Saturday and Sunday, Gu Lu, in addition to his normal work, is studying "Intestines". His evaluation after reading it is: There is always a writer who will take you to appreciate the strange XP of human beings.

Be careful, Gu Lu must be careful.

It's Monday again.

"Xiao Lingling, you're moving too much. What if you get expelled from school?" Ding Xixi wanted to stop her sisters' crazy behavior.

"Why was he expelled?" Zhou Lin asked, "The school does not prohibit students from coming to school on Saturdays, as long as you tell the teacher."

Is this a question of you coming to school? Is it a question of you wanting to organize a small school celebration on Saturday!
Damn it's crazy.

After the failed negotiations with the principal, Zhou Lin came up with this method.

"If there were no school teachers to help maintain the situation, there would be too many people and we wouldn't be able to control it," said Ding Xixi.

"So far, I have convinced the Literature Club, Volleyball Club, and Table Tennis Club. If we work harder, we can get four or five more clubs to take action." Zhou Lin nodded. "Adding the students who came to watch, there should be nearly a hundred people. It is impossible to control it perfectly."

Ding Xixi let out a sigh and finally gave up.

(End of this chapter)