The Book of Revelation Chapter 5

  This evening was even more unbearable than before, and the cold also showed a worsening trend. For two consecutive days, there was no interview notice, and on the third day, I had to go listen to a lecture.

  The lecture was very dull at first and didn't talk about what he wanted to hear, only about the effects and significance of hypnosis, all generalities. Many people left halfway through.

  Xu Mo endured her curiosity and persisted until the Q&A session, where she finally found an opportunity to express her doubts.

  "If I were put to sleep in a very cold place and felt hot all over my body, is this heat real or fake? Is what I'm feeling real or fake?"

  The expert smiled and said, "This statement itself has a problem. Feelings are just feelings, there is no distinction between true and false. If you feel cold, it's cold; if you feel hot, it's hot. For example, when you touch ice with your hand, you will feel cold; when you put your hand in hot water, you will feel hot."

  "If one day your nerve that senses heat has a problem and transmits the sensation to the nerve in charge of cold, you will feel cold when you put your hand in hot water. Whether it's hot or cold, it's all just your sensation. The reason why you would mistake heat for cold is because your body made an incorrect response to this sensation."

  "If I'm hypnotized and in a quiet state, if I feel like I'm moving, will my body actually make the movement?"

  The expert smiled and said: "In theory, it's like that, it's your body making a wrong judgment, producing a wrong reaction."

  "Oh!"

  Xu Mo hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Can you hypnotize me and let me experience that feeling?"

  The expert refused him, "Sorry, hypnosis is a very troublesome process. It requires the cooperation of the person being hypnotized. If you don't have any other questions, would you mind giving others a chance to ask?"

  No longer paying attention to Xu Mo, he turned his face away and asked others: "Is there anything else? All the guests can ask questions freely..."

  Xu Mo had no choice but to sit down in his seat.

  This time listening to the lecture, he didn't gain much, but fortunately, he finally knew that his theory about quiet breathing was not nonsense and could be established in theory.

  As soon as he pushed open the door and returned home, he heard a "bang" sound, and something fell to the floor.

  It was a 32-open blue leather book, very thin, with its back facing up at the moment, and it was still unknown what kind of book it was.

  "Could it be an advertisement booklet left behind by a door-to-door salesperson?"

  Xu Mo thought so in his heart, picked up the book, turned it over to the front page, and took a casual glance - The Book of Revelation.

  That's the name of the book, with big red Song typeface. On the whole cover, apart from these four big characters, there is nothing else.

  This is...

  Xu Mo's pupils contracted, he naturally understood the meaning of the two words 'Revelation', but what kind of magazine would have such a strange name?

  He flipped through the book with a puzzled mind, and the book was full of pictures. The content of the pictures was diverse, everything was there, but only one thing was drawn on each page.

  Then I turned to the first page and took a glance. Suddenly, my whole body shook, and on that first page was a bus.

  The bus was heading straight forward, and the license plate number could be seen at a glance - 62975, which was the same No. 645 bus that had an accident when he went to the factory for an interview that day.

  What the hell! Who put it in my room? How did he know that car accident was related to me? Is someone monitoring me?

  He suspected that something was amiss, and couldn't help but open the door to take a look outside. The corridor was quiet, with no one in sight. He then walked over to the window and looked out, but similarly didn't discover any suspicious individuals.

  Isn't someone playing a joke on me? Just that car accident, I didn't even tell Li Qi about it, how did this person know? Is it just a coincidence?

  He thought back and forth, then lowered his head to take a look at the book, curiosity arose. Although this book is thin, it has dozens of pages of content. The first page is that bus? What's behind it?

  He then flipped over backwards.

  The second page was a black Nissan off-road vehicle that he had an impression of, but had never seen before, and didn't remember anyone among his acquaintances owning such a car.

  The car was also facing forward, and the license plate number appeared - 53317.

  What does this mean and why is there an off-road vehicle on the second page?

  Turning over again, on the third page are several green fruits, shaped like dates, with fine white down all over their bodies. They should be wild fruits, but I don't know their names.

  The fourth page is a person, only the upper body, wearing a white lined shirt, with slightly longer hair, scattered down, covering half of his face, can't see what he looks like, judging from the figure should be a man.

  The fifth page is a frozen river, the river flows down from the mountain, with many reeds and shrubs on both sides, all covered with snow. Under the ice, something seems to be moving, separated by the snow and ice layer, it's not very clear, only a shadow can be seen, maybe it's a fish swimming, or maybe it's something else.

  Xu Mo's mind was even more puzzled, what relationship do these three things have with me? Why did they appear at the back of that bus, could it be that it's really like the name of this book, some kind of revelation?

  He couldn't figure it out no matter what, but in the afternoon, he received a call about a part-time job. The caller told him that if he was interested, he could go to Happy Plaza in the northern part of the city before 3 pm.

  The part-time job's specific content was mentioned vaguely by that person, and he didn't know what to do, but at this time, Xu Mo had no room for choosing work, so he agreed immediately.

  At around two thirty, he arrived at Happy Plaza. There were already dozens of people waiting in the plaza, all young men and women, with more arriving continuously.

  At three o'clock, a passenger car drove up to them, and a young man in his mid-twenties with a tall and thin build got out of the car, walked up to them and started talking. Judging from his voice, he was apparently the one who had notified Xu Mo over the phone.

  He first told me about the part-time job, which was to go to a newly built mountain resort in the suburbs to clean up and arrange the rooms. The daily salary is 100 yuan, and the settlement will be made after completion. However, the location is a bit remote, and the distance is over 100 miles away from here. Meals and accommodation are provided, and I won't return at night.

  In the crowd, a few soft "hiss" sounds were made, some people complained about the long distance, and others thought the salary was too low.

  A man beside Xu Mo obviously knew the place and asked loudly, "The newly built mountain resort you mentioned, is it 'Peach Garden' in North Mountain?"

  The thin and tall man was quite surprised to hear this, looked at the other man and exclaimed: "You know that place? That's great! How is it there? Doesn't feel bad, right?"

  The man shook his head and said, "I've been there before. There are many trees, the mountain is quite rugged, and the road is not easy to walk on. It just snowed recently, the mountain road is slippery, and if you're not careful, you might get hurt. The weather is also cold, a hundred yuan in wages seems a bit low, doesn't it?"

  The tall and thin man smiled and said: "You don't run around everywhere, you just move around in the house, how can you get hurt?"

  The crowd stirred and a dozen or so people left on the spot. Then several others raised difficulties.

  The thin man became impatient and said coldly: "If you don't want to do it, you can leave. What's the point of being indecisive? No one is forcing you to do it."

  In the end, only forty or fifty people were left. Xu Mo was surprised to find that the man who had first suggested leaving had also stayed behind.

  He looked about thirty, of medium build and robust physique, with a very powerful appearance. As soon as the thin man said "get on the bus", he was the first to squeeze onto the bus, and instantly the crowd surged forward, everyone rushing towards the bus.

  Xu Mo was pushed by a woman when he got on the bus and fell to the back. By the time he got on, all the seats were already taken, leaving him and two other men without a seat.

  The driver looked back and beckoned to the tall, thin man. After he got on the bus, he said, "Xiao Chen, these people can't sit down, it's not good. What if we encounter traffic police checking the car?"

  The tall and thin man smiled and said, "I'll call another car over."

  The driver said: "It's about time."

  The tall and thin man patted him on the shoulder and got off the bus to make a phone call. He returned to the bus shortly after.

  The driver turned his head and asked: "Have you found the car?"

  The thin man said: "Found it, Old Li's car, drive forward, he is waiting for us on Jinxiu Road."

  The driver started the car and drove forward.

  The thin, tall man turned his head to the three of Mo and said: "Those who don't have a seat can stand for a while, it won't be long before the bus comes." Then he laughed and said self-deprecatingly: "I'm just like you, I don't have a seat either."

  This remark immediately made more than ten people burst out laughing.

  Xu Mo also smiled. One of the people without a seat somehow found a newspaper, spread it out in the aisle, and sat down.

  The tall and thin man saw it and immediately laughed: "Ah, you really know how to enjoy yourself. Do you have any newspapers? Give me a few."

  He immediately took out half of the newspaper from under his butt and handed it over. The tall, thin man accepted it with a stretch of his hand and asked, "Do you two want some?"

  Another man hastily responded, "I will."

  Xu Mo followed with: "I want to too."

  The thin man handed a few to each of the two, then walked a few steps forward, walked to the front of the car door, spread the newspaper on the step and sat down, took out his mobile phone and fiddled with it.

  Xu Mo spread the newspaper on the ground and sat down in the corridor, suddenly remembering the pictures in the book of revelations. He recalled those green fruits and that river, and couldn't help but think: if this book was really a revelation, would the green fruits and rivers mentioned in it have anything to do with the mountain resort they were going to? But what about the off-road vehicle and that person?

  Just as he was lost in thought, the bus suddenly stopped. The thin man shouted: "The car has arrived, those who can't find a seat follow me and get on that car."

  Xu Mo's heart skipped a beat: Could it be...

  He stood up, leaned forward and looked out the window, suddenly feeling a chill from his toes to the top of his head, his back hair standing on end, and in an instant he was covered in cold sweat.

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  P.S: The origin of the Book of Revelation will be revealed at the end of the book, not Golden Finger