Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

"That handsome guy's dad... is gone!"

The girl in the bodycon skirt looked at the author with innocent, big eyes and pointed at Chen Xi.

This girl is specifically in charge of patrolling. Chen Xi locked her father up with the author, but even if the old man didn't need food or water, he couldn't just be locked up like that. He definitely needed to be checked on regularly.

Chen Xi naturally doesn't have the time, so this task will be completed by the author.

Therefore, Chen Xi specifically chose one of the author's four female colleagues to do this task.

As for why it was a girl in a bodycon skirt, it's because the sensible and filial Chen Xi clearly remembered that her father preferred this uniform.

There was no other meaning behind it; I just felt that this would increase the chances of waking up my elderly father, just like waking up a person in a vegetative state.

Cater to her preferences and provide more excitement, even though doing so might feel a bit unfair to my mom!

But Chen Xi believes in the power of understanding.

"Is this what devouring is?"

The author turns his gaze to Chen Xi, hoping to get an answer.

He had never encountered anything like this since the only girl who cared about him during his student days.

He didn't ask the girl in the bodycon skirt for details because the characters the author wrote didn't have their own thoughts; they would only carry out tasks according to the descriptions given in the book.

The author can only exert some basic control over them and share their perspectives.

Unexpectedly, Chen Xi's father passed away before they even used the vision-sharing feature once.

"This is the only possible answer."

"It seems I made the wrong choice. Those who leave the city that is being devoured will be the first to be consumed."

"Otherwise, this devouring wouldn't have happened so quickly."

"It seems that my father doesn't feel hungry, which is a signal in itself. Humans need energy and it's impossible for them not to feel hungry. In other words, it's the power of the Black Tower that is providing the energy."

"The moment the encroachment begins, ordinary people have no future."

"Don't be too sad. Even if you do nothing, your uncle will be devoured sooner or later. What you did gave you a glimmer of hope, but you failed."

Yan Mingliang comforted him.

Chen Xi nodded and said nothing more.

Now that his parents have suffered one accident after another, Chen Xi is not as sad as everyone imagined. He did not wail or break down.

It's not that Chen Xi is cold-blooded.

Rather, given this global context, Chen Xi had long anticipated this day.

However, he arrived much, much earlier than he had expected.

If you think about it positively, his parents were just swallowed up by the Black Tower. Maybe you'll have a chance to see them in the Black Tower again in the future?

"Let's go check my dad's room first; maybe we'll find something."

Chen Xi spoke up.

......

Soon, the group arrived at the top floor.

Upon entering the room, everything seemed normal except for the absence of the father.

But Chen Xi, thanks to his hyperthymesia, still discovered something different:

"The window isn't locked!"

"This window can only be locked from the inside. Is my dad hiding behind it?"

Chen Xi spoke as he walked forward.

Swish!

He suddenly opened the window.

Unfortunately, there was nothing outside except for the security bars, and the security bars on the author's house were designed so close to the window that people couldn't hide from them at all.

Chen Xi felt something was strange upon seeing this.

If the father's state is simply that he wants to leave the room, will he open the window and then close it again?

"Would you like to see the security footage?"

"Because I feel insecure, there are surveillance cameras in every corner of this villa, including the toilet."

The author took the initiative to speak, breaking the silence in the room.

"Damn it!"

"I just pooped!"

Yang Wei suddenly remembered something and his eyes widened.

The author gave him a disdainful look:

"I use this surveillance camera to keep people away because I feel insecure, not to spy on people."

He then revealed a meaningful smile:

"I never expected you to be Leo Ku!"

"It's quite different from the name."

Yang Wei raised an eyebrow, never expecting his secret to be revealed to the public by the author.

Should he be happy?

Should we be happy or not?

......

soon.

The group arrived at the second basement level.

The author's house has five floors, three on the top floor and two on the bottom floor.

The monitoring room is on the bottom floor.

The author skillfully selects the time interval, indicating that he uses this tool quite often.

But in this house, there are basically only the author himself and the characters he created.

He must be someone who frequently reviews and analyzes his performance.

The author sets the timeline to after the father entered the room, which is before Yan Mingliang began the Black Tower Stone test.

on the screen.

Chen Xi's father kept repeating two actions: one was sitting on the bed, and the other was getting up and walking to the door to turn the doorknob. He wanted to go out, but he couldn't.

So he sat back down on the bed.

These two actions were performed approximately once every five minutes, repeating themselves over and over. It was clear that the father did not open the window.

This made Chen Xi even more confused.

Time just passed by minute by minute.

Everyone held their breath; they were all waiting.

Waiting to see in what form the Black Tower will devour their father, and when they will open that window.

Although surveillance cameras may not be able to capture it, it doesn't change the outcome.

But since there was surveillance footage, Chen Xi still wanted to take a look.

Soon, the looping screen suddenly changed!

Just like in the previous cycle, the father got up and walked towards the doorknob.

But this time, he suddenly stopped as he walked toward the doorman's booth.

He suddenly realized, as if struck by a revelation, that the surveillance camera could record sound. He could hear his father repeatedly repeating four words:

"Molds for everything... Molds for everything..."

These four words were repeated over and over by the father. Not only that, but he also held his head and slowly squatted down as he recited them.

In terms of state, it's like the brain suddenly experiences an explosion of information, causing a brief overload.

About five minutes later, the father inexplicably broke out in a sweat. He sat on the ground, breathing heavily, with a complicated look in his eyes.

After his breathing calmed down, he moved his lips as if to say something, but the sound was too soft for the monitor to pick up.

Fortunately, Chen Xi, the only person in the monitoring room who could read lips, was there:

"Chen Xi!"

He just said my name.

Upon hearing this, everyone held their breath. An eerie atmosphere filled the air, and no one dared to speak, nor did they know what to say.

But it's obvious.

The father's prelude doesn't seem like he's being devoured, although none of us here have ever seen the Black Tower devour a person.

But they all share an instinctive reaction: to make someone disappear quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly. That's how it should be.

However, Chen Xi's father's actions clearly did not conform to this assumption.

If that's the case, then how did he disappear?

Soon, the father gave everyone an answer.

The father walked to the window and opened it halfway.

"He opened the window!"

Yang Wei, looking as if he were watching a suspense blockbuster, excitedly blurted out something.

The next second, a scene that shocked everyone appeared!