Thriller Night Talk

Translator-Rhapsodite

Editor-PerpetualMreow, Proofreader-Spring Flower

Long Er told Bei Quan that the content of the post was similar to what the female anchor had described, but the person who posted it had poor language skills, with sentences that were all over the place and full of grammatical errors, far less concise and vivid than Mint’s summary.

[To be honest, if Miss Mint hadn’t mentioned this in the live broadcast…]

The middle school student sneered.

[That post is just a bunch of nonsense! Who has the patience to read it to the end!]

After that, he laughed again.

[Anyway, he’s my senior. Thanks to him sharing the secret of the ‘Two Pole Gate’ with me, I had the opportunity to embark on the path of immortality!]

Bei Quan said, “Oh, you’re amazing.”

He first sincerely complimented him, then skillfully continued to inquire, “So, does that mean that anyone who has read that post has the chance to become immortal?”

[Hey, host, are you stupid? It’s not that easy!]

The teenager’s response was very hostile.

[If it were that easy, then everyone in the world would be able to cultivate to immortality, right?]

He paused and then laughed again.

[You need talent! Do you understand?!]

Wei Fuyuan was sitting in the outer room, grinding his teeth as he listened.

He thought that if he were the host, he probably would have argued with Long Er on the phone by now.

However, Bei Quan was not moved by the teenager’s arrogant attitude and his voice remained gentle, “Oh? So that means your talent is higher than others, right, Long Er?”

[Of course!]

The teenager suddenly became excited, his tone even more elevated than before.

[Let me tell you, host, just reading the post is not enough! You have to dream about that gate, that’s when you can say you’ve entered it!]

Next, like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube, Long Er told Bei Quan about the results of his “cultivation” in the past few days.

It turned out that, just as Mint had said, after reading that post, some people would start to dream.

In the dream, they’d all see the same gate.

The black and white mist formed the shape of a yin and yang fish, connected from end to end, circling endlessly, and the gap in the center looked like a whirlpool that seemed to lead to another world.

In the dream, they all tried to approach the gate.

Long Er said that not everyone who dreams of the gate can easily approach the “Two Pole gate”.

Only geniuses like him with extraordinary talent can get closer and closer.

[“Last night, I dreamed of the ‘Two Pole gate’ again! You know what, I walked up to it and reached out to touch the gate!]

Long Er shouted excitedly.

[Just one more night! Tonight: yes, it must be tonight! I can open the gate and start my cultivation!]

The second-year junior laughed even more wildly:

[Do you know what host? It only took me three nights to touch the gate! This is just the speed of genius.] 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘰𝑣𝘦𝘭.𝘰𝘳𝘨

[While others can only vaguely see the outline, I managed to touch the ‘Two Pole gate’!]

[I am the chosen one! I am truly the chosen one!]

Bei Quan was not in a hurry to interrupt him.

After Long Er was done showing off, Bei Quan continued, ”Really impressive, I’m truly impressed!”

He chuckled softly and said, “So, I’m guessing you’re the fastest one, right?”

The arrogant laughter of the middle schooler suddenly stopped.

[Ah… this…]

Long Er wanted to say ‘Of course’.

Unfortunately, [Thriller Night Talk] was designed to prevent callers from lying for some reason.

Long Er could only pause before he reluctantly mumbled,

[No, not really.]

Bei Quan laughed and asked, “Is there someone faster than you?”

Long Er didn’t want to continue on this topic and vaguely replied,

[Maybe…]

“You’re so talented”, Bei Quan said.

Bei Quan didn’t want Long Er to avoid the question, so he cleverly guided him, “Is there someone stronger than you?”

[Bah!]

The middle school sophomore was unhappy:

[Those people probably just saw the post earlier than me! What’s there to brag about!]

“Oh?” Bei Quan asked again, “How do you know they got to the Two Pole gate before you and are not just making it up?”

[This… um…]

Long Er hesitated, seeming unsure.

[They said… they went by themselves.]

He replied.

Subsequently, the young man told Bei Quan that there is now an anonymous forum on the internet that has opened a discussion section on the “Two Pole gate”.

The active users of that board are all metaphysical and spiritual enthusiasts who are interested in the “Two Pole gate.”

Most people are still in the stages of “seeing” and “trying to see”, but a few claim to have entered the “Two Pole gate.”

Unexpectedly, someone has already entered.

“Someone has already gone in?” Bei Quan expressed surprise and asked the question everyone was concerned about: “What did they see inside?”

The second-year junior answered quickly this time:

[I don’t know.]

“You don’t know?” Bei Quan asked again, “Didn’t they go in? How could they not know?”

[Because the rules inside the ‘Two Pole gate’ don’t allow them to speak about it.]

Long Er explained.

[If they speak about what’s inside the “Two Pole gate”, they will lose the chance to enter again.]

Afterward, the second-year junior told Bei Quan that people who had gone in left messages on the discussion board saying that the ‘Two Pole gate’ was another world, and it’s a stunning and magnificent fairyland that only appears in fantasy novels.

But when others asked for more details, those who claimed to have gone in refused to elaborate, only encouraging others to continue trying and persevering, and someday they would understand it for themselves.

When the first person said this, other users laughed at him, saying he was lying and making things up.

But soon after, second, third, fourth… and even more people claimed to have entered the “Two Pole gate”.

These people all claimed that the world inside the “gate” has its own rules, which require them not to say a single word about what’s inside, or they will lose the chance to enter again.

The later users all spoke with one voice, and some of the active accounts that had previously mocked the “seniors” also claimed to have entered, which made the idea of the “world inside the gate” more credible.

Long Er also didn’t believe it at first.

But he had been on that anonymous forum for more than half a month. Every day, aside from when he was sleeping, he spent almost all his time studying the “Two Pole gate.”

He read every post at least twice, and combined with his knowledge of urban fantasy novels, he had already believed in the phrase “cannot be revealed.”

[Anyway, I’ll be able to enter the ‘Two Pole gate’ soon!]

There was a muffled knock on the phone, probably from Long Er pounding on the table.

[Then, I’ll be able to verify whether this is true or not.]

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After the night’s [Thriller Night Talk], Bei Quan came out of the broadcasting studio.

“This week’s case was quite interesting,” Bei Quan said with a smile.

“And no matter who the Hui Gui possesses, it doesn’t seem easy to deal with.”

Jiang Nan’an stared at Bei Quan with an eye full of sarcasm. “Why do you seem to be looking forward to trouble?”

“Ha ha,”

Bei Quan patted Jiang Nan’an on the shoulder.

“You don’t understand, sometimes troublesome cases are more convenient.”

Jiang Nan’an: “???”

Jiang Nan’an looked puzzled.

“Convenient? Convenient for what?”

Bei Quan just smiled and didn’t answer.

“Alright, let Zhu Ling help us collect some information, and you should go back to rest early,” Bei Quan said, holding onto Wei Fuyuan’s arm and walking towards the bedroom.

“As for the rest, we’ll discuss it tomorrow morning.”

After coaxing Xiao Jiang away, Bei Quan and Wei Fuyuan entered the master bedroom.

“Bei Quan,” Wei Fuyuan closed the door and walked towards the big bed, “Why do I feel like you’re very interested in this case?”

Bei Quan shook off the covers and got into bed, laughing and asking, “Is it that obvious?”

“Hmm,” Wei Fuyuan nodded.

Now that the young master Wei understood his lover’s personality very well, he could perceive his emotions from his subtle facial expressions.

“Is there anything special about this case?”

Bei Quan had just dismissed Jiang Nan’an with the excuse of “resting early,” but he was happy to explain more to Wei Fuyuan.

He first asked a question, “Do you think this case has similarities to some previous cases?”

Wei Fuyuan thought carefully and shook his head again, “I think it’s more like Cthulhu… that one-”

He reached out and drew a spiral in the air. “It’s an inter-dimensional door or something.”

As a cultivator who had lived for more than 600 years, Bei Quan had, more or less, dabbled in the secrets of ancient times and the science and technology of the underworld, but he had never been in contact with the Cthulhu mythology and didn’t know how to respond to his trendy and young lover’s joke for a moment.

He could only awkwardly smile to avoid being impolite, ignoring the previous question and talking about his own thoughts.

“The way of guiding others to see certain things in dreams, isn’t it similar to Mr. A’s Death Cage Dream?”

Bei Quan laughed, “And, it’s another fragmented space.”

Wei Fuyuan understood and said “Oh.”

Mr. A’s dream of the death cages was the first case he had experienced when he first joined Sāntúchuān, so he naturally had a deep impression of it.

Wei Fuyuan thought that Bei Quan was referring to his experience in Xuanmen Village.

“Could it be… another fragmented space?”

“It’s hard to say now,” Bei Quan shrugged, “We need more clues to be sure.”

Wei Fuyuan rubbed his chin, “Since you said that, I also remembered.” He stared at Bei Quan, his eyes shining, “Being able to make people see something through description… feels a bit like ‘Devil’s Daughter’ Yan Shuangshuang!”

Bei Quan nodded with a smile, “So, it’s very interesting, isn’t it?”