Different World: The Devil's Coming

At nearly twelve o'clock in the evening on New Year's Eve, every household gathers together to watch the Spring Festival Gala, waiting for the bell to ring in the new year at twelve o'clock. But in this atmosphere of family joy and reunion, some people still stick to their jobs.

"Oh, I really can't stand it anymore. He insisted that tomorrow is the first day of the Chinese New Year and I can rest tomorrow and make a little more money today. Damn boss, sooner or later I will... Forget it, it's better to work quickly and leave early than to talk too much."

Li Xiang took the elevator with his toolbox, greeting his boss's family from time to time. After pressing the tenth floor button, Li Xiang took out his phone and read a novel, imagining that after helping the customer repair the furniture, he would go home and have a good sleep, not getting up before noon. Anyway, he didn't go home this year, and no one would care about him when he was alone outside.

As he was thinking, Li Xiang thought the elevator should have arrived, so he put away his phone and glanced at the elevator indicator light. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked at it, but when he looked at it, he realized something was wrong.

The elevator, which was supposed to stop at the tenth floor, was still rising slowly, and the number on the indicator light had long exceeded ten, even exceeding the highest floor of the building.

"51...52...53...54..."

Li Xiang counted silently. It was obviously New Year's Eve, a festive and happy day, but now he just felt creepy and his eyes unconsciously looked at the time.

"12:03"

Is it the first day of the Lunar New Year? Am I on holiday? No, what the hell is going on? Li Xiang was a little panicked and started pressing buttons randomly on the elevator. He had seen some videos that said that when the elevator is falling, all the floors can be lit up, which can slow down the speed of descent.

Although he was rising instead of falling, and was almost at the 100th floor, Li Xiang had to give it a try. He prayed in his heart: Guanyin Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor, God, I have not asked you for anything in my life, now please show your spirit and save me, a poor worker.

...All the floors have been pressed, but the elevator still shows no signs of stopping or slowing down. Li Xiang has given up a little and slumped down in the corner of the elevator, watching the numbers on the indicator light slowly jump up. There is no other sound around except the sound of the elevator operating.

Gradually, Li Xiang felt a little tired. He thought that he had been working for a whole day and the elevator couldn't stop, so he might as well take a nap.

As he thought about it, Li Xiang slowly curled up in the corner, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he fell into a deep sleep.

In his dream, he reached the pinnacle of his life, his parents were enjoying their old age, and he finally found the perfect lover in his heart. Everything was so beautiful...

After an unknown amount of time, Li Xiang woke up from the cold. He was dumbfounded when he saw the number on the elevator in front of him had reached more than 5,000. He thought about the consequences of not being able to get up, and also thought about the scene when he woke up and found several people surrounding him and laughing at him.

But he never expected that when he opened his eyes, he would see the same elevator, the same elevator that never changed. He was desperate, and he began to vent his anger at the elevator. Why, why should a working man like me have to go through this? I didn't kill or burn anything, and I didn't rape or rob. Why should I?

As Li Xiang was thinking, he accidentally glanced at the person in the poster in the elevator, and his heart was furious. He smiled so brightly, and that bright smile seemed to be mocking his incompetence and tragedy.

Without saying a word, Li Xiang took out a tool and knocked the poster off the wall. He squatted on the ground and hit the person in the poster hard. Not satisfied yet, Li Xiang jumped up and stepped hard on the poster. As for whether the elevator would fall down? Who cares? It would be better if it fell down. It was cold here without food or water. Sooner or later, I would die. In that case, it would be better to die early and avoid torture.

But he underestimated the strength of the elevator, or he didn't expect to bring it down so easily. Li Xiang was now slowly becoming irritable and began to smash the elevator crazily.

But no matter how hard he smashed, nothing in the elevator changed except the poster. Gradually, Li Xiang gave up and sat on the ground, thinking about how he would die while looking at the elevator indicator light.

A few hours later, the time on the phone slowly turned into 6:01, but the elevator was still rising, but the speed seemed... to have slowed down?

Li Xiang didn't know if it was an illusion or something else, but he felt that the numbers on the elevator indicator light did seem to change more slowly. Li Xiang put away his phone, which was out of battery anyway, and began to stare at the numbers on the indicator light.

"........................"

Yes, the elevator has indeed slowed down. Does this mean it is almost there? Li Xiang couldn't help but get excited, but the elevator didn't seem to think so. On the contrary, in Li Xiang's eyes, even if it was slow, the elevator was still rising.

“.................................................................................”

At this moment, a "ding" sound woke Li Xiang from despair. Li Xiang looked at the elevator indicator light in disbelief, feeling that the elevator had stopped rising. So the next step was...

Li Xiang looked at the elevator door excitedly. As expected, the door slowly opened under his gaze. A soft light shone in through the crack of the door. Li Xiang couldn't help but squint his eyes. Until the elevator door was fully opened, Li Xiang's eyes were already closed by the dazzling light.

But Li Xiang didn't care about all that. When he heard the door stop expanding, he knew it was completely open. He took a step and ran out quickly. It didn't matter if he couldn't see clearly. He didn't want to be trapped in this elevator for a few more hours.

Li Xiang just ran like crazy until he felt like he hit something. Then he took two steps back and stopped. After letting his eyes adjust to the light, he was surprised to find that he hit a cloud? No, an elevator!! When Li Xiang came to his senses and looked back, he saw an old elevator slowly closing its door and descending below the clouds.

Well, since there is no way out, let's just walk around here for a while.

Li Xiang looked around and found that this place seemed to be above the clouds. Everything around was white. Although his feet felt like they were on the ground, there was white gas floating around and soft, incomprehensible white objects. Everything seemed to be above the clouds.

But Li Xiang didn't stay here for long, but walked in one direction directly. After all, although this place is like a fairyland, the problem is that there is no food and water here. A night of hunger and cold has made him a little weak, and there is no one here. He wants to find someone to ask where this place is and how to get back!!!

Wait... go back? Did the elevator just go down? If I continue to sit in it, will I go back to the first floor of the building? Oh my god...

Oh, forget it. No matter how hard I think about it, it's useless now. The elevator has already descended, and the white clouds around it have blocked the elevator hole. There's no chance of jumping down. I can only walk here aimlessly and pray to meet someone.

I don't know how much time has passed, maybe just a few minutes? Or a few hours? Li Xiang's sense of time has completely gone bad, and only his body, which can still move, reminds him that he is still alive.

Finally, a big door appeared in front of Li Xiang. He raised his head with difficulty, and his blurry eyes seemed to see someone behind the door.