Videos of the snake swarm attacking the villa went viral that day.
Most netizens shared the same thoughts as firefighters who witnessed the event.
"This family must've done something terrible to deserve this."
"This has to be the result of generations of snake hunting and accumulated revenge."
"As someone with a fear of clusters, I can't watch this…"
"Wait, I think I've seen this case before." The last comment was too vague and got buried among the avalanche of others.
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For the next two days, Shannon focused on repairing the fetus soul of the serpent's snake and ignored the uproar on the Internet.
She didn't expect Scott to come to her and recommend a novel. "Shannon, this author's works were unearthed by Internet users over the past two days. Look, several of her stories have taken place in real life.
"The snake swarm attacking the villa you handled the other day is in one of her chapters too."
Shannon had never been interested in novels. After dealing with the two serpent demons, now all she wanted was to rest and clear her mind.
"Isn't it common for stories to be inspired by real-life cases?"
The snake swarm incident had occurred just three days back and now had relevant content in novels. The author might've quickly incorporated it into a novel to stay on top of current events. Nothing was surprising.
Somehow, she was reminded of the incident where someone had warned the Jamborough police about a planned indiscriminate attack at a school. It was as if another world with a timeline ahead of theirs had experienced these events and shared all the details.
Could the author be connected to the person she was searching for? But even if they weren't the same person, it didn't matter. She was looking for a living soul from an alternate world, and the more the better to have beings like these.
Shannon sent the novel's link to her phone. After some thought, she forwarded it to Thomas and requested his help in investigating the author.
Since it wasn't a big deal, she decided not to trouble Adam with it.
As the butler of the Jensens, Thomas took on the task with confidence since such trivial matters were a piece of cake. But the next day, he returned to Shannon somewhat sheepishly.
"I'm terribly sorry, Ms. Jensen. I discovered all information about the author turned out to be fabricated, and they used a fake IP address. I couldn't pinpoint their true identity."
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