Doomsday Wonderland

When the middle-aged man named "Peter" in the oil painting finished speaking, Pina had exactly 22 hours left on this road.

During the brief pause of the portrait, everyone in the cave silently gathered in front of the portrait of "Peter"; a small sign hanging under the painting read his identity and age - "Peter, 47 years old, executive director of a local mining group , the owner of the mansion on the top of the mountain."

Lin Sanjiu squinted at the man with a solemn and square face in the portrait, and asked softly: "Is there a player behind the portrait that has recorded content in advance?"

"Let me take a look," Kagada said, walking around to the oil painting frame and carefully tracing the gap with his fingers - then he shook his head at the other three people.

"It wasn't recorded in advance, then..." Pina immediately closed her mouth before she could finish her words; because Peter in the portrait spoke again at this moment.

"Tonight's gathering is different from every other one, because we have to take action first. However, I did not tell anyone the action plan...I cannot afford the risk of leaking the news."

Peter's face in the portrait maintains a motionless and serious expression, as if he is about to criticize everyone who appears in front of him. "I heard the sound of a car engine outside. Finally, someone arrived...A car came in the driveway downstairs. Hmm, whose does it belong to? I can't see clearly."

As the sound of the portrait came to an end, the four of them looked at each other and walked to the next oil painting in unison.

The man in the portrait is about thirty years old, with tanned skin. When he smiles, he shows a set of white and neat teeth. He looks friendly, likeable and charming. On the introduction sign under the oil painting , reads "Nika, 35 years old, local morning news anchor of Channel 5."

"...The place is too remote. The whole way we drove there was pitch black. We couldn't see any cars or people." From Nika's portrait, a clear-voiced and fluent monologue came from . "I actually have doubts in my heart... Our secret gathering has been going on for a long time. Why would Peter suddenly want to invite new people to join? Or... it's impossible, that would be too crazy."

"Newcomer" refers to the oil painting of the four of them, right? Lin Sanjiu thought to herself.

Including her, everyone held their breath, waiting for him to continue to explain what was "so crazy". Unexpectedly, Nika's portrait fell silent and stopped talking.

"Is this happening in real time?" Pina guessed in a low voice. "Judging from Nica's monologue, he hasn't arrived at the mountaintop mansion yet."

Pan Cui snorted "Hmm" from her nose, seeming to agree.

The next portrait is of a middle-aged woman with thin lips, and like Peter, she always looks dissatisfied with something; the sign below her portrait explains the reason - "Mingna, 44 years old, Peter's ex-wife , currently living alone in the city.”

"We've come to this nasty place again," Ming Na's oil portrait said in a deep voice. "I don't know what he's thinking about being so mysterious tonight? There are many more things to pay attention to tonight than before, and he also invited several new people... I don't know why."

"It seems that the person who just arrived at the mansion on the top of the mountain is his ex-wife," Jiajiada laughed playfully, "Or should I call her aunt?"

"Your aunt brought you to a party that looked very suspicious," Pina sneered. "Your family members have a good relationship."

The woman in the next oil painting looks very young, but her efforts to make herself more mature and authoritative through dress, expression and tone are so clear that she cannot hide it - on the sign below the painting, it says Author of "Kate, 23 years old, popular channel anchor on the '5chain' website".

"It would be great if the process of a party could be recorded. It would definitely be a very popular episode... But if you get kicked out, you won't be able to get in again." From Kate's oil painting, came the A young and excited voice said, "This is the first time I've seen... Well, by the way, I can't mention this. After driving for so long, we're finally here. I'm almost peeing to death! It's more like this at this time , the more I miss the big and beautiful bathroom in the mansion on the top of the mountain...the guest bathrooms in these rich people's homes are bigger than my bedroom, is this reasonable?"

What did she see for the first time?

When Lin Sanjiu had doubts, Pan Cui happened to touch her shoulder, and then gestured for her to bring out a notebook; after taking the pen and paper, Pan Cui wrote a line of notes - "This is Kate Seeing something for the first time, but for some reason she couldn't mention it."

Everyone came over to take a look, and Jia Jiatian even praised, "This is a good idea."

Each portrait appears to have a brief "prologue," and, as Pina puts it, they tell what appears to be happening "in real time."

Lin Sanjiu suggested going back to Peter's portrait to test this guess; as expected, the content of the monologue that came from Peter's portrait changed again: "...the person Ming Na brought was actually her nephew? This woman, really No common sense at all. Forget it, maybe it’s better to be educated at a younger age..."

"Will it be our turn to talk?" Kagada asked in an uncertain voice as he walked away from Peter's portrait; but no one could give him an answer for the time being.

In addition to the four evolvers, the penultimate portrait shows a fat man with a beard and glasses. The sign reads "Raven, 31 years old, director of a local security company." He seemed to be a man of few words. He only started with a short sentence: "Here we are, other people's cars are also here" and then ended.

"So these guys have finally met," Pina said. "Oh, there's still one more to go."

The next oil painting is of a pale man with a thin face; his sign reads "Scott, 38 years old, running for local council."

"What the hell is this place? UU Reading www.uukanshu.net" A curse came from Scott's oil painting, "It's too remote, isn't it? I really don't understand why Peter is torturing people like this... Damn, This is the wrong road. It looks like we have to turn around and go back to the previous road. It would be a bit embarrassing if even the newcomers arrived before I arrived."

As the last unfamiliar portrait, after his words fell, it seemed to announce the end of a certain stage - all four people turned their attention to the next four oil portraits, which were themselves.

"I was invited by Nika," Pina said, looking at her oil painting, "Then Lin Sanjiu is the friend I invited."

"Pan Cui is Kate's producer partner in the show. It seems that she was invited by Kate... Do you need a producer partner to make an online channel?" Jiajiatian frowned and said, "In other words, we Four of them are newcomers brought to the mountaintop mansion... Then I have a problem."

The same problem is weighing on everyone's mind.

"Why did they invite the newcomers?"

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