Paintings of Terror

"We did discuss whether we need to actively ignite rhino horns," Shao Ling answered Ke Xun's question, "but out of caution, we finally decided that unless we realize that we must burn rhino horns, we will keep watching the changes.

"It's just that we did make arrangements in advance for who will light the rhino horns. The candidate is determined by drawing lots. Li Yi won the lottery. He is the first-ranked rhino lighter. If he has an accident, there will be The person in the second rank takes over, and the second is Yu Long.

"I think the reason why Li Yi lit the rhino horn last night was probably because the endless darkness made him fear, or because it was too dark to see things, he thought that lighting the rhino horn could solve this problem.

"As for where the ignited rhino horn is, I have searched for it with Mr. Mu just now, not only did not find the remains, there was no burnt ashes. It is speculated that the rhino horn has fallen into the sea with Li Yi. ."

"So this igniting monster is useless at all, right!" Yu Long suddenly said loudly, "After being lit, it will still die, and it will still be a fart! It is used to attract strangers, whoever lights it up. Whoever blames and dies!"

"If whoever lit the rhino horn died, then there is no need to hallucinate us separately and lure us into the sea." Zhu Haowen said blankly.

"Then what is the purpose of this rhino horn?" Liu Yanlei stared at him and asked.

"Maybe it's for illuminating strange things," Ke Xun stared at him with half-drafted eyelids. "Maybe only Li Yi who has lit the rhino horns can see the ‘weird’ body that has created illusions for us."

"So whoever lights the rhino horn will die?!" Yu Long said sternly.

Ke Xun raised his eyebrows: "Then why can't someone ignite the rhino horn, who can take advantage of the opportunity to see the monster itself and kill the monster?"

Yu Long was choked for a while, and then opened his mouth to rebut, but his girlfriend Fang Fei raised his hand and pressed it on his shoulder to stop him.

"Brother, you are mighty and domineering." Luo Ge tremblingly gave Ke Xunbi a thumb.

"I think Mr. Ke has some truth." Shao Ling is always sensible. "The person who lights the rhino horn is likely to be able to see the strange body. The Wen Qiao in the Niuzhu Burning Rhinoceros can only be seen by burning the rhinoceros. Going to the water strange.

"But this doesn't mean that whoever burns the rhinoceros will die. Maybe Li Yi could see the monster's body, but was still bewitched by the illusion and lost his life.

"We will talk about the burning rhinoceros issue later. Now, please tell me about your experience last night. Maybe we can sum up more characteristics and clues of the illusion."

The several newcomers who followed Shao Ling last night looked different, each of them lowered their eyelids and made no sound, but Luo Ling, who was sitting next to Ke Xun, raised a trembling hand: "Then I said... the illusion last night The voice pretending to be my female ticket lied to me,'she' said that she was hit by a car while crossing the road, and she didn't know why she came here to find me out of her body.

"Where did I believe it in the beginning, I said this is a painting, how can you come in? How do you know that I am here? She said that she could not bear me, maybe because this obsession was too deep, so the soul came by herself.

"I firmly believed that this must be caused by those ghosts who wanted to lie to me, but I couldn't hold back that'she' said too much like a true tongue, so she slowly said that she hesitated. .

"But I'm not stupid, am I? I asked a lot of things that only the two of us knew, but I didn't expect her to answer all of them correctly. I... I really believed it.

"She said and cried, said she couldn't bear me, said she didn't want to die, said she loved me very much, but she couldn't help it, she felt that she was going to disappear soon, and wanted to kiss me again before she left.

"She said that she knew I was timid, and she did not dare to come over, saying that if I was not afraid of her, I would walk over and kiss her by myself, and she would try to wait for me to take the initiative to pass.

"I, I'm really timid, but I thought this is my girlfriend. I haven't seen her like her. I went into the bathroom and handed her papers. She, she Why did I die... I was in a daze at the time, and what flashed through my mind were all the images of when we were together.

"As a result, the problem came--

"You know, she and I both love raising small animals. The house where we live together has birds, fish, turtles, hamsters, four or five cats, and seven or eight dogs. She likes to stay at home and take care of them. They, and I often have to do things because I have to go out for ten days or even two to three months. During this period, these animals we raise often die due to injuries, accidents or old age, and every time I call back When chatting with her, and asked about the recent situation of these animals, she never told me that they had died.

"Because she knows I can't stand this, I never like to hear death, whether it's human or animal, even the sparrow that often falls on my window sill.

"I may be useless, undesirable, and very sand sculpture, but I will be depressed for a long time because of the death of familiar people or animals.

"My girlfriend knows this about me, so if a small animal at home dies, she never tells me on the phone, although I will know it after I get home.

"She hopes that I will be less sad for a day, and she doesn't want to remember the voice of her notifying death whenever I think of people or animals who are no longer alive.

"——So at the time I felt a bit...a bit contradictory. I think, if she really has a soul, her soul can really find me with obsession, she will only be in the dark at best At my last glance, she wouldn't come out on her own and tell me that she was dead. She would rather let me know the news later.

"I suddenly remembered that we used to talk about those tragic romances in which the heroine was terminally ill. My girlfriend said that if she was terminally ill, she would never tell me, and she would not be like something People pretend not to love me or break up with me like cheating, so that I don't feel so sad.

"She said that she would seize the last time in her life and work harder to be nice to me. When she was about to die, she would run away to die quietly. Even if I would eventually know that she was dead, although she would still be depressed Sad, but at least when I think back to the last time with her, all that remains in my memory is happiness...

"Ah, I won't say these nasty words. I mean, I don't think she will come to inform me of her death, let alone cry so sad as before, making me feel uncomfortable with her, leaving me one Heartbreaking last memories.

"So I hesitated, I didn't dare to pass, and then she kept crying, always saying how much she loves me, and always wanted me to walk over, I knew that'she' must be fake, the more I listened to her voice The more weird I felt, I was so scared of my soul that I peeed on the spot..."

"After you pee, you can pinch it. It's glorious, isn't it?" Ke Xun looked at him speechlessly, but he felt that this kid is actually not that way...Sand sculpture, when he saw him lying on the ground this morning. When he saw tears on his face, he thought it was scared to cry. Now that he wants to come, Ke Xun feels that his tears may have been shed for his girlfriend.

"From this point of view, the illusions used to confuse us are roughly the same," Shao Ling said, "it seems to use people close to us to deceive our trust and lead us into a deadly trap. I wonder if you were in the illusion you experienced last night. , Are there any important clues to discover, or other characteristics about the illusion?"

Everyone remembered and thought about it for a long while, and heard Mu sighedly say: "The power behind the manipulation of the illusion can read our memories and use them to simulate and shape the personality and behavior of the objects we are close to.

"For example, under what circumstances, in what tone and manner the subject will speak, and the judgment and handling of problems are also very in line with the personality.

"But the image it simulates is based only on the memory of the ‘past’ in our minds, that is to say, it can grasp our past, but it cannot control our ‘present progressive.’

"Once we raise a new problem, it can only be solved and dealt with by the experience of the'past'. But people's thoughts are always refreshed and changed with the movement of time. This is why we are raising new ones. After a question, it often reveals flaws, because the answer in our hearts is produced through judgment and analysis after it has been answered.

"Therefore, we may find a way to deal with this illusion, that is..."

"Ask it for the latest questions, and find flaws in its answer!" Yu Long's rush to answer interrupted Mu Yi's words.

"I think this method is no longer useful," Liu Yanlei said, "Is that behind-the-scenes power so stupid? This trick has been used last night, and if it is used again tonight, everyone will know that it is fake. , It is an illusion, who would believe it!"

He glanced at Mu Yiran with some contempt.

"Then you probably don't know," Ke Xun looked at Liu Yanlei, "In the illusion I experienced last night, it was his voice that was used to confuse me. How can you be sure that the illusion tonight will not take advantage of your side People come to deceive you? For example, your girlfriend, if she calls you to save her in the dark, do you believe it or not? Save or not?"

"The illusion has separated us. If Xin Ai's voice sounded in the dark, it must be fake!" Liu Yanlei retorted.

"Brother Qin told you about all the paintings we have gone through," Ke Xun looked straight into Liu Yanlei's eyes. "Don't you know that the death conditions in the paintings are not always the same? The death conditions in some paintings are Will continue to escalate, can you guarantee that tonight will be quarantined alone?"

Liu Yanlei was repeatedly refuted by Ke Xun, and his momentum was involuntarily short. After reacting, he became a little bit irritated and sneered: "As far as I know, all who drown are capable of water. Experience is not a panacea. Yes. Those who have been defeated by scheming are all people who have done bad things and have a bad body. I don't think the experience provided by your perverted homosexual can help us in any way!"

After saying this, the room suddenly fell into an awkward silence.