Paintings of Terror

After being tortured for a whole night, none of the haggard painters wanted to eat breakfast to fill their stomachs.

Because every morning everyone was talking about each other's worst things.

For example, the scorpion with countless legs, the juicy soft-footed big worm, the nightmare pipa toad of the dense phobia, and so on.

Later, everyone decided not to go into details and only talk about the process, and the process was basically that after being attacked by their most disgusting thing in the dark, they heard everyone's screams and footsteps rushing out of the room.

"Then I want to ask," Shao Ling looked at everyone, "Who yelled out last night?"

Wei Dong and Luo Ling slowly raised their hands with frustrated faces.

Shao Ling looked at the three girls in a little surprise. Chen Xinai had been lost and did not hear Shao Ling’s question just now. Fang Fei said, “Don’t be surprised. We practice diving all the year round. You can’t open your mouth when you panic, or you will choke on water."

Yu Long nodded aside.

Xue Ge, who imagined a big-bellied moth, said: "The reason why I am sick of moths is because I watched a catastrophe horror movie when I was a child. The moths in it flew into human mouths and made cocoons to lay eggs, which made me indelible. Psychological shadow, so once I meet a moth in reality, my first reaction is to shut my mouth firmly."

"So, what did you two yell at?" Shao Ling's gaze fell back to Weidong and Luo Wei.

Wei Dong thought for a while hesitantly: "Just...'ah, ah, fucking, ah, ah, ah, ah, like that."

Everyone: "..."

Luo Yu also thought for a while: "I can't remember, I was scared to pee at the time, but under normal circumstances I like to shout, ‘No, no, ah, ah, I’m going to die, I’m going to die, ah’ these."

Everyone: "..."

Wei Dong: "Look for the source of the film and the seed."

"But in the illusion last night, what I heard was almost everyone shouting, and I believe you are the same," Shao Ling said, "So, has anyone really tried to run out of the room?"

Everyone looked at each other, Luo Ling said: "I was so scared that my legs were soft, and I had the heart but didn't have the strength, so I just slumped on the floor."

Wei Dong: "Although I would like to follow when I heard everyone running out, but I thought about it again, even if Ke Er and the others really run, they will never leave me. Ke Er will definitely call Last time, I asked me to run, but I didn't hear him calling me. I felt that, no matter if others ran or not, Ke Er would definitely not run, so I just tried to stay away."

Zhu Haowen: "I didn't run."

Qin Ci: "I didn't run."

Xuege: "I am more afraid of the feeling of stepping on the belly of a moth than when a moth falls on my body, so I didn't dare to run, and stayed still in place."

Yu Long: "I heard that Toad can only see moving things, so I didn't dare to move. I was afraid it would muddle my feet..."

Fang Fei: "I am also afraid of the touch of stepping on a big meat worm, so I dare not run."

Chen Xinai continued to lose his soul and ignored everyone.

Ke Xun: "No matter how disgusting, it's just an illusion, so I definitely won't run."

Mu Yiran: "So it is certain that whether it is the yelling of each other in our ears or the sound of everyone running out of the room desperately, they are all illusions. They are used to mislead us to make wrong choices. After the darkness fell in the room, we should have been separated by the illusion as the previous night, and entered some kind of parallel space."

Shao Ling wrote on the bamboo slips: "Fourth, illusions can simulate the touch and lifelike human voices and scenes, and use psychological cues and spiritual effects to lure people into the sea."

The first three are:

1. Be isolated and enter a parallel space.

Second, the hallucinations are their acquaintances.

3. Use acquaintances to deceive, tempting people to fall into the sea, and have the ability to read memories.

After writing, putting down the pen, Shao Ling meditated on the bamboo slips for a while, then raised his eyes to look at everyone: "Based on the experience of these two nights, I have a guess.

"On the first night, the phantom made the voice of a familiar person. Although the phantom wanted to lure us into the sea, no matter how we refused to be fooled, it did not force us through touch.

"On the second night, the illusion also used the deception method to let us fall into the sea on our own, and also produced sound as an auxiliary means. However, on the basis of the sound, the illusion created the sense of touch and became the first Two auxiliary means.

"So, my guess is that illusions are created based on people's five senses, and they are superimposed every night.

"The first night was a single auditory illusion, and the second night was a superposition of auditory and tactile illusions.

"If there is nothing wrong with my speculation, then in the next few nights, the illusion of smell, vision, and taste may continue to appear, and we can also prepare in advance to deal with the possible illusion deception. I wonder if you have any supplements or different opinions?"

His eyes fell to Mu Yiran, but saw that he was just looking down and thinking, just waiting for him to speak, he heard Yu Long say: "No, you are right, that's it. Now that we have seen through the phantom routine, we I quickly figured out how to deal with it, earplugs, life jackets, and rope tied up, these methods are useless."

After everyone came up from the lower deck, they had already searched on the sea, but no Liu Yanlei's body was found, and neither was the lower deck.

After looking at the drowsy people who hadn't closed their eyes for almost two days and two nights, Shao Ling said: "Let's rest for a few hours. Poor mental state will lead to unstable mental state and more easily controlled by phantoms."

Everyone had no objection, dragging their tired and exhausted bodies to look for a room to rest.

Ke Xun closed the door, hooped Mu and fell on the mat, rubbing his furry head in his arms, and yawned: "Mental and psychological attacks are more difficult to deal with than physical and intuitive attacks, Pure Land. Li Yi has been boiled for a few days without much sleep, and this painting can't survive two nights."

Mu Yiran stretched out his hand to cover the back of his head and rubbed it: "Go to sleep, I don't think this ship needs to be searched anymore. There is nothing to do during the day, and the key to breaking the game can only be at night."

Ke Xun put his arm around his waist, put one leg on his lap, and patted him lightly with his hand: "You also sleep, dazed, let go of all the problems first, keep your spirits up and say anything else, otherwise I feel distressed. ,Ok?"

"Okay." Mu Yiran gently hooked the corners of his lips, stretched out his arm to wrap his dog's head in his arms, and stroked it for a while until he heard the dog's breathing gradually stabilized. Stopped his hand, looked down on his face for a while, and then closed his eyes.

The warm and soft touch on his lips made Mu Yiran wake up from light sleep, but he didn't open his eyes right away, and put his hand on the back of his head, which was close to the back of his head, pressed the person towards himself, deepened a kiss, and then separated. .

"I'm ready for lunch, get up and eat some." Ke Xun still held a glass of water in his hand and handed it to him.

Mu Yiran took a few sips and took the cup and went out with Ke Xun.

The others also looked like they had just woken up. They regained their energy after lunch, and sat in the middle hall to discuss the plan tonight.

"First of all, I don't think we need to hide under the deck anymore. Last night's experience confirmed that no matter where we are, the illusion will affect us." Shao Ling continues to act as the "host" of the entire team. Role, "Next is the issue of burning rhinoceros.

"Because the rhino horn was lit with a mobile phone last night, it is temporarily impossible to prove whether the person who lit the rhino horn will die, but it is certain that the choice of death is the same. Then we need to find a way to pass the fire tonight. Rhinoceros, seeing the so-called behind-the-scenes power-it is very likely that only the person who lights the rhino horn can see it.

"So this time we no longer use the mobile phone to burn the rhinoceros. Instead, someone must personally ignite the rhino horn. This is an inevitable problem. We must decide who will burn the rhinoceros. This is likely to be the result of finding the seal and leaving the painting. The only way is to decide now."

After saying this, Yu Long frowned and said, "How do I decide? Draw lots or vote? Why? Why do I have to decide my life and death? It’s not enough if I don’t want to burn rhinoceros? I have a sense of my own survival. Absolute autonomy. I don’t accept any forced or moral kidnapping. Fang Fei and I have already gone to sea to check the bottom of the ship. Before going to sea, no one knows whether we will die or not. Under this premise, we both risked death. We have done our best to do our best, and now I will tell you clearly, neither Fang Fei nor I will light rhino horns!"

"Yes." Shao Ling agreed with him very happily, looking at other people, "I just said, first, the death selection rules in the painting are not based on the act of lighting rhino horns, so Whether you click the rhino horn, you may die;

"Second, according to several old members, the time limit given to us in the painting is only seven days. Even if some of us have been lucky enough to survive the first six days, we will die if we cannot find the seal;

"Third, if you don't click rhino horns, there will definitely be no clues, and you will definitely die; if you click rhino horns, there will definitely be clues, and half of them may die.

"So, should we find someone to light the rhino horn? Let's vote by show of hands. Do you have any objections?"

"There is no objection, I agree to light the rhino horn." The first person to express his position was Ke Xun.

Afterwards, everyone expressed their opinions, except that Yu Long and Chen Xinai did not speak, everyone agreed to light the rhino horn.

"Since everyone agrees to light the rhino horn, then I suggest drawing lots to select the person responsible for the rhino horn. You should not object to it?" Shao Ling looked at everyone.

"The two of us are not involved." Yu Long reiterated.

"Don't be so troublesome," Xue Ge suddenly said, with a faint smile on his face, "I volunteered to have rhino horns."

"I'll go," Ke Xun said, "it makes no sense to let a girl take this risk."

Xuege smiled, "Can you look down on women as a gay? Everyone is equal before life and death."

Ke Xun: "The hat you pressed over is too big. Since you said that everyone is equal, then let's draw lots. No one can let anyone else, okay?"

Xuege thought for a while: "Okay, smoke, but I have a request, let me be the first to smoke."

Everyone nodded and agreed. Xuege personally went to find a blank bamboo slip and took out nine bamboo slips from it. Yu Long, who was not involved in the drawing, made a mark on one of them, and then put the marked end on it. Into the cup, everyone draws one by one.

Snow Ge was the first to draw. He looked at the exposed end of the lot for a while, and then chose one of them.

Ke Xun took the second draw and looked at the remaining lottery for a long time. It seemed hesitant, and finally he had to draw one at random.

The others also drew one by one, and everyone showed the lottery together.

However, it was Xuege who won the lottery.

Ke Xun scratched his head: "My intuition seems to be a little broken today."

Xuege smiled: "Intuition is not comparable to the skill of real swords and guns, of course. The reason I was able to pick the lottery is that in your eyes, the colors may be indistinguishable from a few bamboo pieces, but in my eyes they are The color difference is clear-I remembered the color of the sign with the mark. Don't forget that I am a painter and I am a pretty good painter."

"...Okay, great painter, then you point it." Ke Xun knew that he couldn't persuade someone who was already determined to die, so he didn't pretend to be with her, "Anyway, people will be found by phantoms. Rhinoceros horn, we will be there to help you out."

"No," Xuege smiled, "If the person who is illuminated by the rhino horn will die, you will be implicated if you get too close to me. You will stay in the middle hall and I will go to the deck."

"Just in case-please forgive me for being impolite," Shao Ling said to Xuege, "You'd better have a bamboo slip and pen in your hand. If you see something, I hope you can record it as much as possible, even if it is very brief, even if There are only a few key words, and then... please don't put the bamboo slips on your body."

The meaning of this is to prevent Xuege from becoming the one chosen by death, and when he falls into the sea, he will also take the bamboo slips with him. In that case, his previous efforts will be lost.

Although the words are a bit ruthless, they are also the most sensible and useful arrangement.

Xue Ge agreed, looked at the people who looked at her with different looks, and raised the corners of her lips slightly: "My life is not long anymore. If I can save a few lives before I die, I will die well. In fact, there is nothing wrong with personal heroism movies. Isn’t it cool to be your own hero in your own world?"