Paintings of Terror

When everyone heard about the city's unbelievable even-numbered dates, everyone expressed their incomprehension, and Xiao Qinxian's reaction was the fastest: "If this is the calculation, then we don't have 13 days at all! Now two days are combined into one day." pass!"

Yu Ji also exclaimed in surprise: "The 13 days have to be divided into two halves, that is 6 and a half days! Throwing away today, we have 5 and a half days left!"

Xiao Qinxian's face turned pale again: "If two people die in one day, 6 of us can be killed in 12 days, and the last half day..." Xiao Qinxian looked at Luo Wei who was sitting in the corner, "Probably reserved for outsiders of."

Luo Wei couldn't help but sneer, this woman has come to this juncture, and she still doesn't forget to release her malice.

"Let's eat first, there are a lot of things to discuss together after the meal." Qin Ci had already started the meal, and he did not forget to remind everyone, "Don't drink the wine here, I don't know if there is something wrong with the wine, or this city changes people. Now, a little bit of wine can easily make you drunk."

"This city is really intoxicating." Wei Dong ate the rolled spring pancakes, but his hands couldn't help shaking slightly - no one could predict who would be leaving tonight.

Perhaps because of something on their minds, everyone hastily finished their food.

Qin Ci looked at Mu Yiran, and said to everyone: "I think the question everyone is most concerned about now is: how to get the 13 kg scarlet beast within the specified time; What can be done to prevent it from being killed."

Everyone's expressions were in favor, including the picky Xiao Qinxian.

Mu Yiran went on to say: "If you put it in a more understandable way, the first question is that everyone should try their best to get a 1kg beast from outside our group, and the second question is..."

Before Mu Yiran had finished speaking, everyone had already expressed surprise at this. After careful consideration, this was the only feasible solution.

No one is willing to sacrifice the beast in their body, and besides, not everyone in the team has a beast in their body.

Ke Xun looked at Mu Yiran beside him, and couldn't believe that such a fierce truth would come from him.

Yu Ji subconsciously looked at the guests around him, but luckily no one noticed it, so he lowered his voice and said, "It's a good thing we have Luo Wei, he can see if there are marks of beasts on other people's faces, it's that simple Why didn’t we think of it before! Why do we have to wait for the beast to tear our body?! We have Luo Wei, and Doctor Qin, we have a large number of people, we can definitely pick a role to start with.”

As Yu Ji said, he was almost intimidated by his own ruthlessness, and couldn't help but tremble excitedly because of this thought: "The boss is the boss, and when he strikes, he is sure and ruthless!"

Ke Xun didn't want others to misinterpret his big brother like this, so he said to the big brother: "Of course, what do you think? How can we get beasts from the people around us, and it must be legal."

"Why are you still thinking about legality? Our lives are at stake now!" Yu Ji became a little anxious, looking at the dark sky outside the window, the fear of death took over his heart little by little.

"We are now in a city with law and order. This restaurant is opposite the police station. No one will condone our misconduct." Zhu Haowen said.

Mu Yiran looked at Qin Ci: "I went through some information in your office this afternoon. 'Beasts', as a kind of wealth resource, are allowed to be bought and sold. Some family members do not agree to sell the beasts in the dead body to the government. Only one A small part is for collection, and most of them want to wait for the peak season to sell for a good price.”

Qin Ci frowned: "Which book still writes about this?"

Mu Yiran smiled lightly: "It's not the content of the book, but the advertisements on the back covers of some magazines, the promotion of various auctions about scarlet beasts, and the sky-high prices for special-looking beasts. It's all in the ad."

"My God, this is simply a famous antique painting in our world!" Su Benxin couldn't help but sigh, "Mr. Mu, you mean that we sell the two beasts in our hand..."

Everyone gasped when they heard this, but they couldn't hold back their excitement, which was somewhat evil.

Mu Yiran looked at Zhao Yanbao: "I hope this topic won't make you unhappy."

Zhao Yanbao: "Chi Lei has already let go, that beast is like a container full of negative emotions, it doesn't make sense for me to keep it in the limited five and a half days... If it can really save more people, Chi Lei's spirit in heaven will also agree."

Zhao Yanbao looked at Mu Yiran: "Is it written in those materials, what is the value of these beasts that people should chase after?"

"It's not clearly stated. People only say that these scarlet beasts are symbols of the entire heart city, so they are very precious." Mu Yiran's expression was a little teasing, "Even in our world, people pay high prices for what they buy. Is it really worth the money if you chase after it?"

"What exactly are you going to do?" Ke Xun was the one who asked the question this time, "Sell the two beasts in our hands at a high price, and then use the money to buy heavier beasts?"

"That's almost what it means, or we can find a more direct animal trading market and directly exchange animals for animals." Mu Yiran also thinks this is not a comfortable topic, but he has to continue.

"You mean to say that the value of the beast here is not determined by its weight?" Ke Xun asked.

"Yes, the heavier ones are more precious than the ones, but if they come across strange ones, the buyers will not pay so much attention to the weight." Mu Yiran is not willing to show his commercial side to Ke Xun. As a last resort, "In short, beasts with accessories are very rare, and I believe they will be more valuable."

"What is a beast with appendages?" Wei Dong didn't understand.

Mu Yiran further explained: "For example, the snail shell of Zhichun's beast, or the rope that tied Chi Lei's beast. If such a beast is auctioned as a set with its accessories, it will be more expensive."

Everyone gradually understood, and Yu Ji was sweating from excitement: "That's right, the old policeman asked us to find a 13-kilogram beast. He only asked for the weight and nothing else! We can supply A beast with a strange appearance is exchanged for a more common and heavier beast! If the transaction is done well, maybe you can get 13 kilograms in exchange!"

"If everyone thinks it's feasible, then let's look for relevant exchanges tomorrow." Qin Ci asked everyone.

Everyone has no objection.

"But, what are we going to do tonight?" Wei Dong was afraid, not just for himself, but more for his friends, "Those of you with red marks on your forehead, in case something happens again tonight... according to the painting The rules, every night..."

"Yes, this is the second question just mentioned, how to guard against the beast tonight, this question is currently the most difficult to solve, because the beasts we know should be their own inner demons, this thing is not random It can be defeated casually." Qin Ci still turned his attention to Mu Yiran, "I wonder if Xiao Mu has thought of a countermeasure?"

"What we can do now is to try our best to understand the formation of the beast and further find the weakness of the beast." Mu Yiran didn't think of a better solution to this, "I thought of a clue today, that is about Chi Lei The title page of Yukio Mishima's "The Scarlet Beast" mentioned before his death, it is mentioned that the "Scarlet Beast" is selected from Chapter No.17 of "Revelation". - I don't know if this source can give us More hints."

Ke Xun asked: "Who knows what chapter No. 17 of the Book of Revelation says?"

Su Benxin: "Great whore."

"..."

"There are also some translations, the big whore and the scarlet beast." Su Benxin went further.

Ke Xun held the cold lemonade glass in both hands: "Is there any symbolic meaning?"

"There are some things about European sects and politics at that time. I don't understand the specific divisions in it, but it should have nothing to do with our theme. This woman has the words 'Mystery! Babylon the Great' on her forehead, which means Satan's 'Great City of Babylon'." Su Ben knew that talking too much would only make everyone more confused, so he tried to keep the story short.

"Babylon? Is it Babylon, one of the four ancient civilizations?" Yu Ji interrupted and asked.

"No, the city of devils built by Satan is called Babylon, and it has nothing to do with that ancient civilization."

Ke Xun suddenly asked again: "You just said, on that woman's forehead?"

"The words that were extremely rebellious to the religion at that time were written on the foreheads of women." Su Benxin suddenly understood Ke Xun's meaning, "You mean, the words on the foreheads of women and the red marks on the foreheads of people in this city trace……"

They all appear on the forehead, the similarity should not be just a coincidence.

"In addition to women, didn't you mention the scarlet beast just now? What does that beast look like? Does it have anything to do with the beast we are looking for?" Wei Dong couldn't help asking.

"That beast has seven heads and ten horns." It was Mu Yiran who answered this time.

"Hey, Boss Mu knows too." Wei Dong turned his face towards Su Benxin to Mu Yiran, feeling that it would be more reliable for his own people to know this.

Mu Yiran said: "The appearance of the beast is related to several kings and sects of the Western European Empire at that time. I don't think these specific histories have much to do with the present. The important thing is the origin and whereabouts of the beast."

Su Benxin looked at Mu Yiran with great interest, expecting the other party to continue.

The others were also staring at Mu Yiran, as if they were staring at a charming professor in a college... Ke Xun once again felt the familiarity and pride.

"About the beast, I can only repeat the words in the Book of Revelation: The beast you saw existed before, but is not now. It will come up from the abyss, and it will return to perdition. Whoever lives on the earth has a name from the creation of the world. Those who are not written in the book of life will be amazed when they see the beasts that were there before, that are not now, and that will come again." Mu Yiran spoke much slower than before in order to let everyone hear clearly.

Ke Xun, Wei Dong, Qin Ci Zhu Haowen, Luo Wei: ...