Paintings of Terror

"...I really can't remember it. Anyway, I saw it in Xincheng. I was born here, and I have never left..." The nurse felt everyone's expectant eyes, and was very sorry for not being able to help everyone.

Looking at the disappointed crowd, Ke Xun could only clap his hands to cheer everyone up: "Actually, this is also a clue. At least we know that the three characters Yu Beiguo appear in the form of an artistic signature! Although I think the three characters The words should not appear on the paintings. The people we asked, such as drivers, passers-by, and nurses, are not from the art world, and it is impossible to pay attention to works of art, even well-known famous paintings. People pay special attention to signatures."

This is indeed the case. In the previous world, there were many famous paintings from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, but ordinary people only pay attention to the pictures, and do not pay attention to signatures or seals.

"If it's not on the painting, it's a place that people are more familiar with in this city, for example, the landmark buildings in the city center, or the famous square..." Mu Yiran speculated.

Ke Xun took out the map from the inner pocket of his clothes at the right time: "It seems that this thing is worth buying, maybe it can help us."

Mu Yiran looked at Ke Xun, and felt that the other party was like a timely rain. When he needed it most, he conjured up a map of the Xincheng area like magic.

Qin Ci felt that there were too many branch lines in this painting, and his brain was already very tired, but at this moment he had to force himself to say: "Well, let's assign today's task arrangement: some people go to the city's landmark buildings Looking for signatures, some people went to the hospital gate and waited for the expert. If we can really get the "free animal" as the old lady said, maybe we can get together the 13kg animal earlier. That may be more helpful Let’s see what’s next.”

"Can I ask the weight of Xiao Qinxian's beast? Don't tell me it's a full two kilograms." It was Wei Dong who spoke.

Qin Ci nodded helplessly: "You guessed it right."

Wei Dong scratched his head: "Xiao Qinxian's sister is not counted among us, so in this way, we have an extra kilogram of beasts?"

Zhu Haowen: "If this is the calculation, if all the beasts come out of our bodies, then we will only have one survivor in the end."

"Bah bah, quick bah bah, it's unlucky!" Wei Dong anxiously grabbed Zhu Haowen's hand and asked him to touch the wooden door, "Hurry up and touch the wood, hurry up bah bah!"

Zhu Haowen was expressionless: "Bah bah."

Su Benxin didn't know what he was thinking, and suddenly said at this moment: "I think one of us must stay. There are real-time surveillance in the wards of the hospital. The scene of Xiao Qinxian's accident last night should also be captured by the surveillance. In the video, I saw some clues. ——Besides, there is a telephone in that ward, didn’t everyone suspect that Xiao Qinxian might have answered the phone?”

Qin Ci thinks it makes sense: "Then..."

Su Benxin: "I'll stay. After all, Xiao Qinxian is a lady. It might be more appropriate for me to watch her video."

"Well, I hope the most thrilling scene will not leave you with a psychological shadow."

"At a time like this, it doesn't matter what the shadow is or not. Besides, if I use fast forward to look at it, it won't delay my afternoon trip with Luo Wei." Su Ben thought.

So, the itinerary was decided like this: Su Benxin stayed in the hospital to watch Xiao Qinxian's video; Zhu Haowen, Qin Ci, Wei Dong and Zhao Yanbao went to find autographs near several landmark buildings in the city; Luo Wei, Ke Xun and Mu Yiran went Visit the legendary expert at the gate of the hospital.

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The scene of the back door of the hospital is completely different from that of the front door. The back door is small and faces a side street, so it doesn't feel like a big hospital at all.

Ke Xun's eyes covered the sparse pedestrians, and almost no one stopped here, let alone the kind of tall man with strange bones in his imagination.

Luo Wei's face looked thinner and paler, but this did not prevent him from looking for someone with sharp eyes: "The old lady said that the expert would stay at the back door of the hospital every weekend and would stay all day. I think , that shouldn’t be a pedestrian.”

If it is not a pedestrian, it can only be a person who stays here for a long time.

At present, there is only a fruit stand at the entrance, a maternity and baby product store opposite, and two restaurants.

Ke Xun first looked at the owner of the fruit stand, a young man who looked like a nutria, with shrewd eyes: "My fruit is much cheaper than Qianmen! Now, look at these strawberries, they are very sweet! Six yuan for you! If you count ten yuan and two catties, you should make friends!"

Ke Xun was thinking about whether to inquire about buying fruit, but Mu Yiran pulled his sleeves: "It must be her."

It was an old lady in rags, guarding a pile of rags, sitting at the foot of the street wall.

When the three of Ke Xun walked over, the old lady was enthusiastically matching the caps to the beverage bottles she had picked up, and 'assembled' a complete bottle. What.

Probably sensing the approach of these three men, the old lady waved her hand: "Block me."

Ke Xun leaned to the side: "Grandma, I want to ask you something."

"I can't find out from me," the old lady said in an old voice, but she spoke clearly, and she didn't stop her work at this time, "I'm only here on Saturday."

Ke Xun's heart moved, maybe he found the right person.

Without asking any more questions for a while, Ke Xun simply knelt down and helped the old man put a large bundle of plastic water bottles into the woven bag beside him.

It wasn't until the work was done that the old man looked up at Ke Xun, because facing the sun, the old gray eyes looked lighter, like some kind of glass ball.

"Are you looking for a beast?" the old man asked directly.

Unexpectedly, he was seen through all of a sudden, and Ke Xun told the truth: "We also heard people say that there is an expert gifting a beast here."

Hearing the word 'high man', the old man laughed teasingly, "Why do you want beasts?"

Ke Xun and his companions looked at each other, and then told the truth: "We want to leave here, but we have to gather 13 kilograms of beasts."

The old man looked directly at the sun, as if it was a kind of enjoyment, and asked Ke Xun after a long while: "How far are you short?"

"Currently it weighs 6 kilograms." Ke Xun replied.

The old man looked at the three people carefully with gray eyes, and said slowly: "Once you go out, you will never come back. Don't you regret it?"

After this question was asked, there was a long silence.

Ke Xun didn't know why he was hesitating. He knew that this wasn't the place he should stay in, and the world wasn't cute, but he always felt it was hard to let go, unlike the previous paintings, which made people unable to stay for a second.

What will happen if you get enough 13kg beasts?What would happen to the night of this world if there was no death?

"No regrets," Mu Yiran's voice pulled Ke Xun back, "We want to go back to our hometown."

Ke Xun shook his head, it was like a light dream just now, and he woke up in a blink of an eye.

Luo Wei's voice also sounded: "We have to go back."

The old lady didn't ask any more questions. She fumbled around in a rag pocket beside her for a while, took out three large drink bottles, and looked at the labels on them: "This bottle is two liters, and it's still one liter short."

The bottle contained a red liquid that looked like tomato juice.

"There are two 500ml vials, enough, a total of seven catties." The old lady pushed the pile of large and small vials to Ke Xun.

"These... are there beasts in these bottles?" Ke Xun knew for the first time that there were liquid beasts.

"It's incomparable to those treasures, but the weight is enough," the old lady sighed softly, with a hint of compassion, "The hospital is the place with the most beasts... Don't worry, these are all surpassed, and those souls rest in peace Alright, go ahead and use it."

None of the three of them expected that the old man would give away the Qijin beast so happily, and it was given to an outsider who didn't know the details.

Mu Yiran couldn't help but said, "Old man, when you scavenge near the hospital, what you pick up are common plastic water bottles. These collections may not be legal, but they are hugely profitable."

"You look very carefully," the old lady looked up at Mu Yiran.

This is indeed the case. If you only collect ordinary domestic garbage, there is no need to go to the hospital gate, and it is still a designated place every Saturday, which is really puzzling.

"I'm here to collect animals." The old lady said slowly, "As I said just now, the hospital is the place with the most animals. Do you know where the building closest to the back door is?"

Ke Xun looked at the building, and vaguely remembered that the sign at the door seemed to be Maternal and Child Health Care.

"That's where babies are born," the old lady said to herself. "It's also a place where babies are killed. There is a floor dedicated to abortion and induced labor."

The three of them remained silent, vaguely understanding the origin of these liquid beasts.

"When you are born, you kill." The old lady looked up at the three young men, "How old are you? I don't think you are 30 years old, but you are almost 25. When I was young, I loved reading. There is such a saying: When you are twenty, you know the benefits of life; at twenty-five, you know that where there is light, there must be darkness; as for today, at thirty, you know that where there is light, there is also darkness, and where there is joy, there is more sorrow.”

It was the first time for the three of them to hear this sentence, even the well-read Mu Yiran.Some words are not seen, but encountered, and they will be remembered for a lifetime.

The old lady shook the empty bottle in her hand and listened to her ears, but she didn't know what she heard, and continued to speak her own words: "Not everyone has a beast in their body, but these fetuses whose lives have been interrupted must be The beast is the beast in every mother's womb, the beast in their hearts, the beast that they can't get rid of for a lifetime. These beasts can be big or small, depending on the pain and hatred in the mother's heart. I have seen a four The fetus formed on the moon, but the soul is heavy, dragged by the beast and unable to move forward, I can't even lift the beast out, it weighs dozens of catties."