Paintings of Terror

Around eleven o'clock in the morning, all thirteen participants gathered for the painting.

The only people who are willing to come to the art museum on a rainy autumn weekend, apart from true art lovers, are probably only men and women who are in love and looking for romance and style.

Among the eight newcomers, there are a total of two couples, a middle-aged man who came in to avoid the rain, a rich second generation who has nothing to do, a young female painter, and the man named Shao Ling.

At this moment, the eight newcomers have learned the ins and outs of the horror world in the painting from Qin Ci, but what surprised the old members is that this time the newcomers have surprisingly high acceptance of this strange event. No one lost his temper and made noise, and no one blamed others. They were all silent and reserved, carefully looking at the old members and the surrounding environment.

"Let me introduce myself." Qin Ci announced the names of several old members.

The middle-aged man was carrying a bag in his hand—it was his briefcase before he entered the painting, and he pushed the thick glasses on the bridge of his nose: "My name is Li Yi, and my electric car broke down on the way to work. Avoid this kind of thing... please take care of me."

"My name is Yu Long, and this is my girlfriend, Fang Fei." A young man in his early twenties with dyed blue flaxen textured hair, pointed to a girl with the same hair color and long hair who was standing next to him. , the girl was very silent, looking at the crowd in front of her without saying a word.

Another couple also reported their names. They were both in their thirties. The man had shrewd eyes and looked very determined. His name was Liu Yanlei. His girlfriend had bob hair and looked very scheming, and her name was Chen Xinai.

The young female artist is thin and thin, with an unhealthy pale complexion. I don't know if it's because of her artistic pursuits. Her expression is cold and distant, and her eyes sometimes appear blurred and empty. She said her name lightly: " Snowger."

Presumably a pseudonym or stage name.

The last person to speak was the second-generation rich man with platinum-blonde hair. The reason why he was a rich second-generation man was because he was too young, and the big carat of the same style as Beckham on his ear Diamond stud earrings are too eye-catching.

Rolling up his sleeves, he showed a few old members a bracelet that was suspected to be made of bronze on his wrist, and then asked: "Brothers, let me ask. After I left the painting, the watch on my hand is still on." Can you change back?"

Everyone: "..." It turns out that this bracelet is a reflection of the degradation of the watch...

Wei Dong looked at him very speechlessly: "Brother, shouldn't you be concerned about whether you can get out of the painting?"

"Fuck me, this watch belongs to Patek Philippe, it's worth more than my life!" said the rich second generation.

Wei Dong: "...What is it?"

Rich second generation: "Patek Philippe!"

Wei Dong: "How much?"

Rich second generation: "It's more than 290 million."

Wei Dong: "……………What is it?"

Rich second generation: "This watch will break, and Uncle Zhang will lose his job."

Wei Dong: "What does Uncle Zhang do?"

The second generation of the rich: "The maid who maintains my watch."

Weidong: "...Poverty limits my imagination..."

The second generation of rich: "By the way, my name is Luo Bù (bù), you can call me Luo Luobu, you can also call me Luo Luobu."

Wei Dong: "What do you mean?"

Rich second generation: "It means 'strength'."

Wei Dong: "...this name...why is it a bit obscene..."

Rich second generation: "Probably when my dad named me at the beginning, he hoped that I would not be a wretch in the future."

Weidong: "..." You're already a mess now, okay?

Ke Xun didn't bother to listen to the two chatters, and told everyone about the cause and effect of "burning rhinoceros" that Mu Yiran had just said.

"Since it's related to 'Burning Rhinoceros'," Qin Ci said, "then let's search for rhino horns on this ship."

There was no objection from the crowd, and they were collectively transferred from the deck to the lower cabin, and no one made arrangements. The thirteen people were naturally divided into two groups. The newcomers formed one group by themselves, and the other group was Luo Yu mixed with the old members.

Two groups of people searched the cabin separately, one group searched from the beginning to the end, and the other group searched from the tail to the head.

"Let me ask." Luo Wei held up his mobile phone to illuminate everyone, "The first few paintings you entered, were there only thirteen people in total? There is no one else in the painting? I mean, the people in the painting."

"Yes." Wei Dong replied, "Depending on the content of the painting, some paintings only have thirteen us outsiders, and some paintings also have many insiders."

"Then why is there no person in this painting?" Luo Kuo said, "Is this a big ship? Is it on the vast sea? If there is no person in the painting, how did this ship get here?"

"That makes sense..." Wei Dong looked at his companions, "Where's the captain? Where's the crew? Could it be possible that some of us play the role of captain? Is there anyone who knows how to sail?"

"Even a painting should be logical and reasonable," Qin Ci nodded, "unless it is a weird painting like "Pure Land", which is originally based on an exaggerated cartoon theme. Judging by the scale of this ship , if you want it to sail long-distance, you must first rely on wind power, and second, rely on manpower, and the manpower should not be too small, otherwise it will not be able to control such a large-scale ship."

"I have observed the rooms of the superstructure on the deck," Mu Yiran said, "Many of the beds and toiletries in the rooms have been used by people, which means that there should be many 'people' on board before this, and we Entering the time node in the painting is exactly when the events expressed in the painting have progressed to a certain stage, so we may think that there used to be a captain and many crew members on this ship, but due to the development of the incident, only thirteen people remained in the end 'Crew', and the characters we play are these thirteen people."

"From this point of view, the disappearance of the captain and other crew members may be directly related to the 'Burning Rhinoceros'." Zhu Haowen said.

"Then why do they burn the rhinoceros when they have nothing to do?" Luo Kuo asked.

"To take pictures of ghosts?" Ke Xun thought, "Then just like Wen Qiao in the story of Niu Zhu Ran Xi, who died within ten days?"

Luo Kuo pointed the phone's light at him: "Then why do we still need to look for rhinoceros horns? Find it and continue to take pictures of ghosts, and then die?"

Ke Xun narrowed his eyes: "Your light is blinding my cousin and classmate. Finding the rhino horn is not necessarily to burn it. This thing is obviously an important prop for this painting. It may be related to the seal, so we must find it. .”

"Cousin" classmate Luo Kui let out an "oh", moved the phone's light away, and then turned to Mu Yiran: "Brother, I seem to have seen you somewhere."

"Speak less, be less obscene, and keep looking, okay?" Ke Xun glanced at him.

"Okay, okay, you're handsome, you have the final say." Luo Kuo didn't have the arrogance of the rich second generation at all, and just moved the light of the phone away, when he suddenly remembered something and said "Damn it" , pointing at Mu Yiran, "I remembered! You are my dad's idol! He still has your photo in his desk drawer!"

Mu Yiran: "..."

Ke Xun: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Ke Xun put his hands on his hips: "What's going on?"

Luo Yu looked hard at Mu Yiran's face: "My dad envies you for earning the wealth that he has worked hard for half his life at a young age. Isn't there a saying in the circle-poor car, rich Playing with watches, real local tyrants play art museums. Local tyrants, my brother is so polite!"

As he said that, he clasped his hands together and cupped his hands at Mu Yiran.

"..." Wei Dong whispered to Ke Xun, "This kid is two years older than you."

"Do you remember that when we first entered the painting, he looked like this?" Ke Xun didn't ignore that from just now, Luo Xun's hand holding the phone has been trembling, so he didn't mean to laugh at Luo Xun, "Say There are many problems and many problems. Seeing a calm and reliable person like Yi Ran, I want to grab it desperately, like a drowning person seeing the last piece of driftwood. It's just because of my personality, I pretended not to care much at first, but in fact Only we know in our hearts what kind of mood and state of mind we were at that time."

Wei Dong sighed: "Yeah, all the unscrupulous appearances I tried to show were actually just to hold myself back from a complete collapse, as if pretending not to care is enough to really not care, pretending to be laughing and cursing, It’s not like you’re afraid.”

"Newcomers like us are using self-deception to protect ourselves and support ourselves." Ke Xun glanced at Luo Yu who was still circling Mu Yiran, "Let him go, let's hurry up."

Two groups of people searched the lower room of the deck twice, but still found no rhino horn.

"Could it be that the rhino horns on the ship have been burned by the disappeared captain and crew?" Wei Dong doubted after the two groups reunited.

"It's really prodigal. Rhino horns have been very expensive things since ancient times, right?" Luo Xie said.

"Yes." I don't know if it's because Luo Xun saw a trace of Ke Xun's back then, but Mu Yiran, who has always been aloof, can also be called quite kind to him, "Rhinoceros horns are expensive things. , maybe it won't be stored in the storage room, go to the captain's room and look for it."

Everyone went to the deck and found the captain's room easily, because this room is probably the one with the most complete facilities among all the rooms. In addition to the bed, there are several boxes for storage, and the boxes are full of clothes and daily necessities.

Qin Ci and the others had searched this room before, and found nothing suspicious.

This time, everyone conducted a more detailed search. Ke Xun even knelt down and knocked on the wooden floor piece by piece.

Facts have proved that Ke Xun's brain hole was not wrong. At the head of the bed, there is a hollow under a wooden floor.

Ke Xun uncovered the wooden floor, and there was a hole half a person deep inside. There were two or three wooden boxes in the hole, and the lids of the boxes were locked.

"Then the question is, where can I find the key?" Luo Kuo said.

Everyone has searched every corner of the room just now, but did not see any keys.

"Why are you looking for a key?" Ke Xun said as he stretched out his hand to hold the lock on the lid of the box, pulled hard, and with a snap, the lock fell apart.

"Awesome, big brother!" Luo Wei was surprised, "Are you the reincarnation of Iron Arm Astro Boy?"

Ke Xun: "...Turn your head on. Stop talking nonsense, come here, and lift the box up."

Ke Xun pulled the locks of all the boxes, and then lifted the boxes to the ground with Luo Kuo. They opened the boxes and saw that some contained bamboo slips, some contained precious jewelry, and some contained rhinoceros horns.

"The things recorded on the bamboo slips in the box may be some very important information," Shao Ling said, looking around the crowd, "Everyone, do you know seal script?"

Everyone shook their heads one after another, seeing the old members subconsciously looking at Mu Yiran, Shao Ling raised his brows slightly, and also looked at Mu Yiran with a little scrutiny.

"The characters in Xiaozhuan script that I can recognize are very limited." Mu Yiran glanced at the opened scroll of bamboo slips, "Forgive me for not being able to recognize the content on it."

"Now that the rhinoceros horn has been found, what should we do next?" Liu Yanlei, who has shrewd eyes, can't stop shaking his eyes at this moment, as if he is thinking deeply about something.

"Two choices, to burn or not to burn." Shao Ling looked at everyone.

Burning, it is likely to attract an irresistible force or creature that will cause a fatal disaster.

If it does not burn, it may not be able to promote the progress of the plot in the painting, so there will be no clues to leave the painting.

There were 13 people who entered the painting, caught in a dilemma.