Paintings of Terror

"We must face our most vulnerable point directly, so as to overcome our avoidance and fear of it, and make our spiritual power stronger," Shao Ling said, "I think there are two ways to improve this, one is my The collapse therapy just mentioned, the other is to thoroughly analyze yourself, tell it, tell others, overcome avoidance and shame, because honesty will make people stronger and calmer. If you don’t object, you can feel free Choose either of these options, and the rest of us will help."

"Then I'll use the collapse therapy..." Luo Kuo looked at Shao Ling hesitantly, "Brother Shao, how are you going to treat me?"

"Of course it's to make you collapse first and then rebuild," Wei Dong patted him on the shoulder, "That's what you mean if you don't break or stand. For example, are you afraid of Sadako and Kayako? Then we will pretend to be this type of ghost and keep scaring you." You, when you become numb from fright, you won’t be afraid if you encounter such an illusion again, understand?”

Luo Kuo was shocked: "Just hearing what you said makes me almost frightened to death, can this really work bro?"

Perhaps because Wei Dong was unreliable, Luo Kuo looked at Shao Ling, but unexpectedly Shao Ling nodded: "That's what it means."

Luo Wei struggled tremblingly: "Here, there is nothing on this boat, why are you pretending to be ghosts? How about another way?"

"There are plenty of things, so don't worry about that, just wait." Wei Dong said.

"Everyone, do you have anything to say?" Shao Ling looked at the others.

Everyone lowered their eyes to look at themselves, and Fang Fei spoke first: "I may be defeated by the emotion of 'sorrow'. Although I like taking risks, I like to challenge the limit, and I am not very afraid of death, but I am a pessimist. .”

Fang Fei paused for a while, looking at his knees sitting cross-legged, as if he was organizing words to analyze himself.

"Because I'm overly pessimistic, I always take risks. I use a life full of excitement to prevent myself from falling into depression, but I still dare not admit that I take risks, and I may just pursue death.

"There are many things that make me feel sad and depressed. If the phantoms gather these things and show them in front of me, I may collapse in an instant. In addition... Yu Long's death, to be honest, I am a little pessimistic now. serious."

"I can understand how you feel now," said Ke Xun, who was the first to respond to her, "because I have also experienced this kind of situation, and all the consolation and enlightenment are useless at this moment, and will only aggravate self-loathing Feeling and frustration.

"But you are really brave. Many people in the same situation are not willing or have the courage to speak out about their own psychology. They avoid facing the cruelty of life, and also avoid accepting themselves who are incompetent and failed. What they can do There is only broken jars and broken pieces.

"But you are different. You are the bravest woman I have ever seen. Although you are pessimistic, it is because life is too fucking. It is not your fault. I don't think you need everyone to help you with psychological construction. You want to do it. Just do whatever you want, whether it is life or death, you have not lost to yourself."

After saying this, everyone was silent for a long time.

Qin Ci felt that Ke Xun deserved to be the captain, and he deserved it.

He neither poured chicken soup on people, nor said any exaggerated and beautiful words, but he could make a pessimistic person feel the warmth and strength he gave.

This can be seen from the smile on Fang Fei's face after hearing what he said.

"Thank you," Fang Fei said, "You have turned my despondent bravery into free and easy bravery, which is very useful, thank you."

Shao Ling couldn't help but look at Ke Xun a few more times, Ke Xun looked back at him, and smiled with raised lips: "Although I also have an emotional fatal weakness, I don't want to talk about it. If any of you want to talk about it, go ahead."

Weidong: "I think my Achilles' heel may be lust..."

Luo Yu looked at him in surprise: "But you don't look like a person who is overindulgent, Brother Dong."

"...What the hell," Wei Dong slapped him on the head, "I'm talking about a desire for things that can't be reached, such as money, houses, and food. I seem to be particularly eager for these things ..."

Ke Xun shook his head: "What you said is what most people desire, and everyone desires to live a better life, but which one is more tempting to you than living with nothing?"

"...If I live, I'm afraid of death." Wei Dong said.

"So after you think it over, get to know yourself correctly," Ke Xun said.

Wei Dong let out an "oh" and re-examined himself, and Shao Ling's eyes fell on Qin Ci again.

Qin Ci smiled: "As a doctor who is used to the life, death and pain of patients, death, sorrow, and fear have already gradually become numb. The work of a doctor is very intensive, and overtime is common, so there is almost no time to expand. My own desires, the work of a doctor requires a normal heart, I dare not say that I meet the conditions after the phantom screening, but at present I am not sure where my emotional weakness is, I am afraid that I will only know when the event is imminent."

"Brother Qin is calm, maybe he can become a fairy in the painting in the end." Wei Dong said, "Hao Wen'er also looks like this hanging, right Hao Wen'er?"

Zhu Haowen lowered his eyes, and said lightly: "I also have emotional weaknesses, but I don't want to say it."

Shao Ling smiled and did not continue to guide. It can be seen that although this group of people have different personalities, they are all people with their own persistence.Uh... well, that Weidong might not be... No, he also insisted, he insisted on completely trusting his friends.

All rare.

"At the end of the co-authorship, I will be treated alone." Luo Wei said with fear.

For the next time, there is nothing to do, only waiting.

Fang Fei silently memorized the mark set by Mu Yiran, while Mu Yiran fell into contemplation of the character "chicken" left by Xuege. Thinking about it, it was not easy for Chen Xinai to survive the phantom last night. At this moment, probably because of the dual effects of sadness and mental tension, she curled up in a corner and fell asleep.Ke Xun and Wei Dong are using collapse therapy to help Luo Xie overcome his fear.

The plan to "treat" Luo Xie was thought up by Ke Xun.

In Weidong's words: Ke Er is a kid who has grown up, and he is professional in manipulating people.

The plan is actually very simple, just force Luo Yu to go to the lower cabin below the deck by himself and walk around. During this period, Ke Xun and Wei Dong put on white robes and haunted the dark cabin door, crawling or throwing themselves to death scare him.

Luo Yu is really timid. He knew that Ke Xun and Wei Dong were the ones crawling all over the floor, but they were still frightened when they saw it, but they couldn't run away from Ke Xun. With that grimacing face, he was forced to listen to him tell cold jokes.

The ghost makeup was painted by Weidong with the help of paints he found on the boat. Before Weidong became an artist, he worked in several small production crews as a temporary worker. The ghost makeup he drew was three times scarier than the ghosts in the movies. point.

Luo Xun was shaking with fright while being forced to listen to Ke Xun telling him cold jokes—there were also a few nasty jokes in which the protagonist was replaced by Zhenzi Jiaye, Luo Xun's mind was completely confused, and he repeated it over and over again It turned out that this method really worked miraculously - now, seeing Ke Xun's grimace and the white robe on his body, he wanted to cry and laugh at the same time.

"It's done," Wei Dong squatted next to him with "blood" on his face, "If you see ghosts in the hallucinations at night, just close your eyes and recall the jokes Ke Er told you, nothing else Don't think about it, and don't care about it."

"But what if it's another ghost? I'm afraid of some old zombie from the mountain village..." Luo Kuo said distressedly.

"All the hallucinations in the first three nights unfolded in the dark," Ke Xun said, "If this is a fixed feature of the hallucinations, then no matter what kind of ghosts come later, it will be the same in the dark, unless the hallucinations are upgraded later. , I started to have vision, even so you don’t have to be afraid, just practiced for nothing, right? How about a few more rounds?”

"No, no, enough, enough, bro, take a rest and gather your strength to fight against the illusion at night." Luo He shook his hands again and again, then collapsed on the ground, panting for a while, before turning to look at Ke Xun and Weidong, "brother, you guys Don't you two have anything in particular to be afraid of?"

"Why not?" Wei Dong sighed, "I used to be similar to you, timid and cowardly, but ever since I encountered the unlucky thing about being a painter, I have become more and more courageous, if nothing else. The ghosts can't scare me anymore, the unusual ghosts... think about it, it's just like that, what else can I do, anyway, if I encounter it, I will die, the difference is that the way of death is different, now I don't expect to live to the end At the end of the day, I just hope that I can die happily and don't suffer."

Ke Xun patted him on the shoulder and said: "There will be a day when it will end. After marking the coordinates of all the art museums we have entered on the map, we can basically see that they are two letters. This is Clues, since there are clues, it must be a game with a beginning and an end, although we don’t know how many paintings will be waiting for us in the future, but there will definitely be an end, persistence is victory.”

"Okay, I'll persevere." Wei Dong took a deep breath and looked at Luo Yu, "You persevere too, I think, no matter how scary a ghost is, it's not as terrifying as tragic death itself, not to mention that the ghosts in this painting are all It’s an illusion, as long as you are not bewitched, they can’t do anything to you, being scared and killed by ghosts, which one do you choose? Think about it carefully.”

Luo Yao nodded with a bitter face.

When they returned to the deck, the sky was already getting dark, and the footsteps of death were approaching the lonely ship on the vast sea.

Fang Fei sat alone on the side of the boat, silently looking at the dark water below her feet.

"Tell me, where are the bodies of those dead people?" Wei Dong asked Ke Xun in a low voice, "Even if they fell into the sea, they should have floated up by now, why haven't we seen them from the beginning to the end? Could it be that there are man-eating monsters in the sea, give them to..."

Ke Xun raised his eyebrows, as if he had been reminded of something, he found the bow and crossbow that everyone had used the first day from the room next to him, strode up to Fang Fei, and handed it to her: "I think the crossbow that ignited After the rhinoceros horn, no matter what you see, nine times out of ten it will no longer be an illusion, you may use this bow if you hold it."

"What if I accidentally shoot you?" Fang Fei remembered that the illusion would cause confusion in the spatial coordinates of everyone.

"If you see something tall and big, you should squat down and shoot at its head." Ke Xun squatted down to demonstrate to Fang Fei, "Look, with such an oblique shooting angle, even if some of us are nearby, And it won't be easy to shoot, if the thing is really a chicken, and it's only the size of a chicken, you stand upright and shoot downwards at an angle, and it won't shoot people nearby. We can only blame our bad luck, but you still have to try to hit this arrow, because it is related to whether we can break this round, remember what they said Is it about Qin Shihuang shooting the shark to death with an arrow? I think the arrow must be useful, so you can shoot it with confidence."

"Okay." Fang Fei no longer hesitated, took the bow and crossbow, and saw Ke Xun took out two mobile phones from the bag and handed them over.

"Just in case," Ke Xun said, "if the bow and crossbow don't work or don't work, blow up the phone, it's pretty damn good."