Paintings of Terror

Because the "daylight" time of the light brigade is too short, everyone can only act in groups.

"I promised to help Lu Heng's coffin, and a few of our old friends in the photography circle will send him off later," Mai Peng said while rubbing his painful head, "I believe Lu Heng can understand, after all, the last The important thing is to find the signature."

Du Lingyu looked at Ke Xun, and Ke Xun said, "I'll go over in a while, Dongzi and Luobo are staying to put on the projector, and I haven't had time to look at many photos from last night."

Wei Dong and Luo Yu nodded, and Xin Chun also nodded.

"Because the lamplighters haven't come over yet, I think we should re-count our packages now," said Shao Ling. "There are many things in the package that we have overlooked, and there may be important information hidden."

This sentence is very reasonable. The ebony box in Lu Heng's package is now a mystery, but everyone insists that Lu Heng, who is on the same timeline as everyone, will never know the secret of the ebony box—his death Completely passive.

At this moment, everyone took out their packages one after another, and no longer avoided suspicion, they simply spread them all out on the table.

After Mai Peng took out his package, he and Mu Yiran looked at each other, and quickly went to the public cabinet to get the developing tank: "I'll print out the picture I took at the stairs when we first arrived, then A photo might be important."

"Plus the film in Xi Shengnan's camera that was cut out yesterday," Mu Yiran helped out, "I basically understand the process of developing the film. You can help the coffin in a while, and I will finish the rest of the work."

If any layman said such a thing, Mai Peng would flatly reject it, but at this moment, Mu Yiran made people involuntarily trust him: "I have prepared the developer solution and fixer solution, Brother Mu, just press the button. Time is added in, and nothing else is very complicated.”

Mu Yiran nodded: "Don't worry."

Mai Peng and Mu Yiran were preparing to wash the film, while the others counted the packages on the table.

Compared with others, Fang Fei's things are the simplest. There is only a snow-white witch's mask in the package, and nothing else.

Others also took out special things from their packages, such as Shaoling's Xun, Weidong's hand-painted "Guangming Brigade Wei Family Painting Collection", Du Lingyu's Linghua Mirror, Ke Xun and Mu Yi However, the same wooden duck, such as...

Du Lingyu flipped through the other things in her package: "I still have a few incense books here. I saw them the day I first came here, but I haven't had a chance to read them. The days here are too short."

"Xiangpu?" Qin Ci was currently studying the two medicine boxes in his package, "Is it related to our goods? Or..."

"I'm more interested in fragrance blending." Du Lingyu flipped through the few fragrance books in his hand, looking for any missing pages. "In the real world, it's about blending perfume. In this world, it will probably evolve into spices and incense. It's gone."

"I really find it strange that you all have books here, but there is no novel written by Sister Xi in her package. It stands to reason that flaws are closely related to our world." There are a lot of jerky, and there is a special note written inside: Xinchun Calorie Supply.

Luo Kuo fed Xinchun a piece of dried meat, and Xinchun jumped up and down happily, his tail twirling like a small spinning top.

Cao Youning seemed to think of something: "I remember what you said. Sister Xi often carries a book in her bag, although I don't know what it is."

Du Lingyu also seemed to have thought of something. At this time, he opened Xi Shengnan's package and took out the contents one by one: "Yes, Sister Xi will always carry that book with me! I remember going to the art museum before She was flipping through that book in the hotel one night! She must have packed it in her schoolbag, how could she have disappeared!"

Du Lingyu's words caught everyone's attention, and Shao Ling asked, "You're talking about the novel about Xiayu? Can you tell me about the main content, and what's special about the book? For example, the content structure, For example, the theme, even the publishing house, responsible editor, preface, binding design, no matter what aspect you think of, you can talk about it!"

Du Lingyu tried to calm himself down, first said: "I'm sorry, I've been too nervous these days, I completely forgot about this book."

"It's nothing, Xi Shengnan didn't mention it himself." Shao Ling looked at Du Lingyu with encouraging eyes.

Du Lingyu: "The name of the book is "Xiayu". It is about a girl's growth. Cars, telephones, etc., but the heroine has to go out to work, and through her own efforts, she changed her destiny, gained love and happiness, and finally she and the heroine are together forever."

"Forever?" Shao Ling didn't think it was a beautiful word for fairy tales like Cinderella and Snow White.

"The heroine found the Gate of Eternal Life," Du Lingyu said, "This is a bit outrageous to say, and it doesn't match the style of the whole article, because of the ending of 'Gate of Eternal Life', this novel was scolded miserably by readers on literature websites. gone."

Everyone listened and thought that the content of the novel was outrageous.

"I don't quite understand why she always carries her own book with her?" Wei Dong couldn't help asking.

Wei Dong: I'm really embarrassed to say the word narcissism directly...

Du Lingyu said: "Brother Shao just talked about the publishing house, but in fact that book has not been officially published - it is not so much a book, it is better to say that it is a self-made book bound into volumes, sister Xi printed it herself. Yes, with some of my own photographic works, only that one, and it has not been disseminated to anyone.

"Actually, Sister Xi has been revising that book, and often writes some new ideas in the book with pens of various colors. It is not so much a book as it is an alternative notebook."

Cao Youning also said, "I said why is that book so strange..."

Shao Ling asked Du Lingyu: "Have you read that book?"

"I read the electronic version on a literature website. As for the physical book, I just flipped through it and didn't have a chance to read it carefully." Du Lingyu thought carefully, "So, there is no such thing as Brother Shao said. Publishers and bindings and things like that, but speaking of the look of that book... I remember a beautiful page at the end with three words written on it: Dedication."

"Is that book dedicated to you?" Luo Kuo asked in a daze.

"No, no, it's not my word Yu, it's the word of that language, I think it should be someone's name." Du Lingyu felt that she had told a lot of her secrets after Xi Shengnan died, which made people feel a little uncomfortable , but in order to find the signature, I had to say, "I once asked her who this language was, but she just smiled lightly every time and didn't answer me."

Mai Peng suddenly stopped developing the film, and raised his head: "Did you just speak the language of language? The language next to the words?"

Du Lingyu nodded: "That's the word."

Mai Peng: "The painter Bi Di's original name was Bi Xiaoyu. I don't think it's just a coincidence."

Hearing these words, everyone fell silent, as if they had gained some insight into the secrets of this world.

"Could it be that Sister Xi knew Bi Di before? They are so different in age, how could they know each other?" Cao Youning was a little puzzled.

"I don't think I know each other. When Bi Di passed away, Sister Xi was only a few years old." Du Lingyu, as a girl, carefully figured out Xi Shengnan's mind. Appreciate Bi Di's photographic works, this time we go to the art gallery, she proposed it, and listed this visit as one of the must-see places in our itinerary."

Hearing this, Cao Youning's expression was a bit complicated: "Yes, she also said that it will definitely make us feel that this trip is worthwhile..."

Mu Yiran simply washed his hands and walked over. At this time, the film was slowly undergoing changes invisible to the naked eye in the developing tank. All he had to do was to stir the liquid inside and open the developing tank at an appropriate time.

"If the 'language' in the book is indeed Bi Di, then all of this is not difficult to explain," Mu Yiran felt that all the puzzles were slowly being solved one by one, "All the paintings we experienced, we brought with us Of all the items I went to, there was never any one dedicated to the painting or the painter. In my opinion, the fact that it was dedicated to the painter in the book is itself a sacrificial act. The book will be integrated into the painting in a special form for the artist to use."

Everyone listened to these words, slowly digesting, and their expressions were a little sad.

"But Xiayu died as soon as we entered the painting!" Luo He was very puzzled, "Didn't she find some kind of door to eternal life in the book? Why did she die before she experienced the world in the painting? And...she was killed by the person who created her."

This in itself feels very ironic and absurd.

"Perhaps the other timeline doesn't end like this, and Xiayu might be the last one to die there," Mu Yiran's eyes sparkled, "If so, Xiayu might have been with us before. There has been an intersection, so it is not difficult to explain why her things appeared in our room and in Xi Shengnan's package, and Xi Shengnan also wore those jewelry generously—if Xi Shengnan really had other purposes for Xiayu , it is absolutely impossible to display these jewelry to the outside world.”

"Brother-in-law, it's too messy, my head is about to explode..." Luo Yu hugged Xinchun innocently, "Aren't there 13 players in the game? Why did this round become 15?"

Xinchun nodded, consciously counting herself in the team.

"I have a problem with this book!" Du Lingyu said suddenly, and showed everyone a incense book in his hand, "The second half of this book is not an incense book, but... I don't quite understand what is written on it. The thing: the eggs of the earth are accumulated by the earth, and there is also light and light in it. At the beginning, the light of the sky produces water, and the white fish grows in the water, and the breath becomes air, and I travel around..."

After hearing this, everyone came to look at the book, only to find that the two books were stitched together. At first glance, they thought it was an incense book, and there was another booklet with different content attached to it.

Du Lingyu found the place where the two books were stitched together, and saw two words in the lower right corner of the cover of the second book: Wu Ze.

Wei Dong: "I think this should belong to Fang Fei."

Fang Fei took the book and looked at it, and felt more and more that it should be Wu's book.

Du Lingyu was very puzzled: "How could this book be with me, and it was hidden in this way."

The door was knocked suddenly, and the voice of the lamplighter came from outside: "The crystal coffin is ready, and the deceased can be put into the coffin."

Everyone quickly put away the packages, and Ke Xun went to open the door.

A familiar crystal coffin was parked outside the door, exactly the same as the one that Xi Shengnan was in full bloom yesterday.

Mai Peng and several other people put Lu Heng's body into the coffin, and then walked with the coffin, staggering slightly, as if top-heavy.

Du Lingyu who was following beside him couldn't help but said, "Are you okay? Don't force yourself."

Mai Peng: "I promised Lu Heng last night. I think that in this world, people who are dying will be aware of their own death."

"Maybe, I'm the only one who awakened after the death of others. It's too difficult. This world is too difficult." Du Lingyu frowned tightly. "I hope that book can be useful. Fang Fei's identity is different from ordinary People are different, I hope she can understand that book."