Paintings of Terror

The room was surprisingly quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on Mu Yiran's face, waiting for the most critical analysis to reveal the secret.

In order to express it more clearly, Mu Yiran simply picked up a pen and drew a straight line on a piece of white paper: "Suppose this is a timeline, from point A to point B, which is the time we are going on now," Mu Suddenly marked A and B at both ends of the straight line, and drew a forward arrow, "Another timeline is as long as our line, but the direction of travel is different, even, these two timelines themselves are Overlapping. ——It’s like the same highway, divided into two lanes, and the vehicles on both sides are going in the opposite direction, no matter which side it is, the other side is going against the road.”

Everyone was silent, and even if they had a small question in their hearts, they wanted to wait until they had finished listening before asking.

Mu Yiran drew another arrow below this straight line, this arrow is in the opposite direction from point B to point A, and is opposite to the above arrow.

"No matter how outrageously chaotic the time in the painting, the overall rules of the painting should not be disrupted. Our time in the painting is seven days, and this time period has hardly changed. The same is true in the current "Reverse Journey". It will change." Mu Yiran drew a few vertical lines on the straight line with a pen, dividing the straight line into seven parts on average. "The seven lines on the wall should represent seven days. This is another 'we' to everyone. Do your best to remind and emphasize.

"What I have been unable to figure out is what the intersection point of the two time points is. Things like turning on and off the lights and forcing me to fall asleep made me misjudge for a long time, until... Ke Xun brought back these two wooden ducks, which should be another 'We' do our best to leave us with the information tips that can be done!

"Only one of the two wooden ducks can only live on the water. No matter how you reverse and change it, only one can live." Mu Yiran's expression was a bit sad, "This discovery made me find two ducks. The point where timelines intersect is death."

"No, I didn't understand," Luo Wei couldn't help muttering, "The fat uncle said that after death, he can see another self. Is that what he means?"

Mu Yiran nodded: "Yes, because sooner or later, the 'we' of the two sides will definitely overlap at their respective death points. Now, both Xi Shengnan and Lu Heng have completed this matter."

"I still don't understand, even if the two sides start from two points facing each other, does this time happen at the same time? Why do I feel that many things on their side seem to have already happened." Mai Peng said.

Mu Yiran looked at Mai Peng: "Is your cold better?"

Only then did Mai Peng realize it, and cleared his throat vigorously to prove it: "It's strange, I was so dizzy that I almost fainted on the way to the funeral, and when I passed the rope to tie the coffin through the window, the cold wind almost knocked me down. I'm blown unconscious...why are you acting like a normal person now? What's going on here?"

"This is the impact of another timeline on us, the other 'you', because you helped Lu Heng's coffin, the cold wind blew through the window and caused you to catch a cold, so your cold is a strange retrograde state," Mu Yiran said , "This is just a certain magnetic field-like influence between the two timelines. This kind of appeal is not so rigorous, but we have discovered the clues, and believe that 'they' on the other line are also influenced by us Well, but 'they' seem to have woken up earlier than we did.

"This is also in response to the question Mai Peng mentioned just now. It seems that the other party's action seems to be earlier than ours. It seems that many things on their side have happened earlier. In fact, there is no sooner or later, and there is no speed, but lies in where our line runs.

"Everyone continue to look at the picture. We started from point A. On the first night, Xi Shengnan died, and on the second night, something happened to Lu Heng." Mu Yiran's pen clicked on the second frame marked by the vertical line position, "When we went to the second day, the other party was on the fifth day, when we went to the first day, the other party was on the sixth day, when we just entered the painting, the other party had already finished seven days, That's why the photo we just started painting shows Du Lingyu drawing lines on the wall, although she can't see clearly, it can be concluded that she is drawing the seventh line."

Due to his absence just now, Du Lingyu didn't know much about that photo, but when she heard Mu Yiran's words, she nodded and said, "Yes, I always thought that the seventh line on the wall looked like mine. handwriting."

Zhu Haowen stood up, with a complicated expression on his face. He seemed to have no intention of sitting down again, so he simply paced around the room: "So, everyone's lifespan in this world is the same, right?"

Mu Yiran sighed silently: "Yes, Fang Fei heard about lifespan at the Wu's house in the Fluorite Brigade. No matter what the lifespan of NPCs in this world is, the lifespan of those of us outside the picture is only seven days here. Once it exceeds After seven days, there is no way to recover.

"Death, people here say it is consummation, because people on the two timelines will meet because of death, just like the two ends of a rope finally meet, tie a knot, and become a complete rope. According to With this statement, Xi Shengnan and Lu Heng have already completed it."

Mu Yiran took out another pen and dipped it in cinnabar: "The red line is our current timeline, and the black line is 'their' timeline, which is more intuitive."

Mu Yiran wrote Xi Shengnan's name at the bottom, followed by a straight line divided into seven grids, the red line is only one grid short, and the black line is six grids long.

Mu Yiran wrote Lu Heng's name in the same way, but his lines were divided into two and five, with red occupying two spaces and black occupying five spaces.

"To put it more precisely, the timeline is actually everyone's lifeline." Mu Yiran said.

Everyone is somewhat awakened. In fact, this timeline is extremely fair in a sense. Everyone has only seven days in this world. , cannot escape the fate of seven days, and the time of the two timelines will always add up to seven days.

Qin Ci couldn't believe it: "That is to say, 'they' are actually competing with us for time and lifespan? Lifespan, isn't lifespan just time..."

Ke Xun listened for a long time, and now he finally figured it out: "I don't think so, the 'us' on the other line is not someone else, not the NPC in the painting, 'they' are us, 'they' should be They won't argue with us, they should be able to make the right trade-offs."

Mu Yiran looked at Ke Xun with compassion.

Ke Xun continued: "Why is it a struggle, but not a concession?"

Everyone was obviously taken aback by Ke Xun's words, and looked at him in disbelief.

Mu Yiran said in a deep voice: "'They' also discovered this matter very quickly, and even unexpectedly realized the supernatural powers of fiction and reality—at least some of the people in 'them' have judged where they are. This timeline is a dotted line, while the line on the opposite side is a solid line, the one who can really find the signature and get out smoothly can only be the person on the opposite side! So..."

Mu Yiran couldn't continue speaking for a while.

Ke Xun took a deep breath, and continued his words: "So, the ducks at the bottom of the water are willing to sink to the bottom of the water, and let the ducks on the water try their best to swim to the other side."

"So, they did everything possible to leave us with all kinds of evidence, hoping to warn us." Shao Ling also understood, "And they, resolutely, made the final sacrifice by retreating in order to advance."

Ke Xun looked at Du Lingyu standing in the corner, and suddenly understood what she said - the so-called "going forward without any compromise or hesitation"; Follow you"; the so-called "a step backwards is to move forward in the long run". ——All of us are united to take this step. Although this step may be a step backward, this step back is to move forward in the long run!Although this step backwards may be an abyss, but the exchange is eternal light.

There was a soft sobbing sound in the room, it was Du Lingyu in the corner, she raised her head with red and swollen eyes: "I vaguely remembered something, yes, that's it, I'm the last one, because I'm timid, Not daring to die...Ke Xun was the first one. After figuring it out, Ke Xun was the first person to sacrifice himself...He told me: Don't be afraid, we will always be with you...He That's what he told me... but I didn't listen to him..."

Du Lingyu couldn't help crying when he said this.

Zhu Haowen's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he looked at Ke Xun: "The first one...Ke Xun, you...you are so fucking fucked up!"

Mu Yiran worked hard to adjust his emotions: "If, if 'Ke Xun' on the other line keeps his lifespan within two days, it will give Ke Xun today five days' lifespan, and it will also be a lifespan for Ke Xun. Finding autographs bought more time."

Everyone suddenly understood the content of the photo last night. Every old member had a sad expression in the photo. At that time, Ke Xun should have been the first to leave.

"How can we not be together?" Ke Xun looked at Mu Yiran.

"Maybe I'm timid." Mu Yiran couldn't believe that he could still make a joke at such a time. He stepped forward and hugged Ke Xun forcefully, as if he wanted to take this The big man rubbed it into his heart thoroughly, so that the two of them would never be separated, "At that time, we must have a strategic plan, and everyone's division of labor is different... Let's learn from them, they are really good."

Weidong wiped away his tears with the back of his hand: "Hurry up, the time they bought for us can't just go to waste, hurry up and find an autograph! Go to the cold night tour!"

"Going on a cold night trip?" Mai Peng and the others were a little puzzled.

Wei Dong has already started to pack his things: "Talking while packing, hurry up."

"Brother Dong, we still have a photo of the white fish that hasn't been zoomed in." Luo Kuo said in a strong nasal voice.

"Oh, by the way, let's look at the photos first!" Wei Dong quickly stopped his hands, and swiftly loaded the four negatives into the projector, "Turn off the lights and watch the big screen!"

The lights in the room were quickly extinguished one by one, and the pattern on the light curtain on the wall gradually became clear.