Paintings of Terror

The dice on the screen spun so fast that it was difficult to see which side of the dice was facing upwards. However, the spun time was not long, and it slowly stopped after only a dozen seconds.

The side facing up shows 2 o'clock.

All the old members held their breath and looked at every corner of the room vigilantly. Suddenly, there was a wavy sound, and the original text on the big screen disappeared, and a string of new text resurfaced.

【Dad, I really hate the teacher forcing us to recite those texts verbatim. I just need to answer the core meaning, isn’t it all right?I just need to understand the meaning, isn't it all right?Why do you have to memorize it so rigidly? 】

[There are also those texts. I think it is important to learn how an article should be structured, how to be logical, how to be relaxed and detailed, and how to express what you want to express clearly, completely, well-founded and fluently. Things, instead of memorizing a lot of articles by rote, and you will be deducted points for throwing out an insignificant word. I don’t understand what the point of doing this is. 】

【What I want to appreciate is the power of thought and the beauty of words, using other people's imagination and creativity to stimulate my own imagination and creativity, rather than simply copying others rigidly.Isn't it strange to use other people's words to test our memory, so as to evaluate our learning ability and intelligence? 】

After these paragraphs of text appeared for a while, they gradually disappeared and replaced with new text, and a few lines of bold bold characters appeared coldly and silently on the dead white screen:

【Language World】

1. Topic: Within a limited time, all participants will communicate in language as required.

2. Requirements:

①There shall be no language blank period between every 30 seconds;

② It is not allowed to say 5 homophones or homophones in a row;

③ It is not allowed to only open the mouth without making a sound;

④ It is not allowed to repeat other people's language, repetitive sentence structure, and number strings are not allowed;

⑤ Foreign languages ​​are not allowed, dialects will be recognized as Mandarin, and written communication is not allowed;

⑥ If the requirement is violated once, the 30 seconds will be reduced to 20 seconds; for two violations, the 20 seconds will be reduced to 10 seconds; for three violations, the language rights will be deprived.

3. 3 minutes preparation time, countdown: 180 seconds.

"180 seconds" here, is constantly reducing the number, doing the countdown.

"Wow, what does this mean? I didn't understand, what is this for?" The panic on Dong Yao's face seemed to be made on purpose, and it was a bit exaggerated.

But at the moment no one cares about her, Mu Yiran's solemn voice sounded, not high-pitched, but it was clearly sent to everyone's ears: "To make a long story short, according to what the program's son said earlier and the requirements of the topic , it is speculated that the test is the rigor of the language, everyone must remember not to panic, don't think about any other irrelevant things, concentrate on what you want to say, and keep your head calm. Now everyone sit down, sitting is better than standing To be less flustered, it is recommended that you minimize your body movements so as not to distract others and yourself. Remember: Too many words will lead to mistakes. As long as there is no word count requirement, try to say as little useless words as possible. If there are requirements, think Let's talk."

All the old members hurriedly sat down on the floor, facing the big screen. The three young people who came in last were a little flustered. Seeing that everyone sat down, they hurriedly sat down, but Dong Yao and Qi Muhuan took a few steps forward and sat down. Go in front of everyone, closest to the big screen.

The 180-second countdown came to an end, and new text appeared at the bottom of the screen:

【1. Respondents take turns to speak. Each person speaks 3 words within 200 minutes. Among them, the words "you, me, and him" are not allowed. 】

When the countdown display was 0, a small window suddenly appeared on the screen, and Zhu Haowen’s face appeared in the window. Below the small window, two number boxes were displayed side by side, and the number box on the left was a 180-second countdown , is starting to count, and the number box on the right shows "000".

Zhu Haowen was stunned for a moment, but then he came to his senses and said, "The counting has started."

The number in the number box on the right instantly changed from 000 to 005.

This proves that he has spoken five words.

Everyone understood now, Zhu Haowen was about to continue talking, but suddenly Qi Mu who was sitting at the front said with a smile: "So that's the case, I understand, this is for us to..."

Ke Xun jumped up and took a few steps to cover Qi Muhuan's mouth, but it was too late, a small window popped up on the left side of the screen, and Qi Muhuan's face was displayed in the window, above which was marked -20s.

Ke Xun was so angry that he wished he could just knock the kid unconscious—it would be fine if he killed himself, and he also interrupted Zhu Haowen. If Zhu Haowen had a blank speech within 30 seconds, he would be deducted 10 seconds. Time, not only that, his interruption might disrupt Zhu Haowen's train of thought.

Qi Muhuan struggled under Ke Xun's hand, and stared at Ke Xun in disbelief with his eyes exposed outside Ke Xun's palm, as if saying, "What are you doing?! What kind of thing are you to dare to cover my mouth? Hurry up!" Let go!" Such words.

It was even more impossible for Ke Xun to let him go. As long as he let go, this kid would definitely open his mouth to speak again, so he simply pressed his whole body to the ground, continued to cover his mouth with one hand, and firmly controlled his body with the other. Let him move.

Dong Yao next to her was dumbfounded, and it took her a long time to react. She opened her mouth and was about to scream, but Fang Fei, who was sitting behind her, suddenly got up, covered her mouth, and then, like Ke Xun, turned her face towards her. Pressed down to the ground.

Fortunately, Zhu Haowen was not affected. He spoke 3 words in 226 minutes, and did not involve the required three words "you, me, him".

When the 3-minute countdown reached 0, Zhu Haowen's face in the small window switched to Qin Ci's, and the two number boxes changed back to 180 and 000.

The timing and counting restarted, and this time it was Qin Ci who spoke.

"I suggest that those who have not had their turn think about what to say for a while now," Qin Ci said slowly, and the counting box jumped to 21. "It is suggested that you can recite some professional terms, so that these three words will not be involved. In addition, Dong Yao and Qi Muhuan, please listen carefully," Qin Ci said, looking at the two people who were still struggling on the ground, "please don't interrupt when others are talking, and don't put this Treat it as if you were filming a variety show. Everything that happened in front of you is real. People who violate the rules will die. It is a real death. Even if the two of you refuse to believe it, please try your best to follow the requirements on the screen. No harm to you two."

Qin Ci quickly finished speaking 200 words, and when the countdown reached 0, Shao Ling's face was switched in the small window.

"If you are afraid that you will make mistakes and violate the rules," Shao Ling said calmly, "then recite ancient poems. Most ancient poems rarely involve these three subjects, but please be careful not to recite the same poem repeatedly. The sentence structure that does not allow repetition mentioned in the article should mean that it is not allowed to recite the same paragraph repeatedly, or, you can count the names of a certain type of items, such as all fruits, all vegetables, food, life Objects, etc. In addition, Dong Yao and Qi Muhuan, the two of you must have misunderstood, this is not a variety show filmed by a certain crew, you should notice that there is no relevant staff here that should be equipped by a crew, videography, printing Light, on-site radio, inscription board, etc. There are no such things, you two think about it carefully, think about everything you have just said to you about the world in the painting, and tell you again: It is all true, not as required Do it and die."

When the small window switched again, it was Luo Kuo's turn, and Luo Kuo said in a trembling voice, "apples, oranges, bananas, cantaloupe, radishes, beans, potatoes, durian..."

Thanks to Shao Ling's reminder, Luo Kuo passed this test without any risk, and it was Deng Lin's next turn. Although Deng Lin didn't fully believe in this matter, he honestly followed the rules: "Helium hydrogen lithium beryllium boron, carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon, sodium magnesium aluminum silicon phosphorus, sulfur chloride argon potassium calcium..."

Next was the girl with shawl hair. She chose to recite ancient poems, and there were some who had recited mistakes and forgotten words in the middle. She was so nervous that her lips began to tremble. On the face of Wei Dong who was sitting closest to her, Wei Dong froze, thinking of himself when he first entered the first painting.

All the helplessness and collapse of fear seemed to be only yesterday, but it also seemed to be left in yesterday.Today, I don't know whether I am truly brave or gradually numb. Sometimes I think about it, if a person does not even have the emotion of fear, is this person still considered a normal person, a person with flesh and blood? People with seven emotions and six desires?

Schrödinger's cat is both dead and alive.So those of us who are "locked" into the painting, are we also like that cat, from the moment we entered the first painting, we are no longer living people in the real sense, we are already A superposition state where life and death coexist, when observed by the evil force of "painting", some people will die, and some people will survive.

And before deciding to die, that is, the moment of being observed, are all the participants in the painting the living dead?

Suddenly, an indescribable sadness welled up in Wei Dong's heart. When he received the panicked gaze of the girl with shawl hair, he felt that she was extremely pitiful, and he also felt that people like himself were as pitiful as she was.

Weidong raised his hand, gave the girl a thumbs up, and gave her a comforting smile.

This movement, this expression, if Ke Xun did it, it would definitely be more handsome, more contagious, and more comforting.Weidong knows that he is just an ordinary person, and he doesn't seem to have any qualifications to pity others, but at this moment, he still wants to do this. In this hopeless endless despair, he would rather be comforted and die, or I am encouraged to live, and I don't want to be a living dead person who has lost even fear.

The girl with shawl hair is very smart, she understands Wei Dong's meaning, and it doesn't matter if she recites the wrong poems or forgets the words. Even if you answered the question correctly.

She relaxed a little, and continued to recite the ancient poems. If she couldn't think of the next line, she just skipped to it, and said whatever line came to mind. Finally, she had enough words for two hundred words.

Next it was Ke Xun's turn.