Paintings of Terror

Everyone took the pens and paper, and separately thought about the clues in their minds. If there were not enough pens for each person, the two of them shared one. Whoever remembered it would write first.

On the way, Tian Yang came out of the living room and took the water boiled from willow bark. Ke Xun boiled another pot of moss and long vine juice, and then put the bird eggs he took out into it. After cooking, everyone ate a few wraps. belly, leaving some for Qin Citian Yang and Xiao Kai.

It took about half an hour, and everyone finished writing.

"Let's read what we wrote one by one," Shao Ling said, "Those who don't have their turn to read, please pay attention. If the person who read before is the same as what you wrote, cross out your own, and don't read it again." Repeatedly, so as not to make the clues appear complicated, disrupt our thinking, and waste time. If my content is more detailed and has more clues than righteous people, I can add it at any time. Then, I first bring it on."

As he spoke, he picked up his own paper, and read slowly and clearly: "I think the places that can be clues: First, the bloodshed that happened in each house in the residential area, let's call it a 'bloody case' .What is the reason that such murders happened in every house?

"Second, the date issue. All the things that show the age blur the year in the date. I think this is a way for the 'painting' to cover up the clues. If we can find a way to find the year, maybe There will be breakthroughs in clues.

"Third, the problem of survival dilemma. After we enter the painting, we are faced with the most primitive survival dilemma of food, water and illness. Is this also a hint related to the clues?

"The above are the three places I am more concerned about. Next, please continue to add."

"I'm more concerned about the climate," Zhu Haowen said, Xu said that the three points summarized by Shao Ling have already mentioned all the clues that everyone has obtained so far, so Zhu Haowen only added one point, "I feel that in this painting The presence of climate is too strong, and heat may be one of the clues."

"I thought of one, I don't know if it can be regarded as a clue," Luo Xie also had a rare independent opinion of his own, "I just feel that it is a surprise to find this kind of long vine with rich water content in the forest. I hardly had any hope. Of course, it's normal to have such long vines in the forest, but I just feel... How should I put it, I'm so lucky. I didn't expect that 'Hua' was quite cooperative this time. Our... that's all, I'm done."

"There is indeed a reason to be suspicious of what you say," Wei Dongdao pointed to Gu Qingqing, who was writing something in his notebook with his head down, "There is a similar situation, that is, finding the willow tree. Didn't this girl say that?" Well, willow trees are almost rare in subtropical or tropical regions, but we were very lucky to find a willow tree. This kind of luck was unimaginable in previous paintings. Like opening a golden finger, I also think this is very questionable."

"In other words, 'painting' provides us with a way out," Fang Fei said, "You also said that painting will not give us a dead end without any flaws. Every painting is a narrow escape. Such things as willow skin and willow skin are the "life" provided by the painting, which at least allows us to ensure that we have water and food so that we will not die of hunger and thirst.

"But if you say it's luck or cheating, I don't agree with that. If it weren't for some of us who know that moss and vines can get plenty of water, and some of us know that willow bark can be used as medicine for colds and fevers, then this The way of life is the way of death for us.

"So I don't think it's incredible luck or the intentional release of water by the'painting'. A forest, like a residential area, can become the main part of the limited area of ​​this painting."

"Very reasonable." Wei Dong gave her a thumbs up.

"You have said everything you can say," Wu You said, "I can't think of anything else, but what I don't understand the most is why there is no water in the water supply system and no electricity in the power supply system?

"If you say that this residential area has independent water and power supply, then we have not seen power supply facilities and water supply facilities, which means that the power supply and water supply are elsewhere, not in this area.

"And if it is not in this area, at least it means that the water and electricity facility is not only for the water and electricity of this residential area, right? It is likely that several areas share the same water and electricity facility. Then why did it stop supplying water and electricity, don't The area is unresponsive? Just let it stay stuck?

"Although other areas are not included in this painting, don't you say that even in paintings—except for overly abstract paintings like "Schrödinger's Cat", there is usually a normal logical system? So, under normal circumstances, there must be a place that supplies water and electricity to this area and other areas, but now that the water and electricity have stopped, does that prove that..."

"—Prove that other places, like here, have 'bloody cases'!" Wu You woke up the dreamer, and everyone uttered a sentence with the same meaning at the same time.

"This is scary..." Wei Dong and Luo Kuo looked at each other in panic.

"Wu You's idea is indeed a new discovery." Shao Ling's expression became serious, "If such a 'bloody case' happened in other parts of this world, then I'm afraid this incident can no longer be used as a 'bloody case'. To sum it up in words, it is likely to be a mass event."

"Could it be that this world is really a world of zombies?" Luo Xie said with trepidation.

"I don't think so," Ke Xun said. "If it's a world of zombies, at least there must be corpses. Apart from blood, there's not even a stump to be seen here, unless everyone turned into zombies overnight. , the same kind does not eat the same kind, so there is no corpse or stump left. But there is no way to explain the blood in each house, will it be bloody after turning into a zombie? I haven’t seen any movie like this, unless The zombies depicted in the painting are different from those shown on TV."

The discovery of this new clue shocked everyone somewhat. After a period of silence, Shao Ling spoke again: "Go on, does anyone else have any new clues or discoveries?"

Ke Xun, Mu Yiran, He Tang, and Gu Qingqing were the only ones who didn't speak about it. Gu Qingqing kept lowering his head to write something on the paper, while He Tang seemed a little nervous from the beginning to the end, huddled in a corner of the sofa, from time to time like Listening to something.

Seeing that Ke Xun had no intention of speaking for the time being, Mu Yiran said: "The clues we have found so far are basically the points mentioned just now, and I don't have any more clues to provide, so let me just say something. Things I personally care about.

"What I'm concerned about is Xiao Kai's illness. It came on too suddenly, and it was very violent after the onset. Tian Yang said that he rarely gets sick to such an extent, which shows that his physique is still good and his resistance is not low. Then How was the disease induced this time?

"If there is no reason, it's just the painting that is causing trouble, then what are the rules for the selection of the painting? Did Xiao Kai suddenly become ill because he met some conditions?

"If the painting is not causing trouble, but just a natural and normal trigger that causes the cold and fever, then what is the trigger? I think we need to clarify this issue to prevent more people from being infected with this symptom. That's all for now."

Ke Xun took the end of the conversation: "You guys have finished all the clues you can think of, and I have no new clues to provide, so I will also talk about my personal thoughts.

"I have always felt that there is no intersection between the clue of the bloody case and the clue of the original predicament. But if we look at it in conjunction with the clues Wu You just mentioned, this problem can be easily explained.

"If the massacre covers a wide range, for example, people may have suffered the same tragedy in other parts of the world, then all production activities and resource providers must have died, or no longer exist in In this world, the original dilemma we are facing now becomes inevitable.

"It is precisely because of the mass death or disappearance of human beings that those of us who survived have to face this primitive dilemma. Therefore, these two clues can be combined into one clue, that is: because of the murder, human society The production and resource supply activities of the country have stagnated, and the survivors can only rely on some primitive means if they want to continue to survive.

"The other question is what Fang Fei mentioned, why the forest is also included in the main body of this painting.

"If the main clue to solve this painting is the bloody case, what does it have to do with that forest? Could it be that the purpose of that forest is to give us a way out and prevent us from dying of thirst and starvation?

"If this is the case, then this clue can also be kneaded into the clue of the bloody case and the original dilemma, that is, because the bloody case caused the original dilemma, because of the original dilemma, it provides us with a forest, let us find a way out.

"After the three-in-one clue, there is only one key point left, and that is the bloody case.

"What kind of consequences did this murder cause? What was the situation at that time? What was the reason for the murder? I think as long as these problems can be solved, the meaning of the theme of this painting, 'restart', we will understand It can be broken."

"That's a good summary," Zhu Haowen said, "It has brought together several seemingly fragmented clues. So now only the most important issue of murder, the blurred date issue, and the strong sense of hot weather are left. Questions, and the cause of Xiao Kai's illness. Are there any others?"

He Tang and Gu Qingqing were the only ones who didn't speak. Seeing that everyone's eyes were on this side, He Tang was hesitant to speak. He bit his lip and wanted to speak, but he saw that Gu Qingqing had already put down his pen and wrote his Pick up the notebook and show it to everyone.