Paintings of Terror

"This is the plant I saw in the forest that I listed just now," Gu Qingqing said in a tone of voice and acted with a strong student air, as if explaining a Chinese problem to everyone, pointing to the contents of the notebook with the tip of the pen , said one by one, "Cycas, tropical, subtropical and temperate regions can grow, but there are more tropical regions; araucaria, tropical plants; butterfly trees, tropical rainforest plants; oil palm, tropical plants; Banana, heliconia, heliconia, fishtail, etc., tropical plants; firs, mostly in cold regions; larch, frigid plants; oak, frigid plants; and willows that you find in the forest , are mostly produced in temperate and frigid regions, and very few in the tropics. And the plants I circled later should all grow in frigid, subarctic or temperate regions.”

At this point, Gu Qingqing looked at everyone with disbelief: "This is impossible... I mean, this is not in line with the laws of nature. Tropical plants and frigid plants grow in the same area. If this forest is man-made It makes sense to plant it, but it is obviously a natural wild forest, how could these tree species that should have grown in different temperature zones appear here at the same time?"

These words made everyone look at her face with a strange look, Gu Qingqing couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, pinched one of the temples of her glasses by her ear, and said hesitantly: "Why... Is there something I can say? wrong?"

"No, you said it very well. This is indeed a very suspicious question." Shao Ling said, "We are just lamenting the reasoning that Mu made before entering the painting."

"Uh...can I ask what it is?" Gu Qingqing has the spirit of a good student who is eager to learn.

"Every painting, the behind-the-scenes promoters of the painting seem to be deliberately selecting some suitable candidates for this painting." Shao Ling looked at Gu Qingqing with a slightly deep look, "Obviously, for this painting, you may That's the right fit."

"I... I don't quite understand..." Gu Qingqing was startled by this statement, and her face turned pale.

"This question will be discussed in detail after we leave this painting. Now let me talk about the clue you found," Shao Ling said, "I think this is indeed a very important discovery. This kind of discovery that violates the laws of nature The phenomenon may be able to explain the question Fang Fei raised just now: Why did this forest become part of the main body of the painting? Obviously, the disordered state of the vegetation in it is a clue."

"What can that prove?" Wei Dong said, "Plants have mutated? - Fuck, can that also prove that those humans who died in the 'bloody case' have also mutated and turned into zombies or something, which is reflected in the On the plants, it is manifested as this kind of random growth that violates natural logic?"

"I think Brother Dong's statement is reliable." Luo Kuo nodded repeatedly.

"Where's He Tang?" Ke Xun looked at He Tang who had been silent all this time, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"Hmm..." He Tang raised his eyes to look at Ke Xun. She knew that this person had a delicate heart, but she didn't expect him to be so sensitive to the slight changes in others. She nodded and said, "I feel very uncomfortable, but this This kind of discomfort... I'm afraid that everyone will think I'm making a big fuss when I say it, so don't worry about me when it's important..."

"What's wrong?" It was Mu Yiran who asked the question, looking over with calm and cool eyes, so that He Tang didn't dare to avoid any of his questions.

"It's just... dizziness, nausea, nausea, and my heart is not feeling well." He Tang took two deep breaths, "and also very irritable, with an inexplicable flustered feeling."

"Has this happened before?" Mu Yiran asked again.

He Tang thought about it seriously for a while, then nodded: "Yes, I also had this uncomfortable feeling when our orchestra performed before, probably three or four times."

"Not counting this time, what about after those three or four times?" Mu Yiran continued to ask.

"The last time I was really uncomfortable, so I told the troupe leader that I don't want to perform in that theater anymore." He Tang was a little embarrassed and a little scared, "By the way, we performed in the same theater three or four times. People in the troupe joked that I didn’t fit in that theater. Why was it that I always felt unwell in that theater when other people were fine... Later, I never performed in that theater again, and this situation never happened again. Could it be... that theater has something bad, right?"

"You said you would feel particularly irritable?" Mu Yiran looked at her.

He Tang nodded: "Yes, irritable. I don't know how this situation came about. Sometimes I am obviously in a good mood, but after I entered that theater and started playing, I started to be irritable not long after."

"I have a guess," Mu Yiran looked away from her face, and scanned every corner of the room and the scenery outside the window, "Is your hearing very good?" He still asked He Tang.

He Tang was a little surprised, but nodded quickly: "Yes, my hearing is the best in our group, it may be related to my music study, even if it is a vague symphony, I can accurately distinguish the sound in it. Every instrument."

"What is the lowest frequency of the sound you can hear, have you tested it?" Mu Yiran's eyes fell back to her face.

"No..." He Tang hesitated for a moment, "But when you ask me this way, I remember that I can often hear some noises that others cannot hear. Whenever I hear these noises and ask people around me if they have heard them , They always didn’t hear anything, I always suspected that it was my tinnitus or auditory hallucinations.”

"Then my guess is about half of it may be right." Mu Yiran looked at the eyes of the crowd focused on him seeking knowledge, "He Tang is a rare person who can hear or feel more sensitively than ordinary people. to the infrasonic man."

"Brother-in-law, what is infrasound?" Luo Wei asked on behalf of the scumbag group.

"The frequency range of sound that can be heard by the human ear is between 20 Hz and 20000 Hz," Mu Yiran said, "Among them, 20 to 200 Hz is low-frequency noise, 500 to 2000 Hz is medium frequency, and 2000 to 16000 is high frequency." Frequency above 20000 Hz is ultrasonic, and below 20 Hz is called infrasound.

"Among the common animals, only dogs, elephants, whales and jellyfish can hear infrasound waves, and according to common sense, humans cannot hear infrasound waves, but there is no absolute in everything, there are all kinds of wonders in the world, maybe He Tang happens to be one of the rare The "strange" person, maybe she is not hearing it now, but is more sensitive to infrasound waves than us people, or maybe, this is an exaggerated rendering method of "painting", so that He Tang, who has better hearing than normal people, can hear To the infrasonic.

"Some infrasound waves can be very harmful to the human body, and their vibration frequency is similar to, or even the same as, the vibration frequency of internal organs of the human body, which will strongly resonate with the internal organs of the human body, causing serious damage.

"Infrasound waves can interfere with a person's nervous system. The dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and restlessness that He Tang felt were all caused by infrasound waves. If it is more serious, it can cause deafness, coma, or even death.

"I think He Tang is more sensitive to infrasound waves than ordinary people. When performing music in theaters, the sound from the instruments may mix with the echoes caused by the structure of the theater, which may produce infrasound waves. So He Tang Tong always develops physical discomfort in the same theater.

"Then come back to this painting, He Tang's body will have an uncomfortable reaction, which proves that there is something in this place that is emitting infrasound waves."

These words made everyone shocked.

"What... could it be emitting infrasound waves?" Luo Kuo hugged himself tightly, but felt hot, so he had to let go of his arms, "Could it be... something invisible in these houses?"

"Don't scare yourself," Ke Xun said, turning to look at He Tang, "Where do you feel the strongest? Is it in this residential area, or when we entered the forest before?"

"...they are all the same," He Tang felt it carefully, "these two places give me the same feeling."

"This may be more troublesome." Wei Dong said, "In addition to the problem of water shortage, possible zombie attacks, and lack of medical treatment after getting sick, there is another problem of infrasound damage. I feel that this painting is quite difficult. Unlike the previous paintings, although the rules of death are superimposed, at least they do not break away from a large frame. However, this painting has too many elements that can kill us, and we still haven't been able to solve it. How do these questions relate to the theme of 'rebooting'?"

"Perhaps," Zhu Haowen said lightly, "This time we still have to die to get more clues."

This sentence made everyone's hearts sink.

"I'll go see how Xiao Kai is doing." Ke Xun got up and walked to the living room.

When it comes to death, Xiao Kai, who is in a worrying physical condition, seems to be the closest to death.

Pushing open the door, Qin Ci and Tian Yang were still wiping Xiao Kai's body with alcohol.

"It's not over yet? Do you need help?" Ke Xun asked.

Qin Ci shook his head: "Don't come in, I'll finish wiping right away."

Ke Xun closed the door and walked back to the central hall. Seeing everyone looking at him, he said "the situation is not good", then sat back beside Mu Yiran and asked him, "Tell me, is it possible that Xiao Kai is in this situation? Is it also caused by infrasound?"

"It's not certain, but we can't deny the possibility." Mu Yiran said.

"Then maybe, the first death rule of this painting is the sensitivity to infrasound waves?" Shao Ling said.

"Mr. Shao, you're scaring my sister." Ke Xun glanced at He Tang who was so frightened that his face turned pale.

"Sorry," Shao Ling said to He Tang, "we just can't let go of any possibility. Then, is there any way to resist this infrasound wave?"

"No way," Mu Yiran's answer made He Tang's face even paler, "Infrasound waves have extremely strong penetrating power, and can penetrate reinforced concrete buildings, tanks, warships, submarines, and airplanes, so a certain Some countries have been studying infrasound as a weapon of war because of its super penetrating power and large-scale destructiveness and lethality."

"If infrasound is the condition for death, then we can't hide no matter where we hide," Zhu Haowen said, "and if the order of death is based on the sensitivity to infrasound, it doesn't seem to make sense, after all, most of us are Ordinary people can’t hear infrasound, and when they can feel it, everyone may be recruited at the same time, so why give us a way to survive, we may be wiped out in the first night.”

"And, don't forget, there may be zombies in this place," Wei Dong said, "If there are zombies besieging the city in all directions at night, then we have to find a way to plan ahead."

"Let's find a strong house and block all the doors and windows?" Luo Kuo asked hastily.

"To tell you the truth, I don't think the house is safe," Ke Xun said, "I always feel that there is something in the house."