Paintings of Terror

"We have entered that forest more than once, but we haven't found anything that shows signs of signature," Shao Ling said, "The forest is too wide, so we can't stop looking for it even if we don't rest or sleep. I'm afraid we won't be able to search the entire forest before the end of the seven days, I think we have to narrow down the scope a bit, this kind of aimless search is time-consuming and energy-consuming, and it may not be effective."

Everyone pondered upon hearing the words. All the clues have been analyzed and understood, but the last step is still difficult. Looking for a signature that does not know where and in what form it will appear in the huge forest is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

"Speaking of the issues that this painting wants to reveal," Zhu Haowen said, "environmental pollution, ecological destruction, and plague infection, the most lethal of these three situations is the plague infection.

"The fact is true. Our companions are all lost on this issue. So I think, among the three major issues that destroy the earth, did the painter pay more attention to the issue of plague infection? In other words, what he paid more attention to Is it an intuitive harm to human beings to destroy the environment?

"It is fair to say that he may be a humanist thinker, so maybe, under the surface of his fierce and extreme irony and criticism, there is actually a heart of compassion for the fate of human beings who are immortal?"

"If this is the case, then we may be more 'people-oriented' when looking for signatures." Shao Ling nodded in agreement with Zhu Haowen's statement, "Maybe we can find some forest-related things in these houses." , a clue to the signature?"

"It's not impossible." Ke Xun glanced at Qin Ci who was lying motionless in the distance, "It's not too late. Let's divide into two groups. One group will stay here and continue to search for relevant clues in the house. A group of people went to the forest to find autographs!"

Everyone was quickly divided into two groups. Ke Xun, Mu Yiran, Wei Dong, Luo Yu, and Fang Fei who had better physical strength went to the forest, and the rest stayed behind. Qin Ci got up and joined the rest Searching for clues in the residential area, the two groups agreed to return to their original location at noon.

Before the forest team set off, Mu Yiran warned: "Put on thick clothes and cover your head and face. It may be lucky that you didn't get bitten by mosquitoes when you entered the forest a few times ago, but now, we have to guard against the power of the painting. Use mosquito bites to screen us for the next round of death. You must know that this is a world in a painting after all, not reality, and supernatural forces are always the chief culprit for our death."

When the four of them heard the words, they quickly started to put on clothes. Ke Xun and Wei Dong also went to the house to collect hats, scarves, masks, gloves and even sunglasses, and put them on for everyone.

This primeval forest is as deep and lush as it was on the first day of painting. No matter how many generations of human life and death, these ancient creatures have always stood silently and stoically on the earth.

Human beings who think they are at the top of the biological chain are actually pitifully small and fragile in nature.

The five frantically shuttled and searched in the forest.

Some people are responsible for observing the top of the head, some are responsible for observing the tree trunk, and some are responsible for observing the feet.

But after all, there are only five of them, with five pairs of eyes, and searching with all their strength is like picking soil with a needle and moving mountains with bare hands.

The whole morning passed in the blink of an eye.

The five returned to the residential area exhausted, and brought back watery vines for their companions to quench their thirst.

The uptown group also found nothing.

Qin Ci had already started to develop a high fever, accompanied by severe pain in his head. He was extremely pale and weak. Sitting on the porch of a house, he was breathing heavily and was on the verge of falling.

"I didn't sleep much for more than two days, and I ate less and drank less water. This made him enter the serious stage of the disease faster than Xiao Kai Tianyang and the others." Shao Ling frowned, "We don't have time to rest, drink some water, and then continue."

"Let me change with you," Wu You said to Fang Fei, "I searched the house in the morning, which is similar to taking a rest. Now my physical strength is still good, I will change you."

"Okay." Fang Fei was not polite to her. Her current state was indeed approaching the limit of her physical strength.

"Then we'll switch between the two groups in the afternoon," Shao Ling said. "I'm afraid it will be difficult for Dr. Qin. You keep four, and the remaining one will go into the forest with us again."

"I'll go." Ke Xun said, "I still have energy."

But in fact, including him, everyone's state has fallen to the bottom, but they really, have no time.

After replenishing the water, everyone prepared to split up again.

"We'll be back before dark." Shao Ling confessed.

Everyone was silent for a while, and glanced at Qin Ci over there, but they couldn't bear to look any longer, and quickly took them back.

If you haven't found a signature after dark, it's too late.

Ke Xun took the equipped Shao Ling and others to the forest again.

This time, a few people rushed to an area they had never set foot in, and they were still endlessly walking, searching, searching, anxious, and disappointed.

"It is impossible for a painting to set the process of finding a signature as a dead end..." Ke Xun licked his chapped lips and said to himself, "If the signature is really in this endless forest, it shouldn't be a dead end. Inconspicuous form, this is no different from a dead end... So, the signature should be conspicuous... Even if we can't recognize it at a glance, it must be conspicuous... Conspicuous... How to find conspicuous things ?Green everywhere, trees everywhere...remarkable green?"

Zhu Haowen, who was standing next to him, kept searching and listening to him quietly. Hearing this, he suddenly interjected: "There are also many kinds of green, dark green, light green, green, mint green, olive green, etc. The so-called conspicuous Could it be the kind of green that can be distinguished at a glance even if it is mixed with many greens with different color values?"

"What kind of green could that be?" Ke Xun scratched the hat on his head, the hair under the hat was as wet with sweat as if it had just been washed, "Could it be - fluorescent green?"

"..." Zhu Haowen was once again overwhelmed by his brain circuit, "How can there be fluorescent green plants?"

"Yes," it was Gu Qingqing who answered, met Ke Xun's and Zhu Haowen's slightly surprised gazes, and couldn't help feeling a little nervous, and said as if reciting, "There is a plant called Cuiyuncao, which comes with a kind of bluegrass. The green fluorescent texture is mostly grown in the south, and it can also be potted in the north. It is a unique plant in our country."

"Whether it's this kind of grass or not, I'm afraid it's equally difficult to find it." Shao Ling is not optimistic. "There are too many grasses and trees in the forest, and our time...is getting less and less."

Ke Xun pursed his lips vigorously, thought for a while and said, "What if it is a plant that can emit fluorescence? Will it be more conspicuous after dark? Xiao Kai and the three of them died at night After nine o'clock, if we can find it before nine o'clock, Brother Qin still has hope."

"But we have to go back to the house after dark," Shao Ling said, "If we don't enter the house, maybe all of us will be in danger."

"Mr. Shao, you have put the cart before the horse," Ke Xun said, "Our purpose is to find autographs, not to hide from danger, nor to save Brother Qin alone. If you can really see fluorescent green plants after dark, and That fluorescent green is really a signature, then we all have to touch it before we can leave the painting, what's the matter with you going back to the house and hiding?"

"..." Shao Ling choked, and couldn't help rubbing his temples, "It's because I don't have enough brains... You are right, but what if we guessed wrong? There is no such thing as fluorescent green at all. Plants have nothing to do, so don't we all die tonight? This has become a life-gamble situation, either all die or all live, do we really dare to make such a bet?"

"..." Ke Xun also choked, and rubbed his temples, "It's almost a problem not to sleep... My brain is completely numb. And actually, I don't quite understand why this Cuiyun grass can become a signature The key sign...Miss Qing, does this Cuiyun grass have any special properties? Or can it be related to ecology, human beings, diseases, etc.?"

Gu Qingqing recalled it for a long time, and finally shook her head: "It seems... just an ornamental plant, and maybe has some medicinal value, but I don't think it has anything to do with the Ebola virus..."

"Then I don't think the signature has anything to do with it," Ke Xun said, "Fluorescent green is also an option for the time being, but I think as long as there is a slight possibility, I can't let it go. Why don't you keep looking for it first, and I'll go back to the residential area to find the stuff. He is an art major, he should be more sensitive to color than us, maybe he can distinguish the distinctive green."

Ke Xun, who returned to the residential area, barely vomited after seeing the work being done by the left-behind team.

Several people are using the shovels, shovels, and even kitchen knives they found to scrape the blood and blood-covered lumps stuck to the walls and roofs of the house, trying to check the walls covered by these things Are there any clues.

From the shoveled lumps that fell on the ground, it can be seen that the thick blood was wrapped in sheets of rotten human skin, bones, and internal organs, and there were still rotten human organs in these objects. The children of the in-and-out...well...flies.

The time set for this painting may not be too long after the "Blood Disaster", so these things have not been completely corrupted, and have remained in the most disgusting state between "Intact" and "Destroyed". As for the relatively complete dead faces that you see at night, they should be the result of "artistic processing" by the behind-the-scenes forces of the painting.

Wei Dong, who was resting for a few seconds with a sore arm, heard a voice behind him, turned his head and saw Ke Xun standing at the door, and said in surprise, "What time is it, do you still have the heart to stand there and make faces?!"

Ke Xun: "...What the hell, I almost vomited and I'm trying to hold back, okay! I don't like it?!"

"It's next door." Wei Dong pointed to the side.

Ke Xun turned his head and went to the next door, and saw that his man was there mixing with those disgusting things, he was so distressed that he wanted to set fire to the house, so he strode over to him and snatched the shovel from his hand: "Of course, I'll shovel here, and you take Dongzi to the forest to find Shaoling and the others."

"What did you find?" Mu Yiran rubbed his head.

Ke Xun recounted the unreliable conjectures of the few people in the forest just now, and finally said: "Anyway, let's try it first, in case it is true, so let Dongzi go and see, and you go hold the battle."

Mu Yiran was thoughtful when he heard the words, and said, "Fluorescent green plants are unlikely, but I am more concerned about your previous speculation."

"Tell me." Ke Xun supported the ground with a shovel, leaning on the handle of the shovel, and looked at him crookedly.

The gray sky light came in gently through the window, casting a hazy light on the intertwined and harmonious figures of the two people.