Paintings of Terror

Ke Xun believes that the only way to do this is to stalk one of them and then act according to circumstances when he is ignorant of the current situation.

After observing the previous group of people, Ke Xun felt that this cold handsome guy seemed more reliable than others, so he was the only one.

While talking, the last three people also followed up in surprise and cursed. In fact, they had no other choice. Except for this small village, the surrounding fields were wilderness. If they didn’t follow everyone into the village, Where can I go?

What's more, people have a herd mentality. In this weird and incomprehensible situation, most people choose to hold together and be brave.

A group of people entered this weird little village with different ideas.

Ke Xun was not sure what time it was in the "painting". In the real world, it was still morning, but the sky here was dark and gloomy, and the village was pitch black. All the doors and windows of the houses were made of wood. Some of the window sashes were covered with old window paper, and some were directly nailed to death by wooden boards.

And no matter looking in from the window hole or the crack in the door, what you can see is pitch black without exception.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Ke Xun always feels that there seems to be something looking out from the cracks in the dark doors and windows.

Following these people around in this small village, a dim yellow light suddenly appeared in front of them, and there was actually a room with a light on.

"That's it." Someone in the team said.

"Go in." Someone said with a sigh.

Everyone passed by, and the middle-aged man with a big belly who walked in the front knocked on the door.

The wooden door creaked and was opened from the inside, revealing a gray and wrinkled old man's face.

"Everyone is here? Come in." The old man said as he let the door open.

Everyone entered in one file, and saw that the walls and the ground were rammed with a mixture of mud and grass. There was only a broken table and a few long benches in the room, and an oil lamp was lit on the table.

Desolation and poverty are the most appropriate words to describe this family.

The old man stood in the middle of the room, his cloudy eyes slowly scanned the people in the room, when Wei Dong met his gaze, he couldn't help shivering.

The old man's pupils had no temperature or focus at all, they were as loose as a... dead person.

Wei Dong quickly lowered his eyelids, for fear of seeing him as good or bad, he only listened to the old man's words with his ears: "All the people are here, let's arrange the work for everyone."

As he spoke, he took out a roll of cloth sash from his bosom, and stretched it out in front of everyone: "Just tie this, one for each person."

Ke Xun and Wei Dong were at a loss, but saw that the people who had come earlier seemed to have gotten used to the strangeness, and stretched out their hands one by one, and took out one each from the roll of cloth tape, and the two had no choice but to do the same.

The cloth sash is only one arm long, two fingers wide, gray and white hemp texture, in the middle, there is a dark red word written on it, whether it is made of cinnabar or some kind of paint.

Ke Xun's entry has the word "Yang" written on it, and Weidong's entry has the character "Gu".

Before he could figure out what the meaning of the writing on the cloth was, the old man continued: "The person who got the cloth with the word 'min' will be in charge of the night watch at Li's house tonight. The person who got the cloth with the word 'and', Go to the northern suburbs of the village and dig a pit five miles away. The pit is six feet long, four feet wide, and two feet high. Those who get the cloth with the word "Gu" go to the firewood house of Li's family to chop firewood. Those who get the cloth with the word "Yang" People, guarding the granary of the Li family. Those who get the cloth with the word "恶"... who get the cloth with the word "重"..."

While the old man was talking, Ke Xun was thinking in his heart.

Min, Qi, Gu, Yang, Evil, Qu... What is the meaning of these words?Obviously, the purpose of asking everyone to choose cloth strips is to group these thirteen people, but just looking at it literally, it is difficult to connect with the situation at hand.

After the old man was divided into groups, he finally said: "The Li family is under the three old locust trees in the north of the village. Everyone, you can start working. Remember: those who stay at the Li family to work should not go out at night. Well, at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, everyone Also come to my place to gather."

After everyone listened, they turned around and walked out. Wei Dong couldn't bear it any longer. He walked up to the old man and asked him, "Old man, can you explain to us what's going on?"

The old man looked serious: "Li's house is under the three old locust trees in the north of the village. Everyone, you can start working. Remember: those who stay at Li's house to work should not go out at night. Well, everyone will come to my place at eight o'clock tomorrow morning." Come gather."

Weidong: "...No, can you tell us where this is?"

Old man: "Li's house is under the three old locust trees in the north of the village. Everyone, you can start working. Remember..."

Weidong: "...Did I accidentally activate your ghost animal function? Can you say something else?"

Old man: "Li's house is under the three old locust trees in the north of the village. Everyone, you can start working. Remember..."

Wei Dong turned to look at Ke Xun: "Is it against the law to beat an old man with no quality in a painting?"

Before Ke Xun could answer, the little pigtail from before suddenly laughed, and walked up to look at him: "Don't waste your efforts, he's not human."

"What the hell is it not a human being?!" Wei Dong was startled, "Excellent repeater?!"

"You can think of him as an NPC in the game. He is only responsible for explaining the plot or the rules of the 'game', as well as some specific questions that he can answer, and he will not answer any other redundant questions." Little Braid mocked mouth crooked.

Ke Xun and Wei Dong looked at each other, Ke Xun asked the braid: "Then is this a painting or a game?"

"Painting." Little Braid sneered, "It's just that the rules in the painting are strictly and precisely set, and there is only one result for violating the rules, which is death."

"Dead? Gameover?" Wei Dong stared, "How many lives does one have? Can you save the progress and start over?"

"I told you this is a painting, not a game!" Little Braid glared at him impatiently, "If you die in the painting, you are really dead, and you will never leave here and return to reality, understand?!"

"—True, true or false?!" Wei Dong was shocked.

"Believe it or not, anyway, I've already told you clearly, don't blame others when you die." The little braid looked at the cloth strip in Weidong's hand in disgust, "Why are you and you, a newcomer? It's unlucky to be assigned to a group! Can you go?"

"Let's go? Where are you going?" Wei Dong looked confused, looking at Little Pigtail and Ke Xun.

The pigtail rolled his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he was trying to control his temper: "I also got the cloth strip with the word 'Gu' written on it, which proves that the two of us have been grouped together, so now you and I You have to go to the so-called 'Li Family' as the old man said, understand?"

Wei Dong asked him: "What will happen if you don't do what the village chief says?"

"Didn't you hear what I just said?" Little Braid was furious, "If you break the rules, you will die! Die!"

"Then, can we form groups freely, for example, I don't go to Li's house with you to chop firewood, but I go to guard the granary with him?" Wei Dong pointed at Ke Xun.

"Death!" the little pigtail roared with a ferocious face.

"Grass." Wei Dong looked at Ke Xun, "What should I do?"

Ke Xun rubbed his chin and thought for a while: "I think we have really encountered a strange thing that cannot be explained by common sense. The reason for this may not be understood for a while, so it is better to listen to him for the time being and look at this man. It’s like someone who knows some tricks would rather believe what they have than not believe what they don’t have, life safety comes first.”

"Okay." Wei Dong asked him, "What about you? Who are you with?"

When the three of them came out of the old man's house, Ke Xun saw a tall man standing under the steps, with a stern expression and a handsome face.

Around his waist was loosely tied a strip of linen he had drawn, with the word "Yang" written on it.

Wei Dong looked at this person, and then at the braid beside him: "By the way, what would happen if we exchanged the cloth with someone else?"

"Die!" the little braid gritted his teeth.

"Be careful, be vigilant, safety first." Ke Xun told Weidong.

This guy has been in trouble since he was a child, Ke Xun was afraid that he would not know what to do, so he really entrusted his life to this weird place.

"Understood, you also pay attention, don't forget your life just because of the color." Wei Dong pouted at the tall man under the steps.

"...Get out." Ke Xun put his arms in his arms in an exceptionally speechless manner.

According to the old man's arrangement, the destination of most people was "Li's house", and the others had already walked ahead, so the four of them went together.

After walking not far, Ke Xun turned his head and found that the old man's house had turned off the lights at some point, and like other surrounding dwellings, it was plunged into silence and darkness.

In villages without lights, the roads are difficult to walk. The dirt roads in the countryside are not smooth, and the feet are hard and soft.

Ke Xun stepped down, as if stepping on a hand suddenly, and the sharp and stiff fingers with distinct knuckles were clearly outlined on the sole of the foot.

Ke Xun jumped up with a very quick reaction, and was hitting the tall man. When he landed, he could almost hear his heart beating madly and vigorously against his chest. Open it, and my heart will be torn out of the cavity by the hand just now, bloody and fleshy.

"What the hell are you doing, you scared me to death!" Wei Dong said in shock.

Ke Xun's heartbeat was so fast that he couldn't even make a sound for a while.

Just as I felt my palms and lips were chilled by this surprise, I heard a tall man's voice faintly entering my ears: "Don't worry about anything, just keep going."

It was as if he had guessed why Ke Xunwei suddenly jumped up.

Ke Xun let out a "hmm", tried not to look at his feet, and turned his eyes to the distance, but saw that this small village was shrouded in a thick gray night fog at some point, making the scene that was not well visible Even more chaotic and unknown.

"Cough, by the way, since we are all teammates in the future, why don't we get to know each other," Wei Dong seemed to have sensed something, and with the courage to speak, he reached out to Xiao Zhuizi first, "I, Wei Dong, this is my buddy Ke Searching."

The little pigtail refused to shake hands with him, and just snorted: "Liu Yufei."

Wei Dong turned his head and stretched out his hand to the tall man: "Where are you buddy?"

The tall man glanced at him coldly, but did not shake hands with him: "Mu Yiran."

Wei Dong had no choice but to grab Ke Xun's hand and shake it: "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Ke Xun felt the cold sweat in Weidong's palm, squeezed his hand hard, then let go, and turned to ask the handsome guy named Mu Yiran next to him: "In order to avoid being a pig teammate and dragging you down, This little brother, can you tell us all about this matter?"