Paintings of Terror

"As for how to find the source, I think it may be necessary to go back nearly a hundred years ago. I don't think this matter started nearly a hundred years ago. From what we found out about the predecessors of these art museums It can be seen that they are basically privately run study and painting shops. These people are thousands of miles apart, and it is unlikely that they are related to each other, so there is no possibility of setting up such a large bureau together.

"So I think that group of people were also passive in painting. The people who built those study and painting shops were probably also influenced by the power in the dark, so they built the shops in that position. It can be seen that they were first With that power and its 'designated' location, there was the later study and painting shop.

"Therefore, we have reason to doubt whether this force existed earlier? Was there a third group of people who also entered the painting in different forms earlier?

"Only by tracing back to the source, can it be possible to find a way to crack it."

Ke Xun listened carefully to Mu Yiran's words, and said, "But the higher you go, the harder it is to search. What age does it have to be traced back to? What's more, there are only thirteen people in each painting. Such a small group Death, it is difficult to attract more attention and record it in the book, I am afraid we have nowhere to look for it.”

"This is indeed the most difficult problem to solve," Mu Yiran said, "Let's put it aside for now. What we need to do now is to check the surveillance videos of all art museums, and wait for news from Wu You. Maybe we can find some clues in the pattern of bone phase."

Ke Xun nodded, and Mu Yiran relayed the thoughts just now to Jinhualun, and asked Zhu Haowen to get the surveillance cameras of other art museums as well.

In the days that followed, all members of the Jinhua Theory Group began to be busy day and night. Everyone was submerged in the huge surveillance video data, struggling to find those who could bring everyone a glimmer of hope. Face.

After two or three days like this, a slightly exciting news finally came from Wu You's side - one of the grandma's "dao friends" juniors will show people's bones.

So all the members of Jinhua Theory went to City C to gather again, and waited for the master who could show bones at the grandma's house.

Grandma didn't expect so many people to have that kind of weird and ominous bone appearance, she was really frightened, she kept chanting words in her mouth, it seemed to be praying, and it seemed to be... to save these poor people in advance .

The master who looked at the bone physiognomy was about forty years old, and his face was really indifferent and thorough, but when he saw these ten people standing in a row in front of him, he was quite shocked, and even backed away. It took three or four steps before he managed to stand still.

"This—" Master Bone Physician didn't know what to say for a moment, his eyes wandered back and forth on everyone in surprise.

Mu Yiran spoke first, calmly, slowly and clearly sending his voice into Master Bone Physiognomy's ear: "You don't need to speak first, listen to what I have to say, and then decide whether to speak or not.

"We cannot explain to you anything related to the bones of the body.

"We are not sure if you will be implicated once you help us analyze the bone phase.

"If you think you can't analyze the bones for us, please leave as soon as possible without saying a word, let alone mentioning this to anyone.

"If you can analyze the bone phase with your knowledge, but you can't tell us, please nod your head.

"If you can analyze the bone phase, but you can't express it in words, and you don't think you will be backlashed or affected, please try your best to suggest a way to us.

"Finally, if possible, I hope to draw our bones as much as possible."

The bone physiognomy master looked at Mu Yiran with a complicated expression for a long time, and finally took the paper and pen prepared in advance without saying a word, compared the bones of everyone one by one, and began to draw while thinking.

This was a long and tormenting process, and everyone just stood there quietly without speaking.

It wasn't until it was dark outside that the bone physiognomy master finally completed ten bone phase paintings. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the master suddenly rubbed up the ten paintings and threw them into the copper basin used by grandma to burn paper and worship gods , Burned in an instant.

The master didn't leave a word, and left the grandma's house in a hurry, leaving everyone in the room looking at each other in blank dismay.

This does not include Ke Xun and Mu Yiran.

But Ke Xun lifted his long legs up to the table, and took down a mobile phone from the chandelier facing the top.

"What's the situation?" Wei Dong expressed surprise on behalf of everyone.

"Of course I have considered all the circumstances in advance," Ke Xun said to everyone while wiping off the footprints on the table with a rag, "Guys, remember, our mobile phone is like a bug in almost all paintings Since the last painting event we know happened nearly a hundred years ago, and it is very likely that the source of the event is still earlier, I speculate that even if the force behind the scenes can control some functions of the mobile phone, It is also impossible to fully grasp this technological product that is many years beyond its era, so maybe with this thing, we can escape its 'monitoring' to a certain extent."

Everyone suddenly realized, but Shao Ling was more cautious, and said: "Can you ensure this? Don't forget, the power of painting can control some of our actions even in the real world, for example, as long as we tell outsiders about the incident of entering the painting If you listen, you will be backlashed, which shows that it can still monitor us."

"I think this kind of monitoring is limited," Mu Yiran said, "Although I don't know how it works, if the forces behind the painting are committed to making us escape from death in the most dangerous state, they won't tolerate us." We have been exploring and discussing in the V letter group, as well as all the investigations we have carried out recently.

"If it really wanted to, or could, stop us, we would have been kicked back a long time ago.

"From this, it can be speculated that what 'painting' can do is to monitor our external communication behavior in a certain way. For example, it is similar to a certain literature website that blocks some taboo words. When this word appears, it will be displayed as '□□'. I think the principle of restricting our words and deeds is basically the same.

"And this time, we neither directly disclosed the taboo content to the Phenomenologist, nor did the Phenomenology Master give us direct feedback based on our hints. We made a transfer through the mobile phone in the middle, and I don't think it will implicate him. Or ourselves.

"There are many capable people in this world, how can the power behind the painting guarantee that someone we pass by on the road will not be a capable person like a master bone physiognomy? If the capable person sees our bone phase and goes home and draws it, And if he was killed by the behind-the-scenes force of the painting, then I think the ability of painting should be far stronger than it is now, and it would not be so laborious to screen the painters.

"Combining with the particularity of the mobile phone, I tend to do so outside the scope of 'violating the rules', and will not be punished by self-drawing. Of course, if you think it will endanger yourself, you can also raise it, and we will think of other ways .”

When the words were finished, everyone shook their heads. Shao Ling lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and finally nodded in agreement: "That's it, after all... Whether we are in the painting or outside the painting, we need to fight to the death."

The great-grandmother had been invited to another room when the Physiognomy Master came, and now there were only all the painters left in the room, so there was no need to shy away from it, and everyone gathered around Ke Xun, staring at the mobile phone in his hand .

Ke Xun called up the video he took just now, and saw that the picture was quite clear, and the master bone physiognomy also deliberately let his body fall back when drawing, leaving the entire drawing paper.

It can be said that this bone physiognomy master is worthy of being a veteran who has experienced many things in the world, and he is exceptionally careful and keen. He has already observed the surrounding environment after entering the house. Obviously, the mobile phone on the top of his head has not been ignored by him.

Everyone stared at the screen displayed on the mobile phone screen without blinking. As pictures of everyone's bones appeared, the expressions on their faces became more and more surprised and confused.

But I saw strange patterns drawn with black ink on the snow-white paper. The lines looked simple and vivid, but they were mountains and rivers, water, fire, clouds and thunder, dragons and phoenixes, strange objects and shapes, and even Scary ghosts and ghosts.

But the most surprising thing is that three of the ten people have completely different bone patterns from others.

It was a texture similar to a rope, tightly and tightly wrapped around the bones of the three people. It seemed that these three people were eternal sinners who had committed the most heinous and unforgivable crimes. It was bound so tightly that the soul was wailing and screaming because of it.

These three people are Shao Ling, Ke Xun, and Mu Yiran.

"What, what's going on..." Wei Dong looked at Ke Xun and Mu Yiran in horror, "Why do you three have different bones from ours? Is this texture really the texture of a rope? What does it mean?"

Before Mu Yiran or Ke Xun could answer him, Shao Ling thought for a while and said, "Let's not talk about the texture of these three ropes. I think the texture of the other few bones looks familiar, it seems to be..."

Shao Ling frowned and thought hard, no one dared to disturb him, they kept quiet, the room was quiet and needles could be heard, suddenly a few coughs from the grandma came from the next room, interrupting Shao Ling's train of thought for a moment, Shao Ling subconsciously turned to Looking in the direction of the next door, the eyes were blocked by the house wall, but there was an old brass mirror hanging on the wall, which seemed to be a prop used by the grandma to tell fortunes to others.

Shao Ling frowned, and said, "It's the texture on ancient bronze objects! Especially these patterns of water, fire, clouds, thunder, dragons, phoenixes and beasts are the most commonly used."

"But logically," Fang Fei, who seldom speaks, suddenly said, "Doesn't such a texture usually imply good luck? Why does it appear in such a dangerous situation?"

"And these textures are not all such auspicious patterns, there are also fierce beasts and some weird-looking creatures." Weidong, who is an artist, is more sensitive to the details of patterns than others, "Look at this Fish-like creatures with bird wings, and these three-headed birds smiling so weirdly... It doesn't feel auspicious at all."

"Three-headed bird, is it a crow in the sun?" Luo Kuo said.

"That's a three-legged crow," Wu You said, "Dongzi, take a closer look. I can't quite tell how many tails this three-headed bird has."

Wei Dong took the mobile phone from Ke Xun's hand, looked at it carefully for a while, and said, "It seems to be six tails."

Wu You's eyes lit up: "Really?! Are you sure it's six tails?"

"I'm sure," Wei Dong nodded firmly, "Look at my sharp eyes."

"..." Wu You looked up at the crowd, "I do know a bird with three heads and six tails, it seems to be called '鵸鵌'!"

Mu Yiran and Shao Ling nodded at the same time: "The strange beast in "Shan Hai Jing"."

"If that's the case," Wu You pointed to the fish with bird wings on the phone, "then this kind of fish should be the 'Greenfish', and it is also a strange beast in "Shan Hai Jing". The book says that it makes a sound like Like mandarin ducks, wherever they appear, there will be floods.”

"...So Huatuier tattooed us on our bones according to the black and white illustrated version of "Shan Hai Jing"?" Wei Dong had an expression of "I'm afraid I met a sand sculpture".

"The result is indeed...why is it such a sand sculpture?" Ke Xun also scratched his head, "Then may I ask what kind of strange beast or foreign object in the "Shan Hai Jing" the hemp rope is?"

Wu You spread his hands.

"No, this style of painting is not like the style of the illustrated version of "Shan Hai Jing" published now," Shao Ling said, taking the phone from Wei Dong and looking at it carefully for a while, "It looks more like... Common patterns on bronze wares from the Shang and Zhou dynasties."

While speaking, he took out his mobile phone and operated it for a while, and then showed the screen of the mobile phone to everyone: "Look, this is the style of the Shang Dynasty bronze ware decoration pattern, the upper left is the animal face pattern, and the upper right is the Kui pattern and the dragon pattern. , and below, there are patterns of cattle, sheep, elephants, tigers, horses, birds, snakes, silkworms, silkworms, and toads, and below that there are phoenix patterns, cloud and thunder patterns, and swirl patterns, etc., carefully compare the textures shown on the bones, are they very similar in style?"

"That's right," Wei Dong was the first to agree, "It's definitely the same style."

"So what do you mean?" Qin Ci looked at Shao Ling.