Paintings of Terror

"Then why didn't the artist draw the dog directly, instead of the cow?" Ke Xun asked.

"Dogs are friends of humans, and the painter loves dogs. He doesn't want others to be disgusted with dogs because of his sharp and radical painting. Or, he believes that dogs are loyal and friendly to humans, even if humans hurt and Dogs have been tortured, and dogs don't do the same to humans."

Mu Yiran said, "So he found a substitute for the dog in the painting, which not only has a loyal face, but also has gentle and kind attributes. In this way, after replacing the position with humans, it will appear more impactful and cruel. .”

Ke Xun suddenly said: "As for the cat, since he doesn't keep a cat, he doesn't care about protecting the image of the cat. In addition, there are many incidents of cat abuse, and the cat has a cold look, so he appeared in the painting as a prototype, adding some Eerie and cruel colors."

Mu Yi nodded abruptly: "That's why, the space shown in this painting is larger than the ones we have seen before, and we can go to the whole city. What he wants to express is that this kind of 'crime' of human beings ’, everywhere in the city, abuse of dogs and cats, violent killing, stealing and eating meat, he wants to denounce similar incidents that may be happening in every corner.”

"Then where do you think such a painter would put his signature?" Ke Xun asked.

"Maybe, this time the signature is not somewhere." Mu Yiran raised his eyes, his eyes shone with light, "This painting is the world of animals, and what the painter mainly wants to represent are animals—including humans, among others. Contrast and conflict, so 'animal' is the focus. We speculate that the artist's original intention of painting this painting was to denounce some bad behaviors that happened to his favorite animals in reality, and this animal..."

"The point is the dog!" Ke Xun blinked at him.

Mu Yiran nodded, and looked at the big messy-haired dog in front of him: "The painter likes dogs, and he couldn't bear the image of a dog appearing in this intense and extreme painting as an injurer, but since he is doing it for If the dog makes a sound, then it is likely that the dog will also have a place in the painting. In order to make the viewer pay more attention to the statement that the dog is a loyal friend of man, the dog in the painting - will most likely appear in the image of the savior of mankind."

"It makes sense!" Ke Xun's eyes lit up, making Mu Yiran inexplicably think of the word puppyeyes.

Averting his eyes from his face, Mu Yiran continued indifferently: "So, the seal and signature, which are embodied in the painting by the painter himself, will not exist in human form in this subverted world. , he is ashamed to be those cruel and dark people, and he will not do other animals that replace humans here and carry out cruelty and killing. He likes dogs, he speaks for dogs, and he wants to let humans be redeemed with the help of dogs , so the signature on behalf of him is, most likely, a dog."

"Then where can we find this dog? There are dogs everywhere in the city, so let's take advantage of the trend and follow these two cows to the city?" Ke Xun asked.

"There has always been only one savior." Mu Yiran lowered his eyes in thought, and then raised his eyes, "According to the past experience of painting, the signature will not be too far away from us and make it difficult for us to search, and the reason why you and I Will be taken to the city, not just because of the plot, but more importantly, you and I are the next pair chosen by death. If there is no accident, we will die this time, even if our fighting strength is slightly Yu, there will be a way to exhaust you and me to death, so I don't think the city is the right way to leave."

"If the signature is not too far away, then it can only appear near the farm." Ke Xun touched his chin and thought for a while, his eyes lit up again, "That's right, don't farms generally raise dogs? We have to go back!"

Mu Yi nodded abruptly: "Think of a way."

"You pretend to be dizzy, I'll make a noise, let them pay attention to this place," Ke Xun's strange idea came up in the blink of an eye, "They can't bring a dizzy human to the wrestling game, they must turn around."

Mu Yiran reluctantly agreed to this idea, lay down in the cage and closed his eyes.

Ke Xun's eyes turned around twice on the face of the sleeping beauty in front of him, and then he kicked towards the cage door, and then started yelling.

The giant bull in the front passenger seat turned around after hearing the sound, and saw two human beings in the cage entangled together. To be exact, one of them was sitting on the body of the other, pinching the other with both hands. Ming's neck, with a fierce expression, and an attitude of immortality.

Another human being was motionless under him, looking at life and death.

The giant cow "mooed", and the driving giant cow stopped the car. The two cows got out of the car and opened the rear door, took the cage out, observed it carefully, communicated with each other for a while, and took Mu Yiran out of the cage. He took it out and shook it, and finally got back into the car and turned the car around.

Ke Xun leaned over and lay down next to Mu Yiran who could only continue to pretend to be dead, and lowered his voice in his ear: "It's done, big brother, it's a pity that you are so good at acting and you can't be the best actor." Then he tapped lightly on the tip of his nose.

Mu Yiran closed his eyes, the small veins on his forehead twitched eeriely.

Ju Niu drove the car back to the farm, took Mu Yiran out of the cage, and looked like he was about to throw him into the slaughterhouse. At this time, Mu Yiran moved his body in a timely manner, and Ju Niu noticed that he shook him. Suddenly, he "lived" over.

Seeing that Mu Yiran was not in good condition, the giant bull threw him onto the lawn. At this moment, it was still the time for the morning breeze, and all the humans were basking in the sun on the lawn.

Ke Xun took the opportunity to escape from the cage when Mu Yiran was taken out, but Ju Niu didn't take it seriously, and seemed to give up the idea of ​​going to the city again today, letting him jump onto the lawn.

Ke Xun glanced around calmly, and saw that Wei Dong and Qin Ci were gone. After the giants returned to the management room, he and Mu Yiran went to the digging site yesterday. ditch place.

Climbing out of the ditch is outside the fence, and outside the fence is a tall and dense forest.

"Where do you think the dog will be?" Ke Xun and Mu Yiran discussed.

"It stands to reason that they are usually raised on the farm, but we have never seen them from the beginning to the end." Mu Yiran has no clue.

Ke Xun thought for a while, then looked at him: "What about those women?"

This is a difficult question to answer.

Mu Yiran lowered his eyes, and then looked at him: "Do what you can."

"Well then," this person's puppyeyes are black and shining, "you follow the sign to find Dongzi and the others. Since the signature is probably nearby, we don't need to escape too far. There are trees nearby. I think it’s better to hide in the trees. Cows can’t climb trees. I’ll go to the women’s farm and dig a ditch for them outside the fence. It depends on their luck whether they can escape smoothly, and then I Come back and join you."

Mu Yiran didn't answer immediately, but just stared at him, as if weighing the feasibility.

But Ke Xun smiled: "I don't have time to think about it, so it's settled. Don't forget, I run fast. By the way, let me brag about it. No one can break my school record. Don't worry." Turn around and run.

Mu Yiran looked at his back and shook his head helplessly.

It's capricious.

but……

I have to say, having such a person by your side will always make you... feel warm from time to time.

Mu Yiran's speed is not slow either.

Following the marks left by the people on the way, Mu Yiran spent more than half an hour finally catching up with Wei Dong Qin Ci and Zhu Haowen who were still fleeing.

"Huh? You're back?!" Wei Dong was surprised, "Where's Ke Er? Where's him?" Then he looked at Mu Yiran in panic.

"He will come to join us later." Mu Yiran then told everyone about his and Ke Xun's deduction about the signature.

"If the signature is a dog, I have an idea," Qin Ci said thoughtfully, "No matter where the dog is, there is a way to lure it out, that is... too dangerous."

Mu Yiran seemed to have thought of what he was going to say, with a serious expression on his face.

"If there is a dog on the farm, then the dog's role is probably equivalent to that of a shepherd dog or a hunting dog," Qin Ci said, "and once the farm finds that a human is lost, it is likely to release the dog to help search, so... ..."

"We don't have to take the initiative to find the dog, but just wait for the dog to come to us." Zhu Haowen said blankly, "But doing so may face a bad result, that is, the cow has arrived before the dog arrives."

These words made several people tremble, and after a moment of silence, Qin Cicai said again: "There is no other way, opportunities and dangers coexist. I even suspect that there is only one way to leave this painting, after all' It is impossible for us to leave easily, it is a necessary step, it is life or death, and it is very likely that if we are caught by cattle, we will be thrown directly into the slaughterhouse when we go back."

"It's natural." Zhu Haowen remained unwavering, "If you want to get something, you have to bet a corresponding amount of chips. I agree with this method."

Qin Ci looked at Mu Yiran and Weidong: "I also agree."

Wei Dong looked at the three of them: "I want to wait for Ke Er to come back."

"Go up the tree and wait," Mu Yiran said, "he will come back."

According to Ke Xun's judgment, those girls outside the painting would still be hiding in a group away from the person inside the painting like the last time he saw him, so after quickly digging a ditch with thick branches, Ke Xun got into it. Over the fence, carefully searched around.

Those girls were probably lucky.

Ke Xun found them behind a grassy hill nearby, squatting there hugging each other and weeping.

Ke Xun threw a large bunch of leaves in his arms to them: "Come with me as soon as you are finished."

This leaf is a cover that he picked up on the way when he came here. When he was in college for military training, he spent a whole day in the field, and he even wore a grass ring made of grass or leaves as a camouflage. This is what he learned at that time. .

First, I made one for myself to wear around my waist to cover my private parts, and then I made some for the girls so that they could move easily.

The girls shivered and followed him out of the ditch one by one. Just as they were about to run into the woods, they heard a sharp and long whistle from the farm.

"Found!" A girl exclaimed in panic.

It was already noon, and Ke Xun spent a lot of time digging the ditch. It took half an afternoon for several men to dig together, not to mention that he was only one person, and he used branches as tools, and his hands were also here. Several blood blisters were worn out in a short period of time.

"Climb the tree!" Ke Xun made a decisive decision.

But how can women climb a tree? The tree is much taller and stronger than in the real world. Several girls climbed at the root of the tree for a long time but failed to climb half a meter.

"What to do—what to do—" Several people broke down and cried, soft into a ball of mud.