Doomsday Wonderland

When the words of the middle-aged man named "Peter" in the oil painting fell, Pina had exactly 22 hours left on this road.

During the brief pause in the portrait, everyone in the cave silently gathered in front of the portrait of "Peter"; a small sign hanging under the painting stated his age - "Peter, 47 years old, executive director of a local mining group, The owner of the hilltop mansion."

Lin Sanjiu squinted at the stern and upright man on the portrait, and asked softly, "Is there a pre-recorded player behind the portrait?"

"I'll take a look," Kakada said, walking around to the frame of the painting, carefully slicing the gap with his fingers—and then he shook his head at the other three.

"It's not pre-recorded, then..." Before Pina finished speaking, she immediately closed her mouth; because Peter in the portrait spoke again at this moment.

"Tonight's party is different from every previous one because we have to act first. It's just that I didn't tell anyone about the action plan...I can't afford to risk leaking information."

The face of Peter in the portrait maintained a serious and motionless expression, as if he was about to open his mouth to criticize everyone who appeared in front of him. "I heard a car engine screeching outside. Someone finally arrived... A car came downstairs in the driveway, uh, who's that? I can't see clearly."

As the sound of the portrait came to an end, the four of you looked at me, I looked at you, and walked to the next painting in unison.

The man in the portrait is probably in his thirties, with tanned wheatish skin, and when he laughs, he shows a set of white and neat teeth; he looks friendly, lovable, and quite charming, on the introductory card under the oil painting. , which reads "Nika, 35, local Channel 5 morning news host."

"...The place is too remote. The whole way driving there is pitch-dark. You can't see cars or people." From Nika's portrait, there was a monologue with a clear voice and smooth articulation. "I actually have doubts in my heart... Our secret meeting has been going on for a long time, why would Peter suddenly want to invite new people to join? Or... No way, that would be crazy."

"Newcomer", you mean the oil painting of your own group of four, right? Lin Sanjiu thought to himself.

Including her, everyone held their breath, waiting for him to continue to explain what it was "too crazy", but Nika's portrait was silent and stopped talking.

"Is this what happened in real time," Pina guessed in a low voice, "Judging from Nika's monologue, he hasn't reached the hilltop mansion yet."

Pan Cui made a "uh" from her nose, as if expressing her approval.

The next portrait is of a middle-aged woman with thin lips who, like Peter, always looks dissatisfied with something; the sign below her portrait explains the reason - "Minna, 44 years old, Peter's ex-wife, Currently living alone in the city."

"I've come to this nasty place again," Minna's oil painting said in a deep voice. "I don't know what he is thinking about tonight. What are he thinking about? There are more things to pay attention to tonight than before, and he also invited several new people... I don't know why."

"It seems that the person who arrived at the mansion on the top of the mountain just now is his ex-wife," Jia Jiatian laughed. "Or should I call her auntie?"

"Your aunt took you to a party that looked suspicious," Pina sneered. "Your family has a good relationship."

The woman in the next oil painting looks very young, but her efforts to make herself more mature and prest "Kate, 23, popular channel host on '5Chain' website".

"If only I could record the process of the party, it will definitely be a very popular episode... But if I get kicked out, I can't get in again." In Kate's oil painting, there is a A young and excited voice, "It's the first time I've seen... um, yes, this can't be mentioned. After driving for so long, it's finally coming, and I'm almost suffocated by urine! The more this happens, the more Missing that big, beautiful bathroom in the mansion on the top of the hill...these rich people's guest bathrooms are bigger than my bedroom, does that make sense?"

What did she see for the first time?

When Lin Sanjiu became suspicious, Pan Cui just happened to touch her shoulder, and immediately gestured to her to bring out a notebook; after taking the pen and paper, Pan Cui wrote a line of records—"This is Kate's first time. Seeing something once and for some reason she couldn't bring it up."

Everyone headed over to take a look, and Jia Jiatian also praised "this method is good".

It appears that each portrait will have a brief "prologue" and, as Pina puts it, they tell what appears to be happening "in real time."

Lin Sanjiu proposed to go back to Peter's portrait to verify this guess; as expected, the monologue that came from Peter's portrait again changed the content: "...the person that Ming Na brought is her nephew? This woman is really a little bit. I don't have common sense either. Forget it, maybe the younger ones are better educated..."

"Will there be a time when we need to speak?" Kagata asked in a low voice, uncertain as he walked away from Peter's portrait; but for the time being no one could give him an answer.

In addition to the four evolutionaries, the penultimate portrait is a chubby man with a beard and glasses. The sign reads "Raven, 31 years old, director of a local security company." He seemed to be a man of few words, and the opening remarks were only a short "here, other people's cars are there", and it was over.

"So the gang has finally met now," Pina said. "Oh, one more."

The next painting is of a pale man with a thin face; his sign reads "Scott, 38, is running for local council."

"What the **** is this place," came a curse from Scott's oil painting, "it's too remote, isn't it? I really don't understand why Peter is so tossing people... Damn, this is the wrong way, it seems that I have to turn around and go back to the road just now. If even the newcomers arrive, and I haven't arrived yet, it would be a bit embarrassing."

As the last unfamiliar portrait, after he finished speaking, it seemed to announce the end of a certain stage - all four people turned their attention to the next four oil portraits, that is, themselves.

"I was invited by Nika," Pina said while looking at her oil painting, "So Lin Sanjiu is the friend I invited."

"Pan Cui is the producer partner in Kate's show, and it seems that she was invited by Kate... How do you need a producer partner for an online channel?" Jia Jiatian frowned and said, "That is to say, the four of us All of them are newcomers brought to the hilltop mansion...then I have a problem."

The same problem is pressing on everyone's heart.

"Why did they invite new people?"

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