Paintings of Terror

"This is the plant I saw in the forest that I just listed," Gu Qingqing spoke and acted with a strong student spirit, like explaining a Chinese question to everyone, using the tip of a pen to point the contents of the notebook. , Said one by one, “Cycads can grow in tropical, subtropical and temperate zones, but there are more in tropical areas; araucaria, tropical plants; butterfly trees, tropical rainforest plants; oil palms, tropical plants; palm sunflowers, beautiful saplings, travellers Bananas, heliconias, sunflowers, fishtail sunflowers, etc., tropical plants; firs, which are mostly found in cold regions; yellow larch, frigid plants; oak wood, frigid plants; and willows you find in the forest It is mostly produced in the temperate and frigid zones, but rarely in the tropics. In addition, the plants I circled later should grow in the frigid, sub-frigid or temperate zone."

At this point, Gu Qingqing looked at everyone with an unbelievable expression: "This is impossible...I mean, this does not conform to the laws of nature. Tropical plants and frigid plants grow in the same area. If this forest is artificial The planting still makes sense, but it is obviously a natural wild forest. How could these tree species that should have grown in different temperature zones appear here at the same time?"

These words made everyone look at her face with a peculiar look. Gu Qingqing couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He pinched one of the spectacles in his ear and said hesitantly: "Why...Is it something I can say? wrong?"

"No, you said it very well, this is indeed a very suspicious question." Shao Ling said, "we are just lamenting Mu's reasoning before entering the painting."

"Uh... can I ask what it is?" Gu Qingqing has a good student's motivation to ask frequently and learn.

"For every painting, the behind-the-scenes man seems to be deliberately selecting some suitable candidates for the painting," Shao Ling looked at Gu Qingqing with a slightly deep gaze, "Obviously, for this painting, you may That's the right person."

"I...I don't quite understand..." Gu Qingqing was shocked by this statement, her face paled slightly.

"This question will be explained to you after we leave this painting. Now let me talk about the clue you found," Shao Ling said. "I think this is indeed a very important discovery, this kind of violation of the laws of nature. This phenomenon may be able to explain the question raised by Fang Fei: Why does this forest become part of the main body of the painting? Obviously, the disordered state of the vegetation in it is a clue."

"What can it prove?" Wei Dong said, "The plants have mutated?-Fuck, can that also prove that the humans who died in the'blood case' have also mutated and turned into zombies or something, which is reflected in On the plants, it appears as this kind of random growth that violates natural common sense?"

"I think Dong Ge's statement is reliable." Luo Er nodded repeatedly.

"Where's He Tang?" Ke Xun looked at He Tang, who had been silent, "Are you feeling well?"

"Yeah..." He Tang raised her eyes to look at Ke Xun. She knew that this person was very careful, but she didn't expect that he was still so sensitive to the subtle changes that happened to others. She nodded and said, "I feel very uncomfortable, but this It’s uncomfortable... I'm afraid that everyone will think I'm making a fuss. When this is important, don't worry about me..."

"Where is it uncomfortable?" It was Mu Yiran who asked, calmly looking over, making He Tang afraid to avoid any of his questions.

"Just... dizziness, nausea, nausea, and my heart is not very comfortable," He Tang took two deep breaths, "and he was very irritable, and felt an inexplicable flustered feeling."

"Has this happened before?" Mu Yiran asked again.

He Tang thought about it for a while and nodded: "Yes, I have had this kind of uncomfortable feeling when our orchestra performed before, probably three or four times."

"Not this time, after those three or four times?" Mu Yiran continued to ask.

"The last time I was so uncomfortable, I told the group leader that I don't want to perform in that theater anymore," He Tang was a little embarrassed, but also a little scared. "By the way, we performed in the same theater three or four times. The people in the group joked that I didn’t agree with that theater. Why are others okay? I always feel unwell in that theater... Then I didn’t perform in that theater again, so this situation did not happen again. It wouldn't be...that theater has something bad, right?"

"You said you feel particularly irritable?" Mu Yiran looked at her.

He Tang nodded: "Yes, I am irritable. I don't know how this situation came about. Sometimes I am in a good mood, but after entering the theater and playing, I became irritable not long after."

"I have a guess," Mu Yiran looked away from her face, sweeping to every corner of the room and the scenery outside the window, "Is your hearing very good?" Still asked He Tang.

He Tang was a little surprised, but quickly nodded: "Yes, my listening is the best in our group. It may be related to my music study. Even if it is a vague symphony, I can accurately distinguish the contents. Every musical instrument."

"What is the lowest frequency of the sound you can hear, have you measured it?" Mu Yiran's gaze fell back on her face.

"No..." He Tang hesitated, "But when you ask, I remember that I often hear some noises that others can't hear. Whenever I hear these noises and ask people around them if they hear them. , They always say and hear nothing. I always suspect that it is my tinnitus or auditory hallucinations or something."

"Then my guess is probably half right," Mu Yiran looked at the curious gazes projected on him by the crowd, "He Tang is rare. He can hear it or feel it more sensitively than ordinary people. To the infrasound person."

"Brother-in-law, what is infrasound?" Luo Wei asked on behalf of the scum group.

"The sound frequency range that the human ear can hear is between 20 Hz and 20000 Hz," Mu Yiran said, "Among them, 20 to 200 Hz belongs to low frequency noise, 500 to 2000 Hz belongs to intermediate frequency, and 2000 to 16000 Hz is high. Frequency. Above 20,000 Hz is ultrasonic, and below 20 Hz is called infrasound.

"Among the common animals, only dogs, elephants, whales and jellyfish can hear infrasound waves. According to common sense, humans cannot hear infrasound waves. But there is no absoluteness in everything, and there are no wonders in the world. Maybe He Tang happens to be rare among them. Perhaps she is not hearing it now, but is more sensitive to infrasound than us people. Perhaps, this is an exaggerated rendering method of painting, which makes her ears better than normal He Tang. Arrived infrasound.

"Some infrasound waves can be very harmful to the human body. Their vibration frequency is similar to or even the same as the vibration frequency of the internal organs of the human body. This will cause strong resonance with human organs and cause serious damage.

"Infrasound waves can interfere with the human nervous system. The dizziness, nausea, nausea, and irritability that He Tang feels are all caused by infrasound waves. In severe cases, it can cause deafness, coma, and even death directly.

"I think He Tang is more sensitive to infrasound waves than ordinary people. When playing music in a theater like the theater, the sound of the instrument is mixed with the echo caused by the structure of the theater, it is possible to produce infrasound waves, so He Tang always has physical discomfort in the same theater.

"Then returning to this painting, He Tang's body will react uncomfortably, which proves that there is something in this place that is emitting infrasound waves."

This remark made everyone very excited.

"This...is something playing infrasonic waves?" Luo Ling hugged himself tightly, but he felt hot again, so he let go of his arms, "Could it be... something that you can't see in these houses?"

"Don't scare yourself," Ke Xun said, turning to He Tang, "Where do you feel the strongest? Is it in this residential area or when we entered the forest before?"

"...It's all the same," He Tang felt it carefully, "I feel the same in these two places."

"This may be more troublesome." Wei Dong said, "In addition to the problem of water stress, possible zombie attacks, and lack of medical care and medicine after illness, there is another problem of infrasound injury. I feel that this painting is quite difficult. Unlike the previous paintings, although the rules of death are superimposed, at least they do not deviate from a big frame, but this painting has too many elements that can kill us, and we still have not been able to solve it. What is the connection between these issues and the theme of'restart'?"

"Perhaps," Zhu Haowen said lightly, "this time we still have to pass death to get more clues."

This sentence made everyone's heart sink.

"I'll see how Xiao Kai is going." Ke Xun got up and walked into the living room.

Speaking of death, Xiao Kai, who is now in distressing physical condition, seems to be the closest to death.

Pushing the door open, Qin Ci and Tian Yang were still rubbing Xiao Kai with alcohol.

"It's not finished yet? Can you help?" Ke Xun asked.

Qin Ci shook his head: "Don't come in, wipe it out immediately."

Ke Xun closed the door and walked back to the central hall. Seeing everyone watching him, he said "the situation is not so good", then sat back next to Mu Yiran and asked him, "You said, will Xiao Kai be in this situation? Is it also caused by infrasound?"

"This is not true, but it cannot be denied." Mu Yiran said.

"Then perhaps, the first death rule of this painting is the sensitivity to infrasound?" Shao Ling said.

"Mr. Shao, you scared the girl." Ke Xun glanced at He Tang, whose face paled in shock.

"Sorry," Shao Ling said to He Tang, "we just can't let go of any possibility. Then, is there any way to resist this infrasound?"

"No way," Mu Yiran's answer made He Tang's face whiter. "Infrasound has extremely strong penetrating power. Reinforced concrete buildings, tanks, warships, submarines and airplanes can all penetrate, so certain Some countries have been studying the use of infrasound as a weapon of war because of its super penetration and large-scale destructiveness and lethality."

"If infrasound is the condition of death, then we can't hide wherever we hide," Zhu Haowen said, "and if the order of death is based on the sensitivity to infrasound, it doesn't seem to make sense. After all, most of us are Ordinary people cannot hear the infrasound wave, and when they can feel it, everyone may be recruited at the same time, so why give us a way back? We might be wiped out the first night."

"Also, don't forget, there may be zombies in this place," Wei Dongdao, "If there are zombies besieged in all directions at night, then we have to find a way to plan ahead."

"Let's find a sturdy house and block all the doors and windows?" Luo Ling said hurriedly.

"To tell you the truth, I don't think the house is safe," Ke Xun said. "I always feel that there is something in the house."