Paintings of Terror

The strange death of the Persians makes one dare not look closely.

"Qingqing, why do I think this is not right?" Although Wu You was scared, the more important thing is time at 12:31-there are less than 30 minutes left, but this bead...

There is no problem with the beads. They can be put in the pocket, but Wu You didn't put it in rashly. He only tested the opening of the bag and felt the strong suction of the cowhide bag against the beads.

"With a knife to break the stock, the pearl will come out." Gu Qingqing said suddenly.

"What did you think of?"

"This is a story in "Taiping Guang Ji". To make a long story short, there was a man named Li Mian in ancient times who saved the Persian like we do today. The Persian also cut out a bead from his thigh and gave it to him, but Li Mian did not He took the beads as his own, but put the beads back into the mouths of the Persians." Gu Qingqing said.

"Why put it back?"

"It seems that this is the tradition of ancient Persia. These merchants who sell beads have to leave a bead for themselves in the end, so that the soul can rest in peace."

"..."

"More than this story, there are similar records in ancient times. There were those who broke the strands to get the beads, and the ones who cut the armpits to get the beads. In short, those people of righteousness will eventually return the beads to the Persians."

"In that case, let's... we run out of time."

Gu Qingqing looked at Wu You, and Wu You stared at Gu Qingqing.

The two girls looked at each other silently for two minutes.

"Well, if we take this bead directly, this question is a bit too simple." Wu You said.

"This question is probably a test of our willingness to choose." Gu Qingqing remembered to look carefully at the cyan bead. The luster is extremely ordinary and the shape is not perfectly round, but it always makes people feel that this is not one. An ordinary bead, "This is probably the legendary blue clay orb, very rare."

"Rare and rare, we can't take it." Wu You no longer hesitated, and put the bead into the slightly opened mouth of the dead Persian. The dead man's mouth was like that cowhide pocket. This kind of suction, and soon the beads are gone.

"Or let's just put the Persian in our pockets, because the beads are in his stomach anyway." Wu You said.

Gu Qingqing suddenly exclaimed: "Wu You, look at the face of the Persian!"

Wu You looked over, and the strange expression on the Persian's face was gone, replaced by a kind of peace of death.

Although this change of the deceased is from bad to good, it feels very scary.

Just when the two of them hesitated whether to actually put the body of the Persian in their cowhide pockets, a large ship that turned out suddenly appeared in the sight of the two of them, like switching cameras in a movie.

The Persians on the boat all wore gold, silver, and jewels. One of the Persians, who looked like a leader, ordered the boats to be tied up.

Soon, the entire boat, including its people, was **** with ropes by the powerful sailors.

Gu Qingqing and Wu You had no choice but to let the sailors lift the boat up.

The Persian leader did not speak much. At this moment, he focused on examining the Persian's corpse. He reached the position of the Persian's heart and stayed there for a while before his brows gradually opened.

The leader walked in front of Gu Qingqing and Wu You, folded his hands and saluted them: "Thank you to two kind friends, that treasure can only bring wealth to outsiders, but for my dead friend, That is the return of his soul."

Gu Qingqing paid back to the leader.

Wu You secretly observed the Persians behind the leader, all of them were fierce and strong men. At this moment, seeing what the leader did, they all showed a more kind expression. Wu You couldn't help thinking to himself: If the beads were hidden just now, I don't know what the leader would do to the two people.

It seems that the choice this time is correct.

I don't know what Gu Qingqing said to the leader, and the leader took a treasure box from his hand: "The two girls are gentlemen, and my bead is even a jewel."

When the lid was opened, there was also a green clay bead inside, but the shape was rounder and the color was more smooth.

"Thank you!" Wu You couldn't wait. It might not even be 10 minutes now. She picked up the green clay bead and put it in her cowhide pocket.

There was only a heavy noise, and the cowhide pocket received another bead.

...

When Gu Qingqing and Wu You returned to the hall with the woodblock fragments in their hands, they found that the furnishings of the hall were somewhat different from before.

"I suspect that many halls are combined here," Wu You pointed to a corridor in front, "Let's look for it."

The time on the phone now points exactly to 13 o'clock.

This means that the 13-hour period has passed.

Of these 13 members, those who should have come back have already come back. If they didn’t, I’m afraid...

Gu Qingqing slowed down: "Wu You, have you heard a voice over there?"

Wu You listened carefully, but couldn't hear clearly, and simply yelled out: "Ke Xun! Ke Xun! Are you there?!"

Gu Qingqing: "How come I don't sound like Ke Xun's voice."

Wu You: "Anyway, I just called Ke Xun directly, this name can give me courage!"

Gu Qingqing: "...,..., Ke Xun!! Is that you?!"

...

Ke Xun sneezed three times in succession: "I sneezed in the Eight Wax Temple, is it a bit disrespectful?"

Yue Cen smiled and said: "The gods will not know the same as mortals. Besides, the statues of the eight gods have been found through hard work. I believe these gods will surely protect us."

Yue Cen looked at the fragment of wood in his palm, on which was a partial pattern of wheat ears.

"We are really fast, it's still three hours away." Ke Xun walked over and pushed Yue Cen's wheelchair.

A ray of light appeared in front of the two people, and Ke Xun pushed Yue Cen out of the world like this.

...

As soon as they returned to the hall, the scene in front of them shocked them.

The surroundings are obviously still familiar hall scenes, but there is a large pool of blood in the corner of the hall, and there is a blood man sitting in the pool of blood!

Ke Xun only felt a puff of blood rushed to his forehead, and he didn't care about pushing Yue Cen at this time. He staggered under his feet, and Ke Xun almost ran towards the man with his legs soft.

Yue Cen and Ke Xun have experienced many emergencies in the world of the'Eight Wax Temple', but they have never seen this person be so panicked.

"Yan Ran." Ke Xun's voice was very soft, and Mu Yi Ran, who was almost fainting, was taken into his arms.

Mu Yiran's consciousness was not yet blurred. He looked at Ke Xun, who was close at hand, and looked up and down, as if checking whether Ke Xun had "returned in good condition".

Ke Xun tried to make Mu Yiran more comfortable: "Don't worry, I have nothing to do. Hold on, and I will find a doctor."

"This place is not the real world. I am afraid that there is no medical room." Yue Cen also shook his wheelchair and came over. "Let's find out first, where is Mr. Mu's fatal injury?"

Ke Xun’s heart was already upset. As soon as he returned to this world, although he was mentally prepared for the possibility of the sacrifice of his comrades, he did not expect that the first time he came back, he saw Mu Yiran bleeding all over his body. .

Mu Yiran waved his hand slightly, and tried his best to say: "There is no wound, I just have a poison in that world. That poison will make every pore of the human body bleed until it drains the blood."

Ke Xun listened with a deep heart, and gently wiped the blood from Mu Yiran's face with his hand. He realized that his face no longer bleeds at this time, and Ke Xun carefully checked Mu Yiran's arms and other positions. No more blood.

"It seems that after leaving that world, the bleeding should have gradually stopped," Yue Cen also watched carefully from the side, "You guard him, I will try my luck on the podium, maybe there is some mechanism or method to contact him. That NPC teacher."

Ke Xun nodded slightly, and all his attention at this time was on Mu Yiran.

"Ke Xun," Mu Yiran's voice was extremely faint, "My blood loss has not reached the limit. It is okay to hold on for a few more hours."

At this time, Ke Xun suddenly realized: "Yan Ran, you are the only one?"

Mu Yiran acquiesced, and he did not dare to imagine that he would be the first member to leave the world.

Ke Xun was anxious, but he didn't want to make Mu Yiran anxious, so he wanted to talk about some relaxed topics to relax him, but the more he wanted to talk, the more he couldn't find the topic. At this time, he just clung to Mu Yiran. , Without saying a word.

Instead, Mu looked at his lover calmly: "Ke Xun, I have an important thing to tell you."

Ke Xun's heart became heavier, and Mu Yiran looked like he was about to confess some last words.

"Ke Xun, happy new year." Mu Yiran smiled slightly, followed by a few coughs, and blood spilled from his mouth.

Ke Xun shook his heart and wiped the blood from the corner of Mu Yiran's mouth with his sleeve: "Yan, I believe everyone can come back and pass this level. We will be able to go out in two more hours at most. Let’s go to the hospital. By the way, there is also Lao Qin. Lao Qin will come out in a while and let him show you first. He has high medical skills, and maybe he can find some acupuncture points to stop bleeding."

"The blood has stopped," Mu Yiran wanted to rest for a while, but couldn't help but explain to Ke Xun, "What I just vomited out was blood remaining in his mouth."

"Yan Ran, take a break, take a break, and take a good rest." Ke Xun sat on the cold marble floor, using his legs as pillows, and let Mu Yiran lie on it in a more comfortable position, "I will wait for me to go home. Just stew the beef brisket you like. I still have a lot of donkey-hide jujube. Last time you said it was delicious, it just can nourish blood."

"Ok……"

"Also, Sister Cen and I were in that world just now...Forget it, let's talk about it later."

Mu Yiran opened his eyes slightly: "Let's talk, I've been here for more than three hours by myself, and I'm already lonely."

"For more than three hours, when did you come back?" Ke Xun was surprised when he heard this.

"It was past seven o'clock..." Mu Yiran's voice seemed to reveal a trace of grievance.

The big guy deserves to be a big guy, he came out in that world alone in only seven hours.

"I chose a shortcut, because the other roads require two people to cooperate to complete." Although Mu Yiran was tired, but looking at Ke Xun, he couldn't help but want to speak. "What I chose was to use force with a Nian beast. Against... its teeth are poisonous, causing me to bleed all the time..."

"Really...too wrong for us..."

"Ok……"

"Kaer!! Scolded!" Suddenly a strange cry rang.

Immediately afterwards, Ke Xun saw Wei Dong rushing over from the corner of the hall: "What's wrong with Da La!"

Mu Yiran directly closed his eyes and rested.

Ke Xun: "Who do you go with, Dongzi? What happened to your tongue?"

Fang Fei also came over: "He has been a goose for more than ten hours and can't speak human words anymore."

"Fafa."

"Bia is called Wa!" Fang Fei was anxious, and ran over to see Mu Yiran's injuries, "How did this happen?"

Mu Yiran made a gesture: It's okay, I want to rest.

Luo Ling's voice suddenly came from the hall, and Luo Ling pushed Yue Cen's wheelchair to walk over, followed by Hua Jiqiu.

"We found water, and it's warm water, so Mr. Mu can replenish some water." On the handy table of Yue Cen's wheelchair, there were several paper cups filled with water.

"There is nothing wrong with this water, right?" Fang Fei asked.

"It's okay, I have had a few drinks early, and I have to thank Curator Hua, he found the water dispenser." Luo Ling said.

Suddenly there was a voice not far from the hall: "Is there anyone?"

"It's Doctor Qin!" Luo Er hurriedly agreed, "We are here!"

"Where are you?" Qin Ci asked again, and Zhu Haowen's voice seemed to follow-"No one, Old Qin, did you hear me wrong."

Soon a girl's voice came from the other direction: "Kissun! Kazun! Are you there?!"

Several people simply broke up to find these members again.

Ke Xun and Mu Yiran remained in place.

"Drink some water and keep your eyes closed. Even Dongzi and the radish have come out. No, judging by the voice, everyone should have come out." Ke Xun dipped some water and put Mu's hair on his hair. Wipe clean the blood.

"You still haven't said a word." Mu Yiran opened his eyes slightly and looked at Ke Xun.

Ke Xun thought for a while, then solemnly said: "Yan Ran, Happy New Year."

...

After a while, everyone came back one after another, with a rejoicing expression on their faces, and said each other a meaningful New Year's greetings.

"It's great, we are all alive on the New Year's Day!" Luo Wei said with emotion.

Everyone also said with emotion that each other is blessed.

Qin Ci inspected Mu Yiran's injuries and concluded that: Mu Yiran's body had been severely injured. Fortunately, he did not stay in that world for too long. After he came out, his body injuries were reduced several times. This can save his life. .

"Brother-in-law, if you want to come out an hour late, maybe your life is in danger!" Luo Ling said.

"Carrot, is it difficult in your world? Who are you with?" Wei Dong asked.

"Brother Dong, you suddenly stopped calling me'La Ba', I'm still a bit uncomfortable." Luo Wei laughed, "I'm very lucky. Fortunately, I followed Curator Hua, or I was like I did for the nine years of painting People who don’t know anything will definitely fall into it."

Zhu Haowen said: "These things are not absolute. If some relevant knowledge is weak, there will probably be some detours, but it should not be an absolute dead end."

"What Brother Wen'er said is that if you don't understand the knowledge of painting nine in a world like ours, you have to have very strong logical reasoning ability to clarify those cases thoroughly, right? Curator Hua, right?" Luo Wei said and looked at it. Look at Hua Jiqiu, "Curator Hua, Uncle Hua, what do you think?"

"Why didn't Li Xiaochun come back?" Hua Jiqiu found out after being surprised, and never saw Li Xiaochun.

"That's right," Luo Wei looked at the group again, "and Mr. Shao! Mr. Shao is not there!"

Everyone panicked, and then they became heavy.

"Who just said that the number of people is full?" Wu You asked.

"It seems to be this sister." Gu Qingqing looked at Yue Cen who was sitting in a wheelchair.

Yue Cen: "The number of people is indeed full. I was at the drinking fountain just now and saw the two gentlemen drinking water, as if they were very thirsty."

Everyone: "..."

In a short while, I saw Shao Ling and Li Xiaochun walking over in great spirits.

"It's not the same to add enough water... Ga," Wei Dong said.

Shao Ling: Is there anything on my face? Why do people stare at me with such weird eyes...

After the number of people arrived, each group took out the woodblock fragments of the New Year paintings obtained through hard work.

Some of the fragments are half old, some are broken, and one is completely stained red with blood.

Ke Xun frowned and looked at the red fragment of Mu Yiran carefully, but he really didn't see the word on it clearly.

"It's'year'." Mu Yiran said lightly.

When the seven woodblock fragments were put together, these unrelated woodblock fragments were actually joined together to form a fragment of wood, and a name appeared on the wood: Sinian.

This name is like a full stop for this complicated world. Soon, the familiar picture frame appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone has never walked out of the painting so calmly. Except for Mu Yiran who needs to be carried by Ke Xun, the others look like they just returned from the New Year's Day.

"Do you always have such a harmonious style every time you paint?" Hua Jiqiu asked.

"No, because every time there are companions who stay in the painting and can't get out. This is the first time. 13 people went in and 13 people came out. There is no regret." Qin Ci replied.

Hua Jiqiu was silent for a while, looking at the familiar painting exhibition hall in front of him, as if what he had just experienced was just a chaotic dream.

Qin Ci helped support Mu Yiran on Ke Xun's back: "It shouldn't be too late. He needs to go to the hospital to receive a blood transfusion immediately."

Fang Fei and Weidong also hurried over to help, but they heard a voice saying: "I'm sorry, I didn't intend to interrupt you, but there is something that must be confirmed here."

The speaker was Yue Cen, and she continued: "According to what you said before, after the painting, there will be tickets for the next painting in my pocket. But I have rummaged through my pockets and there is nothing."

Hearing her words, everyone turned their pockets together, only to find nothing.

This kind of blankness gives people a pleasant surprise. But after the surprise, there is another sense of horror that is unpredictable.

"Without tickets, shouldn't we... no longer need to enter the painting?" Wu You asked in a low voice.

No one can answer this question.

"I think it's best to figure out the bone patterns of the three newcomers first." Zhu Haowen said.

Everyone also thought it made sense. Although this time I didn't give instructions for the next step, it was clear that the incident did not really end.

This kind of unanswered silence is like a brewing, as if moving towards a deeper level of the situation.

"I'll take Yiran to the hospital first. Everyone will go back to the hotel first, and discuss what happened after returning to the hotel." After Ke Xun said this, he left with Mu Yiran on his back.

Wei Dong and Qin Ci also followed Ke Xun to the hospital to help.

Wei Dong couldn't help but said, "What did the Mu boss go through? How could he suffer such a serious injury?"

Qin Ci is also very curious about this.

Ke Xun didn't say anything. Mu Yiran said to him about the Nian Beast, and he had no other choice in that world but to fight by force...

Ke Xun did not believe that these practices and choices were not Mu Yiran's consistent behavior; furthermore, through understanding, the other worlds were all collection-oriented processes, and the world Mu Yiran experienced was just like that. Different.

What he said to himself should be a white lie.

No one knew what Mu Yiran had experienced in that world.

As for why he kept the secret from Ke Xun, it should not be that he didn't want to say, but he couldn't.

Ke Xun stood by the hospital bed, looking at Mu Yiran who was asleep, and gradually became sleepy because of tiredness, so he fell asleep by the hospital bed.