Paintings of Terror

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

"Qingqing, why do I feel that this is not right?" Although Wu You was afraid, what was more important at this moment was the time, 12:31—there were less than 10 minutes left, but this bead...

There was no problem with the beads, they could be put into the pocket, but Wu You didn't put them in hastily. He only tried the mouth of the bag, and felt the strong suction force of the cowhide bag on the beads.

"Draw the knife to decide the stock, and the pearl will come out." Gu Qingqing said suddenly.

"What did you think of?"

"This is a story in "Taiping Guangji". To make a long story short, there was a man named Li Mian in ancient times who saved the Persians like we do today. The Persians also cut a bead from their thighs for him, but Li Mian did not He took the beads as his own, but put the beads back into the mouth 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 their souls can rest in peace."

"..."

"It's not just this story. There are similar records in ancient times. There are people who broke their thighs to get beads, and some who cut their armpits to get beads. In short, those benevolent people will eventually return the beads to the Persians."

"In that case we'd... we'd run out of time."

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

The two girls just stared at each other silently for 2 minutes.

"Well, if we just took the bead, this question would be too easy." Wu You said.

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

"Rare and not rare, we can't take it away." Wu You no longer hesitated, and put the bead into the slightly opened mouth of the dead Persian. This kind of suction, and soon the beads are gone.

"Why don't we put the Persian in our pockets, anyway, the beads are in his stomach." Wu You said.

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

Wu You looked over, and the weird expression on the Persian's face disappeared, replaced by a kind of serenity that had passed away forever.

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

Just when the two were hesitating whether to really put the Persian's body into the cowhide pocket, a large ship suddenly appeared in the sight of the two of them like a cut scene in a movie.

The Persians on board were all dressed in gold, silver, and jewels, and one of the Persians who looked like a leader ordered everyone to tie up the boat.

Soon, the whole boat and its people were tied to the big boat 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 didn't say much. At the moment, he focused on examining the Persian's body. He put his hand to the position of the Persian's mouth, stayed there for a while, and then gradually relaxed his brows.

The leader walked up to Gu Qingqing and Wu You, put his hands together and bowed to them: "Thank you two kind friends, that orb can only bring wealth to outsiders, but to my dead friend, That's the return of his soul."

Gu Qingqing saluted the leader.

Wu You secretly observed the Persians behind the leader, all of them were fierce and strong men. Seeing what the leader did at this moment, they all showed kinder expressions.Wu You couldn't help but think to himself: If the beads were hidden just now, I don't know what the leader would do to the two of them.

It seems that the trade-off this time is correct.

I don't know what Gu Qingqing said to the leader, and the leader took a treasure box from his subordinates: "The two girls are gentlemen, so this pearl of mine can be regarded as the jewel of the king."

The lid of the box was opened, and there was also a green mud bead inside, but the shape was rounder and the color was more moist.

"Thank you!" Wu You couldn't wait any longer, and now it might not even be 10 minutes. She picked up the green mud bead and put it in a cowhide pocket.

There was only a heavy sound, and the cowhide pocket received another bead in this way.

……

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

"I suspect that this place is probably a combination of many halls," Wu You pointed to a corridor in front, "Let's look for it."

Now the time on the phone points to exactly 13:[-].

In other words, the 13-hour period has passed.

Those 13 members who should have come back have already come back, if they didn't come back, I'm afraid...

Gu Qingqing slowed down her pace: "Wu You, did you hear any voices talking over there?"

Wu You listened carefully, but couldn't hear clearly, so he simply shouted: "Ke Xun! Ke Xun! Are you there?!"

Gu Qingqing: "Why doesn't my voice sound like Ke Xun's?"

Wu You: "Anyway, I will call 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 Bawa Temple, isn't it a bit disrespectful?"

Yue Cen said with a smile: "Immortals don't have the same knowledge as ordinary people. Besides, we have worked hard to find the gods of the eight immortals. I believe these immortals will protect us."

Yue Cen looked at the fragment of woodblock in his hand, on which was a partial pattern of a bunch of ears of wheat.

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

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

……

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

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 rush of blood rushing to his forehead, and he didn't care about pushing Yue Cen at this moment. He staggered at first, and Ke Xun almost ran towards that person with weak legs all the way.

Yue Cen and Ke Xun have experienced many emergency moments in the world of 'Bawamiao', but they have never seen this person so panic-stricken.

"Yiran." Ke Xun's voice was very soft, and he took Mu Yiran, who was almost fainting, 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 to check whether Ke Xun had "returned intact".

Ke Xun tried his best to make Mu Yiran more comfortable: "Don't worry, I'm fine, just hold on, I'll find a way to find a doctor."

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

Ke Xun's heart was already in a mess. When he first came back to this world, although he was mentally prepared for the possible sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms, what he didn't expect was that the first time he came back, he saw Mu Yiran covered in blood. .

Mu Yiran waved his hand slightly, and said with all his strength: "There is no wound, I just got a kind of poison in that world, that kind of poison will make every pore of the body bleed until the blood is exhausted."

Ke Xun's heart sank when he heard this, and he gently wiped away the blood on Mu Yiran's face with his hand, and found that his face was no longer bleeding, Ke Xun carefully checked Mu Yiran's arm and other positions, these places No more bleeding.

"It seems that the bleeding should gradually stop after leaving that world." Yue Cen also watched carefully from the side. That NPC teacher."

Ke Xun nodded slightly, all his attention was on Mu Yiran.

"Ke Xun," Mu Yiran's voice was extremely weak, "my blood loss has not reached the limit, and I can still persist for a few more hours."

Ke Xun suddenly realized at this moment: "Of course, you're the only one?"

Mu Yiran acquiesced, and he didn't dare to imagine that he would be the first member to go out of the world.

Ke Xun was anxious, but he didn't want Mu Yiran to be anxious, so he wanted to talk about some light topics to relax him, but the more he wanted to talk, the more he couldn't find the topic. At this time, he just hugged Mu Yiran tightly. , without saying a word.

On the contrary, Mu Yiran looked at her lover peacefully: "Ke Xun, I have something important to tell you."

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

"Ke Xun, Happy New Year." Mu Yiran smiled slightly, followed by coughing a few times, and blood overflowed from his mouth.

Ke Xun's heart twitched, and he wiped the blood from the corner of Mu Yiran's mouth with his sleeve: "Yiran, I believe everyone can come back and pass this hurdle, and we can go out in at most two hours. , let's go to the hospital. By the way, there is also Lao Qin, Lao Qin will come out in a while, let him show you first, he has good medical skills, 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 explaining to Ke Xun, "What I just spit out is the remaining blood in my mouth."

"Yiran, take a rest and take good care of yourself." Ke Xun sat on the cold marble floor, using his legs as a pillow, and let Mu Yiran lie on it in a more comfortable position. Just stew your favorite beef brisket for you, I still have a lot of donkey-hide gelatin jujube, last time you said it was delicious, just to replenish blood."

"Um……"

"Also, Sister Cen and I were in that world just now and felt like a pushover... Forget it, let's talk about it when we go back."

Mu Yiran opened his eyes slightly: "Tell me, I've been here alone for more than three hours, and I'm already lonely."

"More than three hours, but when did you come back?" Ke Xun was quite surprised when he heard this.

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

As expected of a boss, the boss came out of that world in only seven hours alone.

"I chose a shortcut, because the other paths require the cooperation of two people." Although Mu Yiran was tired, he couldn't help but want to speak when he looked at Ke Xun, "I chose to fight with a Nian beast by force." Fighting... its teeth are poisonous, causing me to bleed all the time..."

"It's really...too humiliating us..."

"Um……"

"Ka'er!! Scold Da La!!" Suddenly a strange cry sounded.

Immediately afterwards, Ke Xun saw Wei Dong who was rushing over from the corner of the hall: "What's the matter, sir!"

Mu Yiran closed his eyes and rested.

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

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

"Fat hair."

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

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

Luo Kuo's voice suddenly came from the hall, Luo Kuo was seen pushing Yue Cen's wheelchair over, followed by Hua Jiqiu.

"We found water, and it's lukewarm water, so Mr. Mu can replenish some water." There were several paper cups filled with water on the convenience table in Yue Cen's wheelchair.

"Is there anything wrong with the water?" Fang Fei asked.

"It's okay, I've already had a few drinks, and I have to thank Curator Hua, who found the water dispenser," Luo Kuo said.

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

"It's Doctor Qin!" Luo Kui hastily agreed, "We're here!"

"Where are you?" Qin Ci asked again, and Zhu Haowen's voice seemed to follow behind - "No one, Lao Qin, you heard it wrong, right?"

Soon another girl's voice came from another direction: "Ke Xun! Ke Xun! Are you there?!"

A few people simply split up and went to find these members again.

Ke Xun and Mu Yiran were left in place.

"Drink some water, keep your eyes closed, even Dongzi and Radish have come out, no, judging from the sound, all the members should have come out." Ke Xun dipped some water and wiped the hair on Mu Yiran's hair. The blood was wiped clean.

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

Ke Xun thought for a while before saying solemnly, "Of course, Happy New Year."

……

After a while, everyone came back one after another, with expressions of rejoicing after the disaster, and said meaningful New Year greetings to each other.

"It's great, we are still alive on the first day of the new year!" Luo Xie said with emotion.

Everyone also said with emotion that each other is blessed.

Qin Ci checked Mu Yiran's injuries, and concluded that Mu Yiran's body had been severely injured. Fortunately, he didn't stay in that world for too long. After he came out, his injuries were reduced several times, so he could save his life. .

"Brother-in-law, if you come out an hour late, your life may be in danger!" Luo Kuo said.

"Luobo, is your world difficult? Who are you with?" Wei Dong asked.

"Brother Dong, you don't call me 'La Ba' all of a sudden, I'm still not used to it." Luo Yu laughed, "I'm very lucky, fortunately I follow Director Hua, if I don't talk to Huajiu like me People who know nothing about it will definitely get caught in it.”

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

"What Brother Wen'er said is that in our world, if you don't understand the knowledge of Huajiu, you need to have a very strong logical reasoning ability to thoroughly understand those cases, right Director Hua?" Luo Wei said and looked at it. Looking at Hua Jiqiu, "Curator Hua, Uncle Hua, what are you thinking?"

"Why didn't Li Xiaochun come back?" Hua Jiqiu also realized after being pleasantly surprised that he had never seen Li Xiaochun.

"That's right," Luo Kuo looked at the group of people again, "There is also Mr. Shao! Mr. Shao is not here either!"

Everyone panicked for a while, and then became heavy.

"Who just said that the number is complete?" 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 water dispenser just now and saw those two gentlemen drinking water, as if they were very thirsty."

Everyone: "..."

After a while, I saw Shao Ling and Li Xiaochun walking over in high spirits.

"It's not the same after adding enough water...Gah." Wei Dong said.

Shao Ling: Is there something on my face?Why are you all staring at me with such weird eyes...

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

Some of the fragments were half old, some were broken, and one piece was completely stained red by blood.

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

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

When the seven wooden fragments were put together, these irrelevant wooden fragments were actually joined together to form a piece of residual wood, and a name suddenly appeared on the wood: Si Nian.

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

The crowd had never walked out of the painting so calmly, except for Mu Yiran who needed to be carried by Ke Xun, the others looked as if they had just returned from New Year's Day.

"Do you always paint in such a peaceful way every time?" Hua Jiqiu asked.

"No, because every time there are companions who stay in the painting and cannot get out. This is the first time, 13 people go in and 13 people come out. There is no regret." Qin Ci replied.

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

Qin Ci helped to support Mu Yiran on Ke Xun's back: "It's not too late, he needs to go to the hospital immediately for a blood transfusion."

Fang Fei and Wei Dong hurried over to help, but they heard a voice saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt everyone, but there is something we need to confirm here."

The person who spoke was Yue Cen, and she continued: "According to the previous experience you said, after the painting is finished, there will be tickets for the next painting in my pocket. But I have already searched my pockets, and there is nothing."

Hearing her words, everyone turned into their pockets at the same time, only to find that they were empty.

This kind of blankness gives people a kind of surprise that changes the world.But after the surprise, there is another sense of terror of nowhere.

"Without tickets, do we...don't need to enter the painting anymore?" Wu You asked in a low voice.

No one can answer this question.

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

Everyone also felt that it made sense. Although this time Tui Tui did not give any instructions for the next step, it is clear that this incident has not really ended.

This kind of silence without an answer seems to be a kind of brewing, as if it is moving towards a deeper level of the situation.

"I'll take Yiran to the hospital first, and everyone should go back to the hotel first, and we can discuss anything after returning to the hotel." After Ke Xun said this, he left behind Mu Yiran's back.

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

Wei Dong couldn't help but said, "What happened to Boss Mu? How did he suffer such a serious injury?"

Qin Ci was also very curious about this.

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

Ke Xun does not believe that these practices and choices are not Mu Yiran's consistent behavior; moreover, through understanding, the other worlds are all collection-based breakthroughs, but the world Mu Yiran experienced is so similar to different.

What he said to himself should be a white lie.

No one knows what Mu Yiran experienced in that world.

As for why he hid Ke Xun from Ke Xun, it's not that he didn't want to say it, but he couldn't say it.

Ke Xun stood by the bed, looking at Mu Yiran who was sleeping soundly, and gradually became sleepy due to exhaustion, so he simply fell asleep lying on the side of the bed.