Paintings of Terror

Everyone took paper and pens, thinking about the clues in their minds. Since there weren’t enough pens for everyone, they shared them. Whoever thought of something would write it down first.

Midway through, Tian Yang came out of the living room to fetch the water boiled with willow bark, while Ke Xun cooked a pot of moss and vines’ juice, then put the bird eggs they found into it. After they were cooked, everyone managed to eat a few to fill their stomachs, leaving some for Qin Ci, Tian Yang, and Xiao Kai. 63ejaw

It took about half an hour for everyone to finish writing.

“Let’s go through what we’ve written one by one,” Shao Ling said. “People who haven’t had their turn to read, pay attention if someone else has already mentioned what you’ve written, cross it out. There’s no need to repeat it, so as to not disrupt our thoughts and waste time. If you have additional details or more clues to add to what the current person is reading out, feel free to do so any time. Then, I’ll start.”

With that, he picked up his paper and read slowly and clearly, “I think places that could be clues are: firstly, the blood incidents that occurred in every house in the residential area, let’s call them ‘blood cases.’ What caused these blood cases in every house?

“Secondly, the question regarding the dates. Anything that would display the year has the year blurred out. I think this is a means by which the ‘painting’ wants to conceal clues. If we can find a way to determine the years, we might make a breakthrough in the clues. g8Nw 7

“Thirdly, the issue and difficulties of survival. After entering the painting, we face the most primitive survival challenge: obtaining food, water, and dealing with illness. Is this also a hint related to the clues?

“These are the three areas I’m particularly concerned about. Now, please continue to add.”

“I’m more concerned about the climate,” Zhu Haowen chimed in. Perhaps the three points that Shao Ling summarized had already mentioned almost all the clues that everyone obtained so far, so Zhu Haowen only added one extra point. “I feel the presence of the climate in this painting is too strong, and heat might be one of the clues.”

“I’ve thought of something, not sure if it counts as a clue,” Luo Bu unusually offered his own independent insight. “I just feel that finding such water-rich vines in the forest is an unexpected surprise. Originally, I had little hope, but of course, it’s normal to find such vines in the forest. But I just feel… how should I say it, it’s so lucky, I didn’t expect the ‘painting’ to be so cooperative with us this time… that’s all, I’m done.” 1DbwE

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