Doomsday Wonderland Chapter 2078: Missing links
According to what Scott said, the "explanation" session that used to happen every time when recruiting new people has not started this time.
Could it be that this time they need to discover the truth in the "explanation" session by themselves in order to get out of this road?
Pan Cui thought for a while, unable to think of an answer, so she looked at her watch a little anxiously. Time passed too fast. After just chatting for a while, she felt that more than an hour had passed before she could sort out the myriad of things.
The party has been going on for more than an hour, and not a word has been said about the business, but the portraits don't seem to take it seriously at all.
Not only was he not in a hurry, Peter's portrait even greeted the servants and served dinner to ten people. Before the few evolutionaries could realize what was going on, there were sounds of glasses clinking and tableware clinking in the portrait. The noise - several people standing in the bare cave, you looked at me, I looked at you, and they all saw stronger doubts on each other's faces.
"Peter, I have to say," his pleasant voice came from Nika's portrait, "I'm really surprised that you can arrange the party tonight so well. To be honest I’m not afraid of you laughing at me, I’m prepared, I won’t feel too comfortable tonight.”
Hearing this, Pan Cui immediately twisted towards Nika's portrait, feeling as if all she had left was a pair of ears. What's uncomfortable?
"I didn't expect it either," Kate responded with a smile and seemed to pick up the tableware. "We have hot curry mutton tonight."
Pan Cui subconsciously turned to the portrait of Peter who was praised by the guests - but the next words that came out were still spoken by Kate.
The expressions of several evolvers were quite alarmed at the same time; because when Kate spoke, it was obviously different from before. There was only silence in the background. Compared with the noise of other oil paintings, it seemed as if she had suddenly sunk in. A vacuum of sound.
It’s just that the content of her inner monologue was not worthy of everyone’s vigilance.
"My belly is so bloated," Kate complained. "Although this mutton curry is delicious...but there is also a lot of water in the dish. I don't know if I can hold it in until after the meal...it feels so uncomfortable. ."
In Pan Cui's peripheral vision, Lin Sanjiu raised her eyebrows again - as if to prevent herself from accidentally expressing her thoughts aloud, she pressed her lips lightly with her knuckles.
What did she think of?
Kate's inner monologue was just the beginning, and then a sentence quietly sounded in Mingna's portrait: "There is no need to prepare any dinner. I have always disliked this place... It is better to end it early and leave this place early." A cold place."
Pina sighed silently, showing obvious anxiety, almost saying "Why don't they say something useful" was written on her face.
At this moment, Raven whispered a word; behind his voice, there was also pitch black silence.
"Fifty yuan? Fifty yuan for two pieces?"
Pan Cui didn't know why, but a patch of hair suddenly stood up on his body. She couldn't help but turn her head and look at Lin Sanjiu - the latter happened to be looking at her as well; when their eyes met, both looked a little unhappy.
What's wrong with this sentence?
Or is Raven just simply surprised by Lin Sanjiu's financial situation?
No, that's not right... She missed something. She could feel that there was a link that didn't seem right and was missed...
While Pan Cui was desperately searching for the thoughts in her mind and trying to figure out why she felt this way, Lin Sanjiu walked over quickly and showed her the notepad in her hand.
"I have been thinking about this copy of the portrait." That sentence was not long, but it shocked Pan Cui's heart. "I think I'm close to the answer."
Really? This is certainly a good thing... but Pan Cui has never been accustomed to letting others discover the truth and let others be the leading force in solving situations.
Whether you can gain the upper hand in a situation depends on your grasp of the situation; although Pan Cui does not need to "take advantage of Lin Sanjiu", she would rather let herself seize the opportunity and control the situation...
She had to be one step ahead of Lin Sanjiu to figure out the purpose of the portrait.
She also knew everything Lin Sanjiu knew; she also knew some information that Lin Sanjiu didn't know.
If the other party can find out the answer, Pan Cui believes that she will have no problem.
So, the key that I missed just now is...
While Pan Cui was deep in thought, a low inhale sounded from the intermittent conversations and the noise of clinking tableware all around - Pan Cui was still immersed in thinking and subconsciously raised her head; For half a second, she didn't realize why Pina and Kagada kept staring at the cave wall.
When she also reacted, Pan Cui pressed her mouth to avoid making any sound.
Lin Sanjiu stood beside her, falling into a strange silence.
...The portrait of Raven is empty.
The characters in each portrait stood in front of a black background, without any environmental details around them. At this time, in the oil painting that originally contained Raven, there was only a dark, empty oil paint left.
Pan Cui let her eyes follow the oil painting and turned all the way back, and soon found Raven again.
The tall, muscular man with full beard was standing behind Lin Sanjiu in the oil painting.
In the oil painting, the confused and ignorant Lin Sanjiu is still smiling, unaware that about four or five steps behind her, there is a Raven standing - Raven's posture, expression, and even The way his hands are clasped in front of him is exactly the same as his own oil painting.
"Pan Cui," someone whispered, "Pan Cui?"
Pan Cui was startled and turned her head following the voice, realizing that the person calling her was Nika Portrait.
How could she have the time to chat with the portrait now? She couldn't help but said "Huh?" and turned her eyes back to Lin Sanjiu's portrait. In just a second or two, Lei Wen changed from Lin Sanjiu disappeared after drinking; she stared at the dark oil painting, and sure enough, she saw Raven slowly revealing his head, shoulders, and body from one side of the frame... and finally stood on her own again. Oil painting center.
Lin Sanjiu and the others were standing motionless, as if they were digesting what had just happened.
"You look a little absent-minded," Nika's portrait said kindly, "Are you a little worried?"
How should I answer?
To be honest, half of Pan Cui's thoughts are still on the matter of "Lei Wen can actually appear in Lin Sanjiu's portrait" - what does it mean? In the world of portraits, aren’t everyone originally in the same space? ——But she forced herself to change her focus and responded: "Ah, there is a little..."
"This is inevitable. To get closer to the truth, there will naturally be risks." Nika's portrait said with understanding: "If I were a newcomer and heard about the past, I would inevitably be worried."
"Yes," Pan Cui responded, and then realized that there seemed to be a kind of encouragement in Nika's silence, as if he was asking her to continue talking.
Her back tensed slightly. Pan Cui could feel that she had accidentally walked into a test. The words that came out of her mouth next, although she didn't understand why, were probably crucial.
What to say? If I don't say anything, will I look suspicious?
"Well...I may not know enough about the specific situation," Pan Cui recalled everything she heard and experienced since the beginning of the plot, and carefully speculated while saying: "I know that I am not a person who is being targeted. The character I created is a real person. But how can I make everyone believe this and gain their trust, I don’t know..."
"It's okay, don't worry too much, we old people also gradually develop trust." Nika comforted with a good demeanor. "The next party will be different. You will definitely like the next party."
It turns out that while they were seeking information from the portrait, the portrait was also testing them.
Pan Cui was suddenly startled when she thought of this - yes, she felt that something was missing just now, and it turned out to be this!
It's so ironic that the same telltale can appear on both sides at the same time... Pan Cui glanced at Lin Sanjiu hastily and found that the latter was still looking at Raven's portrait. Apparently, in such a short time Here, I haven't been able to get my mind out of the incident just now.
This is a good thing; in this way, Pan Cui is almost certain that he will solve the current situation one step earlier than her.
However, Lin Sanjiu seemed to have been targeted by Lei Wen. She had to resolve the situation as soon as possible before something happened to Lin Sanjiu; if something happened to Lin Sanjiu, what was the point of clearing the level again?
Pan Cui took out his notebook and hurriedly wrote down another paragraph. He walked over to Jiajia Tian and showed him.
"I don't think Mingna will leave her nephew alone. She must have arranged special care for you." She tried her best to write her words in a sensible way, hoping to persuade Jiajiatian from the perspective of his own safety and make him willing. Cooperation - "I won't ask you to do anything extra, but if you can figure out how she plans to protect you extra, not only will you know better, but maybe we can also have a reference..."
This time, Jia Jiatian thought for a while, then finally nodded slightly and walked towards Ming Na's portrait.
Pan Cui breathed a sigh of relief ~IndoMTL.com~ but had another thought on her mind.
Her method was too risky. She didn't even know how likely she was to succeed; it was just that Lin Sanjiu was already a little unsafe. If they couldn't get out of this road as soon as possible, she was really worried. Something unexpected will happen.
Not far away, Jiajiada started talking to Ming Na's portrait in a low voice.
In the next few minutes, everything happened very fast, so fast that even Pan Cui, who was the instigator, was a little surprised - as Pina raised her hand hurriedly, she discovered that there was another scene on Raven's portrait. Empty; before she could turn her head to look at Lin Sanjiu's oil painting, Jia Jiatian suddenly let out a muffled grunt from the other end, as if someone had pinched her throat.
A "chirp" sound, as if something was torn, immediately sounded from the cave.
When the three people turned their heads towards the source of the sound, they suddenly discovered that there was a wound on Jiajiada's canvas, which happened to tear his entire face open.
Jiajiatian, who was still talking to Ming Na just now, suddenly fell to the ground with his face turned upside down.